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Germany has ‘psychology of guilt’ when it comes to Holocaust, Israel, Erdoğan says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traded barbs with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the Israel-Hamas war during a tense press conference on Friday evening, at one point suggesting Germany won’t criticize Israel because of the Holocaust. “Since we’re in a kind of psychology of guilt here, you can’t judge it that way, but we have no debt to Israel. If that were the case, then perhaps we wouldn’t be able to talk so easily. Nor have we gone through the history of the Holocaust,” the Turkish president said via an official German translator. Erdoğan, who paid an expectedly difficult visit to Berlin, used the joint press conference with Scholz to harshly criticize Israel for its daily airstrikes and ground operation in densely-populated Gaza, which has killed more than 11,500 Palestinians, including more than 4,500 children, according to separate counts from both the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas-run government’s media office in Gaza....

Suspect dead after shooting at hospital in Concord, NH

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

A suspect is dead after a shooting at a psychiatric hospital in Concord, New Hampshire Friday, officials said. New Hampshire State Police announced around 4 p.m. that troopers had been called to New Hampshire Hospital.Near 4:45 p.m., New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management confirmed the suspect was dead and said the situation had been contained. In their latest update moments before 5:30 p.m., the agency said the shooting “was contained to the front lobby” of the hospital. “All patients are safe and there is no active threat to the public,” New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management said.Officials said the scene remained active, though, while authorities investigated a suspicious vehicle. “Please avoid the area at this time,” New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management said.New Hampshire State Police said the shooting resulted in “multiple victims.”SKY7-HD soon flying over the area spotted numerous emergency vehicles and per...

A few weekend showers, then breezy and chilly

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

It’s been a breezy and mild day as temperatures soared into the 60s again. Changes are on the way. There will be a few showers tomorrow morning, then it turns windy and chilly. Hope you enjoyed the 60s the past couple of days, because the 40s are with us for a few days.We’ll be watching a couple things to bring about those changes this weekend. Those showers to our west are associated with a cold front. Moisture to the south is from an area of low pressure. The center of the area of low pressure will stay offshore, along with the heaviest precipitation. A few showers will get tossed across the Lower Cape and Islands. The cold front will bring scattered showers inland tomorrow morning.Here’s a look at the precipitation timing…A couple showers across the Cape and Islands are possible tonight. With the abundant cloud cover overnight, temperatures will stay mainly in the 50s. A few scattered showers can be expected for MetroWest in the morning. High temperatures ...

Japanese pitching sensation linked to Red Sox expected to be posted Monday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is expected to be posted by the Orix Buffaloes on Monday, November 20, officially opening the 45-day window (until Jan. 4, 2024) for MLB teams to negotiate with the Japanese pitching sensation.Though he’s only 25 years old and would technically be a rookie if he came to the Majors next year, Yamamoto already has seven impressive Nippon Professional Baseball seasons under his belt. Over 897 innings in a Buffaloes uniform, he posted a 1.82 ERA, strong 26.43% strikeout rate, and commanding 5.9% walk rate. He took home two Pacific League MVP awards and three Japanese Triple Crowns, and this season, became the first pitcher in NPB history to pitch a no-hitter in back-to-back seasons.As such, the right-hander is expected to command a record-breaking salary for an NPB player coming to MLB. Will it be from the Red Sox, who are desperately seeking starting pitching this offseason? They’re one of many teams linked to him, and the bidding war is expected to be fierce.Boston ...

Man sentenced to probation for threats made to Indiana congressman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man accused of intimidating and harassing GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Banks and his family earlier this year was sentenced to probation Friday, according to court records. Aaron L. Thompson, of Fort Wayne, was charged with felony intimidation with the threat to commit a forcible felony and misdemeanor harassment by means of a telephone call. He was sentenced to nearly three years of probation by an Allen County judge after entering a plea deal, records show. Thompson’s attorney, Bart Arnold, told The Associated Press, “He is very sorry for what happened and is grateful for the grace shown to him by the the Banks family.” According to a report by television station WPTA, Thompson was accused of calling Banks’s office in April and leaving threatening messages toward the congressman and his family. Thompson told police he was intoxicated and disagreed with Banks’ political views, according to the report. “Here’s the choice. Your daughters grow up ...

Man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from New York park is charged with rape

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York raped the child during the two days she was held hostage before her rescue, prosecutors said Friday.Craig N. Ross Jr. was initially charged only with first-degree kidnapping in the abduction of the girl on Sept. 30 from Moreau Lake State Park, located in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Albany. A massive search in the rural area ended two days later when state police troopers and FBI SWAT team stormed a camper Ross was staying in. Rescuers found the girl in a cabinet.The break in the case had come after officers stationed at the girl’s home saw someone drop a ransom note in the family’s mailbox before dawn. State police matched fingerprints on the note to Ross, who was in a database because of a 1999 drunken driving case.An indictment made public Friday kept the kidnapping charge and added four counts of predatory sexual...

US wildlife managers have no immediate plans to capture wandering Mexican gray wolf

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s been a long journey for one lone Mexican gray wolf — from the forests of southeastern Arizona, across the dusty high desert of central New Mexico to the edge of what is known as the Yellowstone of the Southwest. Her paws have seen hundreds of miles now over the last five months. Having reached Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico, she has wandered far beyond the boundaries established along the Arizona-New Mexico border for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America. The recovery area — spanning tens of thousands of square miles — is home to more than 240 of the endangered predators.Federal wildlife managers have confirmed to The Associated Press they have no immediate plans for capturing the lone female wolf nicknamed Asha. But they will continue tracking her movements. Known to biologists by her formal name of F2754, the wolf is outfitted with a GPS collar. Data collected since her release in June in the Apache Nat...

The No Labels party asked its supporters if they would pay $100 to help choose its 2024 nominee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — No Labels, a political organization that has alarmed some Democrats with talk of launching a third-party presidential candidate, has contemplated requiring a donation of at least $100 in order to cast a ballot at the group’s upcoming nominating convention, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The idea, which breaks from longstanding norms, would raise a significant hurdle to participating in the democratic process — in this case No Labels’ selection of its potential candidates for president and vice president. Neither the Democratic or Republican parties charge to vote at their conventions, where delegates vote for candidates chosen by voters through primaries or caucuses.The possibility of requiring a donation was included in an internal survey No Labels conducted in September. Screenshots of the survey were provided to the AP by a person who was invited to take it. The survey explored how No Labels should select candidates to run on a bipar...

Convicted sex offender found guilty of hacking jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ stadium

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted child molester was found guilty Friday of hacking the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium after the team learned he was a registered sex offender and fired him.The federal jury found 53-year-old Samuel Arthur Thompson, of St. Augustine, guilty of producing, receiving and possessing sexual images of children, producing such images while required to register as a sex offender, violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, sending unauthorized damaging commands to a protected computer and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to court records.Thompson faces a mandatory minimum of 35 years in prison when he’s sentenced March 25.Thompson was arrested in early 2020 after being deported by the Philippines back to the U.S., officials said. He had fled to the Southeast Asia country about six months earlier, after the FBI executed a search warrant at his home a seized several of his computers, according to a ...

Mississippi’s capital city is considering a unique plan to slash water rates for poor people

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:20 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The manager of the long-troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital city proposed a slight rate increase for most residents Friday alongside what he said is a first-in-the-nation proposal to reduce water rates for low-income people who get government help with grocery bills. The proposal from Ted Henifin, the third-party manager of Jackson’s water and sewer systems, is the culmination of a monthslong effort to increase revenue collections in a city where roughly a quarter of the population lives in poverty. If enacted, it would be the latest in a series of changes after infrastructure breakdowns in 2022 caused many Jackson residents to go days and weeks without safe running water. “We think this is a great opportunity to really change the dialogue around water and sewer in the city of Jackson,” Henifin said at a news conference. Henifin said about 5,000 properties in the Jackson area use water without paying, adding to the financial strain on a s...