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Florida man accidentally cremated before funeral

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WJXT) – A father, barber, and jokester, Kevin Witherspoon died unexpectedly last week.“They took care of my mom really good so I was expecting them to do the same thing with my brother,” Frank Chapman, the brother of Witherspoon said about Corey-Kerlin Funeral Homes & Crematory in Jacksonville. His family paid more than $2,000 for an hour-long visitation for family and friends.Witherspoon was supposed to be cremated after the fact. Instead, they ended up with more grief.“I went down there yesterday to check on the clothes for him and they didn’t say anything. They said everything was fine but later on around four they called me and told me they accidentally cremated him,” Chapman said. The news was extremely shocking for loved ones who traveled from all around the country to say goodbye.Witherspoon’s brother-in-law Ronald Jackson said the most painful part was not being able “to sit there and look at him, you kn...

NY prosecutors invite Trump to testify in hush money investigation as probe nears end

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

(CNN) — Manhattan prosecutors have invited former President Donald Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating the investigation is nearing a conclusion.Potential defendants in New York are required by law to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury weighing charges. It is unclear if Trump would appear.The New York Times first reported the development.Trump would be the first former president ever indicted and also the first major presidential candidate under indictment seeking office. He has said he “wouldn’t even think about leaving” the race if charged.Trump is facing criminal inquiries related to his activities before, during and after his presidency.In addition to the New York City investigation, Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors have been probing the effort by Trump and his allies to overturn Georgia’s 2020 e...

Mediterranean and MIND diets reduced signs of Alzheimer’s in brain tissue, study finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

(CNN) — People who consumed foods from the plant-based Mediterranean and brain-focused MIND diets had fewer of the hallmark signs of Alzheimer’s — sticky beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain — when autopsied, a new study found.The MIND diet is short for Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.In fact, people who most closely followed either of the diets had “almost 40% lower odds” of having enough plaques and tangles in brain tissue to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, according to the study.“People who scored highest for adhering to the Mediterranean diet had average plaque and tangle amounts in their brains similar to being 18 years younger than people who scored lowest,” according to a statement on the study. “Researchers also found people who scored highest for adhering to the MIND diet had average plaque and tangle amounts similar to being 12 years younger than those who scored lowest.&...

Orlando Robinson goes from savior to surplus, but still at work for Heat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

There was a time when Orlando Robinson was so essential to the Miami Heat that they didn’t know what they would do without the undrafted rookie center.That time was a month ago, when even with the NBA 50-day allotment on his two-way contract dwindling, the Heat got Robinson back into action eight days after he fractured his right thumb.Now the Heat have moved on, having offloaded ineffective backup center Dewayne Dedmon ahead of the Feb. 9 NBA trading deadline and added veteran big men Cody Zeller and Kevin Love on Feb. 20 via the buyout market.Factor in Omer Yurtseven returning from his November ankle surgery, and it basically has come time to thank Robinson for time well served, the Heat again at capacity with their veteran presence at center.Yet despite not being on the active roster since Feb. 15, Robinson said he has turned what some might view as a negative into a positive.“Honestly, it’s been pretty cool,” Robinson said with a smile in the Heat locker ...

Man shot by deputies in El Cajon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. -- A man was shot by deputies in East County Friday morning, authorities told FOX 5.According to the San Diego Police Department, authorities fired at a suspect in a truck on Oro Street in El Cajon around midnight. The man then crashed a few blocks away on Flamingo Avenue near 2nd Street. Man stabbed, beaten in East Village SDPD said the man then fled the scene on foot. The occupants of a residence on Arlington Place near Greenfield Drive said they were awoken by sirens, an overhead helicopter and barking dogs. While looking out the window, one of the residents saw a man hopping over their fence, prompting them to call 911.Responding deputies found the suspect hiding in the back yard of the residence. He was taken from the scene by ambulance. The nature of his injuries have not yet been determined. The identity and age of the suspect has not been released by authorities.The specifics as to what led up to the pursuit of the suspect is unknown at this time.Since thi...

Stocks dip as worries about banks overshadow jobs report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening modestly lower as more weakness in banks overshadowed potentially encouraging news in the government’s monthly jobs report. Banks were broadly lower a day after a wipeout in SVB Financial, a Silicon Valley bank that caters to startup companies, triggered fears of broader troubles in the banking sector. Big Tech companies were also lower. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% in the early going Friday, a day after tumbling to one of its worst drops of the year. The Dow and the Nasdaq also fell. All three are headed for sizable weekly losses. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street futures reversed course Friday after the government reported another healthy month of hiring in February.Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1% and futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.3%. Both were down before the report was released. Oil prices also rebounded.The Labor Department reported Friday that America’s employers adde...

In a first since 1961, the Oscars carpet will not be red

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many things about the Academy Awards have changed over the years, but for the past six decades there has been at least one constant: The red carpet. The hues have varied over the years, but it has always been some shade of red. Until this year.On Wednesday outside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, workers unspooled a champagne-colored carpet as Jimmy Kimmel, who is hosting the 95th Oscars on Sunday, presided over the occasion. “I think the decision to go with a champagne carpet over a red carpet shows how confident we are that no blood will be shed,” Kimmel said.The decision to change the color came from creative consultants Lisa Love, a longtime Vogue contributor, and Raúl Àvila, the creative director for the glamourous Met Gala in New York. This year the carpet will be covered, in part to protect the stars and cameras from the weather, but also to help turn the arrivals into an evening event. For Love, there has always been a disconnect between the elegant b...

Timeline of shooting at Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Germany

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A timeline of the shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, according to information provided by authorities on Friday.About 9 p.m.— The perpetrator opens fire in the parking lot of the Kingdom Hall in the Gross Borstel district of Hamburg, firing 10 shots at a car. The woman who is driving it manages to get away with light injuries.He then shoots through a window at people taking part in a service on the ground floor of the building before climbing in through the window while continuing to shoot.There are 36 people present in the hall, with another 25 participating online. 9:04 p.m.— Police and firefighters receive the first of 47 emergency calls, some of them from people inside the building, alerting them to the shooting.9:08 p.m. — The first police officers arrive at the scene.9:09 p.m.— A Hamburg police unit specially trained to deal with rampages and terror attacks, known by its acronym USE, arrives a...

Ottawa claws back $82M from health transfers to 8 provinces charging private fees

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he is clawing $82 million in federal health transfers to the provinces for charging patients for services that should have been covered by the public purse.Eight provinces will see reductions in their next health transfer from the federal government over fees charged to patients in 2020 and 2021.Most of the deductions are related to fees for diagnostic services such as MRIs and CT scans.The federal Liberal government enacted a new policy on diagnostic services in 2020 ensuring fees for such tests were covered by the Canada Health Act’s single-payer policy.The Canada Health Act allows the federal government to reduce health transfers when provinces charge user fees for medically necessary health services.Duclos has also written to every province and territory to warn them about an increase in private fees being charged for other services, including virtual patient visits.This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1...

Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by Canadian city

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 5.0 per cent in February. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the previous month in brackets):_ St. John’s, N.L. 6.2 per cent (6.3)_ Halifax 4.7 per cent (4.5)_ Moncton, N.B. 5.3 per cent (5.3)_ Saint John, N.B. 6.4 per cent (6.1)_ Saguenay, Que. 4.2 per cent (4.8)_ Quebec City 1.9 per cent (2.4)_ Sherbrooke, Que. 4.0 per cent (3.3)_ Trois-Rivières, Que. 3.4 per cent (3.2)_ Montreal 4.7 per cent (4.5)_ Gatineau, Que. 4.4 per cent (4.0)_ Ottawa 4.0 per cent (3.8)_ Kingston, Ont. 5.5 per cent (5.8)_ Belleville, Ont. 5.5 per cent (6.1)_ Peterborough, Ont. 4.2 per cent (3.4)_ Oshawa, Ont. 4.5 per cent (4.3)_ Toronto 5.8 per cent (6.0)_ Hamilton, Ont. 5.6 per cent (5.2)_ St. Catharines-Nia...