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Bus drivers for 3 Mass. school districts agree to new contract, avoid strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

Bus drivers for three Massachusetts school districts have agreed to a new contract and will be picking up kids for school on Monday, narrowly avoiding a looming strike.Bus drivers in Marlborough, Framingham, and Westborough have agreed to a new contract and will be making their rounds picking up students on Monday, according to Teamsters Local 170.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Harden makes winning 3 in OT, 76ers tie series with Celtics

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 18 seconds left in overtime and scored 42 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers stave off a wild Boston Celtics comeback in a 116-115 victory on Sunday that evened their playoff series at 2-2.Marcus Smart’s potential winner was a tick too late and the Celtics now head home for Tuesday’s Game 5. The 76ers are guaranteed to return home for Game 6 on Thursday.Smart and Jayson Tatum keyed a Celtics rally from 15 points down with 2 minutes left in the third quarter in hopes of seizing control of the series.The Sixers were on the brink of defeat numerous times over the final 17 minutes, none more than when Joel Embiid crashed into Smart on a driving, one-handed bank shot with 1:49 left but was whistled for an offensive foul. The play was reviewed and the call stood. Boston kept its 112-111 lead with 1:49 left in OT.Embiid, the NBA MVP, kept his composure and eventually got to the line to sink two free throws with...

Vigil held on anniversary of deadly road rage incident in Belmont

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

Friends and family members of a man who was killed in a road rage incident in Belmont two years ago came together on Sunday to honor his memory.Dean Kapsalis, 54, of Hudson, was recently convicted on charges including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a civil rights violation causing injury, and leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury in connection with the death of Henry Tapia, 35, of Belmont.Officers responding to a report of a person who had been struck by a car in the area of Upland Road in January 2021 found Tapia suffering from life-threatening injuries. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he later died.Residents who came together for the vigil said it was important to come together to keep his memory alive and to help the community heal after the hate-charged incident.Kapsalis is set to be sentenced in June.

Fire rips through country club in Dartmouth, Mass.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

A fast-moving fire ripped through a country club in Dartmouth, Mass. on Sunday.Pictures shared by the Dartmouth Police Department showed flames shooting out of the Hawthorne Country Club around 1 p.m.. Traffic in the area was detoured while fire crews battled the blaze. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

21-year-old dead, 16-year-old injured after NH crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

New Hampshire state police are investigating a crash in Sullivan on Sunday morning that left a 21-year-old dead and a 16-year-old seriously injured, officials said.Troopers responding to a reported crash on Valley Road around 6:15 a.m. found a 2012 Ford Focus that had veered off the roadway and hit a stone wall, according to state police. Taylor Hokanson, of Keene, was pronounced dead at the scene.A 16-year-old passenger was ejected during the crash. The juvenile sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, and was transported to the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene for treatment. The juvenile was then airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon as a precaution.The New Hampshire State Police were assisted at the scene by the Sullivan Fire Department, the Keene Fire Department, Rescue Inc. EMS services and the Keene Police Department.The incident remains under investigation and anyone who may have witnessed the crash is urged to contact Trooper Paul Bergeron a...

Nantucket residents reject zoning proposal to restrict short-term rentals on the island

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

Nantucket residents have overwhelmingly voted down a zoning proposal that would have placed restrictions on short-term rentals as the island has seen an explosion of Airbnb and Vrbo listings in recent years.Nantucket Town Meeting voted 378-558 for the controversial short-term rental article, soundly defeating the proposal after a lengthy debate about the zoning regulations and their potential impact.Article 60 would have placed limits on short-term rentals in residential districts on the island. Short-term rentals would have been allowed in residential areas on properties that are owner-occupied for at least 6 months a year.“I brought this article because like you, I care about the island and I’m deeply concerned about the urgent need to take action to protect our community, our homeowners, our neighborhoods and local economy,” said resident Emmy Kilvert, who sponsored the article.“Right now, homeowners have no zoning protections and full-time commercial inte...

Marcus Smart, Celtics come up short to 76ers in overtime thriller

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — Marcus Smart had a chance at some redemption – and an opportunity to steal Game 4 – but it came too late.The Celtics point guard had missed what would have been a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation before it clanked off the rim to force overtime. Moments later, with the Celtics trailing by one in the dying seconds, the point guard got another open look and drilled it.But it came after the buzzer.76ers 116, Celtics 115. Final. The C’s missed a chance to take a commanding 3-1 series lead in this overtime thriller, but James Harden responded from his woeful Games 2 and 3 as he scored 42 points, including the winning 3-pointer with 19 seconds left to send this second-round series back to Boston tied at 2-2.More to come…

Led by Kyle Schwarber, Phillies snap Red Sox 8-game win streak

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

Any time a team goes on a long winning streak, the pressure to keep it going mounts with each game.Even more so for a team like the Red Sox, who most experts predicted will win around 78 games and finish at the bottom of the AL East again this year, but entered Sunday afternoon’s series finale in Philadelphia with an 8-game win streak on the line and the fourth-best record in the majors.Boston had already won the series by taking the first two games, but they weren’t going to be able to keep the pricy and powerful Philly lineup quiet all weekend. Instead, their own bats fell silent while familiar faces handed them a deflating 6-1 loss.Phillies starter Taijuan Walker pitched six innings of 1-run ball, but the toughest pill to swallow was that Kyle Schwarber (2-for-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI) and Matt Strahm (2 IP, 1 H, 3 K) helped put their former team away.While both starting pitchers faced the minimum through the first three frames, Tanner Houck got himself into trouble in the...

Horse deaths cast shadow as Triple Crown shifts to Preakness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A raging thunderstorm that washed out activities Sunday morning at Churchill Downs symbolized the dark clouds hanging over the Triple Crown after a troubling string of horse deaths.Seven horses have died at the track since April 27, including Derby entrant Wild On Ice. Freezing Point and Chloe’s Dream were euthanized after injuries before Saturday’s Kentucky Derby that was ultimately won by Mage. Five sustained catastrophic leg injuries, while two succumbed suddenly from causes yet to be determined.This spate of incidents comes four years after more than 30 horses died at Santa Anita racetrack in California. Those deaths shook up the industry and resulted in safety reforms such as the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), which established a similarly lettered organization that set uniform safety and doping rules for thoroughbreds. A set of regulations are scheduled to take effect May 22.The question for now is how the stunning occurrence of fatal injur...

Liberal party’s demand for electoral-reform council not a priority, Trudeau says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMT

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t expect his government to move on electoral reform, despite his party membership calling for a national council to examine the issue.This weekend, grassroots Liberals voted in favour of a resolution that asks the government to create a national citizen’s assembly on electoral reform.The proposal notes that the idea has been on the party books since 2014, and that Trudeau won the 2015 election on a promise to end the current first-past-the-post electoral system.Speaking with reporters in London, Trudeau says he’s more focused on issues such as the economy, adding that he would move ahead with electoral reform if there was consensus on another model.He also confirms reports that the NDP tried to make electoral reform part of the agreement it formed with the Liberals last year, but the two parties could not agree whether to use a ranked ballot system or proportional representation.Trudeau says he still prefers a ra...