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Commission welcomes political agreement on protecting the environment through criminal law

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law. As proposed by the Commission in December 2021, the new directive will improve the effectiveness of criminal law enforcement and help achieve European Green Deal objectives by fighting against the most serious environmental offences which can have devastating effects on both the environment and human health.  Once the new directive has entered into force, member states will have to include in their criminal laws greater precision on the definition of environmental offence categories, as well as effective dissuasive sanctions for offenders. The new legal framework will help to ensure that serious environmental offences do not go unpunished. This will deter pollution and environmental degradation and contribute to preserving our nature for future generations.  More information is in the press release.  

Harriette Cole: I’m on the road to burnout and I can’t see a solution

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a very busy couple of weeks coming up. I have my last round of midterms, Thanksgiving break, finals, moving back home, Christmas, visiting family, then New Year’s.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: I felt like a loser so I quit my job after a week. Now things are even worse. Advice | Harriette Cole: My mom is putting up a huge fight about my college decision, but it’s my life Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m a college student now, so I can’t relate to my family Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m arguing more and more, and I need a strategy Advice | Harriette Cole: How can I break the hold of wine and binge-watching? I am looking forward to getting to see family and friends and going back home for a while, but I started thinking about how much work and travel I am going to be doing until January, and it completely stressed me out.I do not want to cut anythi...

Miss Manners: We had to give up our season tickets because of the hooters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When did it become common for people to obnoxiously hoot and holler to show their appreciation for the performance of an artist on stage?Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: Unless her house is on fire, I find the host’s behavior reprehensible Advice | Miss Manners: So now moms expect their own gifts at kids’ birthday parties? Advice | Miss Manners: Why I would never get rid of this useless item I keep tripping over Advice | Miss Manners: Was my gift to her tacky? Or was her response tacky? Advice | Miss Manners: Her husband got whiny, and suddenly I was on the hook for $100 I always applaud after a musical number and at the end of the production, and join in the standing ovation for a spectacular performance. I don’t expect silence; shouts of “bravo!” are to be expected.But my husband and I had to give up our long-held season tickets to see traveling Br...

Pop star Shakira reaches a deal with Spanish prosecutors on 1st day of tax fraud trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pop star Shakira has agreed to a deal with Spanish authorities on the first day of a tax fraud trial in Barcelona on Monday.Shakira told the presiding judge that she accepted the agreement reached with prosecutors.The Colombian singer faced six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (about $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Global pop star Shakira arrived at a Barcelona courthouse Monday to attend the first day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros.Shakira, 46, faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (about $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. The multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner has denied any wrongdoing and said she had paid everything she owed.The case hinges on where Shakira lived during that period. Prosecutors in Barcelona have alle...

Pop star Shakira tells Spanish judge she agrees to deal with prosecutors, avoiding a full-fledged tax fraud trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pop star Shakira tells Spanish judge she agrees to deal with prosecutors, avoiding a full-fledged tax fraud trial.Source

Holiday tradition of ‘A Christmas Carol’ returns to Ford’s Theatre in time for Thanksgiving, Christmas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

An annual holiday tradition returns to the nation’s capital just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas if you have family in town.Actor Craig Wallace returns for his seventh time as Ebenezer Scrooge in Ford’s Theatre’s annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” running now through Dec. 31.“Even since the pandemic, people are coming to see this show — this is the show they have to see, they have to bring their families to see, they have to bring their kids to see,” Wallace told WTOP. “People have come up to me on the street saying, ‘Are you doing it? Because we wanna see it.’ It’s a reason to return to this show year after year after year.”Based on the 1843 novella, the play follows London miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who’s visited by the ghost of his late business partner Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, transforming...

El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Austin, llega a Kiev para reunirse con líderes ucranianos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

(CNN) — El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, Lloyd Austin, llegó a Kiev este lunes para entablar conversaciones de alto nivel con los dirigentes ucranianos, según un comunicado de prensa del Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos.“El secretario de Defensa, Lloyd J. Austin III, viajó a Ucrania hoy [lunes] para reunirse con líderes ucranianos y reforzar el apoyo incondicional de Estados Unidos a la lucha de Ucrania por la libertad”, decía el comunicado de prensa.Austin también subrayará el compromiso continuo de Estados Unidos de brindar a Ucrania la asistencia de seguridad que necesita “para defenderse de la agresión rusa” y discutirá una visión a largo plazo para la futura fuerza de Ucrania, según el comunicado de prensa.“Las discusiones se centrarán en reforzar aún más la asociación estratégica entre Estados Unidos y Ucrania, para incluir garantizar que las fuerzas armadas de Ucrania tengan las capacidades de campo de batalla que necesitan tanto pa...

Second bipartisan congressional visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School scheduled

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

A bipartisan congressional visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is set for Monday. The walkthrough has been organized by Representative Jared Moskowitz.Members of Congress have been invited to tour all three floors of the 1200 Building, accompanied by several family members of the victims.The 1200 building on the campus is where a gunman targeted innocent people on Feb. 14, 2018.The second congressional walkthrough aims to provide legislators with a firsthand understanding of the site ahead of the scheduled demolition in the summer of 2024. Following the tour, a school safety roundtable will take place in Coral Springs, addressing crucial issues related to campus security.

Family of man killed in Walmart shooting files negligent security lawsuit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

The family of a man fatally shot while intervening in a Walmart assault will announce a negligent security wrongful death lawsuit against the retail giant, urging increased safety measures during the holiday shopping season.Forty-two-year-old Thierry Bastien, described as a hero by his girlfriend Makia Ford, was killed when he intervened to protect a Walmart employee from an off-duty worker, 22-year-old Tironie Sterling, who was assaulting her. Investigators said Sterling shot Bastien multiple times, leaving Ford and young family members traumatized by the incident.Speaking with 7News the day after the shooting, Ford recounted how Bastien tried to stop the attack, describing him as a good man who loved his family. “The guy had threw the girlfriend on the floor, and he started pounding on the girl, so he ran off to go help the girl,” Ford said, “but as he was running off, I pulled him back and I told him, ‘Don’t go,’ and he turned around at me and said, ‘I’m just going to go help....

Bruins’ Milan Lucic to be arraigned on criminal charge stemming from domestic incident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

Bruins veteran winger Milan Lucci is set to be arraigned on a criminal charge in Boston Municipal Court today.Lucic was reportedly arrested in Boston’s North End on Saturday morning a following domestic incident and is now facing an assault and battery charge.The Bruins announced Lucic was placed on indefinite leave from the team following the arrest, saying in a statement: “The organization takes these matters very seriously, and we will work with the Lucic family to provide any support and assistance they may need.”Lucic has been limited to just the first four games of this season. He had been placed on long term injured reserve and has not played for the past four weeks.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.