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General Motors raises offer to autoworkers union ahead of UAW bargaining update

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is to update members Friday afternoon on progress in contract talks with Detroit’s three automakers as General Motors increased its offer to the union in an effort to end a strike.In a statement, GM said it made an offer Friday with “substantial movement in all key areas in an effort to reach a final agreement with the UAW and get our people back to work.”The company says the offer raises pay for most of the work force to $40.39 per hour, or about $84,000 per year by the end of a four-year contract. That’s a 23% increase over the $32.32 per hour that most factory workers make. Compounded annually it’s 25%.The company also said it reinstated cost of living raises for many employees in the first year of the contract, boosting the pay increase to over 30% by September of 2027. Workers gave up the inflation-fighting raises in 2007 when the companies were in financial trouble.GM previously had offered to contribute...

Families hold out hope for hostages after a mother and daughter are released

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

Families of the more than 200 people whom the Israeli military says were taken hostage by Hamas militants are holding out hope after the news that two hostages have been released. But nearly two weeks after their loved ones were abducted during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, family members of those abducted are left struggling with thoughts of what they might be enduring and how to explain to young children what happened to their parents.Here are some of their stories.Judith and Natalie RaananJudith and Natalie Raanan, an American woman and her teenage daughter, have been released and are being reunited with family. It was the first such hostage release. Before the release was announced Friday, Natalie Raanan’s brother, Ben, described her as a typical 17-year-old: she loves art, makeup, fashion, and DoorDash — “she hates eating at home.”She graduated from high school in the Chicago suburbs this year and has a birthday coming up, according to her brother, who...

Giants QB Daniel Jones is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Commanders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is questionable with a neck injury for New York’s game against the Washington Commanders on Sunday.Tyrod Taylor will start if Jones isn’t ready to go. He started in Sunday’s 14-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills, twice missing out on chances to score from the 1-yard line.Jones was injured two weeks ago in a 31-16 loss to the Miami Dolphins. He has been given limited work in practices this week, but coach Brian Daboll said Friday that shouldn’t be a factor if Jones is cleared to play.“He’s played a lot of football for us,” Daboll said. “He’s been in the system for a while. So we’ll take that one, get all the information and then make the right decision for him and for us.”Whoever plays quarterback will try to end a four-game losing streak for the Giants, who are 1-5. Daboll was short with his answers when asked by the media about the importance of ending that skid.“I’d just say our focus is on doing e...

Denver breaks 73-year-old high temperature record for Oct. 20

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — While it may be October, it hasn't felt like fall this year. A heat record was officially broken on Friday in Denver. The Pinpoint Weather team has been tracking the heat all week. Friday was expected to be a warm day with temperatures almost 20 degrees above average for this time of year. As of 1:53 p.m. Friday, Denver hit a high temperature of 84 degrees and officially broke a 73-year-old record for Oct. 20 set back in 1950. An hour later, the temperature had risen to 86 degrees, according to National Weather Service observations at Denver International Airport.Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Travis Michels said it's not abnormal to break records in October. But seeing heat records that are in the mid-80s can be startling especially when it's supposed to feel like fall. However, 80s have been common this month. Oct. 20-22: Things to do near Denver On Tuesday, Oct. 17, temperatures reached 85 degrees. So far this month, Denver has hit 80 degrees seven times, accord...

Electric truck maker Rivian plans Colorado locations, announces Georgia factory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Rivian Automotive will move ahead with construction on a factory in Georgia early next year, the company confirmed Thursday.The California-based electric truck company made the announcement as it opens a retail location in an intown Atlanta development, the eighth in a network of what the company calls “spaces” that it's rolling out in select locations nationwide. The company plans additional locations in Colorado, Texas and California in coming months. How much do houses cost in Colorado? See the list by county Customers can't buy a truck or SUV at Rivian's Atlanta location — the company only sells online to evade Georgia's rules requiring auto manufacturers to have dealers. But the company hopes people who have already reserved one of Rivian's vehicles or who are thinking about buying one will stop by to learn about electric vehicles, climb inside, take a test drive, and even buy a Rivian-branded jacket or backpack.“We sell a physical product, so people want to ex...

Florida City apartment resident speaks out on fatal rollover crash involving 17-year-old fleeing traffic stop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

A Florida City woman said she’s grateful she and her son were not home when, police said, a teenage driver slammed into her apartment building in a rollover crash that left him dead.7News cameras on Friday captured Krystal Holmes as she surveyed the damage to her home, located along the 500 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue in the River Oaks town home community.The gaping hole on the side of the building caused by the crash has since been boarded up.“Had I been home, had I not left home a few moments earlier, I would have been inside the residence,” she said.Miami-Dade Police said 17-year-old Brandon Madison was behind the wheel of a rented Mercedes-Benz sedan when he fled a traffic stop and crashed into Holmes’ home, Thursday afternoon.Police said an officer with MDPD’s Robbery Intervention Detail attempted to pull over Madison at a nearby Sunoco gas station due to a traffic violation, but the driver wouldn’t cooperate.“He immediately closed ...

Local teen painter works to educate, revitalize one of Broward’s oldest Black neighborhoods in a creative way

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

A South Florida teen is on a mission to teach history through art, and she’s doing it one neighborhood at a time. Reporter Karen Hensel has her story in today’s 7 Spotlight.Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk neighborhood has a rich history.Yana Danzig, founder, Brushstrokes for History: “This area was kind of the heart of the Black community in Fort Lauderdale for many years.”Seventeen-year-old aspiring artist Yana Danzig has spent the past several months learning all she could about the area. She became interested after volunteering in a service project to help revitalize Sistrunk.Yana Danzig: “They were already painting colorful and beautiful designs on pieces of plywood to put up on buildings like these.”Yana says she learned so much about the history here, she wanted to share it with others. So she decided to do it in the way she knows best: through painting.Yana Danzig: “I just really feel motivated and driven to help communicate with peo...

Police search for man who attempted to steal meat, beer from Publix in Miramar

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

Police are on the search for a man who attempted to steal meat from a Publix in Miramar.According to police, surveillance video from Oct. 4 showed the suspect walking through the supermarket with a shopping cart full of meat and beer.Investigators said he walked out without paying for any of it, before an employee stopped the man outside and took everything back. The subject then fled the scene.If you recognize the man or have any information on this attempted theft, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.

Crews work to put out tractor trailer fire at animal farm in NW Miami-Dade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

A tractor trailer went up in flames at an animal farm in Northwest Miami-Dade.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at the scene at 12200 NW 154th St., Friday afternoon. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene as smoke billowed from the tractor trailer. Crews worked to contain the fire, but the trailer was severely damaged. No injuries were reported.A group of ducks nearby appeared to be unfazed by the flames and smoke.

Rain Saturday, Wind Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:38 GMT

There are a few showers this evening. You might want the umbrella for your Friday dinner plans. Keep the rain gear around tomorrow. A few showers will be us in the morning. Steadier rains arrives by midday into later in the day with downpours and a rumble of thunder. Sunday is dry, but it’ll be windy and feel cooler.The HREF model highlights a low chance for thunder as this system works across our region in the afternoon and evening.It’ll be mild from start to finish on Saturday. Temperatures start in the 50s and end in the 60s. Sunday will be cooler! We’ll start in the 40s and only make it to the 50s.Less wind Monday. Tuesday starts off cool, but luckily our sunshine returns! Temperatures warm up Wednesday into the upper 60s. Next week is dry.-Meteorologist Melanie Black