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Drivers warned to brace for heavier traffic during second week of Sumner Tunnel closure

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation hosted a press conference Sunday to warn drivers of more slowdowns this week since the Sumner Tunnel two-month shutdown began last Wednesday.The shutdown started during a holiday week, so MassDOT officials said drivers should not be deceived. Officials also are urging drivers to plan ahead and use public transportation when possible.“People are going to be back from the holiday, that’s when you’re going to see most of your heaviest impacts,” said Jonathan Gulliver, MassDOT highway administrator.The nearly 90-year-old tunnel is undergoing a $160 million project to repair its ceiling, pavement and lighting. Drivers are being diverted while the construction project continues through August.“We’re hoping that people don’t look at the traffic impacts this week and think well it’s not so bad I’m gonna jump on the road next week it’s gonna be much much much worse. Volumes are way way down this week,” Gulliver said.To ease traffic, the MB...

Police investigating after man shot in Malden parking lot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

Police are investigating a shooting in Malden on Sunday that left a man hospitalized.Officers responded to a reported shooting outside New York Pizza on Main Street learned the victim had gone to the hospital.A witness told 7NEWS someone driving by in a vehicle had fired at a man and hit him and several nearby vehicles.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Flash flood watch for Massachusetts with heavy rainfall in forecast, 5-plus inches of rain possible in spots

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

An intense deluge of rain is expected to spark flash flooding across the region, as local meteorologists warn motorists to not drive through flooded roads and underpasses.The summer of rain and tropical humidity unfortunately continues for Massachusetts, with several inches of rain predicted for parts of the Bay State. More than 5 inches of rain will even be possible in the next day, especially where thunderstorms develop and move over the same areas.The National Weather Service has issued a “Flash Flood Watch” for central and western Massachusetts until Tuesday morning. Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms could drop 2 to 4 inches of rain.“There could be some significant flash flooding from the system,” Bill Leatham, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Sunday.Thunderstorms will have the potential to produce rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, which will elevate the risk of urban and street floo...

Kim Kardashian has a ‘crush’ on Tom Brady

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

Kim Kardashian is certainly keeping up with Tom Brady, but there has been no touchdown just yet.Whatever is going on between the “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star, 42, and the Super Bowl champ, 45, it’s apparently not a romance — despite rumors that swirled after the pair were seen chatting at a party over the holiday weekend.“Later in the evening, Kim had some liquid courage and was overheard telling friends she has a crush on Tom,” an insider told People, though another clarified that the two are just “friends and have a lot of respect for each other.”“Kim is very focused on her kids and her businesses, and not in a relationship right now,” they added.Chatter of a romance between the controversial figures started after they “said hi briefly” at Michael Rubin’s Fourth of July party in The Hamptons, one source told People. Another similarly played down the interaction, noting they “barely even spoke … and barely even said hello.”Those in Brady’s camp also previously denie...

After a comeback win heading into the All-Star break, the Chicago Cubs have a chance to make a 2nd-half move

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

A comeback win on the road to capture a series is the type of outcome the Chicago Cubs needed to take into the All-Star break.Cubs players and manager David Ross have said all the right things about keeping their focus on the present with the Aug. 1 trade deadline looming, knowing they need to make a move soon to erase a seven-game deficit behind the first-place Cincinnati Reds and a sub-.500 record (42-47).Sunday’s 7-4 win over the New York Yankees on the strength of six runs in the final three innings — highlighted by Yan Gomes’ pinch-hit, game-tying, two-run single in the seventh and Seiya Suzuki’s go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth — provided good vibes heading into the four-day break.“You only can control what you can control, and that’s how we play,” catcher Tucker Barnhart said. “You can scoreboard watch all you want, but at the end of the day, if we don’t win, it doesn’t matter. So the best thing we can do i...

Padres knock around Scherzer, take series from Mets ahead of break

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

SAN DIEGO — The Mets and the San Diego Padres started a three-game series as two big-money teams with identical losing records. Both entered the weekend desperate to win the series with the All-Star break looming.But it was the Padres who bested the Mets on Sunday to win two of three and take the series, heading into the All-Star break on a winning note. Manny Machado hit two home runs off of right-hander Max Scherzer and Joe Musgrove was dominant in a 6-2 loss.Scherzer was hit hard right from the start. Machado belted a three-run homer in the first inning with only one out to put San Diego up 3-0. His second home run, a two-run shot to the opposite field, came in the fifth to give the Padres a 5-0 lead and push the game out of reach for the Mets.Onetime former Met Gary Sanchez scored the sixth run in the sixth, doubling off of right-hander T.J. McFarland to lead off the inning. This came right after rookie catcher Francisco Alvarez dropped a popup that would have been an out....

Revitalized with defense, Dennis Smith Jr. found perfect fit with Nets: “It was hand-in-glove fit”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

LAS VEGAS — Resurrected with a newfound reputation as a defensive stopper, Dennis Smith Jr. found the team that fit like a glove.“It was communicated to me that I was a priority and the direction they were trying to go in was also on the same trajectory that I am in my career,” the 25-year-old said Sunday while watching the Summer League Nets trample the Knicks. “And I just thought it was hand-in-glove fit.”Indeed, the Nets are in a phase similar to Smith’s style and career arc. They’re a reconstruction after the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving disaster, eager to establish an identity around youth and two-way adeptness.Smith Jr. said he contemplated the fit a few days prior to free agency, and the Nets became his first call. He now envisions a strong defensive squad in Brooklyn, though he was wary of bold declarations after a couple seasons with the Knicks.“I know how y’all do in NY,” Smith Jr. said with a smile. “But I...

Decades after shelving NBA dream to care for his family, Harvey’s James Lewis to be spotlighted at National Senior Games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

James Lewis made a big decision after graduating from Thornwood High in 1974.He had a chance to play basketball and continue his education at Bradley University or stay close to home and attend a technical school and give up competitive basketball. He was living with his grandparents at the time and they needed him close by.Lewis chose to stay and attended Greer Technical Institute in Chicago.Lewis, now 67, never got to pursue his dream of playing college ball and eventually the NBA.Given that he is one of the top senior players in the country right now and a Masters Basketball Association Hall of Famer, he could be forgiven for regretting his decision back in the bell-bottoms era.But he doesn’t.“I don’t know if I would have been good enough to play in the NBA,” Lewis said. “Maybe overseas. Probably so. But I’m not really sure of the NBA. That’s hindsight.”What’s not hindsight are his achievements on and off the basketball court ...

Orioles’ Ryan Mountcastle feels like ‘a normal human’ after monthlong absence with vertigo, delivers RBI single in first game back

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

Whenever Ryan Mountcastle’s heart rate went up, he began to feel light-headed, dizzy and nauseated. The feelings increased whenever the first baseman stepped in the batter’s box for the Orioles. Hitting, already a difficult task, felt impossible.Having missed a month after experiencing vertigo, Mountcastle rejoined the Orioles on Sunday for the final game before the All-Star break, activated off the injured list with left-hander Bruce Zimmermann optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. Mountcastle, 26, last played for Baltimore on June 8, but he believes he was already dealing with symptoms then. In his final two games, both in Milwaukee, Mountcastle went hitless in eight at-bats with five strikeouts.“After the last game, I was like, ‘I think there’s something wrong,’” he said Sunday in the visitors’ clubhouse at Minnesota’s Target Field. “This feels like the longest I’ve ever gone without playing, and it wasn’t fun at all...

Massachusetts Boy Scout, 11, dies after New Hampshire boating accident: ‘Our hearts are forever broken’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:11:52 GMT

The Boy Scout who recently died in a New Hampshire boating accident has been identified as a Massachusetts middle schooler, according to his family who said their “hearts are forever broken” by the “unimaginable loss” of their 11-year-old boy.The Lexington boy, Keoni Hubbard, was killed following a Friday afternoon boating accident on Manning Lake in Gilmanton, N.H.“Our hearts are forever broken by the loss of our Keoni,” the Hubbard family said in a statement. “Beloved by his family and friends, Keoni’s spirit and empathy for others resonated with all who love and admire him.“Keoni was simply the best — a selfless child who truly found joy in the happiness of others,” the family added. “Our family appreciates the support of the community and respectfully asks that you respect our privacy as we mourn the unimaginable loss of our beloved Keoni.”The 11-year-old member of Boy Scout Troop 119 in Lexington was ...