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Wildfires trigger explosions at ammo warehouse in Greece

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

ATHENS — Wildfires ravaging central Greece spread to a military warehouse just miles from a major air base Thursday afternoon, igniting ammunition and setting off huge explosions.After the blasts, authorities evacuated residents and tourists by land and sea from nearby towns and beaches. No injuries have been reported.The ammunition warehouse is about 6 kilometers from a major military air base in Nea Anchialos. The Greek air force said the area surrounding the warehouse was evacuated before the wildfires encroached. The fire service also left the area before the wildfire got too close for safety reasons. The base is some 20 kilometers from the city of Volos, where people say they heard the blasts. Windows were shattered and houses damaged, although the extent of the damage is not yet clear, according to Greek authorities. Part of Greece’s busiest highway, near the city of Volos, was closed for several hours.“Superhuman efforts were made to contain the fire by the heavily depl...

Tornado reported in southern NH as storms move through part of New England 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

A trained spotter reported a tornado in progress in part of southern New Hampshire Thursday as storms began moving through the region. Storms, which are expected to continue sweeping across part of New England for several hours had already prompted severe thunderstorm warnings and watches and one tornado warning as of around 3:30 p.m. The tornado warning, issued around 2:45 p.m., included communities in the area around Keene, New Hampshire. In an update, officials with the National Weather Service said a spotter on the south side of Keene around 2:54 p.m. saw a funnel cloud getting to the ground and beginning to throw debris into the air. Moments later, at 3:03 p.m. doppler radar registered possible debris in the air in the same area.While the storm that triggered the Keene-area tornado had wound down as of around 3:30 p.m., a severe thunderstorm watch is scheduled to remain in place for much of southern New England through 8 p.m. Storms in New England had already tri...

MBTA: Shuttle buses to replace Orange Line service between Oak Grove and Wellington due to disabled train

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

Some Orange Line passengers are being diverted onto shuttle buses after MBTA officials say a train broke down at Malden Center Thursday afternoon.The transportation authority said buses would replace service between Oak Grove and Wellington stations after first announcing the disabled train just after 3:20 p.m.“Passengers at Oak Grove can take the Rt 131 and 137 buses to Malden Center and connect to Rt 97 buses at Wellington to get back on the Orange Line,” the MBTA posted on its Twitter account. “Inbound Passengers at Oak Grove and Malden Center can take Commuter Rail service to North Station.”Officials have not yet said when train service might be expected to return.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.https://twitter.com/MBTA/status/1684647297446027264

FBI: Swansea man arrested, faces charges in connection to Jan. 6 capital riots

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

A Swansea man was arrested Thursday on multiple charges related to the Jan. 6 US Capitol riot, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.Michael St. Pierre, 46, was arrested in Fall River and faces a felony charge of civil disorder and several misdemeanor offenses. The FBI’s Boston division tweeted that St. Pierre is the 29th person to be arrested in the area related to the Jan.6 riot.According to court documents, St. Pierre was seen on video throwing objects through doors of the building and verbally encouraged other rioters, saying the Capitol is “where the meeting ground is. Hopefully, they’ll bust through, and I’ll join them to rush the Capitol, to grab Nancy Pelosi by the hair.”The misdemeanor charges include destruction of government property, knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds and commi...

Hundreds laid off in Bud Light fallout

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud Light, confirmed this week is laying off hundreds of positions across its U.S. corporate staff.In a statement, the beer maker said the layoffs will impact less than 2% of its workforce. Anheuser-Busch’s website says the company employs 19,000 employees nationwide. Warehouse staff, drivers and other frontline employees will not be affected, the company said.The job cuts arrive during a rocky time for Anheuser-Busch, which has seen a months-long sales decline for Bud Light since April when conservative critics vowed to boycott the brand after the brewer sent a commemorative can to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.Bud Light has also faced backlash from Mulvaney’s supporters and LGBTQ+ rights groups, who say the brand didn’t do enough to support her.Mulvaney later shared that she felt abandoned by Bud Light, and faced “more bullying and transphobia than I could have ever imagined” over the partnership.Bud Lig...

Red Sox notebook: As trade deadline approaches, Chaim Bloom expects to stay true to principles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

Should the Red Sox buy or sell at next week’s trade deadline? For chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom it’s not quite that simple.After three years spent building up the club’s organizational depth, the present and future are finally beginning to converge. Despite several key injuries, the Red Sox are an MLB-best 15-5 in their last 20 games, and the club’s recent fortunes have largely been fueled by an emerging core of young standouts who could serve as the foundation of a contending club for the rest of the decade.That being said, the Red Sox are still below the playoff cutline, fourth in their division and 1.5 games back of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card race. Even at full strength it’s not certain this year’s group is ready for primetime, at least not yet.That leaves Bloom in a tricky place. Can he reinforce his club, which has sent a clear message it deserves a chance to compete for a World Series title, without mortgagin...

House panel hits pause on Zuckerberg contempt vote

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

WASHINGTON — A House committee called off a vote Thursday on a recommendation that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg be held in contempt of Congress for failing to fully supply documents related to an investigation into supposed censorship by tech companies of conservatives.Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican and chair of the Judiciary Committee, tweeted shortly before the committee was to meet that, “Based on Facebook’s newfound commitment to fully cooperate with the Committee’s investigation, the Committee has decided to hold contempt in abeyance. For now.”Jordan added that contempt is still on the table and would be used if “Facebook fails to cooperate in FULL.”If the committee had moved forward, it would have been up to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to hold a full House vote on the contempt resolution as early as this fall, after the August recess.If the House were to hold Zuckerberg in contempt, the Justice Department would decide whether to prose...

The lesson Hollywood should learn from ‘Barbenheimer’? Let originality come through

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune“Barbenheimer” saved the movie universe this week by handing eager audiences an eyeful of two very different planets. Neither “Barbie” nor “Oppenheimer” was “just another,” meaning: not just another sequel to a proven, if fading, franchise. Or just another superhero, trapping in a quantum realm somewhere in a Marvel soundstage in Atlanta, looking for a decent return on the usual $300 million investment.Co-writer and director Greta Gerwig‘s triumph made $162 million in the U.S. alone from the July 21-24 weekend. That’s the biggest domestic opening ever for a non-superhero film or sequel. Oh, and Monday? Typically the dead zone? The weirdly delightful “Barbie,” a 1959-born doll’s adventures in angst and yearning, broke records for the Warner Bros. opening week-Monday box office, the studio’s previous record-holder being “The Dark Knight” (2008), directed by Christopher Nolan, who wrote and directed … “Oppenheimer.”That one made $82.4 million in its fi...

Mike Lupica: Last-place Yankees still have plenty to play for with Aaron Judge on his way back

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

Here is what Yankee fans saw this week in the latest edition of the Subway Series: They saw this season’s $280 million production for Yankee baseball. It happens to be about the same budget they had for “Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.” Now the Yankees move up on another reckoning, one about how this particular movie ends, and which characters survive, and that doesn’t just mean the manager but also the general manager, Brian Cashman, whom Hal Steinbrenner allowed to spend all this money on a team that currently sits in last place in the AL East.The only consolation for the Yankees, as the Trade Deadline approaches, is that they’re much better off than the Mets. The Mets’ general manager, Cashman protegee Billy Eppler, spent even more money on players this season and is now as far away from a wild card in the National League as the Yankees are from first place in East.We all hear that Cashman is going to be a buyer at the deadl...

Longtime Celtics play-by-play broadcaster Mike Gorman will call final season in 2023-24

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:59 GMT

Mike Gorman, the longtime television voice of the Celtics, will call his final season in 2023-24 season after an iconic career that spanned more than four decades and saw him cover the likes of Larry Bird, Paul Pierce and Jayson Tatum, NBC Sports Boston announced on Thursday.The 77-year-old Gorman, a native of Dorchester, has been the Celtics’ primary play-by-play broadcaster since 1981 and is currently the longest tenured play-by-play voice of any professional sports franchise in Boston. He and the late Tommy Heinsohn made up the longest running telecast duo.“Being the play-by-play voice of the iconic Boston Celtics since 1981 has been a true honor and privilege,” Gorman said in a statement. “When I started on the broadcast team 43 years ago, I could not have dreamed what an amazing journey this would be. A world-class organization like the Boston Celtics and a television partnership which evolved over the years, ultimately allowing me the opportunity to be a part of NBC Spor...