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Wagner boss Prigozhin believed killed in jet crash in Russia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

Exactly two months after his failed coup, Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is believed to have died on Wednesday after his private jet crashed in flames on an internal flight within Russia. Speculation is rife that Russian President Vladimir Putin — who is notoriously unforgiving of traitors and accused Prigozhin of “treason” in June — ordered the downing of the aircraft. It comes only a day after Russian media announced the firing of Sergei Surovikin, the former commander of Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, who has not been seen in public since the aborted Wagner coup. A former loyalist who was dubbed “Putin’s chef” for his role as a catering executive supplying the Kremlin, Prigozhin became embittered toward the Russian government’s handling of the war. In late June, his uprising commanded 24-hour global coverage after he seized the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and ordered a column of troops toward Moscow.Putin himself...

15 year old charged with murder, arraigned as adult following deadly stabbing in Lynn

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

A teenager charged with the stabbing death of another teen in Lynn was ordered to be held without bail at his arraignment, authorities said.The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said Iram Allen Jr., 15, was arraigned as an adult in Lynn District Court on Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to a murder charge, following the death of 17-year-old Daniel Marquez Santeliz.The DA’s Office identified Santeliz as the victim of the stabbing that happened at the Alpha Convenience Store on Freeman Square around 6 p.m. on Tuesday.According to authorities, Santeliz was brought to a nearby fire station afterwards, before being taken to Salem Hospital where he later died from his injuries.A second teenager connected to the stabbing was also arrested along with Allen Jr. on Tuesday. A news release from the DA’s office stated that the teen, who was not identified due to his age, was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon and was released to the custody of his parents...

Former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell surrender in election subversion case

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

(CNN) — Two of Donald Trump’s key election lawyers, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, surrendered Wednesday on charges in the Georgia election subversion case.The scene of Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and a notable former federal prosecutor, walking into the Fulton County jail is another amazing moment in the ongoing investigation into Trump and his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.One of Trump’s most outspoken attorneys in 2020, Giuliani was charged with 13 crimes, including breaking the state’s racketeering act, engaging in various criminal conspiracies, and soliciting a public officer in the state to violate their oath.Giuliani agreed to a $150,000 bond package after flying to Atlanta earlier Wednesday. Powell agreed to $100,000 bond.Powell and Giuliani are among the figured in the alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia to turn themselves in Wednesday. Kenneth Chesebro, the architect of the Trump campaign’s fake elect...

TSA officers find loaded revolver in woman’s carry-on at Worcester Regional Airport

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

A Massachusetts woman was cited earlier this week after TSA officers found a loaded gun in her carry-on bag at Worcester Regional Airport, the TSA announced. The TSA in a statement officers found the .22 revolver with six rounds inside during a security screening late Monday afternoon. Officers notified state police, who confiscated the gun and gave the 59-year-old woman a citation, according to the TSA. The woman was later allowed to continue.This was the second firearm detection at Worcester Regional Airport this year following a separate detection earlier this month on Aug. 6. In both cases, the TSA said, the guns found at security were loaded.TSA Federal Security Director for Massachusetts Bob Allison discussed this week’s incident in the TSA’s recent statement, saying a gun owner who has a Massachusetts license to carry “should know the rules and not bring a loaded firearm to a checkpoint.”“Bringing a loaded firearm into a security checkpoint is dangerous for everyone in the vi...

Orioles scratch Jack Flaherty from Wednesday’s start vs. Blue Jays: ‘Just didn’t quite feel like I bounced back’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

Orioles right-hander Jack Flaherty will not start Wednesday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays as expected, with right-hander Dean Kremer moving up a day and Baltimore yet to announce a starter for Thursday’s series finale.The Orioles did not immediately give a reason for the change. Manager Brandon Hyde is expected to address it during his pregame media session Wednesday evening.“Sometimes, you don’t bounce back the way you want to,” Flaherty said Wednesday without elaborating further. “Throwing yesterday, just didn’t quite feel like I bounced back, and sometimes, those are the hard decisions to make especially when you want to take the ball every time out. Just one of those things.”Baltimore acquired Flaherty from the St. Louis Cardinals on the cusp of the MLB trade deadline for three top 20 prospects. In three starts with the Orioles, the 27-year-old pending free agent has a 7.07 ERA, though that’s bloated by a three-i...

Pete Alonso was targeted by Brewers before trade deadline, fueling speculation about his Mets future: report

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

The Mets’ fire sale could have been even hotter, as a new report says the Milwaukee Brewers pushed hard to acquire star slugger Pete Alonso before the trade deadline.A source connected to the Brewers said a trade came within “field-goal range,” while an official with the Mets said a deal never came that close, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. The Chicago Cubs were reportedly among the other teams that spoke with the Mets about the first baseman.The report further fuels speculation about the future of Alonso, who can become a free agent after the 2024 season.“I love representing this organization,” Alonso said Tuesday in response to the report. “Being a Met is the only thing I know. … I don’t know what the future holds but right now I’m a Met and I love being a Met.”The underachieving Mets, who entered 2023 with the highest payroll in MLB history, unloaded key veterans before the Aug. 1 deadline to retool the...

Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

By KATE BRUMBACK (Associated Press)ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani turned himself in at a jail in Atlanta on Wednesday on charges related to efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.The former New York mayor was indicted last week along with Trump and 17 others. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said they participated in a wide-ranging conspiracy to subvert the will of the voters after the Republican president lost to Democrat Joe Biden in November 2020. Bond was set at $150,000, second only to Trump’s $200,000.Giuliani, 79, is accused of spearheading Trump’s efforts to compel state lawmakers in Georgia and other closely contested states to ignore the will of voters and illegally appoint electoral college electors favorable to Trump.Georgia was one of several key states Trump lost by slim margins, prompting the Republican and his allies to proclaim, without evidence, that the election was rigged in favor of his Democr...

In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

By REBECCA BOONE, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER (Associated Press)As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety.And car after car was turned back toward the rapidly spreading wildfire by a barricade blocking access to Highway 30. One family swerved around the barricade and was safe in a nearby town 48 minutes later, another drove their four-wheel-drive car down a dirt road to escape. One man took a dirt road uphill, climbing above the fire and watching as Lahaina burned. He later picked his way through the flames, smoke and rubble to pull survivors to safety.But dozens of others found themselves caught in a hellscape, their cars jammed together on a narrow road, surrounded by flames on three sides and the rocky ocean waves on the fourth. Some died in their cars, while others tried to run for safety.“I could see from the bypass that pe...

Wildfire smoke returns to Massachusetts: ‘A bit of haze’ across the region

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

That pesky wildfire smoke just won’t quit.The skies over Massachusetts were expected to get somewhat hazy on Wednesday, as wildfire smoke again impacts the region.Smoke from the raging Canadian wildfires has wreaked havoc across the U.S. several times this summer.“Will see a bit of haze this afternoon/evening as wildfire smoke spreads in,” the National Weather Service’s Boston office tweeted on Wednesday.“This is a model depiction of the smoke & should result in a milky/hazy sunset across parts of the region,” NWS Boston added. “The smoke will remain elevated.”Will see a bit of haze this afternoon/evening as wildfire smoke spreads in. This is a model depiction of the smoke & should result in a milky/hazy sunset across parts of the region. The smoke will remain elevated. #mawx #ctwx #riwx pic.twitter.com/3oHMasAleQ— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) August 23, 2023Related ArticlesWeather | Map: The 4 areas where Californi...

‘The Bitter Past’ and two other mystery novels to read right now

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:42 GMT

“The Bitter Past,” by Bruce Borgos (Minotaur Books)“The Bitter Past,” by Bruce Borgos (Minotaur Books)As sheriff of a small Nevada town near Las Vegas, Porter Beck spends most of his time on trivial crimes — until a retired FBI agent is found tortured and murdered. Within hours, a gorgeous (of course) female FBI agent shows up and confides that the dead man had been gathering information on a KGB spy who stole secrets from a Nevada test site 60 years earlier.  It seems the Russian, who was supposedly killed in a nuclear accident, may not be dead after all, and he’s living in Beck’s jurisdiction.So Beck has to find the aging Russian before the assassin does. He’s aided not only by the glamorous FBI woman but also his sister, a crack shot, and his father, the former sheriff, who is suffering from dementia.  Beck’s suffering from his own ailment, an eye disease that makes it hard for him to see at night.“The Bitter Past” is the first in a series featuring Beck, a former army espionage ...