Former Olympic athlete pleads guilty to sexually abusing boys in 1970s, victims recall lifelong trauma
BOSTON (AP) – A former Olympian and longtime track and field coach is in state prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing young boys while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s. He faces up to 11 years in prison. Conrad Mainwaring, a hurdler for Antigua and Barbuda at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, was charged with 12 counts of indecent assault and battery on a child over 14 years of age and 12 counts of indecent assault on a child under 14 years of age in Berkshire-Superior. and pleaded guilty to four counts of assault. court. Mainwaring, a British national who lives in Los Angeles, is accused of sexually abusing campers from 1975 to 1979 while working as a counselor at Camp Greylock in Beckett.
Charles retreats to Sandringham, an estate full of fresh breezes and great isolation.
LONDON (AP) – Britain's King Charles III rested at his private estate, Sandringham House, as he underwent his first treatment for cancer. It's where monarchs have long sought refuge as they stroll and shoot along the windswept North Sea coast of eastern England. Sandringham, the private residence of the past six British monarchs, is located about 180 kilometers north of London, surrounded by parks, gardens and farms. Sandringham is a special place for the royal family, but the king probably went there for very wise reasons. He will need to isolate while recovering from cancer treatment.
Sheriff's deputies corral a wayward kangaroo near a swimming pool at a Florida apartment complex.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Sheriff's deputies corralled a wayward kangaroo after they spotted it hopping in the pool area of a Florida apartment complex. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office released video and still photos of the kangaroo Thursday, including footage taken from a helicopter. The agency also released audio of a female resident of the complex reporting seeing a “large kangaroo” bouncing around the pool. Deputies were able to identify and reunite the animals with their owners, the agency said in a Facebook post. No injuries to kangaroos or people were reported.
Two JetBlue planes collide at Logan Airport, wingtip touching tail
BOSTON (AP) — Two JetBlue planes have been involved in a minor collision at Boston Logan International Airport. An airport authority spokesperson said two Airbus 321 planes were in a de-icing area when the wingtip of one struck the tail of another. No one was hurt. The crash occurred around 6:40 a.m. Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Passengers from Flights 777 and 551 were transferred to other aircraft. The FAA says the entire incident occurred in a tarmac area controlled by JetBlue. Flights to Las Vegas and Orlando will be operated on other aircraft while those planes are repaired, the airline said.
Ten freight trains loaded with cooking oil and plastic pellets derailed.They land on the New York River.
PITTSOWN, N.Y. (AP) – A 10-car freight train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, sending two of the cars into a river, authorities said. Authorities said the cars were part of a 94-car train that derailed Wednesday night in the village of Valley Falls in Rensselaer County. A Berkshire & Eastern Railroad spokeswoman said no injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved. He said the two cars that fell into the Husik River leaked small amounts of cooking oil and resin. He said contractors were on the scene and the vehicles should be back on the tracks within hours. Investigation is ongoing.
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake about 160 miles off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean shakes Florida residents.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Officials say they are collecting reports from Floridians who felt shaken by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake off the state's Atlantic coast. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday about 160 miles east of Cape Canaveral. Earthquakes have been felt in Florida before. In September 2006, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico was felt in Florida and other states. In parts of Florida, some Floridians saw items falling off shelves and waves in their pools during the 2006 earthquake. The quake was felt throughout Florida as well as several other southern states, including Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and the Carolinas, according to the USGS.
A man suspected of stalking a New York cafe owner on a plane has been re-arrested.
SKYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – A small plane pilot accused of stalking a New York woman from the air has been arrested for the fifth time. The Saratoga County Sheriff's Office announced that Michael Arnold, of Schuylerville, was ordered held without bail after his Feb. 1 arrest on misdemeanor charges of stalking and criminal contempt. He is accused of waiting for and following the victim on January 12, in violation of a protection order. Arnold's attorney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Thursday. Arnold is accused of harassing a Schuylerville village cafe owner over a four-year period, including flying low over him and occasionally throwing tomatoes at him.
Texas man sentenced to 180 days in prison for drugging his wife to have an abortion
HOUSTON (AP) – A Texas man who drugged his wife's drink in an attempt to induce an abortion has been sentenced to 180 days in jail, suspended for 10 years. Houston attorney Mason Herring, 39, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person. She told the court her sentence was not long enough. “I don't think 180 days is justice when you tried to kill your child seven times,” she said. Katherine Herring said her third child was born about 10 weeks premature and goes to therapy several times a week for developmental issues.
Paris Olympics medals are made from pieces of the Eiffel Tower
PARIS (AP) — When Olympic medalists make history at the Paris Games, they will be bringing a little bit of France and its history back home. Hexagonal polished pieces of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower will be embedded in the gold, silver and bronze medals that will be worn around the necks of athletes at this year's Summer Games and Paralympics. Game organizers announced the design on Thursday. Each piece of the Eiffel Tower weighs 18 grams. These were cut from girders and other parts that were replaced during the tower's renovation and were kept for safekeeping. The Parisian jewelery company Chaumet designed the medal, and the Paris Mint produced 5,084 pieces.
The countdown begins for the total solar eclipse in April.What you need to know about watch parties and safe viewing
A total solar eclipse is coming to North America. On April 8th, the sun will once again cause a annihilation phenomenon in parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada, turning day into night for up to 4 minutes and 28 seconds. This is twice as long as the total solar eclipse that darkened the U.S. sky in 2017. This time, the eclipse will take a different, more populated route, passing over Mexico's Pacific coast, running up Texas and Oklahoma, and across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic coast and New England. , before crossing eastern Canada into the Atlantic Ocean. A coast-to-coast eclipse in the United States will not occur until 2045.
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