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SpaceX launches giant rocket on first test flight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX’s new rocket, the biggest and most powerful ever built, blasted off Thursday on its first test flight, thundering into the South Texas sky in an attempt to orbit the world.Elon Musk’s company launched the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. The plan called for the booster to peel away and plummet into the Gulf of Mexico shortly after liftoff, with the spacecraft hurtling ever higher toward the east in a bid to circle the world, before crashing into the Pacific near Hawaii.No people or satellites were aboard for this debut launch. SpaceX stands down from Starship test flight Throngs of spectators watched from several miles away from the Boca Chica Beach launch site, which was off-limits.The company plans to use Starship to send people and cargo to the moon and, eventually, Mars. NASA has reserved a Starship for its next moonwalking team, and rich tourists are already booking l...

Coast Guard suspends search for 3 American sailors last heard from April 4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

(CNN) — The US Coast Guard is suspending its search for three missing Americans last heard from on April 4 near Mazatlán, Mexico, according to a Coast Guard news release.The search was suspended “pending further developments” after Mexican Navy and US Coast Guard responders “conducted 281 cumulative search hours covering approximately 200,057 square nautical miles” with no sign of the missing vessel or passengers, the release said.Two men and one woman aboard the vessel “Ocean Bound” reportedly left Mazatlán on April 4 on their way to San Diego with plans to stop in Cabo San Lucas, but ultimately did not report in or arrive there, the release said.Kerry O’Brien, Frank O’Brien and William Gross are all “experienced sailors,” according to an earlier joint statement from their families.“An exhaustive search was conducted by our international search and rescue partner, Mexico, with the U.S. Coast Guard and Canada pr...

Fire rescue extinguish boat blaze in Fort Lauderdale marina

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to a boat fire in the area of 1609 S.W. 5th Place on Thursday. Cellphone video shared by Fort Lauderdale Fire showed flames shooting from a boat that was docked behind a home.No injuries were reported. 7News has reached out for more information.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue extinguish blaze at waste facilty in Doral; no injuries reported

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a large blaze that broke out at the Miami-Dade County Solid Waste facility. Luckily, after firefighters managed to control the flames, no injuries were reported.Around 7 a.m., Thursday, fire crews were alerted to the area involving a pile of rubbish near Northwest 87th Avenue and 58th Street in Doral.Officials said recycled washing machines and refrigerators appeared to be burning at the disposal plant.Over 20 fire units were on the scene as they used heavy equipment to break down the trash in order to cease the fire.Video footage showed black smoke billowing over the city. Fire officials said the fire is currently under control, but some crews stayed to monitor hot spots.As fire crews work to extinguish the flames, police advised the public to remain indoors and avoid the area.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Local French authorities crack down on saucepans during Macron visit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

Local law enforcement officers in the town of Ganges in southern France confiscated saucepans used by protesters to make noise in demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron, during a visit from the French president on Thursday.In a video posted on Twitter, a local policeman can be seen seizing a small, round, steel saucepan from a protester.To justify the pan bust, the officer refers to a ban on “portable sound devices” and “entertainment devices” issued by local authorities ahead of Macron’s visit to a high school in Ganges, in the southern Hérault department.Asked by Sébastien Rome, a local MP from the leftist party France Unbowed, if he was willing to face the demonstrators during his visit, Macron said he would go “if people are ready to talk.“If it’s just for the eggs and the pans — at my place, these are used to cook,” he said.Pans and trowels were also used by crowds of demonstrators to disrupt Macron’s visit to the town...

Spain’s water war gets political

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

MURCIA, Spain — Water, or the lack of it, is Spain’s new battlefield.Nowhere is this more apparent than in a dispute over a 200-mile waterway. For four decades, water has been diverted from Spain’s longest river, the Tagus, via a series of aqueducts and tunnels, to the Segura River in the southeast, allowing for the extensive cultivation of fruit and vegetables.But a plan by the Spanish government to increase the flow in the Tagus, which provides water for towns and cities across western Spain and parts of Portugal, including Madrid and Lisbon, will severely restrict the amount flowing into the Segura.A backlash from farmers and politicians in the affected areas has made it a hot-button political issue ahead of local elections slated for May, and highlights the competing pressures on Spain’s water resources as climate change starts to bite.The decision by the leftist coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to reduce the flow along the artificial channel to the Segura co...

Police: Serious crash causing delays on Mass Pike eastbound in West Stockbridge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

A serious crash on the Mass Pike eastbound in West Stockbridge is causing delays Thursday morning, according to state police.Troopers responded to the scene at the 2 mile marker around 8:30 a.m. Police say preliminary reports indicate life-threatening injuries. All eastbound lanes remain closed as of 9:30 a.m. for crash reconstruction and traffic is getting by only in the eastbound breakdown lane. The Westbound side of the highway was briefly closed to accommodate ambulance crews, but has since reopened. https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1649037174761766912No additional information has been released.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Crews battle fire at commercial building in Wakefield

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

Crews battled a fire at a commercial building on Audubon Road in Wakefield Thursday morning. Firefighters were hosing down pallets of paper as they worked to put out the flames. There is no word on how the fire started or if anyone was injured. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Manhattan parking garage that collapsed, killing 1, had open property violations, records show

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

CNN) — A parking garage that collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan, killing one person and injuring five others, had six open building violations, three of which were classified as “hazardous,” New York City Department of Buildings records show.The garage, on Ann Street in the Financial District, was a four-story building that “pancaked … all the way to the cellar floor,” Department of Buildings acting Commissioner Kazimir Vilenchik said.The cause is under investigation, but officials have said they believe it was a “structural collapse.”The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating the collapse, it said Wednesday. The office said in a statement it “cannot confirm details of an ongoing investigation.”The fire department used a robotic dog and drones to search the building for people because it was “completely unstable,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference. Everyone was believed t...

Even at 1-1, Heat left feeling at a loss against Bucks, ‘we’ve got to lick our wounds’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:49 GMT

The opportunity was there to offer a tried-and-true trope. But the Miami Heat also knew better after trailing by as many as 36 points Wednesday night.Yes, they went into Milwaukee and stole away into one of the two nights with a road victory to claim homecourt advantage in this best-of-seven opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Bucks.To his credit, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra attempted as much.“All things said, this feels horrible, having a game like this,” he said. “But we got one and we’re going to figure out how to get another one.”His players, stung by the thoroughness of the trashing, first needed time to digest what transpired in Wednesday night’s 138-122 loss at Fiserv Forum.“I mean,” guard Duncan Robinson said, “we’ve got to lick our wounds on this one first, for sure. Obviously getting one here is good, but just the sense of urgency [Wednesday] definitely wasn’t where we wanted it to be.&...