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“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Movie Poses Terror Threat, Kansas Intel Agency Claims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

In 2021, a Texas intelligence command center disseminated a bulletin warning its law enforcement partners about activists interested in sabotaging fossil fuel infrastructure. The report detailed no specific threat, but instead linked to an interview with Andreas Malm, a Swedish professor of human ecology, on a New Yorker podcast in which he advocated for the destroying or “neutralizing” new fossil fuel projects like pipelines using nonviolent methods.Now, Malm’s work is once again drawing the attention of a fusion center. “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” a new movie dramatizing Malm’s 2021 nonfiction book of the same name, sympathetically depicts the infrastructure sabotage by environmentalists. The film’s fictional protagonist, Theo, contracts leukemia after growing up in a Long Beach neighborhood with heavy pollution. She joins several others to strap a homemade bomb to an oil pipeline in West Texas.In a report disseminated last week, another intelligence command center — this time in...

Márquez won’t race in Americas MotoGP, cites hand injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Marc Márquez said Tuesday he will miss the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas this weekend because his hand hasn’t fully healed after surgery.The six-time MotoGP champion had already missed the Argentine MotoGP after undergoing surgery to repair his right hand’s first metacarpal that he fractured in a crash at the season-opening Portuguese MotoGP.Márquez had two screws inserted into his hand. He said the decision not to race in Austin, Texas, was made after his doctor analyzed the result of his latest CAT scan.“The bone is still in the process of healing,” Márquez said on Twitter. “We have decided not to take any risks and therefore I won’t be able to ride in Austin. I will continue working and rehabilitating as I have been doing so far to be able to get back on the bike as soon as possible.”Race officials penalized Márquez for “irresponsible riding” that led to the crash in Portugal. He was handed a double long lap penalty, which requires riding throu...

Detective details investigation in trial of slain kids’ mom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It all started with a call about a Jeep suspected in a shooting, an Idaho detective told jurors Tuesday in the triple murder trial of a woman accused in the death of her two children and a romantic rival. But investigators soon found evidence that raised suspicions of a bigger crime, Rexburg Detective Ray Hermosillo said, including lying witnesses; a stash of weapons, duct tape and rope; and evidence that two children were missing. The search eventually led them to a local man’s yard and two gruesome burial sites containing the kids’ remains. Lori Vallow Daybell and her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, are both charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, murder and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell’s two youngest children: 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and big sister Tylee Ryan, who was last seen shortly before her 17th birthday in 2019. The children were buried on Chad Daybell’s eastern Idaho property. Prosecutors also cha...

Column: PGA and LIV produced a Masters just like any other

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters had eight major champions finish among the top 10 and ties, and where they made a living became a mere footnote when Jon Rahm slipped into the green jacket.For the most part, it was a Masters just like any other.That includes the final hour. As much drama as Augusta National can create, this was the fourth straight year the winner had at least a four-shot lead with four holes to play.This wasn’t the first major with both PGA Tour and LIV Golf players. What caused so much anticipation was the Masters being the first major since the two tours began waging an expensive battle in federal court.And so the Masters became the first look at how the two sides would get along (fine), and how LIV Golf players would fare over 72 holes against a full field (even better).Brooks Koepka led from the second hole Friday morning until the sixth hole Sunday afternoon until he suffered through an inglorious 22-hole stretch without a birdie, and Rahm shot 69 to win b...

Snow slide closes Berthoud Pass

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Colorado Department of Transportation announced a closure at Berthoud Pass caused by a snow slide Tuesday afternoon.CDOT said the pass is closed at mile marker 238, with snow covering all lanes of the road. CDOT said the closure will likely be a lengthy one, with alternative routes suggested through US 40 west to Colorado State Highway 9 traveling south to Interstate 70. April heat wave: Denver breaks temperature record from 41 years ago There is no word from Grand County Sheriff's Office or Fraser Winter Park police on whether anyone was injured in the slide. Information on the closure will be updated as more information is released by authorities.

South Florida ocean kayaker recounts encounter with shark

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

South Florida ocean kayaker recounts encounter with shark caught on videoA South Florida fisherman says he was paddling with a predator, and he has the video to prove it.When you kayak fish in the ocean off the coast in South Florida, you’re bound to reel in some big stories, but Alex Duberti’s best story yet never made it onto the boat. In fact, it flipped him right out of it.“Man, I thought the moment I was in the water, I thought this is it. It’s coming for me,” he said.It was Easter Sunday, Duberti and his friends launched at sunrise from Boca Raton. In just a couple of hours, he’d already reeled in a wahoo and a kingfish.He was paddling back to his sweet spot at 140 feet to try for another.From his home in Coral Springs, he tells us what happened next.“And when I started moving,” said Duberti, “letting my other bait to go away from the kayak, I felt a big hit on my right side and made a huge splash.”Duberti said the sh...

Motorcyclist injured after driver crashes into him speaks out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (WSVN) — Dramatic video showed a chaotic collision when a car slammed right into a biker. Fortunately, the biker survived the wild wreck and despite being bruised up, he lived to tell the tale.Forty-three-year-old Will Dover from Fort Pierce loves to record his motorcycle rides with a 360 camera mounted on his bike.Back on March 25th, that camera captured the moment his morning trip to work quickly took a dangerous turn when a driver crashed into him almost head-on.“I’m just happy to be alive,” Dover said.Now on crutches, this injured father recalls the moment a driver failed to yield while making a left.“All in one movement, and it was just too late,” Dover said. “I just braced myself for the hit.”Dover suffered deep cuts on both legs and injured his shoulder and wrist.He claimed he was wearing a helmet and other gear which saved his life.“I just think maybe if he wasn’t driving that day, I would still have my ...

Crews remove steeple from Cambridge church that was damaged by fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

The steeple of a church in Cambridge that went up in flames on Sunday has now been taken down. A crane was seen lifting the steeple off the Faith Lutheran Church Tuesday afternoon. Officials previously said they were concerned about the structure collapsing after the fire, which sent massive flames ripping through the building not long after Easter services. Cambridge Fire Chief Tom Cahill estimated that, at one point, there were 150 firefighters from about a dozen departments trying to put the flames out. Several firefighters suffered minor injuries, but are expected to be okay.Church officials have said it’s unclear whether any part of the remaining structure can be saved. The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of Monday.

Civil rights activist Mel King given final farewell at funeral in Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

A huge crowd came out to bid a final farewell to civil rights activist Mel King during his funeral on Tuesday at the Union United Methodist Church in the South End.King, who died last month at the age of 94, was the first Black person to reach a Boston mayoral general election forty years ago. He also served in the state legislature, among other roles. Both the church itself and a nearby park were packed as individuals watched the funeral on a large screen. Another screen was set up at City Hall.Among those at the service was former Mayor and City Councilor Kim Janey, who said she couldn’t have become Boston’s first Black and first woman mayor without King. “I stand on Mel King’s strong shoulders as the first woman mayor, as the first black mayor to lead Boston and there is no question in my mind it is because of his work and what he has done,” Janey said.Sen. Ed Markey recalled joining the state legislature with King 50 years ago, saying Mel King was to Boston what Martin Luth...

Local lawmakers file bill to create 4-day workweek pilot program

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:49 GMT

A pair of state lawmakers are looking into the impacts of slashing office time from five days to four, and are hoping their new bill will help get the ball rolling in Massachusetts via a pilot program.Filed by Rep. Josh Cutler, D-Plymouth, and Rep. Dylan A. Fernandes, D-Falmouth, “An Act relative to a four-day workweek pilot program” aims to help those who might be barely getting by at work, and possibly replicate the positive results seen in similar trials, one of which involved researchers from Boston College.“I think momentum is definitely growing to get more creative in the way we look at our workplace and the nature of work,” Cutler told 7NEWS. “And having a four-day workweek is a natural component of that.”The legislator said the pilot program would be voluntary for businesses. Participants would qualify for a tax credit and, in turn, the businesses would reduce employee hours without reducing pay.“Everyone’s talking about tight ...