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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve 30% pay raise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.After hours of public comment and testimony, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted 8-2 this week to approve 30 percent salary increases for future members.The increase would see board members’ annual salaries go from 90,000 to $123,283, while the chairman’s salary would increase from the current $100,000 to $138,283, according to a newsletter from Chairman Jeffrey Mckay. In accordance with Virginia law, the pay raises would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, when a new board takes office.Supervisor John Foust, who plans to retire after this year, introduced the motion at an earlier board meeting this month. His proposal called for board members’ salaries to increase as high as $130,000 and to a range of $140,000 to $145,000 for the chairman. The board last received a pay raise eight years ago, in 2015.The pr...

Trinity Rodman’s goal leads Spirit over Reign in home opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

Reigning National Women’s Soccer League MVP Sophia Smith scored in the 22nd minute and the defending champion Portland Thorns opened the season with a 4-0 victory at home over the Orlando Pride on Sunday.It was the 100th victory for the Thorns, the first NWSL team to reach that milestone. Portland, which has won three league titles, unfurled its 2022 championship banner at Providence Park before the game.Morgan Weaver scored an early goal for the Thorns before Smith’s goal off a pass from Christine Sinclair made it 2-0. Hina Sugita added a third goal for the Thorns in the 49th.Michele Vasconcelos added a final goal for the Thorns in the 76th. It was her first goal for the Thorns and first NWSL goal since she was with the Chicago Red Stars in 2019.Smith has scored in the season opener for three straight years.NJ/NY GOTHAM FC 2, ANGEL CITY 1Lynn Williams scored in the 64th minute to cap a come-from-behind 2-1 win for NJ/NY Gotham FC over Angel City FC on Sunday evening.The road victor...

Rhodes ready to take his place in WrestleMania spotlight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

World Wrestling Entertainment’s prodigal son could become its undisputed champion on April 2.Cody Rhodes will face Roman Reigns in the main event of this year’s WrestleMania looking to write the final chapter of a story that began seven years ago when he left the company. When Rhodes departed in 2016, he was mired in playing different characters with no hopes of being a top-card wrestler. He spent the time on the independent circle, including Ring of Honor, before becoming one of the significant figures in the formation of All Elite Wrestling, which has become the biggest competitor to WWE since WCW in the late ’90s.Rhodes came back to a hero’s welcome at last year’s WrestleMania. A torn pectoral muscle last June put a slight roadblock to the comeback, but Rhodes returned in late January and won the Royal Rumble. That set up his match with Reigns, who will put his 946-day championship reign on the line April 2 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.“It’s satisfying and vindicating. Bu...

7 OK following Fort Lauderdale house fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

A raging fire broke out in a home on East Dayton Circle and seven people who were staying at the vacation rental property managed to escape safely. The Fort Lauderdale Fire Department responded to the scene and worked tirelessly to control the flames.According to officials, the fire started inside one of the rooms and was quickly contained. Photos from the scene show the intense heat and flames pouring from a window as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze.All seven were unharmed and are currently receiving support from local authorities.The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, but does not appear suspicious, said officials.

Hot start to the week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

High pressure continues to be locked in across South Florida, while a cold front stalls over the Southeast with the active weather stays well North. Therefore, South-Southeast winds will continue here with above normal temperatures and mainly dry conditions. Temperatures in some areas could reach 90 degrees in the afternoon hours.A weakening cold front is set to work its way down the Floriday Peninsula on Wednesday and reach South Florida. This will be our best chance out of the entire weak to see a few showers and maybe even a thunderstorm.Once it arrives, it will stall to the South as high pressure builds across the mid-Atlantic states to increase winds out of the Northeast and bring some relief from the heat with highs going into the low 80’s starting Thursday. There will also be lower humidity.Have a wonderful day South Florida and make it a safe one! Vivian GonzalezMeteorologist, AMS Certified WSVN Channel 7

Police searching for driver after hit-and-run leaves 1 dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Police are currently on the hunt for a driver who hit a man and left him to die in the middle of the road. The victim’s body was found near 24th Street and West Broward Boulevard, Sunday morning.Video footage of the area showed the victim lying on the ground and covered by a tarp while police investigated the scene. According to the police, they are working to track down the person responsible for this tragic hit-and-run incident. The victim has not yet been identified, and the motive behind the incident remains unknown.The police have urged anyone with information to come forward and help with the investigation. Witnesses or anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area on Sunday morning is being asked to contact the Fort Lauderdale Police Department at (954) 828-5700.

‘City killer’ asteroid safely passes through Earth and moon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city harmlessly passed between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies.Saturday’s close encounter offered astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,000 miles (168,000 kilometers) away. That’s less than half the distance from here to the moon, making it visible through binoculars and small telescopes.While asteroid flybys are common, NASA said it’s rare for one so big to come so close — about once a decade. Scientists estimate its size somewhere between 130 feet and 300 feet (40 meters and 90 meters).Discovered a month ago, the asteroid known as 2023 DZ2 passed within 320,000 miles (515,000 kilometers) of the moon on Saturday and, several hours later, buzzed the Indian Ocean at about 17,500 mph (28,000 kph).“There was no chance of this ‘city killer’ striking Earth, but its close approach offers a great opportunity for observations,” the European Space Agency’s p...

Keir Starmer to make good on his vow to stop Jeremy Corbyn running for UK Labour

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

LONDON — Three years after he quit as Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn will on Tuesday be blocked from standing under its banner.His successor as the U.K.’s opposition leader, Keir Starmer, has proposed a motion to his party’s ruling body that would prevent it selecting Corbyn as a Labour candidate in the next general election.The motion is expected to pass. Supporters of the left-wing MP were once narrowly in control of the National Executive Committee (NEC), but are now easily outnumbered.“It’s so long, farewell. Auf Weidersehen, goodbye,” a senior Labour MP told POLITICO.The decision will reinflame a factional battle in the party. Corbyn, who has not yet confirmed his intentions should he be blocked, has not ruled out standing as an independent candidate.Corbyn was suspended from the Labour whip by Starmer in 2020, after saying the scale of antisemitism cases in the party had been “dramatically overstated for political reasons.”But he has rem...

Top European human rights body slates UK’s asylum bill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

LONDON — British lawmakers are being urged not to support a major shake-up of the country’s asylum laws because the plan could encourage other states to start “evading and abdicating” their own human rights obligations.The Council of Europe — a non-EU body tasked with monitoring and upholding human rights on the Continent and which counts Britain among its founding members — launched a blast at the Illegal Migration Bill on the day it returns to the House of Commons for fresh scrutiny.In a letter addressed to the speakers and members of both the Commons and the House of Lords, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović said ensuring access to asylum “is a key component of the system of human rights protection in Europe” and stressed the need for peoples’ claims to be heard “regardless” of how they arrive in the country.“By effectively preventing people arriving irregularly from having their asylum claims asse...

Police investigating cause behind deadly Roslindale crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT

Police are investigating the cause behind a deadly crash in Roslindale on Sunday that killed one person and injured another after a car slammed into a triple-decker.The incident happened in the area of Washington and Brookdale Streets. The silver sedan took down what appeared to be a chain-link fence and came to rest almost perfectly parallel with the road. The Suffolk County DA’s office confirmed that neither of the victims, both men in their 60s, were inside the car that crashed. There is no word on the condition of the surviving victim. One young woman who moved to the neighborhood a couple months ago told 7NEWS she always feels safe walking down Washington street. Now she has some reservations as she anxiously awaits what exactly caused the car to crash. “I’m kind of in a little bit of shock,” she said. “I’m probably going to talk to my roommate more when I get inside, make sure everyone is okay that we know. I feel awful for the people who go...