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Editorial: If City Council is serious about crime, it must fund BRIC

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

A Boston City Council vote today will show the city which side it’s on – gangs or the residents they prey on.It should be a no-brainer, but this being Boston, the choice is clouded by a progressive agenda.As it stands, the council is split on releasing $3.4 million in grant funding to the investigative arm of the city’s police department. The same council that decries violence on our streets and rails against guns getting into the wrong hands can’t get on the same page when it comes to tackling the gangs that roam the city.As the Herald reported, six of 13 councilors indicated they would vote in favor of funding the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC), but the same number cited concerns with its gang database, which the state’s attorney general is investigating for possible racial bias.If only they took the same hard stand against the gangs for targeting communities of color.“Public safety is paramount for our city,” said Councilor Michael Flaherty. “I know ...

Kids can help make Japanese Chicken Meatball Skewers

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

One way to get kids to try new things at mealtime while also teaching them about nutrition is to hand them a spoon (or bowl or knife, if they’re old enough) and get them involved in making dinner.Sons and daughters are more apt to eat things they’ve had a hand in preparing and, by teaching them to cook, even just a little, you’re fostering life skills that will come in handy once they’re off on their own at college or jobs or wherever life takes them.Iron Chef and cookbook author Alex Guarnaschelli, alongside her teenage daughter, Ava, show exactly how fun and inspirational cooking together can be in their new cookbook, “Cook it Up.”In it, they share more than 70 recipes that define their modern family meals together. Ava tends to find inspiration on TikTok, while Alex draws on her classic French culinary training, decades of repetitive cooking in restaurants and cooking on TV.“We just want kids and adults to cook together and share their id...

Dear Abby: Keeping spark alive long distance

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

Dear Abby: My fiance and I are engaged to be married soon, but we live (and will continue to live) in separate cities. We are in our mid-50s with children, and it’s the second marriage for each of us.My fiance isn’t very verbal about his desires, but we talk with each other every day and we live together about half the time. I want to make sure he isn’t lonely and isn’t wanting more when we’re apart, but I’m not an openly sexual person, and I’m not sure I’d feel comfortable engaging in video chat intimacy with him. I have raised the topic with him. He suggested I write to you and see what you suggest. — Long-Distance Wife-to-BeDear Wife-to-Be: If you both agree, I’m suggesting you and your fiance give it a try. If you do, it may not only enhance your married life but also teach you both how to discuss what you need from each other, which could only bring you closer.Dear Abby: My husband of six years has left me for my siste...

At least 4 people shot on campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, authorities say

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — At least four people were wounded, none critically, in a shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, according to authorities, who urged students to take shelter on the campus of the historically Black college. The Baltimore Police Department initially said officers were on the scene for an “active shooter situation." Police kept the campus on lockdown for hours and provided little information about their investigation. The address given for the shooting appeared to match a residential building that's on the same block as a city police station.“We’re asking everyone to shelter in place and avoid the area,” police said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. About three hours later police said it was no longer an active shooter situation and said more details were expected at a media briefing. Police spokesperson Amanda Krotki said there were multiple victims with non-life-threatening injuries. Police spokesperson Vernon Davis told the Baltimor...

Tee off inside Petco Park for golf event

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Have you ever wondered what it feels like to drive a ball onto the field at Petco Park? Not with a baseball bat, however, but with a golf club.Starting Friday, Oct. 13, participants will be able to take part in the ninth annual The Links at Petco Park, the Padres said in a news release Monday. The nine-hole golf course set up within the ballpark features an on-field shot from the playing field, new themed holes and locations like the warm-up hole in the Visitor's Clubhouse and the opportunity to win different prizes, according to the team. Chula Vista breaks ground on new park, part of the Bayfront redevelopment Golfers will have their own caddy throughout the entire course, officials said. When finished with all of the rounds, golfers will be able to attend The Links clubhouse at the Lexus Premier Club, located on the Main Concourse, for food, refreshments, shopping or to watch other golfers along the course.Tickets start at $100 per player. The nine-day event goes...

CP NewsAlert: New Democrats win majority government in Manitoba

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

WINNIPEG — The Canadian Press election desk is projecting an NDP majority government in Manitoba.More coming.The Canadian Press

3 Filipino fishermen die in South China Sea after their boat is hit by a passing commercial vessel

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Three Filipino fishermen died in the disputed South China Sea after their boat was accidentally hit by a passing commercial vessel, the Philippine coast guard said Wednesday.The fishermen’s boat, F/B Dearyn, was moored in a fishing area in the high seas off the northwestern Philippines when it was hit before dawn on Monday by the passing vessel and capsized, killing its skipper and two crew members. Three other fishermen survived, the coast guard said without elaborating.The three fishermen died due to “possible head trauma” from the collision and their bodies were brought back to shore by the surviving fishermen, a separate police report said.There was no indication that the deadly accident was related to the long-simmering territorial disputes in the busy waterway.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed sadness over the deaths of the fishermen and said a coast guard investigation was underway.“We assure the victims, their families, and everyo...

Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting will appear in a court in Las Vegas

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 is due to make his first appearance Wednesday before a Nevada judge.Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, was arrested Friday during an early-morning walk near his home in suburban Henderson. A few hours later a grand jury indictment was unsealed in Clark County District Court charging him with murder. Grand jurors also voted to add sentencing enhancements for the use of a deadly weapon and alleged gang activity. If Davis is convicted, that could add decades to his sentence.Davis denied a request from The Associated Press for an interview from jail where he’s being held without bond. Court records don’t list an attorney who could comment on his behalf.Davis had been a suspect in the case, and publicly admitted his role in the killing in interviews ahead of his 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend.”“There’s one thing that’s for sure when li...

Stock market today: Asian shares are sharply lower, tracking a rates-driven tumble on Wall Street

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets were sharply lower on Wednesday after Wall Street tumbled as it focused on the downside of a surprisingly strong job market: the likelihood that interest rates will stay high. U.S. futures and oil prices edged lower. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index sank 2.2% to 30,551.85 and the Kospi in South Korea dropped 2.3% to 2,408.68. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng skidded 1% to 17,151.61. Troubled property developer China Evergrande was down 8.5% after plunging 28% on Tuesday.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 1% to 6,873.90. In Bangkok, the SET fell 0.2%.On Tuesday, the S&P 500 lost 1.4% to 4,229.45. The Dow sank 1.3% to 33,002.38, wiping out the last of its gains for the year so far. The Nasdaq composite led the market lower with a 1.9% drop to 13,059.47 as Big Tech stocks were among the market’s biggest losers. Amazon fell 3.7%, Microsoft dropped 2.6% and Nvidia lost 2.8%.The Dow is down 0.4% for the year so far, after being up nearly 8% at the start of August. ...

Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. Families and providers scramble to cope

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:15:58 GMT

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country.But to do that, she needs someone to help look after her three toddlers. The first-generation college graduate said she wouldn’t be able to finish law school without access to reliable daycare.Providers say millions of children and their families are now at risk of losing that vital service. After two years of receiving federal subsidies, 220,000 child care programs across the country were cut off from funding Saturday. The largest investment in child care in U.S. history, the monthly payments ranged from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars, and stabilized the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.“It feels like they’re just setting everyone up for failure,” Adkins said, dropping her 2-year-old and 1-year-old twins at daycare on a recent morning before an hour-and-a-half drive to class. For years, providers ha...