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The heat is on Oklahoma coach Brent Venables as No. 20 Sooners try to recover from 6-7 season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s rabid fanbase was overjoyed when Brent Venables was named head coach.Sooners fans had kept track of the former Oklahoma defensive coordinator for years after he took that same position at Clemson and helped the Tigers win two national titles. So when Lincoln Riley abruptly left for Southern California following the 2021 regular season, Venables was the popular pick to step in.The honeymoon ended as the Sooners struggled to a 6-7 finish last year, including a 35-32 loss to Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl.Expectations are down a bit for Oklahoma in its final season in the Big 12 before heading to the Southeastern Conference. The 20th-ranked Sooners were voted third in the 14-team conference’s preseason poll – just the fourth time in the past 13 years they weren’t picked to win the league. Venables said the Sooners fell well below expectations last season — they had four three-point losses and lost to Kansas State by eight points — but grew as a team....

Coach Neal Brown gets another chance to show improvement at West Virginia. It could be his last

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

Neal Brown was allowed to keep his job at West Virginia after another lackluster season in 2022. Now it’s time for the fifth-year coach to show some improvement.The task will be tough with a brutal September schedule. Several key players transferred after last season and the Mountaineers are picked to flounder at the bottom of the expanded Big 12.“Looking forward to proving everybody wrong on that front,” Brown said. “We won’t finish there.”Even a middle-of-the-pack showing might not be enough to save him. New athletic director Wren Baker has made it clear that the Mountaineers need to win more games.West Virginia has yet to be ranked under Brown and has failed to become bowl eligible in two of his four seasons, including last year’s 5-7 record. His 22-25 overall record is the worst four-year stretch since the Mountaineers went 17-27 under Frank Cignetti from 1976-79.For now, Brown is focused on preparations, not predictions. He’s emphasizing toughness, especially on defense.“...

Here’s what Pence, DeSantis, Christie and other Trump 2024 rivals are saying about the Georgia indictment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

(CNN) — Donald Trump’s biggest detractors in the 2024 Republican presidential race offered mixed reactions Tuesday to the former president’s indictment by a Georgia grand jury.Trump has remained defiant in the face of the new charges against him and 18 others stemming from their efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat. He now faces four separate indictments at the same time that he’s running for president as the front-runner for the GOP nomination.Two rivals argued that the charges Trump faces in Fulton County are similar to the election interference charges brought by federal special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, and said the federal case should take precedence.Here’s what Trump’s 2024 GOP opponents are saying about the latest indictment:Former Vice President Mike PencePence, who broke with Trump on the day of the US Capitol riot and certified the results of the 2020 election, on Wednesday said “no one’s above the law” but that Trump is “entitled to the presumption of inn...

North Miami welcomes Cherise Gause as new Police Chief

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

The City of North Miami is expected to usher in a new era of leadership as Cherise Gause takes the oath of office as the newly appointed Police Chief. With a career spanning more than three decades, Gause’s wealth of experience and trailblazing achievements make her a formidable addition to the city’s law enforcement team.Gause’s journey in law enforcement was marked by significant milestones. She made history as the first-ever Haitian American woman to join the ranks of the Miami Police Department and she will become the fourth woman to hold the distinguished position among the 34 police departments scattered across Miami-Dade County. The official swearing-in ceremony for Gause is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday.

Crash shuts down off-ramp onto US-441 from I-595

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

Emergency crews responded to a ramp on Interstate 595 after a crash caused a fire on the road. Around 6 a.m. Friday, fire rescue crews were on the scene at the northbound off-ramp onto US-441 attempting to put out a car fire. This has led to Florida Highway Patrol deputies blocking off the street. Live video footage showed two cars involved in the collision and appeared to be charred from the fire that was put out. A yellow tarp showed that a body was also on the scene. Details of the incident remain unclear, but traffic onto north US-441 from I-595 has been temporarily shut down as authorities investigate and clear the area.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

After beach brawls, Romanian PM urges ‘zero tolerance’ from cops

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Friday demanded that police clamp down on violence occurring at the country’s beaches. “Because the weekend is starting and the seaside resorts will probably be full of tourists, I want to call on the law enforcement to be very firm in enforcing the law. People want law and order,” Ciolacu said, according to Romanian outlet Digi24. A spate of violence has broken out in recent days at Romanian seaside resorts, with tourists fighting police, lifeguards and each other — and Ciolacu is fed up. He demanded that police show “zero tolerance” toward anyone causing carnage at the Black Sea coast, as the region readies for another weekend of blazing sunshine, high temperatures and cold beers. “The policemen and the gendarmes have my full support, of the entire government and of all the people of common sense in this country,” Ciolacu added Friday. In one seaside scrap this week police were called after tw...

Open the pubs! England in revolt over World Cup final beer laws

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

LONDON — After 67 years of waiting, England wants to celebrate its first World Cup final with a traditional pint of ale. But archaic licensing laws have other ideas.Decades on from the 1966 World Cup final — the last, and only, time either the England men or women’s football team made the final — England’s Lionesses are set to face Spain in the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday.But there’s one problem: the game, hosted by Australia, kicks off at 11 a.m. U.K. time — before many of England’s public houses are allowed to serve booze.Politicians, lobbying groups and fans have united behind calls for leniency so that Sunday’s game can be enjoyed — or endured — with a morning pint. Under England’s strict licensing laws, pubs have specific hours they are allowed to serve alcohol from. These vary depending on the specific license granted by local councils. Most are unlikely to be able to sell alcohol until after the game kicks off.However, such rule...

There’s no coup! Slovak president calls for calm after arrest of spy chiefs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

Slovakia’s police are not carrying out a coup, the country’s president said Friday, hours after the arrest of several spy chiefs.President Zuzana Čaputová held an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday to discuss a string of arrests that have rattled the country’s intelligence community just weeks ahead of a general election.Čaputová said there is no police coup, and the security agencies are operational and secure, reported Slovak media SME. The country’s prime minister, Ľudovít Ódor, said both the Slovak Information Service and the National Security Authority, whose leaders are among those charged, would continue to function. He did not give a timeline for appointing new heads of the security services, SME reported.On Thursday, Slovak police said they had charged Slovak Information Service chief Roman Alac, his predecessor Vladimir Pcolinsky, National Security Authority Director Roman Konecny, and other high-ranking officials with “establishing, forming and supp...

Police search for suspects after shootout caught on camera in NH

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

Authorities are searching for the people who were caught on camera taking part in a brazen shootout in Nashua, New Hampshire on Wednesday night.A witness tells 7NEWS one of the bullets nearly struck a mother who was sitting in her car with her kids. Surveillance video from several angles obtained by 7NEWS show two groups arriving in the area of Hollis Street at the same time. From one angle, a group pulls up in a white car in front of an auto repair shop. Across the street, another group sneaks up in an alley before one of the members opens fire.The shooting prompts the other group to return fire across the street before fleeing the area.The owner of the store that captured the video said a woman who was in a vehicle parked outside was nearly struck by a bullet. No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Police searching for vehicle in connection with paintball vandalism incidents in Newbury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:25 GMT

Newbury police are turning to the public for help as they search for a vehicle in connection with a series of paintball vandalism incidents in town.The vehicle being sought is a white SUV that was seen operating on Main Street in Byfield at various times. Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Sgt. Stephen Jenkins at 978-462-4440 x127 or email [email protected]