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Christian Barmore returns, Patriots missing 2 rookies at training camp after first off day

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

FOXBORO — Sixth-round rookie wide receiver Kayshon Boutte and fourth-round rookie offensive lineman Jake Andrews were newly absent at Patriots practice Sunday.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | NFL notebook: How the Patriots could extend Matt Judon, Kyle Dugger and Josh Uche on fair contracts New England Patriots | What we’ve learned through first three days of Patriots training camp New England Patriots | Source: Patriots host ex-Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott on free-agent visit New England Patriots | Patriots extra points: Bill Belichick touts rookie WR, Matt Judon explains red sleeves New England Patriots | Family affair at Patriots summer camp Boutte and Andrews were among six players missing following the first off day of Patriots training camp. Defensive lineman Christian Barmore returned after missing Friday’s practice following the birth of his new baby. Running back/wide receiver Ty...

Malden man accused of injuring 1-year-old girl after he smashed a car’s windshields has an ‘extensive’ criminal record

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

A Malden man accused of smashing a car’s windshields with a baseball bat and injuring a 1-year-old girl inside is set to appear in court this week, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.Clifford Jones, 66, had been arraigned earlier this month on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (baseball bat) on a child under 14, malicious destruction of property, possession of a class D substance, selling unstamped cigarettes, and selling cigarettes without a license.The judge had ordered Jones held on $7,500 bail. Jones is due back in court on Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing.Boston Police on July 18 at around 6:15 a.m., responded to a call for a possible hit-and-run motor vehicle accident in the area of 150 Camden St., in the South End. Officers were told that the alleged victim was driving after the suspect in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Tremont Street.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Malden man who tried to ...

A bomb at a political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 40 people and wounds nearly 200

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN (Associated Press)KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb ripped through a political rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader on Sunday in the country’s northwestern Bajur district, police and health officials said. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 200 wounded, including children, in one of the worst attacks in recent years.Senior police officer Nazir Khan said the workers’ convention of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema Islam party was taking place on the outskirts of Khar, the capital of Bajur district, when the explosion took place. AP video showed wounded people being carried from the scene in the chaotic aftermath of the explosion. Bajur used to be a haven for Islamic militants. It is the former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, a militant group that is a close ally of the Taliban government of Afghanistan. The TTP was in recent years evicted ...

Bruins, Trent Frederic $1.5 million apart on salary

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

Trent Frederic and the Bruins are $1.5 million apart on annual salary as the sides prepare for the arbitration hearing on Tuesday.The numbers the B’s put forth were for a two-year deal with an annual salary of $1.4 million while Frederic’s camp filed at $2.9 million for one year.The 25-year-old Frederic had a breakout season in 2022-23, notching a career high 17 goals and 31 assists while skating primarily on the right wing with Charlie Coyle and Taylor Hall. Frederic has been mentioned by management as a possible candidate to provide depth at center after the retirement of Patrice Bergeron and the expected departure of David Krejci as well.Meanwhile, the B’s and Jeremy Swayman’s representation were expected to present their cases in arbitration on Sunday. The B’s had offered $2 million while Swayman’s team came in at $4.8 million.The B’s currently have approximately $5.4 million in salary cap space.It also sounds like the B’s could be...

The ‘Barbie’ bonanza continues at the box office, ‘Oppenheimer’ holds the No. 2 spot

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated.Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” conspired to set box office records, the two films held unusually strongly in theaters. “Barbie” took in a massive $93 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.“Barbie,” the pink-infused pop sensation, has seen remarkably sustained business following its year-best $162 million opening. Its ticket sales dipped only 43%. “Barbie” has also outpaced Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” to notch the best first two weeks in theaters of any Warner Bros. release. It’s rapidly accumulated $351.4 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, a rate that will soon make it the biggest box office hit of the summer. Every day it’s played, “Barbie” has made at least $20 million.“Oppenheimer,” from Universal Pictures, again landed in second place with an estimated $46.2 million. It, too, held especially strong in its second weekend, with ...

Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip on Sunday to protest chronic power outages and difficult living conditions, providing a rare public show of discontent with the territory’s Hamas government. Hamas security forces quickly dispersed the gatherings.Hundreds joined marches in Gaza City, the southern town of Khan Younis and other locations, chanting “what a shame” and in one place burning Hamas flags, before police moved in and broke up the protests.Police destroyed mobile phones of people who were filming in Khan Younis, and witnesses said there were several arrests. Young supporters and opponents of Hamas briefly faced off, throwing stones at one another.The demonstrations were organized by a grassroots online movement called “alvirus alsakher,” or “the mocking virus.” It was not immediately known who is behind the movement.Hamas rules Gaza with an iron fist, barring most demonstrations and quickly stamping out publi...

Transportation Safety Board begins investigation into plane crash that left six dead

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

KANANASKIS, Alta. — The Transportation Safety Board has started its investigation into the cause of a small plane crash that left six people dead in the Rockies west of Calgary.Spokesman Liam MacDonald says a team of investigators arrived in the area late Saturday and began its work this morning.RCMP have said the plane with a pilot and five passengers aboard took off from Springbank Airport, just west of the city, on Friday night and was headed to Salmon Arm, B.C.Their names have not been released, but police have said that all the people on board were on their way to a church function.The plane, which was a single-engine Piper PA-32, was reported overdue by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ont., and police say the centre contacted them about the plane at 1 a.m. on Saturday.Police say a Winnipeg-based Royal Canadian Air Force Hercules plane was dispatched to look for the missing aircraft and located it in Kananaskis Country, a mountainous area west of Calgary, by ho...

At least 5 dead and 7 wounded in clashes inside crowded Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes erupted Sunday in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon, killing at least five people and wounding seven, Palestinian officials said.UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, put the death toll at six, and Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two children were among those wounded. The Palestinian officials, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said the fighting broke out after an unknown gunman tried to assassinate Islamist militant Mahmoud Khalil, killing a companion of his instead.Later, Islamist militants assassinated a Palestinian military general from the Fatah group and three escorts, another Palestinian official told AP. Ein el-Hilweh is notorious for its lawlessness and violence is not uncommon. The U.N. says about 55,000 people live in the camp, which was established in 1948 to house Palestinians displaced by Israeli forces during the establi...

Spain identifies 212 German, Austrian and Dutch fighters who went missing during Spanish Civil War

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish government researchers said Sunday they had identified 357 foreign fighters who went missing during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the conflict that foreshadowed World War II. Researchers confirmed the names of 212 fighters from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, according to a statement from the government Sunday. Some 102 are of German origin, 70 Austrian and 40 Dutch. It gave no information on how many people of other nationalities had been identified. The identified combatants fought within the International Brigades, military units set up by the Communist International to fight against General Francisco Franco’s fascist forces. Some 40,000 foreign men and women joined up as volunteers, fighting alongside the forces of the democratic Second Spanish Republic and against the rise of fascism in Europe in late 1930s.The findings are based on a year of research in records held in documentary archives in Spain and Russia. Researchers combed throu...

1 person killed, and multiple others shot in Muncie, Indiana

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:42:55 GMT

MUNCIE, Ind. — Police are investigating after one person was killed and multiple people were shot in Muncie, Indiana, according to police. Muncie Police Department officers were dispatched to the area of South Hackley Street and East Willard Street around 1:14 a.m. on a report of multiple people shot. When officers arrived, they learned that a large party was hosted at this location.Read more: Latest Chicago news headlinesUpon further investigation, they determined a 30-year-old man has died and multiple people are wounded and seeking treatment at an area hospital. Other victims have been airlifted to area facilities. This is an active investigation being conducted by multiple agencies. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Muncie Police Department Detective Division at 765-747-4867 or Muncie Police Dispatch at 765-747-4838. Police investigate disturbance at large gathering in Muncie More information will be updated to this story as it becomes available.