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Iranian Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

The winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize is Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her efforts to promote human rights and freedom.“This year’s Peace Prize also recognizes the hundreds of thousands of people who, in the preceding year, have demonstrated against the theocratic regime’s policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women,” the Nobel Committee said in a statement.The Iranian regime has arrested Mohammadi 13 times, convicted her five times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison. She remains in jail.“She fights for freedom of expression and the right of independence, and against rules requiring women to remain out of sight and to cover their bodies. The freedom demands expressed by demonstrators apply not only to women but to the entire population,” the committee said.Nobel committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen said that the committee hoped to send a signal to the Iranian government to “listen to your...

WATCH: Missing 5-year-old boy reunited with family after search in Warren

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

A 5-year-old boy was reunited with his family Thursday afternoon after he went missing from a home in Warren. Massachusetts State Police in a post on X said numerous units were assisting Warren police in the search after the child, identified as Zachary White, wandered away from a residence on Southbridge Road around 12:45 p.m.In an update around 2:45 p.m., state police said White had been found in a wooded area near his home. Police said White appeared to be okay. SKY7-HD was over the scene moments after the state police announcement and captured the moment White was brought out of the woods.

Massachusetts State Police apprehend suspects wanted for multiple armed carjackings in NH

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

State police say a man sought in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire for a series of armed carjackings was arrested following a pursuit Thursday morning.Massachusetts State Police announced around 10 a.m. that Nathan Saben, 35, was taken into custody following a pursuit that started in Lawrence and ended in Dracut. According to state police, Saben and a woman believed to be his girlfriend, Jessica Tirone, 40, were arrested after being found driving a black, 2012 Subaru Outback that Saben allegedly carjacked in Wolfeboro, NH.https://twitter.com/scooperon7/status/1709937669550301214“[A] trooper spotted SABEN driving the Subaru on South Union St., Lawrence at 9:11AM,” the Mass State Police Twitter account stated. “SABEN fled onto Essex St., then to Rt 110 WB, Dracut. MSP and [Lawrence Police Department] units pursued; SABEN came to stop on 110 at Little Merrimack Ave. SABEN had a rifle on him.”Cell phone video showed what appeared to be Saben attempting to ...

Mass. state trooper continues to recover after crash involving suspected DUI driver in Utah

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

(WHDH) — Massachusetts State Trooper Matthew McRae continues to recover and is now up and walking after he was critically hurt while visiting family in Salt Lake City in August when a suspected drunken driver slammed into a rideshare car he was in.McRae broke several bones in the crash, including a broken neck and a spinal injury. In an update, the State Police Association of Massachusetts shared a video of McCrae walking with the help of a cane.McRae has only been with the Massachusetts State Police since 2020. The union is currently working to make sure McRae and his family are financially taken care of during his recovery.There is a GoFundMe campaign set up to help McRae’s family. Learn more here.

Summer Out, Rain, Then Fall In

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

While it took a few hours to shake off the dense fog yesterday, it turned out to be another beautiful afternoon with temps in the mid 70s to 80 with abundant sunshine. We don’t have fog as widespread this morning to deal with, but there is some locally dense fog across the Cape and Islands, where a dense fog advisory is in place until 11am. We’ll also take a step down today, with temps in the low to mid 70s in the afternoon. More clouds are in the mix with a few spotty showers likely across the interior. Tonight, low clouds, fog and isolated showers prevail. While tomorrow isn’t an all day rain, there will be a fair amount of shower activity across the area, adding up to 0.25″ – 0.75″ through tomorrow evening. There may be some localized higher totals in the Worcester Hills, but the best chance for 2″+ of rain is across western New England and eastern Maine. We dry out Sunday, and feel the full effects of Fall as temps tumble back into th...

Boston Bruins hope to finish the job this season after record-setting run ended in a playoff flop

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins are looking ahead at a new season, not back at the one where they posted the best record in NHL history and then lost in the first round of the playoffs.“My rear-view mirror is broken,” team president Cam Neely said as the 2023 Presidents Trophy winners opened training camp. “You certainly can learn from the past, and take some things away from that. But the page has turned, and we’ve got a new season coming up.”A year after setting NHL records with 65 wins and 135 points, the Bruins think they are primed for a run at the Stanley Cup. They’d have to do it without captain and six-time Selke Trophy winner Patrice Bergeron, who has retired along with scoring threat David Krejčí“People on the outside might view it as a void (considering) what other people and great players had done in the past,” general manager Don Sweeney said. “That’s evolution that every team goes through. We’re fortunate enough to have players that are really excited a...

Orioles roundtable: Predicting ALDS rotation, X-factors, series winner and more

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

The playoffs are here.The Orioles will host Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Saturday for Camden Yards’ first postseason game since 2014. Baltimore welcomes the Texas Rangers to town after they swept the Tampa Bay Rays in a best-of-three wild-card series earlier this week.In the regular season, the Orioles went 101-61 to win the AL East and earn the circuit’s top seed, while the Rangers clinched a wild-card spot on the penultimate day of the regular season, ending the year with a 90-72 record. While the Orioles rested and held workouts at Camden Yards, the Rangers upset Tampa Bay, outscoring the Rays 11-1 in the series.Ahead of the Orioles’ first playoff game since 2016, Baltimore Sun reporters Nathan Ruiz, Jacob Calvin Meyer and Hayes Gardner answer five questions facing the team.How should the Orioles set their rotation?Nathan Ruiz: Kyle Bradish should get the ball in Game 1, which would also line him up for the decisive Game 5, should it be ne...

Assessing Patriots’ 2023 veteran additions after four weeks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

The Patriots took a whirlwind approach to free agency this offseason.The team made seven signings in just seven days and then essentially decided they were done with the offseason process.So, let’s take a look at where those seven free-agent signings are now nearly seven months later after four games as the Patriots hold a 1-3 record.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots-Saints injury report: Rhamondre Stevenson (thigh) limited again Thursday New England Patriots | J.C. Jackson appears in Massachusetts court one day after returning to the Patriots: He must complete reckless driving course by next week New England Patriots | Patriots captain explains what he really loves about veteran addition New England Patriots | J.C. Jackson wears new number, chats up Robert Kraft at Patriots practice Thursday New England Patriots | Patriots veteran expects J.C. Jackson to make immediate impact RB James Robi...

An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues. The vandalism late Thursday raised questions about the safety of Israel’s priceless collections and stirred concern about a rise in attacks on cultural heritage in Jerusalem. Police identified the suspect as a radical 40-year-old Jewish American tourist and said initial questioning suggested he smashed the statues because he considered them “to be idolatrous and contrary to the Torah.”The man’s lawyer, Nick Kaufman, denied that he had acted out of religious fanaticism. Instead, Kaufman said, the tourist was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labeled the Jerusalem syndrome. The condition — a form of disorientation believed to be induced by the religious magnetism of the city, which is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims — is said to cause foreign pilgrims to believ...

A Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine kills a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:57 GMT

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile attack killed a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother Friday in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials said, a day after a strike in the same region killed at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in the war in months.Associated Press reporters saw emergency crews pulling the boy’s body from the rubble of a building after the early morning attack. He was wearing pajamas with a Spider-Man design.The strike also killed the boy’s grandmother and injured an 11-month-old child, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram.He said 28 people were wounded and rescue operations were continuing.Officials said preliminary information indicated the Kremlin’s forces used two Iskander missiles in the attack, the same as in the previous day’s attack on the eastern village of Hroza that killed 51.One of the missiles landed in the street, leaving a crater, and the other hit a three-story building, setting it ablaze, according to...