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Hurricane Lee on track to swipe parts of New England with gusty winds, power outages and high surf

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

(CNN) — Hurricane Lee, an enormous Category 1 storm whipping strong winds across hundreds of miles, is inching closer to New England and expected to impact the region Friday evening into Saturday.Lee is so huge that its tropical-storm-force winds (between 39 and 74 mph) extend more than 300 miles from the center – well outside the National Hurricane Center’s forecast cone, which indicates where the center could track.Though Lee is not expected to make landfall in New England, the storm’s heavy rain could trigger isolated inland flooding, high surf could cause coastal flooding, and powerful wind gusts could knock out electricity.“We’re going to start to see those direct impacts start to move into portions of southeastern New England as early as later this afternoon, this evening, and then spread northward up into Maine overnight tonight and into Saturday,” National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan said Friday.“The big story with Lee is just that it’s a large h...

Duxbury mother accused of killing her three children indicted on murder, strangulation charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

A Duxbury mother accused of killing her three children in January has been indicted on multiple charges, the Plymouth County DA announced.A grand jury charged 32-year-old Lindsay Clancy with three counts each of murder and strangulation on Friday. Clancy reportedly attempted suicide on Jan. 24 at her home at 47 Summer Street, and first responders found her three children in the basement with severe trauma.Prosecutors said Clancy strangled her children with exercise bands while her husband was out picking up dinner. According to court documents, her husband found her injured outside on the ground after investigators said she jumped from a window.The 5-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy died of asphyxia, and the eight-month old boy died a few days later at the hospital of complication of asphyxia.Clancy is currently held without bail and is being treated as a medical facility. She is scheduled to appear in Plymouth Superior Court at a later date.

Lee brings rain, wind and coastal flooding Saturday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

Hurricane Lee continues its northward journey. The center of the storm will continue to stay offshore. The Mid/Outer Cape and Nantucket will experience the biggest impacts from the storm, while inland there will be less of an impact. This will be a 12-hour storm with timing from midnight to midday tomorrow.As of the latest 5 pm update, Lee is still a category 1 storm. The center is about 290 miles southeast of Nantucket. The storm has picked up forward speed. Over the next 24 hours, it will continue to weaken and veer toward Nova Scotia. The center of the storm stays well to our east, but the impacts will reach Southern New England.We saw thickening cloud cover today from Lee. Rain arrives for Cape Cod and Nantucket tonight. Rain continues overnight there and along the coast as the western edge of the storm backs in across southern New England. Rain favors the Cape and Nantucket through the morning. As the wind turns more northwest, the dry air will eat away at the showers. By the a...

Prosecutors in DC election case seek order barring Trump’s ‘inflammatory,’ ‘intimidating’ comments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are seeking an order that would restrict the former president from “inflammatory” and “intimidating” comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.Special counsel Jack Smith’s team said in a motion filed Friday that such a “narrow, well-defined” order was necessary to preserve the integrity of the case and to avoid prejudicing potential jurors.“Since the grand jury returned an indictment in this case, the defendant has repeatedly and widely disseminated public statements attacking the citizens of the District of Columbia, the Court, prosecutors, and prospective witnesses,” prosecutors wrote. “Through his statements, the defendant threatens to undermine the integrity of these proceedings and prejudice the jury pool.”They said Trump’s efforts to w...

McDonald’s, Wendy’s and more offering National Cheeseburger Day deals for as low as 1 cent

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

Evan Rosen | New York Daily NewsMcDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and other popular fast food chains are offering incredible deals for upcoming National Cheeseburger Day on Sept. 18.Available next Monday only, customers will be able to purchase 50-cent double cheeseburgers at McDonald’s if they order through the restaurant’s official app.Wendy’s announced they’ll be selling Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers for just 1 cent from Sept. 18-22, though customers must order another item through the Wendy’s app to take advantage of the deal. (Burger-lovers might consider pairing their purchase with Wendy’s new seasonal Pumpkin Spice Frosty.)Burger King, meanwhile, is offering members of its Royal Perks program a variety of limited-time deals from Sept. 18-22, including the chance to get a free cheeseburger with a purchase of at least $1.For people looking for a more typical restaurant experience, Applebee’s has three classic burgers on Sept. 18 going for $8.99 each, an average discount of around $...

One person seriously injured from stabbing in Scarborough

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

One person has been seriously injured due to a stabbing in the Eglinton Avenue and Markham Road area of Scarborough on Friday evening.Police responded to reports of a stabbing at approximately 5:26 p.m.On scene police confirmed the stabbing and located one victim with serious injuries.There is no suspect information available at this time.

Family files lawsuit after police fatally shot New Mexico man while at wrong address

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by police in New Mexico after they responded to the wrong address is suing the city and three officers. The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court alleges Robert Dotson and his family were deprived of their civil rights when the officers in the northwestern New Mexico city of Farmington mistakenly showed up at their home the night of April 5. The officers responded to the wrong address after getting a domestic violence call from a home across the street. The lawsuit contends the officers acted unreasonably that night and created a risk for Dotson and his family. The 52-year-old and his wife were upstairs when they heard what they believed was a knock. Dotson put his robe on, went downstairs and grabbed his handgun from the top of the refrigerator, given the hour and not knowing what he would find, the lawsuit states.Neither Dotson nor his wife looked at footage from their front door Ring camera before he went down, ac...

California targets smash-and-grabs with $267 million program aimed at ‘brazen’ store thefts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will spend $267 million to help dozens of local law enforcement agencies increase patrols, buy surveillance equipment and conduct other activities aimed at cracking down on smash-and-grab robberies happening around the state.Officials from the California Highway Patrol and San Francisco and Los Angeles law enforcement agencies made the announcement Friday. It follows a string of brazen luxury store robberies in recent months, where dozens of individuals come into a store and begin stealing en masse.Videos of the incidents have quickly spread online and fueled critics who argue California takes too lax an approach to crime.“Enough with these brazen smash-and-grabs — we’re ensuring law enforcement agencies have the resources they need to take down these criminals,” Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement about the grants.The spending comes from a pot of money Newsom first requested in late 2021, after he signed a law to reestablish a state...

Lawyers argue 3 former officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death should have separate trials

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers accused of fatally beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop should have separate trials because they have different levels of responsibility than two other former colleagues who also are charged with murder in the highly publicized case, defense lawyers said Friday.Lawyers for Tadarrius Bean, Desmond Mills and Justin Smith have filed motions to sever their cases from Demetrius Haley and Emmitt Martin, arguing that they cannot receive fair trials if they all face a jury together for the violent beating of Nichols on Jan. 7 that was caught on police video.All five former members of a Memphis Police Department crime-suppression unit have pleaded not guilty to state charges including second-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the beating of Nichols, who was punched, kicked and slugged with a police baton after he fled a traffic stop during which he was hit with a stun gun and pepper spray.Nichols, 29, died in a hospital ...

Man arrested in multiple sexual assaults at Toronto Osteopathic treatment centre

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:37:53 GMT

One man has been arrested in connection with multiple sexual assaults at an Osteopathic treatment centre at Yonge and St. Clair West.Police say they were called the centre on June 23 for reports of a sexual assault.It’s alleged that the accused was the operator of the treatment centre and he’s alleged to have sexually assaulted patients while providing Osteopathic treatment.Robert Morelli, 70, of Toronto has been arrested and charged with three counts of sexual assault.He’s expected to appear in court on Oct. 12.