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The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract with studios

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of the screenwriters union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing Hollywood at least partly back from a historic halt in production. The governing boards of the eastern and western branches of the Writers Guild of America and their joint negotiating committee all voted to accept the deal, and afterward declared that the strike would be over and writers would be free to work starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.Late-night talk shows — the first to go dark when writers walked out on May 2 — are likely the first shows that will resume.The writers still have to vote to ratify the contract themselves, but lifting the strike will allow them to work during that process, the Writers Guild told members in an email.After Tuesday’s board votes, the contracts were released to the writers, who had not yet been given any details on the deal, which their leaders called “exception...

Jets sign veteran QB Trevor Siemian to their practice squad as a backup to Zach Wilson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

The New York Jets signed veteran quarterback Trevor Siemian to the practice squad Tuesday, giving them an experienced backup to embattled starter Zach Wilson. The team announced the move after the 31-year-old Siemian passed a physical at the Jets’ practice facility in Florham Park, New Jersey.Wilson has struggled since taking over for Aaron Rodgers, who tore his left Achilles tendon four snaps into his debut with New York. Wilson has two touchdown passes and four interceptions with a 52.4 percent completion rate and is averaging just 5.6 yards per pass.After the Jets’ 15-10 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday dropped them to 1-2, coach Robert Saleh insisted the team was sticking with Wilson because “right now, he’s who gives us the best chance to win.” That didn’t sit well with fans — including Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath, who said during an interview on “The Michael Kay Show” on 98.7 ESPN New York on Monday that “I’ve seen enough of Zach Wil...

Ben Simmons heads into training camp healthy. He might be the Nets’ point guard if he stays that way

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons is set to begin training camp next week with no restrictions after two injury-shortened seasons in Brooklyn.If he stays healthy, Simmons may even be able to return to his roots as a point guard.Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said Tuesday that the former All-Star has been playing 5-on-5 this summer and will have an expanded role offensively if he can avoid further injuries.Simmons didn’t play after the All-Star break last season, slowed by a sore left knee and then shut down early because of a nerve injury in his back. Simmons had largely fallen out of the rotation even before then, with Vaughn now saying he his learned through their discussions this summer that the No. 1 pick in the 2016 draft simply didn’t have the strength to do some of the things his coach wanted after undergoing back surgery the previous offseason.“But the things that I’m asking him to do going forward, I think he can physically do now,” Vaughn said.Simmons still views himself a...

Teen fatally shot near Dunbar High School; District surpasses 200 homicides

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

Acting D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith provides an update to two homicides that occurred in the Third and Seventh Districts on Sept. 26, 2023.(Courtesy DC Police) Acting D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith provides an update to two homicides that occurred in the Third and Seventh Districts on Sept. 26, 2023.(Courtesy DC Police) A teen was shot to death near Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C., marking the city’s 200th homicide of the year. And Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference that the teen’s killing was not the only ongoing homicide investigation Tuesday afternoon.Smith said the teen was shot at around 3:45 p.m. while in the 1400 block of New Jersey Avenue, just moments a...

3 hospitalized after boat crashes near Black Point Marina; cause under investigation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

A boat carrying three individuals crashed several miles off Black Point Marina on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a response from officials and good Samaritans.The incident occurred just after 2 p.m., approximately 2 1/2 miles northeast of the marina.Details regarding the cause of the crash remain unknown at this time.According to photojournalist Ralph Rayburn, quick-thinking good Samaritans successfully rescued all three occupants from the water.The victims’ identities and conditions have yet to be disclosed, and the total number of injuries remains uncertain.7Skyforce provided aerial coverage of the scene as emergency response teams from various agencies, including the Marine Patrol, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, and Miami-Dade Police Department, arrived.Video footage from 7Skyforce also showed a rescue official administering CPR to one of the individuals, as well as a damaged vessel believed to be the one carrying the three individuals.Air rescue rushed one person to the hospital wh...

South Florida business owner says he knows who took thousands of dollars in equipment from restaurant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

A South Florida business owner says he knows who took thousands of dollars worth of equipment from his restaurant. While police are investigating, his employees are afraid it could happen again.7’s Karen Hensel investigates.Munchie is the face of Munchie’s Pizza Club in Fort Lauderdale.It’s a restaurant by day and club at night.But Munchie’s is being dogged by former business partners, and the owner says his employees are concerned.Steve Berke: “They’re nervous about these people coming back in here and hurting them.”Back in March, surveillance video shows a man walking around inside the restaurant when it was closed. He props open the front door and 12 people walk in.They grab equipment around the DJ stage and walk out.Steve Berke: “They took LED processors, they took a laptop computer, they took money, they took all kinds of production equipment.”Police reports say an employee showed up while it was happening. He was injured wh...

If Canada is to be believed, India has gone rogue

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

Anchal Vohra is a Brussels-based columnist for Foreign Policy magazine and writes about Europe, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.Since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, Western democracies have kept silent on the country’s democratic backsliding — mainly to keep him onside against China, but also to push through trade deals and gain access to India’s markets.However, the long rope given Modi may just snap under the strain of Canada’s recent accusations that India carried out a targeted killing on Canadian soil.Last week, a few days after returning from the G20 summit in New Delhi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested in parliament that Indian agents were behind the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar — a Sikh separatist leader shot dead by masked gunmen on June 18.He said the slaying was “an unacceptable violation’’ of the country’s sovereignty. And if Canada is to be believed, India has gone rogue.As is to be expected, however, New...

Suspect in custody after allegedly stabbing police officer, injuring other officers in Taunton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday night after stabbing a police officer and injuring several other officers in Taunton, officials said. The stabbing happened in the area of West Britannia Street and Thomas Street. Later speaking to reporters, Police Chief Edward Walsh said one officer suffered multiple serious but non-life-threatening stab wounds. At least three other officers were also injured, suffering cuts and other injuries during a struggle with the suspect, Walsh said.Walsh said the suspect suffered minor injuries and said officers used a Taser several times during the arrest. Walsh said the incident began earlier Tuesday evening when the suspect showed up at an unrelated traffic stop and began yelling at officers. Walsh said the suspect got back into his car when told to leave. A short time later, Walsh said another officer spotted the suspect driving erratically and pulled him over. As officers approached, Walsh said, the suspect fled, prompting a purs...

Red Sox battle but unable to complete comeback efforts in 9-7 loss to Rays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

If one game could encapsulate the 2023 Red Sox, it was Tuesday night’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays.Particularly, Tanner Houck and Zach Eflin, whose lopsided starts set a 9-7 Rays victory in motion.Last offseason, the Red Sox and Rays made identical three-year, $40 million offers to Eflin, a free agent coming off a pennant season with the Philadelphia Phillies. Eflin, a Florida native, said it was a difficult decision, but chose to play in his home state.On the mound at Fenway for the penultimate home game of the season, he showed the Red Sox exactly how different this season might’ve been, and what the organization needs to prioritize this offseason in order to turn the page next year.Coming into his 31st start of the year, Eflin’s 3.44 ERA, 30 starts, 172 ⅔ innings, and 182 strikeouts would’ve led the Red Sox rotation, and by a comfortable margin in most metrics. On Tuesday night, he added five innings to his season total, and held the Red Sox to three earned runs on f...

A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people and injured 150

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:55 GMT

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday, warning the death toll could rise.The fire happened in Iraq’s Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said. That’s a predominantly Christian area just outside of the city of Mosul, some 335 kilometers (205 miles) northwest of the capital, Baghdad. Television footage showed flames rushing over the wedding hall as the fire took hold. In the blaze’s aftermath, only charred metal and debris could be seen as people walked through the scene of the fire, the only light coming from television cameras and the lights of onlookers’ mobile phones. Survivors arrived at local hospitals, receiving oxygen and bandaged, as their families milled through hallways and outside as workers organized more oxygen cylinders. The health department in Nineveh province raised the death toll to 114. Heal...