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    LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A tour bus carrying dozens of middle school students from Lexington, Massachusetts caught fire on I-93 north in Woodstock, New Hampshire on Friday night. An adult on the bus was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

At about 6:30 p.m., a caller reported to New Hampshire State Police that the bus was on fire and that those on board, including children, were evacuating.

When firefighters arrived, the back of the bus was fully engulfed in flames. Troopers have determined the bus was carrying about 60 seventh and eighth grade students and adult staff members when the engine compartment began to smoke just south of Exit 32.

“The driver of the bus pulled over, and all students and staff evacuated, while the bus continued to fill with smoke,” New Hampshire State Police said.

Everyone on board was able to escape the fire safely, but one adult was taken to an area hospital for smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported.

Video obtained by WBZ shows heavy damage to the rear of the bus and several windows were broken.

According to State Police, the students walked to a local business in Lincoln, New Hampshire with school staff and troopers to wait until a new bus arrived.

All northbound lanes of I-93 were closed for an hour and a half due to the fire and traffic was diverted off Exit 31.

New Hampshire State Police said, “No criminal element is suspected.”

Woodstock, New Hampshire is about 120 miles north of Lexington, Massachusetts. It is unclear where the bus was traveling to. WBZ has reached out to Lexington Public Schools.

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By Austin Turner

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    LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — The third round of “No Kings” rallies are scheduled across the nation on Saturday as protestors are set to voice their displeasure with policies set forth by the Trump administration.

Organizers say as many as 50,000 are expected to be onhand in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. That rally and subsequent march was set for 2 p.m. at Gloria Molina Grand Park, just outside city hall.

The rallies, which organizers describe as choosing “democracy over dictatorship,” began last June and were held again in October. Saturday’s, the first since the January killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents in Minnesota, could be the largest showing yet, organizers say.

“A lot of people want to help, they just don’t know where to start,” said 50501 SoCal organizer Emily Williams. “No Kings is that starting point. It’s about community, about showing up for each other, and about turning concern into real action you can be part of.”

President Trump and other members of Republican leadership have dismissed prior “No Kings” rallies. In October, he told Fox News that he’s simply “not a king,” while House Speaker Mike Johnson referred to the protests as a “Hate America Rally.”

“You’re going to bring together the Marxists, the Socialists, the Antifa advocates, the anarchists and the pro-Hamas wing of the far-left Democrat Party,” he said.

Crews on Friday installed gates on the 101 Freeway on and off-ramps at Los Angeles Street in anticipation of the large-scale march. A Caltrans spokesperson said the gates were requested by the California Highway Patrol, since the freeway has been impacted by past marches.

“During previous protest activities, this location has seen pedestrians walk onto the highway using these ramps, creating unsafe conditions for pedestrians and motorists,” the spokesperson wrote in an email. “They will be used only as needed to ensure people are out of harm’s way of fast-moving vehicles and motorists can safely use the highway.”

In both previous instances in downtown LA, dispersal orders have been issued well after the scheduled end time for the marches, resulting in numerous arrests.

Thousands of rallies are planned across the country, including several dozens in Southern California.

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    CINCINNATI (WLWT) — It’s been a long night for Cincinnati police after large, unruly crowds were caught on camera.

Several fights were reported and multiple arrests were made all in the hours after Opening Day celebrations.

At one point, much of The Banks was blocked off, as well as access to the Roebling Bridge. Those areas have since reopened, but there are still a lot of questions.

Video obtained by WLWT shows crowds swarming officers at the Banks Thursday evening. People can be seen pushing, shoving and falling over each other.

WLWT reporters saw at least two arrests while in the area Thursday night.

Other videos posted online, that WLWT does not have permission to share, depict fights breaking out as well from Fountain Square to Washington Park and Over-the-Rhine.

Cincinnati police were working crowd control and dealing with fights into the early hours of the morning.

See the video at the top of this story to listen to officer’s radio traffic.

“I don’t know if we have any more cars but we need some crowd control over here, before we have other fights breaking out,” one officer said over the radio.

“Are there any drone operators right now out working?” an officer asked a dispatcher.

“We’ve got a few,” they responded.

“Copy Send me one over here at Findlay and Elm, start videotaping all of this for us.”

In a social media post, Cincinnati’s police union—FOP Queen City Lodge No. 69—asked for prayers for the officers “trying to manage an unruly crowd of criminals that are terrorizing OTR, Downtown and the Banks.”

The union’s post continues, saying, “this is a direct result of a soft on crime City Hall and Hamilton County Judges. Welcome to lawless Cincinnati.”

WLWT spoke to a sergeant dealing with the crowds after bars closed. We’re told that while officers were busy, crowds like this are pretty normal after a big event like Opening Day.

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    DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Opening Day for Major League Baseball’s 2026 season saw a lot of new faces making it to the big leagues, including relief pitcher Carter Baumler, a Dowling Catholic graduate who learned he made the Opening Day roster in a special way on Monday.

During the top of the fifth inning of the Texas Rangers’ spring training game against the Kansas City Royals, Rangers manager Skip Schumaker walked to the mound to speak with Carter Baumler after he retired the first two hitters. His parents were watching the scene from the stands.

Watching from the stands, Baumler’s parents, Brad and Mary Lynn, weren’t sure what was happening at first.

“We weren’t sure what to think. We didn’t know what he was going to say,” said Brad Baumler, Carter’s father. “All of a sudden, we saw the smiles and the announcers and what they were talking about. We knew at that point he got the nod and he was going to the big leagues.”

“We came to tears,” said Mary Lynn Baumler, Carter’s mother. “This has been such a dream for him.”

Carter Baumler quickly returned his focus to the game, striking out the next hitter to finish a perfect inning Monday night.

“I thought I would check in with him Tuesday morning, and I said,’Good morning. How was your first sleep as a big leaguer?” recalled Mary Lynn Baumler. “He replies back, ‘Haha. I didn’t sleep, mom’. I thought that was so cute.”

For his family, the moment was years in the making.

Like his older and younger brothers, Carter Baumler has played sports since he was 6 years old. His father says his drive and talent for baseball started to show not too long after that.

“I remember him throwing a kid out trying to steal, and one of the parents, he’s like, ‘Man, did you see that arm?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I saw it.’ It kind of really stuck with me a little bit after that,” said Brad Baumler.

That potential kept growing, especially when Carter Baumler started playing for Dowling Catholic High School his freshman year.

“He’s already throwing balls in the high 80s, low 90s. It was kind of evident that that was the path he was going to go,” said Brad Baumler.

He played all four years at Dowling Catholic before being selected 133rd overall by the Baltimore Orioles organization in the 2020 MLB Draft.

Even as he continued to work hard and grow, Brad and Mary Lynn Baumler say he remained grounded. When he returned to central Iowa, he would often stop by to help younger players from either his baseball club or high school team.

“He just has such a big heart,” said Mary Lynn Baumler. “He just wants to see them have as much success and fun as he has.”

His parents say his attention to detail is key to his growth, helping him know what to master.

“I think that’s the reason he’s where he is today — not only the work ethic and the determination,” said Brad Baumler.

“I just kept telling him: trust in God’s plan and your time is coming,” said Mary Lynn Baumler.

That time did come.

Baumler is on the Texas Rangers’ Opening Day roster, marking the latest milestone in a journey built on patience, discipline, family and faith.

His parents say he stayed true to himself while enjoying the game he loves.

“I remember just a week or two back he goes, ‘Dad, I’m just going out there to perform and I’m doing what I loved to do,’” recalled Brad Baumler. “And then he goes, ‘This is a lot of fun.’”

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    HANCOCK COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — Officials at an egg farm in northern Iowa say one firefighter was injured in a massive fire last night.

“Our Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm experienced a devastating fire last night, and we are still assessing the scale of the damage,” according to a statement from the company. “While no employees were harmed, our prayers are with the firefighter who was injured during the response to the fire. We are keeping him and his loved ones close in our thoughts.”

The condition of the injured firefighter has not been made public.

Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm is located near Corwith in Hancock County. It’s unclear how many birds died in the fire, but the company’s statement went on to say “several flocks were lost.”

“We are saddened that, despite our team’s work and the brave and tireless efforts of multiple fire departments, several flocks were lost to the fire,” the statement said. “We are grateful for the swift and ongoing actions by first responders and our farm employees, who helped keep our team safe and prevented the spread of the fire to additional hens.”

The Belmond Fire Department shared photos of the fire March 26-27, 2026, at Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm near Corwith, Iowa.Iowa fire department shares photos of massive fire at northern Iowa egg farm Local fire crews first responded to the fire around 6 p.m. Thursday and, as of 11 a.m. Friday, were still on the scene as the fire continued to burn.

“The massive size of these buildings made it difficult to contain, and soon spread into adjacent buildings,” according to a Facebook post by the Belmond Fire Department. “The decision was later made that all buildings south of the origin of fire, were unsavable due to multiple factors. Fire crews continued to work on extinguishing the original fire building as to keep it from spreading further to the north. As of this morning (3/27), the fire buildings to the south are still flaming. Area crews remain on scene with excavators working to remove debris and gain better access to the areas still on fire.”

Officials with the Belmond Fire Department say the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Rollie Jensen shared photos and video with KCCI that he says he took at Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm near Corwith. They show that the fire started before it got dark outside.

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    Washington (Quincy News) — House lawmakers pressed some of the nation’s top banking regulators Thursday on how the heavily regulated industry is adapting to the rapid spread of AI.

Top staff from the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) detailed the balance federal regulators have been seeking between enabling AI innovation in banking and maintaining consumer protections

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee’s subcommittee overseeing digital assets and AI said they wanted to know more about how regulators can best adjust for the rapid adoption of AI that’s already here.

“The question before us is not whether this transformation will occur, it will. The real question is whether our regulatory framework is prepared to meet the moment regulators must evolve as quickly as the technologies that they oversee,” said subcommittee chair Bryan Steil, a Wisconsin Republican, in his opening statement. “A static approach to supervision in a dynamic environment is a recipe for failure.”

The panel is eyeing a draft bill, the Financial Services Innovation Act of 2026, which would mandate federal regulators like NCUA, which oversees the nation’s credit unions, to establish new offices dedicated to facilitating AI adoption and innovation. The bill would also create formal “sandboxes” for regulators, banks and the financial industry to find safe ways to incorporate AI.

The panel’s Democrats, meanwhile, raised concerns that consumers were not represented at Thursday’s hearing, repeatedly demanding that someone from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), established after the 2008 Great Recession, come before them to explain the dangers to consumers.

Long-serving California Democrat Brad Sherman said he was skeptical of new efforts by tech leaders to seek exemptions from consumer protection laws and regulations.

“We see often that people, particularly in the tech world, want to do something that we’re already doing, but they put a high-tech name on it, and then they say, therefore there shouldn’t be any regulation,” Sherman said. “I know that there’s a bill before us to create a special technology unit in the bank regulators, and I sure hope that that isn’t a system for saying, ‘Well, you just claim to be technological. You go to the special unit and they liberate you from all consumer protections.’”

Thursday’s hearing was the latest in a series of congressional sessions examining concerns and potential challenges as the Trump administration moves to reduce regulations and expand engagement with AI. President Donald Trump tapped Oracle founder Larry Ellison and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, as well as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to serve on the influential President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). He also appointed David Sacks, formerly the White House AI and crypto czar, to lead the PCAST panel.

The surge of attention from across the government comes as no surprise to experts tracking the issue.

Jamil N. Jaffer, founder of the NSI Cyber & Tech Center at George Mason University’s Scalia Law School, told Quincy News, “Financial services, like many other industries, is seeing significant opportunities for innovation with the advent of generative AI and the efforts of Congress to ensure that consumers can benefit from this innovation by providing regulatory clarity that promotes innovation is a smart move.”

“Ensuring that innovators and investors have the flexibility and incentive to effectively partner to deliver trusted, safe, and secure AI capabilities to financial consumers is also important in this critical industry,” said Jaffer, who is also setting up a new AI & Innovation Institute at GMU Law.

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