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Russia amasses 100,000 troops as it seeks breakthrough in Kharkiv region, Kyiv warns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

KYIV — Russia has gathered 100,000 troops and is attempting to break through Kyiv’s defenses in the Kharkiv region, according to the Ukrainian army.With Ukraine focusing its counteroffensive efforts on the southern front, Moscow’s forces have been probing Kyiv’s defenses in the east, in the direction of Kupiansk, Ukraine’s Army Command East spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyi said during a national telethon Monday.According to Cherevatyi, Russia has gathered some 100,000 troops, 900 tanks and 555 artillery systems in the area.“They are concentrating everything in order to break through our defense. Our soldiers are firmly on the defensive. They do not allow the enemy to seize the initiative,” Cherevatyi said.Kupiansk, a city in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, was a crucial logistics hub and supply route for Russia’s invading forces in the east, until Kyiv recaptured it during its counteroffensive last fall.Ukrainian Army Land Forces Commander General Oleks...

Police searching for armed home invasion suspects in Brookline

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

An active investigation is underway in Brookline after police say masked suspects broke into a home while armed early Tuesday morning and assaulted the person who lived there.Officers responding to a reported armed home invasion in the area of 45 Warren St. around 2 a.m. learned multiple masked people forced their way into a house and assaulted the person inside, according to the Brookline Police Department.There is evidence that indicates a firearm was discharged during the incident. There is an active search for the suspects.No additional information was immediately available.https://twitter.com/BrooklineMAPD/status/1681219422109802501This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Editorial: Tackle Mass & Cass today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

When kids can’t play football it’s time to say enough! We’ve reached the point when this state needs to come together to fix all that’s wrong with Mass and Cass.As the Herald reported, needles, human feces and other trash that litter the 8-acre Clifford Park are the driving factor behind the increasing lack of interest from players and parents to participate in a city Pop Warner program. The park is just blocks away from Mass & Cass.Philanthropist hero Ernie Boch Jr., as we first reported, is kicking in $15,000 to rescue the upcoming season for the kids. “The situation – it’s just so difficult,” Boch said, in part. He’s one of Greater Boston’s unsung heroes who make living here a privilege.There is no easy solution to the opioid epidemic. It’s not going to help to point fingers, but when kids suffer it’s time to step up the brainstorming. Mayor Michelle Wu has an opportunity here to jump in and be a leader, but she can&...

Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts 12,000 years old from natural disasters and looters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

VERNON PARISH, La. (AP) — Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the area as long as 12,000 years ago have become more exposed and vulnerable, due to hurricanes, flooding and looters. This summer, archaeologists have been gingerly digging up the ground at the Vernon Parish site in the Kisatchie National Forest. They have been sifting through dirt to unearth and preserve the evidence of prehistoric occupation of the area.“The site appears to have been continuously occupied throughout prehistory, as evidenced by a wide range of stone tools and pottery dating to each Native American cultural era up to European contact,” the U.S. Forest Service said in an news release. The site was found by surveyors in 2003, according to the Forest Service. After hurricanes Laura and Delta uprooted trees, disturbing and exposing some of the artifacts, Kisatchie National Forest officials used hurricane relief money to begin ...

Belarus arrests a prominent journalist in continued crackdown on dissent

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist working with the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown on opposition figures, independent journalists and human rights activists.The Belarusian Association of Journalists said Ihar Karnei, 55, was arrested in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Monday. His apartment was raided, with police seizing phones and computers, Karnei’s daughter, Polina, told The Associated Press. The authorities have offered no explanation for the arrest and the searches. However, RFE/RL has been labeled extremist in Belarus, and working with it or spreading its content is punishable by up to seven years in prison. Karnei has worked with RFE/RL’s Belarusian and Russian services since 2000, but hasn’t been using his byline in recent years. Belarus’ oldest and most prominent human rights group, Viasna, reported that Karnei has been placed in the Akrestina pretrial detention center,...

Thousands died in the Philippines’ ‘war on drugs.’ An international probe will now go ahead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Tuesday that an investigation into the Philippines’ so-called “war on drugs” can resume, rejecting Manila’s objections to the case going ahead at the global court.The court’s investigation was suspended in late 2021 after the Philippines said it was already probing the same allegations and argued that the ICC — a court of last resort — therefore didn’t have jurisdiction.The Philippines launched its appeal after judges in January agreed with the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, that deferring the investigation to Manila was “not warranted.” At the time, judges ruled that the domestic proceedings did not amount to “tangible, concrete and progressive investigative steps in a way that would sufficiently mirror the court’s investigation.”At a hearing Tuesday, Presiding Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said that the five-judge appeals panel, in a majority decision, agreed and rejected the Phi...

The Biden administration announces a cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and major consumer technology players on Tuesday launched an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and labeling program in place to help consumers choose smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking.Officials likened the new U.S. Cyber Trust Mark initiative — to be overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, with industry participation voluntary — to the Energy Star program, which rates appliances’ energy efficiency.“It will allow Americans to confidently identify which internet- and Bluetooth-connected devices are cybersecure,” deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger told reporters in a pre-announcement briefing. She listed Amazon, Best Buy, Google, Samsung and Logitech as among industry participants.Devices including baby monitors, home security cameras, fitness trackers, TVs, refrigerators and smart climate control systems that meet the U.S. government’s cybersecurity requirements will bear the “Cyber...

PHOTOS: Australian sailor and his dog lost at sea for 3 months rescued by tuna boat

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, the fishing vessel's owner said Monday.Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, was aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa in the Pacific about 1200 miles (1900 kilometers) from land when the crew of the boat from the Grupomar fleet spotted them, the company said in a statement.In this July 12, 2023 photo provided by Grupomar/Atun Tuny, Australian Tim Shaddock sits with his dog Bella after being rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, after being adrift with his dog for three months. Haddock and his dog, Bella were aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa some 1,200 miles from land when they were rescued. (Grupomar/Atun Tuny via AP)In this July 12, 2023 photo provided by Grupomar/Atun Tuny, Australian Tim Shaddock has is blood pressure taken after being rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international w...

No Powerball winner yet, jackpot hits $1 billion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold for the latest drawing.No ticket for Monday’s drawing matched the white balls 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and red Powerball 2. The jackpot was estimated at $900 million.The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing would be the third highest in U.S. history and will keep growing until someone wins. Ticket buyers have a chance at $1 billion paid out in yearly increments or a $516.8 million one-time lump sum before taxes.Three people won $2 million after matching all five numbers plus the Power Play, lottery officials said. The winning tickets were sold in Arkansas, Georgia and Texas.Five people won $1 million after matching all five numbers. The winning tickets were sold in Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania.The game’s abysmal odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to build big prizes that draw more players. The largest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion Power...

2 dead after crash on SH 71

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:40 GMT

GARFIELD, Texas (KXAN) – The Department of Public Safety said Tuesday two people died after a crash between a tanker truck and a Chevy Tahoe on State Highway 71 late Monday night. According to Austin-Travis County EMS, the crash happened around 11 p.m. in the westbound lanes of 71 near Albert Brown Drive in Garfield in Eastern Travis County.DPS told KXAN the Chevy Tahoe was crossing westbound lanes of 71 to go to Albert Brown Drive. According to DPS, the Tahoe failed to yield right of way to the Mack tanker truck and the truck's front end hit the Tahoe's right side. DPS said both the driver and the passenger of the Chevy Tahoe were pronounced dead the scene. ATCEMS said a third patient refused transport. ATCEMS said paramedics, Travis County Fire Rescue and the Austin Fire Department responded to the crash. DPS said westbound lanes of 71 were shut down overnight. A KXAN photographer at the scene said the highway reopened at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.