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Loudoun Co. nonprofit raises money to help a 16-year-old Blessing see again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

For years, doctors believed Blessing Amuga, 16, suffered from keratoconus, a condition in which the cornea of the eye becomes thinner and takes the shape of a cone. The condition leads to a person being very light sensitive.“It’s very painful when it (light) goes into my eyes, it’s really hard for me to read,” Amuga said.Her education is important to her, but for this 11th grader, the condition has made it difficult for her to do required reading because she has to take frequent breaks to keep the pain and headaches at bay.Her mother, Mercy Amuga, said the migraines that come with the condition can be debilitating and have resulted in several emergency room visits for the young girl.“The headache affects her so that she can’t do anything, and she becomes numb,” her mother said.Treatment involves expensive surgery on each eye. Living at a homeless shelter, Blessing’s mother said they needed a miracle to get her the surgery.That miracle came from a Loudoun Coun...

Rivers helps No. 5 North Carolina State beat Vanderbilt 70-62

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Saniya Rivers scored 22 points as No. 5 North Carolina State topped Vanderbilt 70-62 on Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge.Rivers shot 8-of-14 from the floor and grabbed eight rebounds as the Wolfpack (8-0) remained unbeaten while handing the Commodores (7-1) their first defeat. River Baldwin added 12 points and nine rebounds for N.C. State, Aziaha James chipped in 14 points, and Zoe Brooks had 10 points, four assists and four steals.Jordyn Cambridge powered Vanderbilt with 15 points, while Sacha Washington added 14 points and seven boards.The Commodores kept things close in the first half and led by a point after Cambridge swished her third 3-pointer of the night with 7:42 remaining in the second quarter. But the Wolfpack then broke off an 11-0 run, punctuated by a 3-pointer from Rivers, to take a 10-point advantage.N.C. State put more cushion between itself and Vanderbilt by outscoring the Commodores 19-10 in the third quarter. Back-to-back 3-pointers fr...

Japan says it has asked U.S. military to suspend all Ospreys in Japan except for those searching for victims of crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it has asked U.S. military to suspend all Ospreys in Japan except for those searching for victims of crash.Source

Climate action must avoid fueling conflict

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

Inge Brees is a policy and outreach manager at Search for Common Ground. Harriet Mackaill-Hill is a climate and peace advocacy advisor at International Alert.Meeting the Paris Climate Agreement’s objective to limit the rise in global average temperature to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius will only be possible if we properly understand and mitigate the links between climate change and conflict.And as this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 28 approaches, this connection needs to be on everyone’s mind.Throughout the past century, the challenges of environmental degradation and the depletion of natural resources have evolved into potent catalysts for global insecurity and violent conflict. From the water scarcity crisis in Yemen to land ownership disputes in Kyrgyzstan and human rights violations during mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we now encounter tensions that are fueled by climate-related issues and escalate into violent confrontation every day....

Joe Biden’s secret Ukraine weapon: Liz Truss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

LONDON —  She might have crashed Britain. But can she save the world?Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss landed in Washington this week to drum up support for Ukraine among skeptical Republican lawmakers.  On both sides of the Atlantic there are hopes Truss can help steer the debate on the American right away from isolationism and toward the active international role espoused by both U.K. prime minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. President Joe Biden. Truss — no fan of either man — makes for an unlikely diplomatic superhero.The trip comes barely a year after her humiliating resignation ended a disastrous tenure as Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister. Since the end of her 49-day stint in Downing Street, Truss has tried to carve out a place for herself as a champion of right-wing policies around the world.She is in Washington this week as part of a delegation of the Conservative Friends of Ukraine (CFU), alongside fellow former Tory leaders Iain Duncan Smith and Michae...

Police: Dozens of packages swiped from Roxbury apartment building

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

Police are investigating after more than 130 packages were stolen from an apartment building in Roxbury.Officers were called when residents of the luxury apartment building on St. Alphonses Street reported that there were no packages in the mail room.When the concierge reviewed surveillance video, it allegedly showed a man accessing the mail room by using a digital control panel. Three men then joined the original suspect in stealing the packages over the span of several hours.Residents are being encouraged to call Boston police if they believe one of their packages was stolen.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Solve It 7: Insurance Payout Problem

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

After being involved in a car crash, a Marshfield mom desperately needed her claim paid by the insurance company. But when her money accidentally went into someone else’s account, Solve It 7 helped her get it back. Brandon Gunnoe has the story.Jillian was so proud the day she bought this car“I saved up for a while for that car, and it was the first car that I’ve ever bought on my own,” Jillian said. But on a rainy day six months after she got it, Jillian got into a crash.“My feet were wet. My foot slipped off the brake. It just happened so fast that I couldn’t stop in time, and I rear-ended a pickup truck. There wasn’t a dent on his car but totaled mine,” Jillian said. Her insurance company paid the claim and sent her a payment link through Venmo to get $5100.“All I did was touch it, and assuming it was going to prompt me for like verification, phone number anything, but it didn’t. It just said right away, yo...

Kaiden Brochu’s heroics give Bay Path the Large School Vocational Bowl title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

MILLBURY – Junior Kaiden Brochu was next to unstoppable with well over 400 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns for the Bay Path football team Wednesday night.But with the game on the line in a late deficit, and then a one-point lead to be held in the final minute, it was his teammates that stepped up to help the Minutemen win their second straight MVADA Large School Vocational Bowl title.Corey Scovil connected with Aiden Fausek for a 24-yard touchdown with 1:16 left to play, and the defense came up with just its second stop of the game in response as Bay Path (10-3) outlasted Blackstone Valley in a true shootout, 42-41.The Beavers’ desperation play at the final horn was tackled down at the Bay Path 11 by Dale Nussey.“I have all the faith in the world in (Scovil), he’s going to be a stud for us, and (Fausek) has been making those catches all year,” said Minutemen head coach Cody Giampa. “BVT is, since I’ve been at Bay Path, they’ve been the standard for football in this area. … (Th...

Wednesday’s championship scoreboard

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday’s resultsDiv. 8 – West Boylston 41, Carver 7Div. 1 – Xaverian 31, St. John’s Prep 25MVADA Large School Bowl: Bay Path 42, Blackstone Valley 41MVADA Small School Vocational Bowl: Blue Hills 44, Tri-County 7Thursday, Nov. 30Div. 6 – No. 3 Salem (10-2) vs. No. 8 Fairhaven (11-1), 3 at GilletteDiv. 2 – No. 1 King Philip (12-0) vs. No. 3 Marshfield (9-3), 5:30 at GilletteDiv. 3 – No. 4 Walpole (9-3) vs. No. 3 Milton (8-4), 8 at GilletteFriday, December 1Div. 7 – No. 6 Amesbury (9-2) vs. No. 1 Uxbridge (12-0), 3 at GilletteDiv. 4 – No. 7 Scituate (9-3) vs. No. 1 Duxbury (10-1), 5:30 at GilletteDiv. 5 – No. 2 Foxboro (11-1) vs. No. 1 Hanover (11-1), 8 at Gillette XAVERIAN 31, ST. JOHN’S PREP 25(Division 1 state championship)St. John’s Prep (11-2)   6    6    13      0   –   25Xaverian           (11-2)   0   14     7    10   –   31SJ – Jimmy Nardone 1 run (run failed)XA – Caleb...

Death of Henry Kissinger met with polarized reaction around the world

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:08 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — World leaders and other people offered a polarized reaction Thursday to the death of the lionized and vilified former diplomat Henry Kissinger, who managed to hold global attention decades after his service as U.S. secretary of state.Former President George W. Bush struck a tone that many high-level officials, past and present, tried to convey, saying “America has lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices” on foreign affairs.“I have long admired the man who fled the Nazis as a young boy from a Jewish family, then fought them in the United States Army,” Bush said in a statement. “When he later became Secretary of State, his appointment as a former refugee said as much about his greatness as it did America’s greatness.”Kissinger served two presidents, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China.Another former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said...