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Suspect arrested in killing of Boston-area couple celebrating their 50th anniversary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of a Boston-area husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and the woman’s 97-year-old mother, authorities said.Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said police took Christopher Ferguson into custody and charged him with killing 73-year-old Gilda “Jill” D’Amore after an autopsy revealed her death was a homicide. Ferguson also was charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and burglary.Additional charges were expected in the death of 74-year-old Bruno D’Amore and his mother-in-law, Lucia Arpino, after those autopsies are completed. Ferguson was expected to appear in court Tuesday or Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.The victims and suspect all live in the Boston suburb of Newton but Ryan said it appeared there was no connection between them.The bodies were found in the victi...

Los humanos extraen tanta agua subterránea que ha alterado el eje de la Tierra, según un estudio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

(CNN) — La insaciable sed humana de agua subterránea ha absorbido tanto líquido de las reservas del subsuelo que está afectando a la inclinación de la Tierra, según un nuevo estudio.Las aguas subterráneas proporcionan agua potable a las personas y al ganado, y ayudan a regar los cultivos cuando escasea la lluvia. Sin embargo, el nuevo estudio muestra que la extracción persistente de agua subterránea durante más de una década desplazó el eje de rotación del planeta, inclinándolo hacia el este a un ritmo de unos 4,3 centímetros al año.Este desplazamiento es observable incluso en la superficie de la Tierra, ya que contribuye al aumento global del nivel del mar, según informan los investigadores en el estudio publicado el 15 de junio en la revista académica Geophysical Research Letters.La extracción de aguas subterráneas es un factor importante en la inclinación del eje de rotación de la Tierra, según un nuevo estudio. (Crédito: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)“El ...

Trout, Ohtani give Angels 2-1 walk-off win over White Sox

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — In a game where offense was hard to come by, Mike Trout’s struggles at the plate stood out. With a chance to get a critical seven-game homestand off to a successful start, he still found a way to create a run, one that didn’t require swinging the bat. Trout scored on a game-ending wild pitch, Shohei Ohtani hit his 26th home run, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Monday night.“You know, I was grinding a couple at-bats, but just (wanted) to get on base and make things happen,” Trout said after sliding home head-first on the bad throw by Aaron Bummer. “That was a pitching battle, and (we) came out on top. That’s all you can ask for.”After having struck out in each of his first three appearances, Trout drew a leadoff walk against Reynaldo López (2-5). Bummer then came in to face Ohtani, who drew his own walk. The two Angels superstars successfully executed a double steal, which set up Trout’s heroics and the team’s ...

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Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

Presented by SSE By ABBY WALLACE and CHARLIE COOPER PRESENTED BY View in your browser or listen to audioSNEAK PEEK— Renewable industry chiefs push for a U.K. government response to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.— Energy Minister Graham Stuart is speaking at a solar gathering in London today. — Are Tory MPs mulling some late-in-the-day Energy Bill mischief?Good morning, happy Tuesday and welcome to POLITICO PRO Morning Energy and Climate UK. Before we launch into an array of stories, regular MECUK readers will no doubt be delighted with some jolly news: Russell’s watchful eye now extends to a greyhound called Seren. A happy Tuesday indeed. As always, please send your thoughts, musings, tips and critique to one or all of us at: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. Or talk to us on Twitter: @hargraver; @charliecooper8; @abby_wallace3.DRIVING THE DAYIRA OFFER: President Biden signed off the Inflation ...

Wild 1: Chicago White Sox give up the game-ending run on a wild pitch in 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Cease struck out Mickey Moniak swinging on five pitches to begin the sixth inning Monday at Angel Stadium.Cease then struck out Mike Trout, also swinging and also on five pitches.Cease wrapped up the inning by striking out Shohei Ohtani swinging in a seven-pitch at-bat.Cease struck out 10 Los Angeles Angels batters in six-plus innings. But he left with the score tied and runners on first and second after consecutive singles to begin the seventh.The Sox got out of that jam, with Joe Kelly getting a strikeout and an inning-ending double play.But unfortunately for the Sox, they couldn’t repeat the feat in the ninth. Instead, they found another tough way to lose, falling 2-1 to the Angels in front of 28,554.The Sox lost without a ball being put into play in the ninth. Reynaldo López began the inning walking Trout. Aaron Bummer entered and walked Ohtani. Each moved up a base on a double steal.And with one out, Trout scored the winning run on a w...

An ex-convict returned from war and a Russian village lived in fear. Then police say he killed again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Ivan Rossomakhin returned home from the war in Ukraine three months ago, his neighbors in the village east of Moscow were terrified.Three years ago, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to a long prison term but was freed after volunteering to fight with the Wagner private military contractor.Back in Novy Burets, Rossomakhin drunkenly wandered the streets of the hamlet 800 kilometers (about 500 miles) east of Moscow, carrying a pitchfork and threatening to kill everyone, residents said.Despite police promises to keep an eye on the 28-year-old former inmate, he was arrested in a nearby town on charges of stabbing to death an elderly woman from whom he once rented a room. He reportedly confessed to committing the crime, less than 10 days after his return.Rossomakhin’s case is not isolated. The Associated Press found at least seven other instances in recent months in which Wagner-recruited convicts were identified as being involved in violent crimes, ei...

Reason the U.S. response to the Russia rebellion has been decidedly cautious

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the surface, the turmoil in Russia would seem like something for the U.S. to celebrate: a powerful mercenary group engaging in a short-lived clash with Russia’s military at the very moment that Ukraine is trying to gain momentum in a critical counteroffensive.But the public response by Washington has been decidedly cautious. Officials say the U.S. had no role in the conflict, insist this was an internal matter for Russia and decline to comment on whether it could affect the war in Ukraine. The reason: to avoid creating an opening for Russian President Vladimir Putin to seize on the rhetoric of American officials and rally Russians by blaming his Western adversaries.Even President Joe Biden, known for straying from talking points, has stayed on script.Biden told reporters Monday that the United States and NATO weren’t involved. Biden said he held a video call with allies over the weekend and they are all in sync in working to ensure that they give Putin “no excus...

Power couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed walk hand in hand at a Pride parade in the college town of Missoula, Montana, wearing smiles as sunny as the day is rainy. Adoring fans cheer them along the route.Reed stops and raises a small Pride flag. Zephyr cups her hands together in a heart over her chest in appreciation. Zephyr, a transgender state lawmaker, later gives a speech to hundreds attending the event. Tears well in people’s eyes as they speak with the couple afterward. Sage Scarborough hugs a book and grins after getting Zephyr’s autograph. “I feel like it makes us as a generation feel represented when we have people like her in power and up there giving very inspirational, motivational words of wisdom,” says Scarborough, 20. Zephyr and Reed, both 34, have emerged as a vanguard, a power couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people amid a year in which hundreds of bills were proposed or passed that restrict their rights in health care and other realms. The...

Since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations said Tuesday it has documented a significant level of civilians killed and wounded in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover — despite a stark reduction in casualties compared to previous years of war and insurgency. According to a new report by the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, since the takeover in mid-August 2021 and until the end of May, there were 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 people killed in violence in the country. That compares with 8,820 civilian casualties — including 3,035 killed — in just 2020, according to an earlier U.N. report. The Taliban seized the country in August 2021 while U.S. and NATO troops were in the final weeks of their withdrawal from Afghanistan after two decades of war. According to the U.N. report, three-quarters of the attacks since the Taliban seized power were with improvised explosive devices in “populated areas, including places of worship, schools and markets,” the report said....

5 takeaways from the AP’s report on Chinese disposable e-cigarettes flooding the US market

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:29:51 GMT

How good a job is the Food and Drug Administration doing in its crackdown on kid-friendly electronic cigarette flavors? The Associated Press sought to answer that question by looking at tightly controlled sales data.The AP obtained the data from the analytics firm IRI, which tracks barcode scanner sales from convenience stores, gas stations and other retailers. A person not authorized to share it gave access to the AP on condition of anonymity.The AP found that the FDA has been unable to keep up with a flood of illegal disposable e-cigarettes from China. Their influx has forced the agency to try to eliminate thousands of illegal products sold by under-the-radar importers and distributors.Here are five takeaways from the AP’s reporting:E-CIGARETTES KEEP FLOODING INTO THE U.S. WITHOUT FDA PERMISSIONThe number of unique e-cigarettes sold in the U.S. has mushroomed to over 9,000 since 2020, when the FDA began restricting vaping flavors and requiring manufacturers to request permis...