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New Hampshire man pleads guilty to making threatening call to U.S. House member

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has pleaded guilty to making a threatening phone call to a member of Congress.Allan Poller, 24, was a Keene State College student when he was accused of calling the office of a U.S. House member in March and leaving a message with his name and phone number saying, “If you keep on coming for the gays, we’re gonna strike back,” and “We will kill you if that’s what it takes.” The representative was not identified.U.S. Attorney Jane Young said Thursday the man pleaded guilty to using interstate commerce to transmit a threat of injury. He told authorities he had been drinking and left the message after becoming angry while watching TikTok videos.He faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 18.

Horses seized from Plympton home amid animal abuse investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

The Plympton Police Department and the MSPCA are investigating after horses were taken into custody from a home in Plympton amid an animal abuse investigation, an official said.Officers responding to reports of possible animal abuse and neglect executed a warrant at the home on Thursday, according to Plympton Police Chief Matthew Ahl.The MSPCA took custody of the horses and the investigation is active and ongoing, Ahl said.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Week 6 high school football schedule

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

FRIDAY’S GAMESEnglish/New Mission vs. Latin Academy, 4 (White)Salem at Lynn Classical, 5Milton at Walpole, 5:45Attleboro at Stoughton, 6Brookline at Natick, 6Concord-Carlisle at Westford Academy, 6Falmouth at Dennis-Yarmouth, 6Holliston at Medfield, 6Martha’s Vineyard at Monomoy, 6Medford at Everett, 6Nashoba Tech vs. Tech Boston, 6 (Roberts)New Bedford at Bridgewater-Raynham, 6North Andover at Lawrence, 6Norwood at Ashland, 6O’Bryant vs. Roxbury Prep, 6 (WR)Revere at Somerville, 6St. John’s Prep at Malden Catholic, 6Watertown at Wakefield, 6Wellesley at Newton North, 6Weymouth at Framingham, 6Barnstable at Mansfield, 6:30Bedford at Newton South, 6:30Bishop Feehan at Cardinal Spellman, 6:30Braintree at Needham, 6:30Canton at Masconomet, 6:30Dighton-Rehoboth at Apponequet, 6:30Dover-Sherborn at Millis, 6:30Dracut/Innovation vs. Brighton, 6:30 (Daly)Hamilton-Wenham at Essex Tech, 6:30Lynnfield at Amesbury, 6:30Middleboro at Norwell, 6:30Newburyport at Pentucket...

Russian authorities detain 3 lawyers for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after raids

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities on Friday detained three lawyers representing imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny after searching their homes, the politician’s allies said.The move was an attempt to “completely isolate Navalny,” his ally Ivan Zhdanov said on social media. Navalny, 47, has been behind bars since January 2021, serving a 19-year prison sentence but has been able to get messages out regularly and keep up with the news. The raids targeting Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser are part of a criminal case on charges of participating in an extremist group, Zhdanov said. All three were detained after the search, apparently as suspects in the case, Navalny’s team said on Telegram.Independent Russian media also reported a raid at a law firm that employs another of Navalny’s lawyers, Olga Mikhailova. According to reports, she is currently not in Russia. Navalny, currently in Penal Colony No. 6 in the Vladimir region east of Moscow...

EU warns China that European public could turn more protectionist if trade deficit isn’t reduced

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — The European Union’s top foreign policy official warned Friday that public sentiment in Europe could turn more protectionist if the region’s trade deficit with China is not reduced.Josep Borrell, the EU high representative for foreign affairs, called for improved access for European companies that want to export to or invest in China. He said that political leaders in Europe could face pressure from voters to disengage from the world’s second-largest economy. “And we don’t want to disengage and much less, much less, to decouple from China,” Borrell said in a speech at Peking University, one of China’s top schools.The EU trade deficit with China topped $17 billion in September, bringing the total for the first nine months of the year to $170 billion, according to Chinese trade figures released Friday.Borrell, who held talks later Friday with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, is the latest EU official to visit China as the two sides lay the...

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Antarctica’s burgeoning krill fishery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

ABOARD THE ALLANKAY off Antarctica (AP) — The frigid waters around Antarctica are emerging as a major battleground between industry and activists as advances in technology and new demand for krill as a dietary supplement drive more and more fishing of the shrimp-like crustacean.That has some scientists warning that stricter controls must be put in place so krill can continue its vital role as a buffer against climate change and sustenance for whales, penguins and other marine mammals. But any further action is mired in geopolitical wrangling as Russia and China look to quickly expand catch limits in the remote waters.Two Associated Press journalists spent more than two weeks at sea in March aboard a conservation vessel operated by Sea Shepherd Global to take a rare, up-close look at the world’s southernmost fishery.___This story was supported by funding from the Walton Family Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.___WHAT IS KRILL?Tiny but bountiful, Antarctic kril...

French media say a teacher was killed and others injured in a rare school stabbing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

PARIS (AP) — French media say that a teacher has been killed and children injured in a stabbing in a school in northern France.French President Emmanuel Macron is heading to the scene in the city of Arras.Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says that the attacker was arrested.French broadcasters France Info and BFM report that the attacker was a former student and that a teacher and two others were injured. Such school attacks are rare in France. A vice president of the lower house of parliament, Naima Moutchou, said the National Assembly “expresses its solidarity and thoughts for the victims, their families and the educational community as we learn that a teacher has been killed and several others have been injured.”The Associated Press

Climate change sees IOC aim to choose hosts of 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics at same time next July

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

MUMBAI, India (AP) — The International Olympic Committee cited concerns over climate change on Friday for its wish to pick two Winter Olympics hosts next July — putting Salt Lake City quickly into play for the 2034 edition.IOC president Thomas Bach said the Olympic body aims to pick hosts for both the 2030 and 2034 Winter Games at its meeting on the eve of the Paris Games next year.Sweden, Switzerland and France have been working on possible bids for the 2030 edition and Salt Lake City officials have long targeted 2034. That would avoid the United States hosting back-to-back Olympics after the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.The double award proposal by the Bach-chaired IOC executive board must get approval by the full membership at their annual meeting that opens Sunday. That should be a formality.The IOC has declining options for Winter Games hosts with Bach suggesting only 15 national Olympic committees across three continents meet the criteria: that they have at least 80% of ex...

Stock market today: World shares slip, oil prices soar on growing concern over the Israel-Hamas war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — World shares slipped and oil prices soared Friday on deepening concern over the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. futures edged lower, auguring more losses after a retreat Thursday driven by rising bond yields. Oil prices gained about $3 early Friday after Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate ahead of a possible ground offensive. The directive followed what the United Nations said was a warning from Israel to evacuate 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza within 24 hours.Since their summertime leap and subsequent regression a couple weeks ago, crude oil prices have been jolted by the fighting in Gaza. The worry is the violence could lead to disruptions in the supply of petroleum.A barrel of benchmark U.S. crude gained $2.97 to $85.88 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It slipped 58 cents to settle at $82.91 on Thursday. Brent crude, the international standard, surged $2.98 to $89.01...

Tens of thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast over Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:10 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and to protest against the Israeli airstrikes pounding the Gaza Strip, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict erupting as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion there. From Amman, Jordan, to Yemen’s capital, Muslims poured out onto the streets after weekly Friday prayers. At Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Israeli police had been permitting only older men, women and children to the sprawling hilltop compound for prayers, trying to prevent the potential for demonstration as tens of thousands attend on a typical Friday. An Associated Press reporter watched police allow just a Palestinian teenage girl and her mother into the compound out of 20 worshippers who tried, some of them even over the age of 50. Young Palestinian men who were refused entry gathered at the steps near Lion’s Gate, their eyes downcast, until police shouted at them and sheph...