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Eric Roberts attends premiere of horror short ‘Hammer’ at MDC’s Koubek Cultural Arts Center

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

There’s no shortage of spooky movies premiering this Halloween season. We have one more to add to your watch list, starring Eric Roberts. It’s called “Hammer.”The short film premiered at the Miami Dade College’s Koubek Cultural Arts Center this week.Deco caught up with the film’s director, Orlando Cicilia III, and hammered out the details, as well as Eric Roberts himself, who spoke about why centers like this are important.Orlando Cicilia III: “You’re going to see a great movie, a great performance by Eric Roberts, and an overall thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat.”Eric Roberts: “Art comes last, art is the most precious, art is the most fragile, and art is the most fun. We all need this kind of centers to help find our artists.”You can catch the gory horror flick, streaming now on hammer-movie.com/watch.

BSO searching for 26-year-old man reported missing from Lauderdale Lakes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

Authorities seek the public’s help in their search for a man who was reported missing from Lauderdale Lakes.According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit, 26-year-old Duby Lorsirs was last seen along the 3700 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard, at around 8 a.m., Thursday.Detectives said Lorsirs stands 6 feet tall, weighs around 170 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.Lorsirs’ family told investigators that he experiences mental illness.Officials urge anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact BSO Missing Persons Detective Erica Chace at 352-578-1611 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-HELP (4357).

South Florida man from Gaza mourns 21 family members killed in airstrike, seeks information on brother

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

A South Florida man says he is desperate to hear from his brother in the Middle East after Israeli airstrikes claimed the lives of nearly two dozen loved ones.Cellphone video from inside Gaza captured the chaos after a bomb went off earlier this week.The ongoing violence in on the mind of Abd B., who spoke with 7News about the toll that the conflict has taken on him.“How have I been living in the last six days? In constant fear, in constant sadness, in constant worry that one morning I will wake up and lose yet another [family member],” he said.Abd, a South Florida resident who was born and raised in Gaza City, said many of the loved ones who perished as a result of the airstrikes were children.He said he first learned about it on the news.“I saw my family named on the news, the family name, and then the description of the street. I was crying before I even called,” he said.Video showed his relatives’ home reduced to rubble.“In the last six days a...

Biden speaks with families of Americans unaccounted for in Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday spoke with the families of the Americans who remain unaccounted for in Israel after promising to speak with family members of those who are held hostage by Hamas.During a speech in Philadelphia Friday afternoon, Biden recounted the conversation.“They’re going through agony not knowing what the status of their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, children are,” he said. “You know, it’s gut wrenching. I assured them my personal commitment to do everything possible, everything possible” to ensure the Americans’ return.National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby told reporters that Biden “conveyed directly to these families that they have been in his prayers and we affirmed for them that the United States government is doing everything possible to locate and bring home their loved ones.”The call was led by special presidential envoy for hostage affairs Roger Carstens, Kirby said.“Several of the fam...

Man seriously injured after being struck by car in Vaughan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

A man is in serious condition after being struck by a vehicle in Vaughan.York police were called to Jane Street near Norwood Avenue, south of Major Mackenzie Drive, for reports of a collision just before 7:30 p.m. Friday evening. When they arrived they found a man had been struck by a vehicle. The man was taken to hospital in serious condition. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene for the investigation.

Jenkins to give up Notre Dame presidency at end of 2023-2024 school year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The University of Notre Dame announced Friday that the Rev. John Jenkins will give up the school’s presidency at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year to return to teaching and ministry.Jenkins, the university’s 17th president, has led the school since 2005.“Serving as president of Notre Dame for me, as a Holy Cross priest, has been both a privilege and a calling,” Jenkins said in a news release. John Brennan, chair of the university’s board of trustees, praised Jenkins’ “courageous and visionary leadership.” “Together with the remarkable leadership team he has assembled, he has devoted himself to advancing the University and its mission, fulfilling the promise he made when he was inaugurated — to work collaboratively to build a great Catholic university for the 21st century,” Brennan said.The university said Jenkins’ accomplishments include promoting research growth and gaining Notre Dame’s admission in the research- and education-focused ...

Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family said Friday during a news conference.Rudy Noorlander, who answered most questions at the University of Utah hospital by writing on a white board, is looking forward to having a root beer float, reuniting with his Yorkshire terrier Sully, returning to the outdoors and maybe even being able to attend the rivalry football game next month between the Montana Grizzlies and his beloved Montana State Bobcats.“And he’s developed a whole new hatred toward the University of Montana,” his daughter Katelynn Noorlander Davis said, referring to the team’s mascot.Noorlander can speak briefly, but it hurts “a little,” he said. He will need speech therapy, his surgeon, Dr. Hilary McCrary said. Noorlander didn’t want to take questions about the attack because he wants to tell the story himself and write a book....

The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona’s most populous county — still being tallied after the area’s hottest summer ever recorded — has soared over 360, alarming public health officials who say the final count will surely set a new record.Maricopa County, the hottest metropolitan area in the U.S. and home to Phoenix, reported this week that 361 heat-associated deaths have been confirmed this year as of Oct. 7. Another 238 deaths remained under investigation. As of the same time last year, 331 heat-associated deaths had been confirmed, with another 126 deaths still being studied. No other major metropolitan area in the U.S. has reported such high figures or spends so much time tracking and studying them.“It definitely looks like we’ll see more deaths than last year and maybe even more than 500,” said Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, medical director for Maricopa County Public Health. “But we won’t really know until the end of the season.”Mar...

10 injured in crash between a truck and van carrying team east of Regina

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

Ten people, including eight girls of a First Nations junior volleyball team, have been injured in a collision involving a truck and a multi-passenger van on Highway 1 east of Regina.RCMP say the crash happened near Sintaluta, Sask., at about 4 p.m. on Thursday.Megaen Reader, director of education at Chief Kahkewistahaw Community School, said the girls and their coach are now home after being discharged from hospital. “Lots of bumps and bruises and one broken bone,” Reader said. “But I think other than that, they’re doing pretty good, just shaken up.”Police, fire, EMS and STARS air ambulance responded and transported all nine occupants of the van to hospital with injuries ranging from severe to non-life-threatening.The driver of the truck, a man from Manitoba, was taken to hospital by STARS.Police say they have called in victim services to provide support to the people involved.Reader said the team was on its way to Indian Head, Sask., to play a gam...

Joran van der Sloot expected to plead guilty in Natalee Holloway extortion case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:02 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Court records filed Friday indicate Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother.A federal judge set an Oct. 18 plea and sentencing hearing for van der Sloot in Birmingham, Alabama. He had previously entered a plea of not guilty in the case. Emails sent to van der Sloot’s attorney and a spokeswoman for federal prosecutors were not immediately returned Friday eveningVan der Sloot was extradited to Alabama from Peru, where he’s serving a 28-year sentence after confessing to killing a Peruvian woman in 2010. Holloway went missing during a high school graduation trip with classmates to Aruba. The Alabama teen was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot, a student at an international school on the island. The mysterious disappearance sparked years of news coverage and countless true-crime podcasts. Van der Slo...