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No bags, backpacks or lunchboxes permitted on BCPS campuses on last week of classes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

Broward County Public Schools officials gave an important reminder to students who will be heading to class next week.No bags, backpacks or lunch boxes will be permitted on campus during the last week of school.Officials said personal hygiene items can be brought in a small zippered bag, and lunch can be brought in a clear container or plastic bag.Officials said the policy has been implemented to ensure the safety of students and staff.Come next school year, only clear backpacks and book bags will be allowed on BCPS campuses on a daily basis.

Red Sox lefty Chris Sale to go on IL for 6th season in a row

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox placed left-hander Chris Sale on the injured list with shoulder inflammation on Friday, another setback for the seven-time All-Star as he attempts to re-establish himself as a reliable member of the rotation.A day after being pulled from a start in the fourth inning, Sale told reporters that doctors weren’t sure what the injury was but he didn’t expect to need surgery. Acknowledging his past injury problems, he said he had always come back before and will do so again.Sale, 34, who hasn’t had an injury-free season since 2017, left Thursday night’s start against Cincinnati in the fourth inning after two visits from the medical staff. He had an MRI on Friday morning, and the team was awaiting the results.“We don’t know where we’re at, but it’s a possible IL,” manager Alex Cora said before Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays.Sale, 34, has been to the IL in each of the last five seasons, missing all of 2...

Veterans experience ‘Dream Flights’ from Norwood airport

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

Dream Flights is helping New England veterans explore Massachusetts from a thousand feet in the air.90-year-old Joe Mitchell from Watertown is one of those veterans who was ready to fly high on Friday.Mitchell’s family watched him take a spin in a World War II-era open cockpit biplane from down below at the airport in Norwood.Mitchelle, who served in the Air Force during the Korean War, treasured this special experience.“It was offered to my father to go take a flight, and he was thrilled and I was thrilled to have this once in a lifetime opportunity,” his son Joe Mitchell said.Mitchell said his favorite part was flying over Gillette Stadium.“Put me back 50 years,” Mitchell said. “I enjoyed it very much.”Other veterans are getting the experience today, including 101-year-old Roy Ringman, a WWII hero. Jeff Klosky is a Dream Flights volunteer and a veteran himself. He loves that he gets to fly these American heroes and to say “thank you.” “For them, it really becomes t...

Sweet treat: Salvation Army celebrates National Donut Day, provides donuts to thousands

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

Donuts remain a sweet treat that people have a hard time passing up.The Salvation Army provided donuts to thousands of Bay State residents, from young children to veterans and local emergency responders, on Friday, the 85th anniversary of National Donut Day.After getting out of school, a group of students headed to Kroc Community Center in Dorchester, where they participated in a donut-themed field day featuring all kinds of sweet, fun activities including eating-donuts-off-the-string races.As donuts have evolved over time, to include cereal or other sweet treats as toppings, the Salvation Army has tried to go down the “healthy donut route,” said Heather MacFarlane, the agency’s director of communications for Massachusetts.“We have tried gluten-free donuts, but there’s something about donuts that people still joke that they’re going to cheat and have a donut,” MacFarlane told the Herald. “When you ask people ‘What’s your favorite type of donut?,’ I have heard more people...

Passenger trains derail in India, killing at least 120, trapping many others

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

By ASHOK SHARMA (Associated Press)NEW DELHI (AP) — Two passenger trains derailed Friday in India, killing at least 120 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars, officials and media reports said.Fire Services Chief Sudhanshu Sarangi told the Press Trust of India that 120 bodies had been recovered so far from the accident scene in the eastern state of Odisha, and more than 800 people were hurt.He said the number of fatalities was likely to climb.The accident happened about 220 kilometers (137 miles) southwest of Kolkata, officials said. The cause was under investigation.Ten to 12 coaches of one train derailed, and debris from some of the mangled coaches fell onto a nearby track, said Amitabh Sharma, a railroad ministry spokesperson.The debris was hit by another passenger train coming from the opposite direction, and up to three coaches of the second train also derailed, Sharma said.The Press Trust reported that a third train carrying frei...

Biden to say default ‘crisis averted’ in Oval Office address on debt ceiling deal Friday evening

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden planned to highlight a “crisis averted” in his inaugural speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday evening, as he prepared to sign a budget agreement that eliminates the potential for a first-ever government default that would have sent shock waves through the U.S. and global economies.The bipartisan measure was approved by the Senate late Thursday night after passing the House in yet another late session the night before. Biden is expected to sign it at the White House on Saturday with just two days to spare until the Treasury Department has warned the U.S. wouldn’t be able to meet its obligations.The agreement was hashed out by Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, giving Republicans some of their demanded federal spending cuts but holding the line on major Democratic priorities. It raises the debt limit until 2025 — after the 2024 presidential election ...

Revolution need to tighten ‘D’ at New York City FC

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

The New England Revolution have lost their way on the back end.The Revolution have transitioned from one of the tightest and most disciplined back lines in MLS to a porous patchwork that has caused a precipitous slide in the Eastern Conference standings.The Revolution (7-3-5) will play the final match in a stretch of three games in eight days when they take on Gotham rival New York City FC (4-7-4) on Saturday (3:30) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.The Revolution had allowed just nine goals in the first 11 games that included a 4-0 loss at reigning MLS champion Los Angeles FC on March 12. That setback was offset by five clean sheets that had Revolution keeper Djordje Petrovic on the early short list for MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.Injuries to key starters, center back Henry Kessler and right back Brandon Bye, combined with plain old fashioned bad luck brought an end to the Revolution’s lock on first place in the Eastern Conference.Things began to go south with 2-1 setback at Inter Miam...

Chase says online banking issue now resolved after bug causes double transactions and fees

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

By KEN SWEET (AP Business Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Chase’s online banking services saw double transactions, fees and payments in their accounts on Friday, in a glitch that was not fixed until late in the day.Numerous Chase customers had posted on social media that their rent or bill payments were taken out of their accounts twice and reported hold times with customer service approaching more than an hour. The New York-based bank is one of the country’s largest financial institutions with millions of online customers. Transactions over Zelle, the bank’s own peer-to-peer payment service, were also impacted with Chase customers.Chase said late Friday that the bank had “resolved the underlying issue” and was in the process of issuing refunds or reversing transactions for customers. Online banking services, while usually reliable, sometimes spectacularly fail or have temporary outages that tend to spook their customers. Banks typically will ...

What to know about the case of the missing Missouri ER doctor found dead in Arkansas

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

By MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA (Associated Press)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A doctor in the Missouri Ozarks went missing for over a week until his body was found in an Arkansas lake. But the case remains shrouded in mystery as investigators have released few details to his family or the public.WHAT’S KNOWN SO FARDr. John Forsyth, 49, was last seen alive on May 21, when security cameras in the parking lot of a public pool in Cassville show him getting into a vehicle, after leaving his own car unlocked with his wallet, two phones, a laptop and other items inside. That’s according to his brother, Richard Forsyth, who said the doctor had texted his new fiancee that morning saying he would see her soon. His car was found later that day. Investigators haven’t said who was driving the other vehicle.A search began after the emergency room physician didn’t show up for his May 21 shift at Mercy Hospital in Cassville. There was no sign of Forsyth until a kayaker...

YouTube changes policy to allow false claims about past US presidential elections

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:28 GMT

By The Associated PressYouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches,” the platform announced Friday.The change is a reversal for the Google-owned video service, which said a month after the 2020 election that it would start removing new posts that falsely claimed widespread voter fraud or errors changed the outcome. YouTube said in a blog post that the updated policy was an attempt to protect the ability to “openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions.”“In the current environment, we find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm,” the blog post said.The updated policy, which goes into effect immediately, ...