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Chelsea signs goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea signed goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton on a seven-year contract on Saturday.The transfer fee was reported to be 25 million pounds ($32 million) for the Spain international, who is expected to challenge Kepa Arrizabalaga for a starting spot.The 25-year-old Sanchez made 23 Premier League appearances last season. He joined Brighton as a teenager and progressed through the club’s academy, becoming the Seagulls’ first-choice goalkeeper during the 2020-21 season.Chelsea, which hosts Liverpool on Aug. 13 in its season opener, has made seven summer signings under new manager Mauricio Pochettino.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/SoccerSource

Car crashes into beauty salon in East Boston

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

A SUV smashed into the front of a building in East Boston early Saturday morning, shattering the glass of a beauty salon.Around 2:30 a.m., police responded to 128 Meridian Street, where Michael Kairos Hair Salon is located, for a motor vehicle accident.“Maybe today it’s closed, a couple weeks closed,” owner Michael Kairos said.Video shows a passenger who seemingly got out of the car and walked away, while the driver walked around the vehicle before police arrived.One person was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Mike Lupica: Yankees should have their eyes checked over handling of Anthony Rizzo’s concussion

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

This isn’t another ode to George Steinbrenner about the days when he was running the Yankees, the George Old Days romanticized so frequently around here, even more frequently lately. But this is about something that happened once with him and Reggie Jackson, something worth remembering now because of what just happened with Anthony Rizzo.It was back in another baseball August, in 1981, and even though the Yankees were on their way to another World Series, no one had any idea that might happen at the time. And in the middle of it all, because he was always in the middle of everything, in good times and bad, was Reginald Martinez Jackson. Himself.Reggie was hitting .212 in August, with just six homers and 28 RBI. So here is what the owner of the team up and did: Made him go through a day-long series of tests at the New York University Medical Center.“I ordered the examination for Reggie’s good and for my edification,” George said at the time. “But mostly ...

Two people shot in early morning at parking lot in Scarborough

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

Two people were shot in a parking lot in the McNicoll Avenue and Markham Road area of Scarborough on Saturday morning.Police responded to a call at approximately 3:10 a.m. that two people were shot in a parking lot.One male was transported to the hospital by medics, while another male attended a local hospital on his own.Both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Opera singer David Daniels and his husband plead guilty to sexual assault

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — A renowned opera singer and his husband have pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting another singer in Houston.Countertenor David Daniels, 57, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Scott Walters, 40, entered the pleas Friday after a jury was assembled for the trial of the pair on first-degree felony charges of aggravated sexual assault.Both pleaded guilty to sexual assault of an adult, a second-degree felony, and were sentenced to eight years’ probation and required to register as sex offenders.Daniels, Walters and their attorney declined to comment following the hearing.Daniels and Walters were charged in 2019 when Samuel Schultz filed a criminal complaint in 2018 alleging the two assaulted him in their apartment in 2010 after he met them at a Houston Grand Opera reception while he was a graduate student at Rice University.The AP doesn’t normally name victims of sexual assault, but Schultz offered to publicly identify himself to help others fearful of reporting an assault....

Driver says he considered Treat Williams a friend and charges in crash are not warranted

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

DORSET, Vt. (AP) — A driver accused of causing a crash that killed Treat Williams knew the actor and considered him a friend but denied wrongdoing and said charges are not warranted.Ryan Koss, the managing creative director of the Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont, said he knew Williams for years as a member of the tight-knit community, as well as a fellow theater member. He said he was devastated by Williams’ death and offered his “sincerest condolences” to the actor’s family. “I considered him a friend,” Koss said.Koss, 35, of Dorset, issued a statement Friday evening, three days after being issued a citation for grossly negligent operation causing death. He was ordered to appear in court in September to be formally charged.A Vermont State Police investigation concluded Koss’ vehicle pulled in front of Williams’ motorcycle on June 12 in Dorset, but Koss said he’s “confident the facts will show I obeyed all relevant traffic laws, and the state’s charges are unwarranted...

Israel arrests 2 settlers after deadly rampage on a village leaves 1 Palestinian dead

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said Saturday that they arrested two Israeli settlers after they stormed a Palestinian village in the West Bank in a rampage that left one Palestinian dead. Armed settlers entered Burqa, a herding village east of the city of Ramallah, late Friday, shooting and killing 19-year-old Qusai Matan, Palestinian health officials said. Israeli media reported that one of the arrested settlers used to work as an aide, who remained unnamed, for a lawmaker of the far-right Israeli “Jewish Power” party which is in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition of ultranationalist and ultraorthodox parties in the Israeli parliament. It includes Itamar Ben-Gvir, a pro-settlement firebrand known for hardline positions against Palestinians. The party couldn’t be reached for comment.Police said they arrested two settlers after detaining five for questioning. The other settler who was arrested was hospitalized after sustaining injuries Friday night. Authoritie...

Dior store employee robbed at gunpoint in Gold Coast: CPD

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

CHICAGO -- There were no signs indicating an armed robbery took place at a Dior Store in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood Friday night. Chicago police are seeking at least one robbery suspect in the case. The incident took place at the Dior store located in the 900 block of Noth Rust street around 10: 47 p..mPolice reported that an unknown man entered the business through the back door, armed with a handgun. He threatened to use force while point the handgun at employees and took merchandise from the store. Woman found stabbed to death in road in Oak Forest: police He fled through the back door where he was observed entering a black Tukon truck and fled. There were no injuries reported and there is currently no one in custody.

Woman found stabbed to death in road in Oak Forest: police

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

OAK FOREST, Ill. -- Oak Forest police are investigating a domestic homicide where a woman was found with fatal stab wounds in the road Friday night. Police said 30-year-old Lauren Pikor was found in the road near the 5300 block of Diamond Drive around 10.p.m. with fatal lacerations and stab wounds. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Dior store employee robbed at gunpoint in Gold Coast Oak Fores police are currently investigating the incident. If any information is recovered on the incident, contact Detective Sergent Ryan Burnett at 708-687-1376.

Mega Millions jackpot now estimated to be largest in game's history

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:14:07 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – The current Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $1.55 billion dollars, which would make it the largest in the game’s nearly three-decade history.For now, though, that figure is only an estimate: Officials say there’s a slight possibility Tuesday’s jackpot could fall short of the record (a $1.537 billion jackpot awarded in 2018), but it doesn’t look likely.“With enthusiastic players across the country, many of whom are newcomers to the game, it is indeed likely that there will be a new record Mega Millions jackpot,” reads a press release issued by Mega Millions. “However, we won’t know for sure until we get closer to Tuesday’s drawing; at this level, jackpots are hard to predict with complete accuracy.” Why the Mega Millions jackpot winner won’t actually get the jackpot amount Friday night’s winning numbers — 11, 30, 45, 52, 56, and the Mega Ball 20 — went unmatched once again, continuing a months-long trend that began after the last jackpot-winner was announced on&nb...