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UN envoy to intensify negotiations to reach final agreement on Libyan elections in the coming months

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya said Monday he plans to intensify negotiations with the country’s feuding parties to reach “a final settlement” in the coming months on the most contentious issues blocking long postponed elections in the troubled north African nation.Abdoulaye Bathily warned the U.N. Security Council that prolonging the current status quo “is fraught with disaster for Libya and its neighbors.” And he said it’s imperative that members increase pressure on the parties, speak with one voice, and act “to remove spoilers.”Bathily called draft laws for presidential and parliamentary elections agreed to by a committee drawn from Libya’s two rival legislative bodies on June 6 “an important step forward, though not sufficient to resolve the most contested issues and enable successful elections.”He said the four most politically contested issues in the draft laws are: eligibility criteria for presidential candidates, a mandatory second round of voting ev...

Mexico soccer coach Diego Cocca fired after 3-0 loss to US and is replaced by Jaime Lozano

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Diego Cocca was fired as coach of Mexico’s national team on Monday, four days after a 3-0 loss to the United States in a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal. The federation said Jaime Lozano will take over the national team. Lozano coached under-23 team to a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Cocca was hired in February and led El Tri to three wins, a loss and three draws. El Tri had not lost to the U.S. by three goals in 23 years.“You can lose to the United States, because that’s soccer,” Mexican Football Federation President Juan Carlos Rodríguez. “What is unacceptable is the way that victory was ruled out from the start due to logistical decisions that split the group.”Several Mexican players had complained about the long rides to practice sessions preceding the match in Las Vegas.Cocca took over from Gerardo Martino after Mexico was eliminated from the World Cup in the first round last fall, ending a streak of seven straight appearances — and exits —...

Minutes after reported Near West Side shooting, crowds twerk & taunt cops

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

CHICAGO — “10-1” is among the most serious calls you’ll hear police make over the radio. It indicates a police officer’s life is at risk and an immediate response is needed.“Shots fired! Shots fired!” was the call over police radio as a large crowd gathered late Saturday night near the intersection of Gladys and Hoyne on the Near West Side. “Multiple shots! Multiple shots fired!” said an officer over the radio. “Get everybody over here - give me long guns.”Police swarmed the scene and determined no officers were shot at – or hit – according to a department spokesperson.  5 shot, 2 fatally after shooting in Roseland, victim ID’d A transcript of police scanner traffic in the minutes that followed showed confusion over what had happened. “The story we heard from the crowd in the last 15 minutes is some drunk female picked up a gun and fired it into the air,” said one officer over the radio. “I don't know if we have that witness or not, but that's the story out here. T...

Helicopter crashed in Cedar Lake, investigation ongoing

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

CEDAR LAKE, Ind. -- A helicopter crashed into a Northwestern Indiana lake Monday afternoon.According to the Federal Aviation administration (FAA), a Robinson R-22 helicopter crashed into Cedar Lake in Cedar Lake, Indiana, around 2 p.m. on Monday, June 19. Pregnant woman drowns in lake in NW Indiana, ID’d Two people were reportedly onboard the helicopter. Both were able to able to make it out safely and their condition's are unknown at this time.The NTSB are expected to provide more information as it becomes available. Emergency crews remain on scene at this time.The investigation is ongoing.Stay with WGN as this story develops.

Woman becomes doctor at same children's hospital that saved her life

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) -- When she was 10 years old, Maria Dodson needed a life-saving procedure to fix her heart. She had been diagnosed with Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome, a congenital heart defect that causes episodes of rapid heartbeat, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. She spent months at the Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, undergoing successful heart ablation procedures to correct the electrical pathways in her heart.More than a decade later, she is now back at Riley, but not as a patient. Instead, she is there as a doctor after majoring in neuroscience at the University of Evansville and pursuing medical school at Marian University. WATCH: Baby seal climbs onto California surfers’ boards Given her diagnosis, Dr. Dodson said she knows firsthand what many patients are going through."Our health is something a lot of us take for granted," Dodson told Nexstar's WXIN. "Being here made me realize how good I have it. You see a lot of people sick...

Plane crash kills pilot from Discovery Channel show and Idaho hunting guide

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series, was killed along with a hunting and fishing guide from Idaho when their small plane crashed shortly after takeoff, Alaska State Troopers said.Tweto’s family-run rural aviation business in Unalakleet was featured in three seasons of the television series a decade ago. He and passenger Shane Reynolds of Orofino, Idaho, died Friday near the coastal village of Shaktoolik, roughly 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Nome, the statement said.The plane “was witnessed taking off but not climbing and then crashing,” their report said. Troopers were notified of an SOS activation around 11:48 a.m. Friday, followed by a report that a Cessna 180 had crashed 35 miles northeast of Shaktoolik. A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic Troopers responding from Nome recovered both bodies. The National Transportation Safety Board said it ...

Skilling: Clear night with breezy, warm for most of week

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

A beautiful open to the new week with easterly lake breezes setting up a huge west to east temp variation amounting to as much as much as 26 degrees. The Chicago area's warmest reported high temps were 90 at Plainfield and Channahon while reading peaked at just 64 degrees at the Wilmette buoy, 68 at the Winthrop Harbor buoy and 68 at Waukegan Harbor and 67 on the lakeshore at Lake Forest. Other lakeside highs included 72 at Calumet Harbor, 69 at the Kenosha light, 74 at Burns Harbor, IN and 77 at Gary, IN.Monday saw 82% of its possible sun and haze was present again, the product in part of smoke aloft off Canadian wildfires.There's a warm week ahead—with hot temps expected this weekend. Lake breezes will temper (i.e. reduce) the warmth each day on area beaches and lakeshore areas.A tightening pressure gradient will strengthen easterly winds Tuesday, Wed and Thursday. Then as the gradient relaxes Friday and over the coming weekend, lake cool will ease and not reach as far inland.The ...

Tropical Storm Bret forms, could become hurricane this week, National Hurricane Center says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Tropical Depression Three, which formed midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles Monday, has strengthened to become Tropical Storm Bret according to a 5 p.m. ET update from the National Hurricane Center.Bret, the second named storm of the season, currently has maximum sustained wind speeds near 40 mph and is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane by Wednesday night. It is currently moving west across the Atlantic.Spaghetti models show a wide variety of potential tracks for Bret, however, NHC predicts the tropical storm could pose a hurricane threat to the Lesser Antilles by Thursday and the Dominican Republic and Haiti by the weekend.There is a possibility the storm could turn north or continue west into the Caribbean and threaten the Dominican Republic, Haiti and other islands.(WFLA)“As it continues to get better organized, the models will get a better handle on the system. However, right now, it is too early to say whether it will move into the Caribbe...

Record June heatwave underway with isolated severe thunderstorms

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A nearly unprecedented early-summer heatwave intensifies further on Tuesday with daily record high temperatures of 107° expected in Austin and some of the hottest "feels like" temperatures on record. But like previous evenings, isolated severe thunderstorms remain in the forecast each day. BLOG: If June is this hot, what comes in July? Extreme heat continuesSome of the hottest June temperatures on record are expected over the next week or more as a rare early summer heat wave refuses to loosen its grip. A rare Excessive Heat Warning is in effect areawide through 9 p.m. Wednesday for high temperatures over 100° and heat index values as hot as 120°. Though the National Weather Service does not keep official heat index records, our local office believes the heat index record in Austin to be 116° (Aug. 2016), which we tied Monday and may exceed on Tuesday.Excessive Heat Warning in effectThe hottest June air temperature ever recorded in Austin was 109° (2012). We may c...

Texas boy, father killed following lightning strike

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:38 GMT

TEXAS (KXAN) — A six-year-old Texas boy died last week after he and his father were struck by lightning in May, according to reporting from The Dallas Morning News.The father went to pick up his two sons after they were dropped off by a school bus on May 15 in Bosque County, located northwest of Waco. The six-year-old boy was holding hands with his father when the dad was struck by lightning and the current passed through both him and his son. Report: Texas ranks No. 1 in lightning count in 2022 The father was pronounced dead following the lightning strike. After a monthlong stay in the hospital, the son died on Friday.Extended family launched a GoFundMe, which has raised nearly $100,000 from approximately 2,000 donors. "Grayson went to be with our Lord and his father," an update from Friday read in part. "Please pray for the family at this time. Fly high, sweet boy."The National Weather Service reported an average of 20 people die each year from lightning strikes, with hundreds m...