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Striking SAG-AFTRA members hold Labor Day demonstration in Boston

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

Union workers took to the streets with city and state leaders in Boston Monday, rallying support for the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes that have Hollywood on hold. Monday’s demonstration took place in Downtown Crossing and followed a Labor Day breakfast backing workers rights in Boston where Gov. Maura Healey voiced her support for those on strike.“We honor you and your courage and we stand with you in this fight,” Healey said. “We’re dealing with something that’s not new,” said actor Daniel Washington. “It’s just the straw that broke the camel’s back.” SAG-AFTRA represents thousands of actors currently on strike. In Downtown Crossing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren was among those showing support. “These artists, these creators, these storytellers are raising their voices and they are demanding the pay they deserve,” Warren said. One of the biggest demands from union members has been more pay as actors and creators say their compensation simply isn’t kee...

Worcester teen dies after reportedly trying internet challenge

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

Worcester community members are mourning after a local teen died last week after he reportedly participated in a social media challenge. Worcester police said the 14-year-old Harris Wolobah stopped breathing at his home on Friday. Speaking with 7NEWS, Wolobah’s recreational team basketball coach said Wolobah had been at Doherty Memorial High School earlier in the day when he ate a chip covered in spice made from hot peppers and got sick. “He fell victim to the ‘One Chip Challenge,” coach Douglas Hill said. “There was a person in school that kind of dared him to do it.” “The nurse basically said that she just took his vitals and looked for whatever symptoms she could find,” Hill said. “He said that he was okay but was not feeling good.” Hill said Wolobah’s stomach was hurting, saying “he was obviously feeling the effects of the chip.” While Worcester police said there was no official cause of death as of Monday, a spokesperson said “it appears he d...

Pete Alonso’s historic home runs amaze Mets teammates, Buck Showalter

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

The Mets’ Pete Alonso continues to amaze the Amazins.Teammates and manager Buck Showalter couldn’t help but marvel Sunday after Alonso became the fifth player in MLB history to record three years with 40 home runs through five career seasons.Alonso — who slugged his 40th and 41st home runs of 2023 during Sunday’s 6-3 win over the Mariners — also tallied his 100th RBI of the season, making him the fourth Met to reach that milestone three times.“The sky’s the limit,” said Fransisco Lindor, who joined the Mets in 2021. “I don’t think he has had his best year yet. I didn’t see the rookie season where he hit [53 home runs in 2019] but I think Pete could hit .300 and still hit 40 home runs in a year.”Alonso, a career .254 hitter, has never batted above .271 in a season, but his 187 home runs rank fifth on the Mets’ all-time list. His only year with fewer than 37 homers came in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic sh...

Boston firefighters battle 4-alarm blaze in Dorchester, rear porches collapse

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

Boston firefighters knocked down a heavy fire in Dorchester Monday afternoon, as the rear porches of a multi-family home collapsed.The Boston Fire Department responded to the heavy blaze in the rear of 37 Holiday St., before 4 p.m. on Labor Day.The fire reportedly extended to the building next door and in the rear, and a fourth alarm was ordered for the heavy fire.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Boston fire union passes on Louijeune endorsement ahead of City Council primary Crime & Public Safety | Heavy fire spreads through three residential Mattapan buildings “The rear porches of 37 Holiday St. have collapsed, all companies are working,” Boston Fire tweeted.After 4 p.m., the fire department reported that the heavy fire had been knocked down on all three of the buildings.

B.C. coroner’s inquest jury recommends police body cameras after fatal shooting

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

NELSON, B.C. — Waylon Edey was 39 years old when he died in hospital in Trail, B.C., after being shot in the head by a police officer who was later charged and acquitted of manslaughter. The RCMP had been responding to a complaint about a driver on Highway 3 in Castlegar, B.C., on Jan. 29, 2015. RCMP Const. Jason Tait shot Edey during an “attempted traffic stop,” the Independent Investigations Office of BC found, and Tait was acquitted on charges of manslaughter using a firearm and criminal negligence causing death with a firearm in November 2020. At the time, the acquittal was applauded by the National Police Federation, the RCMP’s collective bargaining organization, which pointed out in a news release after Tait’s not guilty verdict that Edey “had a lengthy record of impaired driving and violence.”“The jury returned their decision after only five hours of deliberation, following eight weeks of trial,” federation President Brian Sauvé...

One rescued from boat on fire in Scarborough

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

The owner of a boat was rescued as the boat caught fire in Scarborough on Monday afternoon.Fire crews arrived on shore, south of 39 South Marine Drive, and confirmed one boat was on fire.The police marine unit also arrived on scene and the owner of the boat was located and being tended to on shore by paramedics.The owner was conscious and breathing but there is no word on condition.The fire was out as the boat sank.

New Commanders ownership has reignited the debate over the NFL team’s old name

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

A day after assuming control of the Washington Commanders, Josh Harris beamed about taking over the NFL team he and co-owner Mitch Rales rooted for as kids.“I grew up with Sonny Jurgensen, Billy Kilmer, Joe Theismann, Mark Rypien, Doug Williams, Joe Gibbs, the Hogs, Darrell Green, John Riggins and the rest of these legends and three Super Bowl championships,” Harris said. “The then-Redskins were the team that everyone wanted to be a part of.”Rales talked about moving to the area and giving up the Pittsburgh Steelers for the “then-Redskins.” The team hasn’t been called that since 2020 when Dan Snyder, under pressure from sponsors during the national reckoning on racism following the death of George Floyd, dropped the name he insisted over two decades as owner he’d never abandon.With the group led by Harris that also includes Magic Johnson now referencing the former name, the debate is raging again over what the storied franchise is called today and should be moving ...

Reshaped Death Valley park could take months to reopen after damage from Hilary

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. (AP) — It’s unclear when Death Valley National Park will reopen to visitors after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary forged new gullies and crumbled roadways at the site of one of the hottest places in the world, officials said.The storm dumped a furious 2.2 inches (6 centimeters) of rain Aug. 20, roughly the amount of rainfall the park usually receives in a year. This year’s rainfall broke its previous record of 1.7 inches (4 centimeters) in one day, set in August of last year. “Two inches of rain does not sound like a lot, but here, it really does stay on the surface,” Matthew Lamar, a park ranger, told the Los Angeles Times. “Two inches of rain here can have a dramatic impact.”The park, which straddles eastern California and Nevada, holds the record for the hottest temperature recorded on the planet — 134 degrees Fahrenheit (57 degrees Celsius), reached in 1913.Officials say it could be months before the park reopens. It has bee...

Biden will nominate longtime aide to become US ambassador to UNESCO

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime aide to President Joe Biden who is a senior adviser in Vice President Kamala Harris’ office is Biden’s choice to represent the United States at the United Nations agency devoted to education, science and culture. The U.S. recently rejoined the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after a five-year hiatus initiated by Biden’s immediate predecessor in the White House, Donald Trump. The Democratic president’s choice to become the U.S. permanent representative to the Paris-based UNESCO, with the rank of ambassador, is longtime aide Courtney O’Donnell, according to a White House official, who spoke Monday on the condition of anonymity to discuss the nomination before a formal announcement.O’Donnell currently wears two hats: She’s a senior adviser in Harris’ office and acting chief of staff for Harris’ husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and lends her expertise to a range of national an...

Day four of boil water advisory in Montreal suburb, lifted in St-Bruno-de-Montarville

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:12:52 GMT

MONTREAL — A boil water advisory affecting more than 40,000 residents of a Montreal suburb is now in its fourth day, despite being lifted in two neighbouring communities.The boil water advisory in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que. was lifted on Monday afternoon, but residents of the neighbouring community of Boucherville, Que., on Montreal’s south shore, are still being asked to boil water for at least one minute before drinking it.The advisory has been in place since Friday when E. coli bacteria was found in the water supply.Boucherville spokeswoman Julie Lavigne said test results received on Sunday showed no contamination of the city’s drinking water, but noted provincial regulations require two rounds of testing before a boil water advisory is lifted. “We’re waiting for the second series of samples, which were taken yesterday,” she said in an interview Monday, adding that it takes around 24 hours to get the test results. If all the samples taken Sunday a...