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10-year-old boy recovering in Colorado following shark attack in Cancun

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

DENVER, Colo. (WSVN) — A family vacation in Cancun turned into a nightmare for the Armijo family when their son, Dillon, was attacked by a shark earlier this month. The family was enjoying their last day in Mexico on the beach when the shark came out of nowhere and bit Dillon’s leg.According to Dillon’s mother, Abby Armijo, he and his brother were playing in knee-deep water when the shark attacked. “We wanted to play on the beach,” said Dillon. “We wanted to swim and jump in the waves. Five minutes after that, a shark came into the wave.”Dillon screamed in pain, and Abby saw his leg after the wave came down. “In that wave, he just grabbed me and took away all my skin,” he said.Abby said a man sitting nearby heard their screams and was able to help get him out of the water with the help of a lifeguard and Dillon’s big brother.Dillon spent a few days in a hospital in Mexico before being airlifted back to Colorado, where he ha...

Jonathan Majors’ attorney provides purported texts from woman in alleged assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

(CNN) — An attorney for actor Jonathan Majors has shared text messages she says came from the woman her client allegedly assaulted last weekend.Majors, who recently starred in “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” was arraigned on Sunday on assault and harassment charges after a domestic dispute in New York, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.The complaint against Majors does not name the female accuser but states he struck “her about the face with an open hand, causing substantial pain and a laceration behind her ear.”It also claims he “put his hand on her neck, causing bruising and substantial pain.”“Mr. Majors completely denies assaulting the woman,” his attorney, Priya Chaudhry, told CNN in a statement Thursday. “Around 11 a.m. on March 25, 2023, Jonathan Majors called 911 out of concern for the woman’s mental health. The police arrived with the paramedics, as is...

3 suspects arrested in assault and robbery of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine in a South Florida gym

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

(CNN) — Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault and robbery of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine at a South Florida gym last week, authorities announced Thursday.The suspects — Rafael Medina, Jr., 43, Octavious Medina, 23, and Anthony Maldonado, 25 — were arrested Thursday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet.6ix9ine was transported from an LA Fitness Gym to a hospital on March 21 after being injured when “an altercation occurred inside the business between several individuals,” the sheriff’s office said last week. The rapper’s injures were non-life-threatening.Lance Lazzaro, 6ix9ine’s attorney, said in a statement that the performer was “attacked in a Sauna at a gym by three or four thugs who beat him up (he tried fighting back).”“He had cuts to his face and bruises. Employees heard the disturbance and the perpetrators fled,” Lazzaro said.All three suspects ar...

Wimbledon allows Russian, Belarusian tennis players back in

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

Russian and Belarusian athletes will be able to compete at this year’s edition of the Wimbledon tennis tournament as “neutral athletes,” the tournament’s organizers said in a statement Friday.In April 2022, Wimbledon issued a ban on players from both countries over Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — during which some Russian troops entered Ukraine from Belarus, a close Moscow ally.“Our current intention is to accept entries from Russian and Belarusian players subject to them competing as ‘neutral’ athletes and complying with appropriate conditions,” the organizers said in a statement. This includes prohibiting “expressions of support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in various forms” as well as “entry by players receiving funding from the Russian and/or Belarusian states,” including from state-owned companies, the statement read.Ian Hewitt, chairman of the All England Club which organizes the tournament, called...

NH voter accused of hitting election worker after ballot jammed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

RAYMOND, N.H. (AP) — A woman whose paper ballot jammed in a tabulator machine is accused of hitting an election worker in the face who tried to remove it, giving him a bloody nose, police said.The woman was voting in Raymond on Tuesday at the town’s polling center, Holmes Gove Middle School. She was charged with misdemeanor simple assault and disorderly conduct, WMUR-TV reported. She was released on bail.The machine rejected her ballot several times. The woman then folded the ballot and shoved it into the machine, jamming it. When the worker tried to remove it, the woman allegedly hit him in the face and gave him a bloody nose, the station reported. Police intervened.It wasn’t immediately known if she had a lawyer.

New Hampshire Senate votes to protect presidential primary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s prominent place in the presidential nominating calendar would be enshrined in the state’s constitution under a measure that won unanimous support Thursday in the state Senate.If 60% of the House agrees, voters would be asked in November 2024 whether to add language to the constitution mirroring an existing state law that requires the primary to be held at least seven days before any similar contest. It was one of two bills passed by the Senate as a rebuke to the Democratic National Committee, which last month approved replacing the Iowa caucus with the South Carolina primary in the leadoff position in 2024 and having New Hampshire share the second slot with Nevada.The shakeup, championed by President Joe Biden as a way to empower minority voters, has faced major pushback in New Hampshire from Republicans and Democrats alike.“To think that any political party is going to lean on the elected officials in this state to give up our tradition, th...

Mass. eviction prevention policy set to expire, local organizations call for extension

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

Massachusetts’ eviction prevention policy is set to expire Friday unless lawmakers extend it. Chapter 257 requires eviction cases to hold when a tenant has a pending application for rental aid. More than 100 organizations have endorsed an extension, saying Bay Staters could be displaced without it.

Medford dog found in NH nearly a year after going missing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

A Medford dog was found safe in Pelham, New Hampshire Wednesday nearly a year after going missing. The pup, named “Bo,” went missing in May 2022. After months of no sightings, Bo’s family received a call from the microchip company. Bo’s family says they are overjoyed to have him back home and that he’s already becoming best friends with his new puppy sister.

José Abreu begins his next chapter in Houston after time with Chicago White Sox: ‘I am very grateful for the 9 years’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

José Abreu gave Gavin Sheets a big hug before beginning batting practice Thursday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.A few minutes later, Eloy Jiménez and Yasmani Grandal watched from behind the cage as Abreu took a few swings. A few minutes after the session finished, Abreu received a hug from Lance Lynn near the Houston Astros dugout.Abreu enjoyed the reunion with his former teammates before making his debut with the Astros against the Chicago White Sox. Abreu went 1-for-4 in a 3-2 loss to the Sox.“The guys over there I respect and they treat me with respect as well,” Abreu said through an interpreter before Thursday’s game. “The only thing I can hope for is they are healthy all season.“Just because I am in a different uniform across the field doesn’t mean I’m not going to have respect for them. A lot of those guys are friends of mine. Some I didn’t get to know as well. But the respect is still there.”Abreu, who ranks in t...

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Rogers-Shaw deal gets final approval

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:13 GMT

OTTAWA — Rogers Communications Inc’s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. cleared the last regulatory hurdle Friday.The federal industry minister approved the transfer of Shaw-owned Freedom Mobile’s wireless licences to Quebecor Inc., which paves the way for the deal to be completed.More comingCompanies in this story: (TSX:RCI.B, TSX:SJR.B, TSX:QBR.B)The Canadian Press