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Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

The Bruins began five days of workouts Monday at its Development Camp at Warrior Ice Arena, where young prospects will try and make an impression ahead of the 2023-24 NHL season.

Man charged with murder in deaths of daughter, sister-in-law after 6 people found dead in house fire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

GREEN POND, S.C. (AP) — A man has been charged with murder in the killings of his sister-in-law and daughter after South Carolina authorities found six people dead while responding to reports of a house fire and stabbings, officials said at a press conference Monday.14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone identified a 50-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl as two of the six people killed Sunday at a home engulfed in flames. No motive has been identified, and officials expect more charges to come. The other deceased victims’ identities have not been released as Colleton County Sheriff Buddy Hill said officials await autopsy results.Ryan Lenard Manigo, 33, was held Sunday at the Colleton Detention Center as part of the ongoing investigation. Bond was not set at a Monday afternoon hearing, Stone said. Manigo has also been charged with attempted murder of the lone survivor on top of the two murder counts.Authorities found the deceased victims and one person in critical condition at...

Former sheriff who nabbed ‘Green River Killer’ to run for Washington governor

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — A former sheriff and congressman known for his work that led to the capture of the “Green River Killer” has entered the race to become Washington’s next governor.Former King County Sheriff and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, 72, filed campaign paperwork with the state Public Disclosure Commission on June 30 to run as a Republican candidate to replace Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, who is not seeking a fourth term. Reichert, who has not officially announced his campaign, joins a growing field of gubernatorial candidates, including a pair of prominent Democrats — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz. Republican candidates include Yakima doctor Raul Garcia and Richland School Board member Semi Bird. Reichert served two terms as sheriff and was the first detective assigned to the Green River killings, named for the river where the first bodies were found in 1982. Gary Ridgway, who killed 49 women, was arrested and conv...

Tajik man who fatally shot 2 security officers at Moldova airport dies in hospital

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A Tajikistan citizen who fatally shot two security officers at the airport in Moldova’s capital last week died Monday from injuries he sustained when officers subdued him, authorities said.The attacker, who Tajikistan prosecutors later identified as Rustam Ashurov, 43, was hospitalized Friday after being seriously injured by security forces who apprehended him after the shooting at Chisinau International Airport. Ashurov had just opened fire on two airport staff after being denied entry into the country.Ashurov had grabbed a guard’s weapon as he was being escorted away by officials, which he then used in the attack. Besides the security personnel who were killed, one traveler was injured in the shooting.Moldova’s president, Maia Sandu, identified the people killed as a border police officer and an airport security employee.“The person suspected of the double murder at Chisinau International Airport died 15 minutes ago,” Moldova’s national police announ...

Ontario doctors now watching three new tick-borne illnesses

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

Ontario doctors are now watching for three new tick-borne illnesses, in addition to Lyme disease. Tick-borne infections are expected to rise across the province, and as of this weekend, a new regulation requires healthcare providers to report the three types of tick-borne diseases in addition to Lyme disease to their local medical officers of health.“The infections include something called anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus, these are three very, very rare infections in Canada,” said Dr. Isaac Bogoch.“Those three infections, although extraordinarily rare right now, might not be so rare in the years to come.”Climate change is to blame for their spread, according to the province’s medical officer of health.As of this weekend, a new regulation requires Ontario heath-care providers to report three types of tick-borne disease in addition to Lyme to the province: anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus. Cases are expected to rise due to climate change @CityNewsTO ...

Oregon father dies after falling from cliff while hiking with family near popular waterfall

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a father died over the weekend when he fell roughly 200 feet (61 meters) while hiking with his wife and five children in Oregon. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the man as 41-year-old Gerardo Hernandez-Rodriguez of Beaverton, Oregon. Hernandez-Rodriguez was hiking with his family on a popular trail near Multnomah Falls, the state’s tallest waterfall, on Saturday, the sheriff’s office said. He stumbled and fell from a switchback not far from the falls and the scenic Benson Bridge, roughly 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) east of Portland. Sheriff’s deputies and a U.S. Forest Service ranger began to search the area, asking a nearby police department for a drone to help search the steep and largely inaccessible terrain. A sheriff’s deputy found Hernandez at the base of a cliff near a highway, directly below the trail where he slipped. Hernandez did not survive the fall, the sheriff’s ...

Dior brings ethereal goddesses and silver threads to Paris couture

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

PARIS (AP) — In the lush surroundings of Paris’ Musee Rodin, the landscapes of artist Marta Roberti formed the backdrop on Monday for the latest Dior couture collection by designer Maria Grazia Chiuri. The designs, inspired by power, feminism and the divine, shone against Roberti’s fantastical creations of exotic birds and ethereal trees. Actors Natalie Portman and Rosamund Pike were among VIP attendees captivated by the fusion of these imaginative realms of threads and thoughts. Here’s a look at some highlights from Monday’s fall-winter 2023 collections:DIVINE GODDESSES OF DIOR STRUT AMID BIRDS AND TREESThe collection by Chiuri drew its strength from the past, a salute to timelessness. A crepe cape with long, draping sleeves set the classical tone, with the gathered plaits of the models’ hair a throwback to times past. Subtle and understated, the adornments of pearl or gold earrings added a quiet elegance, while tunic shapes and classical banding played up the nostalgic silhouettes...

Wildfire destroys structures in southwestern Washington near Columbia River Gorge

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A weekend wildfire along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington has grown to 533 acres (216 hectares), prompting evacuations and burning structures, according to authorities.Skamania County firefighters responded to reports of the wildfire on Sunday at 11:19 a.m. near Highway 14 in Underwood, an unincorporated community across the river from Hood River, Oregon.Hot, windy conditions caused the “Tunnel 5” fire to spread rapidly in what authorities called extreme terrain through Sunday afternoon. Authorities have issued an evacuation notice for everyone in a 2-mile (3.2-kilometer) radius around Cook Underhill Road, where crews are engaged in active firefighting. A shelter has been set up at Skamania County Fairgrounds in Stevenson, Washington. About 1,000 residents have been impacted by the fire and evacuation orders, Heather Appelhof, a Southeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team spokesperson, told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Monday.The fir...

Emaciated and imprisoned, former Georgian President Saakashvili tells court he is spiritually fit

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him.Saakashvili and his supporters claim he has been poisoned while imprisoned and that he now weighs about 60 kilograms (132 pounds), half of what he weighed when he was arrested in October 2021.From a private clinic where he was being held, he told the court that despite his poor health, he was “spiritually fit and determined to serve the country,” according to local news site Agenda. Saakashvili, who served as Georgia’s president in 2004-13 and led the so-called Rose Revolution protests that drove the previous president out of office, left for Ukraine after the end of his second term. He was later convicted in absentia of abuse of power and sentenced to six years in prison.He was arrested in October 2021 after returning to Georgia to try to bolster opposition forces before n...

Firework explodes in Cary man's face, causing critical injuries

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:17 GMT

CARY, Ill. (AP) — A powerful firework exploded in an Illinois man's face, critically injuring him, as he was trying to determine why it hadn't detonated, authorities said Monday.The firework was one of many commercial-grade fireworks possessed by the 58-year-old man at a Sunday night gathering in Cary, the Lake County sheriff's office said.“He lit a firework, which did not detonate as expected,” the sheriff's office said. “The man looked into the tube housing the firework and it discharged, striking his face and then exploding.” List: What stores, restaurants will be open for July 4, 2023? The man, whose name was not released, was in critical condition at a hospital.Other fireworks were given to a bomb squad for destruction. They typically require a permit to possess and detonate, the sheriff's office said.The sheriff's office said criminal charges are possible.