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Boston ‘Straight Pride Parade’ organizer facing felony charge in Jan 6 Capitol riot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

A lead organizer of Boston’s “Straight Pride Parade” is now facing a felony charge for his alleged participation in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors announced.Mark Sahady, 48, of Malden, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week for obstruction of an official proceeding, for allegedly disrupting a joint session of the U.S. Congress “convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia said.He had previously been facing lesser charges of entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.The indictment, filed Wednesday, carries the new felony charge, upping his potential prison time, if convicted, from six months to a year for each of the othe...

Hanover girls balance demands of studies, sports

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

There is certainly a mental health aspect to being a student athlete in high school. The fear of failure or just the anxiety of balancing workload in school to effort on the field. Most student athletes are built to give it their all each day looking for maximum results.In Hanover, the students could very well become the teachers, as the girls’ junior sports stars are putting on their own MasterClass in how to take care of business on and off the field, court, and arena.The Hawks have a stuffed roster of 15 juniors, most of them multi-sport athletes as well as captains for their squads, who own a combined 4.47 GPA.What is the phenomenon that makes these girls so special?“This group is so special due to their work ethic in all aspects of their high school experience. Hanover has witnessed many teams with high levels of talent, but the teams were unable to achieve their potential,” said Scott Hutchison, the director of athletics. “This group of student-athletes lead by example — with ...

Bruins notebook: Nick Foligno latest wounded nearing return

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

Nick Foligno is not quite ready to play big boy hockey just yet. But where he is now compared to where he thought he might be after being injured in Calgary on Feb. 28 had the Bruin veteran thrilled after he finished up another on-ice session on Saturday.“I feel great. I think for me, everyone gets exited, myself included, being out there. It was a pretty significant injury that I had,” said Foligno. “It’s a credit to our medical staff, therapist Scott Waugh, that I’m a little further along than we were probably expecting. There’s no real timetable. It’s just a matter of me feeling as good as I need to feel. When that time comes, we’ll know when I’m ready. It’s hard, because you see me out there skating but I’m still working toward feeling as good as I can for the team when I want to come back and step in. That’s all we’re focused on. As much as I’d like to be out there, and dying to be out there, I’ve got to ma...

DriveBC issues advisory for 150 km stretch of highway between Golden and Revelstoke

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s transportation ministry says an “intense spring storm” is poised to hit a 150 km stretch of Highway in the southeastern part of the province. DriveBC issued a travel advisory Saturday morning for a portion of Highway 1 running between Golden and Revelstoke.It says the storm is expected to peak on Monday and may require avalanche control work affecting traffic in both directions. DriveBC says a closure of up to 8 hours may be required to ensure traveler safety. The travel advisory covers the stretch of Highway 1 between Highway 23 South and Golden Donald Upper Rd..It says it will issue another update on Monday. This report from The Canadian Press was first published April 8, 2023.The Canadian Press

Grand Canyon delays opening of North Rim due to snowfall

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

NORTH RIM, Ariz. (AP) — The public will have to wait a little longer to visit the North Rim at Grand Canyon National Park this year.Like other parts of the West, northern Arizona received an abundance of snow over the winter, and park officials say pushing back the opening from mid-May to June 2 will give them more time to plow the main state road that leads to the rim and allow staff to reopen visitor facilities.“We appreciate the patience and cooperation of our neighbors and visitors with this delay as our partners and park staff work to open the North Rim roads, trails and facilities safely,” Superintendent Ed Keable said in a statement Friday. According to park officials, the North Rim has received more than 250 inches (6.35 meters) of accumulated snowfall since October. That marks what is believed to be the second-snowiest on record for the North Rim since 1925, although there are some years of missing data during that time period. Photos shared by the park showed impassable ar...

Israelis protest judicial overhaul despite violence surge

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday for a weekly demonstration against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans, despite security concerns stemming from a surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put his overhaul on hold after mass protests against the plan, which has brought together large swaths of Israeli society in opposition to a series of bills that aim to weaken the country’s Supreme Court.The main protest in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub, was held less than two kilometers (a mile) from Friday’s attack, in which an Italian tourist was killed and five other Italian and British citizens were wounded when a car rammed into a group of tourists. In a separate incident, two British-Israeli women were shot to death near a settlement in the occupied West Bank.The spasm of violence in Israel and the West Bank has heightened fears of an even more intense surge, with the rare convergence of the holy Muslim ...

Yemen: Saudis free 13 Houthis as Omani officials in Sanaa

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Saturday released over a dozen war prisoners to their rivals, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, a Houthi official said. The release came as Omani officials arrived in the Yemeni capital as part of international efforts to end Yemen’s years-long conflict.Abdul-Qader el-Murtaza, a Houthi official in charge of prisoner exchange talks in Yemen’s conflict, said 13 Houthi prisoners arrived Saturday in the capital, Sanaa.He said the prisoners were released in exchange for a Saudi prisoner the Houthis freed. He did not say when the rebels released the Saudi prisoner.Saturday’s release was part of a U.N.-brokered deal which Yemen’s warring parties stuck last month and includes the release of nearly 900 prisoners from both sides, el-Murtaza said.The U.N.-brokered deal is scheduled to be implemented this month.Yemen’s conflict began in 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of the country’s north, ousting the internationally recognized government that fled to the s...

Israel beefs up security for Jerusalem religious ceremonies

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Saturday extended a closure barring entrance to Israel for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for the duration of the Jewish holiday of Passover, while police beefed up forces in Jerusalem on the eve of sensitive religious celebrations.The moves come after days of violence across the region at a time of heightened religious fervor – with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan coinciding with Passover and Easter celebrations. Jerusalem’s Old City, home to key Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites, has been teeming with visitors and religious pilgrims from around the world.Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that a closure imposed last Wednesday, on the eve of Passover, would remain in effect until the holiday ends on Wednesday night. The order prevents Palestinians from entering Israel for work or to pray in Jerusalem this week, though mass prayers were permitted at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday. Gallant also ordered the Is...

Signs calling for police to search landfills taped to Winnipeg police headquarters

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

WINNIPEG — Protesters attending a rally honouring an Indigenous woman whose remains were recovered at a landfill taped their protest signs to the windows of the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters, demanding officials investigate the death further and search the city’s dumps for bodies of other missing women.The Friday afternoon event in memory of Linda Beardy began with attendees blocking the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street and was originally going to end with a march to City Hall.The plans changed, however, and police say approximately 150 people showed up at the force’s headquarters where a large window pane was broken near one of the station’s entrances.Video of the rally posted to social media showed the broken pane, as well as an attendee on a bullhorn pleading with people not to bang on the windows and instead tape their signs to them.Police said Thursday that Beardy’s death was not a homicide, saying the mother-of-four was last seen le...

Abbott calls for pardon of Daniel Perry after guilty murder verdict

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:47 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott called for the pardon of Daniel Perry a day after he was found guilty by a jury for the 2020 murder of a Black Lives Matter protester in Austin."I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry," Abbott said in a tweet Saturday. Q&A: Daniel Perry was found guilty of murder. What happens now? In the tweet, Abbott said Texas has one of the strongest "Stand Your Ground" laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified.Texas' pardon process starts with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The board can submit a pardon recommendation to the governor, who then can approve the pardon. Abbott said he requested the board request a pardon for Perry and "instructed the Board to expedite its review.""I look forward to approving the Board's pardon recommendation as soon as it hits my desk," Abbott's tweet said. Read the full comment from Abbott here.