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Henry Kissinger, Top U.S. Diplomat Responsible for Millions of Deaths, Dies at 100

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

Henry Kissinger, National Security Adviser and Secretary of State under two presidents and longtime éminence grise of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, died on November 29 at his home in Connecticut. He was 100 years old.Kissinger helped to prolong the Vietnam War and expand that conflict into neutral Cambodia; facilitated genocides in Cambodia, East Timor, and Bangladesh; accelerated civil wars in southern Africa; and supported coups and death squads throughout Latin America. He had the blood of at least 3 million people on his hands, according to his biographer Greg Grandin. There were “few people who have had a hand in as much death and destruction, as much human suffering, in so many places around the world as Henry Kissinger,” said veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody.A 2023 investigation by The Intercept found that Kissinger — perhaps the most powerful national security adviser in American history and the chief architect of U.S. war policy in Southeast Asia from 1969 ...

Rohde scores 13, Virginia clamps down on D to beat No. 14 Texas A&M 59-47

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

Andrew Rohde scored 13 points and Virginia took command with a 17-2 run spanning the halves and beat No. 14 Texas A&M 59-47 on Wednesday night.Rohde, a transfer from St. Thomas and the Summit League’s top freshman last year, made three of Virginia’s nine 3-pointers, including one he banked in to beat the shot clock during the surge. All five starters for Virginia (6-1) scored in double figures, with Reece Beekman, Ryan Dunn and Jake Groves all scoring 12.Henry Coleman III led Texas A&M (6-2) with 16 points and 14 rebounds. The Aggies’ point total was their lowest this season; they arrived averaging 79.3.The Cavaliers led through most of the first half before the Aggies went ahead briefly. Dunn got Virginia the lead back with a 3-pointer to make it 27-26 at halftime, and the basket started what became the 17-2 run to put the Cavaliers ahead 41-28. Groves and Rohde both added 3-pointers in the run.BIG PICTURETexas A&M: The Aggies played without injured No...

Thornton scores 25 points to lead Ohio State to an 88-61 victory over Central Michigan

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 25 points to lead five in double-figure scoring and Ohio State beat Central Michigan 88-61 on Wednesday night. Felix Okpara added 14 points and nine rebounds for Ohio State (6-1). Jamison Battle scored 12 points and Roddy Gayle Jr. and Devin Royal each had 11.Ohio State never trailed and pulled away on a 15-7 surge to end the first half for a 41-29 advantage. Thornton scored 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting and made three 3-pointers, and Okpara put up 10 points as the Buckeyes shot 15 of 27 (56%) by the break. Ohio State opened the second half on a 20-2 run and had a 30-point lead with 12:18 remaining. Jemal Davis scored 15 points to lead Central Michigan (2-5). Brian Taylor and Paul McMillan IV added 12 points apiece. The Buckeyes were coming off winning the Emerald Coast Classic, beating then-No. 17 Alabama and topping Santa Clara 86-56 in the championship game. Ohio State will look for its sixth straight win on Sunday in a Big Ten opener ag...

Loudoun Co. nonprofit raises money to help a 16-year-old Blessing see again

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

For years, doctors believed Blessing Amuga, 16, suffered from keratoconus, a condition in which the cornea of the eye becomes thinner and takes the shape of a cone. The condition leads to a person being very light sensitive.“It’s very painful when it (light) goes into my eyes, it’s really hard for me to read,” Amuga said.Her education is important to her, but for this 11th grader, the condition has made it difficult for her to do required reading because she has to take frequent breaks to keep the pain and headaches at bay.Her mother, Mercy Amuga, said the migraines that come with the condition can be debilitating and have resulted in several emergency room visits for the young girl.“The headache affects her so that she can’t do anything, and she becomes numb,” her mother said.Treatment involves expensive surgery on each eye. Living at a homeless shelter, Blessing’s mother said they needed a miracle to get her the surgery.That miracle came from a Loudoun Coun...

Rivers helps No. 5 North Carolina State beat Vanderbilt 70-62

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Saniya Rivers scored 22 points as No. 5 North Carolina State topped Vanderbilt 70-62 on Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge.Rivers shot 8-of-14 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds as the Wolfpack (8-0) remained unbeaten while handing the Commodores (7-1) their first defeat. River Baldwin added 12 points and nine rebounds for N.C. State, Aziaha James chipped in 14 points, and Zoe Brooks had 10 points, four assists and four steals.Jordyn Cambridge powered Vanderbilt with 15 points, while Sacha Washington added 14 points and seven boards.The Commodores kept things close in the first half and led by a point after Cambridge swished her third 3-pointer of the night with 7:42 remaining in the second quarter. But the Wolfpack then broke off an 11-0 run, punctuated by a 3-pointer from Rivers, to take a 10-point advantage.N.C. State put more cushion between itself and Vanderbilt by outscoring the Commodores 19-10 in the third quarter. Back-to-back 3-pointers fr...

Japan says it has asked U.S. military to suspend all Ospreys in Japan except for those searching for victims of crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it has asked U.S. military to suspend all Ospreys in Japan except for those searching for victims of crash.Source

Climate action must avoid fueling conflict

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

Inge Brees is a policy and outreach manager at Search for Common Ground. Harriet Mackaill-Hill is a climate and peace advocacy advisor at International Alert.Meeting the Paris Climate Agreement’s objective to limit the rise in global average temperature to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius will only be possible if we properly understand and mitigate the links between climate change and conflict.And as this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 28 approaches, this connection needs to be on everyone’s mind.Throughout the past century, the challenges of environmental degradation and the depletion of natural resources have evolved into potent catalysts for global insecurity and violent conflict. From the water scarcity crisis in Yemen to land ownership disputes in Kyrgyzstan and human rights violations during mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we now encounter tensions that are fueled by climate-related issues and escalate into violent confrontation every day....

Joe Biden’s secret Ukraine weapon: Liz Truss

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

LONDON —  She might have crashed Britain. But can she save the world?Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss landed in Washington this week to drum up support for Ukraine among skeptical Republican lawmakers.  On both sides of the Atlantic there are hopes Truss can help steer the debate on the American right away from isolationism and toward the active international role espoused by both U.K. prime minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. President Joe Biden. Truss — no fan of either man — makes for an unlikely diplomatic superhero.The trip comes barely a year after her humiliating resignation ended a disastrous tenure as Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister. Since the end of her 49-day stint in Downing Street, Truss has tried to carve out a place for herself as a champion of right-wing policies around the world.She is in Washington this week as part of a delegation of the Conservative Friends of Ukraine (CFU), alongside fellow former Tory leaders Iain Duncan Smith and Michae...

Police: Dozens of packages swiped from Roxbury apartment building

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

Police are investigating after more than 130 packages were stolen from an apartment building in Roxbury.Officers were called when residents of the luxury apartment building on St. Alphonses Street reported that there were no packages in the mail room.When the concierge reviewed surveillance video, it allegedly showed a man accessing the mail room by using a digital control panel. Three men then joined the original suspect in stealing the packages over the span of several hours.Residents are being encouraged to call Boston police if they believe one of their packages was stolen.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Solve It 7: Insurance Payout Problem

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:12:44 GMT

After being involved in a car crash, a Marshfield mom desperately needed her claim paid by the insurance company. But when her money accidentally went into someone else’s account, Solve It 7 helped her get it back. Brandon Gunnoe has the story.Jillian was so proud the day she bought this car“I saved up for a while for that car, and it was the first car that I’ve ever bought on my own,” Jillian said. But on a rainy day six months after she got it, Jillian got into a crash.“My feet were wet. My foot slipped off the brake. It just happened so fast that I couldn’t stop in time, and I rear-ended a pickup truck. There wasn’t a dent on his car but totaled mine,” Jillian said. Her insurance company paid the claim and sent her a payment link through Venmo to get $5100.“All I did was touch it, and assuming it was going to prompt me for like verification, phone number anything, but it didn’t. It just said right away, yo...