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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Police arrest man accused of stealing pickup, dodging police in multiple towns
Police arrested a 30-year-old Barnstead man in connection with a GMC pickup truck stolen last week. Ryan Gates Ryan Gates Concord Police charged Ryan Gates with receiving stolen property, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, operating as a habitual offender, felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, falsifying physical evidence, disobeying an officer and reckless operation related to a June 20 incident in Concord, according to a news release. Gates was eventually tracked down on a bicycle in Barnstead after several run-ins with officials over a five-day period. Lee Police put out an alert on June 19 for a stolen GMC pickup truck that was involved in a pursuit in that town. The truck was reported stolen in Chichester, according to the news release. Concord Police got involved when the vehicle was stopped on Loudon Road on June 20. An officer attempted to stop Gates on North Main Street, and pursuit was terminated for safety reasons. Two other pursuits, one by State Police on Interstate 93 and another in Farmington, were also terminated. A Fish and Game officer found the pickup truck unoccupied and abandoned on June 21. Gates was taken into custody without incident. He was also found to have an arrest warrant issued by Rochester Police on suspicion of burglary. Gates was held on preventive detention and was set to be arraigned on the charges Wednesday.
Washington Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Former Republican US Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts seeks to succeed Shaheen in New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. — Scott Brown, a Republican who once represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate, announced his second bid Wednesday for the New Hampshire Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jeanne Shaheen next year. Brown, 65, was born at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and moved to Massachusetts as a toddler. After several terms in the state Legislature, he won a special election in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat that had been held for decades by Edward Kennedy.
Associated Press
5 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Covia Opens New Innovation Center in Concord, NC
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 24, 2025 /3BL/ - Covia Holdings LLC has opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory facility in Concord, North Carolina, to expand its network of innovation capabilities. The new innovation center, which includes modular lab space, meeting rooms, and office space, will serve as a hub for customer engagement and product development. According to Bruno Biasiotta, Covia President and Chief Executive Officer, 'The investment in our new innovation center reflects our commitment to being a customer-centric innovator and aligns with our core value of Growth. Unlocking growth in our markets by bringing value to our customers is central to our vision to be a leading minerals solutions provider.' The roughly 20,000 square foot center was designed by the Covia technical team, with a focus on modularity and flexibility that will support the evolving needs of the markets Covia serves. In addition to mineral processing, the center supports application development and testing across a range of industries, including coatings, polymers, engineered stone, and sports and recreation. The open lab layout allows for future expansion, with space to add workbenches and equipment as the team grows. The office area can accommodate more than 30 employees, and the collaborative meeting spaces are ideal for customer interactions and team ideation sessions. 'The Concord facility provides a focal point for our work to develop innovative products for our customers and broaden our product capabilities across our labs and plants,' Biasiotta added. 'It represents an important step in our innovation journey and gives us terrific new capabilities to help our customers succeed.' About Covia Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. The company serves its customers through abroad array of essential, high-quality products, including high-purity silica sand, nepheline syenite, feldspar, kaolin and ball clays, cristobalite, and coated relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders. For more information, visit ContactsAmanda Meehan [email protected]
CBS News
6 days ago
- CBS News
Video released of alleged Bay Area crime spree that ended in police shooting
Police in Concord have released camera footage in connection with an alleged crime spree earlier this year, which police said included an armed robbery, multiple carjackings and an officer shooting a suspect following a 50-mile pursuit to San Jose. On Friday, the department released a video presentation featuring footage of the incident, which took place on the morning of April 21. Two men, identified as 29-year-old Cruz Vargas and 21-year-old Elijah Phillips, were arrested and charged following the incident. According to officers, the incident began around 9:40 a.m., when two masked men were seen entering the Diablo Valley Credit Union on Detroit Avenue in Concord. Footage showed the two men robbing the tellers at gunpoint and taking an undisclosed amount of cash. Following the robbery, a Concord police officer found their vehicle on Monument Boulevard near Interstate 680 and initiated a pursuit. Police said the suspects headed southbound on I-680. In Sunol, the suspects hit heavy traffic and their vehicle became disabled. In traffic, the suspects were then seen carjacking a Tesla at gunpoint but were unable to get away after the driver was able to disable his vehicle. Police said the pair then carjacked a second vehicle. The occupants inside the second vehicle, a mother and her two children, were able to escape unharmed. A Concord police corporal on a motorcycle pulled up as the suspects drove away. Body worn camera video then shows the corporal checking in on the carjacking victims. Police continued the pursuit into San Jose and onto surface streets. Video from an officer's dashcam shows the suspects in the carjacked vehicle running multiple red lights and reaching speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour. After briefly losing sight of the vehicle, the officer continued the pursuit to Mabury Road, where the suspects crashed. Video shows the suspects running from the area. One of the suspects, who appears to be carrying a handgun with a high-capacity drum magazine, attempted to carjack a third vehicle before he was shot by an officer. Footage from a dashcam that purportedly shows a suspect, later identified as Cruz Vargas, attempting to carjack a vehicle before he was shot by a Concord Police officer following a pursuit from Concord to San Jose on April 21, 2025. Concord Police Department The suspect, later identified as Vargas, ran a short distance before being taken into custody. Vargas was taken to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, San Jose police officers took Phillips into custody nearby. Police said he was found in possession of money from the credit union. The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office has filed multiple charges against Vargas including three counts of felony robbery, felony evading, two counts of carjacking, attempted carjacking, possession of a machine gun and hit-and-run. Phillips has been charged with three counts of felony robbery, two counts of carjacking and possession of a machine gun. Concord Police investigated the bank robbery, carjackings and pursuit that continued to San Jose, while the San Jose Police Department and Santa Clara District Attorney's Office investigated the police shooting. According to jail records, Vargas and Phillips remain in custody. Both men are scheduled to appear in court on July 10.
Forbes
23-06-2025
- Automotive
- Forbes
Amazon Prime Ends Its NASCAR Experiment With Plenty To Brag About
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 25: A detail view of a "NASCAR Prime" helmet on the on the Amazon ... More Prime Video set prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 25, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) Not long ago, if you'd told someone from the older generation that one day NASCAR races would be watched on the internet—without a single cable or satellite dish in sight—they'd have laughed, then asked what channel the internet was on. We're talking about a generation that grew up fiddling with rabbit ears on top of a black-and-white television just to catch a fuzzy glimpse of the Daytona 500—and still expects the morning newspaper to land with a satisfying thump on the driveway at sunrise. And yet, here we are. The Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway marked the start of something new: the first time a full NASCAR Cup Series race was streamed exclusively. No traditional broadcast. No cable. Just you, your internet connection, and a new era. Some skeptics braced for buffering, crashes, or missing the green flag while the app updated. But what actually happened was something else entirely: it worked. It turned out to be one of the most innovative, polished, and downright thrilling broadcasts NASCAR fans have seen in years. This wasn't a cautious toe-dip into the digital future. This was a cannonball off the high board—and in the end, Amazon and NASCAR stuck the landing. BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN - JUNE 08: (L-R) The NASCAR on Prime Video broadcast team Danielle Trotta, Carl ... More Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Corey LaJoie talk on set prior to the NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 08, 2025 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by) From the on-screen Burn Bar that showed fuel consumption in real time to pre-race packages that felt like NFL Films had invaded the infield, Amazon Prime's production team didn't just bring NASCAR into the streaming era—they took it to school. The camera work was sharp. The graphics were clean without being intrusive. The audio mix made it feel like you were in the pits with a headset on. And the pre- and post-race segments? Let's just say, if you're one of the traditional networks, you should be looking over your shoulder. A new bar has been set. So what gave Amazon—and NASCAR—the confidence to believe streaming would finally land with this audience? "To me, it's less about streaming than people might think," said Alex Strand, Senior Coordinating Producer at Prime Video, who was at the center of it all. "In the end, our goal is fan first. Whether that's Thursday Night Football, National Women's Soccer League, or NASCAR, we're really fan first.' Strand and his team didn't recycle an old playbook. They came at this with a blank slate—though not without lessons learned from Prime's Thursday Night Football broadcasts. Finding their identity was key. 'One big thing has been our postgame show. For TNF, Nightcap gave us a platform to go deep and be the first voice people hear," Strand said. "For NASCAR… you could really talk for three hours. You've got 36 teams and 36 storylines. It's one of the unique challenges—but the approach still fits." That approach resulted in pre- and post-race coverage that felt less like a broadcast and more like an immersive experience. Fans got emotion, analysis, and context without being rushed off the air. Part of that came from the chemistry between Corey LaJoie and Carl Edwards—the fan-favorite driver who returned to the sport and slipped into his new role with the same ease, and talent, he once showed climbing into a race car. Add in visual tools like the now-famous Burn Bar—which showed live fuel consumption data in a simple, intuitive graphic—and suddenly you're not just watching a race, you're understanding it in real time. LEBANON, TENNESSEE - JUNE 01: A general view of the NASCAR on Prime Video broadcast set after the ... More NASCAR Cup Series Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 01, 2025 in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo by) "We have the general belief at Amazon that fans can tolerate more data," Strand said. "Take things that are really advanced and present them in really simple ways. It's the same with our 'defensive alerts' in football—a little red circle might mean something different to a casual fan than it does to a strategist, but it works either way." The Burn Bar was developed in-house, using the same real-time NASCAR telemetry available to other networks. But the model powering it? Proprietary Amazon tech, with a little help from Amazon Web Services. So what was the mood the night before this high-speed baptism—Amazon's first green flag at Charlotte, no cable safety net, millions watching, and just enough time to wonder if they'd accidentally left the lens cap on while hoping the Burn Bar wouldn't spontaneously combust? "Excitement," Strand said. "Everybody in the crew was pumped…We'd been talking about this for 18 months. We knew the responsibility, and there was a lot of thought that went into how we got on air for the first time. But in Charlotte? The prevailing feeling was excitement." That excitement was contagious. Viewers and even industry insiders praised the coverage. And while traditional Nielsen ratings aren't the currency of streaming, Amazon saw exactly what NASCAR hoped for: a younger demographic tuning in. "Our belief is that by creating a great show, telling the story of a race or an NFL game... if we do that right, fans will come," Strand said. "We saw it in the UK with the Premier League. We've seen it with the NFL. Have fun while you're doing it, and the viewership will come. 'Certainly, a younger demographic is an exciting thing—but it's not our only goal. Our goal is to serve the entire fan base." The numbers, while not record-breaking, were right where Prime expected them to be for a first-year foray into a new platform—solid enough to build on, especially with younger audiences. "It's been really cool and encouraging to see these numbers come in in year one," Strand said. "It's something we're really happy about." DAYTONA BEACH - FEBRUARY 18: A cameraman holding a CBS camera at the Daytona 500 racing event, on ... More February 18, 1979, at Daytona Beach, FL. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) And for those fans who still miss the newspaper and swear their DVR is smarter than they are, Prime made the transition surprisingly seamless. Free trial offers, user-friendly interfaces, and a commitment to continuous improvement have made streaming feel less like a chore and more like an upgrade. "Our goal is always to make sports streaming as accessible as possible," Strand said. "At Amazon, we have a saying: it's always Day One. That means we keep looking for ways to do it better." As the five-race run concluded at Pocono, the energy didn't wane. "You spend a whole season on a tour, it becomes work. But with this five-race stretch? It's been pure joy," Strand said. "Everyone shows up smiling. Carl Edwards and Corey LaJoie are genuinely excited to be watching races together.' Amazon isn't talking specifics about its future NASCAR involvement beyond the current deal just yet, but Strand confirmed that the debrief and development process will begin immediately. "Every week we've made changes and improved," he said. "That process begins right away for whatever comes next. We'll continue to watch the rest of the season just like we always have, and keep thinking about how we can make our coverage as good as it can be." So now what? The grand streaming experiment is over—for this season. NASCAR heads into the heat of summer and the heart of the championship push. Amazon hands off the baton, but it's clear that fans—and other broadcasters—have taken notice. Strand knows exactly what he wants fans to do: "Keep coming. We want people to be consuming the Cup Series year-round… If we've gained any new viewers, we hope they stick around. The more people around, the better it is for the sport.' And if that means Grandpa learns how to use a Fire Stick? Even better.
