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Voters to decide on next Miami Beach mayor in runoff election

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

After two Miami Beach mayoral candidates didn’t reach the threshold to take the city’s top job, a runoff election on Tuesday will cement a winner.In Tuesday’s runoff election, former Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Gongora, is ready to re-enter local government, while Miami Beach Commissioner Steven Meiner looks to step up into the role of mayor.“I’ve been so focused on resident’s quality of life, law and order being number one,” Meiner said. “Limiting over development. Trying to mitigate our traffic.”“I wanna re-brand out city as one of arts and culture, I wanna make sure we have the police presence we need and we will keep Miami Beach safe,” Gongora said.The seat opened up after current mayor Dan Gelber reached his term limit.On Nov. 7 off year election, only 242 votes separated the two candidates who have a number of endorsements each. But a few days ago, Meiner lost the endorsement of the Miami Herald. The Heral...

Delivery truck gets stuck under bridge in Billerica

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

A delivery truck got stuck under a railroad bridge in Billerica Monday, drawing emergency crews to the scene. The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. at the low clearance bridge on Mount Pleasant Street. Police said the truck had been removed as of around 8:30 p.m.No one was hurt in the crash and police said there was no structural damage to the bridge.

Migrant families arrive at State Transportation Building after officials announce temporary shelter in conference rooms

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

Migrant families arrived at the State Transportation Building Monday, carrying with them what they could fit into bags and suitcases on the first night after officials announced conference rooms in the downtown Boston building would serve as an overnight shelter. While state leaders have said the state’s shelter system is at capacity, with no more space to house new arrivals, migrant families have continued to flood into Massachusetts. Early Monday afternoon, the state’s Emergency Assistance Director explained plans for the transportation building.“In order to ensure that families eligible for Emergency Assistance shelter have a safe and warm place to sleep at night when there is not a shelter unit immediately available, the administration is utilizing space at 10 Park Plaza as a temporary, overnight facility,” said Gen. Scott Rice.Crews could be seen making preparations through the afternoon Monday. 7NEWS was then on site at the transportation building as Gov. Maura Heale...

7 Investigates: Bike Riders at Risk

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

Bicyclists can face many dangers while sharing the road with cars. But they can also be hurt by people who get out of parked cars. 7 Investigates shows you shocking videos of how this happens and ways it can be prevented.  Dave Puglisi has the story.Aidan Dunbar says he had a brush with death in May — as he rode his bike on Brookline Avenue in Boston.“It was a real, you know, life flash before your eyes kind of thing,” Aidan said. A surveillance camera captured what happened: The driver of a parked car suddenly opens the door — knocking Aidan off his bike and onto the street.“I was in complete shock because it happened so fast,” Aidan said. “I had my hand on the handlebar, and I started to try and brake and avoid it. So, my hand and the handlebar got crushed by the car door. I flew over the handlebars.” It happened to Charlie Philbrook, too, while he was riding through Kenmore Square last month.“It was pretty scary...

Bruins lose late lead, then game in Tampa, 5-4

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

Jeremy Swayman deserved a better fate in Tampa on Monay night. The rest of the Bruins? Not so much.Swayman made a season-high 41 saves, but the B’s allowed a 6-on-5 goal with less than five seconds left in regulation and, on a bad change, Brandon Hagel won it on a breakaway goal to lift the Lightning to a 5-4 win at Amalie Arena.The B’s scored on three of the four shots they could muster in the third period and it looked like they would hold up.Charlie Coyle scored the go-ahead goal with 3:51 left in regulation. From behind the Tampa net, James van Riemsdyk fed Coyle for a one-timer that gave the B’s a 4-3 lead.But things got hairy after that. John Beecher took a high-sticking penalty with 2:20 left in regulation. The B’s killed that off and it appeared to have the game in hand but in the final seconds, Victor Hedman kept the puck in right at the blue line and Nikita Kucherov scored the tying goal with 4.8 seconds left to force overtime.In OT, the B’s n...

Chicago Bulls, seeking solutions to a pattern of slow starts, want to ‘come out of the ring like Mike Tyson’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

Six minutes into Saturday’s game against the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls fans had seen enough.Boos echoed through the United Center as the Heat took a 20-1 lead, growing louder when DeMar DeRozan was called for an offensive foul on the ensuing play. Vocal disappointment at the arena is typically muted — even in the final minutes of a demoralizing opening-day blowout, there wasn’t much to hear in the way of fan dissension.But as the Bulls slipped into a deficit of at least 19 points for the third consecutive home game, fans reached a breaking point, shouting for players to be traded and coaches to be fired. And although that same crowd would cheer raucously three quarters later when the Bulls completed a comeback win, the message lingered.This can’t go on any longer. And the Bulls can’t afford more slow starts.“The feeling we all have when you look up and you see that — it’s frustrating,” DeRozan said. “It’s embarrassing...

4 things we heard from Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus, including ‘accountability’ for coaches and players

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus spoke with reporters Monday at Halas Hall to review his team’s 31-26 loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Ford Field.Here are four things we heard during that session.1. Matt Eberflus said coaches are reviewing their responsibilities for the fourth-quarter collapse.The Lions scored 17 unanswered points to end the game, and Eberflus was asked multiple questions about the coaches’ role in the unraveling.He said that, like players, the coaches take accountability for their missteps. But he declined to provide specific examples, citing a desire not to give too much away to future opponents.“You always look and say, ‘Should I have called this? Should I have called that? Should I be more aggressive here? Less aggressive there?’” Eberflus told reporters. “If you’re an offensive coordinator or a defensive coordinator, you always look and say, ‘Hey, what would I do better here and how would I grow in th...

Mars Williams, free-jazz musician and saxophonist for the Psychedelic Furs, dies at 68

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

When the Chicago Reader declared in 1997 that audiences “won’t find a busier saxophonist in Chicago than Mars Williams,” more evergreen words were scarcely written.Even in his 60s, Williams remained an omnipresent, indefatigable musical presence in this city and beyond. His live-wire sax sound expanded to fill the space it was in, whether a DIY hole-in-the-wall or a teeming arena concert with the Psychedelic Furs, with whom he toured as recently as last month.“I don’t know anyone else who’s able to go one night from playing a rock concert in front of 5,000 people to playing at the Beat Kitchen in front of 10, and taking both contexts absolutely seriously,” saxophonist Dave Rempis told the Tribune recently. “It’s not even rare; it’s unheard of to move back and forth between all the worlds that he does.”Williams died Nov. 20 from ampullary cancer, a rare cancer affecting the area around the small intestine, after being ...

What to stream this week: ‘Oppenheimer,’ Adam Sandler as a lizard and celebs dancing to Taylor Swift

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham’s Christmas special and Tuesday’s edition of “Dancing With the Stars” promising celebrities swaying to the music of Taylor Swift are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists is a collection of 55 Tina Turner singles from 1975-2023, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” will finally be available to watch in your living room and Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard in Netflix’s animated “Leo.”NEW MOVIES TO STREAM— Are you and your home entertainment system prepared? After making nearly $950 million at the box office, Christopher Nolan’s three-hour “Oppenheimer” will finally be available to watch in your living room starting on Tuesday. There’s a UHD streaming version available to purchase for $19.99, as well as 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray options with over 3 hours of extras, with everything overseen by...

Climate change hits women’s health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:34 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Manju Devi suffered in pain for two months last year as she worked on a farm near Delhi, unable to break away from duties that sometimes had her standing for hours in the waist-deep water of a rice paddy, lifting heavy loads in intense heat and spraying pesticides and insecticides. When that pain finally became too much to bear, she was rushed to a hospital.The doctors’ verdict: Devi had suffered a prolapsed uterus and would need a hysterectomy. She hadn’t said a word to her family about her discomfort because of societal taboo over discussing a “women’s illness,” and with two grown children and three grandchildren looking to the 56-year-old widow to help put food on the table, Devi had relied on painkillers to stay in the fields.“I endured excruciating pain for months, scared to speak about it publicly. It shouldn’t take a surgical procedure to make us realize the cost of increasing heat,” she said, surrounded by women who told of undergoing a similar ordeal....