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Police investigating death of toddler after accident at auto repair shop in Cohasset

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

Authorities are investigating what led up to the death of a child in Cohasset after police said a 2-year-old boy died from injuries suffered at a local auto body shop on Thursday.State and local police, as well as personnel from the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office could be seen on South Main Street as of around 3:30 p.m., with a number of police cruisers spotted and caution tape in place. According to Cohasset Chief of Police William Quigley, it was around 12:40 p.m. when a man rushed from Hajj Auto Service to the nearby police station while carrying his injured grandson, seeking help.Quigley said the child was soon taken to South Shore Hospital where he was pronounced dead.Back at the police station, a minivan was later seen cordoned off in the parking lot.“At this point, there doesn’t appear to be anything nefarious,” Cohasset Chief of Police William Quigley told reporters, describing the situation as a tragedy while asking locals to keep the family...

Police searching for man after alleged robbery at Dunkin location in Manchester, NH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire are searching for a man accused in connection with a robbery caught on a Dunkin security camera early Thursday morning.Security video shows the man inside the Dunkin at 122 Londonderry Turnpike around 2:10 a.m. He was seen inside taking money from the cash registers.Police said he was in the building for less than two minutes before possibly getting into a waiting vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call Manchester PD at 603-668-8711 or via the Manchester Crimeline at 603-624-4040.

Jerry Reinsdorf says he doesn’t plan to sell the Chicago White Sox: ‘I want to make it better before I go.’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

Those “Sell the team” signs seen at Guaranteed Rate Field the last two seasons haven’t persuaded Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf to take the advice of disgruntled Chicago White Sox fans.Asked during a meeting with selected reporters Thursday why he won’t sell the team, the 87-year-old Reinsdorf had a ready answer.“I’m going to couch this so nobody writes that I thought of selling,” Reinsdorf said. “Friends of mine have said: ‘Why don’t you sell? Why don’t you get out?’ My answer always has been: ‘I like what I’m doing, as bad as it is, and what else would I do?’“I’m a boring guy. I don’t play golf. I don’t play bridge. And I want to make it better before I go.”Reinsdorf is part of a group that has owned the Sox since 1981. They have won one championship in that span, in 2005, the only year they’ve won a playoff series during his regime. The clamor for Reinsdorf to s...

Great Move-In Day hits Boston, with trash and mattresses piling up

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

U-Haul rental trucks taking up city streets and college students pushing their belongings in large laundry carts are out in full force across Boston, as Great Move-In Day has arrived.Officials on Thursday offered their do’s and don’ts on how students can have a successful weekend free of headaches as they move into their new living quarters.Though a great bulk of moves will be taking place Friday and Saturday, officials say they’ve been busy for days and weeks prior to Allston Christmas, the notorious “holiday” in which students flood the city once more and apartments turn over, leaving heaps of furniture, mattresses and decorations for thrifty shoppers to pilfer through.The Department of Public Works has picked up 38 tons of trash, since Saturday, on top of the  200 tons that its residential team averages daily, said Mike Brohel, superintendent of street operations.Trucks are picking up heavier loads at the curb more often than just regular scheduled trash days, and they will conti...

Red Sox notebook: Break too little, too late for broken Boston team

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

After 16 consecutive days of play, the Red Sox finally caught a break on Thursday.Unfortunately, the much-needed day off likely came too late for Boston’s beleaguered team, which went 1-6 during their homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros, to wrap up August with a 13-15 record.Every game of the regular season counts, but this was the 10-game stretch when Red Sox needed to be, as Mary Poppins would say, “practically perfect in every way.”Instead, they fell apart in almost every way. Starting pitchers averaged 4.6 innings per start in August. The Astros pummeled the Boston bullpen within an inch of its life during this week’s sweep, and other than Adam Duvall, the team should have an all-points bulletin out for the Boston bats. After Triston Casas gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead in the first inning of Monday’s series opener, Houston outscored Boston 26-9 the rest of the week.A day off, or rather a travel day before their weekend series ...

Massachusetts COVID cases and hospitalizations on the rise again, new variant BA.2.86 has ‘lots of mutations’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

COVID cases and hospitalizations are on the rise yet again, just as the school year kicks off, as a new variant with “lots of mutations” may lead to more infections in people who previously had COVID or who received vaccines and boosters.The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday reported a weekly count of 2,171 virus cases, up 6% from last week’s count of 2,048 COVID cases.The daily average of virus cases is now up to 310, more than four times the daily rate of 75 cases from the beginning of July.There are now 342 patients hospitalized with COVID, up 42 patients from last week’s count of 300 patients. Hospitalizations had dipped to 100 patients in July.In addition to the recent rise in local cases and hospitalizations, the Boston-area COVID wastewater has been ticking up — the first sign of more virus cases at the community level. The south-of-Boston wastewater average has gone up 36% in the last week, while the north-of-Boston average h...

Newton man charged with beating wife to death with baseball bat held without bail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

A Newton man charged with beating his wife to death with a baseball bat two days after she obtained a restraining order against him pleaded not guilty to her murder. He was ordered held without bail.Richard Hanson, 64, appeared Thursday morning behind glass in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn wearing a clean white t-shirt as his eyes darted between his appointed attorney, the clerk magistrate and the members of the media watching from the gallery. A grand jury on Aug. 17 indicted him for the murder of his wife, Nancy Hanson, on Aug. 15.Almost exactly a month before, on the evening of July 15, prosecutor Megan McGovern said at the hearing, Newton Police arrived at 66 Brookline St. and found Hanson standing in his driveway and spattered with blood. McGovern alleged that Hanson told the officers he was “sorry” and that he had “caught her cheating.”Nancy Hanson had obtained a restraining order against her husband two days before, which the Newton Police had been attempting to serve, a...

More than 22,000 purple flags on Boston Common, as Massachusetts officials recognize International Overdose Awareness Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

More than 22,000 purple flags have been planted on Boston Common to memorialize the Massachusetts residents who died from overdoses over the last decade, as officials on Thursday recognized International Overdose Awareness Day and brought attention to the opioid epidemic.The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 2,357 opioid-related overdose deaths across the Bay State last year, the highest-ever rate and 3% higher than 2021 overdose deaths. The larger purple flags planted on Boston Common represent the 2,357 people who died last year.“22,000 flags. Each one represents a child, a parent, sibling or spouse taken by the overdose epidemic,” Gov. Maura Healey tweeted. “On Overdose Awareness Day, we recommit to reversing this heartbreaking trend and paving a path to recovery for everyone in need.”Healey issued a proclamation declaring Aug. 31 as Overdose Awareness Day in Massachusetts. The commemorative flags, along with resource tables offering harm ...

Toddler dies after incident at auto repair shop in Cohasset: police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

The Cohasset police chief is calling on residents to rally together to support the family of a 2-year-old boy who died from injuries he suffered in an incident at an auto repair shop on South Main Street.The boy’s grandfather, owner of Hajj Auto Service, rushed his grandson to the Cohasset Police Department, closeby the shop, at about 12:40 p.m. Thursday, just moments after the incident occurred, Chief William Quigley told reporters around 4:15.Quigley called it a “horrible tragedy,” saying the circumstances around it are under investigation by detectives from his department, Massachusetts State Police and the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office.The family resides in Hull but has had a presence in Cohasset over the years, Quigley said.“This is a family that has had this garage in town for many years,” he said. “At this point, I would ask the residents of the town to get behind these folks. It’s clearly a difficult time for them, and they should be in everybody’s prayers.”The f...

US regulators might change how they classify marijuana. Here’s what that would mean

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The news lit up the world of weed: U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana. Specifically, the federal Health and Human Services Department has recommended taking marijuana out of a category of drugs deemed to have “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” The agency advised moving pot from that “Schedule I” group to the less tightly regulated “Schedule III.” So what does that mean, and what are the implications? Read on.FIRST OF ALL, WHAT HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?Technically, nothing yet. Any decision on reclassifying — or “rescheduling,” in government lingo — is up to the Drug Enforcement Administration, which says it will take up the issue. The review process is lengthy and involves taking public comment.Still, the HHS recommendation is “paradigm-shifting, and it’s very exciting,” said Vince Sliwoski, a Portland, Oregon-based cannabis and psychedelics attorney who ru...