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No injuries reported, cat rescued after fire rips through home in Holbrook

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

Flames tore through a home in Holbrook on Tuesday, leading to crews from multiple communities being called in to put out the fire on Union Street.Firefighters worked throughout the morning and afternoon after being called to the two-and-a-half-story home around 10:30 a.m., according to officials.A neighbor told 7NEWS he was on his way home from a nearby Walgreens when he saw several people come out of the rooming house in distress. He also heard a woman scream, “Fire!” and say that she couldn’t find her cat. “It billowed into a bunch of smoke and all of a sudden the windows ruptured and it was engulfed in flames,” he said. 7NEWS spoke with the woman, Erin Harkins, who said she was playing a video game when she heard alarms going off. “Everything happened so fast,” Harkins said. “The cops pulled me out of my house and – it just started in flames, it was very fast.”She said her biggest fear was for her cat, Cleo, wh...

Construction crane that collapsed and nearly struck home in Chelsea will not be removed until Wednesday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

A massive construction crane collapsed in Chelsea Tuesday morning, barely missing several homes near the site where it fell.Residents living in a nearby two-family home were left shaken after the equipment toppled over just after 7 a.m., falling across a stretch of a construction site and into the neighboring property.Firefighters responded to the scene at Arlington and 6th streets to find the machinery on its side, with the boom of the crane sitting on multiple beams and its operator able to get out on their own.“The boom of the crane missed the back of the house by probably about ten feet,” said Chelsea Deputy Fire Chief Michael Masucci. “We had a technical rescue response. When I arrived on scene, I saw exactly what you see behind me – a crane overturned, into the steel bones of this building.”Fire officials said the operator of the crane was not injured but visibly shaken up and taken to a hospital for treatment.The work site remained sealed off for...

Celebrating Spring!

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

Spring officially started yesterday evening, today was the first full day of spring and Mother Nature is celebrating! Temperatures today ran about 10° above average in the upper 50s with a few towns even hitting 60°. Our west wind was breezy again today but that, combined with the sun, is the reason we hit these numbers today. The wind had more of a southwest direction across our southern spots which is why we had a slight sea breeze on the Cape today and held temperatures in the lower 50s.Tomorrow will be mild again but more of us will fall victim to the sea breeze. Notice the wind tomorrow is no longer from the west, it’s from the southeast. That will cool temperatures for everyone on the coast, not just the Cape. Temperatures tomorrow will still range from 50° – 60° with the coolest numbers on the coast and warmer numbers inland.Tomorrow is also our last 6pm sunset! Starting Thursday our sunsets will be 7pm or later! The sun will not set before 7pm again until Septemb...

Police seek mother of abandoned baby in Springfield

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

Police in Springfield asked for the public’s help Monday in efforts to find the mother of an abandoned baby. Police said the newborn was found wrapped in blankets in a car seat at a home on Entrybrook Drive.Police said the child was likely abandoned between 9 p.m. on Friday and 12:40 a.m. Saturday. The boy was taken to an area hospital and was recovering as of Monday afternoon, according to police. Police, in the meantime, said they are hoping to connect with the child’s mother, adding that the mother “herself may be in need of medical attention.” Police asked anyone living on Entrybrook Drive or in the surrounding area to check any cameras they may have for possible suspicious activity especially on Friday night and early Saturday morning.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Men with advanced prostate cancer going without life-prolonging medication amid shortage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

(CNN) — Doctors across the United States who treat people with advanced prostate cancer can’t find supplies of a medicine that may help them live longer.Pluvicto, a drug to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, also known as mCRPC, is in such short supply that its maker, Novartis, said it cannot allow further supply to new patients until it can produce more of the drug. The company said it is working to produce enough doses to treat existing patients.“We recognize that this situation is distressing for patients whether they are currently in the treatment process and being rescheduled, or waiting for their first dose of Pluvicto,” Novartis said in a statement to CNN. “Any interruption in the process, from unplanned manufacturing events to doses not arriving in time, may result in patient doses being rescheduled and can have a cascading effect on patients scheduled for future treatment.”The Swiss company said it ...

Dolphins Deep Dive: Where does Miami rank in the AFC East?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

The South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Chris Perkins and David Furones discuss where the Miami Dolphins rank in the now suddenly competitive AFC East after early offseason roster moves. ()

Stocks rise for first 2-day rally since banking crisis began

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA (AP Business Writers)NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied Tuesday, led by the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis, and some of Wall Street’s fear washed out on hopes the U.S. government will offer more help if needed. The S&P 500 jumped 1.3% to lock in its first back-to-back gain since Silicon Valley Bank’s quicksilver failure began two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 316 points, or 1%, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.6%. Markets around the world have pinballed sharply this month on worries the banking system may be cracking under the pressure of the fastest set of hikes to interest rates in decades. This week’s rally now runs into a huge test: On Wednesday afternoon, the Federal Reserve will announce what’s largely expected to be its latest increase to rates. Tuesday’s strength for stocks came after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a bankers’ group more government assista...

Man gets 4 years for attacking police at Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison. Geoffrey Sills of Mechanicsville, Virginia, was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, obstruction of Congress and robbery for his role in the violence at the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace tunnel, where police were beaten and crushed as as they tried to beat back the angry mob of President Donald Trump supporters. The 31-year-old has already served a year and a half behind bars since his June 2021 arrest. In a separate case on Tuesday, a judge declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach an agreement on whether a man described as the Oath Keepers “operations leader” for Jan. 6 was guilty of obstruction. Michael Greene was acquitted of all other felony charges on Monday, but convicted of a misdemeanor offense. Greene is the only defendant in three trials...

Los Angeles schools shut down as staff strike for better pay

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of service workers backed by teachers began a three-day strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, shutting down education for a half-million students in the nation’s second-largest school system.Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ aides, special education assistants, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff, walked out amid stalled contract talks.Teachers joined rain-soaked picket lines early Tuesday as the striking workers demanded better wages and increased staffing before heading to a rally outside the district’s headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. Some held signs that read “We keep schools safe, Respect Us!” The district has more than 500,000 students from Los Angeles and all or part of 25 other cities and unincorporated county areas. Nearly three-quarters are Latino.Liev Kaplan, 6, marched with his mom, Tiffany, an adaptive phy...

Quebec budget: Income tax cuts and big drop in economic growth

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:55:59 GMT

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is cutting taxes and preparing for a big drop in economic growth. Girard presented his budget today for the 2023-24 fiscal year, cutting the tax rate by one percentage point in the two lowest two income tax brackets.The tax cuts start this year and will save individual workers up to $814 a year.Girard is forecasting that the province’s GDP will rise by 0.6 per cent in 2023, down significantly from the 2.8 per cent growth recorded in 2022.The budget is projecting a deficit of about $1.6 billion, which rises to about $4 billion after it accounts for legally required payments into a fund dedicated to paying down debt.Overall spending will rise by 0.7 per cent to $148 billion, including a 7.7 jump to $59 billion for health-care, the largest government expenditure. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on March 21, 2023.The Canadian Press