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Austria’s Sebastian Kurz charged with making false statements

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has been charged on suspicion of making false statements during a government inquiry into the so-called Ibiza Scandal. The charges were announced Friday morning by Austria’s Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office more than two years after Kurz confirmed he was under investigation. Criminal charges were also filed against Kurz’s former head of Cabinet, Bernhard Bonelli, Austrian media reported.Kurz’s trial will start on October 18. In a statement Friday morning, Kurz said: “The allegations are false, and we look forward to it when the truth finally comes to light and the allegations turn out to be unfounded in court.”This story is being updated.

UMass Boston issues alert about missing 15-year-old international student

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

The University of Massachusetts at Boston has issued an alert about a missing 15-year-old international student who hasn’t been seen since leaving campus.Sainabou Ceesay is part of an international program for young student athletes organized by FHI 360. She was last seen walking on Mt. Vernon Street in Dorchester toward the JFK/UMass MBTA station in a pink athletic suit with black strings on both sweatshirt and sweatpants and white Nike slides. She is Black and approximately 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing between 110 and 120 pounds, with short black hair.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Chris Sale can’t get through the 5th inning as Nationals ding playoff hopes of Red Sox, 10-7

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Red Sox didn’t do much at the trade deadline, but they had reasonable expectations that getting Chris Sale and Trevor Story back from injuries would bring some energy to their postseason push.It didn’t work out that way during a series at Washington.Sale couldn’t make it through the fifth inning in his second start back from a shoulder injury, and Boston suffered another blow to its playoff hopes, losing 10-7 on Thursday and dropping two of three to the last-place Nationals.The Red Sox fell to 7-8 in August and slipped 3 1/2 games behind AL East rival Toronto for the final wild-card spot. Story, who had offseason shoulder surgery and made his season debut on Aug. 8, went 0 for 5 and was hitless in the three-game series.“It’s literally on to the next,” Story said. “I think if we play the way that we want to play and the way we can, then we’ll be where we want to be when the postseason comes.”Luis Urías hit a grand slam in the s...

Mass. communities bracing for more rain after flooding damaged homes, businesses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

Several Massachusetts communities rocked by flooding earlier this summer are bracing for more downpours this morning as crews continue to assess the damage.In North Andover, where businesses were forced to close after water rushed in last week, town officials declared a State of Emergency. Business owners and residents there have been asked to prepare damage reports for funding for repairs. 7’s weather team is predicting downpours and possible severe weather for Friday’s morning commute.Stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Douglas police seeking help after overturned kayak found in local reservoir

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

Douglas police are turning to the public for help after an overturned kayak was found in a local reservoir.In a post on social media, police say the kayak was found on the big side of the Whitin Reservoir.Anyone with information is urged to call 508-476-3333.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Howie Carr: Bidenomics triggers shrinkflation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

I filled up my car on the lower Cape Tuesday night. The price was $3.93 a gallon.You know what I call that? A bargain!Because Bidenomics is working, dammit. That’s all they’re talking about in state-run media, how the US economy is just plain humming. It’s mourning, er morning again in America.Because of inflation, the average American family is spending $709 a month more than in January 2021, so let the good times roll, baby.Someone on the hard-left network known as MSDNC says that Brandon should run for re-election on his inflation numbers. The most recent national poll showed that the regime’s economic policies have 36% approval.Raising the obvious question, who are these 36% of the population who are happy?The far-left Democrats always have an excuse for gasoline prices. First it was the war in Ukraine, even though the largest jumps came before the Russians invaded. A few weeks ago, the far-left cable channels were blaming the hot summer, i.e., global warming.If Biden gets lucky...

Hurricane Hilary grows off Mexico and could reach California as a very rare tropical storm

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, causing “significant and rare impacts” including extensive flooding.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hilary had sustained winds near 145 mph (230 kph) at 4 a.m. and was expected to continue its rapid intensification through Friday before starting to weaken. It will nevertheless still be a hurricane when it approaches Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Saturday night, and will approach Southern California on Sunday as a tropical storm.No tropical storm has made landfall in Southern California since Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National Weather Service. Early Friday, Hilary was centered about 400 miles (640 kilometers) south of Los Cabos on the southern tip of the Baja peninsula. It was moving west-northwest at 13 mph (20 kph), but was expected to turn gradually north through ...

China blasts US-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of ‘contradictions and increasing tensions’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China is renewing its criticism of this weekend’s summit among the leaders of the U.S., Japan and South Korea, saying no country should “seek its own security at the expense of the security interests of others and of regional peace and stability.” “The international community has its own judgment as to who is creating contradictions and increasing tensions,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters at a daily briefing Friday. “Attempts to form various exclusive groups and cliques and to bring bloc confrontation into the Asia-Pacific region are unpopular and will definitely spark vigilance and opposition in the countries of the region,” Wang said. The summit at the the rustic Camp David presidential retreat seeks to further tighten security and economic ties between Japan and South Korea, two nations whose historically frosty relations have rapidly thawed over the last year as they share concerns about China’s assertiveness in the Pacific and North Kore...

The latest news on the wildfires in the Northwest Territories

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

YELLOWKNIFE — Thousands of people have fled the Northwest Territories’ capital and some neighbouring communities under the threat of encroaching wildfires. Here are the latest developments (all times are MT): 4:35 a.m. Officials in the Northwest Territories are forecasting a critical, challenging day in the effort to battle wildfires threatening Yellowknife.  They say northwest winds today and Saturday combined with minimal rain could mean the fire reaches the city limits by the weekend. Officials say they are doing “everything possible” to slow the growth of the fire.Airtankers continued to fly missions overnight to keep open the highway out of Yellowknife, as officials urge residents to leave the city by noon today.—This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 18, 2023. The Canadian Press

Italian police arrest Dutch man, 21, over the stabbing deaths of his father and a family friend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:56 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Italian police on Friday arrested a 21-year-old Dutch man suspected in the stabbing death of his father and a family friend in the countryside near the French border. An official from the Carabinieri paramilitary police confirmed the arrest. Italian media said the suspect was found hiding in the woods near where the attack occurred in the Cuneo province of Piedmont. He has been transported to the city of Cuneo aboard an ambulance . According to Italian news reports, the 21-year-old suspect is believed to suffer from psychiatric problems. The family friend, who was also Dutch, was reportedly hosting the father and son for a visit at his home when the attack occurred.The motive for the stabbings wasn’t immediately clear.The Associated Press