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Chelsea hires Mauricio Pochettino as manager on 2-year deal

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

Chelsea hired Mauricio Pochettino as manager on Monday, tasking the Argentine coach with getting the best out of an expensively assembled squad that has underperformed at the start of a new era for the English club.Pochettino will take up the role on July 1, Chelsea said, after agreeing to a two-year contract, with the club having the option of keeping him on for a further year.It is Pochettino’s first coaching role since leaving Paris Saint-Germain in July last year and marks his return to the Premier League, where he had an impressive 5 1/2-year spell with Tottenham that included a run to the Champions League final.Pochettino had been widely expected to take the Chelsea job, which is considered one of the most high-profile positions in European soccer.He is the permanent successor to Graham Potter, who was fired in March after nearly seven months in charge. Frank Lampard has led the team on an interim basis since then and the team finished the Premier League in 12th place.Ch...

Overturned fuel tanker causes road closures in Fort Lauderdale

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

A fuel tanker overturned on a busy Fort Lauderdale highway and led to road closures, Monday. Around 9 a.m., the semi-truck crashed on Interstate 595, near Interstate 95, and landed on the median of the east and west lanes of the highway.It remains unclear how the situation unfolded.As a result of the incident, both directions of I-595 have been shut down while crews clean up and investigate.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Even without playing, Cup winner Patric Hornqvist still has big role for Panthers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Patric Hornqvist was one of the last Florida Panthers players to leave the team’s locker room on Sunday, which surprises none of his teammates.He’s not playing yet still working as hard as anyone.The two-time Stanley Cup winner has a chance to get his name on hockey’s biggest prize for a third time, with the Panthers set to start the final next weekend at either Vegas or Dallas. Hornqvist has not played since a concussion knocked him from a game against Seattle on Dec. 3, and he won’t play in the championship series.“I feel great,” Hornqvist said. “This is so much fun. To see the boys playing this hard, on that consistent basis for the last 15 games, it makes me so happy. I’m so happy for them and to be through this kind of run again, for me, it’s great. This is what you live for as a player and as a fan and all that. For me to still be around them on a day-to-day basis, it makes my life great.”He hasn’t scored since getting the game winner on openin...

South Florida commemorates fallen heroes on Memorial Day with local events

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

Memorial Day marks a day of remembrance for the community to honor the nation’s heroes. On Monday, Miami Gardens is set to honor Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed about six years ago in action, with a breakfast tribute at the Senior Family Center located at 18330 N.W. 12th Ave.Johnson was on his second tour of duty in Niger when he and three other soldiers were killed during an ISIS-led ambush. The 25-year-old left behind a wife and three children.Locations across South Florida are set to celebrate the veterans and fallen heroes of America as well.Fort Lauderdale started an event that is set to end at 11:30 a.m. The event took place at the Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery located at 2001 S.W. 4th Ave. It is free of charge and anyone can attend. At 10 a.m., Hialeah will hold a Memorial Day Ceremony where residents can honor the courageous men and women who have selflessly given their lives while serving in the armed forces. This event will take place at Veteran’s Par...

Political uproar in Poland after Duda signs Kremlin commission law

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

WARSAW — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Monday he will sign into law a controversial bill creating a commission to investigate Russian influence on Polish politics that could ban people from public office for a decade.Duda and the Law and Justice (PiS) party government say it’s an effort to root out the Kremlin’s agents in Poland, but the opposition warns the commission is aimed at harassing political rivals — especially Donald Tusk, a former prime minister and European Council president who heads the opposition Civic Platform party — ahead of this fall’s pivotal parliamentary election.The decision is likely to worsen already fraught relations between Warsaw and Brussels, with the European Commission freezing billions in EU pandemic recovery cash over worries the Polish government is backsliding on the bloc’s democratic principles.The commission law was narrowly approved by the Polish parliament late Friday after a heated debate; Dud...

Spanish PM Sánchez calls snap general election after disastrous local polls

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday said he would dissolve parliament and call for a snap election for July 23, a day after conservatives and the far right posted strong gains in regional and municipal polls.Spain was due to hold general elections by the end of the year, but the Socialist leader announced his decision to move up the date following Sunday’s local polls, which saw his party suffer heavy losses across the country.In a televised statement from Moncloa Palace, the official residence of Spain’s head of government, Sánchez took personal responsibility for his party’s poor showing in the municipal elections, which concluded with nearly all of the country’s largest cities in the hands of the centre-right Popular Party (PP), including longtime Socialist stronghold Seville.“These results suggest Spaniards should clarify which political forces they want to take the lead,” Sánchez said, adding that it was time to let the people ...

1 shot downtown; police searching for gunman

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Police are searching for a gunman after one person was shot in downtown San Diego early Monday, authorities said.Shortly after 1:30 a.m., San Diego police received a call about a person shot near 5th Avenue and Broadway, SDPD confirmed to FOX 5. The victim, whom police described only as a male, was taken to a local hospital to be treated for undisclosed injuries. 3-year-old fatally struck by car in Chula Vista Police closed 5th Avenue and Broadway for their investigation.Check back for updates on this developing story.

Little Italy shed fire prompts road closures

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A shed in Little Italy caught fire Monday morning, prompting road closures in the area.The blaze was reported at 6 a.m. in the 2100 block of India Street, near Hawthorne Street, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.No one was injured and no residents in any of the neighboring condo buildings were evacuated, fire officials say. 1 shot downtown; police searching for gunman Hawthorne Street was closed from Columbia Street to Kettner Boulevard.Investigators were still looking into what caused the flames.Check back for updates on this developing story.

India’s northeast remains on edge after ethnic clashes as home minister plans visit

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Shootings and arson continued Monday in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, where clashes between security forces and tribal insurgents the previous day killed five people, media reports said.The state, which borders Myanmar, has been roiled by violence for weeks after members of mostly Christian tribal groups clashed with the Hindu majority over its demands for special economic benefits.More than 75 people have been killed in the fighting, the state’s worst ethnic clashes in decades. Hundreds have been injured and more than 35,000 have been displaced.Authorities said Indian Home Minister Amit Shah was expected to arrive in the state capital, Imphal, on Monday evening to review the security situation and help restore peace in the state, where the internet has been shut off to stop rumors from spreading and a curfew is in place.The violence prompted the federal government to rush thousands of paramilitary and army troops to the state, and many of the recent ...

High school student in Italy wounds teacher with hunting knife, waves toy gun in class

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:48:26 GMT

ROME (AP) — A student wounded his teacher with a hunting knife and brandished what turned out to be a toy gun at classmates in a high school in a Milan suburb on Monday, police said.Classmates later recounted that the 16-year-old suddenly stood up shortly after classes began in the town of Abbiategrasso and attacked the teacher from behind on an arm and on her head, the Italian news agency ANSA said. When the attacker waved a gun at his classmates, the students fled the room, reports said.Police told state TV that when they entered the room, the teen was sitting on the floor with no one else in the classroom and offered no resistance. The bloody knife and the gun were found resting on a notebook on a desk, according to photos released by police.The teacher, 51, lost a lot of blood and was admitted to a hospital, also suffering from shock, news reports said. The student was taken to a hospital psychiatric department and had what apparently were self-inflicted injuries, the police sai...