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Notre Dame Academy’s Piper Levin notches 100th career hit

HINGHAM - Caryn Ciampa has seen a lot in her nine years coaching softball at Notre Dame Academy. But on Thursday, she witnessed something she had never seen before when senior captain Piper Levin became the first player in program history to record 100 career...

By Larry Smith

WMass Baseball Roundup: Walk-off home run lifts Belchertown over Agawam

Entering the bottom of the seventh inning down by a run, Belchertown was in prime position to walk things off against Agawam. After Thatcher Rudnik tied the game with an RBI single, and was followed up by an Ian McDonald hit, Josh Misiaszek stepped to...

By Larry Smith

Softball Roundup: Franklin County Tech mashes five home runs, overpowers Frontier Regional

There’s hitting for contact, and there’s hitting for power.Then there’s what the Eagles did Thursday afternoon – swinging for the fences.Franklin County Tech softball (12-3) handily defeated Frontier Regional (10-5) via an 8-1 score. The visitors went yard five separate times, rounding the bases on...

By Larry Smith

Isabella Schaeffer, South Hadley softball shuts out Longmeadow (gallery)

SOUTH HADLEY ― After falling into a rough patch midway through the season, the Tigers have picked themselves back up and found their rhythm. No. 9 South Hadley softball earned its third straight victory on Thursday, shutting out No. 8 Longmeadow, 5-0. The Tigers pounced...

By Larry Smith

The Westfield News Scoreboard: Westfield Tech baseball falls to Easthampton, 7-5

BASEBALLEasthampton 7, Westfield Technical Academy 5One day after winning a key game against Smith Vocational to post their 10th win of the season, Westfield Technical Academy (10-2) fell to Easthampton at Bullens Field.Logan Csekovsky and Antonio Simpson led Westfield Tech with two hits apiece. Csekovsky...

By Larry Smith

‘Virtual layer of officer safety’: Va. PD’s crime center features live viewing of BWC footage

FAIRFAX, Va. — The Fairfax County Police Department offered a behind-the-scenes look at its Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), a nearly two-year-old facility that has played a key role in solving over 6,500 cases with the help of integrated technology and live intelligence tools, WUSA...

By Larry Smith

FEMA chief fired after testifying against plans to dismantle the agency

WASHINGTON — Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of FEMA, was fired on May 8, Politico reported.The dismissal came one day after Hamilton testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee, where he publicly pushed back against efforts by President Donald Trump to eliminate or downsize the agency.“I do...

By Larry Smith

More than 30 arrested in ‘occupation’ of University of Washington building

SEATTLE, Wash. — The University of Washington reported more than $1 million in damage to its Interdisciplinary Engineering Building following a violent pro-Palestinian protest that led to 31 arrests and the temporary closure of the nearly brand-new facility, KOMO reported.The May 5 confrontation began when...

By Larry Smith

Mistrial for former Mich. police officer charged with murder in fatal OIS

By Isabella Volmert and Ed White Associated PressGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a Michigan jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in the second-degree murder trial of a police officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya following a traffic stop in...

By Larry Smith