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15+ min ago (122+ words) SPRINGFIELD " Firefighters responded to a garage fire in Springfield early Friday morning. Springfield police and firefighters were dispatched around 12:54 a.m. to the 400 block of Linn Street on initial reports of a garage fire, according to a City of Springfield Police dispatch sergeant. An iWitness7 reporter, Matt Webb, sent video of the fire. He said the fire was behind Sheltered Inc. in Springfield The video shows the garage engulfed in flames and smoke filling the air as firefighters arrive on the scene. The dispatch sergeant told News Center 7 that wires may have caught fire. Officers were there for traffic control We have contacted the City of Springfield to inquire about any injuries and the cause of the fire....

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (822+ words) LOWELL " Out with the old and in with the new. Lowell High School students will return after the winter break to a newly opened part of the rebuild and renovation project. But issues with the $422 million project remain, including a broken elevator and faulty door lock sets and hardware. Students start winter break on Dec. 20, and when they return on Jan. 5, for many of them it will be to renovated classrooms in the 1922 building. The project team provided a construction update of the Lowell High School rebuild/renovation project to the'School Building Committee at its Nov. 20 meeting. The project was designed by the architect firm of Perkins Eastman, is being built by Suffolk Construction, and overseen by Skanska, the owner's project manager who represents the city's interests. "We are currently approaching our completion of Phase 3 on the east side of…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago (27+ words) Next Weather: WBZ morning forecast for December 5, 2025 Next Weather: WBZ morning forecast for December 5, 2025 Next Weather: WBZ morning forecast for December 5, 2025...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (381+ words) More than 30 young performers took to the stage with G4, the vocal quartet who rose to fame on the first series of The X Factor. The youngsters from the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts in Worcester took part in a concert'at Worcester Cathedral'as part of G4s nationwide Christmas tour, featuring student performers. Alison Chambers, principal of PQA Worcester, said: "This lovely event has presented students from as young as seven up to age 18 with the opportunity to work as a team to support the amazing G4 singers. "Hearing our students singing together, as one, in the historically stunning Worcester Cathedral really is the best start to Christmas for me." The PQA performers sang a selection of seasonal classics, including Silent Night, O Holy Night, Let It Go, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, and Walking in the Air. Their performance…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (346+ words) A university has marked 20 years of work in tackling domestic abuse and sexual violence. The University of Worcester hosted an event to celebrate its progress in education, research, and advocacy in addressing these issues since launching its groundbreaking master's programme, Understanding Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, in 2005. The first of its kind in the UK, the course has since supported more than 500 graduates who have gone on to influence policy and practice across policing, social work, healthcare, education, and the voluntary sector. The event brought together alumni, professionals, and sector partners, opening with a video message from safeguarding minister Jess Phillips MP. Ms Phillips praised the university's leadership and impact. She said: "Education and evidence are the foundations of driving real change and I want to personally thank you all for the contributions each and every one of you have…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago (44+ words) The 8U Springfield Tigers are heading to the Youth Football National Championships in Naples, Florida, after completing their final practice on Thursday. The 8U Springfield Tigers are heading to the Youth Football National Championships in Naples, Florida, after completing their final practice on Thursday....

4+ hour, 43+ min ago (48+ words) The Springfield Police Youth Aid Bureau is looking for the public's help in locating a missing teenager. Rebecca Pinckard pleads guilty to having a relationship with a prisoner at Highpoint Prison. The Springfield Police Youth Aid Bureau is looking for the public's help in locating a missing teenager....

5+ hour, 59+ min ago (732+ words) Former Massachusetts state Rep. Lori Ehrlich will serve as executive director for a network of nonprofit and independent news websites that the Boston University Journalism Department is building as part of an initiative aimed to support local news." Funded by a $360,000 grant from the Barr Foundation, BU Journalism Department Chair Brian McGrory hired part-time staff to lead the network. As executive director, Ehrlich will work to connect and support local publications across the state." McGrory said Ehrlich's work experience, including being sworn in as a regional administrator in 2022 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, makes her a good fit to lead the initiative." "I'm counting on [Ehrlich] to use her incredible political and organizing skills and her passion for journalism to bring these editors and publishers together from these local publications," McGrory said. Jason Tuohey, editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia Britannica, was…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago (548+ words) Analysts at the Global Network on Extremism and Technology now widely recognize the calculated pairing of the slaughter with digital circulation, with Tarrant curating his music selection, camera angles and references to fringe message-board culture in an effort to maximize its virality." The contemporary relationship between memes and extremism can be traced in part to Gamergate, the 2014 online harassment campaign that mobilized bigoted communities around anti-feminist and anti-political correctness grievances. 4chan and Reddit, central to participatory meme culture, became spaces where hateful sentiments converged with gamer-driven meme production. The NCTV, noted this period as a moment when "game culture memes were basically hijacked by the far-right." Extremist groups went on to adapt and incorporate the communicative advantages of meme culture into their own propaganda. Although most commonly used by right-wing extremists, they are also used by jihadists and the radical left....

7+ hour, 2+ min ago (1075+ words) The most exciting part of a swim race happens within the final laps: Anxious parents rise from their seats, cheering for their children. Teammates and coaches are jumping and waving their arms at the pool deck to get their swimmers home. The front pack of swimmers are feeding off this energy as they use their last bit of fuel left in their tanks to get to the wall. Then, a collective pause " everything goes silent for just a brief moment. The tension of waiting for the scoreboard to show a number placement and a final time feels like an eternity." Loud cheers and applause erupt, and the announcer calls out a new record. The top finisher looks at the scoreboard, and in utter shock, turns to their teammates and pumps their fist in the air that makes a celebratory splash....