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Legendary band Metallica to decide if Va. high school marching band will win national competition

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

The Oakton high school marching band performing on their home field. (Courtesy Carolee Schriener) The Oakton high school marching band performing on their home field. (Courtesy Carolee Schriener) A Virginia high school marching band is hoping to be number “one,” getting major attention as legendary band Metallica prepares to select winners in a national competition.The Oakton High School Marching Cougars put together a Metallica-themed show this year titled “Parade to Black,” which has reached the finals in a competition sponsored by the iconic rock band, who will also serve as judges.The competition is a play on Metallica’s song “From Whom the Bell Tolls” and is called &#...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar falls and breaks hip at Los Angeles concert

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was undergoing surgery for a broken hip Saturday after falling at a concert in Los Angeles.The NBA Hall of Famer was attending a show Friday night when he was injured. Paramedics at the undisclosed venue responded and the 76-year-old was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.His business partner, Deborah Morales, declined to provide a further update Saturday and referred only to a statement posted on Abdul-Jabbar’s social media.“We are all deeply appreciative of all the support for Kareem,” it said.Abdul-Jabbar was a key player on the Los Angeles Lakers’ teams during their “Showtime” era in the 1980s, leading them to five NBA championships. He was a six-time NBA MVP.The 7-foot-2 center was the NBA’s career-scoring leader until being passed by current Laker LeBron James in February. Abdul-Jabbar owned the mark for 39 years.He starred at UCLA, when he was known as Lew Alcindor and was a three-time national player of the year unde...

2 killed after car slams into power pole, catches fire in North Miami Beach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

A fiery wreck on the road left two people dead in North Miami Beach.North Miami Beach Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash in the area of Northwest 172nd Street and U.S. 1, Saturday afternoon.The victims’ car caught fire after it struck a power pole. Video shared by Only in Dade captured the vehicle fully engulfed in flames.Police worked to free the trapped the occupants, but they would not survive.Their vehicle was left charred and unrecognizable.Police have not provided further details about the crash, as they continue to investigate.

Shooting in Roxbury leaves man with life-threatening injuries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

Boston police are investigating a shooting in Roxbury on Saturday that left a victim hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, officials said.Officers responding to a Shot Spotter activation around 4:45 p.m. in the area of Quincy and Warren Street found a man suffering from life-threatening injuries. No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

‘Missing baby problem’: More parents accuse Brigham and Women’s of losing fetal remains in baby Everleigh case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

Brigham and Women’s Hospital has now been accused of five cases of improperly disposing of the fetal remains, lawyers stated in a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court.“The plaintiffs, despite the best efforts of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have discovered that this is not an isolated incident,” said Patrick Driscoll, lawyer for the plaintiffs, at the hearing. “There are actually five effected families, where their child’s remains were discarded in a 17-month period starting in August of 2020 against their wishes.”The hearing, presided over by Judge Michael Doolin, stemmed from a lawsuit brought by the parents of baby Everleigh, a 12-day old newborn who died at Brigham and Women’s in Aug. 6, 2020.When a funeral home employee went to collect Everleigh’s body days after her death, according to court documents, morgue staff was unable to located her remains. On Aug. 12, hospital investigators found via video and interviews that a path...

Trump delivers wide-ranging speech to New Hampshire hockey arena

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

DURHAM, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump returned to the Granite State for a Saturday rally at the University of New Hampshire, where he half-filled the school’s hockey arena with hundreds of MAGA faithful.After mounting a stage set just to one side of center ice, the 45th President launched into his typically bombastic style of stump speech, jumping into attacks against President Joe Biden during his opening remarks and hammering the sitting commander-in-chief’s record as the address continued.“Not one thing has gotten better under crooked Joe Biden,” Trump said. “Joe Biden and the Democrat Party are incapable of solving any problems.”“All that will change when the polls close on election night in 2024,” he said. “By Christmas of next year the economy will be roaring back.”Trump’s speech, which lasted about an hour-and-a-half, was wide ranging and somewhat rambling, jumping from topic to topic rapidly and with little or no evidence provided to back up his claims.At one point ea...

Fire destroys Oceanside mobile home, damages others

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Four people were displaced after a fire erupted at a mobile home park in Oceanside Saturday. According to the Oceanside Fire Department (OFD), reports of a fire at 40 Parkwood Ln. came in around 7:16 a.m. Responding crews determined that the mobile home at the address wasfully involved in a fire and was threatening to extend into neighboring homes. A ‘Scrippshenge’ parallel: Crescent moon winks above Oceanside Pier OFD said crews quickly deployed fire hoses and applied water to the main fire, while others searched the neighboring homes for occupants. It was discovered that the fire had extended into an adjacent home. At that point, crews ensured that all occupants and pets had been evacuated, OFD explained. The fire in the adjacent home was extinguished within 30 minutes, while the fire in the original home was extinguished within 50 minutes, fire officials confirmed.No one was injured during this incident. The original home, however, was reported to be a comp...

Mexico’s Maya tourist train opens for partial service amid delays and cost overruns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Maya Train rail project opened partially to the general public Saturday, amid hours-long delays and huge cost overruns. Passengers waiting for the twice-daily train to leave the resort of Cancun were left waiting on the platform for about five hours before being able to board. Officials apologized for the delayed and said it was due to trains being “reconfigured.”Some passengers napped on the floor of the concrete platform. Some — many self-declared supporters of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — cheered when the train finally appeared in Cancun.The train running in the other direction from the Gulf coast colonial city of Campeche was also delayed for hours, because only one side of the planned double rail line is finished. Officials estimated it would take about 5 1/2 hours to travel the 290 miles (473 kilometers) from Campeche to Cancun.Meanwhile, the cost of the project has soared from original estimates of around $8.5 billion, to as much as $28 ...

Teenager Alex Batty returns to Britain after being missing for 6 years and then turning up in France

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

LONDON (AP) — British teenager Alex Batty flew back to the U.K. on Saturday, six years after he left home on what was meant to be a two-week family vacation in Spain.Batty never returned from that holiday to his grandmother and guardian in Oldham, near Manchester. Her frantic appeals found no trace of him – until he turned up this week, walking along a road in southern France in the middle of the night.Assistant Chief Constable Matt Boyle of Greater Manchester Police said Batty had arrived in England on a flight from Toulouse.He said police “are yet to fully establish the circumstances surrounding his disappearance” and whether there should be a criminal investigation.Now, 17, Alex told French officials he had been living a nomadic lifestyle in Spain, Morocco and France with his mother and grandfather as part of a “spiritual community.” He said the family moved from place to place, grew their own food, meditated and contemplated reincarnation and other esoteric subjects. When ...

2 arrested in firearm investigation near Woodbine Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:36 GMT

Toronto police have made two arrests regarding a firearm investigation near Woodbine Park.On Friday at approximately 11:20 p.m., police were conducting a RIDE spot check in the Lakeshore Boulevard East and Coxwell Avenue area.Police allegedly stopped a vehicle during the check, where two men in the vehicle were investigated for Highway Traffic Act offences. The two men were arrested. A loaded handgun was allegedly seized as well.Tajean Alexander-Smith, 22, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with driving while under suspension, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm and six other firearm related charges.He is scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre on Monday.Joegi Manuel, 18, of Toronto, has been arrested and charged with two counts of failure to comply with a release order, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm and six other firearm related charges.He is also scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centr...