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EU Parliament votes to fast-track Ukraine ammo bill

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

STRASBOURG — European parliamentarians overwhelmingly backed a move to speed up legislation to boost the manufacture of 1 million rounds of ammunition for Ukraine.At a vote in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 618 MEPs voted in favor of speeding up work on the so-called Act in Support of Ammunition Production, known as ASAP, which would support industry in ramping up ammo production to 1 million rounds a year with a budget of €500 million. Just 59 lawmakers voted against, with 31 abstaining.The center-right European People’s Party group proposed that Parliament should bypass normal deliberations in parliamentary committees in order to allow a final vote on ASAP to take place in Parliament as soon as the end of this month in Brussels. “We hope things go as quickly as possible,” the Renew Europe group’s French leader Stéphane Séjourné told reporters in Strasbourg.As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, the proposal to trigger a special quick procedure came from the EPP — as ...

10 people displaced following fire at multi-family home in Lowell

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

Ten people are displaced following a fire at a home on Andrews Street in Lowell Tuesday morning. Firefighters responding to the scene around 4:15 a.m. found smoke shooting from the roof of the three-story building.Fire Chief Phil Charron says everyone got out of the home safely. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Mass. lawmakers announce new life-saving training to help combat opioid crisis

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

Massachusetts lawmakers have announced a new life-saving training to help combat the opioid crisis.Sen. Ed Markey is joining forces with the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. The senator finished training Monday on how to administer Narcan, which can reverse an opioid overdose.Markey says that, with the proper training, anyone can help save someone’s life. “According to the Centers for Disease Control, bystanders were present for more than one in three opioid overdose deaths,” Markey said. “If one of those bystanders is trained and has Narcan on hand, it could be the difference between life and death.” Markey says $450,000 in new federal funding will be used to promote access to supportive services. He says lawmakers are also reintroducing a bill to prevent drug shipments from being smuggled into the United States.

Loving father exposed as a convicted killer who lived life on the run

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

(CNN) — The bare facts of the case cast American teenager William Leslie Arnold as a murderous villain who shot his parents because they refused to let him take their car to a drive-in in 1958.Then just 16 years old, Arnold buried their bodies in the backyard of the family’s home in Omaha, Nebraska, and went about life as normal for two weeks, until he was confronted and confessed to a crime that saw him sentenced to life in prison.From there, Arnold’s story could have followed the familiar path of a lifer — decades of incarceration before a death noted by some and mourned by few.But Arnold’s escape from prison, while still a young man in 1967, led to a totally different outcome that ended incongruously in Australia, and the death of a man by a different name, who was known as a loving father to a family who had no idea about his secret life.The murdersBlack and white press images from the 1950s show a slight boy being led into the garden of his home, s...

Dartmouth country club fire being investigated as ‘possible arson’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

A fast-moving fire that ripped through a country club in Dartmouth on Sunday is now being investigated as possible arson, officials say. Pictures shared by the Dartmouth Police Department showed flames shooting out of the former Hawthorne Country Club around 1 p.m. Traffic in the area was detoured while fire crews battled the blaze.Investigators are offering a $5,000 reward for information about the fire.

Parents of BU professor who died after falling through MBTA staircase pushing for officials to address safety issues

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

The parents of a BU professor who died after falling through MBTA staircase are pushing for officials to address safety issues within the system. David Jones’ parents attended a Transportation Committee meeting Monday to voice their concerns. The group discussed possible changes to make the T safer, including a proposal to establish a new safety agency to oversee the T. In September 2021, Jones was killed when he fell through a crumbling set of stairs at the JFK/UMass station. His parents say they don’t want that to happen to anyone else. “David’s mother and I are asking our state legislators to stop the deaths, stop the injuries, stop the pain and suffering caused by the lack of effective leadership and oversight,” said Jones’ stepfather Kent Hamilton. “We strongly hope David will not have died in vain and that his loss will help create the conditions to ensure a safe transportation system for Massachusetts,” Hamilton added. Another p...

Stock market today: Wall Street slips as earnings are mixed

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping on Wall Street following some mixed earnings reports. Several beaten-down banks are also dropping more after a brief respite from a brutal run. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in early trading Tuesday. The Dow fell 100 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.5%. So far this earnings reporting season, the majority of companies have been topping forecasts for first-quarter results. That’s largely because expectations were set quite low due to a slowing economy and high interest rates. Companies in the S&P 500 are still on track to report a second straight quarter of weaker profits from year-earlier levels.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street drifted lower in premarket trading Tuesday ahead of more corporate earnings and new data on inflation in the U.S.Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 each fell about 0.3% before the bell.Regional banks are under pressure again after ...

Kitten season: What to know before helping an unattended kitty

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Although taking an unattended kitten to a shelter is a caring thought, it may result in a mother cat losing her offspring.Unaltered outdoor cats usually give birth to litters of kittens during this time through September every year, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.The San Diego County Department is advising the public to not "kitnap" as mother cats typically leave litters alone for stretches of time; neonatal kittens are four weeks and under and cannot survive on their own. If you find a kitten litter, first observe the kittens from a distance to not scare the mother off, according to animal experts. Those who want to help can step in only if the kittens are in immediate danger from such things as traffic or predators, if they are visibly sick or injured or if the mother cat doesn't return after six hours and feel the kittens need care. San Diego among cities with the most ‘house poor’ homeowners: study The County of San Diego r...

Danny Elfman bringing career-encapsulating show to San Diego

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Imaginative composer and recording artist, Danny Elfman, is coming back to Southern California.Know for his vast catalogue of film scores like "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Beetlejuice," the four-time Oscar nominee will be bringing his biggest hits to San Diego and Irvine this August as part of a two-stop tour across the region.The shows are a continuation of his career-encapsulating live show "From Boingo to Batman to Big Mess and Beyond!", which was last staged at Coachella and the Hollywood Bowl in 2022.The first stop on his Golden State encore will be in San Diego on Aug. 3 at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. From there, he'll head north to Irvine on Aug. 5, where he'll take the stage at Five Point Amphitheatre. 4 castles within driving distance of San Diego In both shows, Elfman will be playing some of the most known songs from his band, Oingo Boingo, and film scores he composed. Among the scores featured will be "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman," "D...

Highest-rated restaurants for chicken wings in San Diego, according to Yelp

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:30 GMT

A staple of backyard parties, family gatherings, and watch parties, chicken wings have brought family and friends together for decades with its hot sauces, sweet coatings, and ever-so-satisfying bites.These days, if you do a search for chicken wings in restaurants, you're likely to come up with a choice of sports bars, sandwich shops, food trucks, Korean restaurants, and Southern shops. It's clear that the wings have transcended cultural barriers, which is why when we talk about origins, there are many to investigate.Buffalo wings are the first to come to mind. This popular chicken wing style was born (where else?) in the city of Buffalo. The prevalent story is that Italian-born Frank and Teressa Bellissimo first served these sauce-covered avian parts to their son in 1964 and eventually in their restaurant, Anchor Bar. But another story says that John Young, a Black Buffalonian, was there serving wings on a busy Jefferson Avenue way before then. Young's wings were served with a momb...