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Bruins notebook: Things are about to get real for the B’s

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

We are about to find out who the 2023-24 Bruins really are.After opening the season with seven straight Western Conference opponents – and presumed lesser lights at that – 10 of their next 12 games will be against Atlantic Division foes, starting with the much-improved Detroit Red Wings at the Garden on Saturday.The B’s identity will soon becoming into focus.“We need to find out,” said coach coach Jim Montgomery after Friday’s practice. “We’ve got three real good teams coming in (Florida is in on Monday and then Toronto on Thursday) and we’ll see where we stand in our division. We’ve had a good start to the year and I think our division is really strong, really competitive all the way top to bottom. It’s going to be a good test coming up for us and it starts (Saturday).”Detroit arguably represents the most intriguing opponent. The once-proud Wings have missed the playoffs seven straight seasons but they’ve started hot at 5-2-1. Led by big fr...

Bishop Fenwick appeal denied by court

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

The MIAA State Tournament will not include Bishop Fenwick.On Friday, the Essex Superior Court denied Bishop Fenwick’s request for a preliminary injunction that would have temporarily nullified the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (MIAA) postseason ban on the school for the 2023-24 athletic year. The ban will remain in place, leaving the Peabody school on the sidelines for the state tournaments.While the decision is not overly surprising to many athletic and school administrators, it was not without deliberation. The Crusaders, represented by attorney Leo Fama, appeared before Justice Janice Howe of the Essex Superior Court on Monday afternoon in Lawrence. It took over three days for Howe to announce her decision.“The MIAA is a voluntary member organization,” Howe wrote in her disposition. “For it to be effective in carrying out its purposes, its member schools agree to comply with MIAA rules.”Bishop Fenwick received the first e...

Pete Davidson, John Mulaney and others cancel Maine shows following mass shooting as suspect remains at large

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

Karu F. Daniels | New York Daily NewsFollowing this week’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, a number of concerts and comedy shows have been postponed as the suspect remains at large.Comedians Pete Davidson and John Mulaney announced they’ll reschedule two upcoming shows in Maine after Wednesday’s massacre left at least 18 people dead.Both funnymen were scheduled to perform at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, around 35 miles south of Lewiston, on Saturday. They had also been set to take the stage on Sunday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, about 105 miles northeast. The shows, part of their co-headlining John & Pete comedy tour, will now happen at a later date.“We are devastated by the events in Lewiston,” the “Saturday Night Live” alums shared in an Instagram Story announcing the postponed dates. “We are thinking of you all.”Mulaney and Davidson appear to be moving forward with two shows on Friday night in Providence, R.I. at the Providence Performing Arts Center.T...

Maine officials identify 18 killed in Lewiston mass shooting as search continues for suspect

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine — State officials identified Friday all 18 victims of a mass shooting that took place in Lewiston Wednesday, and the ages of the dead range from 14 to 76 and include multiple people who were related to each other.Families of those killed were notified, Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck, and the photos used in a presentation at City Hall were approved by relatives.Those killed include: Ronald Morin, 55; Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40; Joshua Seal, 36; Bryan MacFarlane, 41; Joseph Lawrence, 57; Arthur Fred Strout, 42; Maxx Hathaway, 35; Stephen Vozzella, 45; Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34; Michael Deslauriers II, 51; Jason Adam Walker, 51; Tricia Asselin, 53; William Young, 44; Aaron Young, 14; Robert Violette, 76; Lucille Violette, 73; William Frank Brackett, 48; and Keith Macneir, 64.A search for the suspect in the mass shooting was ongoing, Sauschuck said.This is a developing story…

Revolution begin a best-of-three playoff series against Philly

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

Major League Soccer has taken the one and done out of Round One of the Cup playoffs.The New England Revolution (15-9-10) captured the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference and begin a best-of-three series with the No. 4 Philadelphia Union (15-9-10) on Saturday (5 p.m.) at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa.The Revolution will host the second match on Wednesday, Nov. 8, starting at 7 p.m. at Gillette Stadium. A deciding third match, if necessary, would be played at Subaru Park on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m. The Revolution will compete in their fourth MLS Cup playoffs in the last five years.“It all comes down to the first game, you want to have a positive start in the first game,” said Revolution interim head coach Clint Peay. “At a minimum, you want to give yourself a chance and if that means going to penalties, that’s what it is, especially on the road.“We have to be smart about how we approach the game. We have to compete and make it difficult so that you’re in the game until the end and giv...

2 dead in Mozambique protests over local election results, watchdog says. Police say 70 arrested

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Protests in Mozambique over disputed local election results resulted in the deaths of a police officer and a civilian Friday, a corruption watchdog group said. Police reported a total of 70 arrests in four cities but not any fatalities. The unrest followed Thursday’s official validation of the election results, which gave the ruling Frelimo party victory in 64 out of 65 municipalities. A consortium of election observers had reported widespread ballot stuffing, voter intimidation and falsification of results in favor of Frelimo in the Oct. 11 elections.Demonstrators barricaded streets during the protests, which were concentrated in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, and the northern cities of Nampula and Nacala. In Maputo, main opposition party Renamo led its supporters in a march. Other groups of protesters blocked main avenues with piles of burning tires and trash. Riot police and plainclothes officers dispersed crowds with tear gas and bursts of AK...

15-year sentence for Reno man who admitted using marijuana before crash that led to 3 deaths

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Reno man who admitted to driving under the influence of marijuana when he caused a crash that led to three deaths five years ago has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.Dana Terry, 26, pleaded guilty in July to driving while having a prohibited amount of marijuana in his blood, resulting in death. He is eligible for parole after serving five years of his sentence.Terry was driving a Toyota pickup on the Mount Rose Highway south of Reno in November 2018 when he crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle head-on, killing the driver Craig Park, 67, authorities said.Minutes later, two men stopped at the scene of the crash to try to help on the dark road. But a passing vehicle hit Terry’s car, which spun into the two men — Brian Morris, 57, and Rodolfo Torres, 43. Torres was pronounced dead at the scene and Morris died later at a local hospital.The Associated Press

2 Korn Ferry Tour golfers become latest professional athletes to be suspended for sports betting

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two members of the Korn Ferry Tour were suspended for three-to-six months Friday for placing bets on PGA Tour competitions, making them the latest professional athletes to be disciplined for sports betting.Vince India and Jake Staiano, golfers on the PGA Tour’s developmental feeder, violated the “Integrity Program” by making the wagers, the tour announced in a news release. Neither placed a bet on tournaments in which they were playing, the tour said.India was suspended from PGA Tour-sanctioned competition for six months, with the suspension lasting from Sept. 18 through March 17, 2024. Staiano was suspended from Sept. 11 through Dec. 10.The PGA Tour said it wouldn’t comment further on the suspensions.Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto became the NHL’s first modern-day player to be disciplined for sports gambling when he was suspended Thursday for 41 games. The NHL said the suspension was for “activities relating to sports wagering.” The l...

Intel unit focused on analysis, not criminal operations, RCMP employee tells jury

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

OTTAWA — An RCMP employee who worked in the same intelligence unit as a man charged with revealing classified information says the unit was not involved in criminal investigations, surveillance or undercover work.Gregory O’Hayon told Ontario Superior Court that Operations Research, as the unit was known, focused on intelligence and analysis.The Crown alleges Cameron Jay Ortis, who once led the unit, anonymously sent secret information in 2015 to people who were of investigative interest to the national police force. Ortis, 51, has pleaded not guilty to violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets to three individuals and trying to do so in a fourth instance. Ortis’s lawyers have indicated they will try to persuade the jury their client had the authority to take the actions he did. Reporters and the general public were excluded from the courtroom for O’Hayon’s appearance Wednesday, but an edited transcript of his testimony was relea...

A list of facts about whirling disease found in some national park waterways in B.C.

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:08:31 GMT

VANCOUVER — Parks Canada officials have shut down waterbodies in British Columbia’s Yoho and Kootenay national parks after the discovery of whirling disease. Here are some facts about the disease:— Species susceptible to the disease include cutthroat, rainbow, bull, brown and brook trout, coho, sockeye, chinook and Atlantic salmon and the mountain whitefish. — The disease is especially deadly for young finfish, with the overall death rate of fry and fingerlings reaching up to 90 per cent. — Affected fish may whirl in their swimming patterns, they have skeletal deformities and their tail may appear dark. — It was first found in Alberta waterbodies,and Parks Canada officials say the mostly likely cause of the spread to B.C. was through humans. — It is caused by a microscopic parasite spread through contact with a fish and a freshwater worm. — People can spread whirling disease by moving infected live or dead fish, infected worms, contaminated equipment or water. — It does not po...