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France backs Spain’s plea for EU crisis funds as drought hits farmers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

France will support Spain’s request for EU emergency funds to help farmers hit by extreme drought, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau said Thursday. Paris will show “solidarity in the European institutions so that Spain can access elements of budgetary response to the crisis it is experiencing,” Fesneau told a joint press conference after meeting with his Spanish counterpart, Luis Planas, in Paris.More than a quarter of Europe is currently in drought, with many countries bracing for a repeat — or worse — of last year’s bone-dry summer. Spain is particularly hard hit, with farmers’ association COAG forecasting that cereal crops will fail entirely in four regions this year.Planas on Monday sent a letter to Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski requesting aid for farm workers in Spain’s agricultural heartlands, including from the crisis reserve of the bloc’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and unused rural development funds.Across Eu...

Brian Walshe to appear back in court, accused of murdering his wife Ana Walshe. But the whereabouts of her body remain a mystery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

(CNN) — A Massachusetts father accused of killing and dismembering his wife is expected to appear in court Thursday, almost five months after the disappearance of Ana Walshe.Brian Walshe, 48, of Cohasset was indicted by a grand jury last month on charges of murder, misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice, and improper conveyance of a human body, Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey said.“Brian Walshe entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murder at his Quincy District Court arraignment in January,” Morrissey said in March. “This indictment moves the case to the Norfolk Superior Court, where it will be arraigned.”Prosecutors have not said whether Ana Walshe’s body or remains have been found.The suspect’s defense attorney, Tracy Miner, has suggested the prosecutors’ case was not strong and accused them of leaking evidence to the media before making it available to her.“In my exp...

Sources: 1 injured after pipe bomb explosion in Weare, NH

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

One person is injured following a pipe bomb explosion in Weare, New Hampshire Thursday morning, according to 7NEWS sources.Fire, police, and EMS responded to the area of Sugar Hill Road around 7 a.m. Concord Stage Road was shut down immediately and reopened around 7:30 a.m. Sugar Hill Road north leading into Hopkinton remains closed as of 9 a.m. The condition of the person who was injured is unknown at this time. The incident remains under investigation and no additional information has been released.

Dave Hyde: A doubleheader of 8th-seed delight as Heat stun Bucks, Panthers shock Bruins

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

All right, you can pinch yourself now.It was real.Wednesday night was one big playoff surprise from the Florida Panthers stacked on an even bigger one from the Miami Heat.Two unbelievable Game 5s. Two overtime delights. Six double-decked hours of hoops and hockey hysteria that are unmatched in South Florida history with parallel endings that you never saw coming and rocked their respective sports.The eighth-seeded Panthers really went into top-seeded Boston and won in overtime, 4-3, to keep their season alive for a Game 6 on Friday in Sunrise.The eighth-seeded Heat really went into top-seeded Milwaukee and won in overtime, 128-126, to close out that shocking series and advance to play the rival New York Knicks.Do you know how many times two teams from the same market had ever won playoff games on the road, in overtime, on the same night?Of course you don’t know. No one has ever had the need to research such a stat in a sports world where every stat is researched. But you can g...

Knicks vs. Heat: ‘Psychotic’ Jimmy Butler is the next worthy Garden enemy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

CLEVELAND — There’s a new and “psychotic” villain coming to Madison Square Garden.Jimmy Butler, among the league’s most fierce competitors, strapped the Miami Heat on his back and completed a stunning upset over the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks late Wednesday, setting up a second-round series against the Knicks that will be chock full of nostalgia and intensity.Butler, it’s safe to assume, won’t be overwhelmed by the moment or the MSG environment like the Cavaliers, who folded like fugazis against the Knicks.“A lot of guys play the game of basketball in this league. He competes to win. That’s a different language,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said after his team polished off the Bucks with an overtime victory and gentleman’s sweep. “He’s desperate and urgent and maniacal and sometimes psychotic about the will to try to win.“He’ll make everybody in the building feel it. And that’s why he is us...

Read: Motion by prosecutors to keep Jack Teixeira behind bars

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

Massachusetts Air National guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, appears in Federal court in Worcester today for a detention hearing.Federal prosecutors have said he should remain locked up.Among other things, prosecutors argue Teixeira may still be in possession of classified material, and that a hostile nation could help him escape.Read the motion by federal prosecutors below – or you can download it here. 

Shots fired at large East County party; 1 dead

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital with injuries following reports of a shooting at a massive party in El Cajon, authorities saidThe incident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. at a residence located at 860 Renfro Way in Alpine, the San Diego Sheriff's Department confirmed to FOX 5. Rules of the Road: Are tinted windows legal in California? Authorities say the party was so large that deputies had to call in traffic control to help manage the scene.The circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting are still being investigated. The Sheriff's Homecide Unit has been called in to assist. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. FOX 5's Elizabeth Alvarez contributed to this report.

Local rattlesnake wrangler offers safety advice

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- It’s rattlesnake season, and thanks to all the recent rain, as the temperatures warm up, you can expect to see a lot more of the venomous snakes.“Snakes are basically shy, scared animals,” said rattlesnake wrangler Bruce Ireland. “Their only goal is to survive. They typically aren’t going to bite a human unless they feel threatened.”Ireland, who goes by the handle @wrangler_bruce, has garnered quite a large following on social media after his kids convinced him to post some of his more dramatic house calls recovering snakes.Wrangler Bruce lives in Carlsbad and found his calling almost by accident.“I am truly passionate about snakes,” he said. ‘The big warm up’ begins in San Diego After learning that the only option for residents with a snake encounter is animal control, which are often too busy or the fire department who by policy kill the snakes, he decided to take matters into his own hands. He posted to the neighborhood app Nextdoor and the calls started pou...

NATO: Ukraine allies sent 1,550 combat vehicles, ‘vast’ ammo

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO allies and partner countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine during Russia’s invasion and war, the military alliance’s chief said Thursday, giving Kyiv a bigger punch as contemplates launching a counteroffensive.Along with more than 1,550 armored vehicles, 230 tanks and other equipment, Ukraine’s allies have sent “vast amounts of ammunition” and also trained and equipped more than nine new Ukrainian brigades, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.More than 30,000 troops are estimated to make up the new brigades. Some NATO partner countries, such as Sweden and Australia, have also provided armored vehicles.“This will put Ukraine in a strong position to continue to retake occupied territory,” Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels.His comments came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone call in their first known...

First Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan has departed: Anand

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:45:52 GMT

Defence Minister Anita Anand says the first Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan has taken off and additional evacuations are planned over the next few days.She says Canadians left the country on a Hercules search-and-rescue plane and more flights are planned in the coming days using two such aircraft that are in the region.Anand told reporters in Enfield, N.S., this morning that the Canadian military is operating in a volatile situation in the country, where violence erupted last week between the East African country’s army and a paramilitary force.Ottawa has faced some criticism for a slow response, with other allies doing the heavy lifting to help Canadians and their dependants leave the country until now.As of Wednesday evening, Global Affairs Canada said it was aware of about 1,800 Canadian citizens in Sudan, and about 700 people had asked for the government’s help to leave the country.Officials who gave a technical briefing to reporters on Wednesday under the cond...