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Forget retirement. These Baby Boomers are amassing huge social media followings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

New York (CNN) — At 62, Helen Polise isn’t considering retirement. Not remotely. Her job: TikTok star.Polise’s account “The Muthership” has nearly 1 million followers. She started the account during the pandemic as a distraction and a way to have fun — but soon it became a second career in the making.“Some people would ask me, oh, how did you do that transition? How did you figure that out? So, I said, I’ll make a tutorial for you. And that was the turning point in social media for me,” Polise said.She’s now making money through paid tutorials teaching others how to use TikTok. She hopes to begin phasing out her other job as a TV commercial director so TikTok can become her full-time gig.Her background commercials helped her understand how to produce for TikTok, Polise said: She transferred what she already knew to a smaller screen.“I’m really good at technology. Probably a better than a lot of young people,” she added. “I want to highlight that it’s OK to get older. I feel more aut...

Arizona man mauled to death by black bear in rare unprovoked attack

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

(CNN) — An Arizona man was fatally mauled by a black bear that attacked him unprovoked while he was having his morning coffee on Friday.Steven Jackson, 66, died and the bear was killed by a neighbor who was trying to save his life, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.“From multiple witness accounts and preliminary investigation of the scene, Mr. Jackson had been sitting having coffee at a table on his property where he was building a home,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post, adding it was a remote, heavily wooded area.“It appears that a male black bear attacked Mr. Jackson, taking him unaware, and dragged him approximately 75 feet down an embankment.”Neighbors heard Jackson screaming and tried to help “through shouts and car horns” but the bear did not release him until a neighbor shot him with his rifle, the sheriff’s office said.“Unfortunately, by that time Mr. Jackson has succumbed to his horrible injuries,” they added.“It sounds like this w...

Build better ties instead of only asking for microchips, Taiwan tells Europe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Europe cannot ignore Taiwan’s desire for “better relations” if EU countries such as Germany are keen to acquire advanced microchip-making technologies from the island, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said.Speaking to POLITICO and other media on his trip to Europe, Wu questioned the enticements Europe is offering TSMC when asked why the world-leading chipmaking giant based in Taiwan has still not come to a decision to build a new plant in Germany. “If Europe has provided very positive incentive, and also speak with the TSMC in a way that will make the TSMC feel comfortable, that their investment in Europe is going to produce very positive results … their investment in Europe is certainly not going to be stopped by the government,” Wu said.“Even though we are not selfish in stopping the TSMC, for making investment in other countries, we certainly hope that other countries who want to attract TSMC to make investment can also think about th...

WATCH: Canadian hovercraft forced to ground itself on Hampton Beach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

A Canadian hovercraft was forced to ground itself at Hampton Beach in Hampton, New Hampshire on Saturday after suffering a mechanical issue.Shocking video showed the hovercraft crashing into the shoreline.Hampton fire officials said the vessel suffered a mechanical issue and there were no reported injuries.Mechanics are now working on fixing the vessel and it’s expected to be able to leave the area tomorrow.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

NE Aquarium using latest tech to protect endangered sea turtles in Puerto Rico

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Using cutting-edge drone technology and satellite tagging, researchers are protecting endangered leatherback sea turtles in Puerto Rico with the help of expertise and funding from the New England Aquarium.Leatherback sea turtles in the United States are an endangered species and are particularly challenging to monitor because they can make extensive migrations across entire ocean basins, travelling over 60 kilometers per day. In 2018, Dr. Kara Dodge, a research scientist with the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, began collaborating with the organization Amigos de las Tortugas Marinas (ATMAR) after a leatherback turtle tagged off Cape Cod turned up in Puerto Rico. Dodge studies the behavior of leatherback turtles, focusing on gathering data using innovative tools and techniques—including satellite tagging—to support conservation and recovery efforts for this endangered species.Dodge has traveled to Puerto Rico over the past several years, working with the Pu...

Dozens of women touched by trauma graduate from We Are Better Together program

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

A special graduation ceremony was held in Boston on Saturday for dozens of women who are celebrating learning how to tackle the trauma of violence.“In order to really make a difference, we have to work together to make true change in our community to interrupt the cycle of violence,” said We Are Better Together Founder Ruth Rollins.We Are Better Together is aimed at connecting women and girls impacted by homicide and incarceration to foster healing.Susan Yule, a board member for the organization, said, “Before Ruth started this program there was nothing out there to help caregivers who have children returning from incarceration. so that’s what this program is about giving them the tools.”The 27 graduates spent from 6 to 12 months sharing their stories and worked with clinicians to learn how they can help themselves and their loved ones who are returning home from incarceration.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who was on hand, said, “Just the collective e...

‘It’s a moment I will never forget’: Zach Remillard leads the Chicago White Sox to a win in his major-league debut

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Zach Remillard received some words of wisdom from reliever Joe Kelly before making his major-league debut.“There’s two options: You either do good or you do bad,” Remillard said Kelly told him. “He just kept it simple. For some reason, that calmed me down.”Remillard had a debut to remember, going 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs while leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 victory against the Seattle Mariners in 11 innings in front of a sellout crowd of 45,188 on Saturday at T-Mobile Park.He tied the game with an RBI single in the ninth and put the Sox ahead with a two-out hit in the 11th.“I don’t think you can fully put it into words,” Remillard said. “Where this journey started and what you dream of is exactly what happened today.”Manager Pedro Grifol called it “the best win of the year for us.”“This was a resilient, gutsy win,” he said.Grifol said he was not surprised with Remillard’s day.&#...

Bishop Stang’s Jacob Cookinham wins national high school shot put title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Jacob Cookinham saved his best for last.The Bishop Stang senior standout captured the Adidas Outdoor National Championships in the shot put Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, North Carolina. After fouling on his fourth and fifth tries, the University of Kansas-bound Cookingham unleashed a massive throw of 66-feet-11.5 inches to easily distance the field. His first three throws were measured at 61-6.25, 63-8.5 and 62-11, making him the only athlete in the field to clear 60-feet.Rounding out the top five were JT Patrick of Margaretta, Ohio (59-feet-11.75), Jesse Shelton of Mountain Heritage, North Carolina (58-4.75), La’Darion Dudley of Lincoln, Florida (56-11.75) and Kolton Weaver of Weddington, North Carolina (55-3).

Mick Jagger, girlfriend have Florida house up for sale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and his dancer girlfriend Melanie Hamrick have put their Florida home up for sale.A listing on Realtor.com says the lakefront home with four bedrooms and 5.5 baths is listed at $3.499 million — and it looks like the Jagger connection is a key selling point.“You can’t always get what you want but this house is definitely what you need!” the listing overview says, quoting part of the famous Stones song written by Jagger and Keith Richards in 1969. “This magnificent, custom-built Rutenberg home in the premier gated community of The Lake Club was designed with privacy in mind.”Jagger and Hamrick bought the home in the Lakewood Ranch area east of Bradenton along the Gulf coast for a little over $1.9 million in October 2020. The property was registered to Hamrick and was chosen mainly because her family lives in the area. Its original purchase price was $1.2 million in 2010.The overview says the home covers more than 5,700 s...

8 wounded in shooting at Southern California home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — A shooting at a Southern California home left eight people wounded, authorities said Saturday.KABC-TV reported authorities were dispatched shortly after midnight after the shooting occurred at a pool party in the city of Carson, south of Los Angeles.Victims were taken to hospitals, and two were listed in critical condition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.The victims range in age from 16 to 24, the statement said. Five were found at the home with injuries to the head, back and upper and lower body areas, the statement said.Authorities said they received a call two minutes later after a vehicle crashed into a wall nearby. They found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound, the statement said.More than a dozen detectives are investigating, authorities said.The Associated Press