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Month: August 2021

BMW seat heater burns boy, causes fire

By Kristina Rex Click here for updates on this story     WOBURN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The smell of smoke is burned into Lisa Montanaroโ€™s mind. As she drove home to Woburn from Pennsylvania three weeks ago, after her six-year-old Nico asleep in his booster seat, she started to smell something funny. โ€œMy eyes started to burn,โ€

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US pledges more aid to earthquake victims in Haiti

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) โ€” The United States pledged another $32 million in aid to the victims of Haitiโ€™s 7.2-magnitude earthquake Thursday, as the countryโ€™s interim prime minister defended his governmentโ€™s response. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said the U.S. government had learned from the

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Fraser-Pryce avenges Olympic 100 loss in blazing 10.60 time

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) โ€” Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has clocked the third-fastest womenโ€™s 100 meters in history to beat Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah at the Athletissima meeting. Fraser-Pryce surged clear of her Jamaican rival from the blocks and timed 10.60 seconds with Thompson-Herah 0.04 back. The 34-year-old Fraser-Pryce took 0.03 off her lifetime best she set in

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