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Al nivel más bajo desde 2021: se desploman las detenciones de migrantes en la frontera

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

LOS ÁNGELES- El número de migrantes detenidos que ingresaron en junio pasado a EEUU sin autorización se desplomó al nivel más bajo desde febrero de 2021 con menos de 100,000 extranjeros procesados, destacó este martes la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, en inglés).El mes pasado los agentes fronterizos de EEUU detuvieron a 99,545 migrantes en la frontera suroeste, lo que representa una disminución del 42 % desde mayo de 2023 cuando se detuvieron 169,244 extranjeros.El comisionado interino de CBP, Troy Miller, enfatizó en un comunicado que la disminución se debe a la implementación de las medidas del gobierno Biden tras el fin del Título 42, el pasado 12 de mayo, y la continua implementación de las leyes migratorias estipuladas en el Título 8. Investigan denuncia que oficiales de Texas ordenaron empujar a familias al Río Grande El nuevo “sueño mexicano”: migrantes hallan éxito en la frontera en lugar de llegar a EEUU ...

New program offers free community college tuition for in-demand jobs

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) --- State leaders are taking action to help curb Colorado's critical workforce shortages. On Tuesday, Governor Jared Polis, in partnership with the Colorado Community College System, announced the launch of Career Advance Colorado. “Closing these workforce gaps is one of biggest challenges we face as a state, but it’s also one of our greatest opportunities,” Polis said in a video released online. The new program will offer free training for in-demand jobs at community and technical schools across the state. Colorado ranks the 32nd most challenging state in the U.S. for employers to fill open positions according to the Colorado Talent Pipeline Report. Joe Garcia, Colorado Community College System chancellor, said the need for skilled workers has grown.  2 Colorado cities among the most educated in the nation "It’s important to the entire state because we all need health care workers, we all need police officers, firefighters, we need it s...

Was there a microburst in Denver Monday?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The weather in Denver went from record-setting moisture to extreme heat on Monday, but some experienced something different.While some people were concerned about the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke, residents near Sloans Lake think they might have been in the middle of a microburst.One resident near Colfax and Sloans Lake told FOX31 that they were on their rooftop when there were tiny drops of rain, then some harder rain.It was a matter of minutes when suddenly the wind was tossing the outdoor furniture on their patio around."We went inside the rooftop door and five minutes later we were looking outside the door then WHOOSH--" the resident wrote, "the wind comes and tosses all of my patio furniture and cushions blown off."Some users on Reddit said they experienced something similar, and speculate that the wind event was a microburst.What is a microburst?According to the National Weather Service, a microburst is "a localized column of sinking air ...

17-year-old boy injured and rushed to hospital after gunfire in Fort Lauderdale neighborhood

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

An alleged 17-year-old boy was shot and transported to the hospital after gunfire rang out at a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex.The Fort Lauderdale Police Department received both a call and alert right before 8 p.m. on Tuesday about shots fired at Everglades Heights Apartments on Northwest 22nd Street.“There were a lot of bullets being shot, it sounded like multiple gunshots,” said resident Brittany Perkins.Police are investigating several areas of the complex also impacted by bullets, such as neighbors’ cars.“Shot up my car, a nine millimeter went through my window and the car beside me had two bullet holes through their windows and a couple of other cars over there had a couple of bullet holes through their doors,” said Thomas Perkins, another resident of the complex. “It’s not the first shooting we’ve had in this area over here and frankly I’m getting tired of just living here, period.”FLPD officers and Crime Scene In...

Officer gets hit by driver and suffers minor injuries during traffic stop

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

An officer suffered some minor injuries during a traffic stop as the driver hit the officer and ran away in the area of Northwest 10th Avenue and 39th Street.The driver of the vehicle opened his side door, hit the officer in the head, and took off, Tuesday evening. City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units transported the officer to Jackson Memorial Hospital for evaluation.As of Tuesday, detectives are still investigating and the subject has not been caught. If you have any information on this crime, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Flight for Boston delayed due to ‘bomb threat alert’ in MIA

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

Miami-Dade Police Department responded to a bomb threat at the Miami Internation Airport, Concourse D, Gate 28 an American Airlines flight that was leaving for Boston.A security check was conducted and an adult male matched the subject of the description, who was detained, Tuesday evening. The man missed his flight and told people at the gate that he had a bomb.Officials searched the plane and there was no explosive device found.The plane was scheduled for Boston at 9:10 p.m. and is now delayed and will leave from MIA at 10:48 p.m.

Police car crashes into white sedan in Miami Lakes

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

A police car was involved in a crash in the area of northwest 57th Avenue and 150th Street in Miami Lakes.Around 9 p.m., a Miami-Dade cruiser and a white sedan collided, Tuesday. 7News captured the incident showing the area where the accident took place.If there were injuries, they were minor and no one was transported.All southbound lanes of 57th Avenue were closed.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

For Moscow, that NATO summit must have been highly alarming

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.”Last week’s NATO summit was overshadowed by an angry tweet posted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy just as alliance leaders were gathering in Vilnius. “It’s unprecedented and absurd when timeframes are not set neither for an invitation nor for Ukraine’s membership,” Zelenskyy tweeted. “Uncertainty is weakness,” he added for good measure.The tweet sparked uproar and dominated headlines and commentary throughout the two-day meeting in Lithuania. That’s unfortunate. For missed in the turmoil surrounding the tweet and Ukraine’s disappointment, is a larger and more lasting story.Seen from the perspective of the Kremlin, the NATO meeting can hardly have been comforting — once again underscoring how truly colossal a strategic mistake Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine has turned out to b...

Revolutionary tactics will require using one group of Kremlin gangsters against another

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former political prisoner and CEO of Yukos Oil company, is the author of “The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell for Putin’s Power Gambit — and How to Fix It.”Quite often, in the comments to my posts in Russian — mostly left by Russians living in Russia — people write that they’re exhausted with all the incessant talk on social networks and that it’s time to do something to topple the regime of President Vladimir Putin. They often directly suggest I start funding paramilitary organizations based in Ukraine, like the Russian Volunteer Corps or the Free Russia Legion.”But the majority of Russians living abroad who actively denounce Putin object to any violent action. In fact, they’re even against calls for nonviolent action from abroad, as they might ultimately lead to violence inside Russia against political activists, worsening their plight.And the rebellion led by the paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin starkly exposed this split in thinking.From the very...

Police investigating hit-and-run crash in Hyde Park

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:41:39 GMT

An investigation got underway in Hyde Park Tuesday night after a hit and run crash that sent one person to a hospital, Boston police said. Police said a call came in around 9:30 a.m. reporting a crash involving a pedestrian.Police said the victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. A large police presence was seen around Wood Avenue shortly after 10:30 p.m., with authorities spotted searching the area. Police said an accident reconstruction team also responded to the crash site. The search for the person involved in this crash was ongoing as of 10:30 p.m. Police have asked anyone with information to contact them.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.