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Police arrest woman accused of drugging, stealing $40,000 in property from man in Miami

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

There was a break in the case for a South Florida man who was drugged and robbed last year.City of Miami Police on Friday confirmed they tracked down and arrested 34-year old Danyelle Eans.Investigators said the suspect went home with a man she met at a bar in Coconut Grove, slipped something into his drink and stole $40,000 in watches and jewelry. The incident happened last May with officers using a still shot of the suspect in an elevator as their only clue. They were able to track her down, arrest her and trace her DNA to some glasses that were on the victim’s countertop.Police said this man wasn’t her only victim.“Fast forward to just a month ago, local bar, she’s there, meets a man, he says, ‘Let’s go to my apartment,’ takes her to his apartment, and the same MO,” Miami Police Officer Michael Vega said. Eans appeared in bond court on Friday and opted to waive extradition to Texas, where she faces other criminal charges.

Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr come together on her ‘Let It Be’ cover

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

(CNN) — Only country music icon Dolly Parton can manage to get Beatles legends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr together to record a new rendition of one of their band’s most iconic songs.Parton debuted a cover of the hit 1970 Beatles ballad “Let It Be” on Thursday as the latest single from her upcoming rock album “Rockstar,” and the track features both McCartney and Starr.“I was so proud of getting to sing songs like ‘Let It Be’ with Paul McCartney,” Dolly said on an episode of Talk Shop Live Thursday night, adding McCartney sang and played piano and Starr played the drums on the track.Famed rock singer and guitarist Peter Frampton and Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood are also featured on the star-studded track.“That in itself is like history,” she said.Parton also spoke about how this “mini Beatles reunion” came together, saying it all started when she simply asked McCartney to collaborate on her version of “Let It Be,” because “it’s his song, he co-wrote that.”She continued...

Florida man arrested for animal cruelty; dogs found without food in severe heat

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

DELTONA, Fla. (WSVN) – A Central Florida man is facing multiple charges of animal cruelty after authorities discovered his dogs had not been properly fed for approximately five weeks and were exposed to severe heat. Zachary Michael Crain, 26, of Deltona, was taken into custody on Tuesday night and subsequently booked into jail Wednesday morning. He faces three felony counts of animal cruelty and three misdemeanor counts of unlawful confinement/abandonment of animals without sufficient food or water.The investigation unfolded when deputies, responding to a request from Deltona Animal Control, arrived at Crain’s residence on Abbott Avenue on Tuesday evening. Animal Control officers had previously taken custody of three dogs — Dolly, Buttercup, and Joker — after they escaped their enclosure earlier in the day. Officers noted the dogs’ deteriorating physical condition compared to their previous encounters.Buttercup, in particular, exhibited visible signs of distress, w...

Cleanup continues after several tornadoes confirmed in Mass. and RI

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

Several communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island were left with flooding and wind damage Friday after severe weather swept through the region, spawning multiple tornadoes and knocking out power to thousands of people. Officials at the National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings and flash flood warnings beginning early in the morning. As conditions improved around midday, cleanup efforts were getting underway. “Everything was just bent over,” said one man in Weymouth describing the scene as storms hit his area. “You could hear the branches breaking.” The NWS issued the region’s first tornado warning of the day around 8:30 a.m. for parts of Rhode Island. Meteorologists then noted radar indications of tornado debris lofted into the air near Scituate, Rhode Island around 8:40 a.m. as the tornado-warned storm moved through the area.Crews were later on scene around Byron Randall Road in Scituate as of 12 p.m. where tree debri...

Mortgage rates soar to their highest level in 21 years

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates surged this week, rising to their highest level in 21 years.The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% in the week ending August 17, up from 6.96% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was 5.13%.Rates have been above 6.5% since the end of May and climbing higher since mid-July. The last time rates were over 7% was in November of last year when they hit 7.08%. This week’s average rate is the highest the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has been since April 2002 when it was 7.13%.Mortgage rates have spiked during the Federal Reserve’s historic rate-hiking campaign sending home affordability to its lowest level in several decades. Buying a home is more expensive because of the added cost of financing the mortgage, and homeowners who previously locked in lower rates are reluctant to sell. The combination of low inventory and high costs has squeezed would-be ho...

Groups pitch Widett Circle to relieve Mass. And Cass. impacts

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

A coalition of Boston businesses and neighborhood groups kicked off a campaign Friday calling for creation of a recovery campus at the MBTA-owned Widett Circle, pitching it as a way to relieve the unyielding pressures of drug use and homelessness in the area known as “Mass. and Cass.”Leaders of the South End Forum, which represents neighborhood associations in Boston’s South End, and the Newmarket Business Improvement District unveiled a proposal that would stand up dozens of temporary cabins that could support residents through various steps of recovery.They set their sights on Widett Circle, a 24-acre property that was previously home to the New Boston Food Mart Corporation, had been eyed as a cornerstone of Boston’s ultimately suspended Olympics bid, and is now owned by the MBTA with plans to transform it into a major rail yard.Steve Fox, who chairs the South End Forum, said the “overriding objective” is to divert people away from the area near...

US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties at summit amid China, North Korea worries

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed Friday to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David. Their meeting and agreement come at a time that all three countries are on an increasingly tense ledge in their relations with China and North Korea.Biden said the three nations would establish a communications hotline to discuss responses to threats. He announced the agreements, including what the keaders termed the “Camp David Principles,” at the close of his talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.“The purpose of our trilateral security cooperation is and will remain to promote and enhance peace and stability throughout the region,” they said in a joint statement.“Our countries are stronger and the world will be safer as we stand together. And I know this is a belief that all three share,” Biden said as he ope...

Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year’s worth of rain on parts of the Southwest

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

(CNN) — Concern is growing Hurricane Hilary will unleash a prolific amount of flooding rainfall on the southwestern US and parts of California as it makes a rare move over the region Sunday and into early next week, triggering the first ever tropical storm watch for California.Hilary could dump more than a year’s worth of rain in parts of three states: California, Nevada and Arizona. Because of the threat, parts of California face a rare high risk for excessive rainfall. This Level 4 of 4 threat is the first to ever be issued for this part of Southern California.Hilary was a powerful Category 4 hurricane churning about 360 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Friday afternoon with sustained winds of 145 mph with stronger gusts, the National Hurricane Center said.The storm underwent incredible rapid intensification Thursday into Friday, strengthening from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in just 24 hours. Hilary is forecast to remain a Category 4 ...

All Elite Wrestling champ Cash Wheeler arrested on assault charge

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

Daniel Wheeler, a tag-team champion in All Elite Wrestling, was arrested Friday morning by the Orlando Police Department and charged with one count of aggravated assault with a firearm. He was booked in Orange County Jail, according to county records.Wheeler, 36, better known in wrestling circles as Cash Wheeler, is a member of the tag team FTR with Dax Harwood. They hold the AEW tag-team championship.Wheeler appeared in court Friday afternoon, where it was revealed that the arrest stemmed from a “road-rage-type incident” where Wheeler did not know the alleged victim. Bail was set at $2,500, and Wheeler is forbidden from possessing a firearm or having contact with the alleged victims until the case is decided.According to court records, Wheeler’s alleged offense was committed on July 27 and a warrant was issued July 28 for his arrest. On Aug. 3, his attorneys issued a written plea of not guilty, and his appearance at a pretrial conference was waived on that day. His arrest affidavit...

HEAR IT: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunite on Dolly Parton’s cover of ‘Let It Be’

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:34:20 GMT

Karu F. Daniels | (TNS) New York Daily NewsLeave it to Dolly Parton to revive The Beatles — like never before.The recent  Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has reunited the two living members of the Fab Four for her rendition of the band’s 1970 hit “Let It Be.” Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr joined Parton on a new recording from her upcoming album “Rockstar,” which is set to be released in full Nov. 17. which was released Friday. Fellow legendary rockers Peter Frampton and Mick Fleetwood also appear on the track.Parton has been slowly sharing songs from the star-studded album since it was first announced in early May. On Friday, Parton took to social media to promote her latest release.British singer-songwriter Paul McCartney (R) and muscian Ringo Starr (L) of legendary rock-band The Beatles pose arriving on the carpet to attend a special screening of the film “The Beatles Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years” in London on September 15, 2016. / AFP / Ben STANSALL (Ph...