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Environmental cash for fish: EU flashes green money to support Indian Ocean tuna grab

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

The EU’s sustainable fishing funds are intended to save the environment. In the Indian Ocean, critics say they’re being used as leverage to allow Europe’s fishing fleets to keep fishing vast amounts of tuna.EU vessels — most of them French or Spanish — catch up to a third of tuna in those waters, according to data from the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), an international body tasked with managing the fisheries. To do so, they deploy so-called fish aggregating devices — floating objects made of plastic or wood used to attract fish — that scientists say lead to overfishing and cause plastic pollution.Concerned by the EU’s practices, a group of 11 IOTC member countries are calling to limit the use of floating devices to allow fish to recover and ensure the species’ survival. Their proposal calls for a 72-day moratorium on the practice every year, and a limit on how many devices can be used.The EU has launched a campaign to ensure that doesn’t happen.Through so-called “sustain...

Police: 2 dead, 2 injured in separate shootings in Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

Boston police are investigating after two people were fatally shot and two others hospitalized following separate shootings in the city Sunday night.Officers responding to a reported shooting on Wildwood Street in Mattapan around 8:30 p.m. found two victims, one of whom was suffering from life-threatening injuries, according to Boston police. The other was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated.Shortly after, police responded to another reported shooting in downtown Boston, where a man who was shot on Kingston Street showed up at the hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. A fourth man later showed up at a downtown Boston hospital with a gunshot wound. He later died of his injuries. It is unclear where that man was shot.None of the victims have been named.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

School bus drivers Marlboro, Westboro set to strike amid contract negotiations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

Bus drivers in Framingham have agreed to a new contract and will be picking up kids for school on Monday, narrowly avoiding a looming strike as bus drivers in two other nearby communities continued to negotiate Sunday night.Bus drivers in Marlborough and Westborough were still working to finalize a new contract late Sunday night and it remained unclear whether they will be making their rounds picking up students on Monday, according to Teamsters Local 170.The union says pay, health care, and benefits were among the issues with the current contract.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 8 dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and MICHAEL GONZALEZ (Associated Press)BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The death toll has risen to eight after an SUV slammed into a crowd of people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. At least 10 others were injured, police said, as they prepared to arrest the hospitalized driver.With no bench at the unmarked city bus stop, some of the victims were sitting on the curb around 8:30 a.m. when the driver hit them, surveillance video from the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center showed. Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval, who confirmed the latest death Sunday evening, said police did not know whether the collision was intentional.Shelter director Victor Maldonado said the SUV ran up the curb, flipped and continued moving for about 200 feet (60 meters). Some people walking on the sidewalk about 30 feet (9 meters) from the main group were also hit, Maldonado said. Witnesses detained the driver as h...

Man shot by deputies at North County church

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

If you or anyone you know needs help, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached at 988. The hotline is available 24 hours a day.VISTA, Calif. -- An apparently suicidal man was shot by deputies at a North County church on Sunday, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Department.Shortly before 12:30 p.m., patrol deputies were dispatched to the church located in the 1400 block of Calle Jules in Vista after a man was reportedly at the location holding a handgun to his head.When deputies arrived on scene, they learned that other members of the church were inside the building with the man, according to San Diego Police Department Lt. Adam Sharki in a release.As deputies attempted to gather more information, Sharki said responding law enforcement noticed the man exit the church with the firearm in his right hand. Deputies gave commands to the man to drop the gun, according to SDPD. Reports of shots fired at house party in Lincoln Park When the man failed to follow the demands of la...

Tourist boat capsizes in southern India, at least 20 dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — A double-decker boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized off a beach in southern India on Sunday night, and more than 20 people including children died, local media reported.“The boat is being hauled ashore and more bodies are expected to be recovered from inside,” Sports Minister V Abdurahiman told the Press Trust of India news agency, adding that four people in critical condition were admitted to a hospital. The dead included children who had come for a ride on the boat during their school vacation, the minister said. It’s not clear what caused the tourist boat to overturn near Thoovaltheeram beach in Tanur, a coastal town in Kerala state’s Malappuram district.The state’s chief minister, who will visit the area Monday, tweeted his condolences to the victims’ families and urged the district’s authorities to oversee the rescue.Monday has been declared a day of official mourning, PTI reported, quoting a government statement. Prime Minister Nar...

21-year-old killed in motorcycle crash on St. Paul’s East Side, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

A 21-year-old man was killed Sunday night in a motorcycle crash on St. Paul’s East Side, police say.Officers responded just before 9 p.m. to a report of a single motorcycle crash near White Bear Avenue and Bush Avenue, according to information posted to Twitter by the St. Paul Police Department.The driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene.The cause of the crash remains remains under investigation.Related ArticlesNews | John Reynolds: For small employers, current paid-leave proposal is unworkable News | Jerome Johnson: A Rondo bypass not to pass by News | Loosen zoning regulations to allow for more multi-family dwellings in St. Paul? Six views. News | Photos: A colorful Cinco de Mayo celebration in St. Paul News | Soucheray: What was that mysterious creature outside my door?

State suing southeastern Minnesota gas station that leaked 10,000 gallons of fuel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

ELGIN, Minn. — A monthslong petroleum leak at a Cenex gas station in Elgin last year resulted in 10,000 gallons of gasoline spilling into the environment, threatening drinking water and creating an unstable gasoline plume within the groundwater that officials are still grappling with.This week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency filed a lawsuit against the station’s owner, Gurek Inc., and that company’s owner, Tejinder Singh, to reclaim the costs associated with its investigations and cleanup actions. Specifically, it accuses Gurek of knowingly bypassing safety protocols that, if followed, would have prevented the leak from happening.An MPCA official estimated the agency has spent more than $1.1 million in cleanup costs so far. That figure does not account for the work MPCA employees have done within the past year, said Darin Broton, MPCA director of external affairs. He described the $1.1 million paid so far as “out-of-pocket costs” paid to contractors and environme...

Luther Forest residents against proposed police barracks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

MALTA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -A new trooper barracks has been proposed on Dunning Street in Malta to replace their current location on Route 9. But some residents of Luther Forest say they are outraged over the plans' impact on the neighborhood.In a letter to State Police Troop G, chair of Save Luther Forest, Mark Janey, says the relocation plan was originally from 2021 by members of the Malta Town Board. Once the community was made aware, they worked to put a stop to the plans. Pilot takes date to prom by plane "The town council gave this parcel to the state police for a dollar. There was no input from the residents, there was no ballot measure referendum," said committee member of Save Luther Forest, Amyjean Robbins.Robbins says the project is too large to let happen without considering the residents. "The proposal currently is a 6,000 square foot building, and accompanying parking for 30 plus vehicles that operate 24/7," explained Robbins. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and co...

Denver’s Wyndham Clark holds off Xander Schauffele for first PGA win at Wells Fargo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:37 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wyndham Clark tried to pull his hat over his eyes with both hands as he struggled to hold back tears on the 18th green at Quail Hollow Club after winning his first PGA Tour event at the Wells Fargo Championship.The long, agonizing wait that included days on tour where he wanted to “break some clubs” were over.It was time to celebrate.“I’m a little choked up,” Clark said on the green. “It’s been a long five years (on tour) to get to this point. I thought I would have won one earlier, but it is well worth the wait.”Clark, who was born in Denver and went to Valor Christian High School, shot 68 on Sunday for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele.He finished the tournament at 19-under 265, the second-lowest score in relation to par in tournament history behind only three-time champion Rory McIlroy’s 21-under 267 in 2015 when par for the course was 72.Schauffele had accuracy issues with his driver on Sunday and shot 70, finishing at 15 under.Tyrrell Hatton and...