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SpaceX capsule docks at space station carrying 4 astronauts from 4 countries

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

(CNN) — Astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked Sunday at the International Space Station, concluding a one-day trip to rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory after launching from Florida.The capsule made first contact with the space station at 9:16 a.m. ET Sunday and its hatches opened at 10:58 a.m. ET.Hailing from four countries — making this mission, called Crew-7, the most nationally diverse SpaceX mission to date — the astronauts include NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli, the mission commander; Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency; Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA; and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos.The four launched aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:27 a.m. ET Saturday, and they’ve spent the last day free-flying aboard the 13-foot-wide capsule as it slowly maneuvered toward the space station.Crew-7’s missionMoghbeli,...

Marlboro police searching for driver who struck juvenile on bike, fled scene

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

Marlboro police are turning to the public for help as they search for a drive who struck a juvenile riding a bike on Sunday and then fled the scene.Police have released photos of what is believed to be a gray or light green SUV, possibly a Toyota Highlander, that left the scene after hitting the bicyclist. The vehicle left the scene westbound on Boston Post Road and took a right turn into the rear entrance of Ghiloni Park at about 11:45 a.m. Anyone with information is asked to call Marlboro Police Det. Richardson at 508-485-1212 ext. 36946. No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

TRI, TRI AGAIN

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

The weather cooperated for the 15th Columbia Threadneedle Investments Boston Triathlon Sunday, where Breno Melo of Framingham captured the title of top male athlete in the Olympic Distance race, and Alice Alberts of Boston was the top female athlete. In the Sprint Distance race, Stephen Mais of Boston secured the title of top male athlete and Ava Bullock won as the top female athlete. The USA Triathlon-sanctioned event included the first-ever Team Championship, won by Full Throttle of New York City. The event’s official charity partner was Boston Medical Center (BMC).

Benches clear as Yankees fail to secure elusive series win over Rays

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

TAMPA — The Yankees started their long road trip with a series loss, as the team fell to the Rays, 7-4, on Sunday at Tropicana Field.The Yankees, who have won just one series since July began, blew a 4-2 lead with two outs in the sixth inning when an erratic Ian Hamilton gave up a single and hit a batter before Randy Arozarena picked up an infield hit. Harold Ramírez then poked one just over the head of Gleyber Torres, who didn’t get the best read on the two-run, game-tying blooper.“I think if Gleyber has a better read of it, then he opens and runs to it and gives himself a better chance,” Aaron Boone said.Brandon Lowe then gave the Rays the lead with his own two-run single off of Wandy Peralta. Hamilton was charged with all four runs that scored in the sixth.“It was tough, but I’m trying to make pitches,” Hamilton said. “They were on ‘em.”The Yankees had already overcome one rocky frame, as a first-inning stolen base ...

Impeachment inquiry of Biden a ‘natural step forward,’ McCarthy says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

PHOENIX — Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested Sunday that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden was becoming more likely, calling it “a natural step forward” as Congress soon ends its summer break and House Republicans seek to expand their investigative powers.McCarthy, R-Calif., has so far avoided committing to an impeachment vote or offering a timeline for possible action. Some House Republicans are eager to go after Biden over claims of financial misconduct involving his son Hunter, but the Democratic president has not been shown to have done anything wrong.Meanwhile, McCarthy said passing a short-term spending bill to keep the government running past the end of September would ensure that investigations of Hunter Biden could continue, a pitch directed at conservatives worried a bipartisan deal with Senate Democrats would not cut enough spending. The stopgap measure would buy time to work out a longer-term budget deal before mandatory spending cuts that neither p...

Trump voters and donors unbothered by debated dodge, fueled by arrests

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

Former President Donald J. Trump has been arrested four times since he left office and declined to participate in his party’s first debate, but Republican voters seem to know who they want, and it’s Trump, according to another round of polls.After skipping the party debate Wednesday evening and despite his arrest by authorities in Georgia on Thursday, recent polling and fundraising indicate that Trump continues to maintain his grip on the GOP.According to Trump’s campaign, on the Friday following his surrender to authorities in Fulton County the 45th president had his best fundraising day of the 2024 campaign. His jail mugshot, plastered on campaign memorabilia and shared across the one-term chief executive’s social media accounts, is apparently quite appealing to conservative donors.“Close to $20 [million] raised in the last 3 weeks, coinciding with indictment in DC and the Atlanta mugshot,” Trump 2024 campaign spokesman Steven Cheung claimed Saturday via X, the social media ...

New details emerge in Boston mass shooting: Police charge 4 in connection with morning melee, and at least 4 more in other incidents

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

A Boston police report reveals new details about a mass shooting Saturday that occurred   against the backdrop of the city’s annual Caribbean Carnival celebration.In all, 8 people were shot, according to the police report, and four were arrested as a result of the investigation into the shooting. Two more people were arrested and charged with weapons offenses after the initial chaos. Victims included 6 men and two women.Police also made at least 2 other arrests on weapons charges Saturday.Officers assigned to parade detail responded to Talbot Avenue adjacent to the J’ouvert parade, which annually rings in the day’s Caribbean Carnival, just before 8 a.m. Saturday, where they found eight people injured by gunfire. A shot-spotter nearby recorded 12 gunshots, according to the police report.“These individuals displayed a complete disregard for human life in the midst of one of the City’s cultural celebrations, endangering the lives of hundreds of people,” Police Commissioner Michael Cox ...

Ukraine’s best high jumper wins gold for her country at world championships

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The war with Russia hangs over the Olympic world these days as much as anywhere else. So perhaps it was fitting that the last person standing on the last event of the final day of the track and field world championships hailed from Ukraine.And perhaps it was perfect that Yaroslava Mahuchikh closed out that event with a gold medal hanging from her neck.Ukraine’s best high jumper, a symbol of hope to her war-torn country and defiance to those who would see it ruined, won a championship Sunday. She jumped 2.01 meters (6 feet, 7 inches) to close out a riveting evening on the track — and in the field.“Finally, I have my gold medal,” she said of the country’s first world title since 2013, when the meet was held in Moscow. “And it’s really extra important for my country right now.”Mahuchikh’s final jump of the evening came only seconds after hurdles champion Femke Bol of The Netherlands, who fell and cost her country a medal at the end of th...

NWT premier: Trudeau made ‘specific commitments’ during weekend meeting in Edmonton

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

EDMONTON — After saying last week she was angry Northerners don’t receive the same services from the federal government as people in the rest of Canada, Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane says the prime minister made “specific commitments” to address the issue this weekend when they met to discuss firefighting efforts. Cochrane said in a social media post following her meeting with Justin Trudeau in Edmonton on Saturday that she thanked him for the federal support the territory has received, especially military aid, in light of the wildfires and evacuations that have forced two thirds of the N.W.T’s 45,000 residents to leave their homes.She said Trudeau made several commitments, which included speeding up the Employment Insurance process for N.W.T. residents and providing an advance under the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements to aid with cash flow.He also committed to collaborating with the territory on plans for possible air evacuations...

Tropical Storm Idalia takes aim at Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:09:48 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday off the coast of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said.At 5 p.m. Sunday, the storm was about 95 miles (153 kilometers) east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving northeast at 3 mph (4.8 kph) with highest sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph), forecasters said. Hurricanes have winds of 74 mph (119 kph) and above.Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida.Idalia could approach Florida on Wednesday with winds of up to 100 mph (160 kph), according to the latest forecasts from the Hurricane Center. That would make it a Category 2 hurricane.Along a vast stretch of Florida’s west coast, up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) of ocean water could surge on shore, raising fears of destructive flooding.At a Sunday afternoon briefing, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis noted that muc...