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ATF: Two separate explosions over span of 12 hours under investigation in Weare, NH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

Authorities in New Hampshire are investigating a pair of explosions that occurred Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the town of Weare, one of which injured a passerby, according to officials.A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said federal, state and local authorities were called to the Hillsborough County town near Concord and Manchester for the apparent explosions.The official said one of the explosions took place Wednesday evening at 6:10 p.m. in the area of 362 Dustin Tavern Road, with no injuries reported. The second, happening Thursday morning at 6:50 a.m. by 16 Sugar Hill Road, injured a passerby who suffered minor injuries after they were cut by glass.According to 7NEWS sources, at least one of the explosions, the one Thursday morning, was caused by a pipe bomb.Nearby Concord Stage Road was shut down immediately and reopened around 7:30 a.m. while Sugar Hill Road, leading into Hopkinton, remained closed as of 9 a.m. ATF Boston Twe...

Teens accused of vandalizing about 25 cemetery gravestones

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Five teenagers have been accused of spray painting racial slurs, profanity, anti-law enforcement messages and other graffiti on about 25 gravestones in a New Hampshire cemetery.The teens are facing criminal charges in juvenile court, Hampton Police Capt. Anthony Azarian said.Police said the vandalism took place at the High Street Cemetery across from Hampton Academy in March.The messages were sprayed in red and black paint. Azarian said police believe spray paint cans found at the scene were taken from a local hardware store. Video camera footage from the store and nearby was reviewed by investigators.Azarian also said similar graffiti was found in a bathroom at the Hampton Lane Memorial Library.He said the teens range in age from 14 to 16 and could face criminal mischief and theft charges, as well as interfering with a cemetery or burial ground.

Man charged after threatening state police sergeant in Hartford

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Hartford man who allegedly threatened a state police sergeant is facing several charges.Authorities said on April 24, an on-duty Connecticut state police sergeant was entering his police vehicle on Asylum Street in Hartford. He had his state police badge displayed and was in a civilian clothing.A man with long hair and eyeglasses who was sitting in a silver Honda Accord shouted at the sergeant, police said.As the sergeant entered his vehicle, the man asked if he was “a cop,” state police said.The sergeant confirmed he was a member of law enforcement.Police said the man then told the sergeant that he “kills cops.”“Using profane language, the unidentified white male went on to threaten to kill the Sergeant specifically,” state police said.The sergeant then approached the man and tried taking him into custody, said police. That’s when the man fled the scene and drove westbound on Asylum Street.“The Honda then came to a stop a short distance away, ...

Heat’s upset silences ‘doubters and haters’ as everything clicks in advancing to conference semis vs. Knicks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

It would be overly simplistic to say that out of the chaos, order has been restored for the Miami Heat.Because they’re still without Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo. They’re again a series underdog as the road team as they move on to the second round against the New York Knicks. They still are as reliant on their leading man as much as any team still standing in the NBA playoffs.But now, after a stunning five-game first-round elimination of the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks while playing as a No. 8 seed, it all makes sense:The 54 clutch games during the regular season, those when the margin was within five points in the final five minutes.The addition of Kevin Love ahead of the buyout deadline.The decision to rest 37-year-old Kyle Lowry for a month to ease the knee pain.The refusal to quit on the undrafted, unheralded supporting players such as Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, Duncan Robinson and Caleb Martin.The insistence that there remained a path to playoff success even with tha...

Medical helicopters, ‘Jaws of Life’ employed at highway rollover crash in Newbury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

Two people were seriously injured in a rollover crash that stopped all northbound traffic on I-95 around Newbury early Thursday morning.Around 6:30 a.m. State Police reported troopers and other responders were “working rollover crash into median with serious injuries/entrapment.” All northbound lanes were shutdown during the initial response, but two were reopened by 6:30 a.m.Two Boston medical helicopters responded to the crash, landing on the interstate, police said, and Newbury firefighters usedthe  “Jaws of Life” — a hydraulic rescue tool used to rip open cars and extract occupants — in the rescue.Both adult drivers were transported to the hospital with injuries that were serious but “not believed life-threatening at this time,” police reported just before 8 a.m.An additional southbound lane was briefly closed for the removal of the vehicles, but all lanes of traffic on both sides were reopened before 8 a.m.The cause of the acciden...

Brian Walshe to remain jailed; motives suggested in alleged murder of his wife

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

Accused wife murderer Brian Walshe is being kept locked up.The Cohasset man, indicted for the murder of his wife 39-year-old Ana Walshe, will remain behind bars as his case moves ahead for trial. He’s due back in court on August 23 with a pre-trial conference set for Nov. 2.Prosecutors said today in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham that the 48-year-old dad suspected his wife was having an affair and he searched one of her male friend’s Facebook accounts. His mother also hired a private investigator to shadow Ana, prosecutors added.They also said Brain was the lone beneficiary of his wife’s life insurance policy which they said was worth more than $2 million.In rebuttal, his defense attorney said prosecutors were cherry-picking Google searches to fit their bogus storyline — adding he also made Google searches for “best places for family vacation” and other harmless prompts.The indictment charges Walshe with the murder of his wife, misleading a poli...

Shots fired at large East County party; 2 dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. -- Two people are dead following a shooting at a massive party in East County, authorities said.The incident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. at a residence located at 860 Renfro Way in El Cajon, the San Diego Sheriff's Department confirmed to FOX 5. Neighbors called to report hearing shots fired and then another call came in reporting someone had been shot, explained Homicide Lt. Joseph Jarjura. Rules of the Road: Are tinted windows legal in California? Authorities say the party was so large that deputies had to call in traffic control to help manage the scene."It was over 200 people, for sure because this whole road was blocked off the entire night, probably until four in the morning," said Dave Ebert, a neighbor of the home where the fatal incident took place. "And then the sheriff's were letting people out a few at a time. They couldn't even get the ambulance up the road for the longest time."According to Ebert, the residence became an Airbnb a few months ago. T...

Suit over Texas woman’s jail death settles for $7 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other defendants, her family’s attorney said Thursday.The payout over Holly Barlow-Austin’s death after being held at an East Texas jail operated by LaSalle Corrections is among the largest public settlements of its kind, attorney Erik Heipt said in a statement. Her death was one in a string of other deaths and incidents that led to lawsuits and investigations of the company, which runs facilities where thousands of people are incarcerated.“If you’re going to cut corners and put profits over people’s lives, there will be a steep price to pay,” said Heipt, a Seattle-based lawyer who represents Barlow-Austin’s husband and mother. He said the payout ”should serve as a wake-up call to all private jail and prison operators.”The family’s federal lawsuit was resolved ...

Another Kenyan pastor arrested over deaths of followers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya arrested another popular pastor on the Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103 on Thursday. Pastor Ezekiel Odero “is being processed to face criminal charges related to mass killing of his followers”, according to a statement by Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki.Odero will be questioned overnight and is expected to appear in court on Friday. His church has been closed and those who were found inside were ordered out, Coast Regional Coordinator Rhoda Onyancha said.Odero’s megachurch, the New Life Prayer Centre Church, is in Malindi County, where another pastor, Paul Mackenzie is being investigated for directing his followers to fast until death.Police have been exhuming bodies at a ranch owned by Mackenzie, where he moved in 2019 after closing his church in Malindi. As part of the move, he reportedly sold his television channel to Odero. Odero’s television channel is popular in Kenyan households, with p...

S&P/TSX composite up in broad-based rally, U.S. stocks also higher

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:51 GMT

TORONTO — The heavyweight energy and financial sectors helped lead a broad-based rally as Canada’s main stock index rose more than 100 points in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.The S&P/TSX composite index was up 103.26 points at 20,469.98.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 218.27 points at 33,520.14. The S&P 500 index was up 43.26 points at 4,099.25, while the Nasdaq composite was up 196.50 points at 12,050.85.The Canadian dollar traded for 73.46 cents US compared with 73.39 cents US on Wednesday.The June crude contract was down 10 cents at US$74.20 per barrel and the June natural gas contract was up two cents at US$2.32 per mmBTU.The June gold contract was down US$2.70 at US$1,993.30 an ounce and the July copper contract was up less than a penny at US$3.87 a pound.This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 27, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD=X)The Canadian Press