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A prolonged fall nor'easter has battered Massachusetts with extreme rainfall and high winds, causing significant flooding and travel disruptions. Sharon recorded 9.41 inches of rain, while coastal towns like Falmouth and Bourne reported stranded vehicles and boats. A flood watch remains in effect through late Monday night.
Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular, has been charged with rape, drugging a person for sex, and providing alcohol to a minor in Massachusetts. Prosecutors allege the 20-year-old influencer assaulted a 17-year-old girl at his family’s $3 million Cape Cod mansion in May 2025. The criminal case stems from a parallel civil lawsuit filed in Florida, where the victim accused Peters of battery and fraud. Peters faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted and is scheduled for an arraignment on October 14. He is not currently in custody and has publicly denied the allegations, claiming the victim is motivated by greed.
Controversial streamer Clavicular (Braden Peters) was criminally charged on Sept. 8 with rape, drugging a person for sex and providing alcohol to a minor for an alleged May 23, 2025 incident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The rape charge carries a maximum 20-year sentence and would require him to register as a sex offender if convicted. A parallel civil lawsuit in Miami-Dade County accuses him of an underage, intoxicated encounter mirroring the criminal allegations; Peters has denied the civil claims, and an arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 14.
Cape Cod’s growing population of great white sharks is transforming the seaside into a thriving ecotourism hub, with shark-spotting charters, citizen-science trips, and the Sharktivity app guiding visitors and supporting research; the region’s tourism economy has expanded to roughly $2.8 billion, safety warnings remain in place, and experts say shark behavior hasn’t become more aggressive, a change linked in part to the recovery of gray seals.
An aerial survey over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off Cape Cod counted over 2,000 animals from 15 species, including 1,800 dolphins, an endangered sperm whale, a humpback whale, one endangered fin whale with calf, 11 whale sharks, manta and devil rays, hammerhead sharks, and an endangered blue whale, highlighting the monument’s rich biodiversity.
Two Massachusetts fishermen aboard the Castafari battled a 1,260-pound Atlantic blue marlin off Cape Cod for about three hours, initially mistaking it for a shark. The fish weighed 1,260 pounds on an IGFA-certified scale in Falmouth, likely a Massachusetts state record and among the largest Atlantic blue marlins caught off the East Coast, approaching the world record of 1,402 pounds. Scientists estimate the fish at 25–30 years old, and the meat will be shared among about a dozen people.
The USDA’s APHIS is dropping oral rabies vaccine baits from helicopters across New England to curb raccoon rabies, with Cape Cod distribution planned mid-September to mid-October. The bait is packaged in two-inch plastic sachets with a fishmeal attractant and is safe for most animals; humans should wash the contact area with soap and water if they touch the bait. In addition to Cape Cod, similar efforts are underway in Barre, Vermont and Houlton, Maine using aircraft and vehicles to distribute hundreds of thousands of baits.
Christopher Schwarzenegger, 28, Arnold and Maria Shriver’s son, has revealed a dramatic transformation after reportedly shedding some 30 pounds and building muscle. The rare glimpse came from sister Katherine during a Cape Cod family vacation, where she shared a beachside Instagram photo showing his slimmer, toned frame, with Patrick Schwarzenegger also in the group.
Contender, the Atlantic’s largest tagged male great white (about 1,700 pounds and more than 13 feet long), is continuing its northward migration and could reach Cape Cod; a July satellite ping confirmed it remains active, though its exact location isn’t known, highlighting how tracking helps map shark movements and assess beach safety.
Two brothers, Nate and Nelson Rouette, caught a tiger shark using eel bait off a Cape Cod beach near Falmouth in the pre-dawn hours, describing the moment as an “absolutely surreal” best catch of their lives.
MassDOT released renderings of the planned Sagamore Bridge replacement on Cape Cod, showing a wider, longer span with 12-foot vehicle lanes, a shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians, improved lighting, and foundations designed for marine traffic; construction could start by the end of 2027, with about five years to shift traffic onto the new bridge and a projected completion around 2036, at a cost just over $2 billion.
Contender, the western Atlantic’s largest tagged male great white at about 1,650–1,700 pounds, is migrating north from the Outer Banks toward Cape Cod and eastern Canada. Researchers track him with a satellite tag that only reports when his fin surfaces, giving partial location data with an expected five-year lifespan. The migration aligns with cooler northern waters as oceans warm, where seals and large schooling fish attract great whites closer to shore. There’s no record of Contender harming people; beachgoers should follow safety advisories. Real-time movements are available on OCEARCH’s Global Shark Tracker, alongside data from more than 100 other tagged whites to aid conservation.
A 14-foot, roughly 1,700-pound male great white named Contender—the largest male white shark tagged in the western North Atlantic—has been detected off North Carolina’s Outer Banks and is likely migrating north toward Cape Cod, underscoring ongoing East Coast tracking of great whites; Deep Blue remains the largest-known great white at about 20 feet and 4,500 pounds.
The Atlantic’s largest tagged male great white shark, Contender, appears to be migrating toward Cape Cod after a roughly 7,000-mile journey in the North Atlantic; a July 10 Z-ping showed movement from the Outer Banks, with Cape Cod offering warm water and plentiful prey as a migration hotspot in summer and fall. Beachgoers should stay alert, swim near lifeguards, avoid dusk and dawn, and follow posted advisories as the shark continues its seasonal movement.
A 1,653‑pound, nearly 14‑foot great white shark named Contender resurfaced off North Carolina’s Outer Banks and appears to be migrating north toward Cape Cod and eastern Canada, tracked in near real time by the OCEARCH shark tracker.