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Tamarac man gets 4 years, 9 months for attacking officer at US Capitol insurrection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tamarac man was sentenced Friday to four years and nine months in federal prison for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and attacking a police officer.Mason Joel Courson, 27, of Tamarac, Florida, was sentenced in District of Columbia federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in November to assaulting, resisting or impeding a law enforcement officer with a dangerous weapon. The judge also ordered three years of supervised release and restitution of $2,000.Courson was arrested in South Florida in December 2021.According to court documents, Courson joined with others objecting to Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory over former Republican President Donald Trump. A mob attacked the Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying election results, authorities said. Five people died in the violence.According to an indictment, Courson participated in an assault of a Metropolitan Police Department office...

5-year-old boy injured in lawnmower accident in Wellesley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

A 5-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital in a helicopter in Wellesley after being run over by a lawnmower Friday afternoon, fire officials said.Officials said the boy was seriously injured in a backyard on South River Road. First responders raced to the scene just after 2 p.m. and immediately applied a tourniquet to the child’s leg.He was ultimately airlifted to Boston Children’s Hospital.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Class action lawsuit filed after allegations of body parts stolen from Harvard Medical School morgue

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager as well as Harvard officials are now facing a class action lawsuit in connection with the alleged mishandling, theft and sale of donated human remains from the Harvard Medical School morgue. Keches Law Group filed the suit on Thursday, naming the president and fellows of Harvard College as defendants alongside former morgue manager Cedric Lodge. The suit, which is seeking monetary damages for its plaintiff John Bozek and “all others similarly situated,” follows days after federal authorities announced allegations that several people took part in the sale and transportation of stolen body parts from the Harvard Medical School morgue in a case spanning several states. The suit says families entrusted the deceased bodies of their family members into Harvard’s custody for medical research and academic study. The suit then alleges Harvard and Lodge breached duty of care and were negligent by failing to take responsible steps t...

Hampton Beach hosts 23rd annual sandcastle contest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

The 23rd annual Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Classic is underway in New Hampshire Thursday, featuring sand sculptures that can win thousands in prize money.SKY7 HD over the beach Friday morning showed builders taking to sand to show off their skills on the second day of the festival.You can join in on the voting Saturday and enjoy fireworks later in the evening. The sandcastles will be lit up through June 26.

Police recover gun after fight outside Roxbury school 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

Emergency crews responded to a large fight outside a school in Roxbury Friday, also recovering a gun at the scene, according to police. Boston police said they responded to an area near the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science shortly before 2 p.m. following a report of a fight.A large police presence was later seen still in the area around 2:30 p.m.The cause of the fight remained under investigation as of Friday afternoon.No further information was immediately available. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Destruction in Texas Panhandle: Storm blamed for 3 deaths there wrecked mobile homes and main street

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

By DAVID ERICKSON, SARAH BRUMFIELD and KEN MILLER (Associated Press)PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — As Sabrina Devers watched what would turn out to be a deadly summer storm approach her ranch just north of the Texas Panhandle town Perryton, she first spotted golf ball-sized and then softball-sized hail.Then, Devers said, across the high plains toward Perryton, the system spawned a tornado.Once the twister had moved through, Devers drove into into the town to find a path of wreckage local officials estimated was a quarter of a mile (0.4 kilometer) wide, and 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) long. The Thursday afternoon storm would be blamed for three deaths and more than 100 injuries as it destroyed hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles into buildings and knocked out power and cellphone service in Perryton, a town of 8,000 about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northeast of Amarillo, just south of the Oklahoma line.“The devastation was unbelievable,” Devers told Fox Weather. “It took a ...

Style at Home: Understanding the differences between cluttercore and clustercore

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

Katie Laughridge | Tribune News ServiceWhen it comes to home design, two seemingly similar concepts have gained attention in the online world in recent years: cluttercore and clustercore.While they share similarities, a few key differences set them apart. Cluttercore and clustercore represent two contrasting philosophies when it comes to organizing and displaying personal belongings.Ultimately, both cluttercore and clustercore offer unique ways to infuse personality and creativity into home design, allowing you to express your individuality through your living spaces.What is cluttercore?Cluttercore finds beauty in the chaos, embracing the idea that a space can be filled with items that bring joy and nostalgia. It encourages a sense of comfort and familiarity, where every nook and cranny tells a story. Cluttercore enthusiasts often prioritize sentimentality over minimalism, allowing their homes to become a reflection of their personal journeys and experiences.Functionally, it embrace...

Harvard Medical School threatened with class action lawsuit over alleged body snatching ring

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

The disclosure of an alleged human body parts trafficking operation connected to the Harvard Medical School morgue’s fallout has begun with the filing of a lawsuit against the school and the employee allegedly responsible for these “deplorable acts.”“The law recognizes that human beings are entitled to be treated with decency and dignity after death including by not having their bodies mishandled, viewed, dismembered, and/or sold by those entrusted with them,” the lawsuit filed Friday in Suffolk Superior Court states.“Families who lose loved ones find solace in temporarily entrusting the bodies of their loved ones to an institution such as Harvard Medical School with the goal of furthering academic and medical research,” it continues. “The actions of the Harvard Medical School morgue manager in mishandling and selling the body parts of cadavers donated to the school was a reprehensible tragedy that should have never happened.”The lawsuit, which seeks recognition as a class action cl...

NCAA committee recommends dropping marijuana from banned drug list, focus testing instead on PEDs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization’s list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances.The proposal released Friday from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big change for the NCAA, which has been conducting drug tests at championship events since 1986. Committee members recommended halting cannabis tests at such events until a final decision is made, likely this fall.Legislation would still have to be introduced and approved by all three NCAA divisions to take effect. Administrators in Divisions II and III had asked the committee to study the issue.The recommendation comes as the U.S. is seeing more and more states allowing medical or recreational marijuana use.Earlier this year, the committee increased the THC threshold needed for a positive test and recommended revamped penalties for athletes. The threshold for THC — t...

Housing affordability crisis requires “all hands on deck” response: CMHC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:23 GMT

TORONTO — When Bob Dugan surveys the future of Canada’s housing market, he doesn’t see the rosy picture many long for. “I’m actually worried that affordability is going to deteriorate rather than improve unless we can do something about it,” the chief economist at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation told The Canadian Press on Friday.A day earlier, the country had learned from the Canadian Real Estate Association that the actual national average home price was $729,044 in May, up 3.2 per cent from a year earlier, while the seasonally adjusted average home price was $715,290, up 2.7 per cent from April. The average topped $1 million in the Greater Toronto Area and several parts of B.C. Dugan’s feelings about the lack of affordability have been festering within the federal housing agency for some time, prompting it to ring alarm bells last summer, when it revealed the country needed to build 3.5 million more homes than it is on track for to reach some semblance of affor...