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14-year-old killed by Aurora police had pellet gun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The 14-year-old killed by police last week in Aurora had a pellet gun, the police chief revealed on Friday.Jor'Dell Richardson's family and dozens of supporters were already waiting outside the Aurora Municipal Center when the information was made public. Watch: Aurora PD releasing video of teen’s death after being shot by officers Protesters on Friday afternoon held up fists while shouting words attributed to Assata Shakur: "It is our duty to fight for our freedom! It is our duty to win! We must love each other and support each other! We have nothing to lose but our chains!"State Rep. Elisabeth Epps, a community organizer and abolitionist, was among several others who addressed the crowd."You cannot train your way out of police brutality," Epps said to applause from the crowd.Teen had replica pellet gun, chief saysInterim Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo addressed the media on Friday afternoon, stressing that he's aiming for transparency as he shared information a...

Video shows thief at Town Center at Boca Raton stealing valuables from SUV of man studying to be pastor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

A thief was driven to steal after he was caught on video breaking into a luxury SUV in the parking lot of a South Florida shopping center and stealing several valuables, including his laptop containing extensive data. Now the vehicle’s owner wants his belongings back.The victim, a Deerfield Beach resident, showed 7News on Friday where the bag containing his laptop was located.“My bag was right there,” said the victim, who asked not to be identified, as he opened rear driver’s side door of his Mercedes-Benz SUV.The victim said the bag was taken from his SUV, which was parked at the Town Center at Boca Raton, at around 5:45 p.m. on May 29..Inside the bag, the victim said, were irreplaceable items and data.“I was leaving the mall, and when I left the mall, I came to my car, and when I came to my car, I realized something was wrong,” he said, “and I saw my glove compartment open, and then I realized someone came into my car.The victim soon disco...

Mother trapped with 5 children inside SUV after rollover wreck in Hillsborough County shares ordeal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – A Florida mother is speaking out about the terrifying moments when she and her five children were trapped inside their SUV after they were involved in a rollover wreck. Mindy Bosshart said she is grateful to be sharing her story after she and her children survived the crash that took place Tuesday afternoon, an ordeal that she hopes to never experience again.The minivan had overturned after the crash and landed on an incline, on its side, with her children still stuck inside.“I could be sitting here without my kids,” said Bosshart.She said the crash happened in the middle of a busy day.“We had vacation bible school in the morning, and the girls had rehearsal for a dance recital,” she said.Bosshart said the wreck happened during rush hour, while they were heading home.“So, the two lanes closest to me had paused so that I can pass, and I was inching out, and there was no one there, so I pull out, and then someone w...

Window panes shattered in second recent report of shots fired at TD Garden 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

An investigation continued Friday after several windows at TD Garden in Boston were found shattered earlier in the morning.Boston police said officers first alerted around 10:35 a.m. after receiving a report of shots being fired by the sports arena. Later in the day, officials confirmed this was not the first such similar incident to happen in the area.Multiple police cruisers could be seen in the area of Causeway Street as officers responded and located several, damaged glass windows on the side of the Garden facing I-93 on Friday. SKY7-HD over the scene also captured a view of the cracked windows.Boston police said their department’s crime lab and analysts were on scene but that a preliminary investigation found no evidence of anything penetrating the windows. No one was hurt. 7NEWS sources said that, as of midday, the damage to the windows appeared to have been caused by a BB gun, rather than actual bullets from a firearm.Friday’s events, indeed, came just a matte...

Improving Just In Time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

Another unsettled day is nearing an end. We’ve been under the influence of the same Low Pressure for just about a week!I mentioned this in my blog this past Monday about how Low and High Pressure systems can move slow this time of year and that’s exactly what happened this week! Thankfully, that Low Pressure begins to drift away from us over the weekend…Weather map for tomorrow does indeed show the weak storm farther away but it will still produce a few isolated showers (even a thunderstorm) tomorrow afternoon…The locations that are most likely to be affected by the brief shower or storm tomorrow afternoon are along the I-95 corridor…That map does not imply everyone in the deep green shading sees rain for 3 continuous hours but rather just the area that is most likely to see a brief shower or t-storm. Temps tomorrow will be closer to our normal high temps for this time of year….around 70. Saturday, for the most part, is a decent weekend day but Su...

Aaron Boone says Yankees-Red Sox rivalry still has ‘juice’ despite how the AL East standings look

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

As the author of one of the more notable moments in Yankees-Red Sox history, Aaron Boone has some authority when speaking about the rivalry’s ferocity over the years. And if you ask the Yankees’ manager, games between the American League East enemies are still a “heavyweight match.”“Any time Red Sox, Yankees get together, whether it’s [in the Bronx], whether it’s at Fenway, there’s something special about that,” Boone said Friday before his team’s series-opener against Boston at Yankee Stadium. “I’ve gotten to experience it quite a bit now as a player and manager. You feel fortunate to be a part of such a historic sports rivalry, and I have a lot of respect for them. We’ve been through our battles over the years.”Boone, of course, famously won one of those battles for the pinstripers as a player in 2003 when he hit a walk-off home run off Boston’s Tim Wakefield in Game 7 of the 2003 American Le...

The Cape Cod Baseball League turned 100 at Fenway Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

The Cape Cod Baseball League kicked off its Centennial Celebration on Friday morning with a trip to Fenway Park.The 10 teams that comprise the nation’s premier summer baseball league arrived at Fenway in staggered groups of two beginning with the Harwich Mariners and the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. The league stretches from Wareham on the mainland side of the Bourne Bridge to its last outpost in Orleans, the home of world famous Nauset Beach.Each team participated with infield and batting practice while most of the field managers were getting their first look at the players who will kick off the season on Saturday. A large contingent of CCBL players are still competing in the College World Series.There was a festive atmosphere on Jersey Street as fans, friends and family members filled the seats under a warm, partly cloudy sky. Scouts from across MLB gathered along the first base line and behind the batting cage, logging their salient observations on clipboards and iPads.“I think it is ex...

Ticker: GameStop slumps; Wall Street exits tame bear market

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

Shares of GameStop fell sharply Thursday after the company fired CEO Matthew Furlong, the former Amazon executive who was brought in two years ago to turn the struggling video game retailer around.The company based in Grapevine, Texas, gave no reason for the dismissal and named Ryan Cohen, the company’s biggest investor, as executive chairman. Cohen sent a cryptic tweet that read “Not for long” around the time the company announced Furlong’s firing.GameStop said Cohen will oversee investment and management for the company.Wall Street exits tame bear marketWhile it seemed scary and interminable, Wall Street’s bear market last year was meeker than most.After the S&P 500 on Thursday closed at a level more than 20% above where it was in mid-October, Wall Street can give official dates for the birth and death of its last bear market, which is what traders call a long decline of at least 20% for the S&P 500. It started on Jan. 3, 2022, when the S&P 500 set a ...

More than $317,000 awarded to 90-plus groups for free beach events around Boston

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

A beach advocacy group awarded more than $317,000 to 92 organizations for free beach events and programs on public spaces up and down the Massachusetts coastline.Save the Harbor/Save the Bay plans to announce the grants at a Saturday morning event in Boston about a month after the group released a report focusing on how state officials can better care for local beaches.Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Executive Director Chris Mancini said the grants help highlight the racial and cultural diversity of the region and amplify a message of public safety, fun, and inclusion on local beaches.“Above all, we want our beaches to be safe and healthy places for everyone to enjoy. Diverse and welcoming programming is a key piece of that effort,” Mancini said in a statement.Of the events receiving money, $2,000 is being used to start the “Drag On Boats” series with the Ohana New England Dragon Boat Team. The event is billed as a performance and education series on historical and contemporary LGBTQIA...

Alleged MBTA bus creeper arrested, charged with indecent assault

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:16 GMT

A man accused of creepy and predatory behavior on public transportation in Boston now faces indecent assault and other charges.Rufus Sanders Jr., 63, of West Roxbury, was charged in municipal court in his home neighborhood on Tuesday with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 and lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct. Judge Margaret Albertson set bail at $750 and ordered Sanders to stay away from the victims and from the Forest Hills MBTA station. She scheduled a pre-trial hearing for June 30.“This individual’s behavior is dangerous and disturbing and impacts the safety realities and perceptions of our many residents who rely on public transportation,” said Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden in a statement.Sanders appeared in an online edition of the Herald’s Crime Briefs on May 31, where he was seen on a bus in Jamaica Plain sporting a bucket hat while staring at an alleged victim with one hand holding what appeared to be an open nip-size liquor bottle and the other ha...