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More than 1,000 pay tribute to Maine’s mass shooting victims on day of prayer, reflection on tragedy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — More than 1,000 people gathered Sunday evening for a vigil to remember those killed and injured in Maine’s worst mass shooting, some putting their heads in their hands as the 18 names of those who died were read. Others quietly wept.The vigil at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston came two days after the body of suspected gunman Robert Card was found. The 40-year-old’s body was discovered in a trailer at a recycling center in Lisbon Falls. Card died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound though it was unclear when, authorities said. Card was also suspected of injuring 13 people in the shooting rampage Wednesday night in Lewiston.Christian leaders along with a rabbi and an imam spoke of the pain from the shooting but also the healing process and the resilience of the community of 40,000. There was also a speaker from Lewiston’s deaf and hard of hearing community who spoke, since four of its...

Wellesley Starbucks boarded up after driver slammed into storefront

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

A Wellesley Starbucks location was boarded up and closed Sunday after a car smashed into the front of the coffee shop Saturday afternoon. The crash on Linden Street happened around 5:30 p.m., according to the Wellesley Police Department. A day later, employees who work in the area described the moment of impact in conversations with 7NEWS. “I heard a loud crash,” said one person. “It sounded as though a dumpster was being emptied.” Employees in the area said they ran out to see what happened. Police said two people inside the vehicle were ultimately taken to a hospital as a precaution. No Starbucks patrons or employees were hit. “Thank God no one was hurt and thank God that my kids and myself weren’t in the building when that happened,” said Haady Taslim, who shops in the plaza where this crash happened. Witnesses said there was a couple inside the car that drove into the shop.After this incident, people in the area said the situation serves as a remind...

Aid arrives at Gaza, Israel widens military offensive

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products.The Gaza Health Ministry, controlled by Hamas, said the death toll among Palestinians passed 8,000, mostly women and minors, as Israeli tanks and infantry pursued what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a “second stage” in the war ignited by Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 incursion.The toll is without precedent in decades of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Over 1,400 people have died on the Israeli side, mainly civilians killed during the initial attack, also an unprecedented figure.Communications were restored to most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people Sunday after an Israeli bombardment described by residents as the most intense of the war knocke...

Multi-acre brush fire breaks out near Lower Otay Lake

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Cal Fire crews are battling a multi-acre brush fire that broke out near the Lower Otay Lake Sunday afternoon.As of 4 p.m., the fire was estimated to have burned about 15 acres. It is moving at a moderate rate of spread with the potential to reach 75 acres, the department said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.Cal Fire Cpt. Brent Pascua says that hand crews will likely be used to cut out the blaze, as well as an aircraft dropping on the fire from overhead.No structures or homes are threatened at this time, officials say.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Three wounded in shooting at a mall in Chula Vista

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Three people were wounded Saturday night in a shooting at a Chula Vista shopping mall, police said.According to the Chula Vista Police Department, several calls came in around 7:15 p.m. reporting of shots fired at Novo Brazil, located in the Otay Ranch Town Center. Several Chula Vista police officers responded to the scene along with officers from the San Diego and National City Police Departments. The mall was immediately locked down while officers secured the scene and searched for victims. ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dead at 54: reports Three gunshot victims were located, and all were transported to hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, police said. The lockdown was lifted after officers determined there was not an active shooter."Initial indications are that the shooting was not an active shooter and was not random," CVPD said, adding that there was reportedly a dispute between two groups.There is believed to be one shooting suspect who fled with a small ...

Robert Brustein, theater critic and pioneer who founded stage programs for Yale and Harvard, dies

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Brustein, a giant in the theatrical world as critic, playwright, crusader for artistic integrity and founder of two of the leading regional theaters in the country, has died. He was 96.Brustein died on Sunday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to an emailed statement from Gideon Lester, the artistic director and chief executive of the Fisher Center at Bard University and a decades’ long family friend. Lester said he heard the news from Brustein’s his wife, Doreen Beinart.Known as a passionate and provocative theater advocate who pushed for boundary-breaking works and for classics to be adventurously modernized, Brustein founded both the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard.Some of the works he championed upset critics and playgoers unused to nontraditional productions, but he was unapologetic. “I know I’m out of step,” he told The New York Times in 2001. “I’m so out of step I’m almost in s...

Unifor says tentative deal reached with St. Lawrence Seaway authority

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

Unifor says it has reached a tentative agreement with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. during negotiations to end a strike that began Oct. 22.More to come

‘This is about human beings’: Vigil held in Toronto for Hamas attack victims

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

A vigil was held Sunday in Toronto by members of the Jewish community to honour the memory of those who were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks and to demand the immediate return of those kidnapped. Canadians for Israel organized the event at Earl Bales Park alongside the Holocaust Memorial and many took the time to share personal stories with a connection to Israel.“This is my daughter’s roommate she was at the music festival,” said one woman while holding a poster of Mia Schem. “Twenty-one years old, was dancing and singing for peace and she’s now being held hostage by Hamas.”Others, like Felicia Gopin, shared their pain of wanting to help bring their loved ones back home. She says her friend was taken by Hamas while her cousin was killed in the October 7th attack.“My friend Alongat, his wife Yarden Roman and their three-year-old daughter Geffen, along with Alon’s sister Carmel …they were kidnapped, they were being driven to Gaza,” s...

Grandson of Chicago community activist among 9 injured in Indianapolis shooting that left 1 dead

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS — An investigation is underway after a woman was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting after a party in Indianapolis on Sunday morning. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the incident happened around midnight in the 5100 block of East 65th Street.When officers arrived on the scene, they heard gunshots in the area and saw a large crowd of people fleeing. 15 shot at Halloween party in North Lawndale: CPD Officers say ten victims suffered gunshot wounds, including a woman who was fatally injured. Her identity has not been released.Police say all of the other victims are between the ages of 16 and 22 and are not in critical condition.According to police, there had been a large gathering of teenagers and young adults in the area when gunfire broke out.“This Halloween event was specifically promoted and geared towards teens and young adults,” IMPD Assistant Chief Chris Bailey said. “We also need to hold accountable those who organize t...

'Moving Day Chicago' back for 12th year raising funds for Parkinson's

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:17 GMT

CHICAGO -- For the 12th year in a row, more than a thousand people gathered for the 'Moving Day Chicago,' to raise awareness for Parkinson's Disease. "We bring together people in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana," Wes Braun from the Parkinson's Foundation Midwest Advisory Board said. Braun's first interaction with Parkinsons came in 2012, when doctors gave his mom her diagnosis. " She still works every day. she’s been in public schools for 30 years. She's a rock, her motto is that ‘everybody has something’ so she doesn’t woe is me about her diagnosis and she’s always trying to figure out ways to move so," Braun said.He and his sisters started their own team, what they call 'Moving for Mom' to rally support for her and the community."She boxes to combat the disease and stay up on the latest research by eating the right foods, so she works really hard to combat her diagnosis and disease," Braun said. For Shari Wolf and her husband Tom, the first is just beginning, now two years since T...