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Church-Wellesley community rallies amid recent spike in vandalism and harassment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

The Church-Wellesley Village is often described as a bustling and inclusive neighbourhood, but residents and business owners are growing frustrated over the rise in harassment and vandalism in their community prompting a rally on Saturday. The march was fuelled by what community leaders say is an uptick in crime on their streets, making it an unsafe environment for residents and business owners.“Last year I was assaulted on this very spot, by someone coming on these steps, I almost got my arm broken, fortunately, I didn’t. My heart broke,” said Phil Parsons, a community leader who says much of the blame for the situation lies with elected officials. He’s calling on all levels of government to step in. “They tell us we need more money, yet they have money for all kinds of other things in the city,” he says. “They tell us it’s not our jurisdiction, they blame another party, agency, or the Liberal government. This community crisis –...

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said Saturday. Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official. The individual spoke on condition of anonymity because the White House had not formally announced the president’s plans. Tuesday is the anniversary of Emmett Till’s birth in 1941.The monument will protect places that are central to the story of Till’s life and death at age 14, the acquittal of his white killers and his mother’s activism, which helped spark the civil rights movement. Till’s mother insisted on an open casket so the world could see how her son had been brutalized and Jet ...

New Zealand Women’s World Cup team evacuated due to hotel fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

New Zealand’s Women’s World Cup squad had to be evacuated from a downtown hotel on Saturday night after several small fires broke out. New Zealand have police charged a 34-year-old man with burglary and arson and said he is due to appear in Auckland District Court on Monday.It was the second security incident within three days at the World Cup, following a fatal shooting near team hotels on the first morning of the tournament. About 7:45 p.m. local time Saturday, the Football Ferns were briefly evacuated from the Pullman Hotel after a fire was reported. All of the players were safe and accounted for, the team said. Four people were treated for smoke inhalation, according to the New Zealand Herald newspaper. Several small fires were found in the hotel that fire officials determined to be suspicious.It was unclear whether the incident was connected to the World Cup. New Zealand is co-hosting the Women’s World Cup with Australia. On the morning of New Zealand’s ...

Bellinger drives in 4 runs as Cubs top the Cardinals 8-6

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Cody Bellinger drove in four runs and Nico Hoerner had three of Chicago's 15 hits, helping the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 on Saturday in a wet and wild matchup of NL Central rivals.Chicago trailed 1-0, 3-1, 5-3 and 6-5 before moving in front for the first time with three runs in the sixth inning. Bellinger yanked a two-run single into right field and Seiya Suzuki followed with an RBI single, giving the Cubs an 8-6 lead.“These guys are really fighting for every pitch, taking their walks and also getting big hits,” Chicago manager David Ross said.After the start was delayed for 25 minutes, it rained intermittently before another downpour stopped play. Two members of the grounds crew were nearly swallowed by the tarp as they pulled it over the diamond in the middle of the seventh, and the Wrigley Field crowd of 40,425 sang along to Creedence Clearwater Revival's “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” during the 87-minute delay.Bellinger, who could be on the move ahead...

Portland hospital shooting leaves at least 1 injured as police search for suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

(CNN) — Police in Oregon are looking for a suspect after a shooting at a hospital in downtown Portland left at least one person injured, authorities said.Portland police said officers responded with a Crisis Response Team to Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in the northwest area of the city after reports of a person with a gun inside the facility, Sgt. Kevin Allen said in a news conference. The facility was placed on lockdown.When officers responded, they were told a person had opened fire inside the hospital. At least one person was injured, Allen said.“We were told that shots had been fired in the hospital,” Allen said. A witness told officers the suspected shooter had already left the hospital by the time police arrived.A Fred Meyer grocery store nearby was evacuated and searched by police, but Allen said authorities have not located the suspect.“This is still considered an active tactical incident. There’s efforts underway to locate the suspect,” Allen said, adding authoriti...

Israel’s Netanyahu goes to hospital for pacemaker. He says he will push ahead with judicial overhaul

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for an emergency procedure to implant a pacemaker, plunging the country into deeper turmoil after widespread protests overt his contentious judicial overhaul plan.Netanyahu’s office said that he would be placed under sedation and that a top deputy, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, would stand in for him while he underwent the procedure. But in a brief video statement, Netanyahu also declared that he “feels excellent” and planned to push forward with his plan as soon as he was released. Levin is the mastermind of the overhaul.Netanyahu’s announcement, issued well after midnight, came a week after he was hospitalized for what was described as dehydration. It also came after a tumultuous day that saw some of the largest protests to date against the judicial overhaul plan. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Israel on Saturday night, while thousands marched into Jer...

Freeman hits 2 of the Dodgers’ 5 HRs as they rout the Rangers 16-3 in matchup of division leaders

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Freddie Freeman and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers came out swinging again and won another road series. “We’ve been playing really good for a while now,” Freeman said. “As an offense, that’s what we’re trying to do every single day, and we’ve been accomplishing that.”Freeman hit two more home runs, Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez also went deep and the Dodgers routed the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 16-3 on Saturday. The Dodgers, who won for the 10th time in 12 games, matched their season highs with 18 hits and five homers. Their last long ball was Jonny Deluca’s three-run shot in the ninth off Brad Miller, the Texas utility player who pitched the final two innings. “Today was just an exceptional display of offense,” manager Dave Roberts said.It was the most lopsided loss of the season for the Rangers, who have dropped back-to-back games after coming out of the All-Star break with a six-game winning streak that was their longest since 2019. ...

Prince George’s Co. man found guilty of 2021 double homicide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

A man from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was found guilty Friday of murdering two young men in Northwest D.C. in July 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.Jalen Browne, 22, walked around the 100 block of Q Street NW in disguise, laying in wait to shoot at six young men in the parking lot of an apartment building on July 25, 2021, according to the Justice Department.The attorney’s office said that shortly after 3:38 p.m., Browne fired 12 shots in succession at the six men, using a backpack to catch his shell casings. He narrowly missed three of his targets but Browne shot 22-year-old Jovan Hill, 19-year-old Tariq Riley and one other man in the back.Police said Hill and Riley were found by first responders and transported to nearby hospitals, but both succumbed to their injuries despite life-saving efforts.D.C. detectives suspected that Browne targeted and killed Hill and Riley, both of Northwest D.C., because he was robbed two months before the shooting near the same...

Patrick Rodgers takes the lead in the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Rodgers scored eight points Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club.Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring system. Five points are awarded for eagle and two for birdie, while a point is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey.“I’m loving the way that I’m driving it,” Rodgers said. “I’m giving myself tons of opportunities to score. A lot of birdie and eagle looks. In this format I’m going to have to do the same tomorrow.”Winless on the PGA Tour, the 31-year-old Rodgers rebounded from a double bogey on the par-4 10th with an eagle on the par-5 12th and birdies on the par-4 16th and 18th on the par-71 Old Greenwood layout.“It was a day of resilience, for sure,” Rodgers said. “I shot myself in the foot more than once today, especially in this format. I missed a couple of really tiny putts on the front nine. … Then made a double on 10.”Secon...

Mariners use 5-run inning to rally past Blue Jays for wild 9-8 victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:07 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — There seems enough evidence at this point that the expectation should be when Seattle and Toronto get together, it’s likely to have some wild swings of momentum and be tightly contested. It was that way in the regular season and playoffs last year. And it’s continued this season with Saturday the latest example as the Mariners used a five-run seventh inning against Toronto’s bullpen to rally for a 9-8 victory over the Blue Jays. J.P. Crawford and Teoscar Hernández both had two-run doubles as the Blue Jays and Mariners played a game of wild momentum swings, clutch hits and big moments that left the heavily mixed crowd of fans from both teams highly entertained.“Anytime we can sneak out a win like that against anyone it’s huge — especially with a good team like they are,” Crawford said. “It’s a good sign for our team these last two days playing really, really good ball.”The teams combined for seven home runs, including each side enjoying a three-...