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3 TSA agents arrested, accused of stealing cash from travelers at MIA

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

Three Transportation Security Administration agents who work at Miami International Airport were arrested on fraud charges.According to investigators, Elizabeth Fuster, Josue Gonzalez and Labarrius Williams worked together to steal cash from passengers’ purses and bags while they were being screened at the airport, June 29.The agents were removed after a TSA employee followed up on a complaint, watched surveillance video and shared findings with the police, who took immediate action and placed them under arrest on Thursday.In a statement, a TSA spokesperson wrote, “The Transportation Security Administration holds its Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to the highest professional and ethical standards and has no tolerance for misconduct in the workplace. We actively and aggressively investigated these allegations of misconduct and presented our findings to [Miami-Dade Police], and are working closely with them. Any employee who fails to meet our fundamental ethical s...

Man accused of shooting two family members in custody after 13-hour stand-off with police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

A standoff ended in Worcester Friday night, 13 hours after police said a man shot two of his family members and then shot at police before running back into his home. The incident happened on Colby Avenue shortly after 8:30 a.m. Police said the man shot at his family members and opened fire on police when responding officers tried to arrest him. Police said the family members who were shot were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. None of the officers were hit, according to police.Police announced the suspect was taken to the hospital around 10 p.m.Police said they were using drones as part of their response. Some residents in the area were evacuated from their homes.One neighbor earlier in the day Friday told 7NEWS he heard sirens around 9 a.m. The neighbor, Abdul Bilal, said he was concerned.“I didn’t know what was happening,” Bilal said of his reaction.“I’ve been living here for two years and I’ve never seen anything like that,” he continued.This...

Yu Chang drives in 2 runs in 5-run 2nd inning in his return from IL and Red Sox beat Athletics 7-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Yu Chang hit a bases-loaded single in a five-run second inning in his return from the injured list and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Friday night.Chang, out since April with a broken bone in his left hand, drove in the first two runs of the game and was one of six players with RBIs for Boston. The Red Sox pounded out 10 hits and extended their streak of games with 10 or more hits to six.Jarren Duran, Justin Turner and Alex Verdugo had two hits apiece and each drove in a run for the Red Sox, who have won six of seven with two games remaining before the All-Star break. Nick Pivetta (5-5) struck out eight over five innings of relief and picked up the win.Seth Brown hit a two-run homer for MLB-worst Oakland, which fell to 2-2 on a six-game trip and to 25-65 overall.Boston pounced quickly with a five-run second inning, chasing opener Sam Long (0-1) after he walked Triston Casas to load the bases with no outs, following consecutive singles by Verdugo a...

Mass. National Guardsman saves man from Weymouth house fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

A Massachusetts National Guardsman braved the flames to evacuate a home on fire in Weymouth on the Fourth of July.Sergeant First Class Adam Ayer had spent the Fourth of July in Boston, where he fired cannons on the Esplanade with the National Guard at the annual fireworks spectacular.After the show, he stopped in Weymouth for a cold drink and saw a house on fire across the street from the store. He said the whole back of the house was ablaze.“I just shot out of the parking lot, stopped in front of the driveway of the house, and I just went running toward the house,” Ayer said.Ayer called 911, but before firefighters arrived, he heard someone inside the house trying to escape.“I could see through the window. There were still people walking around inside the house. I told the dispatcher, ‘I’ve gotta go,’” Ayer said. “I hung up on her, and I ran into the house.”A man named Leo lives in the house, and he said he woke up to a man yelling in his living room. “I looked out my ba...

Mets Notebook: Jose Quintana eyeing return after All-Star break

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

SAN DIEGO — The Mets might have a good problem on their hands following the All-Star break with the return of left-hander Jose Quintana. The rotation the club envisioned when the roster was put together this winter will finally debut, but that leaves the club with the question of what to do with six starters.Typically, playing time tends to work itself out. Injuries and ineffectiveness often dictate decisions like this, but the Mets currently have five healthy starters and with Quintana scheduled to make his final two rehab starts over the next week, he could make his 2023 debut as soon as July 18, when the Mets host the Chicago White Sox. However, that’s assuming that Quintana takes the place of David Peterson in the rotation. The Mets will discuss the pitching plans further when they see how Quintana comes through his next two rehab outings, though all indicators are that he will be able to join the rotation following the break.Peterson has pitched well since his retur...

Nick Pivetta strikes out eight in relief as Red Sox top Athletics 7-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

Nick Pivetta may have been removed from the starting rotation in mid-May, but he’s proven invaluable as an innings-eater out of the bullpen, and Friday he delivered one of his strongest efforts yet.Pivetta threw five quality innings of relief, allowing three runs on four hits while striking out eight. He entered the game in the third following opener Brennan Bernardino, by which point the offense had already erupted for five runs en route to a decisive 7-3 win over the Oakland Athletics.Since moving to the bullpen Pivetta has posted a 2.79 ERA in 14 relief appearances, a marked improvement from his ugly 6.30 ERA over his first eight starts. He’s also steadily increased his workload since injuries decimated the rotation, going 3.1 innings last week against Miami, four innings Sunday in Toronto and now five innings Friday.Even with only three healthy starters available, Red Sox manager Alex Cora was adamant afterwards that they have no plans to reinsert Pivetta into the ro...

Camp Pendleton Marine pleads not guilty in crash that killed 12-year-old boy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

VISTA, Calif. -- A Marine accused of driving drunk and causing a car crash that killed 12-year-old Santiago Gaspar in Oceanside will remain in jail on no bail.  The defendant Edward Minot Jr. had his first court appearance on Friday in Vista. Gaspar’s family attended the arraignment.  “La verdad...The truth is I feel very bad, very bad the loss of a child. Yes, I am alive, but I am dead, I am deeply dead inside,” said Gaspar's mother Elva Maribel Sebastian Miguel.Miguel cried heavily while speaking with FOX 5.  On July 4 around 11 p.m., Oceanside police said Camp Pendleton-based Marine, Minot Jr., drove drunk without his lights on. Police tried to pull him over, but that turned into a chase. Minot Jr. crashed into a car Santiago rode in, killing him on his way back from watching fireworks.  1 dead in three-vehicle East County crash “My little cousin didn’t know. He was just happy, he had a great time, he just saw fireworks. Then all of a sudden it went blank for him” said Anderson...

Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Texas began rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande on Friday in the latest escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to secure the U.S. border with Mexico, which already has included bussing migrants to liberal states and authorizing the National Guard to make arrests. But even before the huge, orange buoys were unloaded from the trailers that hauled them to the border city of Eagle Pass, there were concerns over this part of Abbott’s unprecedented challenge to the federal government’s authority over immigration enforcement. Migrant advocates voiced concerns about drowning risks and environmentalists questioned the impact on the river.Dozens of the large spherical buoys were stacked on the beds of four tractor trailers in a grassy city park near the river on Friday morning.Setting up the barriers could take up to two weeks, according to Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson for the Texas Departmen...

B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites ‘enormous’ drug use

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago has apologized to each of his victims at his sentencing hearing, as he described the “story of self-destruction” that led up to the attack.Yannick Bandaogo read his statement in French in a quiet, sometimes shaking voice, and said his addiction to crystal meth played a role in altering his mental health and behaviour.But he offered no motive at the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., nor did he directly refer to the series of stabbings outside the Lynn Valley Library on March 27, 2021, in which one woman died and six people were wounded.Bandaogo, 30, pleaded guilty this year to second-degree murder, several charges of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault over the attack.“I must end my drug consumption in my daily life completely,” Bandaogo told the court. “I want nothing but to show the sincerity of my regret...

Saint Sabina host 'Summer Block Party' to celebrate, bring peace to community

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:26 GMT

CHICAGO -- Saint Sabina Catholic Church hosted their Summer Block Party on Friday.Organizers hoped to bring peace to the community and provide a chance to celebrate their first block party of the summer. Young athletes host signing day on South Side to celebrate success While St. Sabina works to put an end to violence, Father Michael Pfleger remains committed to unifying the community through events like the block party.A night of free fun in a safe environment allowed parents and children an opportunity to enjoy a summer Friday night without worry.The event was held at Renaissance Park on the 1300 block of West 79th Street on Chicago's south side.Live music, free food, games, and bouncy houses kept everyone entertained on Friday.