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Solve It 7: Gas Meter Mix-Up

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

When a local woman got a gigantic gas bill, she was left fuming. So she contacted Solve It 7. Brandon Gunnoe has the story.Tereana Perkins was thrilled to call this recently renovated apartment — home.“It was a one family then it turned into a two family. I felt like it was perfect,” Tereana said. Everything inside was brand new — and her stove, hot water and heat all run on gas. Her monthly bill was about $65 a month.But recently Tereana learned, for about a year, there was a gas meter mix-up with her neighbor.“I get a call from my landlord, and she told me there were crossed meters and how she was paying my bill, and I was paying her bill, and I was like OK,” Tereana said. When the gas company uncrossed the meters, it discovered Tereana wasn’t charged for all the gas she used. So she was billed $1900. “I was really upset.  Like I don’t want to have to pay...

South Boston family searching for missing statue containing ashes of two family members

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

A family in South Boston is asking for help after they say someone stole a statue from their lawn which holds the ashes of two family members. Speaking with 7NEWS, Jessyca Doyle said the statue was in her family’s yard for close to 10 years. It was moved next to their house about one year ago while some work was being done. Now, the family believes someone stole the statue over the weekend. “I had just got over their grief,” Doyle said. “And it felt like, when they took it, it was as if it had reopened that whole wound.”Doyle said the statue was 3-4 feet tall, containing her father and grandfather’s ashes in a green pole.She continued, saying whoever took the statue probably took it without knowing how sentimental it is to her family.Doyle said her father painted the statue. Her family then decided to put his ashes in it when he died in 2018. “[T]hen my grandfather died in 2020 and we put his ashes with my father so they could rest in peace together,” Doyle said. ...

1 killed after car slams into Subway restaurant in Smithfield, RI

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

One person was killed and several others were injured Wednesday when a car crashed into a Subway location in Smithfield, Rhode Island, officials said. The car slammed entirely into the building before slamming into a back wall, leaving behind a trail of destruction in the Subway while also damaging a Planet Fitness gym. Deputy Fire Chief Steven Quattrini said crews arriving at the scene found two people trapped under the car. Quattrini said six people were taken to area hospitals.In a statement, Smithfield police said they responded to the scene off Putnam Pike shortly before 3 p.m.Dan Silva and his wife belong to the Planet Fitness that was also damaged. “We were just coming back home and my wife asked ‘Is the gym going to be open tomorrow’ and I said ‘Well let’s take a quick ride and find out,’” he said.Silva said he’s seen people speeding in the area around the crash site before.  “It’s a straightaway, people tend to maybe go a little too fast,” he said.Offici...

Justice Dept. moves closer toward possible indictment of Trump in classified documents investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump in Florida heard from at least one additional witness Wednesday amid signs that the Justice Department was moving toward a possible indictment over the former president’s mishandling of classified documents.In the last week, his lawyers have met with Justice Department officials to argue against an indictment; Trump has issued social media posts in which he suggested he anticipated that he might be charged; and a former top aide appeared before a grand jury in Miami — an indication, legal experts said, that prosecutors had settled on Florida rather than Washington as an appropriate venue for charges.In addition, several media reports Wednesday evening said prosecutors had recently issued the Trump legal team a target letter, which is often but not always a precursor to criminal charges. The Justice Department defines a target as someone whom prosecutors have substanti...

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde ejected for arguing balls and strikes vs. Brewers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was ejected in the fifth inning of Wednesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers for arguing balls and strikes.Home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt tossed Hyde after Ryan O’Hearn struck out looking with one out in the fifth inning as the Orioles trailed 4-0.Hyde appeared to chirp at Wendelstedt from the dugout after O’Hearn was rung up. After he was ejected, Hyde went out to home plate to argue with the 25-year veteran umpire, who received criticism for his strike zone in Friday’s game between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. The low-and-in cutter that O’Hearn struck out on was charted as a strike on Baseball Savant.The ejection is Hyde’s second of the season; the first was April 10 against the Oakland Athletics after center fielder Cedric Mullins was tossed. Hyde has been ejected 11 times in his five years as Orioles managerThis story will be updated. ()

City Council OKs digital kiosks to be installed downtown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego City Council has approved plans to install interactive kiosks throughout downtown to help visitors and residents navigate the region. They’re called IKE Smart City, short for Interactive Kiosk Experience.“People, if they're visiting from outside San Diego and/or residents, can access information just with a touch of a fingertip,” Christina Bibler, the city’s economic development director, told FOX 5 on Wednesday.The IKE is a dual-sided, large touch screen that allows users to discover everything from shops, hotels, businesses, restaurants, parks, events, buses and trolley routes -- and, using your smartphone, get the navigation sent to the palm of your hand. ‘An insane loss’: BMX community reacts to Pat Casey’s death “They will also be able to look for a lot of public benefits," Bibler said. "Is there a local shelter nearby? How do you interact with a city? Where can you pay a parking ticket?"Under the agreement, IKE will incur a...

CP NewsAlert: American Roger Reeves wins Griffin Poetry Prize for ‘Best Barbarian’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

TORONTO — American poet Roger Reeves has won the $130,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for “Best Barbarian.”More coming.The Canadian Press

Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday.While most Australian states already ban such Nazi symbols, the federal law would go further by also banning the trade in such material, Dreyfus said.“There’s been a rise in this kind of violent far right activity. We think it’s time for there to be a federal law which I’ll be bringing to the Parliament next week,” Dreyfus told Nine Network television.We’ve got responsibility for import and export. We want to see an end to trading in this kind of memorabilia or any items which bear those Nazi symbols,” Dreyfus said. “There’s no place in Australia for spreading of hatred and violence.” The Labor Party government controls the House of Representatives but not the Senate, and it’s unclear when a ban might pass or take effect. The law would include a penalty for people displaying Nazi s...

Motorcyclist critically injured in Mississauga crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

A motorcyclist is in life-threatening condition following a crash in Mississauga. Police say a motorcycle and an SUV collided in the intersection of Dundas Street East and Universal Drive just before 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The motorcyclist was taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries. The driver of the SUV remained at the scene.

Carpentersville structure fire destroys 2 homes, 2 garages

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:42 GMT

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. -- Two homes and two garages are a total loss after a fire broke out in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon.According to the Carpentersville Fire Department, crews were called to the 1700 block of Kingston Circle just before 4:15 p.m. Wednesday on reports of a fire.Upon arrival, crews discovered four structures engulfed by flames and were able to put out the fire within an hour.The cause of the fire remains unknown at this time. No further information has been made available.The Carpentersville Fire Department are working with the Red Cross to assist the displaced families. Structural concerns prompt evacuation at Northwest Indiana apartment complex One of the residents displaced, Dawn Fekete, who was celebrating her birthday Wednesday."Right now it’s mentally wearing on me a lot. I’ve never dealt with this before," Fekete said."I kept hearing all this popping and I kept thinking ‘why is my neighbor letting off fireworks?’ But then it sounded like it was righ...