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Suspect in cold case murder accused of making threats from behind bars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

A suspect in a cold case murder from 1971 has now been indicted in connection with threats investigators said he made from behind bars, the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday. The DA said Arthur Massei, 77, had been allegedly communicating by letter with a woman outside the prison where he was being held following his arrest in March of 2022 in connection with the murder of Natalie Scheublin, who was bound, beaten and stabbed to death in her Bedford home in 1971. The letters, the DA said, “revealed an escalating level of threats from Massei toward the recipient of the letters if she did not perform tasks to his satisfaction.” The DA said investigators found Massei asked for help recruiting someone to pretend to be a witness and falsely testify that she had information that Massei had been framed for murder. The DA said Massei allegedly offered to pay $1,000 to such a witness. Massei separately told multiple outside parties to colle...

‘Boneless wing’ or ‘chicken nugget’? Buffalo Wild Wings sued for false advertising

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

An Illinois man is launching a class-action lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings for false advertising, alleging the restaurant’s boneless wings are not actually chicken wings at all.Per the suit, the menu item’s name and description “leads reasonable consumers to believe the products are actually chicken wings.”“The products are more akin, in composition, to a chicken nugget rather than a chicken wing,” said the suit, filed in federal court last week. “This clear-cut case of false advertising should not be permitted, as consumers should be able to rely on the plain meaning of a product’s name and receive what they are promised.”Buffalo Wild Wings, now headquartered in Atlanta, was long based in the Twin Cities and maintains a corporate presence there. The Inspire Brands-owned company did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.However, the company appeared to allude to the lawsuit in a tweet Monday, writing: ̶...

Aaron Rodgers on Pat McAfee Show says his ‘intention’ is to ‘play for the New York Jets’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

Aaron Rodgers says he wants to play for the Jets.That was the news Gang Green nation wanted to hear from the superstar quarterback as he made an appearance Wednesday afternoon on “The Pat McAfee Show” with more than 480,000 tuning in on the YouTube show.“Since Friday, I’ve said my intention was to play and to play for the New York Jets.”But Rodgers made it clear that he is still under contract to the Green Bay Packers, so this isn’t a done deal yet.Developing story, check back for details. ()

Chicago Bears free-agency news: 5 free-agent deals are now official, along with the trade of the No. 1 pick

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

In his second offseason with the Chicago Bears, general manager Ryan Poles has plenty of salary-cap space to rework a roster that finished 3-14 in 2022.As the NFL’s new league year approaches, allowing free agents to begin signing with new teams, the Tribune will track all of the Bears’ arrivals and departures and provide insight into what they mean.The free-agency negotiation window opened across the league at 11 a.m. Monday. Unrestricted free agents can finalize deals when the new league year begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday.Column: After adding 5 new starters, Bears GM Ryan Poles can wait for prices to fall in free agencyColumn: Bears’ aggressive start to free agency has one common thread — young players entering their prime yearsWhat headline-grabbing move is next? 5 Bears questions before free agency.Column: Ryan Poles checked a big box on the Bears’ offseason list with his bold trade. Now comes the hard part.Bears trade the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL dr...

RB Justice Hill re-signs with Ravens on two-year, $4.5 million deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

Justice Hill is returning to the Ravens.The 25-year-old running back, whom the Ravens drafted out of Oklahoma State in the fourth round in 2019, is re-signing with Baltimore on a two-year, $4.5 million deal that could be worth as much as $5 million, his agent Andrew Kessler confirmed to The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday.Hill, who missed all of 2021 with a torn Achilles tendon, had his most productive year last season, with 262 yards on 49 carries to go with 12 catches for 58 yards in a career-best 15 games. He was also a significant part of Baltimore’s special teams, which included kick return duties.He joins a familiar and effective backfield of J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards.Last season, the Ravens ranked second behind only the Chicago Bears in rushing yards (2,720) and yards per carry (5.2).Hill has 547 rushing yards and two touchdowns in his career while averaging 4.6 yards per carry. He also has 25 catches for 148 yards. ()

Medication abortions are under fire: Here’s how they work

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. They usually involve taking two prescription medicines days apart — at home or in a clinic.In contrast, abortion procedures are an invasive medical technique that empties the womb. They are sometimes called surgical abortions, although they don’t involve surgery.In the United States, abortions by pills usually involve the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. As more states seek abortion limits, demand for the pills is expected to grow. But they have been targeted by abortion foes including Christian conservatives who filed suit in Texas seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone. A hearing on the suit was held Wednesday. HOW DO ABORTION DRUGS WORK?Mifepristone is taken first, swallowed by mouth. The drug dilates the cervix and blocks the effects of the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy.M...

Review: Enter Aly & AJ’s voyage into the sun kissed desert

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

“With Love From,” Aly & AJ (Aly & AJ Music)Disney starlets-turned-indie sister duo Aly & AJ return with a new album, storytelling their way through a big American road trip into a ’70s dreamy and electric landscape through the sun kissed desert.In the duo’s album, “With Love From,” they demonstrate their ability to make their familiar indie-pop sound reminiscent of a time in music where rock stars delivered subdued confessionals — longing for love or coming alive staying up all night on a tour bus traveling across the country. The sisters sound stronger as they ever have as a duo as they let go of ’80s style-synth production to let their voices breathe on the more stripped down, folksy Americana-inspired 11-track album. “With Love From” simply starts off with the country-infused track “Open to Something and That Something Is You.” The perfect song to serenade a lover, twinged with longing, desire and an open heart to love. “After Hours” is a folk ...

‘Just tell Avril I’m not mad,’ says topless Junos protester after being charged

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

EDMONTON — A woman facing a criminal charge after a topless protest at the Juno Awards said she isn’t upset about Avril Lavigne swearing at her and demanding she get off stage.Casey Hatherly, who goes by the name Ever, hopped on the Junos stage on Monday night while the Canadian pop-punk star was introducing a performance. “I really was hoping that Avril would be punk rock and anti-establishment, maybe hand me the mic and let me say my thing,” said Hatherly in a phone interview on Wednesday. “I’m totally not upset about anything that went down.“Just tell Avril I’m not mad.”Hatherly also made a court appearance Wednesday in Edmonton on a charge of mischief.The 37-year-old from Vancouver said it was easy for her to get onto the stage before security escorted her away. “I just walked up there,” Hatherly told media outside court. “It was so easy.”She said she spent the night in custody and officers played Lavigne...

Incomprehension in small Quebec town after pedestrians killed by truck

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

AMQUI — The town of Amqui, Que., was taking steps toward a return to normal life on Wednesday, even as citizens mourned the two men who died after a truck was driven into groups of pedestrians.Businesses on St-Benoît Boulevard were once again open, and pedestrians were venturing back out on the street that was the scene of Monday’s tragedy.Daniel Thériault, who worked as a paramedic for 27 years and now works for the local church, found it hard to hide his anger at what had happened. He described what he saw Monday as a “war zone.”“There’s still anger … when our citizens are attacked, (they’re like) members of our family, because they were part of the community,” Thériault said in a phone interview. Two people were killed and nine were injured when a man drove a truck down one of the eastern Quebec town’s main streets, allegedly hitting several different groups of pedestrians in what police have described as an intentional act.Thirty-eight-year-old Steeve Gagnon is...

Son of Flyers GM Briere apologizes for ‘serious lack of judgment’ after wheelchair video goes viral

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:24 GMT

The son of interim Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere apologized on Wednesday for having a “serious lack of judgment” after a video went viral showing a man push an empty wheelchair down a flight of stairs.In the video, which appears to be from a fish-eye security camera at Sullivan’s Pub in Erie, Penn., two men wearing backward ball caps climb the stairs and have a conversation before one of the men – who is wearing a white ball cap – appears to sit in the empty wheelchair at the top of the stairs and wheels it forward, toward the entrance to the bar.After the man with the white ball cap stands up out of the chair, the second man positions the wheelchair at the edge of the stairs. The man with the white cap then pushes the chair down the stairs. A portion of the chair appears to break off as it hits the stairs.The time stamp on the video displays Saturday’s date of 3-11-2023 and counts up from around 11:38 p.m. As of 4:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the v...