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Foxboro (11-1), Hanover (11-1) to clash for Div. 5 crown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

Foxboro head coach Jack Martinelli is synonymous with winning in Massachusetts high school football and recently reached the 300th win plateau.Now Martinelli is finally back where he belongs.Martinelli and the No. 2 Warriors return to the championship platform for the ninth time in Martinelli’s illustrious 42-year career to face top-seeded Hanover in the Division 5 Super Bowl title game Friday (8 p.m.) at Gillette Stadium. This is the first trip since back-to-back visits to the finals in 2005 and 2006, which was a 21-10 victory over Burlington.Foxboro had made the Final Four the past three years with the new power-ranking playoff format but finally Martinelli and the Warriors are over the hump and return to big stage spotlight.“I take each year for what it is, but it was great to see the kids rise to the occasion,” said Martinelli, whose record of 305-139-5 is good enough for fifth all-time in Massachusetts wins.Hanover also comes into the contest at 11-1 with its only blemish comin...

Patriots QB Bailey Zappe will apply these lessons to likely start Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

FOXBORO — Nobody with the Patriots will admit it.Bill Belichick said he’s not making any announcements, Bailey Zappe said nothing is set in stone, and offensive starters simply offered “we’ll see.”But even if they won’t say so publicly, all signs point to Zappe getting the start at quarterback this Sunday against the Chargers.“I’m going to do everything I can to help this team win,” Zappe said.Zappe has already come on to replace incumbent starter Mac Jones four times this season, going 19 for 39 for 158 passing yards, no touchdown passes and two interceptions. His work was limited to mop-up duty at the end of blowouts in his first two games, but late in New England’s 10-6 loss to Indianapolis he was summoned to lead the Patriots’ final drive in what remained a close game.Then last week he played the entire second half against the New York Giants, stepping in after Jones was benched once again. Zappe led the Patriots on an ...

Patriot League rivals Duxbury, Scituate meet for Div. 4 title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

Whether catching up with friends on Front Street or taking a stroll down St. George’s Street, chances are you have heard folks clamoring for the looming Div. 4 Super Bowl rematch between Duxbury and Scituate.It has been two years since Scituate’s Keegan Sullivan sprinted for a game-clinching two-point conversion as the Sailors stunned the Dragons, 14-13. This time around, the Patriot League heavyweights enter their latest Div. 4 duel with two completely different squads, both looking to leave their respective stamps on fantastic campaigns.“These kids have not talked about any revenge at all,” said Duxbury coach Matt Landolfi. “It’s all about focusing on winning the game, and executing at practice so that we can execute on Friday night. Kids are working hard, proud of how hard they’ve been working. We’ve got a tough challenge ahead. This is a different Scituate team with a high-powered offense. Our defense, we’ve got a lot of work to do to get ready for them.”Each school overcame a s...

Chicago Bulls play their best game of the season — an OT win against the Milwaukee Bucks — without Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

Alex Caruso is beginning to feel casual about being clutch.The guard didn’t hesitate when he shimmied away from Brook Lopez and pulled up to drain a 3-pointer, beating the buzzer by a half-second to send the Chicago Bulls into overtime against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday at the United Center.The play wasn’t drawn up to give Caruso the shot. But in the moment it just felt natural for Caruso, who has played the savior three times this season.“That shot, I don’t think it’s that difficult,” Caruso said. “I shoot that a lot in the summer playing open gym and then playing in August and September when we come back with the guys. I just don’t get the opportunity to shoot a lot of those because usually I’m the guy taking the ball out, so I was excited to shoot it.”The Bulls finally found a small sense of cohesion in the 120-113 overtime victory. All it took was the absence of their two biggest stars.Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan...

A Social Life?! In This Economy?!

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

In this episode from our podcast partner, In This Economy?!, Mo feels guilty spending money on social events like concerts, restaurant outings and shopping trips. But they are tired of missing memorable moments with friends.Jordan interviews personal finance expert, Shannon Lee Simmons, to determine if there’s a way to have fun without ditching your financial goals or racking up credit card debt.

The resumption of the Israel-Hamas war casts long shadow over Dubai’s COP28 climate talks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As world leaders gathered for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the collapse of a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war Friday plunged the conflict back into open combat and cast a long shadow over the talks. Israel’s top diplomat for the Middle East huddled with leaders at the summit as his colleagues went through a book of posters of those held hostage by the militant group Hamas, placing yellow “released” stickers by some while looking at others still held. Meanwhile, just a street away at the Palestinian territories’ first-ever pavilion, an official gave a horrified look when Associated Press journalists gave her the news that Israeli airstrikes and ground fighting in the Gaza Strip had resumed. Even United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres brought up the fighting in his remarks at a COP conference meant to focus on restraining global warming. “As we see in this region, conflicts are causing immense suffering and intense emot...

One person in critical condition after vehicle crashes into pole in Brampton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

One person is fighting for their life in hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Brampton on Friday morning.Emergency crews responded to a collision near Sandalwood Parkway and Heart Lake Road, just west of Highway 410, around 3:10 a.m.Police say a vehicle crashed into a pole. One person was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition.Sandalwood is closed in both directions west of Heart Lake Road for the investigation.COLLISION:-Sandalwood PY / Heart Lake Rd #Brampton-Single vehicle collision into pole-Victim in life-threatening condition-Transported to trauma centre-Sandalwood PY closed between Royal Palm Dr and Heart Lake Rd-Use alternate routes-C/R 3:11 am-PR230386655— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) December 1, 2023

Gunfire erupts in Guinea-Bissau’s capital during reported clashes between security forces

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunfire erupted in Guinea-Bissau’s capital city late Thursday night and continued through Friday morning during what local media reported as clashes between security forces after two senior government officials were improperly released from custody.The shooting in the city of Bissau involved members of the Presidential Palace Battalion and the National Guard, which illegally freed the two officials under investigation for alleged corruption, The Democrat newspaper reported.An Associated Press journalist in the capital said the gunfire was concentrated in the Luanda neighborhood on the outskirts of the city center, where the National Guard’s intervention brigade is located.The two officials — Economy and Finance Minister Suleimane Seidi and Treasury Secretary António Monteiro — were detained as the Guinea-Bissau government investigated them for alleged corruption over the payment of millions of euros through credit to a commercial bank.The Public Ministry ordere...

'Dude, where's my car?': Winter parking ban goes into effect

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago's winter parking ban goes into effect, but what does that exactly mean for street parking in the City?"Starting at 3 a.m., tow trucks will be lining up to move cars parked along 107 miles of some of the city’s busiest streets," said Cole Stallard, commission for the City's Department of Streets and Sanitation.From Dec. 1 until April 1, there is no parking allowed from 3-7 a.m. on streets that display the signs below:A map of the 107 miles of streets affected by the winter parking ban can be found at the end of this article.According to Stallard, 242 cars were towed on Dec. 1 last year when the winter parking ban went into effect last year."I look down my window, don’t see my car down there," said one Chicagoan who was among the 242 towed on Dec. 1 last year. "I look down the street and see just a bunch of tow trucks. So I sprint down and I'm like telling this guy, 'I'll give you cash, just give me my car back!' and he was like, 'you got to talk to the big guy ...

WATCH: Young whale leaps out of Seattle bay, dazzling onlookers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — A humpback whale visiting the waters off Seattle dazzled onlookers Thursday morning with several breaches in the bay just beyond the city's downtown area.The whale has been spotted for the last three days swimming around Elliott Bay. But on Thursday, the whale breached for about 40 minutes, also performing several pectoral fin slaps and dives.In this image taken from a video, a humpback whale breaches from the waters off Seattle on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. The whale has been spotted swimming in Elliott Bay for three days. Humpback whales visit the waters of the Seattle area as they migrate up and down the West Coast. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)Local whale watching groups have identified the young humpback as the calf of an adult female with the identification BCY0995, better known as “Smiley.”It’s not unusual for humpback whales to visit the waters off Seattle as they migrate along the West Coast.Smiley's last calf, Chip, was fatally struck by a Washington state ferry in...