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Deaf community holds vigil at Malden bowling alley for local man killed in Lewiston shootings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

A tight-knit deaf community in Malden remembered a local man on Monday night, who was one of their own killed in the Maine mass shootings last week.Dozens came together in Malden at bowling alley Town Line Luxury Lanes to honor the Steve Vozella father of two. He was playing in a cornhole tournament for deaf athletes in Lewiston when he was shot and killed.“It’s been difficult,” his son Andrew Vozzella said. “I’m a first responder in Texas, and we always say this will never happen to us, until it did. Quite frankly, I’m still awaiting to grieve and process.”Steve grew up in Chelsea and graduated from the Beverly School for the Deaf. His son said he’s overwhelmed by all of the support.“The deaf community, the best way to describe it, is we’re one family. We support each other. We’ll be here for each other,” Andrew said. “I did not think this many people would be here. I know my father would love it. He would love what’s going on here to...

7 Investigates: Handled With Care? Live Baby Chickens Shipped in the Mail 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

Shocking and disturbing pictures you’ll see on just one station: live newborn chickens an insider tells 7 Investigates are being shipped across the country — arriving in Boston dead or in boxes that are crushed. Dave Puglisi has the story.Dead baby chickens. Loose chicks. Smashed boxes. 7 Investigates is told this is how some young birds arrive at Logan Airport after being shipped by hatcheries.“It takes my breath away,” an anonymous tipster said. The man, who works at Logan but doesn’t want to be identified, says he started documenting what he says are shocking and heartbreaking deliveries.  A box labeled “live birds” is smashed under a larger box.Boxes appear to have been tossed around.  A box is filled with dead chicks.“You never know what you’re gonna see when you open up the door. It’s almost like you gasp,” the tipster said.  How can this happen?The U.S. Postal Service allows da...

Chicago Bears injury news: QB Justin Fields will miss his 3rd straight game, plus Jaquan Brisker and Tremaine Edmunds updates

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus met with reporters Monday at Halas Hall to recap Sunday’s 30-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.Here are three things Eberflus said about key injuries.1. Tyson Bagent will make a 3rd consecutive start against the New Orleans Saints.Eberflus said quarterback Justin Fields will miss a third straight game Sunday as he continues his recover from a dislocated right thumb. Eberflus classified Fields as “week to week” with the injury he suffered Oct. 15 against the Minnesota Vikings.Eberflus said Fields is “improving” but wouldn’t say whether he has tried throwing as he works to regain his grip strength.“I’m not going to get into particulars, but he is progressing,” Eberflus said. “We like where he is right now.”Fields traveled with the Bears to SoFi Stadium and was on the sideline for the Chargers game.Undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent completed 25 of 37 passes for 232 yards with no touchdown ...

Bruins notch exhilirating comeback win over Panthers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

The Bruins notched their best characer win of the young season, scratching back from a two-goal deficit, climbing over some serious in-game adversity and pulling out a 3-2 overtime win over the Florida Panthers at the Garden on Monday.Pavel Zacha scored with 1:24 left in overtime to lift the B’s to a victory that seemed improbable earlier in the night. Linus Ullmark, meanwhile, made 36 saves for the win.After a brutal first period in which they went down 2-0, the B’s found their footing in the second with a goal and then Charlie McAvoy tied it up at 7:20 of the third period off a beautiful rush. Pavel Zacha made a nice touch pass to David Pastrnak, whi had speed going thrugh the neutral zone. Pastrnak sliced from left to right through the offensive zone and sifted a pass to the rushing McAvoy, who flipped his second in as many games past Sergei Bobrovsky.But McAvoy put his team in a hole with a hit to the head on Oliver Ekman-Larson in the head with the puck nowhere clos...

Jaylen Brown scores 36 points as Celtics dominate Wizards, start 3-0

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

As good as the Celtics were last season, they proved to be maddeningly frustrating at certain times.Both in the regular season and playoffs, they routinely lost games they shouldn’t. They made a habit of playing down to inferior opponents.Monday night in Washington, D.C., would have been a prime example. After two exciting, high-profile victories against the Knicks and Heat to start the season, last season’s Celtics may have suffered a letdown against the rebuilding Wizards.Not so much this time.In what may be a sign of the Celtics’ improved maturity, they handled business easily. Jaylen Brown scored 36 points and Jayson Tatum had 33 – both in just three quarters – as the C’s blitzed the Wizards from the opening tip and never looked back in a dominant 126-107 victory that was more lopsided than the final score indicated.The Celtics led 37-11 at one stage in the first quarter, scored 77 points in the first half and led by as many as 37 points late in the third quarter as they had abs...

How Andre Drummond can see more consistent playing time for the Chicago Bulls by honing his role in the offense

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

Andre Drummond is looking to forge a more consistent role with the Chicago Bulls this season.Last season was unpredictable for Drummond. When he was on the court, he gave the Bulls a presence around the rim, finishing second on the team with 6.6 rebounds per game despite averaging less than 13 minutes. But his playing time was rarely consistent.Drummond would go weeks without getting more than six minutes in a game — even sitting out as a healthy scratch for five of seven games in mid-January — then would turn around to log more than 15 minutes the following week.When Drummond exercised his $3.36 million player option for 2023-24 in June, he sat down with coach Billy Donovan to define more specific expectations for this season.“We really took a deep dive into what I can do to help this team on both ends of the court,” Drummond said. “My passing ability, being able to get our guys open when I do have the ball, (being able) to set screens and duck in and ...

Evanston teen taken hostage by Hamas returns home

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

EVANSTON, Ill. — An Evanston teen who was taken hostage by Hamas during its raid on Israel has returned home. Natalie Raanan, who was taken hostage during the Oct. 7 raid on Israel by Hamas, was released on Oct. 20, for humanitarian reasons after an agreement between the Palestinian militant group and the Qatari government. Mother, daughter from Evanston who were held hostage by Hamas have been released According to the Consul General of Israel to the Midwest, Yinam Cohen, Natalie returned home to Evanston on Monday. “I am relieved to see Natalie back home in Chicago. Her family members have been anxiously waiting for her return, and today I am sharing their happiness," Cohen said in a statement on Monday evening. "While we’re celebrating Natalie’s return, we remember the 239 hostages, among them babies, children, women, and the elderly, who are still held by Hamas in Gaza.“ For more coverage of the Israel and Hamas Conflict, click here Natalie and her mother, Jud...

Driver killed after crashing into utility pole, home in Palatine

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

PALATINE, Ill — A person is dead after a crash in the northwest suburbs on Monday afternoon, according to police.Police say the crash happened at the intersection of South Quentin Road and West Hillside Street just before 3 p.m. in Palatine. City to use shuttered Kmart as migrant shelter after reversing course According to police, the victim, a female who suffered fatal injuries, was the only person involved.It is currently unclear what caused the crash but police say the driver hit several objects including a utility pole and a home in the area.The home that was hit in the crash suffered damage but police say it is still habitable.Palatine police say the Major Case Assistance Team’s Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction unit was called to help investigate the deadly crash.

Maine mass shooter's family contacted sheriff 5 months before rampage: police

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

EWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the sheriff that they were becoming “concerned” about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday.After the alert, the Sagadohoc County Sheriff's Office reached out to officials of Robert Card’s Army Reserve unit, which assured deputies that they would speak to Card and make sure he got medical attention, Sheriff Joel Merry said.The family’s concern about Card's mental health dated back to early this year before the sheriff's office was contacted in May, marking the earliest in a string of interactions that police had with the 40-year-old firearms instructor before he marched into a bowling alley and then a bar in Lewiston last Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others.He was found two days later with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an intensive search spanning two days that caused shelter-in-place orders and...

Mayo Clinic’s latest therapy animal? Why, a miniature horse, of course

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:30:45 GMT

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Every once in a while, a notable celebrity will appear on Mayo Clinic’s campus in downtown Rochester. But when Munchkin shows up, Whitney Romine says “it’s like bringing a rock star into the building.”“The response has been very exuberant,” said Romine, Mayo Clinic’s Animal-Assisted Services coordinator. “There is a little bit of (an) element of novelty to it.”At 2 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 115 pounds with a white coat, mane and tail, Munchkin the miniature horse is the first equine therapy animal to volunteer at the Mayo Clinic Hospital campus. (Another mini horse, Baron, currently visits Mayo Clinic Hospice residents.)Munchkin’s owner, Amanda Peters, has had him since he was 3 months old.“He came to live with us with his mom, who was actually a registered therapy horse in a different state,” Peters said. “He was about 25 pounds when we first got him.”Munchkin has dwarfism, ...