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1 dead, at least 28 injured after roof collapses at Illinois’ Apollo Theatre following dangerous storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

(CNN) — One person was killed and 28 others were injured after a full roof collapse at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, on Friday evening following devastating storms and tornadoes that ripped through the South and Midwest, officials said.Approximately 260 people, including guests, performers and staff, were inside the venue for a heavy metal rock concert at the time of the collapse, according to the event coordinator.Belvidere is in northern Illinois, approximately 14 miles outside the city of Rockford. Despite severe weather in the region, there were no reports of an “actual tornado” hitting the area, Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said.In southern Illinois, three other people died in Crawford County after a residential structural collapse during Friday’s severe weather, according to Kevin Sur, a spokesperson for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The deaths confirmed in Illinois bring the overall death toll from Friday’s severe w...

Roxbury nonprofit teaching kids from homeless families about the MBTA

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

A Roxbury nonprofit is helping children from homeless families with a better understanding of the MBTA and how it works. Students are Horizons for Homeless Children learned all about trains and the colors of the various MBTA lines, a perfect opportunity to work parts of what they’re already learning with information about public transit.The kids also went to a station and watched a train go by. During their learning experience, the kids brought the T inside, making an Orange Line train out of cardboard and attempting to recreate a map of the MBTA network.The idea behind the program is to encourage the kids to get a better understanding of some of the STEM careers they could go into in the future, organizers said.

Mark Canha, Omar Narvaez power the offense, Tylor Megill earns the win as Mets beat Marlins 6-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

MIAMI — One night after the Mets had a dismal offensive showing against the Miami Marlins, they answered some questions with a 6-2 win to move to 2-1 in the series and on the season.Mark Canha had a home run, a double, an RBI single, a walk and three runs scored and Omar Narvaez went 2-for-3 with two RBI to beat the Marlins on Saturday at LoanDepot Park. Right-hander Tylor Megill went five innings to earn the win in place of Justin Verlander and the Mets played stellar defense behind him.Pete Alonso made a fantastic play at first base in the seventh and Francisco Lindor made the play of the game in the sixth inning, showcasing elite range and a strong arm to get Bryan De La Cruz out and save two runs.The narrative that the Mets can’t hit left-handed pitching reemerged Friday night after a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Marlins and lefty Jesus Luzardo. Two runs off of Andrew Nardi and two off of lefty Braxton Garrett don’t exactly put that narrative to rest but it hel...

Orioles lose to Red Sox, 9-8, after dropped final out leads to Adam Duvall’s walk-off homer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

The Orioles’ outfield blunders at Fenway Park at last caught up to them in Saturday’s ninth inning.With two outs, nobody on base and the Orioles leading the Boston Red Sox by one, closer Félix Bautista induced a soft fly ball to left, but Ryan McKenna dropped it. A batter later, Adam Duvall hit his second home run of the game, giving Boston a walk-off 9-8 victory.The Orioles’ outfield defense has been suspect throughout the team’s first two games, with McKenna’s drop joining poor routes and misreads.The ending overshadowed a day in which the Orioles (1-1) became the first team since at least 1901 to steal 10 bases over the first two games of the season as they blew a 7-1 lead.Right-hander Dean Kremer allowed five runs on six hits with one walk and three strikeouts in his season debut.Around the hornThe Orioles listed their starters for their upcoming road series against the Texas Rangers as right-handers Kyle Bradish, Tyler Wells and Kyle Gibson. T...

Clarke Schmidt roughed up in season-debut as Yankees fall to Giants, 7-5

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

Game 2 didn’t go according to plan.Clarke Schmidt struggled in his season debut in the Yankees’ 7-5 loss to the Giants on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The right-hander tossed 3.1 innings allowing five hits, three runs, walking one and striking out five.The 27-year-old navigated through the first inning smoothly — allowing a walk but striking out two — displaying his newly developed cutter seven out of 19 pitches in the frame, however, it was rough sailing from there on out.The right-hander threw 31 pitches in the second and then was bombarded in the fourth with a solo shot from Joc Pederson and a two-run blast from Brandon Crawford that gave the Giants a 3-2 lead and knocked him out of the game.The Yankees’ bats didn’t go down quietly registering 10 hits — and rallying late to make things interesting — but they had a lot of help from the Giants’ defense. The Bombers’ first run of the afternoon came when San Francisco’s...

Photos: New England girls were all Belle of the Ball at Boutique Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

It was a fairytale day for many a Bay State high school girl Saturday as they chose their prom dresses at the Belle of the Ball Boutique Day at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.“Life has thrown us many curve balls, but our mission remains the same: every high school girl should have the experience of feeling beautiful,” said Arthur Anton Jr., of Anton’s Cleaners, a founder of the Belle of the Ball. “Because of last year’s hiatus, we have the ability to help more deserving young women than ever before, thanks to our generous corporate partners, dress donors and volunteers.”More than 1,000 girls were invited to take part in the Boutique Day where they spent the day shopping and being pampered ahead of prom.Those who wish to help support getting dresses to a girl in need can donate a dress from Feb. 6 through March at any Anton’s Cleaners, Enterprise Bank or Jordan’s Furniture location in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire or R.I.Paul Conno...

Chris Sale’s mixed-bag debut couldn’t keep Red Sox down in epic comeback victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

April showers turned into a Sale storm on Saturday afternoon.Spoiler alert: not the good kind.Chris Sale’s first home game since the 2021 ALCS was a mixed bag from the start.He was a walking contradiction (sans any actual walks) in the first inning, striking out three batters interspersed with an early 3-0 lead for Baltimore Orioles on a single to Adley Rutschman and a pair of home runs. The velocity was there, but his command was all over the place.Zack Kelly was already warming in the bullpen during the third inning, but Sale managed to get out of the frame by striking out Ramon Urías for the third time.In three innings, he allowed seven earned runs on seven hits (three home runs), walked two, struck out six, and hit one batter. 74 of his 43 pitches were for strikes, and he got 13 swing-and-misses, but his command was erratic.Chris Sale's season debut, as told by Baseball Savant pic.twitter.com/fZJ9Z9ryr1— Gabrielle Starr (@gfstarr1) April 1, 2023Not an ideal debut...

Tornadoes kill at least 21 across Midwest and South

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

Tornadoes and the storms that created them wrecked havoc on the South and Midwest Friday night, killing at least 21 people in a path of destruction that included Arkansas’ capital city and a roof collapse in a packed concert venue in Illinois.The dead included seven in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, three in Sullivan, Indiana, and four in Illinois.The music venue was the Apollo Theater in Belvidere, about 70 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, where the Boston-based metal band Revocation was booked to play Friday night with Morbid Angel, Crypta, and Skeletal Remains.Dan Zaccard, the Emergency Management director for Boone County, Illinois, said in a press conference Saturday that his office issued a tornado warning siren at 7:24 p.m., by 7:47 p.m., the call came in that the roof had collapsed. The area looked like a disaster, he said, with “numerous buildings damaged, trees down, vehicles flipped, a lot of damage.”One 51-year-old ...

Gas station robbed at gunpoint, suspect not located

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities are searching for the suspect in an armed robbery of a gas station near Lake Murray that happened shortly after midnight Saturday, San Diego police said.Around 12:52 a.m., the suspect entered the Speedway Gas Station at 8787 Lake Murray Boulevard and held a black semi-automatic handgun while instructing the clerk in the station to give him the money from the cash register, police said in a release. Driver shot during robbery attempt; suspects have not been located The employee complied, giving the suspect an undetermined amount of money. Afterwards, the suspect fled on foot headed south on Lake Murray Boulevard, according to SDPD.There were no reported injuries in the incident.The suspect was described as an African-American man in his 30's. He was last seen wearing a dark baseball cap, a medical face mask, a yellow vest over a red sweater and black pants.SDPD Robbery Detectives responded to the scene and are handling the investigation. Anyone with informa...

Israeli strikes in Syria’s Homs province wound five soldiers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:46 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria’s Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported.It marked the ninth time Israel has struck targets in Syria since the beginning of the year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked war monitor.State news agency SANA, citing military sources, said the strikes had targeted sites in the city of Homs and surrounding countryside. Syrian air defenses intercepted the missiles and shot down some of them, it said.The observatory reported that the missiles targeted Syrian military sites and those of Iran-linked militias, including a research center.There was no immediate statement from Israel on the strikes.Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, including attacks on the Damascus and Aleppo airports, but it rarely acknowledges specific operations.Israel says it targets bases of Iran-all...