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Man facing weapons charges after 12-year-old fatally shot in Mattapan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

A 22-year-old man is facing weapons charges in connection with the deadly shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Mattapan on Thursday, police announced. Boston police said first responders were first called to a triple-decker off Fessenden Street just after 2 p.m. for a report of a shooting. Once on scene, police said officers found the boy inside the home with a gunshot wound. The boy was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where officials said he was pronounced dead. In a statement Thursday night, police said Walter Hendrick, 22, has been arrested and charged with multiple charges including improper storage of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.He is expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on Friday morning.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu previously rushed to the scene in Mattapan on Thursday afternoon, joining Police Commissioner Michael Cox and Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden.“For a child of this age, being lo...

Man drowns in home in Vermont’s 1st recorded flooding death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

A man who died as a result of a drowning accident in his home is Vermont’s first death related to recent storms and historic flooding, the state’s emergency management agency said.Stephen Davoll, 63, of Barre, died on Wednesday, said Mark Bosma, spokesperson for Vermont Emergency Management.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner investigated the death, in cooperation with local police, Bosma said in a news release late Thursday afternoon. He said Vermonters are urged to continue to take extra care as they return to their homes and repair damage.“The loss of a Vermonter is always painful, but it is particularly so this week,” Vermont U.S. Sen. Peter Welch said in statement.It was the second flood-related death stemming from a storm system and epic flooding in the Northeast this week. The first was in New York — a woman whose body was found after she was swept away in Fort Montgomery, a small Hudson River community about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of New York C...

WATCH: New video shows smoking Red Line train that led to service disruptions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

New video shows smoke pouring out of a disabled Red Line train at the Charles/MGH MBTA station on Thursday.T officials said the operator of the train had noticed smoke and a possible fire under his train as it crossed the Longfellow Bridge into Boston. Fire crews responding to a reported fire underneath a train around 5:45 a.m. found that all passengers had already self-evacuated and there were no injuries.Power was turned off to the third rail so that firefighters could investigate what was causing the fire, the MBTA said in a statement.Deputy Fire Chief James Greene said a broken water pipe in the station initially hindered crews ability to fight the fire but it was quickly extinguished.In an update, officials said the smoke under the train had come from an air compressor control box.Responding to the scene, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng told reporters the incident was a problem linked to the aging infrastructure he is trying to restore, along with trying to restore rider confi...

Driver in crash that killed off-duty Randolph police officer to appear in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

The driver involved in a crash in Hingham last year that claimed the life of an off-duty Randolph police officer is set to appear in court on Friday.Kaleigh Davidson, 36, is set to face charges related to the May 2022 crash that left longtime officer Michael Beal, 61, dead.Prosecutors say she was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana and was going 100 mph at the time of the crash.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Police investigating violent motorcycle crash in Brockton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

Police are investigating a serious motorcycle crash in Brockton overnight.Officers responding to a reported crash on Route 24 shut down several lanes while they investigated the cause of the crash on the northbound side of the road.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

After retiring from baseball, Ryan Ripken embracing new career path in sports media

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

For Ryan Ripken, conviction has replaced uncertainty.Such a statement might seem strange for the son of Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. who turned stardom at Gilman into seven seasons in the minor league system of the Washington Nationals and Orioles. But that link to his famous father raised the bar to seemingly impossible heights for Ripken, who is in the early stages of carving out a career in sports media.“It’s weird. Maybe for the longest time playing, I was used to constantly realizing that I was not going to meet certain people’s expectations,” he said. “I had self doubt. With this, I don’t doubt myself. I have confidence that I can be really good at this.”Less than a year after retiring from baseball, Ripken, who turns 30 on July 26, is all-in as an analyst. His contractual obligations include being part of a rotation for the Baltimore Baseball Tonight pregame show on 105.7 The FAN, appearing as an analyst for Fox 45 and participating ...

Blinken meets Wang Yi in Indonesia. But the region remains wary of the US-China rivalry

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met China’s top diplomat Friday to discuss thorny issues as part of efforts to nurture talks on the sidelines of regional diplomatic meetings in Indonesia, whose president called on rival powers to avoid turning the region into a “competition arena.”Blinken stressed the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and raised concerns by Washington and its allies over China’s actions in his late-Thursday meeting with Wang Yi, who heads the ruling Communist Party’s Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, U.S. officials said.“The meeting was part of ongoing efforts to maintain open channels of communication to clarify U.S. interests across a wide range of issues and to responsibly manage competition by reducing the risk of misperception and miscalculation,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.“This is what the wo...

Hundreds of thousands face disruption at London’s Gatwick Airport this summer after strike vote

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of British vacationers face potential disruption to their travel plans at the start of the school summer holidays, after almost 1,000 workers at London’s Gatwick Airport voted to strike in a dispute over pay.The Unite union said Friday that members, including baggage handlers and check-in staff, who are employed by four private contractors will walk out for four days from July 28 and again for a subsequent four-day stretch from Aug. 4.The union said the action will “inevitably” cause disruption to flights at the height of the summer holiday season after the school year has ended. The airlines affected are British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair, TUI, WestJet and Wizz Air.Gatwick, which is just south of the U.K. capital, is London’s second-busiest airport behind Heathrow, with a particular focus during the summer to Europe’s beach resorts in the Mediterranean.A total of 4,410 flights are scheduled to depart Gatwick across all the strike...

South Africa deploys army over burning of trucks, braces for unrest over ex-president’s court case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa deployed the army in four of its provinces Friday after at least 21 trucks carrying goods were set on fire in various parts of the country over the past week. The move came amid concerns of more unrest over a court decision that could send former president Jacob Zuma back to jail, although authorities have denied they are connected.The deployment of soldiers to support police in some parts of the country came a day after South Africa’s apex Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma’s release on medical parole in 2021 was invalid. The Department of Corrections has not said if it will order Zuma back to jail to serve the remainder of a 15-month prison sentence, but his initial jailing two years ago sparked a week of violent protests that left more than 350 people dead in some of the worst violence South Africa had experienced in 30 years.Police said they had no evidence that the torching of trucks was connected to the 2021 unrest or Z...

Dutch court convicts a man who fatally shot 3 people of murder, sentences him to life imprisonment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Friday convicted a man of killing two people at an activity farm for people with mental and psychological disabilities and earlier fatally shooting a man to test his weapon. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders and two attempted murders.The defendant, identified only as John S. under Dutch privacy rules, fatally shot a female worker and a 16-year-old girl at the farm in Alblasserdam near the port city of Rotterdam on May 6, 2022. He shot and seriously wounded two other people at the farm.The man had once been thrown out of the farm after he had a relationship with a person there. He also was convicted of threatening the person, who wasn’t identified by the court.Two days earlier, he fatally shot a man at a shoe repair shop in the nearby town of Vlissingen to test the Glock pistol he had bought, prosecutors said.“The violence and cold-bloodedness are terrifying,” Rotterdam District Court said in a written verdict. ...