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Thousands in Massachussetts remain without power days after storm

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

Thousands of Massachusetts residents remain without power following a storm that ravaged the Bay State beginning on Friday evening.National Grid officials announced that power was restored to more than 60,000 residents throughout the state as of Sunday morning. By Sunday evening,  approximately 12,000 customers remained without power. The majority of those were in Andover and North Andover, according to an outage map maintained by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.The North Andover Town’s online announcement page included an update Sunday, saying they are working with National Grid and that the area outages were expected to be resolved Sunday. Officials also mentioned the Red Cross shelter at the North Andover Senior Center remains open for those in need.The Town of Andover advised residents that The Robb Center, used for a cooling and charging location, remained open for residents to use until 10 p.m. and will reopen Monday at 9 a.m. About  35% of Andover residents rema...

Sweet 16: Hanover finally downs Duxbury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

The Hanover coaches knew it was going to take a total team effort to slow down Duxbury Thursday night.Mother Nature left them with no choice.Forced to dip deep into the roster due to unseasonably warm weather, the Hawks stayed the course and ended the Dragons’ 12-game winning streak, 28-18.Interim coach Brian Kelliher spoke in glowing terms about his team’s perseverance.“The irony is that we were feeling great about the way the game was going, then all a sudden, we had kids cramping in the third quarter,” Kelliher said. “We were playing kids who were backups to our backups, It was a testament to those kids because they don’t get many opportunities in practice, but they stepped up and made plays.”This wasn’t any old team they were playing. Duxbury, the top dog in the Patriot League for the past 25 years, had beaten Hanover by double digits all 11 games they’d played since 1996.One could understand if Hanover developed a here-we-go-again mentality after D...

Heat up in San Diego County prompts closure of two popular hiking trails

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) -- Two popular hiking trails in Cleveland National Forest near San Diego will be closed through the weekend due to extreme heat.Starting Friday, Cedar Creek Falls and Three Sisters Falls trails will be closed to hikers by the U.S. Forest Service, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office. The closure will run through Monday, Sept. 11.This comes as the National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for San Diego County's desert areas, including Borrego Springs, Ocotillo Wells and El Centro.The warning will be in effect from 10 a.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday. According to NWS, "dangerously hot" conditions are expected to set in for areas under the warning during this time with temperatures forecast to peak around 106 to 112 degrees.Both the Cedar Creek Falls and Three Sisters Falls trails have been closed by the Forest Service for several prolonged periods this summer due to heat warnings and advisories. However, there have still been multiple ...

Driver, passenger killed in rollover crash on I-15

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

FALLBROOK, Calif. -- A driver and a passenger were killed in a rollover crash in the Fallbrook area Sunday, said California Highway Patrol.The incident occurred around 1:33 a.m. when a 32-year-old man was driving a Lexus NX350 in the southbound lanes of Interstate 15. For reasons still under investigation, CHP says the Lexus veered off the roadway to the right and overturned. Driver killed after crashing into Eucalyptus tree off I-5 According to officials, both the driver of the Lexus and a passenger -- a 28-year-old woman -- were pronounced dead at the scene. It is not yet known if alcohol and/or drugs contributed to the cause of this collision. The identity of both the driver and passenger will be released through the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office.The investigation is ongoing. CHP is asking anyone who has information or may have witnessed this incident to contact the Oceanside Area CHP office at (760) 643-3400.

Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales resigns after nonconsensual kiss at Women’s World Cup final

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales has resigned from his post after kissing a player on the lips without her consent in a scandal which overshadowed Spain winning the Women’s World Cup for the first time.Rubiales announced his resignation Sunday in a message posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.“After my swift suspension by FIFA, and the rest of the cases building against me, it is clear that I cannot return to the post,” Rubiales said in his statement.Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso during the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on Aug. 20 in Sydney, Australia. Spanish state prosecutors accused Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion after the unwanted kiss, the country’s prosecutors’ office said Friday, two days after Hermoso formally accused him of sexual assault.He had already been suspended from his job by FIFA for his conduct at the final and, after soccer’s world body opened a disciplinary case, remained defia...

California school district to pay $2.25M to settle suit involving teacher who had student’s baby

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing.The settlement brings to $8.25 million the amount paid by Redlands Unified School District to Laura Whitehurst’s victims since her 2013 arrest, the Southern California News Group reported Sunday.In August 2016, the district agreed to pay $6 million to a former student who impregnated Whitehust while she was his teacher.The latest lawsuit was filed in 2021 by another former student who alleged he was preyed upon and sexually abused at Redlands High School by Whitehurst in 2007 and 2008 when he was 14, according to the plaintiff’s attorney, Morgan Stewart. Whitehurst admitted to police in 2013 she had sex with the youth 10 to 15 times in her classroom and at her apartment, a police report stated.Redlands Unified spokesperson Christine Stephens said Friday that the di...

Novak Djokovic wins the first set of the US Open final against Daniil Medvedev

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic has won the first set 6-3 against Daniil Medvedev in the U.S. Open men’s final.Djokovic started quickly in search of what would be his 24th Grand Slam singles title, breaking Medvedev’s serve in the second game en route to a 3-0 lead. Their meeting Sunday is a rematch of the 2021 final in Flushing Meadows. Medvedev won in straight sets that day for his lone Grand Slam title, denying Djokovic what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969.The match is being played with the roof closed at Arthur Ashe Stadium because of the potential for more bad weather.___AP tennis coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/tennisThe Associated Press

Michigan State suspends Mel Tucker after allegations he sexually harassed rape survivor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

Michigan State suspended football coach Mel Tucker without pay on Sunday, less than 24 hours after allegations became public in a USA Today report that he sexually harassed activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy during a phone call last year.Michigan State President Teresa K. Woodruff and athletic director Alan Haller announced the suspension pending the results of an investigation into the allegations.The school hired an outside Title IX attorney to investigate Tracy’s complaint and the investigation concluded in July, according to the USA Today report. A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5-6 to determine if Tucker violated the school’s sexual harassment and exploitation policy, the newspaper reported.Secondary coach Harlon Barnett will serve as the team’s interim coach and former coach Mark Dantonio was named associate head coach while Tucker awaits his fate with the program.Tucker is in the third year of a $95 million, 10-year contract and if he is fired for cause, the school ...

In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — After a three-and-a-half-hour documentary on his life, Paul Simon had only sympathy for the audience. “You’re probably exhausted,” Simon told the crowd after the premiere of Alex Gibney’s “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon” on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The 81-year-old Simon, himself, hadn’t watched the film before its debut, and he didn’t watch it Sunday, either. “I’ll get up the courage to see it, no doubt,” he promised. The film, which is seeking distribution at TIFF, is an expansive look at Simon’s decades-spanning career, from growing up in Queens, New York, with Art Garfunkel to the success of “Graceland,” the sensational 1986 album he made with South African musicians. “In Restless Dreams,” which takes its name from a lyric in “The Sound of Silence” (“In restless dreams I walked alone”), also intimately captures Simon painstakingly assembling his latest album, “Seven Psalms,”...

Tribute paid to Kansas high school football photographer who died after accidental hit on sidelines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:53 GMT

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas high school football team paid tribute to their longtime photographer following her death Friday, four days after an accidental hit on the sidelines of a junior varsity game she was photographing. Linda Gregory died a few hours before Friday’s game, her husband Mel Gregory announced on Facebook. The 69-year-old woman had fallen backward and struck her head on concrete while taking pictures Sept. 4 at the junior varsity matchup between Wichita Northwest High School and rival Bishop Carroll High. Critically injured, she had been on life support all week waiting to donate her organs ever since the inadvertent hit during a blocking play by two players.Mel Gregory, who owned a local photography business with his wife and was her photography partner, joined several other family members at Northwest’s game against Heights High School on Friday just as the couple had done for years, the Wichita Eagle reported. All the players wore “LG” stickers on t...