09 Jan, 2025

Boston College football loses season opener to Northern Illinois in overtime

The visitors won the possession battle, 36:53 to 20:47, and executed just enough to squeak out a win. “They played their game, and we played right into it,” Boston College coach Jeff Hafley said. “That’s the disappointing thing. That’s what we could not let happen, and we did.” GAME. OVER. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️@NIU_Football | #MACtion pic.twitter.com/EX2wPsI3RA — […]

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Project conserves 3,700 acres of forest in northern New Hampshire

Environment The forests will be managed for multiple objectives, including habitat protection, scenic value, and for public recreation and education. This photo taken Sept. 24, 2023, shows a view of Middle Mountain in Shelburne, N.H., and part of the Androscoggin River. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has completed a long-term effort […]

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A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people and injured 150

Politics Civil defense members inspect the scene of a fire that broke out during a wedding at an event hall in Al-Hamdaniyah, Iraq on September 27, 2023. ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images By FARID ABDULWAHED, Associated Press September 26, 2023 MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding […]

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Hurricane Lee unleashes heavy swell on northern Caribbean

Weather Last week, Lee strengthened from a Category 1 storm to a Category 5 storm in just one day. This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee, right, in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at 4:50 p.m. EDT. (NOAA via AP) AP By DÁNICA COTO, Associated […]

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