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Creative Danvers carves out 2-1 field hockey win over Swampscott

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

SWAMPSCOTT – With the driver’s seat in a dramatic Northeastern Conference title race somewhat on the line Thursday, the No. 17 Danvers field hockey team unveiled its creativity on corners to complete a 2-1 comeback win over Swampscott and remain unbeaten in conference play.Gabby Griffin-Fetsch assisted Bobbi Serino on both goals for the Falcons (9-1-2, 9-0-1 NEC), matching the team’s goal total from the previous four games combined.Each goal came on corners with at least two passes after the Big Blue (5-5, 5-4 NEC) took a 1-0 lead late in the third quarter, helping the Falcons maintain a slim lead over Gloucester (7-1-2, 7-1-2) and Masconomet (6-2-2, 5-2-2) in the conference standings.They still need to face both teams again, so this was a big comeback.“We’ve been kind of in a scoring drought and my main takeaway from that game is when we want to score, we can,” said Danvers head coach Kristen McCarthy. “In terms of the NEC, I love how close it is this year and how competitive...

Hot Property: Go to it in Cotuit

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

Snugly tucked along the picturesque shores of Shoestring Bay, 750 Santuit Road in Cotuit ushers you into a world of coastal familiarity and contemporary cool factor.The property boasts five generously appointed bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and more than 2,800 square feet of turnkey living space.As you step inside, you’ll be immediately captivated by this gateway to the quintessential Cape Cod lifestyle with a few architectural surprises along the way to keep things interesting. With a mid-century modern touch, featuring clerestory windows and vaulted ceilings, this home seamlessly blends classic Cape Cod charm with modern luxury.The open floor plan of this home blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor living, allowing you to savor every moment of the property’s natural beauty. The first-floor primary en-suite offers direct access to your own private mini-resort—an in-ground heated gunite pool, surrounded by a generous deck area that’s perfect for entertaining or soa...

Ontario man pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder in 1983 deaths of Toronto women

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

A Moosonee, Ont. man has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two Toronto women who were killed within months of each other in 1983.Toronto police confirmed with CityNews 680 that 61-year-old Joseph George Sutherland has been sentenced to life in prison following his guilty plea in the deaths of 45-year-old mother of four Susan Tice and 22-year-old aspiring fashion designer Erin Gilmour.The Toronto women were sexually assaulted and fatally stabbed within months of each other in 1983.Joseph George Sutherland, pictured. Photo: Handout.For decades, their killer eluded authorities but advances in science and genetic genealogy led investigators to a suspect they believed was responsible, identified as Sutherland, who was arrested and charged in November 2022.Sutherland had been living in Toronto at the time of the murders but was residing in Moosonee, Ont. — roughly 850 kilometres north of Toronto — when he was taken into police custody. Autho...

B.C. and Ottawa applaud NAFTA decision on U.S. softwood lumber duties

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

OTTAWA — Officials in Ottawa and British Columbia have welcomed a ruling under the North American Free Trade Agreement that found elements of the United States’ calculation of softwood lumber duties are inconsistent with its own law.A statement from Mary Ng, Canada’s minister of international trade, says the government is pleased that the NAFTA dispute panel agreed with its challenge of American’s so-called “dumping determination.”Under the U.S. Tariff Act, the Department of Commerce determines whether goods are being sold at less than fair value or if they’re benefiting from subsidies provided from other governments.Ng’s statement says the duties on Canadian softwood lumber are “unwarranted” and “the only fair outcome” is for the U.S. government to revoke them right away.The statement says the NAFTA panel directed the U.S. Department of Commerce to review key aspects of its dumping determination.B.C. Forests Minister...

Advocate, artist, grandmother: National leaders and family gather to honor Feinstein’s legacy

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein was toasted Thursday at a memorial service as a leader with uncommon integrity and a defender of American values — as well as a talented artist and a grandmother who gave crooked haircuts in her kitchen.President Joe Biden, who sent recorded remarks, was among the short list of speakers who praised Feinstein at the private memorial service outside San Francisco City Hall. Vice President Kamala Harris, herself a product of San Francisco politics, and other national leaders spoke in person to send off the first female mayor of San Francisco and longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate. “She was always tough, prepared, rigorous, compassionate. She always served the people of California and our nation for the right reasons,” Biden said. “God bless a great American hero. She was something else, and she was a dear friend.”The service marked the end of two days of events in the city that launched Feinstein’s political career amid tra...

Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report. More than 113 million displacements of children will occur in the next three decades, estimated the UNICEF report released Friday, which took into account risks from flooding rivers, cyclonic winds and floods that follow a storm. Some children, like 10-year-old Shukri Mohamed Ibrahim, are already on the move. Her family left their home in Somalia after dawn prayers on a Saturday morning five months ago. The worst drought in more than 50 years scorched the once-fertile pastures the family relied on, leaving them barren. So, bundling only a few clothes and some utensils into sacks, they moved to a camp in the capital Mogadishu, where Ibrahim, who dreams of being a doctor, is now going to school for the first time. That’s a plus, but the camp lacks proper shelter and sanitation, and food is scarce. “We need some...

NYC mayor to residents of Puebla, Mexico: ‘Mi casa es su casa,’ but ‘there’s no more room’

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams brought a mix of messages to central Mexico’s Puebla state Thursday, trying carefully to walk the line for a city known for welcoming migrants from around the world, but currently struggling with an influx of asylum seekers.Inside Puebla’s ornate state congress building, decked floor-to-ceiling in cream-yellow Portuguese tiles broken only by Greco-Roman columns, Adams focused on the ties binding his city and a Mexican state that has sent some 800,000 of its people to New York over the years.But later, talking to reporters, Adams again returned to the refrain that he has carried on his Latin America trip: New York is “at capacity.”“We are neighbors. We are familia. Mi casa es su casa. Your struggles are my struggles,” Adams said inside the legislative chamber shortly after state Gov. Sergio Salomón Céspedes dubbed him “Mayor of Puebla York.”Migrants “are our future and we cannot lose one of them,” Adams said...

Ramaswamy says angry protesters rammed his car in Iowa; police say no evidence crash was intentional

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign says at least two protesters upset about the Republican presidential candidate’s remarks in opposition to aid for Ukraine purposely rammed his car in Iowa in retaliation on Thursday, but police say there is no evidence to support the claim that the crash was intentional.The police account of the crash in the central Iowa city of Grinnell sharply diverged from the story told earlier by Ramaswamy’s campaign, which contended that protesters yelled and swore at the candidate before at least one of them jumped into a vehicle, rammed his empty campaign car and sped off.The campaign said that no one was injured and that it had filed a police report.Police say they were dispatched to a coffee shop in the city shortly after 1 p.m. for a report of property damage. While there, they contacted a 22-year-old woman who reported that she had just eaten lunch at a nearby deli and was backing her car out of her parking spot when sh...

Glen Ellyn boys honored with saving man's life over summer

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Three young boys are credited with saving the life of a man earlier this summer.This week, the boys, from Glen Ellyn, were recognized for their actions of heroism. Voodoo Doughnut opening first Chicago location Declan Devlin, his twin brother Tiernan, Tommy Nitti and Charlie Valerio have been best friends since pre-school.The fifth graders at Forest Glen Elementary were at Lake Ellyn on a warm summer day back in June."We were going fishing and the guy had an RC boat and it flipped over," Nitti said.The man, in his mid-20s, tried to swim out to retrieve it, but started struggling."He was flailing his arms around and yelling for help," Nitti said. "It looked like it was hard for him to swim.""It was a lot going through my mind," Tiernan said. "It was kind of scary at the same time."Three of the boys ran to Tommy's house across the street and grabbed his inflatable paddle board and life vests."Me and Tommy got on the boat," Declan said. "I paddled out.""He threw me...

Mortgage scam artist who conned over 120 people ordered back to jail

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:10 GMT

CHICAGO -- A local businessman who has been free awaiting trail on federal charges he allegedly scammed elderly homeowners out of millions of dollars has been ordered back behind bars.Back in 2017, federal authorities charged Mark Diamond and his associates with running an reverse mortgage scheme, allegedly stealing more than $10 million from dozens of mostly elderly, black homeowners on Chicago's West Side. ORIGINAL: Mortgage scam victims still waiting for justice Diamond pleaded not guilty to seven counts of wire fraud and was later released to home incarceration that allowed him to work at a residential remodeling company as long as he didn't interact with customers.The government now alleges it discovered Diamond was back in business running his own firm, and had obtained $826,000 from customers over the last 18 months, including $203,000 in cash from an elderly homeowner.Authorities allege that in Diamond's scheme, he conned more than 120 people into signing over the equity i...