Pilot was trying to return to airport when plane crashed on highway, NTSB says

CNN Newsource on November 12, 2025

By WBZ Staff

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    Massachusetts (WBZ) — The pilot flying the small plane that crashed on a highway in Dartmouth, Massachusetts last month was trying to return to the airport, according to a preliminary report from the NTSB.

Tom Perkins, 68, and his 66-year-old wife, Agatha, of Middletown, Rhode Island, died when their single engine plane crashed onto Route 195 on October 13 and burst into flames.

According to investigators, shortly after taking off from New Bedford Airport for Kenosha, Wisconsin at 8:05 a.m., the pilot told air traffic control he would be returning to the airport, and that he did not need assistance. The pilot was cleared to land.

Low altitude alert About a minute later, the controller provided the pilot with a low altitude alert. “Shortly after, the pilot made an unintelligible exclamation. There were no further communications from the pilot,” the NTSB wrote in the report.

The crash site was about four miles southwest of the airport. The NTSB said several trees had the tops cut off approximately 50 feet above the ground. The fuselage of the plane came to rest in the median of the highway after hitting a car traveling on I-195 west. The driver of that car suffered minor injuries.

Investigators said the distance from the initial impact point to where the fuselage came to rest was about 280 feet. The NTSB said all of the major components of the airplane were located at the crash site.

Both sides of the highway in southeastern Massachusetts were shut down for several hours after the crash.

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Video shows alligator slinking back into Charles River in Boston

CNN Newsource on November 12, 2025

By Mike Sullivan

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    BOSTON (WBZ) — A viral video has people in Boston looking for an alligator in the Charles River. The small gator was spotted over the weekend and caught on video by a couple passing by.

“I wasn’t necessarily scared. My girlfriend was like, ‘I don’t want you to touch it. You don’t know what could be in the water,” said Trevor Rochelle, who took the video.

Rochelle likes to fish in the area, but he didn’t expect to catch a gator on camera instead. In the video, he is seen poking the alligator with a stick to see if it’s alive. After, it retreats back into the water. People on social media began questioning if the video was actually AI, but the stick that is in the video was still there when we met Rochelle for an interview.

“That was the first thing people thought. You’re joking. This isn’t real. The video was the realistic piece,” said Rochelle. “Believe me, it was real. I am not pulling anyone’s leg.”

He spotted the small gator in one of the two lagoons that sit in the Esplanade and connect to the Charles River. After the encounter, Rochelle says he contacted Boston Animal Control for help.

“They thought I was crazy. Then I told them I live near MIT, and they thought maybe he isn’t as dumb as we thought,” said Rochelle. “We got the authorities to come out here, and we reported it to who we needed to report it to.”

Alligators illegal to own in Massachusetts MassWildlife is aware of the video, and they are working with Boston Animal Control and the Massachusetts Environmental Police to try to capture it. Alligators are not native to the state, and MassWildlife says they cannot survive cold weather. They are also illegal to own in Massachusetts.

It turns out, this isn’t the first time an alligator has been found in the Charles River. WBZ covered a similar story in 2010, when a canoeist came across one in the Charles in Needham. A local reptile educator from Rainforest Reptile Shows pulled it from the water with his bare hands.

“It’s definitely not native, maybe someone had ill intentions,” said Rochelle. “We are trying to get the word out and trying to get everyone to come out to find this thing, to find the right home. That’s the end goal here.”

Rochelle has named the gator “TT,” and he hopes he can survive this week’s cold snap long enough to be found.

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‘Walking America Couple’ pass through Northern California, share message of positivity and connection

CNN Newsource on November 12, 2025

By Brady Halbleib

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    California (KMAX, KOVR) — Crossing the country to spread positivity, gratitude, and human connection, that’s the mission behind a couple who are walking across all 50 states.

Their journey brought them to Northern California, where they passed through Roseville and Folsom on Tuesday.

Torin and Paige Rouse call themselves the Walking America Couple. They set out to walk more than 12,000 miles through every U.S. state.

What started as a leap of faith to explore America’s beauty and diversity on foot has become a deeper mission, one about understanding humanity, one step at a time.

The Rouses say their goal is to connect with people from all backgrounds and remind others that change starts with kindness, compassion and the way we listen to one another.

“It’s all about changing the mind, showing people how much we’re capable of, how we can change our perspective to be happier, more resilient, more loving, and less judgmental,” Paige Rouse said.

“We’re seeking to change people within, and that will eventually result in the change outside that we’re all hoping for,” Torin Rouse added.

Along the way, the couple has been welcomed into hundreds of homes, relying on strangers for meals, shelter, and encouragement. They say it’s those acts of kindness that have restored their faith in humanity, and they hope to inspire that same feeling in others.

Now more than two years into their journey, California marks the 28th state the Rouses have visited so far.

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Veterans Day: Celebrating our veteran heroes

KESQ on November 12, 2025

Cynthia White

COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – As we honor the men and women who have protected and served our country on Veterans Day, News Channel 3 is celebrating your heroes.

Thank you to our viewers for sharing wonderful photos of the veterans in your lives – family, friends, neighbors and community members who have proudly worn the uniform.

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Gauchos pass first road test with balanced offensive attack

KEYT on November 12, 2025

Mike Klan

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KEYT) – Miro Little, Aidan Mahaney and Colin Smith each scored 17 points as UCSB held off Sacramento State 92-87.

Little stuffed the stat sheet with a game-high 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals with just one turnover.

The Utah-transfer Little went 10-for-10 from the free throw line as UCSB won in their first road game on the season to improve to 3-0 overall.

Jason Fontenet II added 14 points while freshman CJ Shaw tallied 9 points off the bench.

The Gauchos made 13-of-27 shots from three-point distance with Smith leading the way drilling 5-of-7 of his attempts behind the arc.

Mikey Williams led all scorers with 30 points for Sacramento State who lost for the first time in three games this year.

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Turkey Drive: Good Samaritan Shelter recuperative care program helping clients with medical and housing needs

KEYT on November 12, 2025

Dave Alley

GUADALUPE, Calif. (KEYT) – Good Samaritan Shelter is helping its clients who have medical and housing needs through its recuperative care program.

The Santa Maria-based non-profit organization assists hundreds of clients in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties each year, including Candy Reyes of Guadalupe.

The Santa Maria native was first connected with Good Samaritan Shelter in the spring of 2024 following many years spent living on the streets.

“I was homeless for nine years,” said Reyes. “I was out in the streets. I was in the river bed. I was sleeping behind dumpsters. I was out there using drugs, not caring about life. I didn’t have a life.”

It was a dangerous and unhealthy lifestyle that culminated into a life threatening situation following an injury Reyes suffered on her foot.

“I had an accident where I stepped on a piece of glass and it went through my toe and my toe had gotten amputated,” said Reyes. “Then I went septic and I went back to the hospital and they amputated more of my my foot. I was in a hospital for a month and a half. They didn’t know if I was going to leave or not.”

During her time in the hospital, Reyes was referred to Good Samaritan Shelter and its recuperative care program, setting off a fortunate chain of events that would eventually help her turn her life around.

“I received the referral,” said Mary De Guzman, Good Samaritan Shelter Recuperative Care Manager. “I work closely with Dignity Health, the social work team, and so, based on acuity, she really needed a safe place to be because she just had an amputation and I remember meeting her when she was in a wheelchair. She couldn’t move. Couldn’t really do much and so in an instant, I was like yes, you’re appropriate for our program.”

Through the program, Reyes eventually was provided housing at “Hope Village,” a temporary housing shelter Good Samaritan manages in Santa Maria.

“She really just wanted to change her life,” said De Guzman “With our team, my team providing services for her, whether it was doing her daily vital signs to make sure she’s stable, getting to her appointments, getting her lab work done so she can have these surgeries, and having home health come to Hope Village that really, those were vital parts to her healing.”

The recuperative care program is just one of many that Good Samaritan operates and provides to clients who are in need of its specific resources.

“Recuperative care is a special and dear program to me,” said De Guzman “It’s basically where we provide a safe place for people who are going through anything medical. I do want to add, besides medical, people who may have mental health diagnosis and or substance abuse diagnosis, so think of someone who’s not, sick enough to stay in the hospital or like a skilled nursing facility. That’s where we come in, and we provide them that safe place, and medical support services to really get them to their healing journey, so when clients are with us they have a case manager and medical support, but the case manager, besides having the client be medically stable, they also think about what’s next and permanent housing wise, so they get them document ready and do all those things as well. Besides the medical aspect.”

In Reyes’ case, Good Samaritan was able to assist her enough where she was able to transition from Hope Village into an apartment complex in Guadalupe.

“It’s my place,” said Reyes. “It’s something I could call my own. It means it means everything to me.”

Reyes is just one of many local residents in need who will directly benefit from the News Channel 12 Turkey Drive, which helps provide a Thanksgiving meal to Good Samaritan clients in Northern Santa Barbara County and SLO Food Bank clients in San Luis Obispo County.

“I’m so ready for that turkey because this gave me my first year in my house,” said Reyes. “I get to cook my turkey, and I’m so excited. My kids are going to be here, and after after 13 years, I get to reunite with my daughter. It’s priceless and I feel like my life is complete.”

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The Pine Creek boys soccer team took on Regis Jesuit in the Class 5A semifinal

KRDO on November 12, 2025

Rob Namnoum

The Pine Creek boys soccer team came up short in their quest to play for the Class 5A state championship. The Eagles lost in the Class 5A semifinal to Regis Jesuit 3-2 on Tuesday night.

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This Date with 8: November 11, 1993 — A Day for Singles

KIFI on November 12, 2025

Phillip Willis

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — On this day, in the year 1993, the story goes that four bachelors in a Chinese university dorm were lamenting how they were single. It was hard for them, being so alone when all they wanted was to be loved.

They looked at a calendar, and saw the date, November 11th, which appeared as 11/11.

There was a “1” for each of them, surely it was a sign.

They decided to celebrate single life instead of regretting it, and the impromptu holiday spread, through the university and into wider Chinese culture.

It was originally known as Bachelor’s Day, now known as Single’s Day.

Many stores do promotions and sales for the holiday, and it’s actually the biggest day for e-commerce out of the year, world wide.

People also celebrate by throwing blind date parties, and ironically, it’s now also a day to celebrate relationships.

More than 4000 couples got married in Beijing on this date in 2011.

That’s a lot, especially compared to the city’s average of 700 marriages a day.

We’re not sure whether it’s “Single’s Day”, with the apostrophe on the inside, or “Singles’ Day,” with the apostrophe on the outside.

The former suggests the day belongs to each single person individually, while the latter implies it belongs to all singles collectively, a day to be alone, together.

We’ll let you decide.

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Indio Veterans Day 5k Run/Walk brings community together in honoring nation’s heroes

KESQ on November 12, 2025

Cynthia White

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The City of Indio hosted its 2nd annual Veterans Day 5k Run/Walk at the Empire Polo Grounds on Tuesday in recognition of those who served our country.

The event supported the Hunter Lopez Memorial Foundation and the American Legion Post 739.

Hunter Lopez and twelve fellow service members lost their lives at the August 2021 bombing attack at Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

Hunter’s father, Herman Lopez, said of the event and turnout, “It’s just a great reminder of the sacrifice that these young men and women went through at some point in their lives. It’s great to see veterans here of all different ages . . . to honor them, let them know that people remember what they’ve been through. There’s a lot of sacrifices that I think go unsaid and unrecognized. Not only by the veterans themselves but by their families, and you know, so much good has come out of today.”

Indio Mayor Glenn Miller said, “We thought about what we could do to help our veterans, help active duty military and those who might want to serve, and we decided to partner up with the Hunter Lopez Foundation and actually get a walk out so we can get a little bit of fitness in at the same time and raise some funds for veterans and other causes.”

Miller added that the event was sold out at 550 entrants, but more people showed up to participate. He expects next year’s event will reach up to 1,000 people taking part.

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The Nutcracker Magical Christmas Ballet Comes to Idaho Falls

KIFI on November 12, 2025

Hadley Bodell

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – The Nutcracker Magical Christmas Ballet came to Colonial Theatre tonight in Idaho Falls, and the audience was treated to a holiday-spirited show.

People flocked to the theater downtown to watch the classic Christmas ballet. Talmi Entertainment is a country-wide touring dance production. They tour for two months and do 70 shows of The Nutcracker. Some days, they even have two or three shows.

Dancers in the production come from all over the world, including Ukraine and Japan. The story of The Nutcracker originated in 1816, written by E.T.A. Hoffman. It has since been re-written and re-imagined countless times. Tonight’s version was choreographed by Viktor Davyduik.

Dancer Mariia Molotsiian performs the roles of Snow Queen and Mrs. Stahlbaum in the production. She commented on the ballet, saying, “Everyone is so professional. There are a lot of people working with this company and we have a lot of crew people helping us to make the show perfect.”

Judging by the relentless applause, the audience found it perfect too. Molotsiian said the best part of traveling in the ballet is how she gets to see a new theater and a new crowd with a different atmosphere every day of the tour. She also said The Nutcracker is something special because people begin to feel the Christmas spirit as soon as they watch the ballet.

More information about Talmi Entertainment’s traveling ballet can be found at nutcracker.com.

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