BOSTON (CBS) – Two people were hurt when a car slammed into the front of a house in Boston and the homeowner said it’s the sixth time that’s happened. Pauline Glynn said she and a friend were watching TV in her home on Poplar Street late Thursday night when she heard a “terrible noise.” A car hit her neighbor’s car and then crashed into her front door, just two feet from her head. READ MORE: 12-Year-Old Creates Self-Care Workshop For Students Struggling During Pandemic “I heard the crash and the whole front exploded, it just took off the whole front of the house, glass went flying everywhere,” Glynn told reporters Friday morning. “The whole house is open and the car is in there spinning the wheels.” Glynn and her friend were not hurt. She said they were both “very lucky.” The fire department said the two people in the car were taken to the hospital, but there is no word yet on their conditions. It’s not known what caused the crash. “Everything got thrown all over the … [Read more...] about ‘The Whole Front Exploded,’ 2 Hurt As Car Crashes Into Boston Home
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Burlington Police Say Lock Your Cars After 30+ Break-Ins In One Night
BURLINGTON (CBS) – Burlington Police want residents to make sure they’re locking their cars after more than 30 break-ins were reported this week. Investigators believe they all happened on Wednesday, March 3, between 1 and 4 a.m. on Marion, Meadowvale, and Mohawk Roads, Paulson and Algonquin Drives, and Carey and Pathwoods Avenues. READ MORE: MCAS Tests For Spring Postponed For Grades 3-8 In Massachusetts In every single case, the cars that were broken into were unlocked. Sunglasses, jackets, gift cards and loose change were stolen. READ MORE: Stimulus Check Update: Are Relief Payments Bad For The Economy? “No community is immune from this type of criminal activity, but the easiest thing residents can do to prevent this kind of crime is simply to lock their doors and secure their belongings by removing them from inside their vehicles,” Burlington Police Chief Michael Kent said in a statement. MORE NEWS: Massachusetts Now Exempt From Maine's COVID Travel Restrictions … [Read more...] about Burlington Police Say Lock Your Cars After 30+ Break-Ins In One Night
Michigan mom, 29, dies saving 5-year-old twin sons in car crash, family says
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 4 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A Michigan woman died saving her twin 5-year-old sons by using her body to protect them as a vehicle plowed into their car Monday night, her family said. Hillarie Galazka, 29, was driving back to her Lincoln Park home when her Saturn Ion was rear-ended on an entrance ramp of I-96, FOX2 Detroit reported . BROTHER OF COLORADO MOM ALLEGEDLY GUNNED DOWN BY BOY, 14, CALLS ATTACK 'RANDOM, INHUMANE HELL ON EARTH' Galazka died on the scene but her twin sons survived with minor injuries, her family said. Galazka was a mother to twin 5-year-old boys and an 8-year-old boy who was not in the car at the time of the crash. (Handout) "Her body saved them," her mother, Jodie Kelley, told the station. "The boys say they saw her open her eyes and look at them, and then she closed her eyes, never opened … [Read more...] about Michigan mom, 29, dies saving 5-year-old twin sons in car crash, family says
12-Year-Old Creates Self-Care Workshop For Students Struggling During Pandemic
BOSTON (CBS) – A local tween is on a mission to help students who are struggling with mental health during the coronavirus pandemic. Jay’dha Rackard led her first rally when she was just 10 years old, protesting a persisting problem on her school’s playground: used needles. READ MORE: 'The Whole Front Exploded,' 2 Hurt As Car Crashes Into Boston Home “People were getting pricked, kindergarteners, so it just wasn’t safe for me to go to school,” said Jay’dha, who is now 12. She called for increased safety measures at her school in Boston’s South End and started shining a light on the root of the problem: the school’s proximity to the so-called Methadone Mile. “That’s when I started speaking up for people saying they needed this health care and needed just help to make them feel better.” Jay’dha brought her concerns to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and started collecting and donating clothes, deodorant and toothbrushes to those struggling on the streets. She even spent this past … [Read more...] about 12-Year-Old Creates Self-Care Workshop For Students Struggling During Pandemic
Students Pursuing Risky Degrees Draw More Than $25 Billion In Yearly Federal Loans
Noël Flynn is spending more than 80 percent of her income to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in debt for her Art Therapy degree. In 2016 alone, the Department of Education loaned $25.9 billion to students who, like Flynn, chose degrees under the umbrella of the liberal arts and humanities , an analysis by The Daily Caller News Foundation found. A significant portion of those students are unlikely to have the means to pay back their debt after graduating. “I find myself struggling financially, and the biggest reason why is student loans,” said Flynn, 23, who says she was told the loans “wouldn’t be overwhelming” once she graduated. Most federal student loan programs do not require a credit check , nor do they require a cosigner. Rather, the loans are backed by nothing more than the borrower’s future earnings with a college degree, but the kind of degree isn’t a consideration in the loan process. “What you make depends on what you take,” Anthony Carnevale, … [Read more...] about Students Pursuing Risky Degrees Draw More Than $25 Billion In Yearly Federal Loans