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Today in Sports – Raiders play their final NFL game in Oakland; team moving to Las Vegas next season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

Dec. 151925 — The first NHL game is played at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Americans score first, but the Montreal Canadiens prevail 3-1, before 17,000 in attendance.1929 — The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 in their first game at Chicago Stadium. Vic Ripley scores twice in 35 seconds during the second period to the delight of the 14,212 fans in attendance.1935 — Detroit Lions win NFL championship with a 26-7 win over the New York Giants.1946 — Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants 24-14 at the Polo Grounds for the NFL championship. A record crowd of 58,326 attend the game. Sid Luckman’s 19-yard touchdown run in the fourth puts the Bears ahead 21-14. Before the game, New York’s star fulback Merles Hapes is declared ineligible by NFL commissioner Bert Bell for not reporting bribe attempt to throw the game. New York police phone taps produced coversations with gambler Alvin J. Paris and Hapes. The Bears were 10-point favorites.1964 — San Francisco’s Wil...

Police seek public’s help in locating 73-year-old man reported missing from Fort Lauderdale

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a 73-year-old man. According to police, Concepcion Gutierrez was last seen near 1600 South Andrews Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m.https://twitter.com/ftlauderdalepd/status/1735144984775434322?s=20Gutierrez is described as a Hispanic male, standing at 5 feet 7 inches and weighing 150 pounds. He may be wearing a gray shirt, black jacket, black pants, black shoes and a silver Lakers hat.Anyone with information about Gutierrez’s whereabouts is asked to contact the police.

Florida community unites after vandal destroys sand menorah

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — In the face of hate, a Florida community has come together, stronger than ever, after a vicious vandal destroyed a sand menorah. Instead of succumbing to pain, residents turned the incident into an opportunity to send a powerful message of unity and resilience.The sand menorah, built on the first night of Hanukkah last Thursday on Juno Beach, was vandalized on Tuesday. Not only was it destroyed, but the vandal also used tiki torch candles to form a Nazi swastika on top. In response, community members, undeterred, insisted on rebuilding the menorah. Despite heavy winds and rain, hundreds gathered on Wednesday evening to witness the menorah being relit. The ceremony turned a potentially dark moment into a celebration of strength and solidarity.Barbara Wagner, a Jupiter resident, expressed her emotions. “It brings tears to my eyes, honestly, to see all these people,” she said. Rabbi Leib Ezagui expressed the importance of coming together in t...

NATO’s Romania castigates Putin’s forces over new drone crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

Romania accused the Kremlin of an “irresponsible escalation” on Thursday, after it once again found evidence that a Russian drone crashed on its territory following Moscow’s overnight attack on a Ukrainian port.“[Romania’s foreign ministry] summoned the Russian ambassador to protest against these continued actions, which are in flagrant contradiction with the international law and an irresponsible escalation,” Romania’s ambassador to NATO, Dan Neculăescu, said.Romanian authorities on Thursday found a 1.5-meter-deep crater in an uninhabited area of eastern Romania, about 4 kilometers from the small town of Grindu, which was the result of a drone crash, according to Romania’s defense ministry.The area has been secured and authorities have launched an investigation.This is a “new violation of Romania’s airspace, contrary to international law,” the foreign ministry said. As a NATO member, Romania is protected under Article 5 of the military alliance’s treaties, which says that an ...

NATO chief sees ‘real risk’ of Putin attacking other countries after Ukraine

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned today that Russian President Vladimir Putin will wage war elsewhere if Russia defeats Ukraine.“If Putin wins in Ukraine, there is real risk that his aggression will not end there,” Stoltenberg told reporters during a meeting with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico. “Our support is not charity. It is an investment in our security.”Fico, who won September’s election, is skeptical of aiding Ukraine and has ended military deliveries to Kyiv. But Stoltenberg wants the alliance to hold firm against Russia.“The only way to reach a just and lasting solution is to convince President Putin that they will not win on the battlefield.And the only way to ensure that President Putin realizes that he is not winning on the battlefield is to continue to support Ukraine,” the NATO chief said.His comments came on the same day the Russian leader made clear he has no intention of backing down in his war agai...

ECB leaves rates unchanged, winds down crisis program early

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank left its key discount rate unchanged at a record high of 4 percent on Thursday and signaled it has no plans to cut interest rates any time soon.  The decision had been widely expected, as inflation has started to slow and economic growth has gone into reverse as a result of previous rate increases, which are now squeezing corporate and household borrowers hard.The bank now expects a sustainable return to the 2 percent inflation target from 2025 onwards, implying that it won’t need to add to what has been its most aggressive policy tightening in 25 years.However, it warned against reading too much into a sharp drop in headline inflation in recent months, saying: “Underlying inflation has eased further. But domestic price pressures remain elevated, primarily owing to strong growth in unit labor costs.”And at her press conference, ECB President Christine Lagarde stressed that the ECB was not about to ‘pivot’. “We did not di...

Pedestrian injured in multi-vehicle crash involving school bus in front of Hyde Park school

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

School officials say a multi-vehicle crash by the Henry Grew School in Hyde Park left a pedestrian injured and multiple cars damaged, including a school bus.According to Boston police, only the driver was onboard the school bus when it allegedly struck multiple vehicles as well as a pedestrian by 40 Gordon Ave around 8:15 a.m.Two people were taken to a hospital as a result, with police stating both suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Images shared with 7NEWS showed at least four vehicles were damaged in the crash, including an SUV that was left partially in the air as it sat between an adjacent property and a heavily damaged sedan.A series of cars also had visible damage to their front- and rear-ends. Damage to the school bus was not readily visible.In a letter to parents, School Principal Christina Michel stated that a Boston Public Schools crisis team was brought on-site to support students and staff who might have witnessed the accident.“We understand that this incident ...

Boston police arrest alleged package thief accused of stealing items in Brighton

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

A 31-year-old man from Dedham is facing multiple charges after police say he allegedly stole multiple packages from an address in Brighton.The Boston Police Department said Jeremie Rowell was arrested Wednesday afternoon, following an investigation into a breaking and entering case on Commonwealth Avenue.The department said officers initially responded to the area of 1152 Commonwealth Ave after a person reportedly tried to enter a building there. After receiving a description of the suspect, Boston PD said police were able to make an arrest after spotting the individual leaving the area.“Officers ordered the suspect to stop, which he refused, and attempted to flee,” Boston PD stated in a news release. “A lengthy foot pursuit ensued and officers were able to place the suspect into handcuffs.”Police added that it appeared Rowell was also likely involved in package thefts that occurred the day before in the same area.The 31-year-old was later charged with attemp...

Trump’s first criminal trial is scheduled to begin in March but legal appeals threaten that date

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington once appeared likely to be the first of the former president’s criminal trials to begin, with the judge having scheduled a March 4 start date. But appeals of issues central to the case are threatening to change that.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday put the case on hold while Trump pursues his claim in higher courts that he is immune from prosecution. Chutkan raised the possibility of keeping the March date if the case promptly returns to her court, but it is possible the appeal could tie up the case for months. Potentially further complicating prosecutors’ effort to go to trial swiftly is the Supreme Court’s review of an obstruction charge used against Trump and hundreds of his supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump’s lawyers have made clear that their legal strategy involves push...

Bull on tracks at New Jersey’s Newark station delays train traffic outside New York

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:48:46 GMT

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A loose bull on the tracks at a New Jersey train station snarled rail traffic on Thursday. New Jersey Transit posted on X, formerly Twitter, a photo of the horned bovine apparently standing on the tracks at Newark Penn Station.It’s unclear how the creature got there or if it’s yet been captured. Newark police said there were no injuries reported.The transit agency wrote that service is delayed up to 45 minutes between Newark and Penn Station New York because of “police activity,” and posted a photo of the animal. The Associated Press