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Emergency crews respond to serious crash in Bridgewater

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

Emergency crews were on scene after a serious crash in Bridgewater Wednesday afternoon that left two vehicles badly damaged. SKY7-HD was over the intersection of Bedford Street and State Farm Road shortly before 4:15 p.m., where both a car and a pickup truck could be seen with visible damage. The area was shut down to traffic as of 4:15 p.m. No further information was immediately available.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Nets rookie Jalen Wilson understands his path to playing time is off the ball

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

Jalen Wilson is under no illusions about his role in the NBA. In college, he was the man — the All-American, the Big 12 Player of the Year, the nation’s No. 1 small forward.But to get on the court with the Brooklyn Nets, Wilson, a second-round pick out of Kansas, understands he must be efficient and impactful without the ball in his hands. To that end, Las Vegas last month was an encouraging couple weeks for Wilson, who was Brooklyn’s best player in Summer League and earned All-tournament honors despite ranking fourth on the team in shot attempts.“A lot of people just had me as a volume shooter — saying, ‘he needs to get this many shots to do this.’ And I feel like I completely ended that narrative,” Wilson said in an interview with the Daily News. “Just being able to show that I don’t need the ball 20 times to affect the game. Rookies are not going to get shots up, unless it’s the Victor [Wembanyama’s] of the w...

Lynn mother dies in New Hampshire river after trying to help her child who slipped into the river

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

A Lynn woman died in a New Hampshire river on Tuesday after she tried to help her child who had slipped into Franconia Falls.Melissa Bagley, 44, the wife of an Everett Police lieutenant, drowned following the incident in the White Mountain National Forest on Tuesday afternoon.“The Everett Police Department is sad to report the sudden passing of Melissa Bagley 44 yrs of age, wife of Lt. Sean Bagley who died during a family outing along the river in the White Mountain area yesterday afternoon,” Everett Police wrote on Wednesday.New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol at around 3:56 p.m., received a call for a person trapped and a medical emergency at Franconia Falls.Marine Patrol, New Hampshire Fish and Game, Lincoln Fire Rescue, Lincoln Police and Linwood Ambulance responded to the scene.Police learned that a family of five from Lynn and a friend from Salem had hiked to Franconia Falls.While at the falls, the family’s 10-year-old son fell into the water — req...

2 Maui wildfire victims were Mexican citizens, government says. Follow live updates

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

By The Associated PressFollow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing more than 100 people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Videos showing downed power lines apparently sparking some of the early blazes have become key evidence in the search for a cause.The Mexican foreign ministry said it has confirmed that two people of Mexican nationality died as a result of the wildfires. Personnel from the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco are on Maui and are in contact with the families of the deceased to provide assistance to them, the foreign ministry said in a statement. No details were immediately available, including whether the victims were tourists or among the many foreign workers in Lahaina. The consulate in San Francisco did not immediately respond to a request for details.The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened its first disaster recovery center on M...

Bruins ink former Harvard center John Farinacci to a two-year contract

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

The Bruins have thrown another centerman into the mix for a training camp that should have plenty of competition for bottom six spots.The B’s on Wednesday signed former Harvard center John Farinacci, who was near the top of the class of college free agents whose rights with their original drafting teams ran out on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Farinacci, originally drafted in the third round (76th overall) by the Arizona Coyotes, inked a two-year deal that carries an annual NHL cap hit of $910,000.Whether or not he can make the jump to the NHL will be up to him, but Farinacci checks a few Bruin boxes. He’s got decent size – 6-foot, 185 pounds – and is noted for his two-way, heady play. The Red Bank, N.J., native, a nephew of Harvard coach Ted Donato, played at Dexter-Southfield and then on the banks of the Charles River, so he’s watched a few good two-way centermen in his time here.His 200-foot game and faceoff work are something in which Farinacci takes pride.“I think ...

Chicago Cubs send season ticket holders an invoice for potential playoff games for 1st time since 2019

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

For the first time since 2019, Chicago Cubs season ticket holders are receiving an invoice for potential playoff games.The Cubs sent the postseason invoice to season ticket holders Wednesday, which includes all potential playoff games from the wild-card round through the World Series. The Cubs (61-58) still need to make up ground to secure a playoff spot, entering Wednesday 3 1/2 games out of first in the National League Central and one game back of the final wild-card position, but the organization wanted to provide the details as early as possible for season ticket holders.“We know there’s a lot of work left to do, we’re not being presumptuous that we’ve already locked up a playoff spot,” said senior vice president of Marquee 360 Cale Vennum, who oversees Cubs ticketing. “But we’ve been hearing a lot from our season ticket holders that with this being their biggest benefit that they want to know what the process is going to be heading into...

Patriots already excited about ‘special things’ Ezekiel Elliott can bring

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wisc. — The Patriots got their first look at Ezekiel Elliott in a navy blue No. 15 practice jersey Wednesday and are already excited about what the three-time Pro Bowl selection can bring to their offense.Elliott’s whirlwind 24-hour span of flying from Dallas to New England, signing his one-year contract, traveling to Green Bay with the rest of his teammates and going over the basics of the offense ended with him participating in walk-through drills in his first official day as a Patriots running back.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Callahan: How Ezekiel Elliott will make life easy on Patriots’ best, most pivotal players New England Patriots | Patriots 53-man roster projection: Does Malik Cunningham make the cut? New England Patriots | Patriots cut two players to create room for recent signings New England Patriots | Patriots ‘hopeful’ TE Mike Gesicki can return for Week 1 afte...

CT pastor sentenced to 10 years in prison for physically assaulting infant, causing serious injuries

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

A Manchester pastor who was previously convicted of sexually abusing a boy was sentenced Wednesday to another 10 years in prison for what witnesses testified was physically assaulting an infant by slamming the baby against the floor and putting him in a sink of frigid water.Robert Nichols was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Kevin C. Doyle at Superior Court in Hartford to 20 years in prison, executed after he serves 10 years, plus another five years on probation, according to court officials.A jury found Nichols guilty of first-degree assault and two counts of risk of injury to a child in June after a 10-month-old baby living in his home suffered potentially life-threatening head trauma, according to court records and the state Division of Criminal Justice.CT pastor previously convicted of child sexual abuse found guilty of physically abusing infant living in his homeAt his trial, one witness testified that she saw Nichols wrap the baby in a tight swaddle and slam him onto the floor num...

Fires and others disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane-fueled flash floods and mudslides. Lava that creeps into neighborhoods. Fierce drought that materializes in a flash and lingers. Earthquakes. And now, deadly fires that burn block after historic block.Hawaii is increasingly under siege from disasters, and what is escalating most is wildfire, according to an Associated Press analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency records. That reality can clash with the vision of Hawaii as paradise. It is, in fact, one of the riskiest states in the country.“Hawaii is at risk of the whole panoply of climate and geological disasters,” said Debarati Guha-Sapir, director of the international disasters database kept at the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. She listed storms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes.Hawaii has been in more danger lately. This month alone, the federal government declared six different fire disasters in Hawai...

Officers testify in trial of 2 white Mississippi men in shooting at Black FedEx driver

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:27:58 GMT

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A police dispatcher and a detective testified Wednesday in the trial of two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home.Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Charles Case, charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy and shooting into the vehicle driven by D’Monterrio Gibson in January 2022, sat with their attorneys in a small courtroom full of spectators.Gibson, who was 24 at the time, was not injured. But the chase and gunfire led to complaints on social media of racism in Brookhaven, about an hour’s drive south of the state capital, Jackson. It happened as Gibson made deliveries for FedEx on the evening of Jan. 24, 2022, while driving a rental van with the Hertz logo on three sides. After he dropped off a package at a home on a dead-end road, Gregory Case used a pickup truck to try to block the van from leaving, and Brandon Case came outside with a gun, Dis...