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2 winners emerge from Arlington’s first-ever ranked choice voting election

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

Two winners have emerged from the debut of ranked choice voting in Arlington’s Democratic primary election for county board.Maureen Coffey and Susan Cunningham were announced as the first-ever winners of ranked choice voting in Arlington County.Coffey and Cunningham received the most votes amongst a group of six candidates also including Natalie Roy, JD Spain, Tony Weaver and Jonathan Dromgoole.With ranked choice voting, the candidate receiving the least amount of votes is eliminated and their votes get reallocated to each voters’ second choice of candidate.That process then repeats until candidates gain 34% of the votes, or until there are only two candidates remaining.The county said it hopes to certify the results by Monday.The Arlington County Board approved a pilot program last year, which gave voters the opportunity to list three choices for this year’s primaries.In 2020, the Virginia General Assembly opened the floodgates for ranked choice voting as local of...

Wagner forces will turn columns back from Moscow advance, Prigozhin says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

Fighters loyal to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group will stop their advance towards Moscow to avoid a devastating civil conflict, the group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday.In a voice recording posted to his Telegram channel, Prigozhin said his troops had got within 200 kilometers of Moscow in a single day, but that they would now stand down.“During this time we did not spill a single drop of blood of our fighters,” he said. “Taking responsibility for the fact that Russian blood will be shed — on one side — we will turn our columns around and go in the opposite direction to field camps, according to the plan,” he said.Moments earlier, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko issued a statement claiming he held talks with the outspoken oligarch throughout the day.“As a result, they came to agreements on the inadmissibility of unleashing a bloody massacre on the territory of Russia,” the message from his office read. “Y...

18-year-old faces attempted murder charge for allegedly stabbing three teens in Middleborough

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

An 18-year-old Middleborough man was arrested for allegedly stabbing three teenagers early Saturday morning. Jayden Wainwright was charged with attempted murder and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, Middleborough police announced Saturday afternoon. Around 12:05 a.m. Saturday, police responded to the area of the power lines on Wall Street and found two 19-year-olds with stab wounds. One, with multiple stab wounds in his torso, was taken to Boston Medical Center in critical condition. The second victim, with stab wounds to his leg, was transported to St. Luke’s in New Bedford.The third victim is a 15-year-old boy who was taken to the hospital independently.Wainwright is currently in custody and will face arraignment Monday.

Chicago White Sox fan describes ‘bizarre’ episode that left him dangling through sunroof after a hit-and-run incident at Sox Park

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

When Chuck Janczy hopped on the Green Line to Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday night he was hoping to watch a decent game between the Chicago White Sox and Texas Rangers.As a longtime Sox fan with a partial season ticket package in Section 109, it has been a difficult season for the 64-year-old Evanston resident, and like many others he has come to expect the worst from this year’s team.But what Janczy didn’t expect was to wind up in a hospital with fractured ribs after being hit by a car, or falling headfirst through the car’s sunroof after impact, or going on a brief trip down the Dan Ryan Expressway during a pursuit of the hit-and-run driver by Chicago police that ended with a crash, or having a gun drawn on him minutes later as the driver was being arrested.“The whole thing is bizarre,” Janczy said Saturday in a phone interview.Janczy said he was walking across 35th Street at Shields Avenue to meet friends before the game Tuesday when he was one of ...

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge reveals he has torn ligament in toe, says he’s still in pain

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

Aaron Judge revealed the true nature of his injured toe on Saturday.The Yankees superstar slugger told reporters ahead of Saturday afternoon’s game against the Rangers that he has more than just a sprain, he has a torn ligament in his big right toe.He said he is still dealing with pain when he walks.Judge, who was officially placed on the injured list on June 7 (retroactive to June 4), hurt his toe when he made a highlight reel catch on June 3 against the Dodgers in Los Angeles and crashed through the portion of the outfield fence that doubled as the door to the Yankees’ bullpen.“I’m not giving you any timeline,” Judge told reporters at the Stadium. “There’s no need. I’ve just got to get better and then I’ll be out there.”The Yankees desperately miss Judge’s presence in the lineup. He was hitting .291/.404/.674 with 19 home runs and 40 RBI in his first 49 games for the Bombers.“I don’t think too many peopl...

Month-long Sumner Tunnel shutdown nears as work crews prep for renovations

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

Walk halfway into the Sumner Tunnel on a weekend and the acrid smell of construction quickly takes over as workers pound nearby walls in an effort to repair the 90-year-old road.The sites and smells are all part of a $160 million renovation project that will see the central link between East Boston and downtown fully closed from July 5 to Aug. 31. And on Saturday, crews with J.F. White Contracting were making final preparations before the month-long shutdown forces drivers to the Tobin Bridge, Ted Williams Tunnel, or public transportation.But first, those construction workers had to deal with a throng of media who were led on a short tour of the tunnel and at one point, took a group photo in the active construction zone with some Department of Transportation officials and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll.State officials have acknowledged that shutting down the tunnel will create a headache for any driver coming to Boston from the North Shore or East Boston. About 40,000 vehicles pass through t...

Cape Cod towns face new septic regulations that address a $4 billion pollution problem

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

Cape Cod residents’ wallets are hanging in the balance as towns decide whether to create a plan to clean up wastewater contamination, an issue that state environmentalists say has plagued the region for decades.The Healey administration has released Cape Cod-specific regulations that look to “reverse decades of nitrogen pollution,” but if a town skips over them, all of its homeowners must do costly upgrades to their septic systems in the next five years.Communities have two years to opt into a process for a 20-year permit that would enable them to design and implement strategies to reduce nitrogen pollution, such as centralized wastewater treatment and permeable reactive barrier walls.If a specific community opts not to pursue such a permit, homeowners may have to fork over tens of thousands for their own septic upgrades. Officials, however, say that is not a likely outcome.Julian Cyr, state senator for Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, said earlier this year that most comm...

Looking Glass: It is time for us to go now, Kemo Sabe

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

A masked man appeared suddenly and made a citizen’s arrest of three men and a woman who were burglarizing a hunting cabin in Charleston, W. Va., late at night. Police, who responded to a call, arrived to find the four of them lying on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs. The tires on their vehicle had been flattened, and the cops found stolen items inside of it. The masked man was gone, and nobody seems to know who he is.THIS IS A ROBBERY, WINK, WINK, NUDGE, NUDGE: A convenience store worker in Tulsa, Okla., got a friend to rob the place so he could go home early.WHEN STEALING A TRUCK, IT’S BEST TO JUST DRIVE AWAY: Police responding to a call of a man trying to steal a truck in Fort Payne, Ala., found the very intoxicated, would-be thief still sitting inside the vehicle. They hauled him out and arrested him after a brief struggle.YOUR PAROLE OFFICER WILL NOT LIKE THIS AT ALL: A man, wearing an ankle monitor due to a previous burglary conviction, rammed his car into a...

Derrick Rose hits free agency after Knicks decline option; Josh Hart declines player option

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

Derrick Rose’s tenure in New York — a two-stint rollercoaster that briefly resuscitated his career— is probably finished.Prior to Saturday night’s deadline, the Knicks declined the point guard’s $15.5 million team option for next season, sending Rose into free agency. The move was expected since Rose had no spot in Tom Thibodeau’s rotation. Still, there was a chance the Knicks kept Rose on the books to use his expiring contract in a trade.Rose, 34, was acquired via trade from the Pistons in 2021 and played an integral role in leading the Knicks to the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs that season.It earned him a lucrative contract that summer, but an ankle injury sabotaged Rose’s following season and he never recovered a consistent role. In his last two seasons, Rose appeared in a combined 53 games.Despite the demotion, Rose was lauded as a team leader throughout the roster and praised by Thibodeau. There’s a chance Rose r...

One in life-threatening condition after being struck by vehicle in Lake Shore and Jarvis area

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:58:44 GMT

One person is in life-threatening condition after they were struck by a vehicle in the Lake Shore Boulevard and Lower Jarvis Street area on Saturday morning.COLLISION:Lake Shore Blvd + Lower Jarvis12:31 a.m.– Pedestrian struck by vehicle@TorontoMedics transported the pedestrian to hospital with life-threatening injuries– Police are on scene investigating– E/B Gardiner off-ramp at Jarvis is closed#GO1452923^lb— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) June 24, 2023Police responded to reports at approximately 12:31 a.m. of a pedestrian struck in the area just north of Sugar Beach.Toronto medics transported a person with life-threatening injuries to hospital and an investigation is ongoing.The eastbound off-ramp for the Gardiner Express at Jarvis Street re-opened after being closed after the crash.