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Update: Somerville school to remain closed after asbestos found during review

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

Somerville says the closed Winter Hill Community Innovation School will remain closed until further notice after a consultant found asbestos on Monday.The school was closed in June after a large piece of cement fell from the ceiling after the school was closed.On Monday, a consultant informed the city that asbestos was found “in material not typically found to contain asbestos,” according to a statement from the school.For more information on the WHCIS building renovation and replacement efforts, visit www.somervillema.gov/WHCIS 

Mets Notebook: Starling Marte placed on IL with lingering groin injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

The Mets made a series of roster moves on Monday. In addition to the demotion of Brett Baty, outfielder Starling Marte has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a right groin strain.The veteran has had an abysmal season slashing .248/.301/.324 with five homers and 28 RBI just a year after being one of the Amazins’ biggest contributors in the 101-win 2022 season — .814 OPS in 118 games.Manager Buck Showalter alluded the 34-year-old’s struggles to the double groin surgery he underwent in the offseason.“[Marte] is going to see the doctor [Tuesday] in Philadelphia,” said Showalter. “The doctor who did some of his surgeries in the offseason to kind of get our arms around everything. … I think we all know by the level we’ve seen him play at last year that he hasn’t been able to do that consistently [this year].“I don’t think he’s 100 percent [healthy]. And I think we need to try and get our arms around trying to...

Queretaro FC top Revolution in Leagues Cup play

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

Queretaro FC of LIGA MX outscored the New England Revolution 4-2 in penalty kicks in a 1-1 Leagues Cup round of 16 match at on Monday night at Gillette Stadium.The Revolution bowed out of Leagues Cup play at 2-0-2 and resume MLS play on Aug. 16 Nashville FC. Queretaro advanced to the quarterfinals and will play at either at the Philadelphia Union or Red Bulls New York. Queretaro goalkeeper Fernando Tapia made overtime stops on Nacho Gil and Ian Hawkes to secure the win.Revolution interim head coach Richie Williams was the field manager of record for the second straight Leagues Cup match. Revolution head coach and sporting director Bruce Arena is on indefinite administrative leave pending an investigation my MLS for making “insensitive and inappropriate remarks.”“Everybody is disappointed, we wanted to advance,” said Williams. “We are professional players and professional coaches and every time we step on the field we want to win.”To accommodate the short turnaround, Williams made si...

Suspect killed after allegedly shooting police dog identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Police identified a man who was killed in a shooting involving law enforcement in the Clairemont neighborhood last week. He was also suspected of firing his gun and killing a K-9 police dog.Benjamin Pickens, 33, was identified as the suspect, Lt. Joseph Jarjura with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) said in a news release Monday. His cause of death is due to a gunshot wound while the manner is homicide, according to authorities."Per the Countywide Memorandum of Understanding, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Homicide Unit was called to the scene to conduct the officer-involved-shooting investigation," Jarjura said.The officer who shot the suspect was also identified as Addam Ansarie, who is currently assigned as a patrol officer in the Western Division and has been with the San Diego Police Department for 11 years, according to authorities.Police on Aug. 2 initially responded around 1:23 a.m. about shots fired in the 3500 block of Ben Street. The...

2 dead, thousands of flight cancellations, 1.1 million lose power in eastern US storms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least two people died, thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power Monday as severe storms, including hail and lightning, moved through the eastern U.S.The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the greater D.C. area, lasting until 9 p.m. A special Weather Service statement warned, “There is a significant threat for damaging and locally destructive hurricane-force winds, along with the potential for large hail and tornadoes, even strong tornadoes.”The storms’ spread was massive, with tornado watches and warnings posted across 10 states from Tennessee to New York. The National Weather Service said more than 29.5 million people were under a tornado watch Monday afternoon. In Anderson, South Carolina, a 15-year-old boy who arrived at his grandparent’s house during the storm was struck and killed when a tree fell on him as he got out of a car, according to the Anderson County Office...

Brazil has 1.7 million Indigenous people, near double the count from prior census, government says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The diminutive woman with a white feather headdress stood on the stage of the majestic colonial theater in Brazil’s Amazon on Monday and addressed the crowd. The woman, Minister of Indigenous People Sonia Guajajara, declared the day “the milestone of Indigenous participation,” then cited the national statistics institute’s freshly released census data that revealed the full scope of the nation’s Indigenous population: 1,693,535 people.While just 0.8% of Brazil’s population, the figure marks an 89% jump from the nation’s prior census, in 2010, due to greater willingness of people to recognize their roots and better survey methods, including access to previously unreachable villages, she said. The latter largely explains why their numbers within Indigenous territories grew 20%, to 622,066. “This a historic moment with that picture that the statistics agency has made,” she said on the eve of the two-day Amazon Summit in Belem. “It’s a historic moment of the restart...

Elon Musk says he may need surgery before proposed ‘cage match’ with Mark Zuckerberg

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says he may need to get surgery before a proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg.The two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to an in-person face-off in late June. It’s unclear if a physical fight will actually end up happening, but Musk and Zuckerberg have continued to fuel interest in the potential match through online jabs at one another — most recently on Sunday, when Musk said the fight would be live-streamed on his social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.Musk added that the fight’s proceeds would go to a charity for veterans. On his Threads social media account, Zuckerberg responded: “Shouldn’t we use a more reliable platform that can actually raise money for charity?” In a follow-up post, the CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta said he wasn’t “holding his breath” for a fight.“I’m ready today. I suggested Aug 26 when he first challenged, but he hasn’t confirmed,” wrote Zuckerberg, who is actually trained in mix...

South Korea begins evacuating thousands of global Scouts from its coast as a tropical storm nears

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Buses began moving thousands of global Scouts from their campsite on South Korea’s coast to inland venues Tuesday ahead of a tropical storm that is forecast to bring intense rains and strong winds to the peninsula within days.More than 1,000 vehicles are being used to move 37,000 Scouts — mostly teenagers — from the World Scout Jamboree that opened last week in Buan, a county on South Korea’s southwestern coast. Most will be accommodated in Seoul and the capital’s metropolitan area, where officials have secured university dormitories, government and corporate training centers, and hotels.Tropical Storm Khanun has meandered around Japan’s southwestern islands for more than a week, dumping heavy rain, knocking out power and damaging homes. Early Tuesday morning, the storm was centered 350 kilometers (217 miles) south of Kagoshima, a city on the southwestern tip of Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu. Khanun had winds of 108 kph (67 mph) w...

Orioles indicate broadcaster will be back after reports he was pulled over unflattering stats

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles indicated that broadcaster Kevin Brown would be back on the air soon after reports that his recent absence was because he mentioned that the team had already won as many games at Tampa Bay this year as it did over the previous three seasons.Announcers such as Michael Kay of the YES Network came to Brown’s defense Monday night.“MLB has to get involved,” Kay, who does play-by-play for the New York Yankees, said on social media. “This is an awful look and a terrible thing to do to a terrific broadcaster.”The Athletic, citing unidentified sources, reported that Brown was taken off the air over his comments on a MASN-TV broadcast July 23. He pointed out that the Orioles were already 3-2 at Tampa Bay this year after winning only three games there from 2020-22. (They then won again to improve to 4-2 in 2023.)A team official said Monday night that the Orioles don’t comment on personnel matters but were looking forward to having Brown back s...

92-year-old man arrested after sexual assault in Dundas West and Bloor area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:39 GMT

A 92-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a sexual assault in the Dundas Street West and Bloor Street West area.On June 25 at approximately 1:30 p.m., police responded to a call for a sexual assault, where the accused allegedly would call victims onto his front porch, start a conversation with the victims, expose himself to the victims and then hug the victims and sexually assault them.Walter Ross, 92, of Toronto, was arrested on Aug. 3 and charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of indecent acts, failure to comply eith undertaking and criminal harassment.He is scheduled to appear in court at the Ontario Court of Justice on Oct. 6.