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GOING BANANAS

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

The 2023 “Banana Ball World Tour” featuring barnstorming exhibition baseball team the Savannah Bananas drew a full house to Brockton’s Campanelli Stadium Wednesday night with a very special guest, former Red Sox star Johnny Damon. The Bananas hit town as part of an 80-game tour this season, playing against their foil the Party Animals.

Death toll in Maui wildfires rises to 110. Follow live updates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

By The Associated PressFollow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing more than 100 people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Videos showing downed power lines apparently sparking some of the early blazes have become key evidence in the search for a cause.Hawaii’s governor on Wednesday added four more people to the list of those killed in a fire that decimated the town of Lahaina on Maui last week. Gov. Josh Green said 110 people are confirmed dead and that 38% of the disaster area has been searched.“It makes us heartbroken,” Green said at a news conference.He also said about 2,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity in the area and that those people would also be eligible for services if they are suffering without power. — What spurred the fires? Right now, it’s unclear; authorities say the cause is under investigation&...

City, union reps meet to discuss Boston Mayor Wu’s plan for Mass and Cass

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

City representatives held a closed-door meeting with first responder unions to discuss how the mayor plans to address the uptick in violence occurring at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard this summer, her office said.A man holds a syringe on Southhampton Street along Methadone Mile on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) August 16, 2023Police monitor the situation along Southhampton Street along Methadone Mile on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) August 16, 2023A man holds a bag of syringes on Southhampton Street along Methadone Mile on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) August 16, 2023People congregate on Atkinson Street along Methadone Mile on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) August 16, 2023Police monitor the situation along Atkinson Street along Methadone Mile on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) August 16, 2023A police officer monitors the situation along Southhampton Street ...

Ticker: Air Force awards a start-up company $235 million to build an example of a sleek new plane; Appeals court backs some abortion drug limits

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body that officials say could provide greater range and efficiency for military tankers and cargo planes and perhaps eventually be used to carry airline passengers.JetZero and the Air Force, which announced the award Wednesday, say they hope that the full-size demonstrator plane will be ready to fly in 2027.Most large airplanes are tubes with wings and a tail section attached. Blended-wing planes are designed with the body and wings being one piece. The result is a sleek, futuristic-looking aircraft with less aerodynamic drag than a conventional plane of the same size.Appeals court backs some abortion drug limitsMail-order access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S. would end under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday that cannot take effect until the Supreme Court weighs in.The decision by three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...

Camp Pendleton Marine due in court after teen found in barracks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday for a Marine accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who authorities say was found in his barracks at Camp Pendleton.The Marine's name has not been disclosed, but more details on the case are expected to be presented in the courtroom Thursday morning.“It shocks the conscience," attorney Jan Ronis said to FOX 5 on Wednesday. "How did he get her on the base?”The girl was reported missing by her grandmother on June 13, after running away from home four days prior. She was then found in the barracks on June 28. Family demands answers after girl, 14, found in Camp Pendleton barracks Ronis, an attorney for more than five decades, said there are still a lot of questions that will hopefully be answered in military court.The Marine faces two sets of Uniform Code of Military Justice charges, including sexual assault of a child between the ages of 12 and 16 years old, and breaching restrictions. The charging documents allege ...

Death toll in Maui wildfires rises to 110

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

Hawaii's governor on Wednesday added four more people to the list of those killed in a fire that decimated the town of Lahaina on Maui last week. Gov. Josh Green said 110 people are confirmed dead and that 38% of the disaster area has been searched.“It makes us heartbroken,” Green said at a news conference.He also said about 2,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity in the area and that those people would also be eligible for services if they are suffering without power.WHAT TO KNOW— What spurred the fires? Right now, it’s unclear; authorities say the cause is under investigation— What is the status of the fires? The county says the fire in centuries-old Lahaina has been 85% contained, while another blaze known as the Upcountry fire has been around 60% contained— How does the loss of life confirmed so far compare with other U.S. fires? For now, it is the country’s deadliest fire in more than 100 years, with officials saying more than 100 people are ...

US women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski resigns after early World Cup exit, AP source says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

U.S. women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday.The move comes less than two weeks after the Americans were knocked out of the Women’s World Cup earlier than ever before. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move had not been officially announced. An announcement was expected Thursday.The four-time tournament champions struggled throughout this World Cup. A victory over Vietnam to kick off the group stage was followed by a pair of draws against Netherlands and Portugal — barely enough to get the team into the knockout stage, The Americans played well in the Round of 16 against Sweden, but ultimately fell on penalties after a scoreless tie. The U.S. scored just four goals over the course of the tournament. The United States had never finished worse that third in the tournament. The 46-year-old Andonovski was named coach of the United States in October 20...

Ex-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty in federal corruption case over Angel Stadium sale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former mayor of the Southern California city of Anaheim agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to obstructing an FBI corruption investigation into the $150 million sale of Angel Stadium to the owner of the Major League Baseball team, federal prosecutors announced.Harish “Harry” Singh Sidhu acknowledged in a plea agreement that he provided confidential city information to people working for the Angels while serving on the city’s negotiating team for the deal, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office. The information was intended to help the team buy the stadium under favorable terms.“Sidhu later was recorded saying he expected a $1 million campaign contribution from the Angels after the baseball club purchased Angel Stadium,” the statement said.The charges to which Sidhu will plead guilty — including obstruction of justice, wire fraud and lying to authorities — carry a combined maximum possible penalty of 40 years in federal prison. Sidhu ...

Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman was arrested and has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington and a member of Congress. Abigail Jo Shry of Alvin, Texas, called the federal courthouse in Washington and left the threatening message — using a racist term for U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan — on Aug. 5, court records show. Investigators traced her phone number and she later admitted to making the threatening call, according to a criminal complaint.In the call, Shry told the judge, who is overseeing the election conspiracy case against Trump, “You are in our sights, we want to kill you,” the documents said. Prosecutors allege Shry also said, “If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you,” and she threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat running for mayor of Houston, according to court documents.A judge earlier this week ordered Shry ...

Campers evacuated after flaring wildfire trapped them in southern B.C. backcountry

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:17 GMT

VANCOUVER — About 80 campers have been evacuated from Cathedral Provincial Park in southern British Columbia after being trapped overnight by a nearby wildfire.Dale Bojahra, a co-ordination officer with the BC Wildfire Service, told a news conference Wednesday that an increase in wind speed a day earlier triggered a “dramatic increase in fire behaviour” by the Casper Creek wildfire and the nearby Gillanders Creek blaze.An evacuation order was issued as the fires grew from a combined 11 square kilometres early Tuesday to what the wildfire service estimates is now 100 square kilometres. Bojahra noted that the two fires have combined into one blaze, now called the Crater Creek wildfire.Officials initially said the nearby Cathedral Lakes Lodge was not in immediate danger and that conditions on the rough access road, including wildfire debris, meant that sheltering in place was the best option for campers and staff trapped there while an evacuation plan was formed.Brittany Se...