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Firefighters battle fire in Waltham

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

Firefighters were on scene in Waltham Thursday evening battling a fire on Moody Street. Crews in the area said they were first called around 5:30 p.m. While their response continued, crews said the fire appeared to have started in one apartment building before possibly spreading to other nearby buildings. The emergency response had grown to three alarms as of around 6 p.m., with at least 30 firefighters from Waltham, Newton and Cambridge spotted on scene. Firefighters were seen going in and out of multiple buildings in the area, using ladder trucks and climbing on roofs.No further information was immediately available. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Abington High School football coach retiring after 50 years spent leading program

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. That is ringing true at Abington High School where coach Jim Kelliher is retiring after leading the school’s football program for the past half-century. Kelliher is the only coach in Massachusetts history to coach the same high school football team for 50 or more years. He recently spoke to 7NEWS about his career. “It has been an honor,” he said. “I feel like I am the luckiest guy in the world.” “It has been just a wonderful journey. To be at this point still is amazing to me,” he continued. Kelliher had a lifelong dream of coaching his alma mater program. Having fulfilled that dream, he will be remembered for bringing out the best in his players. In this 50th and final year on the sideline for Kelliher, his team dedicated their season to their coach.“We need to put in everything we have because he has put in everything he’s had for the past 50 years,” said Abington senior captain Connor Pease...

Two-time Super Bowl champion Harald Hasselbach dies at age 56 after fighting cancer

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Harald Hasselbach, a defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos during the team’s back-to-back Super Bowl championships in the late 1990s, has died at age 56.The Broncos announced Hasselbach’s death on Thursday, citing family. Hasselbach’s family said he died at home in the Denver area after a six-month fight with cancer. Hasselback began his career with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He’s one of 10 players to win a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl.Hasselbach never missed a game during his seven seasons with the Broncos between 1994 and 2000, getting 154 tackles, 17 1/2 sacks and four forced fumbles.He started 29 regular-season games and three playoff games, including the Broncos’ win over the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl following the 1998 season.His seven seasons in the NFL followed a four-year career with the Stampeders, where he was a CFL All-Star.A native of the Netherlands, Hasselbach played at the Universi...

Brazil forward Rodrygo denounces racist abuse on social media after match against Argentina

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Brazil forward Rodrygo has been the target of racist abuse on social media following the World Cup qualifying game against Argentina.“The racists are always out there,” Rodrygo, who is Black, said in a message posted Thursday. “My social networks have been invaded with insults and all kinds of absurdity. It’s all there for everyone to see.” The player said many of the racist messages included photos and emoticons of monkeys or bananas.“If we don’t do what they want, if we don’t behave like they think we should, if we wear something that bothers them, if we don’t lower our heads when we are attacked, if we occupy spaces that they think belong to them, the racists will come into action with their criminal behavior. Too bad for them. We will not stop,” Rodrygo said.Rodrygo attracted attention during Tuesday’s match after a spat with Argentina players Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul during the delay caused by fights between fans, police and security guar...

Alberta Energy Regulator won’t reconsider approval for Suncor expansion into wetland

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

The Alberta Energy Regulator says it won’t reconsider approvals for Suncor Energy to expand an oilsands mine into a wetland once considered for environmental protection.The regulator released its ruling today in response to a request that was made last spring by the Alberta Wilderness Association.Suncor had been given the OK to expand its Fort Hills mine into the McClelland Lake wetland complex, a large intact wetland that lies partly within the company’s lease.The regulator paused those approvals while it examined the association’s concerns over Suncor’s plans to mine half the wetland and protect the rest with a 14-kilometre underground wall up to 70 metres deep.The decision allows the original approvals to stand. Scientists have calculated the entire wetland stores between the equivalent of between eight million and 35 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.The wetland is estimated to overlay a billion barrels of bitumen.The Canadian Press

Mayor says release of child sex offender Brian Abrosimo in Surrey is ‘outrageous’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

SURREY, B.C. — Surrey’s mayor says it’s “outrageous” that a sex offender who abducted and assaulted an 11-year-old girl in 2004 has been released in the city, which she says has more children per capita than anywhere in British Columbia.Surrey RCMP issued a public warning about Brian Abrosimo, 61, who they say is at high risk to reoffend after his release from prison on Thursday.Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says it’s “reprehensible” the child sex predator was released into the community and she’s asking residents to stay extra vigilant.Abrosimo pleaded guilty in 2005 to using his van to run down the 11-year-old and a teenage friend while they were riding bicycles in Langley, dragging the younger girl screaming into his vehicle then sexually assaulting her.He also admitted abducting, handcuffing and sexually assaulting a sex worker at gunpoint around the same time.Police say Abrosimo completed an 18-year prison sentence for sexual assault, kidnapping,...

Nicaragua’s Miss Universe title win exposes deep political divide in the Central American country

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored a rare PR victory last week when Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition.But the “legitimate joy and pride” President Daniel Ortega’s government expressed in a statement Sunday after the win quickly turned to angry condemnation, after it emerged that Palacios graduated from a college that was the center of 2018 protests against the regime — and apparently participated in the marches.Ordinary Nicaraguans — who are largely forbidden to protest or carry the national flag in marches — took advantage of the Saturday night Miss Universe win as a rare opportunity to celebrate in the streets.Their use of the blue-and-white national flag, as opposed to Ortega’s red-and-black Sandinista banner, didn’t sit well with the government.Palacios’ victory — along with photos she posted on Facebook in 2018 of herself participating in the pr...

Woman alleges Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her at New York bar, actor says it ‘never happened’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has alleged in a lawsuit that actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx sexually assaulted her at a rooftop bar in New York in 2015, an incident the actor says “never happened.” The lawsuit filed Wednesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan by a woman known in the documents only as Jane Doe alleges that Foxx rubbed her breasts and groped her under her pants against her will. The suit says she and a friend were seated at a table next to Foxx’s at Catch NYC in 2015. The woman’s asked Foxx for a photo, and the two women took several pictures with him, the suit says. It says that afterward, he began complimenting her “super model body” and told her she looked like the actor Gabrielle Union. He then grabbed her by the arm and took her to a secluded area, where he put both hands under her crop top and felt her breasts, the suits says. She tried to pull away from Foxx as he reached into her pants with his hands and touched her genitals, the suit also allege...

Warmer, sunnier weather returns for Black Friday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Expect Black Friday to be beautiful and much warmer than Thanksgiving day (but still a few degrees cooler-than-average). High temperatures will climb into the middle 60s under a mainly sunny sky. A chilly morning with patchy fog and mostly cloudy skiesSaturday looks mostly cloudy with a low rain chance by evening. Rain chances are highest (30%) Saturday night. They drop back to 20% during the first part of the day on Sunday.Light rainfall possible late Saturday through SundayAnother cold front will pass through the area Sunday. That will knock temperatures out of the 60s and into the 50s for most. That said, plan for a cold finish to November. NWS Austin to start issuing ‘Ice Storm Warnings’ NEW BLOG: NOAA updates December, winter forecasts Winter Weather Outlook: What a strong El Niño could mean for rainfall and ice risk Austin Interactive Weather Stats (2023) FIRST WARNING WEATHER: Stay up to date with your Central Texas forecast, sign up for our weathe...

When quarterback Josh Dobbs scrambles, good things happen for the Vikings

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:07 GMT

Josh Dobbs took the snap for the Vikings last Sunday night and worked his way toward the sideline on a designed rollout. He was looking for running back Alexander Mattison leaking out of the backfield only to realize he was going to be covered. In that moment, Dobbs got creative, shaking off a tackle in the open field, resetting his feet near the boundary, and delivering a pass to tight end Josh Oliver for a touchdown.Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joshua Dobbs (15) smiles as he is congratulated by New Orleans players after a NFL game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)Not long after that, Dobbs found himself back in the red zone, knowing the Vikings were going to need touchdowns rather than field goals to beat the Denver Broncos. He took a snap out of the shotgun this time, quickly recognized man coverage, and plowed his way into the end zone for a touchdown.“Those are huge plays in the game,” Dobbs said. “I...