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Boeing accepts plea deal stemming from 737 Max crashes
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years, the Justice Department said late Sunday night. The aerospace giant confirmed that it had agreed to the deal.Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Prosecutors accused the...
Paramount Global to merge with Skydance Media
Paramount Global parent National Amusements and Skydance Media have agreed to merge less than a month after the sides abruptly ended deal talks.Paramount, owner of Paramount Pictures movie and television studios, the CBS television network and CBS News, announced in a news release late Sunday that it is combining with Skydance, an entertainment business founded by David Ellison, son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. Paramount also owns the Paramount+ streaming service, Nickelodeon, BET, MTV, Comedy Central and other media brands. The transaction resolves months of speculation around the future of Paramount, which also reportedly attracted a $26 billion bid from a consortium...
Sumner Tunnel closure leaves Logan driving options "few and far between"
BOSTON - Boston traffic will be more stressful than usual the next four weeks, now that the Sumner Tunnel is closed for a month.Sumner Tunnel closure"It's pretty much right in line with expectations. Again, we've been saying this for a couple of months now that coming into this stretch, you should expect a lot of extra congestion in and around Logan Airport and in East Boston. The driving options are just very few and far between right now because of the Sumner Tunnel being closed," MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver told WBZ-TV Monday.The tunnel, which carries traffic from Logan Airport...
Rafael Devers hits 2 more homers vs. Yankees, Red Sox win 3-0
NEW YORK - Rafael Devers homered off rookie Luis Gil in the seventh inning and connected again in the ninth, leading the Boston Red Sox over the Yankees 3-0 Sunday night and sending New York to its 15th loss in 20 games.Devers put Boston ahead on a 98.8 mph fastball from Gil (9-5), lifting the ball to the opposite field and into the first row of the left-field seats. He carried his bat up the first-base line before dropping it and completing a slow home run trot. Devers added his 21st home run of the season in the ninth off...
3 Boston Red Sox players selected for MLB All-Star Game
BOSTON - Three members of the Boston Red Sox have been named to this year's MLB All-Star Game.Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran and Tanner Houck will play for the American League's team later this month. The last time the Red Sox had three players on the All-Star team was 2022.This is Devers' third all-star selection. It's the first for Duran and Houck. Devers and Duran were both selected as reserves.Devers is just the seventh Red Sox player to appear in three or more All-Star games before turning 27.The MLB All-Star Game will be played on July 16 at Global Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
Sen. Lindsey Graham says if Biden steps aside, "this is a dramatically different race" for GOP
Washington — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that if President Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race amid swirling concerns about his fitness for office after a disastrous debate against former President Trump, the Democratic replacement would "dramatically" change the contest's dynamics.The president has been adamant that he will remain in the race. But the South Carolina Republican, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said on "Face the Nation" Sunday that he believes "before this is all said and done, that President Biden most likely will be replaced."Transcript: Sen. Lindsey Graham on "Face the Nation," July 7,...
Good Samaritans rush into action to save drowning man on Cape Cod
BARNSTABLE – A woman vacationing with her family on Cape Cod rushed into action along with another Good Samaritan to help save a man from drowning.It happened on Friday at Dowses Beach in Osterville. A 911 call alerted police and firefighters to the near-drowning. The Barnstable Police Department said the 46-year-old man was not familiar with an abrupt drop-off and the strong current in the channel. He started yelling for help and was struggling to get back to the surface.Good Samaritan jumped in "without hesitation"According to witnesses, 33-year-old Frances Lonergan of Longmeadow, Massachusetts "without hesitation" jumped...
Massachusetts fire truck heavily damaged in hit-and-run tractor-trailer crash
MANSFIELD – Police in Massachusetts are investigating after they say a tractor-trailer driver slammed into a fire truck and drove off.It happened around 4:30 a.m. on Interstate 495 South near Exit 27 in Norton.Mansfield Fire Department engine damagedThe Mansfield Fire Department said Engine 33 was working at a motor vehicle crash when it was struck by a tractor-trailer. "No one was in the engine at the time and there were no injuries from the secondary accident. The engine has sustained significant damage to the front passenger's side of the vehicle," the department said. Mansfield Fire Chief Justin Desroisers told WBZ-TV...
North Texas woman recalls horrifying shark attack to CBS News Texas
Four people are still recovering after being attacked by a shark on July 4th near a beach on South Padre Island. One of those victims is from North Texas.Celina resident Tabitha Sullivent described how her family's July 4th holiday turned into a horror movie."I turned around, and all I saw was something gray in the water. So, I just kicked at it, because I thought it was a huge fish, and it was coming at us. That's when I think it grabbed my leg," Sullivent told CBS News Texas over video call.In fact, it was a shark that attacked Sullivent...
Alec Baldwin's "Rust" trial set to begin Monday. These are things to know.
Nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of the film "Rust," Alec Baldwin is going on trial over her death. Here are the essential things to know.What charge does Alec Baldwin face?The actor is about to enter a New Mexico courtroom for the first time since the Oct. 21, 2021 shooting. He is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter. If a jury unanimously convicts him, he could get 18 months in prison.Baldwin, the star and co-producer of the Western, was pointing a revolver at Hutchins during a rehearsal in a small church on the movie set at...
Biden says "we must unite America again" in speech at Philadelphia church
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) -- President Biden said Sunday that his goal is to "unite America again" during a speech at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ in Northwest Philadelphia.Mr. Biden's remarks came during the first of two stops of the day in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state. After speaking in Philadelphia, the president and First Lady Jill Biden are headed to Harrisburg for an event at a local union hall."I've been doing this a long time, and I honest to God have never been more optimistic about America's future... if we stick together," the president said to the nearly 300 congregants...
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