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Somerville school closes for remainder of year after concrete fell into stairwell

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

The Winter Hill Community Innovation School in Somerville has been closed for the remainder of the school year after a section of concrete fell into a stairwell inside the building, school and city officials said. While engineers were set to “conduct a more thorough review of the building,” many parents, children and teachers gathered elsewhere at the Somerville Public Library where they discussed the situation and ongoing concerns about building conditions at the Winter Hill School. Officials said the concrete fell outside school operating hours, while the school was unoccupied. The Winter Hill School serves about 400 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. It has programs for autistic children and children who are learning English as a second language. 

Son and grandson of late Red Sox first baseman George ‘Boomer’ Scott found dead in apparent murder-suicide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

Police in Massachusetts are investigating the death of the son and grandson of former Boston Red Sox player George “Boomer” Scott, who were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.Police were called to the home of George Scott III and his son, 8-year-old Dante Hazard, after a relative requested a welfare check, CNN reported. Inside they found the two bodies.Just over two weeks earlier, police had searched the home for clues to the 2019 disappearance of Lisa Hazard, Dante’s mother. Scott was considered a person of interest in that unsolved case, according to The Boston Globe.“It appears from the evidence recovered at the scene to be a murder-suicide. Mr. Scott appears to have killed the boy with a sharp object before taking his own life,” the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said in a statement obtained by Boston CBS affiliate WBZ.Lisa Hazard disappeared at age 28 when she set out for a drug rehabilitation center and never arr...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s ninth-inning double gives Blue Jays win over Mets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

The Mets weren’t able to carry over the joy and excitement of Saturday’s Hall of Fame induction after losing its second straight game, 2-1, to the Toronto Blue Jays.Immediately after Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected for arguing a strike call, Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s RBI double gave Toronto the go-ahead run that led to a win.Manager Buck Showalter said he trusted reliever David Robertson to get Guerrero out to end the inning. The manager said he “considered” walking the slugger with Cavan Biggio on deck, who entered Saturday with a .181 batting average.Robertson was ahead, 1-2, in the count but the two-time All-Star reached over to hit a grounder past a diving Bretty Baty at third base.“Just trusted Robbie there,” the manager said postgame. He later went on to say “I just have a lot of confidence in him once he got ahead there … just got a firm ground ball hit where we couldn’t catch it.”Robertson said postg...

North Korean leader’s sister vows 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite, slams UN meeting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch.The North’s attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit last Wednesday failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast. An emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council was still convened at the request of the U.S., Japan and other countries to discuss the launch because it had violated council resolutions banning the North from performing any launch using ballistic technology.On Sunday, Kim’s sister and senior ruling party official, Kim Yo Jong, called the U.N. council “a political appendage” of the United States, saying its recent meeting was convened following America’s “gangster-like request.”She accused the U.N. council of being “discriminative and rude” because it only takes issue with the Nor...

Florida woman charged with child neglect after her car catches fire as she was allegedly shoplifting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman faces charges of aggravated child neglect and arson after her car became engulfed in flames while she was allegedly shoplifting at a mall, according to an arrest report.Alicia Moore, 24, parked her car in a parking lot outside a Dillard’s department store at Oviedo Mall on May 26, according to an arrest report filed by the Oviedo Police Department. The report indicated Moore left children inside the vehicle. Their names and ages were redacted. Security saw Moore and an unknown man shoplifting in Dillard’s, according to the report. After about an hour, Moore began leaving Dillard’s to see her car engulfed in flames and dropped the merchandise before she left the store.Bystanders at the mall saw the car and rescued the children inside trying to escape the flames. The children were taken to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. One child suffered first degree burns “to her face and ears,” the arrest report said. Moore ...

Woman dead after Circle K shooting in Cedar Park, police say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) -- One person is dead after a shooting in Cedar Park late Friday night, according to the Cedar Park Police Department's social media.Police responded to the incident at the Circle K off FM 620 and Hatch Road. One woman was found dead, police said.There were no further updates about the shooting Saturday, and police say that they are investigating the incident as a homicide.

NHL not investigating Valeri Nichushkin for incident in Seattle, deputy commissioner says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

Valeri Nichushkin is not under investigation by the NHL regarding an April incident at the Avalanche team hotel in Seattle that prompted a police response, league deputy commissioner Bill Daly told reporters Saturday in Las Vegas before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.During Colorado’s first-round playoff series against the Kraken, a woman was found in Nichushkin’s hotel room who was so intoxicated that a team doctor called for an ambulance to take her to a hospital, according to a Seattle Police Department report.Nichushkin left Seattle the day of the incident and did not play that night in Game 3 or the remainder of the series, which the Avalanche lost in seven games.“We know exactly what happened and we think it was handled appropriately (by the team),” Daly said.Daly said Nichushkin is available to play.The team has declined to comment for more than a month about the incident, claiming Nichushkin has been absent from the team for personal reasons.Related ArticlesColorado Avalanc...

Woman hospitalized in Anaheim freeway crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver hospitalized in Anaheim on Saturday.California Highway Patrol responded to the crash on the 91 Freeway near the 57 junction around 3:16 a.m.Arriving deputies discovered the vehicle had struck a guardrail that had pierced through the driver’s side window. A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver hospitalized in Anaheim on June 3, 2023. (OC Hawk)A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver hospitalized in Anaheim on June 3, 2023. (OC Hawk)A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver hospitalized in Anaheim on June 3, 2023. (OC Hawk)A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver hospitalized in Anaheim on June 3, 2023. (OC Hawk)A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver hospitalized in Anaheim on June 3, 2023. (OC Hawk)A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver hospitalized in Anaheim on June 3, 2023. (OC Hawk)A violent crash into a freeway guardrail left a driver ho...

This one’s for mom: De La Salle’s Hank Tripaldi hits grand slam to win NorCal championship weeks after mother’s passing

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

SAN JOSE — Hank Tripaldi pointed toward the sky while circling the bases Saturday, to tell his mother he did it for her.With De La Salle down to its last out in the top of the seventh inning, the junior hit a grand slam over the left-field wall to turn a one-run deficit into a three-run advantage.Robin Tripaldi died of breast cancer on April 25.With the support of his teammates, Hank pushed through the final weeks of this season, one that ended with De La Salle celebrating an epic 11-8 victory over top-seeded Valley Christian to repeat as Northern California Division I regional champions.“She’s always on my head,” Hank said amid the celebration. “I love her. I miss her. I did it for her.”The home run was Hank’s second of the game, both to left field, and capped a six-RBI day for the third baseman.The Spartans wear green wristbands in support of their teammate.“The only way I was able to get through it was coming to baseball practice, p...

Wilmer Flores’ ‘true skill’ Gabe Kapler appreciates and why SF Giants manager called him into his office

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A regular fixture in the Giants’ lineup last season, Wilmer Flores has been mostly resigned to a bench role this year. With the 31-year-old veteran receiving an increasingly rare start Saturday, manager Gabe Kapler figured it would be a good time to call him into his office for a pregame chat.“I asked him to come in and shared with him how much I respect how he’s approached this challenging situation,” Kapler said Saturday before the Giants’ second of three games against the Orioles, with Flores penciled in at third base and in the cleanup spot.Already in a logjam at the corner infield spots, with LaMonte Wade Jr. at first and J.D. Davis at third, Flores’ name has been a rarer presence on the lineup card since the arrival of Casey Schmitt and the emergence of Brett Wisely, adding another two infielders to the mix. Saturday marked only his ninth start in 23 games since Schmitt was recalled on May 9.Kapler, who made a 12-year MLB career ou...