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Police investigating vandalism at synagogue and home in Taunton

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

An investigation continued Wednesday after police in Taunton said they received reports of hateful vandalism at a home and a synagogue in town.Police said officers first responded to a home on Everett Street around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, where they found “homophobic and racist graffiti spray-painted on a vehicle and recycling bin.”While on scene, police said they received calls reporting additional vandalism at the Congregation Agudath Achim of Greater Taunton synagogue on Winthrop Street. At the synagogue, police said officers found a swastika and “other hateful references spray-painted on the side of the synagogue.” Police said the handwriting in the vandalism at the synagogue appeared similar to the handwriting in the vandalism found on Everett Street. Rabbi Colman Reaboi discovered the graffiti at the synagogue and said the incident occurred on the day of a scheduled bat mitzvah.Still, Reaboi said the community would not let the hate ruin its celebrations. “We had a...

Jake Bauers hits homer, Jhony Brito pitches 5.2 scoreless innings in win over Mariners

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

With some of the Yankees’ highest-paid hitters continuing to struggle or on the bench Wednesday, a pair of non-roster invitees carried the offense against Mariners ace Luis Castillo.Jake Bauers struck first in the Yankees’ 4-2 win, planting a Castillo fastball into Yankee Stadium’s right field seats with a two-run homer. With Anthony Volpe on first, Bauers watched as his sixth home run of the year towered over the porch.Bauers, who played for the Mariners in 2021, now has eight doubles, four home runs and 12 RBI since the Yankees began a series in Seattle on May 29. The April 29 call-up has also hit .274 over that span.Billy McKinney, meanwhile, has now reached base in all 12 of the games he’s played in since joining the Yankees on June 7, and he’s recorded a hit in 11 of them. On Wednesday, that included his second home run in as many days, a 414-foot shot off Castillo that landed in the second deck.McKinney totaled two hits and raised his average to ....

Vote for your favorite Padres to MLB All-Star Game

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres have several players on this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Ballot.Those players include first baseman Jake Cronenworth, second baseman Ha-Seong Kim, third baseman Manny Machado, shortstop Xander Bogaerts, catcher Austin Nola, designated hitter Matt Carpenter and outfielders Trent Grisham, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr.As of Tuesday, the Padres tweeted a standings update on the All-Star votes:Bogaerts ranks third amongst National League shortstopsMachado ranks fifth amongst National League third basemenSoto ranks fifth amongst National League outfieldersTatis Jr. ranks sixth amongst National League outfielders Wave FC’s Naomi Girma, Alex Morgan named to USWNT World Cup roster The first phase of the voting process, which helps your favorites advance to the All-Star team, ends Thursday at 9 a.m. PST. In phase two, which happens from June 26-29, fans will then vote for the starters. Fans can vote for one player for each infield position, th...

Details on new federal infrastructure funding expected this fall: LeBlanc

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

WHISTLER, B.C. — Details on the “next generation” of federal infrastructure funding programs are on track to be released this fall, Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc said after meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts in British Columbia.LeBlanc said Wednesday that the conversations were a “very positive step in making sure that those programs are the right ones for the whole country, that we have long-term, predictable funding and the flexibility to respond to different priorities.”That’s after Canada’s premiers wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week pushing for more information on what would replace the $33-billion Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, which has been fully allocated as of March. The letter said provinces, territories and communities are facing unprecedented cost pressures on existing projects, while the absence of an announcement in this year’s federal budget has created uncer...

Apple engaged in ‘coercive’ interviews and other anti-union tactics at New York store, judge rules

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple illegally subjected employees to “coercive” interviews and interfered with the distribution of union leaflets at a New York City Apple Store, a U.S. labor board judge ruled Tuesday. The finding represents the first time that an administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency, has ruled against Apple. But it is not the last word on the subject; Apple is free to appeal the ruling to the agency’s full board or to federal appeals court.Apple had no comment on the ruling Wednesday.Lauren Esposito, the judge in the case, found that an Apple Store supervisor at the World Trade Center location had improperly asked an employee about his discussions with other workers about wage levels and about the employee’s opinion of unionization efforts across the company. Such activities ran afoul of U.S. labor law that protects the right of workers to organize, the judge wrote.Similarly, Esposito ruled that Apple managers had singl...

Larry Tanenbaum close to selling some of MLSE to an Ontario pension plan: report

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment chairman Larry Tanenbaum is closing in on a deal to sell some of his shares in the company to an Ontario pension plan for an enterprise value of more than $8 billion, Sportico’s Scott Soshnik and Kurt Badenhausen reported Wednesday.OMERS, a pension plan for 540,000 Ontario municipal employees, is poised to buy an undisclosed amount of Tanenbaum’s shares.Sportico says the $8-billion value would be a record value for sports teams. The NBA and NHL would have to approve any deal.Tanenbaum owns 25 per cent of the company with Rogers Communications and Bell controlling the other 75 per cent. Sportico reports Rogers and Bell have right of first refusal to buy any shares in MLSE.Rogers has not yet responded to a request for comment.MLSE owns the Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors, Argonauts, Marlies, Toronto FC and Scotiabank Arena, along with other propertiesTanenbaum’s company, Kilmer Sports Inc., increased its stake in MLSE to 25 per cen...

Navajo Nation declares widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — A widespread Arizona Medicaid scam that has left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless on the streets of metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by the Navajo Nation as fraudulent sober living homes lose their funding and turn former residents out onto the streets. The emergency declaration was issued late last week by the Navajo Nation Commission on Emergency Management and signed this week by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, according to documents posted on the Facebook page of the tribe’s Operation Rainbow Bridge, which was created to deal with the scam’s effects on its enrolled members. “There are significant concerns about the impacts to Navajo Nation lives from abrupt displacement that have affected an estimated 5,000 to 8,000 Navajo individuals, particularly in the exacerbation of medical, and public health risks associated with lack of immediate intervention and preventive services,” the declaration reads. The...

2 people injured in Port Credit shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

Two people have been injured following a shooting in Port Credit. Peel police say they were called to the area of Wanita Road and Oakwood Avenue South just before 9 p.m. following reports of gunshots. When they arrived they found two individuals suffering from injuries. The severity of their injuries is unknown at this time. There is no suspect description available at this time.

Man accused in Washington music festival shooting may have been on psychedelic mushrooms

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

QUNICY, Wash. (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding several others at a Washington music festival Saturday told police he was high on psychedelic mushrooms and believed the world was ending, according to court documents. U.S. Army Spc. James Kelly, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, is facing two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and domestic violence assault in Washington state’s Grant County Superior Court, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Kelly, 26, appeared in court Wednesday but did not enter a plea, news outlets reported. He is being held without bail. Efforts to locate an attorney representing Kelly weren’t successful Wednesday.Kelly and Lily Luksich, who have dated for about a year, together attended the Beyond Wonderland electronic dance music festival at the Gorge Amphitheater, court documents said. Kelly told police he took psychedelic mushrooms before walking to the concert venue, according to court documents...

Driver in hit-and-run crash near Guaranteed Rate Field charged

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:05:18 GMT

CHICAGO — The man who was behind the wheel in a hit-and-run crash that sent four people heading to a White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field has been charged, according to the Chicago Police Department.Condelarious Garcia, 20.Condelarious Garcia, 20, has been charged with four felony counts of failure to report accident and injury, four felony counts of aggravated reckless driving and bodily harm, one misdemeanor count of driving on a suspended license, and three citations — one for failure to reduce speed, one for operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and one for expiration of registration.Police said Garcia was arrested around 6:26 p.m. Tuesday on the Dan Ryan Expressway after being identified as the offender who — minutes earlier — was driving in the 300 block of 35th Street near Guaranteed Rate Field and struck four pedestrians before fleeing the scene and crashing on the Dan Ryan. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 4 pedestrians in hospital after hit-and-run near Guaranteed Rate Field; man i...