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Franco-German power grab finally ends in compromise

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

EU countries at last resolved a monthslong feud over a reform of the bloc’s electricity market on Tuesday, ending a fierce standoff between France and Germany over the use of subsidies for clean energy projects.The tug of war turned into a high-stakes political battle over economic competitiveness, risking an upending of EU plans to revamp its power market to turbocharge investment in green energy and slash consumer bills after last year’s energy crisis tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine.Berlin’s concern was that the new rules would allow France to skim huge profits from its mammoth nuclear fleet and redistribute these to its own industries, giving it a competitive edge. Paris insisted energy policy is a sovereign choice and the bloc benefits from its cheap — and clean — atomic-powered electricity.The European Commission first presented the proposal in March amid pressure from EU capitals reeling from sky-high energy prices that came as Russia cut gas supplies to the bloc amid te...

Shoppers excited after Dorchester Food Co-op celebrates grand opening

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

The Dorchester Food Co-op is open for business and people in the neighborhood are excited, saying they’ve been waiting for this moment. The new grocery store on Bowdoin Street is Boston’s first community-owned grocery store, giving locals the chance to weigh in on the food allowed in the store. The co-op held its grand opening over the weekend. On Tuesday, shoppers shared their thoughts with 7NEWS.“We want healthy food for the community,” said Michelle Caldera.“It’s been fun to check it out,” said Kelly Fassett. “I knew it was opening.” Plans for the Dorchester Food Co-op have been in the works for more than a decade. With the store now open, Co-op General Manager and CEO John Santos said staff meet with community members to determine what should be stocked in the store. Santos said the store will also hire from the community.With shelves stocked after this weekend’s grand opening, there is a major focus on local, sustainable and healthy food. “I’ve just be...

Prosecution rests in trial of man accused of killing couple in NH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

The prosecution rested its case Tuesday in the case against a man accused of killing a couple in Concord, New Hampshire last year. Logan Clegg is facing murder charges in connection with the deaths of Djeswende and Stephen Reid after the couple was found dead on a hiking trail near their home in April, 2022. Clegg’s trial began earlier this month, roughly one year after he was arrested at a library in South Burlington, Vermont in October of last year.Clegg was arrested on a fugitive from justice charge, as he was wanted in Utah in relation to a separate felony possession of stolen property case.Before his arrest, Concord Police had been notified Clegg purchased a one-way plane ticket bound from JFK Airport to Germany.The prosecution and the defense in Clegg’s current case delivered opening statements in Clegg’s murder trial on Oct. 3 after jury selection on Oct. 2. Among comments, the prosecution said there was plenty of evidence against Clegg, and said the defendant ...

Officer’s actions deemed justified in shooting of man in deadly racist rampage in Winthrop in 2021

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

The Suffolk County District Attorney on Tuesday said an officer was justified in killing a man who went on a deadly racist rampage in Winthrop several years ago. An officer shot and killed Nathan Allen in June of 2021. DA Kevin Hayden this week released a final investigative finding and case file in connection with the incident, determining “the involved officer’s actions were lawful and reasonable exercises of self-defense and/or defense of others.” In addition, Hayden’s office said he determined no criminal charges are warranted in the case.Investigators said Allen was a white supremacist full of hatred. Back in 2021, authorities said he stole a box truck and drove it through a locked security gate. Allen later crashed the truck into the back of a car before losing control. The box truck ended up slamming into a building on Shirley Street in Winthrop. Investigators said Allen shot and killed a woman who was walking in the area before running down the street and killing a...

Israeli mother of two boys taken hostage by Hamas pleads for their release: ‘Bring them home now’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

The desperate mother of two boys who were taken hostage by Hamas during the terrorist attacks 10 days ago is continuing to push for their release, calling on the Israeli government and world governments to help “bring them home now.”Renana Gome, whose 12-year-old and 16-year-old boys were kidnapped in Israel and brought to Gaza, told her gut-wrenching story and relived the terrorist attack on Tuesday. The mother was away from her sons at the time of the attack, as they tried to hide from the terrorists in a safe room.“I could hear my youngest who was on the phone with me saying, ‘Don’t take me! I’m too young!’ ” Gome said during a Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel press conference. “And that was the last I heard from him.“Since Saturday, Oct. 7, I’ve heard nothing. I know nothing of there whereabouts,” she added. “I’ve heard nothing of how they are, what they’re doing, how they’re hel...

Triston Casas named AL Outstanding Rookie finalist in MLBPA Players Choice Awards

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

Triston Casas enjoyed a terrific rookie season with the Red Sox and is expected to rank among the top finishers when the American League Rookie of the Year results are announced next month.That award is voted on by members of the media, but it appears Casas has made a strong impression on his fellow players as well.Tuesday the MLB Players Association announced the finalists for this year’s Players Choice Awards, and Casas was among the three finalists for AL Outstanding Rookie along with Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson and Texas’ Josh Jung.After getting off to a difficult start Casas emerged as one of the most impactful hitters in baseball, especially in the second half. The 23-year-old first baseman batted .263 with 24 home runs, 65 RBI, an .856 OPS, 21 doubles and 70 walks, and  in the second half he batted .317 with 15 home runs and a 1.034 OPS over his final 54 games.In addition to Casas, former Red Sox great Mookie Betts was among the three finalists for Player o...

East Bridgewater Police searching for driver in hit-and-run involving young girl

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

Police in East Bridgewater are searching for a woman who fled after colliding into an 11-year-old girl riding a bike in the area of an elementary school in town over the weekend.The driver, wearing blue hospital-type scrubs, exited the blue Lexus NX she had been driving Sunday and spoke with the girl before leaving the scene near Central Elementary School on Route 18, Chief Michael Jenkins said in a release Tuesday.The girl’s mother responded and declined medical transportation on behalf of her daughter, who was evaluated by emergency responders, according to authorities.Police received a call just after 5:30 Sunday evening reporting the crash involving a bicyclist and motor vehicle in the area of 143 Bedford St..Initial investigation results show the girl riding a bike through a small path that connects Route 18 to the back parking lot of the school. The woman in the car entered the lot from Central Street, attempting to use it as a cut-through to Bedford Street, according to polic...

Britney Spears writes of abortion while dating Justin Timberlake in excerpts from upcoming memoir

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

Britney Spears wrote that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago, according to a peek inside her hotly anticipated memoir.“If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it,” she writes of the procedure, according to the excerpt from “The Woman in Me” published Tuesday in People magazine. “And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”The pregnancy “was a surprise, but for me, it wasn’t a tragedy,” she wrote in the excerpt, saying that she had wanted to start a family with Timberlake — it was just earlier than expected.“But Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young,” she wrote. The couple broke up in 2002. It’s unclear when the pregnancy happened.Representatives for Spears declined to offer further comment. Representatives for Timberlake did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press. The AP has not been able t...

Ticker: IRS to launch free file pilot by invitation; Retail sales rise in September

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

The IRS plans to invite select taxpayers across 13 states, Massachusetts among them, to try out the agency’s pilot electronic free file tax return system beginning in January.The agency estimates that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will participate in the limited rollout of the program for the 2024 filing season.The IRS faces intense blowback from private tax preparation companies that have made billions by charging people to use their software. The introduction of a government-run option could upend the industry and fundamentally change the way taxpayers interact with IRS.Related ArticlesBusiness | Ticker: Gas prices drop in Bay State; CCC names acting executive director Business | Ticker: Wall Street struggles as war worries collide with hope for stronger profits Business | Ticker: Biden awards $7 billion for clean hydrogen hubs; Wall Street struggles as war worries collide with hope for stronger profits Business | ...

Jurors in New Mexico deliver split verdicts in kidnapping and terrorism case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:51 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors on Tuesday delivered split verdicts in a case that stemmed from the search for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia and was found dead hundreds of miles away at a squalid compound in northern New Mexico.Four members of the family were on trial. Three were found guilty on federal kidnapping charges. Two were convicted on related terrorism charges. The boy’s father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, was one of the two people found guilty of terrorism-related charges.His brother-in-law, Lucas Morton, was found guilty of the same charges, as well as conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death and kidnapping resulting in death. Jurors reached their decision Tuesday after deliberating for two-and-a-half days. They heard weeks of testimony from children who had lived with their parents at the compound, other family members, firearms experts, doctors and forensic technicians. The defendants, who are Muslim, argued that federal authorities targeted them becau...