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2-year-old left needing stitches and rabies shot after being attacked by a raccoon at Massachusetts playground: ‘It happened so fast’

A two-year-old boy was bitten and scratched by a raccoon at a popular Massachusetts playground Friday afternoon, prompting local police to warn families to remain alert.
The incident occurred at Wayland Town Beach in Wayland, a wooded community about 20 miles west of Boston. Grayson Cohen was playing on a jungle gym with his nanny when the animal lunged from behind the structure and attacked him.
The child’s father, Spencer Cohen, said the attack occurred so quickly that the nanny was initially unaware of the full extent of the interaction.
“It happened so fast,” Spencer Cohen told NBC10 Boston. “She didn't even know he was bitten until she got him in the car seat.”
When the nanny brought the toddler home, Cohen saw how severe the injury was and took his son to Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
open image in galleryThe boy’s mother, Megan Cohen, says her son’s injuries were far more severe than she initially expected (Spencer Cohen)“I got a text saying he had an ‘encounter’ with a racc..

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Boston Red Sox’s TV network pulls ad of Senate candidate who criticized the team

A Democratic Senate candidate seemingly provoked the owners of the Boston Red Sox by airing a critical political advertisement during a baseball game this past week – which was taken off the air midway through the game.
Graham Platner, the Democrat hoping to replace Maine Senator Susan Collins, aired a somewhat trolling ad on May 22, accusing the Red Sox owners of destroying the team by allowing private equity firms to own portions of the team.
“Private equity has destroyed our favorite baseball team. Stripping them for parts,” Platner said in the 15-second ad, while promising to “reverse the private equity curse.”
“I’m Graham Platner, and I approve this message because I miss Mookie Betts,” he added, referring to the outfielder traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020.
But midway through the game, the New England Sports Network, which is also partly owned by the Red Sox, pulled the ad, Platner said in an X post Saturday.
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Quad foreign ministers fight for relevance in New Delhi as leaders’ summit remains elusive

The foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, nations gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday in a coordinated display of unity aimed at reaffirming the bloc’s relevance amid recent shifts in geopolitical dynamics.
The Quad, comprising the United States, Japan, Australia and India, aims to promote a “free and open” Indo-Pacific and balance China’s expanding influence in the strategically vital region.
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Louvre heist to be turned into film by French director Romain Gavras

Last year’s brazen robbery of the Louvre – when thieves made off with jewellery worth some US$100 million – is set to become a film, a publisher said on Tuesday.
French director Romain Gavras – whose work includes 2025 Hollywood film Sacrifice starring Anya Taylor-Joy and music videos including most recently a hypnotic schoolboy choreography for GENER8ION – will draw inspiration from the investigative book Main basse sur le Louvre (literally A Grab at the Louvre).
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Iran condemns US strikes as ‘gross violation’ of ceasefire

Iran condemns US strikes as 'gross violation' of ceasefire5 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIan AikmanGetty ImagesIran said US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz had violated the fragile ceasefire, which started in AprilIran says the US has committed a “gross violation” of the ceasefire with new air strikes it launched on the country.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines had been targeted with what it called “self-defence strikes” in southern Iran on Monday.
Iran's foreign ministry said it held the US responsible for the consequences of its “aggressive and unjustified actions” in the Hormozgan region, which has a coast along the Strait of Hormuz – the crucial waterway Iran has blocked causing a spike in world energy prices.
It is unclear what impact the strikes will have on talks aimed to end the conflict.
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Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave

Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave17 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIan AikmanandLaura GozziReutersRussian strikes destroyed several buildings in the Ukrainian capital on SaturdayRussia has threatened to launch a fresh wave of “systematic strikes” against Kyiv, days after carrying out one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian capital since the start of the war.
The new strikes will target “decision-making centres and command posts”, alongside drone manufacturing facilities in the city, Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement.
Moscow has called for foreign nationals and diplomats to leave Kyiv “as soon as possible” and warned citizens to stay away from administrative and military buildings.
Ukraine said Russia's threats were “nothing short of shameless blackmail” and urged allies to increase pressure on Moscow.
With its warning to foreign nationals, Moscow is “effectively admitting that its shelling is aimed, among oth..

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UK-based neurosurgeon Chirag Patel suspended after having sex with female patient

A top neurosurgeon has been suspended after a medical tribunal found he had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable female patient and repeatedly prescribed her addictive painkillers without proper records or safeguards.Chirag Patel, a consultant at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, was handed an eight-month suspension after admitting to the relationship and sending the patient explicit images, as well as prescribing controlled drugs including diazepam and opioid-based medication. Patel first treated the woman, referred to as Patient A, in February 2019 when he carried out surgery to remove damaged spinal disc tissue. He later operated on her again in August 2019 and December 2021, and inserted a spinal cord stimulator in a third procedure.Shortly after the initial surgery, the doctor began a sexual relationship with the patient, which continued alongside his clinical involvement. He later described the situation as something he “bitterly regrets”.The relationship came under..

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‘Took me 8 years to get a Green Card’: Indian-origin investor’s immigration journey draws flak

Indian-origin investor says he waited eight years for his Green Card. An Indian-origin investor shared his Green Card journey but got slammed on social media as he was taking sides of those who wait decades for permanent residency in the US, yet do not get it. The post from Arnav Sahu, a Silicon Valley investor, came in the context of the US administration's new Green Card rule that many applicants will have to leave the US and go back to their home country to apply their Green Card as Adjustment of Status in which an applicant could change their non-immigrant visa to Green Card will only be allowed in cases the administration deem fit — and not to all cases.Sahu said it took him eight years to get a Green Card and that was faster as he applied through a special petition via EB-1. EB-1 is meant for people with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors, researchers, managers or executives. Not everyone can qualify for this and hence the wait for this is shorter. “I know of peo..

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Thomas Massie files to run again in 2028 for Kentucky seat after Trump-led ouster

After losing a primary challenge to a Donald Trump-backed candidate last week, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie is already preparing for a return to politics in 2028.
The Kentucky congressman has already filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission, which will allow him to continue fundraising for any potential campaigns before the next congressional elections.
“I haven’t made a final decision about which office to seek, if I run,” he said Monday.
In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Massie said he wasn’t ruling out “anything” for his political future.
“Look, I’ve spent the last five days on my farm with my grandkids, and my cattle, and my peach trees, and it’s a pretty nice life,” he said. “I don’t know if I want to screw that up again. I’ve been in Congress 14 years, fighting. Every hour that passes, I get decompressed a little bit more.”
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French teenagers arrested in connection with murder of 11-year-old boy

AdvertisementCrimeWorldEuropeFrench teenagers arrested in connection with murder of 11-year-old boyThe boy was found on the banks of the Vilaine river in Rennes with a wet bath towel tied tightly around his neck, prosecutors said
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 3:56am, 26 May 2026Two teenagers were in police custody in northwestern France on Monday, a day after an 11-year-old boy was found dead with a wet towel tied around his neck, prosecutors said.
The boy was found on the banks of the Vilaine river in the northwestern city of Rennes with a wet bath towel tied tightly around his neck, prosecutors said on Sunday.
On Monday, a 16-year-old boy was detained at his home, while a 15-year-old girl was detained after presenting herself to police, Rennes prosecutor Frederic Teillet said in a statement.
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