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By WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BEDFORD (WBZ) — Several people were hurt, including one with serious injuries, after a wall collapsed Wednesday morning at a home under construction in Bedford. It happened just after 7:30 a.m. on Dunster Road. Firefighters said one person was critically hurt, another in serious condition,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Call it a happy accident. According to Rumer Willis, her new daughter’s name was the result of a typo during a text exchange with the baby’s father, Derek Richard Thomas. “We were thinking about the name Loretta, and it was a typo. Her dad and I were texting,
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — If you’re looking for a rock ‘n’ roll end to the summer, then the Rolling Stones may have you covered. The British rock legends appear to have teased a new album through a fake ad for a glass-repair business placed in a local London newspaper. The cryptic ad,
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin made landfall Wednesday on the island of Hispaniola shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, dumping heavy rains that are expected to bring flooding and possible landslides in both countries. Franklin was expected to swirl above the
Continue ReadingSEGUIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say no one was injured after a Texas elementary school student fired a gun while on a crowded school bus. Police Chief Jason Brady said the bullet struck the back of a bus seat and was stopped by steel inside it as the bus arrived Tuesday morning at Jefferson Elementary
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have asked that the newest Democratic-backed justice on the state Supreme Court recuse herself from lawsuits seeking to overturn GOP-drawn electoral maps, arguing that she has prejudged the cases. Republicans argue in their motions filed Tuesday with the Wisconsin Supreme
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Colombia llevará a cabo elecciones regionales en octubre para votar por una serie de cargos públicos. Los tarjetones para las elecciones ya están listos, según anunció la Registraduría Nacional. En las elecciones del 29 de octubre se elegirá alcaldías, gobernaciones, asambleas departamentales, concejos y juntas administradoras locales. Los nuevos
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Police in southwest Switzerland are warning that a heat wave has increased the risk of falling rock and ice in the Alpine region, where it’s been particularly deadly this year for mountaineers and hikers. Most of the victims have been foreigners. Valais regional police say a spike
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Wednesday as the pressure that’s built on stocks recently from the bond market relaxed a bit. The S&P 500 was 1.2% higher in afternoon trading, trimming its loss for what’s so far been a dismal August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace and fled authorities smuggled in a music instrument box, is getting what his dramatic story deserves — a multi-part Apple TV+ documentary series. “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn” is the juicy real tale
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — “Ahsoka” le da vida torpemente al personaje animado de esta serie, pero acierta tanto en el aspecto y la acción de “Star Wars” que sus defectos –una rigidez general desacelerada por pausas largas y cargadas de contenido– se sienten más pronunciados. Todavía hay esperanza para esta serie que presenta a Rosario Dawson
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum may not be able to participate in the first Republican presidential debate after injuring himself playing basketball. Campaign spokesman Lance Trover said Wednesday it’s “unclear if he will be able to stand at the debate.” The spokesman says Burgum’s team will have more information later.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion Wednesday, upholding a law banning most such procedures except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. The continued erosion of legal abortion access across the U.S. South comes after Republican state lawmakers replaced the lone
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is in hospital in Sao Paulo undergoing what a close aide describes as routine health examinations. Bolsonaro has been in and out of hospitals since he was stabbed in his abdomen at a campaign event before Brazil’s 2018 presidential election. The conservative leader
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Frasier has reentered the building. More than two years after a reboot of the hit 90s sitcom “Frasier” was announced, a teaser for the new show, featuring a reworking of the classic theme music, was released by Paramount+ on Tuesday. The arrangement may be different but Kelsey Grammer, who
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — A Peloton recall involving the adjustable seat on more than two million bikes is becoming a bigger headache than expected. Shares of the fitness company plummeted 20% in early trading Wednesday after another dismal earnings report that revealed the recall’s price tag “substantially exceeded” Peloton’s expectations, costing
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Después de meses de controversia y expectación, Japón está listo para comenzar a liberar aguas residuales radiactivas tratadas de su planta nuclear de Fukushima a finales de esta semana, a pesar de las fuertes objeciones de algunos países. El plan ha estado en preparación durante años, con las autoridades advirtiendo en 2019
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop, the most popular genre in America, turns 50 this August. To celebrate this momentous milestone, pioneers Public Enemy and Ice-T will headline The National Celebration of Hip Hop, free concerts held at the West Potomac Park on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The jail in Georgia where former President Donald Trump is expected to surrender on Thursday is plagued with violence and other problems. Trump will be released from Fulton County Jail in Atlanta once he is booked on charges of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Liew, CTVNews.ca Personal Finance Contributor Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Predicting if a country will slip into a recession can be extremely difficult. For example, on March 15, RBC’s Thought Leadership Group predicted that the country was heading into a “mild recession” in mid-2023. This prediction
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