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Firefighters battle 2-alarm fire in Gloucester home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

Emergency crews responded in Gloucester Thursday after a fire broke out in a local home. The Gloucester Fire Department in a statement said authorities first responded around 1 p.m. after police reported smoke coming from a home on Holly Street. Once on scene, officials said, fire crews spotted heavy smoke and flames coming from the house. SKY7-HD similarly saw smoke rising from the house as crews used at least one ladder truck to battle the fire.Gloucester fire officials said the emergency response grew to two alarms as the fire spread within the home. The fire was ultimately knocked down near 1:50 p.m.Officials said one person got out of the home before firefighters arrived on scene. No one else was in the home at the time of the fire.Though there were no reported injuries, officials said the home was deemed uninhabitable. The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of Thursday afternoon.

One person arrested after car crashes into house in Hopkinton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

One person was arrested Thursday after a car crashed into a house in Hopkinton, officials said. The crash happened Thursday afternoon in the area of Grove Street. SKY7-HD soon spotted emergency crews on scene, with damage visible at the house.In an email, Hopkinton Chief of Police Joseph Bennett confirmed one person was taken into custody. There were no reported injuries. No further information was immediately available. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Group of Massachusetts voters file to remove Former President Trump from ballot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

Massachusetts has become the latest state where residents are attempting to bar former President Donald Trump from the Republican presidential primary and general election ballot.Free Speech For People and Massachusetts-based civil rights firm Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C late Thursday filed an objection with the Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission to having Trump’s name on the ballot.The challenge cites section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits the election of anyone who previously under an oath of office “engaged in insurrection or rebellion,” according to a press release.“Donald Trump violated his oath of office and incited a violent insurrection that attacked the U.S. Capitol, threatened the assassination of the Vice President and congressional leaders, and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in our nation’s history,” Ron Fein, legal director at Free Speech For People, said in...

Nor’easter set to blast Massachusetts with up to 12 inches of snow, Patriots could have a snow game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

Good luck at the grocery store over the next couple of days.The first snow storm of the season is set to blast the Bay State this weekend, dumping up to 12 inches of snow across the region.A “Winter Storm Watch” will be in effect from Saturday evening through Sunday night, as the nor’easter will likely drop significant snowfall and spark hazardous road conditions.The Winter Storm Watch zone is mostly west of the Interstate 95 corridor in Massachusetts — with a widespread 8 to 12 inches of snow forecasted for the region.“People should definitely take it slow out there on Sunday,” Kyle Pederson, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Thursday.It looks like the snow will start Saturday evening, sometime after sunset and before midnight. Then it should wrap up on Sunday between 6 p.m. and midnight.The Patriots’ final game of the season, home against the Jets, will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Snow foot...

After best and worst days of his life, Sale gets new deal and second chance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

Chris Sale had been excited by the prospect of a normal offseason, a luxury that’s eluded him for the past several winters.“I finished the year relatively strong,” the veteran left-hander told reporters on a Zoom call on Thursday. He’d allowed no more than a single earned run in four of his five September starts. and been virtually un-hittable. “Walking off that mound the last (start) of the year, knowing that I was healthy and going into a good offseason, I was excited. It was nothing short of a disaster the last few years there, I’m not shying away from it. And I was excited. I was like, ‘You know what? I’ve got one last go at this, and I’m gonna put all my marbles and everything on the table. I’m going for it.”At this point, he should’ve known better. There hasn’t been an uneventful offseason for Sale since the winter of ’18-19, in between his second and third seasons in Boston; countless injuries, setbacks, surgeries, a pande...

Manhattan subway collision hurts 19

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

Evan Simko-Bednarski | New York Daily NewsNEW YORK — At least 19 people were hurt Thursday when a No. 1 train leaving the W. 96th St. and Broadway subway station jumped the track after an apparent collision with an MTA work train, said transit sources and the Fire Department.An FDNY spokesman told the New York Daily News that injuries were still being tallied, but none appeared life threatening.Service was suspended along the bulk of the No. 1, 2 and 3 lines in Manhattan as a result during the evening rush hour.The incident happened shortly after 3 p.m., with the crew of the uptown-bound No. 1 train reporting to the MTA’s control center that it “felt like [the train] was hit from behind,” transit sources told The News.MTA officials confirmed only that the train had derailed.The Police Department shut W. 96th St. from Columbus to West End Aves. on the Upper West Side to make way for emergency vehicles.______©2024 New York Daily News. Visit at nydailynews.com. Distributed by Tribune C...

Report: Former Red Sox pitching coach lands new job

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

A few months after being let go by the Red Sox, former pitching coach Dave Bush has reportedly landed on his feet.According to Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News, Bush has been hired by the Texas Rangers as the organization’s new director of pitching strategy. Bush will serve under incumbent pitching coach Mike Maddux as the defending World Series champions look to build out their pitching infrastructure.Before joining the Rangers, Bush spent six years coaching in the Red Sox organization, including the last four as pitching coach. The 44-year-old also pitched nine seasons in the big leagues, including stints with the Blue Jays, Brewers and Rangers, who he spent one season with in 2011.Bush becomes the latest former Red Sox coach to join the Rangers staff, following associate manager Will Venable and hitting coach Tim Hyers. The Red Sox have since replaced Bush with new pitching coach Andrew Bailey, and the club is working to develop its own pitching infrastructure by addin...

State revenue slide continues into sixth month; budget authors wary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

For the sixth straight month, the state took in far less tax revenue than expected, continuing a trend of worrisome shortfalls that has policymakers watching carefully.According to information released by the state’s Department of Revenue late Thursday afternoon, the state fell about 2.1% short of its projected revenues, pulling in just $3.776 billion despite forecasts predicting nearly $3.9 billion in tax takings.“December collections decreased in non-withheld income tax, sales and use tax, corporate and business tax, and ‘all other’ tax in comparison to December 2022,” DoR Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder explained.“These decreases were partially offset by an increase in income tax withholding. The decrease in non-withheld income tax was driven primarily by lower income tax estimated and return payments and an unfavorable increase in income tax refunds,” he added. “The decrease in sales and use tax was mainly due to typical timing factors in collections. The decrease in ‘a...

New York City sues 17 bus companies for transporting migrants from Texas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

Chris Sommerfeldt | New York Daily NewsMayor Adams’ administration filed a lawsuit Thursday charging that 17 charter bus companies owe New York City at least $708 million for transporting tens of thousands of migrants to the five boroughs from Texas as part of a controversial relocation program launched by the Lone Star State’s Republican governor.The suit, submitted in Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges that the companies, most of which are Texas-based, violated New York’s Social Services Law by contracting with Gov. Greg Abbott’s administration to transport more than 33,600 migrants to the Big Apple with little or no coordination with city officials since 2022.The state law holds that anyone who “knowingly” brings a person to New York “for the purpose of making him a public charge” is responsible to “support him at his own expense” — and the suit argues the bus operators should thereby be on the hook to reimburse the city for the $708 million it has so far spent on providing shelter...

FACT FOCUS: Images made to look like court records circulate online amid Epstein document release

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:37:37 GMT

By MELISSA GOLDIN (Associated Press)After dozens of previously sealed court documents related to financier Jeffrey Epstein were made public on Wednesday, social media users began spreading false accusations about major public figures whose names appeared in the release — and some who hadn’t been named at all.Two people singled out in viral false claims containing images made to look like snippets from court documents were late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who died in 2018. In both cases, the images were used in an effort to tie the men to illicit activities involving Epstein.Here’s a closer look at the facts.CLAIM: Court documents connected to a lawsuit involving Epstein that were released this week include details about Hawking’s “proclivities” and accusations about a sexual encounter with Kimmel.THE FACTS: The images were fabricated to look like part of the court documents. They are not among the records tha...