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Mollie O’Callaghan sets a world record at the swimming worlds and overcomes injury

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Australian swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan picked up a knee injury about five weeks ago, described as anything from a dislocation to a simple tweak. She said it slowed her some in practice, and modified her training schedule.But heck, what’s a little injury matter.The 19-year-old O’Callaghan broke the world record on Wednesday in the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships, clocking 1 minute, 52.85 seconds to erase Federica Pellegrini’s mark of 1:52.98 — the oldest women’s record set in 2009 in the fast-suit era.“I’m just really shocked,” O’Callaghan said. “I was just expecting to have fun tonight and whatever I did I was going to be really happy. To come away with a world record is just amazing.”She also picked up a check for $30,000, which goes to any record setter at this year’s worlds.O’Callaghan overtook Australian teammate Ariarne Titmus — she set a world record in the 400 free on Sunday — in the final 20 meters...

Caught on camera: Female possibly forced into car at shopping center

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police are looking for information on what they are calling a suspicious incident after a video showed a female possibly being forced into the backseat of a car. At around 8:45 p.m. on July 21, the incident was caught on camera in the parking lot of the Cornerstar Shopping Center in the 15700 block of E. Briarwood Circle.The video provided by the Aurora Police Department shows four males arriving at the shopping center in a black Mercedes Benz sedan. The group waits in the parking lot next to a silver Nissan SUV when one of the males walked off and approached two females. Woman shot, killed by Westminster officer In the video, the male grabs one of the women by the arm and appears to pull her to the Nissan. He then pulls the female over to the Mercedes and places her in the backseat.APD said the other female is recording the video on her cellphone. All four males get into the Mercedes and drive away.A missing persons report has not been filed to either the Aurora P...

Golden City Council bans sale of flavored nicotine products

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — Golden City Council has voted to ban the sale of flavored nicotine products.The proposal passed unanimously in a meeting late Tuesday night and applies to all flavored nicotine or tobacco products, including vapes, cigarettes, cigars, and cigarillos. The proposal was getting pushback from some retailers who hosted a news conference before the council meeting to express their opposition. "I don't know if I have to file a bankruptcy in 30 days," said a retailer. "There are a lot of [other] retail stores. We are being criminalized and they'll still be selling all their products. So what is the use of banning in a Golden? So are they punishing us? Are they punishing the retail stores and convenience stores within Golden?" 2 decades later, smoking consequences to be posted at tobacco retailers Supporters said the ban would line up with the city's goals of preventing youth from starting use and reducing the number of tobacco-related health issues in the city. G...

27 years later and police still don't know how Sherry Parker was murdered

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Twenty-seven years ago to the day, Sheryl "Sherry" Lynn Parker's body was found in a river near a motel in northern Colorado. Her death was ruled a homicide, and to this day, investigators are still working to determine what happened to her. On the anniversary of her death, the Weld County Sheriff's Office is continuing to ask for information related to Sherry's death.Sherry was a Fort Collins resident and was last seen alive on the night of July 17, 1996, when she checked into the Budget Host Motel in Del Camino near Loveland. Her husband, Ed Parker, told police she left their home following an argument. 3 found dead at campsite were family members who planned to live ‘off grid’ Ed was the one who initially reported her as missing.Investigators learned that Sherry went to the motel to separate herself from her husband. She had been planning on divorcing Ed.A few days later on July 23, 1996, the Weld County Sheriff's Office said Ed and his brother called deputies t...

3 found dead at campsite were family members who planned to live 'off grid'

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

The decomposed and partially mummified bodies of three people who were recently found at a remote western Colorado campsite were two adult sisters and one woman's 14-year-old son, Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes said.The deceased are Christine Vance, 41; Rebecca Vance, 42, and Rebecca's son, all from Colorado Springs. Two were found in a tent down the road from a campsite in the Gunnison National Forest about nine miles (14.5 kilometers) from Ohio City, Colorado, Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes said in an interview Tuesday. Officials have not named the son because he is a minor. Renters will have a few extra rights starting in August Their bodies showed signs of malnourishment, with two in the tent and one outside. Though a cause of death has yet to be determined while authorities wait for toxicology reports to be processed, the group may have succumbed to starvation, freezing temperatures or carbon monoxide poisoning from trying to make fire to stay warm, Barnes sai...

Miami-Dade police chief shot himself after offering resignation, mayor says

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The director of the Miami-Dade Police Department offered to resign his position hours before shooting himself, the county’s mayor said Wednesday.Details of the conversation were released as Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez was in a Tampa hospital, continuing to recover from the shooting. State officials are investigating events leading up to him shooting himself, including an argument with his wife at a Tampa hotel during a law enforcement conference, officials said.He had called his boss, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, after leaving the hotel with his wife, Jody Ramirez.“Freddy told me he had made a mistake, he was prepared to resign and I told him we would talk about it the next day,” the mayor recounted during a news conference on Wednesday morning. She said Ramirez was “very remorseful” during their conversation.She said she told Ramirez to get home safely and they would discuss it the next day.The shooting happe...

3 hospitalized following crash on I-95 in Oakland Park

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

At least three people were transported to Broward Health Medical Center following a crash in Oakland Park. Officials said the collision, which occurred on the southbound lanes of Interstate 95, happened just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. “This operation is via [Florida Highway Patrol] in reference to a vehicle going the wrong way, and is a head-on collision with another vehicle,” said a dispatcher on Broadcastify police scanner. Video footage of the scene showed two cars with heavy front-end damage. Approximately an hour later, tow trucks were on the scene to clear the wreckage of the vehicles. First responders were heard requesting a third ambulance An Oakland Fire Rescue ambulance transported three people to the hospital where they appeared responsive. Though they were conscious when they arrived at the hospital, their condition remains unclear. FHP is investigating what led to the crash. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

South Florida man sentenced for involvement in fraudulent prescription medication scheme

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

A 37-year-old South Florida man was sentenced for his involvement in a fraudulent prescription medication scheme. On Tuesday, Eladio Vega received an 87-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a widespread fraud scheme that distributed adulterated and misbranded prescription medications, including drugs for cancer, HIV, psychiatric conditions, and other costly treatments, to unsuspecting patients, the FBI said in a news release. In May, Vega pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic misbranded and adulterated drugs. The fraudulent prescription medication diversion scheme operated with a division of labor, where street-level dealers procured the medicines and supplied them to other participants responsible for inspecting, cleaning, and packaging the drugs for shipment. These misbranded medications were then distributed to retail pharmacies through established pharmaceutical wholesale companies.The wholesale company owners created...

Britney Spears joins Spotify’s ‘Billions Club’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

(CNN) — It’s been seven years since Britney Spears released her last album, but she’s still making news in the music space.Over the weekend Spears became a member of Spotify’s “Billions Club,” when her 2003 hit single “Toxic” hit a billion streams according to the streaming platform.She joins other artists – including ABBA with their 1976 single “Dancing Queen,” Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” from 1987 and DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts” from 2017– to reach the achievement.The news comes on the heels of the recently released Spears collaboration with Will.i.am for a song titled “Mind Your Business.”The song marks Spears’ second collaboration since her 2016 solo album “Glory,” and since her conservatorship ended in 2021. Last year, she teamed with Elton John for a new remix based off his classic 1972 song “Tiny Dancer,” titled “Hold Me Closer.”Interesting fact on “Toxic,” which was off Spears’ 2003 album “In the Zone” – it was reportedly originally meant for singer Kylie...

That’s so Raven! Raven-Symoné says she’s psychic

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:14:33 GMT

(CNN) — We really should have seen this one coming.During a recent episode of her and her wife Miranda Maday’s podcast “The Best Podcast Ever,” Raven-Symoné put out there that she believes she has psychic abilities.It came up during a game of “Spin the Wheel” with guest Keke Palmer. The wheel landed on the word “psychic,” and Raven-Symoné said she believed in it.“I truly believe,” she said. “I believe actually humans have the ability in their brain to tap into energy fields that allow for truth to connect when you know how to translate it correctly.”Of course in her younger years, the now 37-year-old actress starred as a psychic teen in the hit Disney series “That’s So Raven” that ran from 2003 to 2007, and now stars in the spinoff “Raven’s Home.”But in real life, Raven-Symoné said during the podcast, “I do have moments where I really will just stare and I will see a scene that is happening… that has happened to me or that is going to happen to me in another dimension and I feel it ...