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Massachusetts, other states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying its failure to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning stoves has allowed the continued sale of appliances that could worsen pollution.That means programs that encourage people to trade in older stoves and other wood-burning appliances, such as forced-air furnaces, haven’t necessarily improved air quality, the states say.“If newer wood heaters do not meet cleaner standards, then programs to change out old wood heaters may provide little health benefits at significant public cost,” the states wrote Thursday in a 60-day notice of intent to sue.The states involved are Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, as well as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.They allege that the EPA’s current standards aren’t good enough and that even if they were, the agency’s testing and certificati...

Former Yankee Jordan Montgomery pitches 6.2 strong innings en route to Cardinals victory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

The Yankees were kept silent by a familiar face before eventually losing to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-1, at Busch Stadium on Sunday.Ex-Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery didn’t do his former team any favors on the mound. He no-hit the Yankees through 5.2 innings and recorded six strikeouts in the outing. He eventually allowed one run, three walks and two hits in 6.2 innings of work.It was Montgomery’s second appearance against his former team. Right after being sent to St. Louis in exchange for Harrison Bader last season, Montgomery pitched five scoreless innings in a 1-0 victory.His team scored more runs on Sunday and Montgomery remained undefeated in games he started against the team that made him a fourth-round draft pick in 2014.The first runs of the game were scored in the fourth inning. Yankees starter Gerrit Cole had been dealing then allowed three straight hits to start the frame. It led to an RBI single to rookie outfielder Jordan Walker. Cardinals catc...

Heavy rains flood Chicago roads and force NASCAR to cut short a downtown street race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Heavy rains flooded Chicago streets Sunday, trapping cars and forcing NASCAR officials to cancel the last half of an Xfinity Series race set to run through the city’s downtown.The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for multiple counties in the Chicago area, saying up to 6 inches of rain had already fallen in suburban Cicero and Berwyn by midday. The NWS website warned the flooding could be “life-threatening” through 3 p.m., with numerous impassable roads, overflowing creeks and streams and flooded basements. The Illinois State Police said parts of Interstate 55 and Interstate 290 have been closed because of flooding, with at least 10 cars trapped in water on Interstate 55 near Pulaski Road, a major north-south thoroughfare in the city, WLS-TV reported. Trains were stopped in some parts of the city as well. NASCAR officials had planned to complete the last half of an Xfinity Series race through the city’s downtown on Sunday morning after ...

Maple Leafs sign Tyler Bertuzzi to one-year, $5.5M contract

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Tyler Bertuzzi to a one-year, $5.5 million contract on Sunday.???? We’ve signed forward Tyler Bertuzzi to a one-year contract pic.twitter.com/T8PLhhOqRP— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) July 2, 2023The Detroit Red Wings traded Bertuzzi to the Boston Bruins before this year’s NHL trade deadline.Bertuzzi, 28, had a combined eight goals and 22 assists in 50 games with the Red Wings and Bruins this season. He added five goals and five assists in Boston’s seven-game loss to the Florida Panthers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.The native of Sudbury, Ont., has had a number of injuries and suffered an upper-body injury blocking a shot on Oct. 16 that sidelined him until January.Bertuzzi has 92 goals and 126 assists for 218 points in 326 career games with the Red Wings and Bruins.The Red Wings selected the Guelph Storm product in the second round (58th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft.

Two people still missing after landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec provincial police continued to search for two people on Sunday, a day after they went missing following a landslide triggered by torrential rain in Quebec’s Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.Police said several people were trying to clear storm-related debris from a road in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 170 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, when the landslide occurred around 1:30 p.m.“A landslide and an overflow of the Éternité River swept away the people who were on the road to clear the route of debris. Three people were carried away by the current. A man in his 40s was located and rescued,” police spokesman Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu said in an interview. The man suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital, where he remains in critical condition. The two other people, a man and a woman, remain missing.Beaulieu said there was no new information about the search as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, adding around 30 police officers were on the gr...

Trump’s South Carolina rally attracted a massive crowd in heavily Republican area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump marked a return to the large-scale rallies of his previous presidential campaigns, speaking to a massive crowd gathered in the streets of a small South Carolina city on a blazing summer weekend.“There’s nowhere else I’d rather be to kick off the Fourth of July weekend than right here on Main Street, with thousands of hardworking South Carolina patriots who believe in God, family and country,” Trump said Saturday to a roaring crowd in downtown Pickens as temperatures climbed into the 90s.Randal J. Beach, the police chief in the conservative Upstate community of about 3,400 residents, told The Associated Press on Sunday that his estimates of the crowd “were somewhere between 50-55,000.”The heavily Republican area is a popular one for GOP hopefuls as they aim to attract support for South Carolina’s first-in-the-South presidential primary. In recent months, other candidates including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former V...

At least 1 person is dead in a fiery small plane crash in South Carolina beach resort

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A single-engine plane carrying five people crashed Sunday near a golf course in the South Carolina coastal resort community of North Myrtle Beach, killing at least one person, police and federal officials said.The Piper PA-32 went down northwest of the city’s Grand Stand Airport shortly after 11 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that confirmed five people were aboard.North Myrtle Beach police spokesman Patrick Wilkinson said initially that there was at least one death and one other person taken to a hospital, the Myrtle Beach Sun News reported. A North Myrtle Beach police dispatcher, contacted by The Associated Press, said she had no further information later Sunday and that no spokesperson was immediately available to provide further updates on the dead or injured.The newspaper reported the plane went down in a fiery crash near a golf course in an area called Barefoot Landing, prompting police, fire and other emergen...

Friends and family gather for the funeral of Houston rapper Big Pokey

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Family and friends gathered at the funeral over the weekend for Houston rapper Big Pokey, an original member of the pioneering group Screwed Up Click.Pokey, who was born Milton Powell, died June 18 at the age of 48 after collapsing at a performance in Beaumont, located east of Houston. Those attending his service Saturday at Fountain of Praise church in Houston included Mayor Sylvester Turner, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and rappers Paul Wall, Trae Tha Truth and Slim Thug, the Houston Chronicle reported.Pokey was known for Texas and Gulf Coast hits such as “Ball N’ Parlay,” “Who Dat Talking Down,” and a verse on DJ Screw’s nearly 36-minute freestyle known as “June 27th.” He was also featured on Megan Thee Stallion’s 2022 “Southside Royalty Freestyle.” Nationally, Pokey was most known for a featured appearance on Wall’s 2005 debut hit song, “Sittin’ Sidewayz.” The chorus was sampled from Pokey’s verse on “June 27th.”Pokey, who grew up in Houston, began garnering l...

Union to provide update on strike by nearly 7,400 port workers across B.C.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

VANCOUVER — The union representing thousands of striking British Columbia port workers says it plans to offer an update on negotiations later today. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says it will provide more details on the ongoing talks at a 3:30 p.m. news conference in Vancouver. It will mark the first time the union has spoken publicly since nearly 7,400 members walked off the job on Saturday morning.The BC Maritime Employers Association has previously said federally mediated talks with the union took place over several days and were slated to continue today.Business groups across Canada have sounded the alarm about the potential economic impact of the strike, which affects thousands of cargo loaders and 49 of the province’s waterfront employers at more than 30 ports across the province.The union has previously said contracting out, port automation and cost of living are key issues in the dispute.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jul...

CPD: 13-year-old girl missing from Humboldt Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:24 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public's help in finding a 13-year-old year old girl who went missing in Humboldt Park Tuesday.Missing 13-year-old Miracle Brown.Police said Miracle Brown, 13, was last seen in the 4000 block of West Hirsch Street on June 27.She's described as being around 4-feet-10-inches tall, weighing around 160 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, with police saying she may be as far away as St. Paul, Minnesota.Anyone with information that can help police find Brown can reach Area Five detectives with CPD at 312-746-6554.