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Island City Club in Wilton Manors takes dressing up Barbies to whole other level

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

The “Barbie” cast certainly has some imagination, and they’re not alone. A Wilton Manors club has been collecting and dressing up Barbies for decades, and they’re desperate for doll play.Margot Robbie (as Barbie): “Hi, Barbie.”Emma Mackey (as Barbie): “Hi, Barbie.”Issa Rae (as Barbie): “Hi, Barbie.”Simu Liu (as Ken): “Hi, Barbie.”Everyone might be hyped to see the “Barbie” movie, but this group is high-key excited.Constance Ruppender: “I am counting the days. I have a drawer of Barbie shirts, and I’m wearing a Barbie shirt every day until I go to the movies.”They call themselves the Island City Club in Wilton Manors. They live for playdates.Constance Ruppender: “We get together once a month, and we play, we bring our dolls. You can be whoever you want to be with Barbie, and we’re all Barbie. Even people who hate Barbie have a Barbie story.”Collecting is the name of...

Miami Commissioner Reyes hosts backpack distribution at Boys and Girls Club of Miami-Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

A City of Miami official delivered some much-needed supplies for students ahead of their return to the classroom.Students may still be on their summer break, but District 4 Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes on Wednesday helped hand out more than 500 backpacks filled with classroom essentials to children at the Boys and Girls Club of Miami-Dade.“We showed them that school is important, and I talked to them, and they promised me that they’re going to do their homework and pay attention and all of that,” said Reyes, “and I really love doing this, because children are the future of the world.”Wednesday’s distribution is one of many back-to-school activities with the goal of delivering a total of 6,000 backpacks to schools and summer camps in the City of Miami to help families in need.

Dorchester mom describes moment man stole pickup truck with her baby inside

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

The mother of a baby left on a sidewalk in Dorchester last week is now speaking out, describing heartstopping moments when police say someone stole a truck with her child inside. The incident happened on Friday near the intersection of Geneva Avenue and Westville Street. Police said the thief in this case was riding a bike in the area around 3 p.m. He then got off the bike, according to police, and jumped into the truck. Surveillance video obtained by 7NEWS showed the thief drove roughly one block before getting out of the truck and leaving the baby in a car seat on the curb near Leroy Street. Another person quickly arrived to pick up the baby. About an hour later, police said officers located the stolen truck on Columbia Road.Though no one was hurt, the baby’s mother told 7NEWS her daughter is just 22 days old. The mother said she and her family were standing steps from the truck when it was taken and said the situation was terrifying as she was unable...

Mets Notebook: Buck Showalter not ready to place Starling Marte on IL despite outfielder’s unavailability

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

With Starling Marte out of the lineup once again with his second migraine headache of the week, the Mets may need to make a roster decision.The right fielder missed his third game since Saturday with a migraine Wednesday against the Chicago White Sox. He hasn’t been available off the bench and likely won’t be for a few days. The 34-year-old has dealt with severe migraines in the past but two in the span of only a few days gives the Mets some cause for concern.“He’s had them before, but not this close [together],” manager Buck Showalter said Wednesday before the Mets hosted the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a three-game series. “That’s why we’re going to do some tests and do some things to rule out some things.”Marte, who saw specialists Wednesday to try to determine the cause of the headaches, spent much of the last few days vomiting, and while the training staff is doing all they can to keep fluids in him, he’s s...

Brayan Bello’s career first culminates in frustrating Red Sox loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

Given another chance to pad their record against an unfortunate team, the Red Sox dropped the series finale in Oakland, falling 6-5 to the A’s on Wednesday afternoon.The game yielded several career milestones for Red Sox players. Yu Chang’s 221st career Major League game set a record for games by a player born in Taiwan and Kiké Hernández became the 50th Puerto Rico-born player to reach 1,000 career MLB games. In the eighth inning, Kenley Jansen made his 800th career appearance, the 54th pitcher all-time and only active arm to do so.Otherwise, little else went well for the Red Sox, though the contest began in promising fashion. After his team got shut out on Tuesday night, Justin Turner roared back with a vengeance in the first inning, walloping a two-run homer for an immediate lead. Doing so extended his hitting streak to 15 games, moving him into sole possession of the longest streak ever by a Red Sox player aged 38 or older.But the usually-dominant Brayan Bello looked...

Comic-Con crowds arrive in downtown San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Comic-Con 2023 is underway! The electricity palpable in the Gaslamp Quarter as downtown San Diego hosts more than a 100,000 fandoms through the weekend. The San Diego Convention Center is one part of this massive event that will be watched across the globe, as people take it in year after year.The sold-out event will see 50 to 60,000 people a day and about 200,000 for the weekend. Parking at the convention center and surrounding lots have been booked for weeks.  The trolley is strongly encouraged. MORE: San Diego Comic-Con “We have three stations that take you steps away from all the action, both inside Comic-Con, and all the festivities that they are having outside," said Mark Olson, the Communications and Marketing Director for FTS.This year they have added three lines just for Comic-Con, running every 15 minutes. If you buy online in advance, multi-day passes are discounted and shuttles are available to move people from event to event and hotel to convention center...

WATCH: Auto theft suspect carjacks 2 vehicles during wild L.A. pursuit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

A man who was wanted for stealing a van carjacked two additional vehicles during a dangerous pursuit through the San Fernando Valley Wednesday afternoon.The Los Angeles Police Department began tracking the suspect after learning he was wanted for stealing a van at a gas station in Ventura round 9 a.m., officials said. The stolen van was first spotted by LAPD officers in the North Hollywood area around 11 a.m. and they began to chase the suspect, police said. At some point, two LAPD officers were involved in a crash and the chase was called off. Different officers spotted the van again around noon, but quickly called off the pursuit again because of the suspect's erratic driving, police said. Authorities began chasing the driver again around 1 p.m., and about a half-hour later he abandoned the van, its tires disabled by spike strips, and then ran to a Chevron gas station in Porter Ranch where he got into a BMW sedan that was stopped at one of the fuel pumps. A stolen vehicle suspect ...

Israel to allow Palestinian Americans entry in bid to qualify for US visa waiver program

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel announced Wednesday that it would be allowing all American citizens, including dual-nationality Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to enter the country through its international airport as part of an agreement to qualify for a visa waiver program with the U.S.Israel has pushed for years to secure visa-free entry for its citizens to the U.S., a privilege enjoyed by 40 countries, mostly in Europe and Asia. But that request has been thwarted over the U.S. government’s demand that the country provide equal treatment at its borders to all American citizens, including Palestinian Americans, who are often barred from entering the country through Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport. Instead, those traveling to the occupied West Bank or the Gaza Strip must enter via neighboring Jordan or Egypt. Other Americans of Arab origin or Muslim faith say they’ve suffered similar restrictions, as well as U.S. citizens with political views Israel finds objectionable.U....

Province directs Surrey, B.C., to stay with local police force despite city’s wishes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

VICTORIA — It was, in British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth’s own estimation, an “extraordinary” use of his powers.But invoking the Police Act to direct the City of Surrey to move ahead with a transition to a municipal police force — against the wishes of its mayor and council — was necessary to ensure the safety of the Metro Vancouver city, he said.Farnworth hopes his decision is the last word in a dispute that has its origins in 2018, when former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum was elected on a promise to replace the RCMP with a municipal force, the Surrey Police Service. But McCallum would lose his job last year to Mayor Brenda Locke, who promised to reverse course and stick with the RCMP.Farnworth said Wednesday that the safety of Surrey residents and the rest of the province is “non-negotiable” and reverting to the RCMP would be moving “backwards,” despite the wishes of Locke and her majority on council.“I know this is an e...

Gunman had 1,800 rounds of ammo as he launched ‘murderous barrage of fire’ on Fargo police officers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:35 GMT

FARGO, N.D. — A man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition, a grenade and other explosives in his car unleashed a “murderous barrage of fire” as he ambushed officers who were investigating a routine crash, killing one and wounding two before a fourth stopped him and thwarted what authorities described as plans for further mayhem, officials said Wednesday.Mohamad Barakat, 37, shot Officers Jake Wallin, Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes from inside his car on Friday, from about 15 to 20 feet away, before they could even reach for their guns, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said at a news conference. Wallin was killed while Dotas and Hawes remain hospitalized in critical condition. Wrigley said Barakat also shot and injured a bystander, who was trying to run away when she was hit twice.But Officer Zach Robinson, who just happened to be nearby, “disabled” Barakat’s .223 -caliber rifle with a difficult shot from his own 9 mm handgun from about 75 feet (22.86 meters) away...