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Humid, Interior Storms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

Figures… We finally pull off a dry summer’s day and our blue sky got obscured by smoke from the Canadian Wildfires. We’ll have more smoky haziness to the sky again today along with sunshine, sending temps into the mid to upper 80s. An air quality alert is in effect across interior New England for the smoke creating unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups from time to time. We also have a Flood Watch up across the interior too as scattered afternoon thunderstorm there will produce localized downpours, capable of street flooding, poor drainage flooding and small stream flooding. The big issue is not so much how much rain falls, but the fact the a quick localized 1-2″ on a saturated ground, will cause a lot of runoff. Close to the coast, today does look mainly dry, although some showers may clip Nantucket or the outer Cape.Worcester has already pushed into it’s 4th wettest July on record and most of New England has received 3-8″ above average rain...

Police: Yarmouth man arrested after woman finds him in back of her car while driving

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

A Yarmouth man is facing a charge of breaking and entering into a vehicle in the nighttime after a woman said she found him in the back seat of her car while she was driving early Tuesday morning, officials said.An officer patrolling near the Route 6 Exit ramp around 1 a.m. found a vehicle he thought was disabled and when he went to check on it found a woman outside of it attempting to call 911 who appeared scared and upset, according to Yarmouth police. “The woman said she did not notice anything out of the ordinary after leaving her friend’s house, but a short time later a light came on inside her car while driving. As she looked into the back seat, she was surprised to see a man hiding with a coat pulled over his head. Extremely frightened, she began driving erratically and the man fell out of the open rear door of the car,” police wrote.After a brief investigation, Jailton Dos Santos, 36, of South Yarmouth, was arrested.Police are reminding residents to make sure the...

Police ask for help in search for possible person of interest in alleged attempted kidnapping in Warren

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

Warren police are turning to the public for help as they search for a possible person of interest in connection with an alleged attempted kidnapping in the Western Mass community.Police released a photo of a person who may or may not be a person of interest in the potential abduction case.Officers responded to a reported attempted kidnapping of a juvenile in the area of Bridge Street around 5:45 p.m. Monday.Anyone with information about the person in the photo is asked to call 413-436-9595 ext 0.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Battenfeld: Michelle Wu’s reputation as liberal hero dented with Nixonian enemies list

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s national reputation as a progressive leader took a major hit with the revelation that she compiled a list of vocal critics and sent it to her police department.The Nixonian tactic of keeping an enemies list, which Wu justified as a security measure, might dent her image as a liberal darling in the national media.The popular Democrat, the first Asian American mayor in Boston’s history, might have her sights set on higher office in the coming years, with the possible opening of a U.S. Senate seat or appointment to a Democratic Biden administration.But the enemies list is just the kind of thing that could follow her around the country.The story about the list, first reported by the Boston Herald, went viral among conservative-leaning media outlets and social media sites, which compared her to former President Richard Nixon.Getting lumped in with Nixon, who was forced to resign in disgrace because of the Watergate scandal, is never a good thing in politics.Cri...

Robbins: Brawling Chris Christie shows no signs of backing down

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

Last week’s release of the second quarter’s fundraising figures for the 2024 presidential candidates produced two notable news stories.One was that Joe Biden and his associated fundraising arms raised $72 million between his late April re-election launch and June 30th. This financial haul, double what Donald Trump raised in the second quarter, poured 72 buckets of cold water on the “Dementia-Joe-isn’t-supported-by-Democrats” narrative that had gained currency, pushed and peddled by Republicans.And it was similarly unhelpful to the wishful thinking in Republican circles that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the candidate from Pluto, poses a “headache” for the President. This isn’t the case, except perhaps on Pluto.The other news was that former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, whose uphill battle for the GOP presidential nomination was initially deemed by pundits to be destined for a rapid flame-out, had already collected contributions from over 40,000 donors in the first 35 days of his ca...

Route 28 roundabout: Milton residents, officials say no, but state says yes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

The town of Milton has made its stance clear regarding ways to address safety on what MassDOT has declared as the most dangerous intersection in the state.Residents and officials don’t want the state to go forward with its plans of implementing a roundabout at the intersection of Route 28, or Randolph Avenue, and Chickatawbut Road, which serves as a gateway into Blue Hills Reservation.Instead, the town wants state transportation officials to turn to what they say would be short-term improvements, such as adjusting signal timing or incorporating left-hand turn signals.But even after recent letters from Sen. Walter Timilty and the Select Board that requested the state make such considerations, the Department of Transportation is not budging.“We have evaluated several options and have held numerous meetings with the town, stakeholders, and abutters,” MassDOT spokesperson Jacquelyn Goddard said in an email to the Herald on Friday. “Although we appreciate that a roundabout has impacts to...

Dingoes attack a woman jogging on Australian island beach and leave her hospitalized

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the latest clash between native dogs and humans on a popular Australian island, sparking new warnings Tuesday to visitors venturing out. The 24-year-old woman was attacked by three or four dingoes on Monday while she was jogging on a beach at Queensland state’s K’gari, the world’s largest sand island formerly known as Fraser Island, officials said.The World Heritage-listed national park is home to some of Australia’s purest dingoes, which are also known by their Indigenous name wongari, because domestic dogs have long been banned. Tourists returned to the island after pandemic restrictions were lifted, and have found the dingoes have become less wary of humans. That’s raised the danger to both species, wildlife ranger Linda Behrendorff said.Two passersby rescued the woman from the dingoes after they chased her into the surf, using the same hunting technique they use for...

American national crosses inter-Korean border into North Korea

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American-led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday. The U.N. Command tweeted that the U.S. citizen was on a tour to the Korean border village of Panmunjom and crossed the border into the North without authorization.It said he is currently in North Korean custody and that the U.N. Command is working with its North Korean counterparts to resolve the incident.It gave no further details on who the person is or why he crossed the border.Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare, though more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea to avoid political oppression and economic difficulties since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.Panmunjom, located inside the 248-kilometer (154-mile) -long Demilitarized Zone, was created at the close of the Korean War. Bloodshed and gunfire have occasionally occurred there, but it has also been a v...

Dozens of refugees bussed to North York church after sleeping on downtown sidewalk for weeks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

A growing group of refugees who’ve spent several days living on the sidewalk outside a downtown shelter office have finally been moved indoors — albeit temporarily.Advocates have stepped in to transport the mostly African asylum seekers to a church in North York. The group was loaded on to several buses on Monday night and brought to the International Revival Church on Chesswood Drive, in the area of Keele Street and Finch Avenue West.There were approximately 140 refugees camped out at the corner of Peter and Richmond streets outside the city’s shelter intake office, including some who were sleeping on the pavement for several weeks. The group was finally able to be moved to a shelter thanks to community organizers and volunteers, including the founder of Paramount Fine Foods Mohamad Fakih, who pledged money to assist in housing the refugees.“We came here two days ago, I came to drop off food but I realized the situation is much bigger than just food,” ...

US deploys nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea in show of force against North Korea

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:09 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea on Tuesday for the first time in four decades, as the allies warned North Korea that any use of the North’s nuclear weapons in combat would result in the end of its regime.Periodic visits by U.S. nuclear ballistic missile-capable submarines to South Korea were one of several agreements reached by the two countries’ presidents in April in response to North Korea’s expanding nuclear threat. They also agreed to establish a bilateral Nuclear Consultative Group and expand military exercises.The USS Kentucky, an Ohio-class submarine, arrived at the South Korean port of Busan on Tuesday afternoon, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said. It is the first visit by a U.S. nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea since the 1980s, it said.Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup called the submarine’s visit a demonstration of U.S. resolve in implementing its “extended deterrence” commitmen...