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    New York (WCBS) — One person is dead after an explosion on a barge on Staten Island Thursday afternoon, the NYPD said.

The blast prompted a hazmat response, according to the FDNY.

Video from the scene shows the explosion tore open the top of a barge in Mariners Harbor.

The FDNY said it got the call at 2:37 p.m. for the incident on Richmond Terrace between South and Arlington avenues. The response grew to a second alarm at 3:18 p.m., with 160 emergency personnel responding to the scene.

Police said a man was found dead at the scene. The victim has not yet been identified. His cause of death is not yet known.

Two firefighters suffered minor injuries.

Residents in the area described hearing three explosions that then sparked a fire on a container on the barge.

“There were three explosions, but the first one was the biggest, and I said ‘That’s bad.’ And then I was praying that nobody got hurt,” one area resident said.

“I told them it was an explosion. I get down here, and that’s when the other explosions go, I called back again. I’m like, no, y’all really need to get here because it’s bad. They came really fast,” said another woman.

The fire has since been knocked down. Units remained on scene to secure the petroleum from the shipping container.

The cause of the blast is under investigation.

Residents were urged to avoid the immediate area.

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By Neal Riley

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    BOSTON (WBZ) — The lawyer for Janette MacAusland, the Wellesley, Massachusetts, mother accused of killing her two children, is urging prosecutors to take a second look at the first-degree murder charges in the wake of the Lindsay Clancy mistrial but says there are key differences between the two cases.

MacAusland, 49, allegedly confessed to killing her 6-year-old daughter Ella and her 7-year-old son Kai at their Edgemoor Avenue home in April. She was in a custody battle at the time with her husband Samuel, who had filed for divorce the previous October, court records show.

Investigators say she went to her aunt’s house in Vermont after the murders and confessed to her, “I wanted the three of us to go to God together but it didn’t work.” She had dried blood on her neck from a large cut.

“I strangled them and then I tried to kill myself,” MacAusland allegedly told police, according to an affidavit.

“This is not Lindsay Clancy 2.0” After a hearing at Dedham District Court Thursday, defense attorney Joseph Krowski Jr. told the media that he’s “cautiously optimistic” that prosecutors might be taking a second look at MacAusland’s case after the Clancy trial. The jury failed to reach a verdict, and jurors have said there was just one man who refused to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

“This is not Lindsay Clancy 2.0,” Krowski Jr. said. “Janette MacAusland is her own woman, but there’s been a discussion, a discourse that’s opened up in this country about whether or not we want to criminalize mental illness.”

In Clancy’s case, the defense argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and could not be held criminally responsible for her actions. Krowski Jr. said it’s too soon to say if he’ll pursue an insanity defense for MacAusland.

“This is not a postpartum situation, right? The children are older,” he said. “Until I get all of the information I’m not prepared to say anything about any potential defenses, but everything is on the table.”

Janette MacAusland had “history of mental illness,” lawyer says Krowski Jr. did say that MacAusland had a “history of mental illness.” He’s appealing to outgoing Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey and his successor to revisit the charges.

“Let’s not go back and fall back on the same default position that when a woman that is obviously mentally ill is involved or associated with a horrific tragedy like this, we automatically prosecute them criminally to the fullest extent of the law,” he said. “These district attorneys nationwide have to start taking note, because the public is taking note, aren’t they? You saw that in the Clancy case.”

Court proceedings against MacAusland have been delayed because the medical examiner has yet to determine a cause and manner of death for her two children. Krowski Jr. asked the judge to either dismiss the charges or set bail for MacAusland, but his requests were denied. Her next court date is Oct. 29.

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    BOSTON (WBZ) — Volunteers and students came together Thursday evening in Boston’s Public Garden to plant nearly 3,000 flags, each one a tribute to the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

Behind each flag is a name, a family, and a life representing the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks. Twenty-five years later, the sea of red, white and blue stands on the Public Garden as a reminder to never forget.

Among the flags, one is honoring Mark Bavis, who was aboard one of the two hijacked planes that took off from Boston’s Logan Airport that morning. Teaming up with the Massachusetts 9/11 fund, his brother Patrick has now made it his mission to make sure younger generations understand what happened that day and always remember.

“It seemed like yesterday,” said Patrick Bavis. “The young kids are the future of this country, they got to understand that life isn’t fair and people get taken from you. For us in Boston, 206 victims were taken that day.”

Helping put the display together were the Navy Junior ROTC at John D. O’Bryant School and Scouting America who were learning while remembering.

“I want to give them my respects as well as honor them because that’s a really big moment in our history even though it wasn’t the best one, it’s something we all want to pay attention to,” said ROTC student Karissa Jean-Michel.

The impact of 9/11 heightens our appreciation for our first responders and service members like retired Air Force Gen. Jonathan Treacy, who commanded Otis Air National Guard Base fighter jets to respond to the attacks.

“It’s a little surreal, 25 years have gone so very fast,” said Treacy. “Those lessons that we’ve learned from 9/11 aren’t something that get passed on unless every generation has a sense for what happened, why it happened, the incredible impact of what happened and the loss of life.”

And as long as the flags stand, they also symbolize the resolve of our country after one of its darkest days.

“Nineteen terrorists took us to our knees that day, yeah they beat us that day, but the next day America came back, and I want the students today to understand that we can be strong together,” said Bavis.

The 9/11 commemoration events start at the State House on Friday at 8:30 a.m. with a reading of the names of the 219 victims with ties to Massachusetts, a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., and the presentation of the Madeline “Amy” Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery inside the House Chamber.

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    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The heartbroken family of a woman killed in North Baltimore remembered her life at her funeral Thursday while demanding justice and answers in her brutal murder.

Alexis Moore was just weeks away from welcoming her first grandchild, her family said, when she was pulled from the back seat of an SUV and shot. Investigators said her body was left in the middle of Ellerslie Avenue in North Baltimore’s Better Waverly neighborhood.

Sister speaks Alexis Moore’s sister held back tears as she talked about the crime that shook her family to its core.

“People don’t understand. When you hurt someone, you’re not only hurting that person. They’ve got family. They’ve got people out here who love them,” her sister, Netta, told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren.

Netta said she last spoke to her sister several weeks ago on Monument Street. Moore was upbeat about welcoming her grandchild, she said.

Her daughter is now in shock.

“To get a knock at your door at 9 o’clock in the morning and they say that your mother has been murdered—that’s devastation,” the victim’s sister said. “What happened to her she did not deserve it at all. At all!”

She remembered Moore as caring and full of life.

“She was a person who gave joy anywhere she went, the person who brightened up the room, the person who was not scared of nothing,” Netta said. “A big giant in a little person’s body. That’s who she was. She was a big giant in a little person’s body. And for her to be gone the way they did her, it’s so grimy.”

Her sister said Moore had no known connection to the neighborhood where she was killed.

Caught on camera Moore’s life ended just after 3 a.m. on Aug. 21 on Ellerslie Avenue near Montpelier Park in Better Waverly.

The street abruptly turns at the edge of the park.

A surveillance camera tucked away on the side of a rowhouse captured the shooting.

“It’s a senseless act. Someone was shot and killed in the middle of the street, and these two individuals got out of the vehicle and executed a person,” Detective Vernon Davis of the Baltimore Police Department told WJZ Investigates. “Shameless, heartless.”

The video shows two men pulling up in an older Ford SUV, possibly a Ford Taurus X.

The driver is wearing distinctive clothing: tan shorts with dark leggings underneath. A mask covers his face.

Moore can be seen in the back seat wearing what appears to be a white short-sleeved shirt.

After the passenger, a man wearing a gray hoodie, opens her door, Moore appears to struggle with him. She is then pulled from the SUV and shot before being left in the street.

The video then shows the passenger rushing into the driver’s seat. The original driver scrambles into the passenger seat, and they take off.

“We don’t know the relationship between the victim and the suspects, and that is a part of this investigation,” Detective Davis said. “That’s why we’re asking for the public’s help—to get as many eyes as possible on that video and to get these people identified, to get that vehicle identified so we can get these guys in custody. They left the person shot in the middle of the street, and again, it’s a heartless, senseless crime, and we need to get these people off the streets.”

The victim’s sister believes someone Moore knew committed the crime.

“For her to get into somebody’s car, she had to know them. She had to know who they were, and she had to trust them. Because one thing about my sister, she is not going to get into anybody’s car that she does not know,” Netta said. “And they just left her there, just left her there. Y’all just left her there for dead.”

A neighbor told WJZ Investigates that the area is extremely dark at night, with a broken streetlight surrounded by overgrown trees.

Reward for tips Moore’s picture now appears on a reward flyer offering $8,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.

Her sister is pleading with anyone who knows something to come forward.

“Somebody knows something. I just pray and hope the people who do see this do the right thing because at the end of the day, if it was your relatives, you’d want the same thing done for your family,” Netta told Hellgren. “Just do the right thing. That’s all we ask. Just do the right thing and keep her kids in your prayers.”

Anyone with information should call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-Lockup. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

Moore is one of 76 people killed so far in Baltimore City in 2026, compared with 90 at this time last year.

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    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to the home-invasion murder of 27-year-old Matthew Ponder in Glen Burnie in 2022.

Andre Raquan Riggs, 28, of Middle River, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and a felony crime of violence, more than four years after Ponder was shot and killed inside a home during an armed robbery.

Riggs is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 19, 2026.

“This was certainly a terrifying home invasion that ultimately resulted in the tragic death of Mr. Ponder,” Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said. “Digital evidence played a critical role in identifying this defendant, who came to the home armed with a gun for the purpose of stealing valuables in the middle of the night.”

At about 2:24 a.m. on Aug. 31, 2022, Anne Arundel County police and paramedics responded to a home in the 400 block of M Street Northeast in Glen Burnie for a report of a shooting.

Ponder was found inside the home suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said surveillance video from the home and neighboring properties showed two potential suspects approach the home before the shooting and leave afterward.

Investigators said the suspects arrived in the area in a passenger vehicle and parked on a parallel street near the home. They then used the vehicle to leave after the murder.

Additional surveillance footage showed the two suspects approaching the home’s rear door while wearing hooded sweatshirts. After approaching the door several times and walking away, they returned and covered the rear camera with a plastic bag, police said.

Inside the home, Ponder and a woman were robbed by the two suspects, according to police. The woman told investigators that several items were stolen, including “older and collectible” currency.

Digital evidence placed Riggs near the home at the time of the crime, prosecutors said. Investigators also found that Riggs searched online for Ponder’s address before the murder and for the value of a “1950 ten-dollar bill” after the murder.

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    Washington (Quincy News) — Market Recap: U.S. stocks fell for a fourth straight session Thursday as oil prices surged and Treasury yields climbed. The Dow and S&P 500 each fell 0.6%, while the Nasdaq dropped 0.7%.

Brent crude jumped more than 6% to settle at $107.63 a barrel, while U.S. crude settled above $100 a barrel. The 10-year Treasury yield climbed to about 4.95%.

Treasury bought back $5.19 billion of 10- to 20-year securities Thursday, after announcing a maximum purchase of $6 billion. Bonds remained under pressure following the operation, with some investors having expected a larger intervention.

Producer prices rose 0.4% in August, matching expectations, and 5.4% from a year earlier, slightly above forecasts. Higher producer prices can eventually translate into higher prices for consumers as businesses pass along some of those increases.

Oracle shares rose following stronger-than-expected quarterly results. Adobe also beat quarterly revenue expectations, while its shares fell after hours.

Today’s Focus: The August Consumer Price Index is due at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, giving the Federal Reserve its final major inflation reading before its meeting next week. CPI measures changes in the prices consumers pay for goods and services.

ON THE SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026

-Friday, 8:30 a.m. ET – August Consumer Price Index and real earnings

-Friday, 10 a.m. ET – Preliminary September University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index

-Friday, 2 p.m. ET – August Treasury budget statement

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    September 10, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — Ten pianists. Twenty études. One night at Jones Hall. And tucked inside Philip Glass’s sweeping piano cycle is a piece with Houston in its DNA.

On Saturday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Houston presents The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass, a roughly three-hour program produced by Pomegranate Arts and performed by 10 distinguished pianists: Timo Andres, Inon Barnatan, Anton Batagov, Vicky Chow, Aaron Diehl, Daniela Liebman, Jenny Lin, Jason Moran, Christian Sands and Jiani Wu.

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For listeners who think an “étude” sounds suspiciously like homework, Glass has a persuasive rebuttal.

These pieces began as studies—music written partly to strengthen and challenge his own piano technique—but grew into a 20-work cycle spanning the 1990s through 2012. Glass has described the complete collection as a trajectory of musical and technical ideas, while Pomegranate Arts considers the études his most personal body of work. The complete concert concept has reached major stages including BAM, the Philharmonie de Paris, Lincoln Center and Walt Disney Concert Hall.

A Composition With a Houston Birth Certificate Houston’s performance carries an extra layer of ownership.

Étude No. 17 was commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the Menil Collection in Houston and premiered in 2012. Glass’s official site lists the Houston commission among the milestones that helped shape the completed cycle.

There is even another fascinating wrinkle. Glass’s website now notes that an original sketch for No. 17 bore the title “Magic Psalm” and was later discovered tucked inside a book of Allen Ginsberg poems in Glass’s library.

So when No. 17 sounds through Jones Hall, Houston will not simply be hearing Glass. Houston will be hearing a piece of its own cultural history come home.

Jason Moran: Houston Made, World Acclaimed And then there is Jason Moran, arguably the evening’s strongest hometown connection.

Moran was born in Houston in 1975, began studying piano as a child and graduated from Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in 1993. After earning his bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, he developed a career that has never behaved politely inside one genre.

He is a jazz pianist and composer, certainly—but also an educator, curator and visual artist whose work crosses film, museums, dance and multimedia installation.

The MacArthur Foundation named Moran a Fellow in 2010 for his genre-crossing approach to jazz. His visual work later anchored a solo museum exhibition that traveled through institutions including the Walker Art Center and Whitney Museum of American Art. He also composed music for Ava DuVernay’s films Selma and 13th.

For current context, there is an important update to older biographies: Moran’s long tenure leading jazz programming at the Kennedy Center ended in 2025, after 14 years. In 2026, his creative journey reached another milestone when the Gordon Parks Foundation named him the inaugural recipient of its Fellowship in Music.

That résumé makes Moran an especially intriguing Glass interpreter.

Glass’s music depends on structure, pulse and repetition, but the complete-études concept thrives on difference: 10 pianists encounter the same composer without being asked to sound alike. Moran’s musical life has been built around precisely that kind of conversation—between jazz and classical vocabulary, history and improvisation, keyboard and visual world.

Ten Artists, Ten Musical Lenses He is hardly alone in bringing star power. Timo Andres is an acclaimed composer-pianist; Inon Barnatan became the New York Philharmonic’s first Artist-in-Association; Vicky Chow is closely associated with the Bang on a Can All-Stars; jazz standouts Aaron Diehl and Christian Sandsbring another rhythmic vocabulary; and Jiani Wu provides an important Houston connection through Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

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Pomegranate Arts intentionally builds these performances around differing musical personalities. That is the secret sauce: the score stays put while the human interpretation keeps moving.

Sixty Years Meets Nearly Fifty Years of Glass There is another Houston anniversary humming beneath the program.

Performing Arts Houston and Jones Hall both trace their beginnings to 1966. Performing Arts Houston’s anniversary history places the beginning of its collaboration with Philip Glass in November 1978.

That makes this concert feel almost custom-built for a milestone season: a decades-long artistic relationship, a Houston-commissioned étude, a hometown piano star and one of Houston’s signature performance halls converging on the same Saturday night.

Call it minimalism if you like. Glass himself prefers the description “music with repetitive structures.”

Either way, there is nothing minimal about this occasion.

The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass takes place Saturday, September 12, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana St., Houston, Texas 77002. Tickets are listed from $39. Performing Arts Houston recommends arriving 45 to 60 minutes before showtime.

Twenty études may technically be called “studies.”

In Houston, this one feels more like a reunion.

Official Background Links

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The official Performing Arts Houston event page is available here: The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass — Performing Arts Houston. Readers can also explore Philip Glass’s official Houston event listing, Philip Glass’s official Piano Etudes history, and Jason Moran’s 2026 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship.

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