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Tuesday’s high school roundup/scores: Westford’s Molly Smith wins sectional golf tournament

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

Molly Smith of Westford Academy captured the North/Central/West sectional girls golf title Tuesday morning at Cold Spring Country Club in Belchertown, shooting an impressive 71. Isabella Brozena of North Reading, Lauren Connor of Westfield and Alika’ Lavu of Wellesley finished one stroke behind at 72, while Maddie Smith of Westford Academy, Kiera Joshi of Ashland, Victoria Veator of Ursuline all shot 74.Wellesley captured the team title with a score of 333, outdistancing runner up Notre Dame (Worcester) which finished second at 350. Ursuline took third with 362, and Westborough rounded out the top four with a 366.BOYS SOCCERCatholic Memorial named Brian Powers as its new boys soccer coach and Wagner Brito as its associate head coach. A former standout at Middlesex and later at Tufts, Powers is a history teacher at the school. Brito serves as a director of Juventus Academy Boston. He previously served in a similar capacity in the Valeo Futbol Club, where he was recognized for c...

Body found floating near Shelter Island identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The identity of a body found floating near Shelter Island last week was released, local medical officials said.Michael Joseph Herlihy was identified as the deceased, Myra Colon with the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office told FOX 5 Tuesday. The San Diego Harbor Police Department said they received a call about the body on Friday around 8:15 a.m. Video shows several sharks feed on dolphin at Torrey Pines State Beach Authorities then removed the body from the waters. Officers did not find anything suspicious while at the scene, according to law enforcement.Herlihy's manner and cause of death is pending, officials said.Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

Passenger killed by truck's cement bags on I-805 identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A La Jolla woman who died after being struck by bags of cement that fell from a an overturned truck on a freeway in Clairemont was identified, local medical officials said.Karen Lee Cooper, 72, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said on its website.The crash occurred Friday afternoon on the Interstate 805 offramp, per California Highway Patrol.According to authorities, a Chevrolet pickup truck carrying a one-ton stake bed was traveling on State Route 52, when the concrete bags from the truck fell from the overcrossing to the eastbound lanes of SR-52 as the truck lost control and overturned. One of the bags struck the windshield of the Mercedes the victim was in. 3-year-old fatally struck by car in Chula Vista Cooper, who was in the front passenger seat of that vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene, CHP said. The medical examiner's office determined her cause of death was due to blunt force injuries.The driver of the M...

Private flight with 2 Saudi astronauts returns from space station with Gulf of Mexico splashdown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth late Tuesday night after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station.The SpaceX capsule carrying the four parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida panhandle, 12 hours after undocking from the orbiting lab.The Saudi government picked up the multimillion-dollar tab for its two astronauts: Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher who became the first Saudi woman in space; and fighter pilot Ali al-Qarni.Barnawi wiped away tears as she wrapped up her experiments and prepared to leave the space station. “Every story comes to an end and this is only the beginning of a new era for our country and our region,” she said Monday. A Knoxville, Tennessee, businessman who started a race car team, John Shoffner, paid his own way to the space station. The ticket-holders were accompanied by retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who now works for the Houston company ...

UN urges Iraq to deliver on reforms and combat corruption — and backs it fight against terrorism

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council encouraged Iraq’s recently formed government to deliver on reforms and combat corruption in a resolution adopted unanimously Tuesday that backs the country’s ongoing fight against the Islamic State, al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.The resolution, which extends the U.N. political mission in Iraq for a year, welcomes last October’s confirmation by Iraq’s Council of Representatives of a new government and Cabinet led by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani after a more than year-long political stalemate that was punctuated by outbreaks of street violence.Twenty years after the U.S. invasion toppled longtime dictator Saddam Hussein and divided the unified country in the heart of the Arab world, Iraq is still seeking stability. In 2014, lslamic State fighters seized Iraqi cities and declared a self-styled caliphate in a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq. The group was formally declared defeated in Iraq in 2017 following a thr...

‘Irresponsible behaviour’: TTC investigating after firework set off on bus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

Warning: The video shared in the article contains language that some people might find offensive. Discretion is advised.The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) says it’s investigating after video recorded the moments a group of teenagers set off a firework on a bus in broad daylight.The video was published on Twitter and began to circulate online on Tuesday. It shows a young person with a firework in hand on an occupied TTC bus.Meanwhile on the TTC… pic.twitter.com/Bo3M9eEloi— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) May 30, 2023The individual then lights the firework and aims it at the back of the bus, where several people can be seen ducking and frantically trying to evade it. After a few seconds, the firework goes off in the person’s hand, and screams can be heard inside the bus.The person recording the video and many others get off the bus and flees.CityNews has not independently verified the video, but a TTC spokesperson says it is aware of the incident and has opened an investiga...

China factory activity slows, adding to economic strains

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory activity decelerated in May, a survey showed Wednesday, adding to signs its economic rebound after the end of anti-virus controls is slowing.A monthly purchasing managers’ index issued by the national statistics agency and an industry group declined to 48.4 from April’s 49.2 on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show activity declining.Chinese manufacturers have been hurt by weakening global demand after central banks in the United States, Europe and Asia raised interest rates to cool inflation.At home, Chinese consumer spending revived after anti-virus curbs on travel and business activity were lifted in December. But the recovery has been weaker than expected.Economic growth accelerated to 4.5% over a year earlier in the three months ending in March, from the previous quarter’s 2.9%. Growth will have to accelerate in coming quarters to hit the ruling Communist Party’s annual target of “around 5%.”The Associated Press

DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa, vows to ‘fight back’ against Trump

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped into Iowa on Tuesday for the first time as a Republican presidential candidate and stepped up to Donald Trump, vowing to “fight back” against the former president as the GOP’s 2024 campaign enters a new phase.Until now, the 44-year-old Republican governor whose slogan is “Never Back Down” had largely avoided any direct confrontation with Trump, his chief Republican rival, who has in turn unleashed a torrent of fierce attacks against DeSantis for much of the year. DeSantis was initially cautious while addressing an energetic crowd of roughly 500 gathered inside a suburban Des Moines church. But speaking to reporters afterward, he pushed back against Trump in a way he had not before on the national stage. “I’m going to fight back,” he declared, taking aim at Trump’s recent criticism of his leadership during the pandemic. “Hell, his whole family moved to Florida under my governorship. Are you kidding me?”He accused ...

Topless protester at Juno Awards pleads guilty to trespassing, agrees to pay fine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

A woman who protested topless onstage at the Juno Awards in Edmonton in March says she has agreed to pay a $600 fine.Casey Hatherly, who goes by the name Ever, says she pleaded guilty to a charge of trespassing.The environmental activist, who initially faced a charge of mischief, walked onto the Junos stage while Canadian musician Avril Lavigne was introducing a performance.Messages written on the protester’s bare torso read “land back” and “save the Greenbelt,” referring to Ontario’s decision last year to open a protected area of land for housing.Hatherly says $100 of her fine will go to a victims support group.She says the timing of her fine is interesting, with the Alberta provincial election having wrapped up on Monday.“Why would I wanna give $500 to this province that literally just elected an oil lobbyist while a third of the province is on fire?” she said in a phone interview, referring to Premier Danielle Smith. “What do ...

Tennessee woman missing during cross-country trip found safe, boyfriend arrested: police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

REDDING, Calif. (WKRN) – Police in Redding, California say they have found a Tennessee woman reported missing while she was on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend.According to the Redding Police Department, police in Eureka, California contacted Nikki Alcaraz and confirmed she was safe. Alcaraz was reportedly spotted in Eureka on Monday, nearly a month after she departed for a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, Tyler Stratton, and a dog to visit family in Orange County, California.Early Tuesday morning, police responded to the area and determined Alcaraz and Stratton were "together and had been at the location." Later in the day, someone reported seeing the vehicle Alcaraz and Stratton were believed to be traveling in. Officers found the vehicle and found both inside. Alcaraz reportedly told Eureka Police she did not need any assistance, according to a release from the department. Stratton was taken into custody for his outstanding warrant from Tennessee for failure to appea...