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Wildlife rehab workers untangle snake caught in Halloween spiderweb decoration at home in Miami Shores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

A small snake got itself tangled in a web of trouble, which was actually a fake spiderweb that was part of a homeowner’s Halloween display. That curious reptile was on the hunt for something caught in there but wound up getting tangled himself.Halloween festivities took an unexpected turn when a Florida black racer snake was found trapped in fake spiderweb decorations“We got a call about a snake that was found entangled in what looked like spider webbing, and so my co-worker went to check it out and could not entangle it on site, so brought him back, and it was discovered to be entangled in the fake Halloween webbing that people put out for decoration,” said Yaritza Acosta with Pelican Harbor Seabird Station. It happened at a Miami Shores home near Northeast 99th Street and Fourth Avenue. The homeowner discovered the very real reptile and called Pelican Harbor Seabird Station for help.The Florida black racer is a non-venomous snake and a beneficial species to the s...

Lockdown at Boyd Anderson High School lifted after deputies find no threat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

A lockdown at Boyd Anderson High School was lifted after deputies found no credible threat in regards to reports of a student potentially armed with a weapon on campus. Shortly before 3 p.m., Broward County Regional Communications received a report of a possible gun on campus at Boyd Anderson High School. In response, Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with detectives from BSO’s Threat Management unit, responded to the scene located at 3050 NW 41st Street in Lauderdale Lakes. According to officials with Broward County Public Schools, the situation initially began as a student threatening to harm themselves while on school grounds. In an abundance of caution, the school was placed on lockdown soon after dismissal around 3:30 p.m. while detectives from BSO’s Threat Management unit conducted their investigation.BSO deputies have completed the search for any weapons on campus and there was no student in distress.

Boston College looks to make some noise at Syracuse

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

The Fish Fieldhouse was more than just a warm dry place for the Boston College football team to hold practice on a miserably cold and wet Monday morning.BC coach Jeff Hafley cranked up the audio inside the facility to deafening decibels to prepare his team for the dome noise they will encounter in Western New York.The Eagles (5-3, 2-2) resume ACC play when they engage the last-place Orangemen of Syracuse (4-4, 0-4) on Friday (7:30 p.m.) inside the JMA Wireless Dome. BC extended its win streak to four games with a 21-14 non-league victory over UConn at Alumni Stadium on Saturday while Syracuse was pelted 38-10 at Virginia Tech.“We turned on the music as loud as you can make it so you can’t hear anything,” said Hafley. “It won’t sound exactly the same but we can make it so you really can’t hear.“This is their homecoming I believe and I’ve been in domes over the years where it gets really loud so I’m expecting it. We simulated it and we were trying to make them uncomfortable. I’m sure ...

Battenfeld: Maura Healey and Michelle Wu face twin tests this week on migrants and homeless

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

Maura Healey and Michelle Wu face crucial tests this week as they reach self-imposed deadlines on limiting migrants and cleaning up the drug-riddled Mass and Cass neighborhood zone.Healey is planning to stop admitting migrants and the homeless to motels and shelters on Wednesday but faces a legal challenge from a civil rights group.Liberal-on-liberal crime can get especially ugly.Healey is staring down a lawsuit from the Boston-based group Lawyers for Civil Rights, which argues that the state must give the Legislature 90 days’ notice before changing the state’s shelter system of handling migrants and homeless.“The idea that the state would want to turn its back on children in desperate situations, forcing them to live in the streets, in cars, and in unsafe situations is appalling to many in the state,” Lawyers for Civil Rights litigation director Oren Sellstrom told WBUR.Pretty tough words for a Democratic governor to hear – that you’re forcing homeless and migrant child...

‘Uplifting place:’ Vietnam Navy vet speaks on building community at St. Antony’s Shrine lunches

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

Once a month, veterans flock for lunch at St. Antony Shrine, gathering around good food and a sense of community.Related ArticlesLocal News | Ronald Druker named St. Anthony Shrine Pope Francis Award honoree “I find it very uplifting to be able to sit with my fellow veterans,” said Navy veteran and Vietnam war hero Tom Kelley, who came up with the idea for the program. “We all raised our hand at one time to volunteer to support and defend the Constitution. And for me to hear their stories, what they’ve done in their life, what they did in the service, how they’re doing now, and then we volunteers tell them about our services.“So it’s a real bond,” he continued, surrounded by tables of folks chatting and eating. “I get a lot out of it myself, and I hope they do too.”The program kicked off in 2016 when Kelley realized the Shrine — a ministry run by Franciscan friars with far-reaching service programs ...

Ronald Druker named St. Anthony Shrine Pope Francis Award honoree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

Ronald Druker says downtown Boston is his “home,” and his longtime neighbor is St. Anthony Shrine.Ronald M. Druker (Contributed photo)He’s seen the Shrine’s good works. The faith, the women’s clinic, the food pantry, counseling services, and respite offered to CEOs to the downtrodden.“They do so much for people,” he said of his neighbor. “They have dedicated their life to others.”He likened them to “first responders” for the soul.Druker is president of the Druker Company, known for the mixed-use developments throughout the city, from Heritage on the Garden, The Colonnade Hotel and Residencies on Huntington Avenue and Atelier/505 in the South End, bios declare. He also helped found the Downtown Crossing Business Improvement District.He’s long been quietly behind the city’s arts and cultural life scenes, too, and now he’s the recipient of the Shrine’s Pope Francis Award.The Pope Francis Award is presen...

Brush fire breaks out near Rancho Bernardo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Fire-Rescue crews are fighting a multi-acre brush fire that broke out near the Interstate 15 through Rancho Bernardo.The fire was reported just before 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of Escala Drive and Chretien Court, SDFD said in an incident report.As of 3:30 p.m., five acres of brush had been burned and it appears to be holding at that size. According to SDFD, flames are moving at a slow rate of spread, but there is heavy fuel in the area.10 homes have been evacuated near the brush fire, as well as one condo complex of six units, SDFD said. However, all were done so out of an abundance of caution. No structures are considered threatened at this time.A total of 52 personnel have been assigned, including five engines and two helicopters. At 3:44 p.m., SDFD called off the second aircraft. ‘Critical’ fire conditions possible in San Diego as Santa Ana winds pick up SDFD says no individual flames have been reported by helicopter crews yet, just a lot of smoke. ...

Woman stabbed in downtown Toronto, male suspect wanted

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

Toronto police are searching for a male suspect after a woman was stabbed and seriously injured in the city’s downtown core. Authorities were called to Granby Street and Church Street just after 6 p.m. on Monday for reports of a stabbing.Toronto paramedics tell CityNews 680 that a woman was discovered with stab wounds and rushed to a trauma centre in serious but stable condition. A male suspect fled the scene.The victim is an adult woman. An age was not provided.There are no other details at this time.

Trudeau to host top EU officials in Newfoundland, amid growing focus on green tech

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to welcome the top two leaders of the European Union to Newfoundland next month.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to visit St. John’s alongside European Council President Charles Michel in late November.Trudeau’s office noted that the meeting takes place at one of the ports closest to Europe at a time when both sides of the Atlantic are expanding trade in clean technology.The EU and Ottawa hold leaders’ summits every two years as part of an agreement signed in 2017 alongside a major trade deal.The bloc of 27 countries has become an increasingly important partner to Canada in a world of growing political and economic instability.The EU’s ambassador to Canada, Melita Gabric, said last month that she’s hoping the leaders will advance discussions about Canada possibly joining a major research-funding pact called Horizon Europe. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3...

Wife of Grammy winner killed by Nashville police sues city over ‘excessive, unreasonable force’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:53 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The wife of Grammy-winning sound engineer Mark Capps, who was killed by police in January, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Nashville and police Officer Ashley Coon on Monday. Three police officers, including Coon, said Capps was killed after pointing a handgun at them. But Capps’ family says details from the body camera footage suggest he didn’t aim a weapon. The suit alleges Coon used “excessive, unreasonable force by shooting and killing Capps when he was not posing an active threat of imminent harm.” It also argues the city is to blame for Capps’ death because it allowed the Metro Nashville Police Department to operate with a “culture of fear, violence, and impunity.”The city had no comment on the suit, said Metro Nashville Associate Director of Law-Litigation Allison Bussell.“We have not been served with the Capps lawsuit and have not reviewed or investigated the allegations,” she wrote in an email.The lawsuit seeks a jury trial with damages t...