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Volunteer youth bowling coach and ‘hero’ bar manager are among the Maine shooting victims

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

A volunteer youth bowling coach known for encouraging children and a bar manager whose father said tried to confront the shooter and died “a hero” were among the at least 18 people killed and 13 injured in two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.According to Maine State Police, seven people died Wednesday night at Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley. Six were male and one was female. Eight more people, all male, died at Schemengees Bar and Grille. Three others died after being taken to hospitals.Authorities have not released the victims’ names, but their family members have been confirming their deaths.BOB VIOLETTE:Retiree Bob Violette, 76, devoted himself to his volunteer job coaching the youth bowling league that was practicing Wednesday night, said Patrick Poulin, whose teenage son has been a member for three years.“He’s taught so many people over the years how to bowl, and he wasn’t getting paid,” he said. “We’ve really been focused on trying to keep the sport alive,...

Breezy Sunshine to Give Way to Showers Next Week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

A strong area of high pressure has been parked across the southeastern US all week long, bringing in a big breeze across South Florida, but some changes are ahead this weekend with a weaker wind set to return but also a higher chance for rain.At least for today and tomorrow, high pressure will remain in charge of our pattern. This will allow for mostly dry and windy conditions with gusts up to 30 mph along the coast paired with highs above average in the mid to upper 80s.Besides a quick-moving spotty shower, this period will be dry overall.Then by Sunday, an area of low pressure in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere will approach from the east and will meader over the Bahamas. This feature will help steer in more moisture into South Florida.Therefore, on Sunday and Monday, scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible at times along with a decreasing wind and higher humidity. It won’t be a washout but it will just be wetter than it’s been this week.For Hall...

‘The Simpsons’ voice actress Renee Ridgeley joins Miami in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

Renee Ridgeley, the talented voice actress and writer behind ‘The Simpsons,’ is visiting South Florida with a heartfelt mission. She’s in Miami to participate in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk this Saturday.Ridgeley herself is a breast cancer survivor, having faced her diagnosis in 2016 and undergoing a double mastectomy. In an exclusive interview, she emphasized the importance of these walks in honoring those who have lost their battle with cancer. “There’s a certain age in your life there’s virtually no one who is not impacted by a friend, a family member or themselves,” said Ridgeley. “So these walks are really important and I go with friends who are also have that aesthetic flat closure which is what I have, so I actually did have implants first and I had to remove them for health reasons, and so whatever path a woman takes, that’s the right path for her.”Ridgeley’s character on ‘The Simpsons,...

Former Colombian soldier faces sentencing for plot to kill Haiti’s president

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (WSVN) — Former Colombian soldier and squad leader German Alejandro Rivera Garcia, known as “Colonel Mike,” will be sentenced, Friday. Rivera Garcia was extradited to the United States earlier this year and pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping and supporting resources resulting in the assassination of Haiti’s late President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.According to The Miami Herald, Rivera Garcia, who was part of the convoy that went to Moïse’s residence, entered his plea after being transferred from a Haitian prison. The charges against him involve conspiracy and supporting a plot to kill Moïse. He now faces the possibility of a life sentence.

Estonia says damage to Baltic Sea pipeline, cables is all linked

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said she has “reason to believe” the multiple cases of damage to Baltic Sea critical infrastructure earlier this month are related to each other.Kallas met with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Brussels on Thursday, ahead of the European Council summit, to discuss the undersea infrastructure investigation.Earlier this month, the Balticconnector gas pipeline — linking NATO members Finland and Estonia — was ruptured, along with two underwater telecommunication cables, connecting Estonia to Finland and Sweden. The three incidents are likely to be related, Kallas said, though she did not publicly provide evidence for why Estonia believes the incidents are all linked.“Cooperation between the three countries in investigating cases and engaging with allies and partners has been effective and it is important that we continue to do so in the same way,” the Estonian prime minister said in an offic...

Boston University police issue warning amid investigation into 2 reported sexual assaults

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

Boston University Police issued an advisory after two students reported being sexually assaulted by a person riding a bike on Thursday night.The first incident occurred around 10 p.m. on Bay State Road, where a student reported they were approached on the sidewalk by a person on a bike who touched them inappropriately, according to the advisory. The suspect was described as a white male riding dark-colored bicycle who was wearing blue jeans and either a dark cap or a hooded sweatshirt.Then, around 11 p.m., a student on the Silber Footbridge to the Charles River Esplanade said they were approached by a person on a bike who touched them inappropriately. The suspect was described as a male on a bicycle wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.Anyone with information is urged to call BUPD at (617) 353-2121. Community members wishing to assist this investigation anonymously can do so by texting the word ‘BU’ to TIP411 (847911). This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air a...

Vermont police say bodies found off rural Vermont road are those of 2 missing Massachusetts men

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

EDEN, Vt. (AP) — Autopsies have confirmed that the two bodies found in a wooded area off a rural road in northern Vermont are those of two missing Massachusetts men who were shot to death, Vermont State Police said Thursday.Police found the bodies of 21-year-olds Jahim Solomon, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, of Chicopee, on Wednesday in a wooded area in Eden. Autopsies performed Thursday determined that Solomon died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head and White died of a single gunshot wound to the head, police said.State police said they continue to follow up on leads in the case and said tips from the public are an important part of the investigation. Maj. Dan Trudeau, commander of the Vermont State Police’s criminal division, said Wednesday that police have a number of suspects and people of interest in mind.Solomon and White disappeared under “suspicious circumstances” while traveling through several communities, state police said Saturday. They were reported missing on Oct. ...

Callahan: What is the Patriots’ next move at wide receiver?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

FOXBORO — Down in Miami, the big story of the week broke Thursday when Dolphins star Tyreek Hill told reporters he planned to play this weekend against the Patriots.In New England, the Pats’ top news hit a little differently.That headline read: “Patriots sign Jalen Reagor from practice squad to active roster.”Womp, womp.No two stories could offer a clearer or stronger contrast between the state of these rival offenses. The Patriots are 2-5 because they’ve bogged down by a porous offensive line and one of the league’s least threatening receiving corps. Meanwhile the Dolphins, even after getting thumped last Sunday in Philadelphia, are cruising at 5-2 with the NFL’s most explosive weaponry.In Miami, Hill is the system, and the system is Hill. He leads the NFL in receiving with 906 yards and covers hundreds more in pre-snap motion that stretches defenses. If he retired tomorrow, Hill could safely begin to draft his speech for the Pro Football Hall of...

Male pedestrian injured, struck by vehicle in Scarborough

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

A man has been rushed to a trauma centre after he was struck by a vehicle near the Scarborough and Markham border on Friday.Toronto police were called to the Steeles Avenue East and McCowan Road area around 7:15 a.m. Officers said a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. Toronto paramedics tell CityNews the male victim has been transported to a trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.Steeles Avenue is closed in both directions for the investigation.

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest ousted from Jesuits after claims of adult abuse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:17 GMT

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women, and removed the statute of limitations on their claims, the Vatican said Friday. The announcement marked a major turnaround for the Holy See and followed an outcry among victims and their advocates over the handling of the case of the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik, a former Jesuit whose mosaics grace churches and basilicas around the world.A Vatican statement said Francis’ abuse prevention commission had flagged “serious problems” in the way his case was handled initially, particularly in the “lack of outreach to victims.” That terminology in itself was significant because church authorities had previously refused to even consider women with claims against Rupnik as “victims.”Francis asked the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, which handles abuse-related crimes according to church law, “to re...