Northeast
Massive 1,300-pound escaped bull causes highway crash before charging police officers: ‘Significant Threat’
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A massive 1,300-pound bull escaped from a Massachusetts farm Monday morning, causing a highway crash before charging at officers, police said.
Workers at Mathieu Farms in Raynham, Massachusetts, were in the process of loading the bull onto a truck for the slaughterhouse around 9 a.m. when the animal became enraged and escaped.
Raynham police received calls that a large “highly aggressive” black bull was running down Jennings Drive near Elm Street East. The bull ran through fences, including electric fences, and jumped over a six-foot-tall berm to escape.
The bull escaped while it was being loaded onto a truck bound for the slaughterhouse, police said. (Raynham Police Department)
Before officers arrived, the bull had run onto I-495, causing at least three vehicles to crash. One driver was transported to a local hospital with injuries, police said.
The bull fled into the woods off Elm Street East and then into Lake Nippenicket near a Raynham Water District building.
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Officers and farm staff located the bull swimming in the lake. Upon seeing the officers, the bull “quickly and aggressively swam toward” them, police said.
An officer fired shots from a rifle, but they were ineffective, and the bull continued swimming toward the shore, police said. The officer fired several more shots, striking the bull in the leg, disabling it.
The owner of Mathieu Farms retrieved his hunting rifle and euthanized the bull, Raynham police said.
“I want to commend our brave officers who put themselves in harm’s way to make sure that a bad situation did not get worse,” Chief LaPlante said in a statement. “Facing a charging 1,300-pound bull is not something you go into your shift thinking is going to happen, but our officers were able to respond and effectively handle the situation and prevent further injury and destruction.”
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Boston, MA
Discussion Topic: Favorite regular season games from last season
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The kids are starting to go back to school. Football is starting back up again. The NBA schedule has been released for the upcoming season. You can feel it in the air that the world is turning forward to the coming year.
But I can’t let go of the Boston Celtics Championship season that easily. It was too hard fought. By all of us (of course). We trudged through years of uncertainty. Spent countless hours defending our team to friends that remained unconvinced. Poured our hearts into snarky comebacks to online trolls on social media. All to just to stand at the top of the mountain and say “see, I told you so.”
So before we turn the corner to the new year, I want us all to look back and appreciate the championship season that was. We can start by remembering all our favorite regular season games (or moments if you like) from the 2023-24 season.
Was it opening night when Kristaps Porzingis showed exactly what kind of cheat code he was going to be for this team? Was it Christmas day when we got to open up a Beat LA under the tree? Was it beating Miami …all 3 times we played them? Or perhaps Golden State?
There are plenty to choose from, share with us your favorites in the comments below.
Other topics:
- When did you KNOW that this was going to be a title favorite team?
- What was your biggest test of faith moment/game?
- At what point did you see others panicking and tell them that we had this under control (and why were you confident)?
We’ll get to next year soon enough. Let’s live in the recent past for just a little bit longer.
Pittsburg, PA
Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz will kickoff bus tour in Pittsburgh today
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are kicking off a bus tour in western Pennsylvania today.
The Harris campaign is hoping to continue the momentum she has seen in recent polling as the Democratic National Convention approaches.
Harris will land in the Pittsburgh area along with her running mate Tim Walz and they’ll be joined by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Gwen Walz.
It’s the first time Harris, Walz, and their spouses will appear on the campaign trail since they were all together at their first rally in Philadelphia nearly two weeks ago.
Now, they’re headed to our area and that’s where their bus tour will begin. The campaign said the stops will focus on smaller events such as canvassing, phone banks, and making stops at local retailers.
This comes just a couple of days after Harris released her economic plan, mentioning her intentions to eliminate medical debt, cap prescription drug costs, and provide first-time home buyers with a $25,000 subsidy, among other things.
The campaign plans to hit both Allegheny and Beaver Counties, the latter being a key to President Joe Biden winning the 2020 election. Beaver County is typically a red county, but it helped propel Biden and Harris to the White House four years ago.
Of course, Pennsylvania has 19 electoral votes, and the Real Clear Politics polling average has former President Donald Trump and Harris tied. Harris has gained momentum since President Biden made his decision to drop out of the race.
This bus tour, and the DNC starting this week, are looked at by the Harris campaign as a way to keep the momentum going as the November election approaches.
We’ll have more on Vice President Harris’s visit throughout the day on KDKA-TV as well as KDKA.com.
Connecticut
Connecticut’s sales tax-free week begins today. Here’s what’s exempt.
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HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s sales tax-free week begins Sunday and runs through Saturday.
This is the 25th year for the annual sales tax holiday.
“This year’s tax-free holiday lands a little earlier to give families a head start for the back-to-school season, which will be here before we know it,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement. “As always, I encourage shoppers to take the time to stop by some of Connecticut’s local businesses and support our amazing small business community.”
What items are exempt during Connecticut’s sales tax-free week?
Most items of clothing and footwear that cost less than $100 per item are exempt from sales tax.
There are some items that do not qualify for the deal, including certain specialized shoes for sports or dance, safety apparel items, party costumes and more. A full list of taxable items can be found on the official state website.
Are online purchases exempt from sales tax?
In Connecticut, qualifying online purchases are also exempt from sales tax as long as the payment is made during the week. If an item is backordered and the customer isn’t charged until after sales tax-free week, the item will be taxable.
For more details, visit the state’s official website.
Will New York and New Jersey have a sales tax-free week?
New Jersey enacted a sales tax holiday on school supplies in 2022, but it was repealed this year.
New York does not have a sales tax holiday.
According to NerdWallet, 19 states, including Connecticut, have sales tax holidays this year.
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