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How to get ready for government

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music With opposition parties starting to dream about life in Whitehall as the next election looms, host Aggie Chambre takes a look at how politicians actually prepare for government. She hears from the key players involved in the 2010 election — the last time opposition parties...

New video shows sparks fly along platform at South Station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

New video shows the moment sparks flew along a platform at Boston’s South Station in an incident over the weekend. The incident happened on Sunday. The MBTA released video on Thursday in which sparks can be seen raining down from above while passengers were walking on the platform. Separate cell phone video provided a different view of the scene, also capturing the shower of sparks.Contacted about this incident, an Amtrak spokesperson said a piece of debris fell onto overhead wires at South Station.The spokesperson said service was delayed for approximately 10 minutes, “while crews worked to resolve the issue.”

Milton defeats Walpole, captures its first Div. 3 state championship

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

FOXBORO — Milton’s first Super Bowl will forever be memorable.Patrick Miller threw for four touchdowns while Harrison Hinckle corralled a pick-six and a touchdown reception as Milton claimed its first Super Bowl title with a 42-21 win over Walpole in the Div. 3 title game on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium.The win by Milton (9-4) avenged a defeat at the hands of Walpole during the regular season.“I think our league and our non-conference schedule prepared us for this,” Milton coach Steve Dembowski said. “None of these guys are scholarship kids, they just love each other. It’s a testament to our kids and our coaching staff.”In almost a mirror image of their regular season battle, Walpole (9-4) jumped on top of Milton 14-0 to begin the game courtesy of a one-yard touchdown run by Logan Keyes and a 68-yard touchdown reception from Kamari Hughes. From that point on it was all Wildcats.Ronan Sammon (6 receptions, 75 yards, 2 touchdowns) got Milton o...

Thursday’s championship football scoreboard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday’s resultsDiv. 8 – West Boylston 41, Carver 7Div. 1 – Xaverian 31, St. John’s Prep 25MVADA Large School Bowl: Bay Path 42, Blackstone Valley 41MVADA Small School Vocational Bowl: Blue Hills 44, Tri-County 7Thursday’s resultsDiv. 6 – Fairhaven 26, Salem 22Div. 2 – King Philip 42, Marshfield 14Div. 3 – Milton 42, Walpole 21Friday’s gamesDiv. 7 – No. 6 Amesbury (9-2) vs. No. 1 Uxbridge (12-0), 3 at GilletteDiv. 4 – No. 7 Scituate (9-3) vs. No. 1 Duxbury (10-1), 5:30 at GilletteDiv. 5 – No. 2 Foxboro (11-1) vs. No. 1 Hanover (11-1), 8 at Gillette XAVERIAN 31, ST. JOHN’S PREP 25(Division 1 state championship)St. John’s Prep (11-2)   6    6    13      0   –   25Xaverian           (11-2)   0   14     7    10   –   31SJ – Jimmy Nardone 1 run (run failed)XA – Caleb Brown 19 pass from Henry Hasselbeck (Luke Bell kick)XA – Brown pass from Hasselbeck (Bell kick)SJ – Merr...

Thousands of free HIV self-test kits distributed across Canada to mark World AIDS Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

As over 6,000 Canadians live with undiagnosed HIV, the federal government plans to give away roughly 200,000 free self-test kits with the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.Friday, Dec. 1, marks World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week in Canada. According to public health data, 18 per cent of new cases in Canada are among Indigenous people. An Ontario study found that African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV were less likely to know their status (85 per cent) than the general Canadian population (90 per cent).“For Indigenous peoples, we’ve been struggling with the social determinants of health, lack of funding for housing, employment and the mobility of Indigenous peoples from roll-on reserve communities to urban,” said Albert McLeod, a consultant specializing in HIV/AIDS and Indigenous peoples.Public health group CATIE is part of the federal government’s strategy to distribute 200,000 HIV self-testing kits...

Iran sends a hip-hop artist who rapped about hijab protests back to jail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent a popular rapper back to jail less that two weeks after his release from prison on bail, an Iranian news website reported Thursday. Mizanonline.ir, an online news outlet affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, said authorities arrested Toomaj Salehi on a new charge of “spreading lies and violation of public opinion.” Salehi was released from prison in mid-November after spending more than a year in custody on charges that his supporters said were based on the hip-hop artist’s music and participation in the protests that broke out in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22. Amini died in the custody of the country’s morality police after being detained for wearing her hijab too loosely. Earlier this week, Salehi said in a video message that he was tortured after his arrest in October 2022, when state media released a video showing him blindfolded and apologizing for his words, a statement likely made under duress. A court sentenced Salehi i...

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele granted leave to campaign for reelection

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress granted President Nayib Bukele leave for six months Thursday to allow him to campaign for reelection despite a constitutional prohibition on reelection.Bukele will seek a second five-year term for the New Ideas party in the Feb. 4 national elections. Vice President Félix Ulloa also requested leave to campaign again as Bukele’s running mate.Lawmakers voted 67 in favor to 12 against to approve Bukele’s request for leave.Bukele was expected to present a list of two options to Congress the body to select his interim replacement. If he does not present options, Congress will select the interim president.Constitutional lawyers maintain that Bukele’s reelection bid violates at least four articles of the constitution. But the Supreme Electoral Tribunal ruled earlier this month that Bukele’s candidacy met the legal requirements.While highly popular in El Salvador for his aggressive war against the gangs that long terrorized ...

'Mass casualty event' halted after man makes threats towards Tesla event

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just one day before Tesla’s Cybertruck delivery event a man was arrested for making online threats aimed at the company’s big day.According to the arrest report, Paul Ryan Overeem, from Orlando, Fla., was arrested for making threats on Instagram.Court documents said Nov. 10, the Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) received an email notification for a suspicious activity report from Tesla.That report highlighted messages sent in a group chat from an Instagram user.  Some of the messages in the report said phrases like “I sure am crazy though,” “I plan on killing people,” “I wanna die,” “I need to be stopped” and “If I’m saying I’m gonna kill people then you should take this seriously.”According to the report, law enforcement used the Flock Safety camera search to confirm a sighting of the 2015 black Chevy Tahoe registered to Overeem, which confirmed a sighting on Nov. 28 on Highway 290 in Sunset Valley.Cellular data was also used to locate Overeem’s cell p...

Texas Longhorns fend off Texas A&M 3-1 to remain perfect in NCAA volleyball first round

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns moved to 36-0 all-time in the opening round of the NCAA volleyball tournament after taking out a feisty Texas A&M squad 3-1 Thursday at Gregory Gym.Texas, the No. 2 seed in the region, rebounded after hitting .024 in a 25-21 first-set loss to pound the Aggies 25-13 in the second set. Texas won the next two sets 25-20 to clinch the match and berth in the second round against seventh-seeded SMU at 7 p.m. Friday.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters"I knew this would be a tough matchup because they're a really good blocking team," Longhorns head coach Jerritt Elliott said. "I thought we battled really hard and got our rhythm going in Game 2."After the tough first set, the Longhorns' dynamic duo of Madisen Skinner and Asjia O'Neal carried them to victory. Skinner had a match-high 20 kills and O'Neal notched a double-double with 14 kills a...

No. 16 Texas rides roller coaster to beat Texas State 77-58

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:24 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Max Abmas scored a season-best 26 points and No. 16 Texas beat Texas State 77-58 on Thursday night in a game the Longhorns dominated early before falling behind.Abmas made a season-high five 3-pointers, one of them completing a 13-0 push that gave the Longhorns a 12-point lead with 8:18 left after they trailed by four earlier in the half. He also had a season-high six assists.Texas forward Dillon Mitchell (23) loses control of the ball as he drives to the basket against Texas State forward Brandon Love (24) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Texas guard Max Abmas (3) moves the ball up court against Texas State during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Texas guard Max Abmas (3) drives past Texas State guard Elijah Tate (15) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Austin, Texas, Thur...