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Stars of ‘Hijack’ talk about making white-knuckle Apple TV+ miniseries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

What would you do if the plane you’re on gets hijacked? Idris Elba is trying to sort that out in his new show, “Hijack.”Idris plays a businessman and negotiator in the new Apple TV Plus miniseries. His mission? To get everyone on his plane from Dubai to London safely.Ben Miles: “Hijack is a high-octane thriller which all takes place on a plane and on the ground. It’s kind of in real time, it’s edge-of-your-seat action.”Hijacker: “Stay in your seats! Get down!”Idris Elba: “This is a show, it’s full escapism, so what you think about hijacking? Throw it out the window and put your seat belt on. Ooh, it’s gonna be fun.”Max Beesley: “I’m on the ground, a cop that starts putting a few pieces together, working with the counterterrorism team. As things unfold, it becomes heavier and heavier.”Max Beesley (as DI Daniel O’Farrel): “Five passengers on that plane do not exist.”Archie...

‘It was terrifying’: Crane collapses onto occupied house in Franklin

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

A homeowner in Franklin is counting their blessings after their family managed to escape injury when a crane collapsed onto their house on Wednesday.One of the homeowners was at home with her kids on Michelle Way when the crane fell. The other said he was at work,“I was at work, so it was very emotional as a father and a dad,” the homeowner said. “‘Is my family okay?’ because none of this matters. This is what matters.”The Franklin Fire Department shared an update around 3:10 p.m., showing a photo of the crane with its arm resting on top of the home. Part of nearby Bent Street was blocked at the time, according to the fire department. SKY7-HD was over the scene around 4 p.m., capturing video of multiple other cranes in place around the toppled crane. At least one nearby tree also appeared to be damaged.In a statement, Franklin Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Barbieri said crews were first notified of the incident around 1:50 p.m.Barbieri said the fire department remained on scene...

Former Tyngsboro day care worker appears in court on child porn charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

A former day care worker appeared in court Wednesday in connection with a child pornography case, officials said. Lindsay Groves, 38, of Hudson, New Hampshire. is accused of taking nude pictures of children at the Creative Minds Early Learning Centers daycare in Tyngsboro, where she was an employee. Parents were crying and shouting after seeing Lindsay Groves appear in federal court in Boston.“I hope she gets the maximum, and I hope that every kid gets the justice that is deserved,” said Rosemary Denommee, whose daughter went to the day care. “As a concerned parent, we just all hope that she is just taken down.”From May 2022 to June of this year, the US Attorney’s Office said Groves allegedly took nude pictures of children during routine diaper changes and bathroom breaks and sent the photos to someone she was previously in an intimate relationship with. Nashua police later announced the arrest of Stacie Laughton, a former New Hampshire state representative, in the case.Pa...

Solve It 7: Car Rental Crisis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

A Sudbury man tried to rent a car, but his plans hit a roadblock when he learned he was on a “do not rent” list. Wanting to get back on the road, he contacted solve it 7.  Brandon Gunnoe has the story.Newton Taylor relies on his car.“For getting back and forth to work. My mother’s medical appointments. I just can’t be without it,” Newton said. And Newton was without his car a while back when it went into the shop.  “I had to bring my car in because someone hit it,” Newton said. “The side window and the driver’s door were blown out. It just exploded. It was the other person’s fault. So their insurance had to pay.”Newton had to rent a car and says the insurance company balked at the bill.So he paid it:  “I wanted everything paid so that I wouldn’t have anything overhanging my head,” Newton said. Eventually, the insurance company did pay for Newton’s r...

Chicago White Sox’s Liam Hendriks to be honored at ESPYs with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

Liam Hendriks has listened to Jim Valvano’s moving “don’t give up”’ speech from the first ESPYs in 1993.“To make that profound of a statement in that situation in his diagnosis and everything he went through, it’s something that’s mind-boggling to have the wherewithal about going through that,” Hendriks said Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium.The Chicago White Sox reliever showed strength and resilience as he inspired the baseball world and beyond by returning to the mound after battling stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.He will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance during the 2023 ESPYs.“To be honored in something like this, it’s really really cool,” Hendriks said. “Not only that, but reading up on Jimmy V and everything he went through, that speech is still eliciting tears from a lot of people while listening to it. That’s something that is really really cool.“It’s not something I eve...

Chicago Cubs willing to play the waiting game before the Aug. 1 trade deadline

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

The so-called “intelligent spending” plan Chicago Cubs president Jed Hoyer embarked upon last offseason has produced mixed results as the team nears the halfway point of the 2023 season.Dansby Swanson, their biggest signing of the $300 million-plus spending spree, has paid dividends already. His 2.9 WAR ranked third among shortstops on Wednesday, and Swanson may be the best defensive shortstop the Cubs have seen since Don Kessinger over five decades ago.Cody Bellinger provided a lift before his knee injury on May 15 in Houston, while Drew Smyly looks like a sound investment after being re-signed to a two-year deal in spite of a rough start Wednesday.But none of the other free agent signings have stood out so far, and the net result of all the moves has been a sub-.500 team (3740) that’s only in contention because of the weak competition in the National League Central.Now Cubs fans are demanding the team become buyers in the trade deadline market, a plea chairman To...

Mets owner Steve Cohen still searching for president of baseball operations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

Steve Cohen considers himself “lucky” to have found general manager Billy Eppler.When Cohen set out to hire not only a new general manager but also a president of baseball operations during the 2021-22 MLB offseason, he was turned down by several of the game’s top executives and others he wasn’t even allowed to interview. It was surprising and humbling for a person who is typically able to persuade top talent to come to work for him at his asset management firm.“It was really difficult to go find anybody and run this team which is kind of remarkable for a New York team,” Cohen said Wednesday at Citi Field. “Because of the nature of trying to find people in baseball, it’s not easy.”The Mets never did fill that president of baseball operations role, but Cohen is hoping to do so soon, emphasizing how important he views the role during his midseason press availability.“I’m still looking for a president of baseball operati...

Russian missile kills 11 in a pizza parlor and Ukraine arrests man accused of directing the strike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

By HANNA ARHIROVA (Associated Press)KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 11 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine.The Tuesday evening attack on Kramatorsk wounded 61 other people, Ukraine’s National Police said. It was the latest bombardment of a Ukrainian city, a tactic Russia has used heavily in the 16-month-old war.The strike, and others across Ukraine late Tuesday and early Wednesday, indicated that the Kremlin is not easing its aerial onslaught, despite political and military turmoil at home after a short-lived armed uprising in Russia last weekend.There has been no apparent military push by Ukraine to exploit that turmoil, though the government has been tight-lipped about recent battlefield developments as it seeks to gain momentum in its recently launched counteroffensive.The Kremlin reeled from the weekend mut...

Professor, 2 students injured in University of Waterloo stabbing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

Three people, including a professor and two students, were taken to hospital Wednesday after a stabbing at the University of Waterloo.Waterloo Regional Police said that three victims were stabbed inside the university’s Hagey Hall around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries.A police spokesperson tells CityNews 680 that the victims were stabbed by a male suspect during a philosophy class. He was arrested in the building.“This incident is all contained within the university community itself,” Superintendent Shaena Morris said in an interview “One male was arrested. We are not looking for any other suspects.”Three people hurt, one arrest made, after a stabbing incident at the University of Waterloo. The school says no further danger, but everyone must evacuate Hagey Hall — and leave the doors open behind them — for the police investigation. @CityNewsKIT https://t.co/8n8c3cpLsJ https://t.co/ZGbhw5ew2k— Mark Douglas (@Dou...

From the Border to Chicago: Migrant housing in communities already pushing for more resources

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:25 GMT

CHICAGO — More than 10,500 asylum-seeking migrants have arrived in Chicago since the end of August 2022, pushing the city’s shelter system to its limits and forcing officials to produce solutions for temporary housing.“While this is a mess none of us created, we have the responsibility of helping people and that’s what we do in Chicago,” 20th Ward Ald. Jeanette Taylor said. MORE STORIES: From the Border to Chicago As migrants seeking asylum have arrived by bus and other means of transportation to Chicago, many have found their beds to be the crowded floor of a police station lobby, only putting an even greater spotlight on the crisis. Police sources told WGN-TV at one point in late May, more than 760 migrants were calling police station lobbies their temporary home.“They're being sold a dream and then when they get here the dream is devastated because they don't have anywhere for them to go,” said Genora Stone, a resident living in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood. “I think i...