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Bombing survivors throw out first pitch at 10th annual Krystle Campbell Softball Tournament in Medford

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

The 10th annual softball tournament in Medford benefiting a scholarship in memory of Boston Marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell drew a crowd of spectators and some survivors, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch together.Campbell, a former softball player at Medford High School, was 29 years old when she was among those who died in the bombings on Boylston Street in 2013.A moment of silence for Campbell and all of the other victims was held prior to the game. Many of those gathered wore sunflowers, Campbell’s favorite flower.

Showers overnight, even cooler Sunday

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

After record-breaking heat the past few days, cooler weather remains in the forecast as two weather systems look to send temperatures back to reality. Overnight tonight, a weak low pressure system will slide through Southern New England, bringing scattered showers to the area. An isolated thunderstorm or two is also possible. Showers will start moving in to southeastern New England after 10pm, and become more widespread after midnight. By Sunday morning, most of the shower activity is expected to diminish, with cool, cloudy conditions expected for the rest of Sunday. A cold front arrives Monday afternoon and it will reinforce the cooler conditions midweek. High temperatures will range in the 50s and 60s for the entire week.

Top Secret leaker case: New Jack Teixeira details revealed in search warrant affidavit

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

A 20-page FBI application for a search warrant at the home where Jack Teixeira was arrested provides more details on the case of leaked documents, including that the fellow forum user who reported him to the feds saw a video of him shooting an old Soviet pistol.Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested at 1841 Maple St. in North Dighton Thursday. The E-3/Airman First Class for the Massachusetts Air National Guard was charged the next day in federal court in Boston with two charges: unauthorized removal and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or materials.Teixeira was the leader of a Discord server — which is what the gaming-dominated social media platform calls individual groups or forums — that the feds say illegally hosted more than 40 images “which contain various classification markings, including documents marked at the ‘TOP SECRET’ level, and which appear to depict U.S. Government classified national defense informa...

Magic aspiring to become playoff team while knowing more will be required

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

The Orlando Magic set the tone for their 2022-23 campaign at the end of last season when coach Jamahl Mosley said this past year, in part, would be about “leveling up one more.”The Magic lived up to that standard, making several improvements that resulted in a 34-48 record — a 12-win improvement from the previous season.Their objective for 2023-24 already has been set.“Playoffs,” center Wendell Carter Jr. responded when asked what the standard for success will be for next season.He added: “Guys don’t like to look at it as, ‘We got to make the playoffs,’ or ‘We got to win a champion to be successful.’ But we’re at a pretty good point where we can say that now. Guys want to win now. That comes with winning — making it to the playoffs.”The league’s playoffs started Saturday. And for the third consecutive year and ninth time in 11 seasons, they didn’t feature the Magic.Orlando’s focus g...

Boston should hire a rat ‘czar,’ council president says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

Boston could follow New York City’s lead in appointing a rat czar, a high-paying job that would focus on eradicating rodents.This rat bureau chief would oversee all aspects of the city’s pest-control operations, working closely with municipal departments, residents and civic organizations “to hopefully one day eliminate rats in Boston,” said Council President Ed Flynn, who made the recommendation.Flynn said he is still doing research to determine what the job would look like in Boston, which involves studying the rat czar position appointed by New York City Mayor Eric Adams this past Wednesday. He plans to take the train there “sometime in the next 30 days” to observe the Big Apple’s pest-control operation.Prior to selecting anti-rat activist Kathleen Corradi for the $155,000 position, New York sought “bloodthirsty” applicants with “killer instincts” who could commit to the “wholesale slaughter of rats,” the Associated Press reported.“I have followed the work they’re doing closely,”...

Brandon Nimmo plays hero with clutch RBI double as Mets take series from A’s

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

OAKLAND — Brandon Nimmo played the hero on Saturday against the Oakland A’s, beating one of his former Mets teammates in a 3-2 win.There appeared to be a hangover effect of sorts for the Mets after a long, eventful game Friday night. The Mets took the series opener 17-6 but it didn’t feel like much of a win with the way the pitching staff was taxed and the elbow injury to Stephen Nogosek.Much of the second game of the series felt like a slog, but once the Mets (9-6) got to the Oakland bullpen they were able to get what they needed for the victory.With two out and one on and the game tied 2-2 in the seventh inning, Nimmo took the first pitch he saw from former Mets’ right-hander Trevor May and pulled it down the line for an RBI double. Tim Locastro came home for the go-ahead run.Carlos Carrasco only allowed two earned runs, with both coming in the second inning, before settling down through the next three.The two runs were almost enough. The Mets had only mana...

Online gaming chats have long been spy risk for US military

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it: young troops immersed in the world of online games, using government-funded gaming machines or their own consoles.The enthusiasm military personnel have for gaming — and the risk that carries — is in the spotlight after Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was charged with illegally taking and posting highly classified material in a geopolitical chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers.State secrets can be illegally shared in countless different ways, from whispered conversations and dead drops to myriad social media platforms. But online gaming forums have long been a particular worry of the military because of their lure for young service members. And U.S. officials are limited in how closely they can monitor those forums to make sure nothing on them threatens national security.“The social media world a...

Name-that-tune game Heardle dropped by Spotify after a year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after the music-streaming giant acquired it. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Heardle,” Spotify said Saturday in a statement. A similar announcement was posted on the Heardle homepage. First appearing in February 2022 amid a surge of games that used the format of Wordle, which the New York Times bought in January of that year, Heardle plays fleeting moments of a song and challenges users to see how quickly they can guess it. Saturday’s mystery song was (spoiler alert) 1998’s “Why Don’t You Get a Job” by the Offspring. After Spotify bought Heardle in July, users could go from revealing the song to playing it on the app. That sort of music discovery, or rediscovery, was Spotify’s intention in acquiring the game from its creators, according to the blog post announcing the acquisition....

Kamala Harris rallies as high court eyes abortion pill rules

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday urged Americans to take action during “a critical point in our nation’s history” as thousands of protesters demonstrated across the country against new limits to abortion rights making their way through the courts.Saturday’s nationwide rallies were sparked by the U.S. Supreme Court’s actions the day before, when the high court intervened to delay rule changes that would have limited the way the abortion drug mifepristone could be used and dispensed. The limits were paused while the court reviews the case more thoroughly.Harris made a surprise stop in Los Angeles at one of the rallies, where she called the latest upheaval over abortion rights a further incursion by conservatives into myriad “fundamental rights” many Americans thought they had.“And so this is a moment that history will show required each of us — based on our collective love of our country — to stand up, and fight for, and protect our ideals. That’s what this ...

Police investigate after body pulled from water along Toronto lakefront

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:11:50 GMT

Police are investigating the discovery of a body along Toronto’s lakeshore. Police, along with the Marine Unit, were notified just after 6 p.m. Saturday of a body in the water in the area of York Street and Queens Quay, just west of the ferry terminal. “The body will be transported to the Coroners office to determine the identity and cause of death,” police said in a tweet. Police would not say if foul play is suspected at this time.