Murray scores career-high 44 points, makes game-winning shot in OT as Hawks outlast Celtics 123-122
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by Owen Boss
4h ago
TLANTA (AP) — Dejounte Murray scored a career-high 44 points, including a go-ahead jumper in the final second of overtime to power the Atlanta Hawks to a 123-122 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Murray scored all of Atlanta’s 11 points in the extra period to give the Hawks their second win over Boston in four days. Jaylen Brown sank a go-ahead jumper with 6 seconds remaining in overtime to give Boston a 122-121 lead. Murray answered with the jumper over Jrue Holiday. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 24 points and De’Andre Hunter had 21 points and 13 rebounds as Atlanta won its fourth ..read more
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7 Investigates: Area dog owners warning of rat poison risk
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by Owen Boss
4h ago
One moment, Greg Sutcliffe’s Golden lab Bucky and his brother-in-law’s puppy, Shep, were running through the neighborhood, the next — they were laying lifeless on the floor. “The puppy was in the kitchen … it was worse than a seizure, it was like his entire body was frozen,” Sutcliffe recalled, adding that his daughter was screaming and crying. The family rushed both dogs to an Animal Hospital in Woburn, where Bucky had to put down after it was determined both dogs had ingested poison. Lisa Barker knows the pain he was going through. She tried saving her dog, Nora, after it ate rat poison at s ..read more
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North End restaurant owners pack meeting to protest outdoor dining restrictions
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by Owen Boss
4h ago
More than a dozen North End restaurant owners shut down their businesses for a couple of hours Thursday to protest the city’s outdoor dining restrictions, which they say are unfair to the neighborhood. “We decided to close our businesses for two hours because we wanted to get some attention and send a message that it’s not all about money, it’s about equal rights. It’s about to have the opportunity to compete with the rest of the city of our business,” said restaurant owner Jorge Mendoza. Citing the North End’s high density of restaurants, the city will not be issuing outdoor dining permits. R ..read more
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Parents blast lack of communication following alarming incident at Stoneham elementary school
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by Owen Boss
6h ago
It’s been a week since a convicted sex offender tried to gain access to a Stoneham elementary school and community members gathered Thursday to let school officials know they expected better communication about what happened. Police say the suspect, James McCarty was carrying at least two knives and tried pulling on the doors of the South Elementary School, information that parents and community members say they should have known about immediately. Following an FBI investigation, McCarty is now facing upgraded charges, including making a bomb and hijack threat and threatening to commit a crime ..read more
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Trump is selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills
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by Owen Boss
9h ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is now selling Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. Trump, who became the presumptive Republican nominee earlier this month, released a video on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday urging his supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired by country singer Lee Greenwood’s patriotic ballad. Trump takes the stage to the song at each of his rallies and has appeared with Greenwood at events. “Happy Holy Week! Let’s Make America Pray Again. As we lead into Good Friday and Easter, I encourage you to get ..read more
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Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
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by Owen Boss
9h ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. Though he described Bankman-Fried as “extremely smart,” U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan delivered a blistering analysis of Bankman-Fried and his crimes before announcing a sentence that was half of what prosecutors sought and less than a quarter of the 105 years recommended by the court’s probation officers ..read more
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Winthrop police lieutenant arraigned on child rape charges
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by Owen Boss
9h ago
A Winthrop police lieutenant accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on Thursday. James Feeley, 56, was arraigned on one count of aggravated rape of a child and seven counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office. He was ordered held on $200,000 bail on the condition that he stay away from and have no contact with the alleged victim and family, have no unsupervised contact with children under 16, submit to GPS monitoring before being released with an exclusion zone, surrender all ..read more
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Brighton ‘peeping Tom’ suspect arraigned on charges stemming from recent incidents
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by Owen Boss
9h ago
A man who police say has a history of committing brazen break-ins and was caught peeping into people’s windows in Brighton was arraigned on criminal charges on Thursday. Francis Gomez, 36, was arraigned in Brighton District Court in connection to two incidents that occurred on Donnybrook Road and Beechcroft Street. He was arrested after a 911 caller said she spotted him with a flashlight outside her house. This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details ..read more
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Driver hospitalized after slamming into hotel housing migrants in Marlboro
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by Owen Boss
11h ago
Police are investigating a crash in Marlboro on Thursday that sent a man to a hospital and left a hotel that is housing migrant families damaged, officials said. Crews responding to a reported crash at the Holiday Inn off of Route 20 found an SUV that jumped the curb and crashed into a room on the first floor, sending a man at a desk down onto the ground, according to police. He declined medical treatment. The driver that struck the building was taken to the hospital to be treated for undisclosed injuries. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. This is a developing news story; sta ..read more
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Rain ends tomorrow, then breezy
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by Mblack
11h ago
It’s been a soggy day! The wet weather rolls through into tomorrow morning. Then the rain will be out, but the breeze will be in. Above is a look at estimated rainfall amounts so far. We’re expecting 1-3″ in total through tomorrow. For that reason, there’s still a Flood Watch for our area, meaning we’re watching for the potential for flooding. You’ll likely continue to notice street and poor drainage flooding. You can see the plume of moisture from the Canadian Maritimes south through the Mid-Atlantic. Moisture to our south will continue to lift into Southern New England bringing the ongoing ..read more
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