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Crews in Burlington work to contain house and brush fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

Firefighters in Burlington, Mass., have been working to contain a fire that burned through a home and small wooded area near a school.A large plume of smoke could be seen streaming from a property by Terrace Hall and Humboldt avenues early Friday afternoon, where police say flames had been burning near the Francis Wyman School.The Burlington Police Department said students at the school were safe and that traffic was being redirected as the fire department sprayed down the area.https://twitter.com/burlingtonpd/status/1644385519181103108While the reported brush fire was contained around 1 p.m. according to police, flames were still burning through a home nearby when a SKY7-HD camera flew over the scene shortly afterwards.Additional details on the house fire have not yet been released.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Crews called to house fire, multiple brush fires burning in Weston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

Weston fire crews were working to contain both a house fire and multiple, smaller brush fires Friday afternoon.The Weston Fire Department said its personnel were working at the 500 block of North Avenue around 1:10 p.m., where a 3-alarm fire was burning.SKY7-HD spotted firefighters spraying in and around a multistory home where heavy smoke poured out of openings in the roof. A patch of flames could also be seen burning on the roof, towards the center of the house.One side of the house was heavily-charred as crews worked multiple hoses across the large property. At the same time, crews could be seen working to contain several, smaller brush fires burning near the property and off a nearby side street.On the department’s Facebook page, officials said flying embers appeared to be a factor as their response continued.Additional details have not yet been released.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Dolphins Q&A: Tyreek Hill to retire after 2025? Could a move be made later for a RB? Any Cam Newton interest?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

Here’s the latest installment of our Miami Dolphins Q&A, where South Florida Sun Sentinel writers David Furones and Chris Perkins answer questions from readers.Q: Any internal reaction from the Dolphins to Tyreek’s 2025 retirement announcement? — Gage Mitchusson on TwitterA: I wouldn’t immediately call it a retirement “announcement,” but Hill at least let it be known he may have his sights set on a certain year.The speedster said two things regarding a potential retirement when he appeared on Kansas City’s Sports Radio 810 this week: That he wants to reach Year 10 in his career (he enters an eighth NFL season in 2023), and that he wants to finish out his current contract with the Dolphins. He’s currently under contract through 2026 with Miami, but the deal may never reach that final season at a $56.3 million cap hit with an $11.3 million dead cap number.No internal reaction from the Dolphins has been put out, but I’d imagine ...

Mets Notebook: Justin Verlander disappointed to miss Citi Field opener, but optimistic he’ll be pitching soon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

Justin Verlander felt like the new kid in school all spring. The 40-year-old ace had previously spent his entire career with only two other teams, the Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros, and had never been in spring training with a new one until he came to Port St. Lucie as a free agent signing in February.The Mets’ home opener was going to be his moment to show his new team and the fans what he was all about. Instead, Verlander will watch right-hander Tylor Megill start against the Miami Marlins on Friday afternoon at Citi Field, sidelined with a teres major strain in his right shoulder.“[It feels] like crap,” Verlander said Friday morning, standing at his Citi Field locker for the first time. “Just not the way I envisioned starting my career with them. It’s disappointing, to be honest, but I’m always a glass-half-full type of person, I’m always trying to be as positive as possible. And even though this isn’t the way I would have l...

Happy Easter! Eggs are still super expensive

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

If you were planning to dye eggs this Easter, well, maybe opt for decorating some cookies instead. That’s because, after a year of climbing prices, the cost of eggs is still frustratingly high.The average cost of a dozen large, Grade A eggs in February was $4.21, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index, published March 14. That’s up — OK, way, way up — from $2.01 a year earlier.Eggs aren’t alone when it comes to rising food costs; you’ve probably noticed that, on the whole, groceries are pricier. The index for groceries increased 10.2% year over year, according to the CPI report, which is a measure of the average change in prices paid by U.S. consumers.Eggs, specifically, are now so expensive because of a bird flu that started in January 2022 and has led to the deaths of nearly 59 million birds, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So there’s a supply and demand issue, to say the least, and inflation hasn’t helped.But there may be a light a...

CHP pursuit ends on I-8; suspect in custody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A vehicle pursuit ended Friday morning on eastbound Interstate 8 in East County.SkyFOX aerial video showed a white pickup truck being pursued by several California Highway Patrol vehicles. The hood of the truck was up when the truck pulled over on the side of the highway. The driver got out and ran, making it only a short distance before a K-9 took down the driver. Officers followed and appeared to take the suspect into custody.It was not immediately known why the driver was being pursued. Boy, 14, among 2 arrested in deadly park shooting This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Russia hits illegally annexed Ukraine areas from ground, air

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces used ground- and air-fired missiles, rocket launchers and weaponized drones to bombard the provinces of Ukraine it has illegally annexed but doesn’t fully control, causing casualties, building damage and power outages Friday. The Ukrainian military said Russian forces launched 18 airstrikes, five missile strikes and 53 attacks from multiple rocket launchers between Thursday and Friday mornings. According to the General Staff statement, Russia was concentrating the bulk of its offensive operations in Ukraine’s industrial east, focusing on the cities and towns of Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka in Donetsk province. Most of Friday’s battlefield reports concerned the four Ukrainian provinces Russia annexed in September: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to gain complete control of the provinces, while Ukraine has indicated it will soon launch a counteroffensive to tak...

Kamala Harris to meet with expelled Tennessee lawmakers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is making a last-minute trip to Tennessee on Friday, hours after the Republican-controlled House expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the Legislature in retaliation for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.Harris will meet with lawmakers, as well as young people advocating for tougher gun control laws, according to a tweet from her spokesperson, Kirsten Allen. She will also meet privately with expelled state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and with Rep. Gloria Johnson, who survived the vote for her ouster. The visit comes after President Joe Biden calling the expulsions “shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent.”“Rather than debating the merits of the issue (of gun control), these Republican lawmakers have chosen to punish, silence, and expel duly-elected representatives of the people of Tennessee,” ...

Canadian woman released from Syrian camp released on bail in Alberta

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

OTTAWA — A Canadian woman who was returned from a prison camp in Syria this week has been released on bail in Edmonton pending a terrorism peace bond application.RCMP in Alberta say the 38-year-old woman is subject to a number of conditions while she awaits the peace bond process but did not say what those were.The woman is among a group of six Canadian women and 13 children Global Affairs Canada agreed to repatriate from the prison camps in northeastern Syria in January.Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon has been helping the women get back to Canada and says four of them, plus 10 children, flew to Canada this week.Two of those women are being held in custody in Brampton, Ont., also awaiting a Tuesday bail hearing as the crown requests a terrorist peace bond for them.The fourth woman was not arrested and Greenspon says all of the children are with relatives.This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 7, 2023.The Canadian Press

Life sentences in Congo for killing of Italian ambassador

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:01:34 GMT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Six men in Congo were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the 2021 murder of Italy’s ambassador and two others.The sentence was announced by a military tribunal in the capital, Kinshasa, following a six-month trial. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February 2021 in an ambush on a World Food Program convoy that was traveling from Goma, Congo’s eastern regional capital, to visit a WFP school project in Rutshuru.Italian security officer Vittorio Iacovacci and driver Moustapha Milambo were also killed.Violence has been simmering in eastern Congo for decades as more than 120 armed groups fight for power, resources, land and some to protect their communities. Several armed groups are active in the specific area of the attack including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, which is a Rwandan Hutu rebel group known as FDLR, the Nyatura militia and M23 rebels.The attack occurred in...