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Damar Hamlin timeline from injury to return to Bills

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been cleared to resume playing 4 1/2 months after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati.General manager Brandon Beane said Hamlin got clearance after meeting with a third and final specialist last week, with all three agreeing the 25-year-old can play again without fear of setbacks or complications. Here’s a look at Hamlin’s road back:JAN. 2Early in Buffalo’s Week 17 game at Cincinnati, Hamlin attempted to tackle Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins on a routine play. Higgins’ right shoulder hit Hamlin in the chest, before Hamlin wrapped his arms around Higgins’ shoulder and helmet to drag him down.Hamlin quickly got to his feet, appeared to adjust his face mask with his right hand, then fell backward about three seconds later and lay motionless on the field. He was given medical treatment, including CPR, on the field for nearly 20 minutes before being taken in...

Barry Morphew's attorney files complaint against DA, 6 other prosecutors in case

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Nearly a year after charges were dismissed against Barry Morphew, who was accused of killing his wife Suzanne, his attorneys are filing a complaint against the district attorney and prosecutors involved in the case.Suzanne Morphew first went missing on Mother's Day of 2020. Her body still hasn't been found.Attorney Regulation Counsel investigating complaintIn an 83-page complaint to the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, Morphew's attorney, Iris Eytan, laid out 12 specific complaints against 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley and six other prosecutors involved in the case.The allegations of misconduct range from unethical practices and continued pattern of discovery violations to failure to respond to security concerns for court personnel and violations of the Victims Rights Act."He was held for five months in a cage based on information that wasn’t true," Eytan said during a news conference. "She has a license to practice law more powerful t...

Multiple rescue reptiles killed in fire at gator farm

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

MOSCA, Colo. (KDVR) — Multiple rescue reptiles were killed in a fire Tuesday morning at a farm in Alamosa County.The Colorado Gator Farm, located in the southern town of Mosca, posted about a fire that started at about 4:30 a.m. in its reptile barn. The farm is home to hundreds of rescued reptiles including alligators, crocodiles, pythons, rattlesnakes, iguanas, and turtles. 8 iconic restaurants only found in Colorado While no humans were injured in the early morning blaze, the farm said most of the rescue snakes, lizards, tortoises, parrots and cats died. Three dwarf caimans and several turtles and tortoises were rescued by the Mosca-Hooper Fire Department. The Colorado Gator Farm said that all the alligators and crocodiles that were outside the building are safe and that everything in its fish building was unharmed. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, but foul play is not suspected, according to the fire department. The farm said the damage from the fire was ...

Parking garage partially collapses in NYC, killing 1

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — One person was killed when a parking garage partially collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, Mayor Eric Adams said. Five people were injured.The three-story building fell around 4 p.m. a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge. It is an about half a mile (0.8 km) from the New York Stock Exchange.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.NEW YORK (AP) — A parking garage partially collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, and firefighters were searching for people who might have been trapped in the debris, authorities said. One person was seen being carried out on a stretcher.Bystander video showed cars hanging precariously from a buckled upper deck of the three-story building, a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge, and about half a mile (0.8 km) from the New York Stock Exchange.“It felt like an earthquake,” said Liam Gaeta, a student at nearby Pace University. He said he heard “a...

Amazon presents Miami-Dade engineering students with $40K in individual scholarships

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

Amazon had some amazing news for some South Florida students.They are delivering the gift of education in the form of a $40,000 scholarship for its “future engineers” program.Recipients will study computer science or engineering at a college of their choice, plus a paid internship with the retail giant after their freshman year.Students expressed excitement and gratitude for the unique opportunity.“It is extremely important,” said student Alexa Mallar. “It has made my college decisions a lot easier. I now have the necessary funding to go to MIT. I’m extremely honored to be here. It’s an amazing opportunity, and I’m so grateful. I’m extremely grateful. It’s an extremely happy day. Thank you very much.”Four hundred scholarships will be handed out by Amazon throughout the entire country.

State police: Cambridge church fire being investigated as arson

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

Authorities are now investigating a massive fire at a church in Cambridge as an incident of arson, officials announced on Tuesday. The fire happened at the Faith Lutheran Church on Broadway on Easter Sunday. Flames ripped through the more than 100-year-old church building, forcing crews to later remove its steeple. The church’s pastor previously said there was no one inside the building when the fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. on April 9.Cambridge Fire Chief Tom Cahill estimated that, at one point, there were 150 firefighters from about a dozen departments trying to put the flames out. Several firefighters suffered minor injuries, but were expected to be okay, officials said.Police have asked anyone with information or photos taken of the church on the day before the fire or on the day of the fire to contact them.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Destructive Sunshine

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

Destructive Sunshine?!….Such a preposterous title for a blog!Hear me out! I like sunshine just as much as the next weather guesser but that’s what we had today and will likely have it again tomorrow! So what exactly is destructive sunshine? Well, it typically occurs in the spring season when you have leftover cold pockets of air (associated with a storm) up high in the sky. When these cold pockets of air drift overhead while the sun is out (like this morning) you’ll see destructive sunshine go to work. Check out the visible satellite imagery around 9am …Sunshine in metro Boston. As the sun started heating up the ground, the warm air begins to rise and bump into the cold pocket of air upstairs. That process leads to the creation of clouds and by midday-afternoon, clouds were everywhere across the region (sans the Cape/Islands)So…the strong April sunshine helps to create the clouds out there today…hence, destructive sunshine! I think it’ll hap...

Peabody man appears in court in connection with alleged armed robbery at Northshore Mall

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

A Peabody man accused in connection with an armed robbery at a Kay Jewelers store this week appeared in court on Tuesday to face a charge linked to the case.He was ordered held without bail and was scheduled to be back in court next week as of Tuesday, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker. Officials said Starlin Batista, 21, entered the store at the Northshore Mall around 1 p.m. Monday wearing a white mask matching the one worn in the movie “Scream,” all-black clothing and a backpack with a note inside. “Put everything in the bag,” the note said, according to police. “I give you two minutes before I shoot. Make a sound your dead gold money.”Store workers said they gave Batista several thousand dollars worth of expensive watches and gold jewelry but told him the money was locked in a safe, according to court documents. Documents said Batista then ran out of the store and jumped into a car with three people in it. Batista told the people in the car to “go”...

9th Suffolk House candidate drops out, but will still appear on primary ballot

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

Amparo “Chary” Ortiz suspended her campaign for 9th Suffolk representative, clearing the way for fellow South End resident John Moran to take the open seat, but her name will still appear on next month’s primary ballot.Ortiz and Moran, both Democrats, were set to face off on May 2, with the winner moving on to run unopposed in the May 30 special election. The seat was left vacant when former Rep. Jon Santiago resigned to become the state’s veterans’ services secretary, a gubernatorial appointment that became effective last month.Despite Ortiz’s decision to drop out, which was made last Thursday, per her campaign spokesperson, she is still technically in the race, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office.“The deadline for her to withdraw was a couple of weeks ago,” said Debra O’Malley, spokesperson for the secretary of the commonwealth. “She didn’t file a notice of withdrawal. People are already voting at this point.”Candidates had until March 31 to withdraw. The...

Antetokounmpo does not practice Tuesday, but Bucks’ Budenholzer optimistic of return

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:12:11 GMT

Clarity with Giannis Antetokounmpo will not come until Wednesday’s game day against the Miami Heat, with the Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward not practicing Tuesday due to a lower-back contusion sustained Sunday.Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer expressed optimism Tuesday about a return by Antetokounmpo in Wednesday night’s 9 p.m. Game 2 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series. The Heat won Sunday’s series opener 130-117 at Fiserv Forum, with Antetokounmpo playing just 10:50 after taking a hard first-quarter tumble on a blocking foul by Heat forward Kevin Love.“We have 24-plus hours before game time, so he’ll get treatment,” Budenholzer said Tuesday. “And we’ll see how he feels. I think there has been a lot of progress and hopefully there’s more in the next day or so.”The expectation appears to be that Antetokounmpo will be back.“I mean, I think if I’m being honest, I think there is an optimism,”...