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Crews respond after fire breaks out at church in Spencer, Mass.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

Emergency crews in Spencer, Mass., are working to put out a fire burning through a church in the center of town.The Spencer Police Department shared multiple photos of the First Congregational UCC steeple showing heavy smoke around 3 p.m. on Friday.Authorities asked the public to avoid the area as fire crews responded to the place of worship at 207 Main Street.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.Image provided by the Spencer Police Department

‘You’re a dead man walking’: Franklin, NH man faces federal charges for threatening to shoot a senator

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

A Franklin, New Hampshire man was charged with threatening to murder a United States senator, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Hampshire announced Friday.Brian Landry, 66, allegedly called a district field office of a senator and left a voicemail on May 17, 2023 that threatened the official “in connection with the official’s performance of official duties,” according to court documents. Investigators determined the phone number was associated with Landry.“Hey stupid. I’m a veteran sniper,” Landry allegedly said in the voicemail, “and unless you change your ways, I got my scope pointed in your direction and I’m coming to get you. You’re a dead man walking….,” followed by multiple expletivesWhile he admitted to calling the senator’s office, he “did not initially recall exactly what he said in the voicemail,” the U.S. Attorney’s office announced. Landry appeared in court Friday afternoon and faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to 3 years of supervise...

Wegmans closing its Natick Mall store: ‘We are unable to attract enough customers’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

Wegmans’ massive multi-level store at the Natick Mall will be shutting down this summer, according to company officials who said they couldn’t attract enough customers to the non-traditional site.The Natick grocery store opened in 2018, and was Wegmans’ first multi-level store within a major mall. The 134,000-square-foot store is one of the company’s largest locations.“Making these decisions is never easy,” Brien MacKendrick, human resources director of the Wegmans New England division, said in a statement. “However, we do it for the long-term benefit of our people, our customers, and our communities.“Unfortunately, with this non-traditional location we are unable to attract enough customers for our business model to work,” MacKendrick added.The store is set to close this summer, with an exact date to be determined. Store employees were notified throughout the day, and were assured their positions with the company are secure.Ther...

Ticker: Hiring jumped last month; Chase Bank online bug; error message for some ‘Diablo IV’ players

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of enduring strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.Friday’s report from the government reflected the job market’s resilience after more than a year of aggressive interest rate increases by the Fed.Bug in Chase Bank online banking causing double transactions, feesCustomers of Chase’s online banking services were seeing double transactions, fees and/or payments in their accounts, with the situation not immediately being resolved as of early afternoon on Friday.Numerous Chase customers were posting on social media that their rent or bill payments were taken out of their accounts twice and reporting hold times with customer service approaching more than an hour. Transactions over Zelle were also being impacted.Some ‘Diablo IV’ players report invalid license error messageEarly access for “Diablo IV” ...

Review: ‘Diablo IV’ has the content and quality to take over your life this summer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

No one ever finishes a video game anymore. The way projects are made and planned out, players can never be really done with an adventure. Games, especially those made by Blizzard, are entities that change and evolve over time. You don’t complete Blizzard games, you live with them for however long the content interests you or your wallet allows.That’s what fans will face with “Diablo IV.” It’s an enormous game that takes the franchise’s signature hack-and-slash dungeon dives and envisions them in an open world. The Sanctuary that players step into is expansive and traveling through it is seamless as players explore the continent through the campaign’s six chapters.THE STORY SO FAR …In a way, this entry is almost like a reboot. It starts 50 years after the explosive finale of “Diablo III,” and in a way, it serves as a clean slate telling a new chapter, one in which the title villain takes back seat to the new big bad — Lilith, the daughter of Mephisto, the Lord of Hatred. She and the ...

Afternoon Briefing: What to know about the Bears’ possible stadium move

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

Good afternoon, Chicago.Chicago Bears officials met with Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli this morning to discuss the possibility of abandoning their plans for a new stadium development in Arlington Heights in favor of building it in Naperville.Plans to build “the largest single development project in Illinois history” are “at risk” in Arlington Heights, the Bears said in a statement they released Friday in conjunction with their meeting.What to know about the possible stadium move from Soldier Field.Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/breaking and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices.Subscribe to more newsletters | Puzzles & Games | Daily horoscope | Ask AmyFrom Taylor Swift to several sporting events: Traffic and big crowds arrive in Chicago this weekendChicago will be bustling with sporting and live entertainment events all weekend, prompting officials and orga...

Travel: Ever wanted to sail to a private island? Here’s how you can

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

As cruise lines vie for industry supremacy in myriad categories onboard, they’re also playing a game of one-upmanship onshore. Private islands, those secluded oases of fun and sun that await cruisers on many warm-weathered itineraries, are as much a keeping-up-with-the-Joneses thing as who has the best waterslides, thrill rides, culinary program, entertainment and, yes, even bedding.Cruise lines have owned or operated private isles for nearly half a century, but perhaps at no other time has the development of these secluded sanctuaries been so feverish. From Central America and the South Pacific to the Caribbean and coast of southern Africa, more than a dozen are in the construction, expansion, renovation or planning phase.This collective order of full speed ahead by the industry is steel drum music to the ears of cruise vacationers looking for a happy medium between all the seeing and doing options while in port and a relaxing sea day. Because most private islands operate as extens...

Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM (Associated Press/Report for America)FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.The change was the most prominent in a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations that had been named after confederate soldiers.The Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted nationwide after Floyd’s killing by a white police officer, coupled with ongoing efforts to remove Confederate monuments, turned the spotlight on the Army installations. A naming commission created by Congress visited the bases and met with members of the surrounding communities for input.“We were given a mission, we accomplished that mission and we made ourselves better,” Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, the c...

Official: Building partially collapses in New Haven; 7 sent to hospital, 1 in serious condition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

A building in New Haven partially collapsed on Friday afternoon, trapping five people inside, a city official confirmed.A spokesman for Yale New Haven Hospital said the facility was treating treating seven patients and expected an eighth to arrive. Six of the people were being evaluated and treated; one was listed in serious condition, the spokesman said.Multiple emergency crews are responded to the building on Lafayette Street which is located at a construction site, said Rick Fontana, New Haven’s director of emergency operations.According to Fontana, people initially were trapped inside after the second floor dropped onto the first level. All of the victims were rescued as of 1:50 p.m., according to first responders at the scene.A photo from the collapsed building in New Haven on June 2, 2023.Fontana said that six people were injured, according to WTNH. A spokesman for Yale New Haven Hospital said the injured victims would be transported there.According to Fontana, the build...

San Diego coast 'unlikely' to see clearing of marine layer the next few days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:05:15 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Warmer temperatures but hazy skies -- that's what the National Weather Service says may be in store for San Diegans this weekend.The second day of June brought morning drizzle to several areas throughout San Diego County. NWS data shows light precipitation fell from the sky in Pine Valley, Poway, Valley Center, Escondido, Encinitas, Vista, Carlsbad and Oceanside, among other areas early Friday.The cause of that dampness, according to NWS, was a deep marine layer. The marine layer explained: Why San Diego’s coastal areas are foggy "June Gloom" has followed "May Gray" and weather officials say the San Diego coast is "unlikely to see clearing" the next few days. On the contrary, the marine layer will become more shallow with low clouds not extending as far inland, according to NWS predictions.Despite the gloom that's become all too familiar for San Diegans this spring season, weather officials forecast temperatures to rise a few degrees each day for inland areas over the...