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Maine veteran Matt Dyer sets out to walk across the United States

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

GARDNER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — From his table at the Gardner Ale House, Matt Dyer planned his next steps.The 29-year-old is on a monumental trip around the country by foot. The Windham, Maine native started closer to home and plans to walk to Miami, Florida before journeying to Washington state. Consider it a path to outline the country rather than walking through it.Dyer served in the United States military for several years and worked overseas. His wife tragically died by suicide roughly six years ago. Thursday will mark four years since his father passed away. Dyer, in need of a reset, set out on a similar journey to Virginia just a couple of years ago. This new journey would be unlike any other.“I wanted to start over from the beginning,” said Dyer. “There is so much to appreciate about it. By being spontaneous and not doing much preplanning, it gives me the flexibility to have fun.”Dyer pulls a cart behind him full of objects like a tent, sleeping ...

Ruby Princess cruise ship ready to depart again after colliding with San Francisco pier

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (WSVN)- The Ruby Princess cruise ship will set sail once again just three days after it crashed into a San Francisco pier.The ship was meant to leave from San Francisco for a 10-day cruise to Alaska on Thursday but got damaged in a collision with the dock while coming into port.Now as a form of compensation to upset passengers, the cruise ship has offered them two options.The first is to leave the ship and get a 100% refund and a 50% off coupon for another cruise. The second one is to stay on board for Sunday’s departure and get a 75% refund as well as another 75 % off a future voyage.

Man charged with OUI after fatal crash kills one motorcyclist, seriously injures another in Taunton

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

A New Bedford man was charged with driving under the influence after he allegedly struck two motorcyclists in Taunton early Saturday morning, killing one and seriously injuring the other, officials said.Fred Moreira, 35, was driving southbound on Route 24 where he was arrested around 2:30 a.m. after the crash, Massachusetts State Police announced. He faces charges of vehicular homicide, OUI liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.30-year-old Tyler Moniz of Fall River was ejected from his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. An unnamed 39-year-old Fall River man was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with life-threatening injuries.All lanes on Route 24 were reopened by 5:50 a.m.

Franklin Park’s White Stadium lining up to be home of Boston’s next professional women’s soccer team

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

Calling Franklin Park’s White Stadium “home” could be signed, sealed and delivered for an all-female group behind a bid for Boston’s next professional women’s soccer team.Boston Unity Soccer Partners submitted the only response to the city’s request for proposals to lease, improve and use the stadium’s West Grandstand and adjacent areas in the park as part of a public-private partnership.Residents are invited to a community meeting scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. via Zoom to learn more about the estimated $30-million proposal which would renovate the West Grandstand, improve the field and environment, and add event space in a fenced-in area south of the stadium’s track.Not only would the project lead to a home for the city’s next National Women’s Soccer League team, it would also improve conditions for Boston Public Schools athletics, as many teams compete at the long-neglected stadium.The City of Boston, responsible for improvements to the East Grandstand, would fund half the proj...

Willie Calhoun knows first-hand that Cody Bellinger would fit with Yankees

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

If the Yankees do their due diligence on Cody Bellinger, they won’t have a hard time finding an encouraging character witness.“He’s a great ballplayer, obviously, but he’s a better person,” Willie Calhoun told the Daily News. “I can’t say enough good things about him.”Calhoun came up with Bellinger in the Dodgers’ minor league system, where they played together at every level from High-A to Triple-A. Calhoun and Boston’s Alex Verdugo lived with Bellinger, a Scottsdale native, during the Arizona Fall League, and Calhoun crashed with Bellinger’s family in Arizona prior to spring training in 2017.“I’ve seen him grow from a guy that hit three homers in short season [leagues] to a guy that hit 40 homers in the big leagues,” Calhoun said. “So it’s been fun to watch him grow into the guy he is.”Calhoun described Bellinger as a laidback person, someone who wouldn’t succumb to the pres...

Looking Glass: I’ve heard of ‘keep the change,’ but this goes way too far

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

A man stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in coins from coin-cashing machines in grocery stores and other businesses in multiple states over two years by disguising himself as an employee of a coin-cashing company, and pretending to service the machines. Authorities found laundry baskets and bags filled with millions of coins in his hotel room in Vancouver, Wash. He was jailed and ordered to pay around $582,000 in restitution.BUT LOOK, IT’S REALLY NOTHING TO CRY OVER: A tanker truck crashed on the M6 Highway in Lancashire, England, spilling 5,300 gallons of milk across all of the northbound lanes.BUT OFFICER, I’M SURE I WON’T CRASH INTO ANYTHING: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested a man for being too drunk to canoe on Christina Lake in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, after he tried in vain to hide under a dock. The Mounties released him from custody as soon as he sobered up.MESS WITH ME, WILL YOU!?: A bunch of spectators tormented a bull from behind wooden b...

Injured Yankees star Aaron Judge still debating All-Star trip to Seattle: ‘It’s important to the fans’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

Aaron Judge is “still debating” whether or not he wants to venture to Seattle for the All-Star Game on Tuesday.Judge, who is recovering from a torn ligament in his right big toe, would not make the journey to play in the exhibition. Rather, he’s thinking about whether or not he wants to participate in the festivities, such as being on the field for introductions.Fans voted Judge into the game, and that means something to him.“It is important to the fans,” Judge said. “Getting voted in and getting a chance to represent the Yankees, it’s a special honor. This is what the fans want to see. They want to see the guys they voted in go to the game and participate and be there, so we’re still debating.”Gerrit Cole will also represent the Yankees at the game.Judge, who has earned four other nods for the Midsummer Classic, said that he enjoys being around other All-Stars. He likes being there to pick the brains of fellow superstars and vet...

US soccer star Megan Rapinoe announces she’ll retire after the NWSL season

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Days before heading to her fourth World Cup, Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday she’ll retire at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season.Rapinoe, 38, made the announcement on Twitter, saying she “never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life forever.”“It is with a deep sense of peace & gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game,” the Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Cup champion said.The U.S. team is aiming for a third consecutive title when the Women’s World Cup kicks off on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsThe Associated Press

A mob storms Tbilisi Pride Fest site forcing the event’s cancellation

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event’s bar.Deputy Georgian Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze said participants in the Tbilisi Pride Fest were safely evacuated from the scene. The event’s organizers called on people not to come to the lakeside park where the fest was to be held. Georgian news media estimated about 5,000 people marched toward the site. Many of them waved Georgian flags and carried religious icons. Animosity toward sexual minorities is strong in Georgia, which is predominantly Orthodox Christian, and some previous LGBT events have met violent disruptions. Darakhvelidze said police tried to obstruct the protesters but could not hold all of them back. But the event organizers criticized police as ineffectual, saying in a statement that “The police did not block the access road to ...

Six people dead after plane crashes and catches fire in Southern California

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:31:15 GMT

MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Six people died after a plane crashed over a Southern California field on Saturday morning before bursting into flames.The plane was engulfed in fire along with about one acre of vegetation when deputies arrived. The plane crashed near an airport in the city of Murrieta, California, in southwest Riverside County, located between Los Angeles and San Diego.The flight had originally departed from the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas before crashing into the field, KTLA reported. The plane was a a Cessna C550 business jet, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.The six plane occupants were pronounced dead at the scene shortly after authorities found the burning plane after 4:15 a.m., according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The identities of those killed in the crash have not been released.The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are both investigating the crash.The Saturday morning crash marked the second fatal crash ...