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Cement truck ends up in pond after rollover at Andover/North Andover town line

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

A tight squeeze on a street between Andover and North Andover led to a cement truck going off the road and into a pond on Tuesday.Crews spent the afternoon getting a Redi-Mix truck out of the water on Middleton Road after the rollover crash occurred at the town line.“Driver reported he was coming down the street, another truck came the other way, crossed over the line – when he swerved over to avoid it, he hit the soft shoulder and the truck rolled into the pond here,” North Andover Fire Chief John Weir said, telling 7NEWS.Officials said a Good Samaritan helped pull the uninjured driver from the vehicle, which had water in its cab.The truck was later recovered by the early afternoon as officials as the Department of Environmental Protection monitored for any possible hazardous material leaks.

1 person taken to hospital after car crashes near Harvard Athletic Track

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

Emergency crews responded in Brighton Tuesday after a car crashed and flipped near the Harvard Athletic Track, injuring one person. Boston police said officers responded to a call reporting a vehicle crash with a pedestrian struck shortly before 4 p.m. in the area of North Harvard Street.On scene, a car was later seen laying on its roof near the track and near bleachers in the area. Though the car was removed shortly before 5 p.m., caution tape remained in place close to the crash site. A light pole was also damaged in the area.Police said one person was taken to a hospital but said they did not know whether the person was a pedestrian or the person driving the car. Boston EMS confirmed they took a person to an area hospital by ambulance.The Harvard Athletic Track was open with people seen walking around the track as of 5 p.m. No further information was immediately available. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

2023 MLB draft, Day 3 recap: Orioles continue pitching investment, selecting six more college arms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

In the 2022 draft, the Orioles used 12 of their 22 selections on pitchers, the organization’s most through 20 rounds of any of the four drafts under executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias.They topped that in 2023. After selecting seven pitchers through the first 10 rounds Sunday and Monday, including three right-handers in the first four rounds, the Orioles drafted six more college arms on Day 3 for a total of 13 pitchers. The haul marks the 2023 draft as the largest pitching investment the Orioles have made since Elias took over in November 2018.In the first four drafts under Elias, the Orioles have displayed a clear preference for position players in early rounds, and many of them have panned out — from Adley Rutschman to Gunnar Henderson to Colton Cowser. But on Day 1, the Orioles selected Florida State right-hander Jackson Baumeister No. 63 overall, the highest they’ve drafted a pitcher since Grayson Rodriguez in 2018′s first round, befor...

Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. to miss All-Star Game as a precaution after feeling tightness in his right calf

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. will not participate in the MLB All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park as a precaution after feeling tightness in his right calf during Monday’s Home Run Derby.Robert felt the tightness during the first round of the event. He underwent an MRI in Seattle and is listed as day to day.Robert will be evaluated again before the second half of the season begins Friday in Atlanta.Robert reached the semifinals of the Home Run Derby, where he lost to Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena.He earned his first All-Star selection as the lone White Sox representative, hitting a team-leading 26 home runs. Robert is second in the American League in that category. ()

Merger ahead: Judge says Microsoft can go ahead on Activision Blizzard buy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition.U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in a ruling that the merger deserved scrutiny, noting it could be the largest in the history of the tech industry. But federal regulators were unable to show how it would cause serious harm and wouldn’t likely prevail if they took it to a full trial, she wrote.The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust laws, “has not raised serious questions regarding whether the proposed merger is likely to substantially lessen competition” between video game consoles or in the growing markets for monthly game subscriptions or cloud-based gaming, Corley said.A ruling favorable to Microsoft was not a surprise after the company’s lawyers had the upper hand in a 5-day San Francisco court hearing that ended...

Wrigley Field in the mix to host the 2025 All-Star Game — its 1st since 1990 — MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

The wait continues for the All-Star Game to return to Wrigley Field.The Chicago Cubs haven’t held the Midsummer Classic at their historic ballpark since 1990, with all but two teams — the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays — hosting since then. Six teams have received two All-Star Games in that span: the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Guardians, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged the Cubs’ interest in bringing an All-Star Game to Wrigley during a news conference with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday in Seattle. Manfred said the Atlanta Braves, who last hosted in 2000, are among the teams in the mix for the 2025 All-Star Game, and Wrigley Field and Boston’s Fenway Park also could be in play.“The level of interest in our clubs in hosting an All-Star Game is really, really high,” Manfred said. “As time goes by we’re going to l...

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ERIC TUCKER and BRIAN SLODYSKO (Associated Press)The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responding to Associated Press investigative stories on the Supreme Court, said Tuesday it was time for the justices to bring their conduct in line with the ethical standards of other branches of government.“If they just establish the basic standards of every other branch of government, it would give us much more confidence in their integrity,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said. He commented in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he was attending the NATO summit as part of the U.S. delegation.The AP published stories showing that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, aided by her staff, has advanced sales of her books through college visits over the past decade; that universities have used trips by justices as a lure for financial contributions by placing them in event rooms with wealthy donors, and that justices have taken expenses-paid teaching trips to attractive locations that a...

Ticker: Regulators reject bets on LIV Golf; Feds probe Ford Escape doors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

Bay Staters will remain unable to wager on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf after gaming regulators on rejected an application to open it up to sports betting ahead of an anticipated merger.The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Tuesday unanimously rejected a proposal filed by sports betting operator DraftKings to add the breakaway league to other gambling options.MGC Sports Wagering Operations Manager Sterl Carpenter told commissioners that the request from DraftKings sought to add LIV Golf to the golf section of the state’s sports betting catalog before the 2024 season, when it is expected to combine with the PGA Tour.Commissioners mentioned a handful of reasons for shooting down the application, including a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust review of the proposed merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. They also referenced LIV Golf’s financial support from the government of Saudi Arabia, which has faced allegations of numerous human rights violations.Feds probe Ford Esc...

BofA to pay $250M in fake account, fee policies 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

NEW YORK — Bank of America will reimburse customers more than $100 million and pay $150 million in fines for “double-dipping” on overdraft fees, withholding reward bonuses on credit cards and opening accounts without customer consent.Combined, it is one of the highest financial penalties in years against Bank of America, which has largely spent the last 15 years trying to clean up its reputation and market itself to the public as a bank focused on financial health and not on overdraft fee income and financial trickery.BofA must refund $100 million to customers, pay $90 million in penalties to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and $60 million to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.“Bank of America wrongfully withheld credit card rewards, double-dipped on fees, and opened accounts without consent,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, in a statement. “These practices are illegal and undermine customer trust.”Empowered by a broad mandate...

Alberta calls on federal government to help Indigenous communities with opioid crisis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:54 GMT

WINNIPEG — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the federal government is failing when it comes to some of the big issues in its jurisdiction, particularly Indigenous health care.Speaking at the annual premiers’ conference on Tuesday, Smith said provincial leaders have a shared frustration with Ottawa.“The federal government continues to intervene in our areas of jurisdiction, continues to try to dictate how we operate our programs and policies and yet they fail in their areas of jurisdiction,” she told reporters in Winnipeg.“We’ve got a lot of big issues that the federal government needs to deal with — for instance on the issue of Indigenous health. They are completely failing Indigenous communities in supporting them in urban environments and in supporting them in the mental-health and addiction crisis.”On Monday, Treaty 6 First Nations in Western Canada declared a state of emergency over rising opioid deaths and called on all levels of governmen...