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NE Aquarium using latest tech to protect endangered sea turtles in Puerto Rico

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

Using cutting-edge drone technology and satellite tagging, researchers are protecting endangered leatherback sea turtles in Puerto Rico with the help of expertise and funding from the New England Aquarium.Leatherback sea turtles in the United States are an endangered species and are particularly challenging to monitor because they can make extensive migrations across entire ocean basins, travelling over 60 kilometers per day. In 2018, Dr. Kara Dodge, a research scientist with the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, began collaborating with the organization Amigos de las Tortugas Marinas (ATMAR) after a leatherback turtle tagged off Cape Cod turned up in Puerto Rico. Dodge studies the behavior of leatherback turtles, focusing on gathering data using innovative tools and techniques—including satellite tagging—to support conservation and recovery efforts for this endangered species.Dodge has traveled to Puerto Rico over the past several years, working with the Pu...

Dozens of women touched by trauma graduate from We Are Better Together program

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

A special graduation ceremony was held in Boston on Saturday for dozens of women who are celebrating learning how to tackle the trauma of violence.“In order to really make a difference, we have to work together to make true change in our community to interrupt the cycle of violence,” said We Are Better Together Founder Ruth Rollins.We Are Better Together is aimed at connecting women and girls impacted by homicide and incarceration to foster healing.Susan Yule, a board member for the organization, said, “Before Ruth started this program there was nothing out there to help caregivers who have children returning from incarceration. so that’s what this program is about giving them the tools.”The 27 graduates spent from 6 to 12 months sharing their stories and worked with clinicians to learn how they can help themselves and their loved ones who are returning home from incarceration.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who was on hand, said, “Just the collective e...

‘It’s a moment I will never forget’: Zach Remillard leads the Chicago White Sox to a win in his major-league debut

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

Zach Remillard received some words of wisdom from reliever Joe Kelly before making his major-league debut.“There’s two options: You either do good or you do bad,” Remillard said Kelly told him. “He just kept it simple. For some reason, that calmed me down.”Remillard had a debut to remember, going 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs while leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 victory against the Seattle Mariners in 11 innings in front of a sellout crowd of 45,188 on Saturday at T-Mobile Park.He tied the game with an RBI single in the ninth and put the Sox ahead with a two-out hit in the 11th.“I don’t think you can fully put it into words,” Remillard said. “Where this journey started and what you dream of is exactly what happened today.”Manager Pedro Grifol called it “the best win of the year for us.”“This was a resilient, gutsy win,” he said.Grifol said he was not surprised with Remillard’s day.&#...

Bishop Stang’s Jacob Cookinham wins national high school shot put title

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

Jacob Cookinham saved his best for last.The Bishop Stang senior standout captured the Adidas Outdoor National Championships in the shot put Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, North Carolina. After fouling on his fourth and fifth tries, the University of Kansas-bound Cookingham unleashed a massive throw of 66-feet-11.5 inches to easily distance the field. His first three throws were measured at 61-6.25, 63-8.5 and 62-11, making him the only athlete in the field to clear 60-feet.Rounding out the top five were JT Patrick of Margaretta, Ohio (59-feet-11.75), Jesse Shelton of Mountain Heritage, North Carolina (58-4.75), La’Darion Dudley of Lincoln, Florida (56-11.75) and Kolton Weaver of Weddington, North Carolina (55-3).

Mick Jagger, girlfriend have Florida house up for sale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and his dancer girlfriend Melanie Hamrick have put their Florida home up for sale.A listing on Realtor.com says the lakefront home with four bedrooms and 5.5 baths is listed at $3.499 million — and it looks like the Jagger connection is a key selling point.“You can’t always get what you want but this house is definitely what you need!” the listing overview says, quoting part of the famous Stones song written by Jagger and Keith Richards in 1969. “This magnificent, custom-built Rutenberg home in the premier gated community of The Lake Club was designed with privacy in mind.”Jagger and Hamrick bought the home in the Lakewood Ranch area east of Bradenton along the Gulf coast for a little over $1.9 million in October 2020. The property was registered to Hamrick and was chosen mainly because her family lives in the area. Its original purchase price was $1.2 million in 2010.The overview says the home covers more than 5,700 s...

8 wounded in shooting at Southern California home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — A shooting at a Southern California home left eight people wounded, authorities said Saturday.KABC-TV reported authorities were dispatched shortly after midnight after the shooting occurred at a pool party in the city of Carson, south of Los Angeles.Victims were taken to hospitals, and two were listed in critical condition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.The victims range in age from 16 to 24, the statement said. Five were found at the home with injuries to the head, back and upper and lower body areas, the statement said.Authorities said they received a call two minutes later after a vehicle crashed into a wall nearby. They found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound, the statement said.More than a dozen detectives are investigating, authorities said.The Associated Press

CPD: two males, including 14-year-old, critical after Garfield Park shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

CHICAGO — Two males, including a 14-year-old boy, are in critical condition after a shooting that happened in Garfield Park late Saturday afternoon, according to the Chicago Police Department.Officers responded to a report of a person shot around 4:45 p.m. in the 100 block of South Homan Avenue. When police arrived, they found two male victims — one being 14 years old, and the other being an unknown age.The 14-year-old was shot multiple times throughout the body, while the male of unknown age was shot in the head. Both victims were taken to Stroger Hospital where they were both initially listed in critical condition. FBI: 2 male suspects rob Frankfort bank, at-large Police have no one in custody as area detectives continue to investigate.If you or someone you know has information that could help police make an arrest and conviction in the investigation of this incident, anonymous tips can be filed online at cpdtip.com.

FBI: 2 male suspects rob Frankfort bank, at-large

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ill. — Two male suspects are at-large after robbing a bank in Frankfort Saturday afternoon, according to the FBI.Federal officials told WGN they responded to a bank robbery around 12:55 p.m. at the BMO Harris Bank found at 19500 South Harlem Avenue. The robbery represents the second BMO Harris Bank that was robbed in the South Suburbs over the past week, after a BMO Harris Bank was held up in Matteson last Saturday.BMO Harris Frankfort bank robbery suspects (Courtesy: FBI - Chicago Field Office)The FBI describes the suspects in this bank robbery as being two Black males armed with handguns, who were wearing dark clothing and hoodies with face masks and gloves. No injuries were reported from the incident. FBI: 2 male suspects at-large after bank robbery in Matteson It is unclear how much money the two suspects may have taken from the bank in this incident.No further information is available at this time.Anyone with information that may be able to aid the FBI in the inve...

Remillard's 2 big hits off the bench in MLB debut rally the White Sox past the Mariners, 4-3 in 11

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Zach Remillard's base hit in the ninth inning scored the tying run, his RBI single with two outs in the 11th gave Chicago the lead, and the White Sox rallied for a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.Remillard, making his major league debut, wasn't in the lineup for Chicago until Tim Anderson left in the fourth inning with a sore shoulder. But Remillard made his first game memorable with the two biggest hits to help the White Sox win for the second time in seven games.Andrew Benintendi singled off Seattle reliever Tayler Saucedo (2-1) with two outs in the 11th to put runners at the corners, his sixth time on base in the game. Remillard followed with a line drive into right-center that scored Elvis Andrus.Jesse Scholtens pitched the bottom of the 11th for his first major league save.Andrus also scored on Remillard's single in the ninth that forced extra innings. Remillard singled with one out off Paul Sewald to tie it 3-all. Andrus opened the ninth with a sin...

Abbott vetoes more bills on final weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:37 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Abbott is closing out the 88th legislative session with a flurry of vetoes as his battle against the Senate and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over property tax continues. Which bills made it to the governor’s desk? The Texas State Constitution grants the Governor 20 days after the end of a regular legislative session to veto bills passed by Congress. If not vetoed, those bills become laws.As of Saturday night, Abbott has vetoed 47 bills.According to the Texas Legislative Research Library, Abbott's personal record for most vetoes came in 2019 with 58 vetoes. But the statewide record is still held by former Gov. Rick Perry, who issued 83 vetoes during the 2001 legislative session. In fact, Perry vetoed 78 bills in a single day during that session.Which bills have been vetoed?Abbott vetoed two bills prior to the legislative session's end: SB 1615, which would have entered Texas into an interstate compact for cosmetology licensure, and HB 279, which he said was “larg...