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Fire crews battling blaze in Somerville triple-decker

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

Fire crews are battling a large fire that has broke out in a triple-decker in Somerville.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Winning Weekend Weather

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

The warmth of yesterday went out with that late-day front sliding through, ushering in cooler air along with some showers. The rain has tapered off early on this Thursday morning, yielding back to dry air, but cooler air as well. Highs today max out in the mid 60s with a northerly wind gusting to 15-20mph. It’ll be cool tonight with temps fading back into the upper 30s and low 40s in the cooler suburbs. The bounce back is nice tomorrow, as highs reach the low 70s inland and hold near 60 at the coast. The long weekend forecast looks great. Payback for the 2021 Memorial Day Weekend when 50s and rain prevailed? Temps Saturday run into the mid 70s, we push low to mid 80s Sunday and then back into the 70s Monday. It’ll be dry from start to finish with comfortable amounts of humidity in place. The Cape Cod forecast is dry, with temps in the 60s. The Lakes Region forecast is great too as mild to warm air wins out. Enjoy the weekend!

Mayor Wu, Commissioner Cox to hold news conference amid uptick in violence in Boston

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox will hold a news conference Thursday to address an uptick in street violence in the city just a day after 7NEWS obtained surveillance video showing a person firing shots at a busy intersection.The video shows what appears to be a person firing a gun in a busy intersection in Dorchester at the same time of a report of shots fired in the area Tuesday.The video was captured by a security camera at a local business at the intersection of Gallivan Boulevard and Dorchester Avenue.The business owner said he has shared the video with police. In the video, a person dressed in gray can be seen walking across the street. The person appears to take several shots at nearby cars before running off. A home across the street was grazed by a bullet. No injuries were reported in the shots fired incident.Boston Police told 7NEWS they were still actively looking for the shooter as of Wednesday.Community leaders have raised conc...

Battenfeld: Hillary Clinton waiting for Joe Biden to stumble in 2024?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

Don’t look now, but Hillary Clinton is still lurking in the weeds, waiting for Joe Biden to stumble. Literally.The former Secretary of State insists she’s not running for president again, but has offered only a tepid endorsement of Biden while raising questions about his age.“I obviously hope he stays very focused and is able to compete in the election,” Clinton said condescendingly of the 80-year-old President. “Because I think he can be re-elected and that’s what we should all hope for.”But Clinton even agreed that falling is a potential health risk for Biden, and did not dismiss the age issue as many other in denial Democrats have.“His age is an issue and people have every right to consider it,” she said at last weekend’s Financial Times Weekend Festival.Clinton also said she thinks Biden is ready to run for office again and said he hasn’t gotten enough credit for his “good record” in office.Thanks, Hillary. She’s lucky her remarks were mostly ignored.But if hope turn...

Boston Reparations Task Force coordinator arrested in City Hall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

The project coordinator for the City of Boston’s Task Force on Reparations was arrested last week inside City Hall and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest. He has since been fired.Boston Police officers were called to City Hall at around 9:40 p.m. Thursday and met with members of the City Hall Municipal Protective Services who reported that an employee was trespassing in an office upstairs.That employee was George Williams, 35, who the MPS officers said they had been having trouble with for the past three weeks, “with him trespassing in the building after hours, and at times becoming aggressive and threatening to other staff members inside of City Hall,” according to the police report of the incident.The Task Force was established by unanimous vote in December 2022 by City Council and is made up of 10 members, “including two youth voices,” according to its City website page. The group is “working with a research partner to release a study on the legacy of slavery in Boston...

It’s ‘party central’ in the Bird Bath as Mr. Splash hoses down Orioles fans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

Rain drizzled down, ever so lightly, on Orioles fans during a recent game at Camden Yards. But in Section 86, it poured — and Michael Hackworth wore swim trunks.“I came prepared,” Hackworth, 29, said watching the team take on the Los Angeles Angels earlier this month.He wasn’t talking about braving the natural elements, but about a new water feature in the ballpark.Section 86 — officially the Bird Bath Splash Zone — is where “Mr. Splash,” a new mascot of sorts, hoses down (mostly) enthusiastic fans. The waterworks start anytime the Orioles record extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.Almost instantly, the phenomenon became a hit, selling out tickets for the first seven games it was offered.“I feel like a kid here,” said Hackworth, who is a Birdland member and teaches world history at a public middle school in Virginia.A disclaimer to those buying tickets for the special section didn’t escape him. The Orioles...

Shift to clean energy accelerating, but coal investments too high, report says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Energy security concerns — worsened by the war in Ukraine — and policy support from rich countries are likely to help investments in clean energy outpace spending on fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency said in a report issued Thursday. But investments in coal are on course to rise by about 10% in 2023, nearly six times what the IEA has estimated they should be for the world to end its reliance on fossil fuels and achieve emissions cut goals for countering climate change, it said. “We are in a significantly better place than we were a few years ago,” Tim Gould, IEA’s chief energy economist, said at the report’s launch Thursday. “There’s still a very long way to go, but there are finally some encouraging signs for us all to welcome.”Some $2.8 trillion is set to be invested in energy globally in 2023, of which more than $1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies including modern electricity grids, energy storage, low-emissions ...

A public person in a private country: Tina Turner reveled in ‘normal’ life in her Swiss home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

KUESNACHT, Switzerland (AP) — In her adoptive country, Tina Turner was more than just a swivel-hipped rock, R&B and pop superstar. She unapologetically moved to Switzerland for its discretion and calm, carrying her very public persona into a very private country. She relished her life as a Swiss citizen — and the feeling was mutual. Mourners laid flowers and candles Thursday outside the gate of her lakeside villa in the upscale town of Kuesnacht, southeast of Zurich, where she lived for decades with her German music-producer husband Erwin Bach until her death on Wednesday at age 83.It was an understated tribute — reflective of the Swiss discretion that had drawn her to the rich Alpine country in the first place. Neighbors didn’t gawk, hound her for autographs or snap photos. Many Swiss felt a sense of pride that she could retreat here from the pressures of the media spotlight. It afforded her the semblance of a normal life after a turbulent one in her native United States, inclu...

CIBC reports $1.69B second-quarter profit, raises dividend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

TORONTO — CIBC raised its quarterly dividend as it reported a second-quarter profit of $1.69 billion.The bank says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 87 cents per share, up from 85 cents.The increased payment to shareholders came as CIBC reported its net income amounted to $1.76 per diluted share for the quarter ended April 30, up from $1.52 billion or $1.62 per diluted share a year earlier.Revenue totalled $5.70 billion, up from $5.38 billion in its second quarter last year, while its provision for credit losses amounted to $438 million, up from $303 million a year earlier.On an adjusted basis, CIBC says it earned $1.70 per diluted share in its latest quarter, down from an adjusted profit of $1.77 per diluted share in the same quarter last year.Analysts on average had expected an adjusted profit of $1.63 per share, according to estimates compiled by financial markets data firm Refinitiv.This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2023.Companies in this story:...

Hong Kong man sentenced to almost 6 years in prison in alleged plot to bomb court buildings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:25:48 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong man was sentenced Thursday to almost six years in prison for alleged involvement in a foiled plot by high school students to bomb court buildings following 2019 anti-government protests. Three other defendants younger than 21 were sentenced to rehabilitation, while the sentencing of two others was postponed. Prosecutors said Alexander Au, 21, and the five others planned to manufacture explosives and target court buildings. They said the plot was foiled due to a police investigation, and no bombs were made and no casualties occurred. Though the six are not among the most prominent activists in Hong Kong’s suppressed democracy movement, their case has drawn attention because they were all students when the prosecution began in 2021 and they were charged with conspiracy to carry out terrorist activities under the National Security Law.Earlier this month, Au and four defendants aged between 17 and 20 pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause explosions tha...