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Texas A&M, stinging from road loss to Miami, is a huge favorite at home against Louisiana-Monroe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

Louisiana-Monroe (2-0) at Texas A&M (1-1), Saturday, 4 p.m. ET (SEC Network)Line: Texas A&M by 36 ½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Texas A&M 4-0.WHAT’S AT STAKE?The Aggies will look to bounce back against Louisiana-Monroe after a disappointing 48-33 loss at Miami last week that knocked them out of the AP Top 25. This is Texas A&M’s last tune-up before the team opens Southeastern Conference play Sept. 23 with a visit from Auburn. Louisiana-Monroe is off to its first 2-0 start since 2018 and looks for its first 3-0 start since moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 1994. The Warhawks last started 3-0 in 1987 when they won their first four games en route to the NCAA I-AA championship.KEY MATCHUPTexas A&M QB Conner Weigman vs. the Louisiana-Monroe secondary. Weigman ranks 20th in the nation by averaging 286 yards passing a game. The Warhawks come in at 21st in the country by allowing just 148.5 yards passing a game. Weigman is looking to get b...

Fatal electrocution in NW Miami-Dade disrupts power supply

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

Miami-Dade Police officers and fire rescue crews responded to a neighborhood in Northwest Miami-Dade after a person was found dead following reports of a possible electrocution. At approximately 5:43 a.m. on Thursday, units rushed to 830 NW 73rd St. after calls were received about an electrocution in the area. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue teams were called to the scene and tragically pronounced the victim deceased on-site. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) the victim, a man in his 60s, and another employee were en route to work when a transformer malfunctioned, causing an electrical wire to detach and fatally strike the victim. The incident created a loud boom, drawing immediate attention from the community.As a result of this incident, the power went out temporarily in the vicinity. Florida Light & Power officials were also on-site investigating the outage that has reportedly impacted 1,496 customers. Live video footage showed the body, covered by a yellow tarp, ne...

Florida man rescued after being lost at sea for over 30 hours

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (WSVN) — A 25-year-old man shared his experience of being lost at sea for more than a day after a violent wave swept his small boat away. Charlie Gregory, who was fishing off the coast of St. Augustine, recounted the terrifying moments and the remarkable water rescue that ultimately saved his life.“I knew I was going to die; it was a matter of when,” said Charlie in an exclusive interview with Inside Edition.Charlie embarked on his fishing trip at 3 a.m. on a routine outing. “I went out to the same spot I always go fish, just right inside of the jetties,” Charlie explained, describing the initial moments of his ordeal. After he anchored his aluminum boat and cast his line into the water, an enormous wave struck, capsizing his boat and ripping it away from the anchor. Charlie said he lost his life jacket as the low tide receded and pushed him out to the ocean.“After the first time that the boat flipped, I flipped the boat over, I got ...

Bulgaria to drop ban on Ukrainian grain imports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

Bulgaria will no longer block imports of Ukrainian grain after current restrictions expire this Friday.The national parliament voted 124 to 69 Thursday in favor of a resolution to lift a ban on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine imposed earlier this year by the European Commission at the request of Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said on Wednesday that lifting the ban on imports from Ukraine would be desirable because it would lower the price of basic foodstuffs. He said the government would ask the Commission for financial compensation for farmers and to improve infrastructure.The Parliament’s resolution states that, in view of Bulgaria’s solidarity with Ukraine and the need to supply agricultural products for global food security, the country does not support the extension beyond September 15.Of the five countries subject to the restrictions, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia have said they will im...

16-year-old charged with bringing loaded gun to Lowell school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

A 16-year-old male student at Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School has been charged with carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a dangerous weapon on school grounds, assault and battery of a police officer and possession of ammunition without a license after allegedly bringing a loaded firearm into the school on Tuesday,Officers responding to Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School, located on Middle Street in Lowell, around 12:45 p.m. spoke with building security guards who advised them that a student had warned that students were in possession of firearms and that there was a threat made to “shoot up the block,” according to a statement issued by Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan.Police were quickly able to locate the suspect student, who was attempting to leave the school carrying an over-the-shoulder bag. Police detained that student, who struck the officer and attempted to flee. A loaded revo...

Lee Sideswipe Saturday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

Morning rain across the Cape tapers off today, allowing for all of Southern New England to dry out. With returning sunshine and lowering humidity, it’ll be a fine September afternoon across Southern New England with highs in 70s. We’ll deserved I may add. It’ll be cool tonight and dry with lows back into the 50s. Sunshine fades away tomorrow morning as clouds thicken up as Hurricane Lee makes it’s up north in the Atlantic, paralleling the U.S. coast. As it gets closer to our coast, impacts start to increase Friday night into Saturday morning. Hurricane Lee… The latest on hurricane Lee this morning has a category 2 hurricane moving north, passing west of Bermuda tonight. As it tracks north, max sustained winds will decrease over the next couple of days while it’s overall wind field continues to expand. Even with a track 100-200miles offshore, expect strong wind gusts near the coast, most prone to it will be across the Cape, where gusts 50-60mph are...

Callahan: Why the Patriots’ JuJu Smith-Schuster question won’t be going away

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

FOXBORO — In March, the Patriots signed JuJu Smith-Schuster to be their best receiver.Last Sunday’s opener told you he’s their fourth. Maybe fifth.That is the reality the Patriots painted when they sidelined Smith-Schuster for their final drive against the Eagles, and instead opted for Kendrick Bourne, Kayshon Boutte and Demario Douglas at receiver.Since then, Patriots coaches have said all the right things about Smith-Schuster’s lack of playing time: he’s smart and works hard, he’s a good player and they feel positively about the two rookies who played over him. But they failed to directly explain why Smith-Schuster sat, which begs a larger question.Do the Patriots still believe he’s the receiver they signed six months ago for $25.5 million?Because a two-minute drill is nothing if not a declaration of belief. This is who we are. This is how we’re going to beat you. An offensive coordinator picks his best players, his best plays, and the off...

Torrential rains, flash floods and a likely tornado hit New England. Hurricane Lee is up next

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Hurricane Lee looks poised to wallop New England later this week even as the region still deals with the impact of days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a likely tornado.A hurricane watch stretches from Stonington, Maine to the U.S.-Canadian border, where hurricane conditions, heavy rainfall and coastal flooding are possible Friday night and Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday night. Areas from Watch Hill, Rhode Island, to Stonington, Maine — including Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket — are under a tropical storm watch. A storm surge watch has also been issued for Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket with the potential for life-threatening flooding there late Friday and Saturday.The looming arrival of the hurricane threatened to unleash more violent storms on a region that earlier in the week saw 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rainfall over six hours and on Wednesday saw communities in Massachusetts ...

Laurentian Bank concludes review without deal to sell, sticks with plan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

MONTREAL — Laurentian Bank has completed its review of strategic options without a deal to sell the bank. It says it has decided that its best path forward to drive shareholder value is an accelerated evolution of its current plan with an increased focus on efficiency and simplification.A strategic review is often seen by investors as a prelude to a sale by a company. However, Laurentian says it will work on simplifying its organizational structure and focusing on allocating capital and resources to its highest grossing businesses and specialized products.As part of that plan, the bank says Éric Provost, currently head of commercial banking, will assume the leadership of personal banking as group head of personal and commercial banking.Sébastien Bélair will also become the bank’s chief administrative officer, assuming responsibility for the bank’s operations in addition to his current role as chief human resources officer.Laurentian says it will share more information wh...

Tiny Italian island coping with thousands of migrants who arrived in a short span

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:30:52 GMT

MILAN (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as it coped with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.The Red Cross said 4,200 migrants remained at the center of the 6,800 who had swamped the tiny tourist and fishing island in a flotilla of some 120 boats arriving from Tunisia. Transfers to the mainland were ongoing.“After a particularly challenging day like yesterday, today people are being continuously transferred,’’ said Francesca Basile of the Italian Red Cross. “The situation is certainly complex and gradually we are trying to return to normal.”She said all of the migrants have been given food, and that camping beds were being distributed “so that they don’t sleep in the cold.”On Wednesday, some migrants scuffled for food and bottles of water, according to Sicilian media. Others jumped into the sea to cool off.Italian television SKY TG24...