Northeast
Wild video shows moment brick display collapses onto crowd of kids, adults during NYE balloon drop gone wrong

A New Year’s Eve celebration was cut short for families after a brick display holding balloons for a drop collapsed into a crowded Massachusetts arcade.
The Peabody Police Department confirmed in a post on Facebook that multiple people were injured when a plastic brick display fell from a mezzanine level at the In the Game arcade in Peabody.
According to the arcade’s Facebook page, they were hosting a “Noon Year’s Eve celebration” on Tuesday afternoon.
Peabody Fire Chief John Dowling told Fox News Digital that they received a call about a partial ceiling collapse at the arcade just after noon.
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Video shows the moment a balloon drop brought down a brick display inside an arcade in Peabody, Mass., on Tuesday, injuring several people. (Terri Whitaker via Storyful)
After arriving at the scene, Dowling said crews discovered it was not a ceiling collapse but rather a display of play bricks, which was 12 feet tall, collapsed onto a group of people during a failed New Year’s Eve balloon drop.
Dowling said the balloons were supposed to be released from the display during the party and that it appeared a person pulled too hard on the display, causing it to fall over.
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Ten people were injured when a brick display fell onto those attending a family-oriented New Year’s event at a Peabody, Mass., arcade on Tuesday, fire officials said. (WBZ-TV)
Dowling said 10 individuals sustained minor injuries. Eight were transported to the hospital for treatment, while two refused medical transport.
Of those eight who sought treatment, Dowling said three were adults and five children, sustaining mostly cuts and scrapes.
Lawren Turco, who was in attendance at the event with her family, told WBZ-TV that it was “pure chaos.”
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Multiple people were injured at the In the Game arcade in Peabody, Mass., after a brick display fell into the crowd during a failed NYE balloon drop. (In The Game – Peabody)
“We watched the entire balloon drop and had no idea anything happened until we were going to leave promptly following the balloon drop,”Turco described to WBZ-TV.
“Kids were crying, there were tons of people all in the office, some with ice packs over their heads,” Turco continued.
The arcade was closed as a precaution for a brief period after the incident but reopened a short time later.
A spokesperson for the arcade told Fox News Digital that they are working with the authorities as the situation is being assessed.
Stepheny Price is writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
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Maine
Janet Mills welcomes suspension of tariffs on Canada but says chaos harms Maine's economy

Gov. Janet Mills welcomed news Thursday afternoon that President Donald Trump has suspended tariffs on many goods imported from Canada.
But Mills says the economic uncertainty caused by Trump’s on-again, off-again trade policy is already harming Maine residents and businesses. And it remained unclear Thursday evening whether certain Canadian exports that are important to Maine’s economy, such as gas and heating oil, are exempt under the new plan.
Trump reversed course less than 48 hours after his administration imposed 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico. The president announced that goods covered under an existing trade pact, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA, will not be subject to tariffs at least until April 2.
“The president’s broad tariffs on our major trading partners will increase prices for Maine people and businesses and cause havoc to our economy,” Mills said in a statement on Thursday. “While today’s temporary tariff reprieves are welcome, they are creating significant economic uncertainty that is also damaging to our people, businesses, and our economy. I urge the president to stop his pursuit of these unnecessary tariffs and focus on fulfilling his campaign commitment to lower the prices of eggs, bread, heat, housing, and cars.”
The short-lived tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports rattled the financial markets and caused alarms on both sides of the border, including in Maine.
Mills and most members of Maine’s congressional delegation had strongly opposed the tariffs on Canada because the state’s economy is interwoven with its provincial neighbors. They predicted that tariffs on Canadian goods — combined with reciprocal tariffs from Canada on U.S.-made products — will only harm Maine consumers, households and businesses that operate on both sides of the border, such as those in the forest products and commercial fishing industries.
There were also growing concerns about the impact on tourism. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drove that message home earlier this week when he predicted that some citizens of his country will opt not to visit Canadian vacation hotspots like Old Orchard Beach this year.
Canada is Maine’s largest trading partner, by far, accounting for more than $6 billion in cross-border trade last year. Maine imported more than $4.7 billion in Canadian goods last year and exported nearly $1.3 billion in products to Canada.
Maine is particularly reliant on Canada for gasoline and heating oil, which would have been subject to a 10% tariff under Trump’s original plan. More than 80% of the refined petroleum products consumed in Maine come from Canada.
But it was unclear immediately following Trump’s announcement whether Canadian petroleum products would still be subject to additional import levies despite the suspension on other tariffs.
The Associated Press reported that roughly 62% of imports from Canada would still face tariffs because they are not covered by the USMCA, according to a White House official who briefed reporters. The New York Times, meanwhile, reported that the White House official said Canadian oil was not typically covered by the earlier trade agreement and would, therefore, still be subject to a 10% tariff. Canadian power plants also sell electricity to parts of Maine and to the New England power grid.
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New Hampshire
NH man with felony warrants in several states arrested after highway chase

A New Hampshire with felony warrants has been arrested after an erratic highway chase, according to state police.
A trooper on I-290 in northern Massachusetts noticed a rental car with a Virginia registration that was the subject of a BOLO around 2:45 Thursday afternoon, according to a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson.
Police believed the driver, Jaquelle Anderson, 39, of Portsmouth, was wanted on more than a dozen warrants in Massachusetts and several other warrants in New Hampshire, Virgina, and Maryland. Some of the warrants were for felony offenses.
Anderson allegedly refused to stop for police and began traveling in the breakdown lane.
A short time later, Troopers were able to deploy stop sticks at the exit 67 off-ramp on Interstate 495.
Anderson continued to travel erratically west on Route 62 and troopers stopped the chase, according to an MSP spokesperson.
With help from the rental car company, the State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and an Air Wing unit were able to locate the suspected rental car in Clinton.
Shortly before 3:30 p.m., Troopers located the operator in a wooded area near the parking lot and took him into custody.
Video shared by Massachusetts State Police shows the moment troopers swarmed the suspect in a residential area and placed him under arrest.
Anderson is expected to appear in Marlborough District Court tomorrow.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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