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Former Cup Series champ Kurt Busch formally retires while still recovering from concussion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR champion who stepped away from racing last season following a significant concussion, officially retired Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.Busch, 45, held back tears as he called it quits while sitting on the same stage where he celebrated one of his most memorable Cup Series victories — the 2017 Daytona 500.“My body is just having a battle with Father Time,” Busch said, adding he has dealt with arthritis and gout while trying to recover from a rear-impact collision he says rattled his brain.“I’m very happy, complacent,” he said. “There’s nothing I look back on and regret about having this opportunity at the top level of NASCAR.”His younger brother, Kyle, sat at the back of the media center during the announcement. NASCAR executives Jim France, Ben Kennedy, Steve O’Donnell and Mike Helton also were on hand along with countless Toyota brass and 23IX Racing drivers Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick.“ItR...

Dollar General store shooting in Jacksonville that left 3 dead was racially motivated, sheriff says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville, Florida, sheriff says that a racially motivated shooter fatally shot three people inside a Dollar General Store on Saturday before killing himself.“Plainly put, this shooting was racially motivated and he hated Black people,” Sheriff T.K. Waters said at a news conference,THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city’s mayor has told a television station. A city council member says the shooter is dead.Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT “there are a number of fatalities” inside the store but didn’t give a precise number. Numerous police officers were in the area near Edward Waters University, a small historically Black university.“This is unacceptable,” Deegan told the station. “One shooting is too much but these mass shootings are really hard to take.”Jacksonville City C...

FIFA suspends Spain soccer chief Luis Rubiales and coaches resign over unwanted kiss with Women’s World Cup winner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

(CNN) — Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on Women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso has triggered a crisis in Spanish soccer, with world governing body FIFA suspending the president and Spain’s women’s coaches resigning en masse.FIFA said it was suspending Rubiales from “all football-related activities at national and international level” for 90 days while disciplinary proceedings are underway, deepening a scandal that tainted a historic victory for the women’s team.Rubiales says the kiss was consensual and has refused to resign over the incident despite fierce criticism from Hermoso, her teammates and the Spanish government.Hermoso said the kiss was unwanted and she and the entire World Cup-winning squad have refused to play while Rubiales remains president.“I did not like this incident,” she wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist out of place act with...

Record heat recorded in Dallas as scorching summer continues in the United States

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

(AP) — Another record-setting day of high temperatures hit the Dallas/Fort Worth area Saturday before a slight cooling trend moves into the area, according to the National Weather Service as heat warnings stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Southeastern U.S. and upper Mid-South.The high in Dallas reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit (42.8 degrees Celsius), breaking by three degrees the previous record set in 2011, before the heat dome that has been over the state since June begins to move out of the area, according to weather service meteorologist Matt Stalley.Excessive heat warnings were in effect for much of eastern Texas, most of both Louisiana and Mississippi and portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and the Florida Panhandle.The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, has asked the state’s 30 million residents five times this summer to voluntarily reduce power usage because of the high temperatures creating high demand for electricity.ERCOT has r...

At least 7 people hurt in shooting that halted Boston parade, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

(CNN) — At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that halted a popular Boston parade, police said.The victims were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Two arrests were made and multiple firearms recovered, police said.Boston Police Sgt. Detective John Boyle earlier said the shooting occurred during the J’ouvert Parade, which is part of the city’s Caribbean Carnival.Police Commissioner Michael Cox later clarified that the violence erupted on the outskirts of the event. The parade was halted because of the shooting, which was unrelated, Cox said.“It’s always heart wrenching to hear that a treasured community event has been disrupted by acts of violence from those who had nothing to do with the event,” Mayor Michelle Wu told reporters.“And there’s no – absolutely – no excuse for something that is open to the community and part of Boston’s culture and heritage to be talked about in this way because of the acts that were introduced.”...

Arrests made, guns recovered after 8 people shot near Caribbean festival in Dorchester

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

Police say arrests have been made and weapons have been recovered in connection with a brazen daylight shooting in Dorchester on Saturday that left at least eight people hospitalized and cast a shadow over the city’s annual Caribbean festival. Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of Blue Hill and Talbot avenues around 7:45 a.m. found all of the victim suffering from what were considered non-life-threatening injuries, according to Boston police.The shooting delayed the beginning of the Caribbean festival, which stepped off and continued as planned. At least two people were arrested and firearms were recovered.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu decried the violence. “It’s just heart-wrenching to hear that a treasured community event has been disrupted by acts of violence from those who had nothing to do with the event and there’s absolutely no excuse for something that is open to the community and part of Boston’s culture and heritage to be talked...

A shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, has left multiple people and the shooter dead, officials say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city’s mayor has told a television station. A city council member says the shooter is dead.Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT “there are a number of fatalities” inside the store but didn’t give a precise number. Numerous police officers were in the area near Edward Waters University, a small historically Black university.“This is unacceptable,” Deegan told the station. “One shooting is too much but these mass shootings are really hard to take.”Jacksonville City Council member Ju’Coby Pittman told the station the shooter is dead. She did not give details.“My heart is heavy. I am tired of all of the shootings,” she said.Edward Waters University students were being kept in their dorms, the school said in a statement. No students or faculty are believed involved, the school said.Further details were not immediately available. The city says ...

Suspicious death investigation underway in Durham, NH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

Authorities have launched a suspicious death investigation in Durham, New Hampshire, officials announced.Officers are actively investigating the death of a man at 98 Bennett Road, according to a joint statement from New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella, New Hampshire State Police Executive Major Matthew S. Shapiro, and Deputy Chief David Holmstock of the Durham Police Department. Investigators believe all parties involved have been identified and that there is no ongoing threat to the general public.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Police respond to shots fired in Dorchester

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

Boston police responded to a report of shots fired in Dorchester on Saturday evening, hours after eight people were wounded in a nearby shooting.The shots were reportedly fired in the area of Blue Hill Avenue and Columbia Road around 5 p.m. No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Boston College athletics committed to community engagement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:38 GMT

Growing up on Northampton Street in the South End, Kenny Francis says he doesn’t remember seeing student-athletes from Boston College in his community.“That has to change,” said Francis, now BC’s assistant athletics director for student athlete formation and success. “BC is the only Power 5 institution in New England. There is no reason why we shouldn’t have more of a presence in Boston.”The school is committed to changing that narrative, Francis told the Herald on Saturday, as a group of six Eagles football players interacted with the Boston Bengals Pop Warner program at Clifford Playground in Roxbury.With the Eagles’ season set to kick off next Saturday against Northern Illinois at Alumni Stadium, Francis said it’s important for his college’s student-athletes to connect with the Boston community.Giving back to the community continuously, Pat Garwo said, is a goal for the running back because it helps him remember the background he came from.This summer, Garwo, entering his redshir...