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Florida Gov. Ron Desantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON (Associated Press)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of a madman.”Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam.Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness ” — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil. Ju’...

City Councilor Fernandes Anderson reportedly robbed on Mass and Cass walkthrough

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was reportedly robbed during a walkthrough of the city’s troubled Mass and Cass area Saturday evening, according to multiple sources.At about 7:43 p.m., a redacted Boston Police report reads, an unnamed victim approached a police officer on Southampton Street and reported that an unknown white man stole her phone.Three sources confirmed to the Herald that Fernandes Anderson was the victim who’s name was redacted in the police report.The Mass and Cass area, known for homeless encampments and increasingly rampant drug activity, is largely concentrated around Southampton and Atkinson Streets. Fernandes Anderson’s reported walkthrough of the area comes in the wake of an updated city plan to address issues in the area and ahead of the council’s planned discussion on related legislation next week.The phone was snatched from the councilor’s hands while she was taking pictures around 112 Southampton Street, the report sta...

Trump voters and donors unbothered by debate dodge, fueled by arrests

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

Former President Donald J. Trump has been arrested four times since he left office and declined to participate in his party’s first debate, but Republican voters seem to know who they want, and it’s Trump, according to another round of polls.After skipping the party debate Wednesday evening and despite his arrest by authorities in Georgia on Thursday, recent polling and fundraising indicate that Trump continues to maintain his grip on the GOP.According to Trump’s campaign, on the Friday following his surrender to authorities in Fulton County the 45th president had his best fundraising day of the 2024 campaign. His jail mugshot, plastered on campaign memorabilia and shared across the one-term chief executive’s social media accounts, is apparently quite appealing to conservative donors.“Close to $20 [million] raised in the last 3 weeks, coinciding with indictment in DC and the Atlanta mugshot,” Trump 2024 campaign spokesman Steven Cheung claimed Saturday via X, the social media ...

Police investigate SDSU sexual assault report

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities are investigating a report from a San Diego State University (SDSU) student who says they were sexually assaulted by a driver they thought was for a rideshare vehicle, school officials said.The incident was alerted to the San Diego Police Department on Sunday, SDSU said in a news release.The student told police they entered a vehicle thinking it was a rideshare vehicle at an unknown location possibly in the College Area, according to the university. USPS supervisor slashed outside of post office in North County "At some point between the victim/survivor entering the vehicle and getting dropped off at an off-campus location at the area of 70th Street and Saranac Street in the City of San Diego, the victim/survivor told police that the driver sexually assaulted them," SDSU said.The description of a suspect is limited at this time, but police will share more details about the person once it becomes available, per the university. Anyone with information is ur...

Unifor autoworkers overwhelmingly vote to authorize strikes at GM, Ford, Stellantis

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

TORONTO — Workers at a trio of major automakers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of allowing their union to call a strike if bargaining committees can’t secure new collective agreements in the coming months. Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, says its members at Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis all voted between 98 and 99 per cent in favour of the strike mandate.The vote took place over the weekend amid a pause in bargaining talks. The current batch of collective agreements, which cover 18,000 workers at the “Detroit Three” automakers, are set to expire before midnight on Sept. 18.The results mirror a strike mandate handed down by members of the U.S.-based United Auto Workers union on Friday, who are negotiating with the trio of automakers at the same time.Unifor National President Lana Payne issued a release saying the union’s bargaining teams are set to resume talks with support from members across the auto sector and a...

Highland Park man dies, ID'd after crashing bike in northern suburbs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

GLENCOE, Ill. — A man who was hospitalized after crashing his bicycle on Wednesday afternoon in the northern suburbs has died, according to the Glencoe Department of Public Safety.Officials say 64-year-old John Kezday was hospitalized after the crash, which occurred around 4 p.m. near the intersection of Sheridan Road and South Avenue in Glencoe. North suburban bicyclist critical after hitting back of van According to an initial investigation by Glencoe Public Safety, Kezday was riding his bicycle northbound on Sheridan Road, past South Avenue, when he ran into the back of a stopped Dodge Ram ProMaster.Authorities say they responded to the scene around 4:15 p.m. and began life-saving measures on Kezday before he was taken to the hospital by ambulance in critical condition.The driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene and cooperated with authorities during the investigation. CPD: 12-year-old girl missing from Austin neighborhood Kezday, who was a Highland Park resident, succumbed...

Slim rain chances Monday, but not as hot

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- We all cooled off, but we didn't all get rain. Rainfall amounts ranged from nothing to almost a full inch in parts of Central Texas. Rain chances drop down to just 10% for the rest of the night as drier weather settles in. CENTRAL TEXAS RAINFALL TOTALS As the rain and rain cooled air approached, temperatures dropped from 106º to 82º within just one hour in Austin early Sunday evening. This was one of the biggest 1 hour temperature drops in Austin history! Our official high on Sunday in Austin at Camp Mabry was 109º, but the 110º at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is the second hottest temperature they've ever recorded and a new record for the date.Showers continue to fade with the loss of daytime heating and the rest of the night will be mostly dry with lows in the upper 70s and low 80s.The above-mentioned cold front will knock temperatures down closer to 100º or the upper 90s on Monday and Tuesday, but most areas will be back up to triple digits again on W...

Could PDO mess with our wet El Niño?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — While we've talked about ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) at length over the past year, there's another player in our weather that we're watching this year...PDO.PDO stands for Pacific Decadal Oscillation and it can influence the amount of precipitation we get in Central Texas.Pacific Decadal OscillationThe Pacific Decadal Oscillation is quantified by a number that represents three things:The strength of the Aleutian Low;Kuroshiro Current: Ocean current that changes over the course of decades; andThe reemergence of pre-summer water temperature anomalies.Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies (Blue is colder than normal)Why do we care?As we've told you there's a relationship between ENSO and rain here in Central Texas. When ENSO is positive (El Niño phase) we get more rain. Well, there's a rain relationship with PDO too. The more positive PDO is, the wetter our weather is. The more negative PDO is, the less rain we see.PDO/ENSO and Precipitation (NOAA/Clim...

Twins walk it off — literally — in 13-inning marathon win over Rangers

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

As the minutes ticked by and the sun shifted, the shadows that crept over Target Field made hitting an increasingly more difficult task on Sunday afternoon.Minnesota Twins’ Royce Lewis runs the bases on a grand slam against the Texas Rangers in the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 7-6 in 13 innings. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)So the Twins completed their comeback without a hit.After working their way back from a five-run deficit earlier in the game, tying it in the ninth to force extra innings, and coming back again in the 12th inning, the Twins walked it off — literally — on a Michael A. Taylor walk in the 13th inning to beat the Texas Rangers 7-6.“Big-time, big-time, big-time effort from our team,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “I had chills after the game. I was so impressed with our group. … That’s how you fight and win a ball game. That’s what it looks like. That’s what actually fighting and winning a ball game looks...

Vikings just wrapped up the preseason. Whose stock is up? Whose stock is down?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:26:34 GMT

It’s pretty clear how Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell looks at the preseason. Though he sees some value in exhibition games, O’Connell would rather eat his hat than play his starters in a game that doesn’t count.That was on display when the Vikings hosted the Arizona Cardinals in the preseason finale Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Vikings had more than 40 players on the sideline without pads, including starting quarterback Kirk Cousins, receiver Justin Jefferson, pass rusher Danielle Hunter and safety Harrison Smith, among so many others.The lack of star power throughout the preseason games did give some young players on the roster a chance to shine.Here’s a look at whose stock is up and whose stock is down ahead of cutdown day this week.UpJaren Hall (quarterback): Though he’s buried behind Cousins and backup Nick Mullens on the depth chart, Hall still seems to have the inside track at making the 53-man roster. Asked about the rookie quarte...