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Can Laurel make Main Street its ‘Main Street?’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

Walk along Main Street in Laurel, Maryland, and you won’t see any shortage of vehicle traffic.A lot of cars drive up and down Main Street, but despite being lined with banks, churches and even some apartments, not to mention the MARC station at the end of the street, there just weren’t nearly as many people walking about as there were people driving.“It’s quaint. It’s small, but it’s not busy enough,” said Lauro Rodriguez, a barber on Main Street.As cars whirred by outside, he lamented that there are not enough businesses to make them stop and pull over.“You can’t even get a decent burger on this street,” Rodriguez said. Asked if Main Street was really Laurel’s Main Street — the principal street of a small town — he answered with no hesitation.“No. Far from it,” he said. “Route 1 is Laurel’s Main Street. That’s where all the businesses, all the restaurants — that’s thriving a lot more than Main Street is. The actual Main Street.”And Rodriguez said that’s bad for the city.Efforts to ...

Real Madrid sails into Champions League SF, Chelsea adrift

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Real Madrid’s pursuit of a 15th European Cup marches on.Chelsea, meanwhile, does not know when it will compete on this elite stage again.Madrid’s 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday completed a 4-0 aggregate victory and saw the Spanish giants advance to the Champions League semifinals for the 11th time in 13 seasons.Rodrygo scored twice in the second half to derail a spirited Chelsea comeback that lasted the best part of an hour, but ultimately ended in a fourth straight loss under interim manager Frank Lampard.Madrid can continue its quest for more glory in a competition it has won a record 14 times, with either Manchester City or Bayern Munich to come in the next round.“We are ready to be there and we are ready to fight for the final,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. City was leading Bayern 3-0 after the first leg of the quarterfinals, setting up a likely rematch of last year’s semifinals. Madrid scored twice in added time and another in extra time a...

Protester awarded $350,000 settlement from Denver says he hopes for change

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Michael Jacobs says he is happy with the $350,000 settlement approved by the Denver City Council. Jacobs claimed he was beaten by police and violated with a baton during an arrest at a protest in 2020. The charges against him were dropped."I'm happy that a chapter in my life is closed and I can look to new horizons, but it's hard," Jacobs said. 8 iconic restaurants only found in Colorado Body camera video from that night shows the incident. Jacobs claims he was taken to the ground by a group of officers with no warning.He can be heard in the video yelling, "They punched me in the face! He punched me in my butthole! He tried to sodomize me!"A bystander also took a video of the incident."I was not only knocked around, beaten and battered, I had a baton shoved up my anus, and I had my rotator cuff torn in half that resulted in a surgery that had me in recovery for a full year, and the emotional trauma, unfortunately, is not something that ever goes away," Jacobs said...

Federal judge halts Colorado ban on 'abortion pill reversal'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A judge has temporarily halted enforcement of a Colorado ban on what experts consider unproven treatments to reverse medical abortions at a religious clinic that alleged in a lawsuit that the newly signed law violated its Constitutional rights.Judge Daniel Domenico, who noted that Colorado is the only state to ban the treatment, issued the temporary restraining order over the weekend after Bella Health and Wellness argued that barring them from prescribing the so-called “abortion pill reversal” treatment violates their First Amendment right to free speech and religious exercise. How Colorado’s ‘make my day’ law differs from ‘stand your ground’ laws in other states The idea of reversing a medical abortion has become a flashpoint in the clash over reproductive rights nationwide after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion up to the states. Roughly a dozen states have passed laws in the preceding years compelling abortion providers to inform their pa...

Two men stabbed at Clark University in Worcester

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

Two people were taken to an area hospital and one person was arrested after a reported stabbing at a Clark University gym Tuesday, Worcester police said. Police said officers responded around 6:30 p.m. to a basketball court inside the gym in the area of Downing Street. Once on scene, police said officers found two male stabbing victims with serious injuries. Police said neither the people who were stabbed nor the person who was arrested appeared to be Clark students. Clark University shared a separate statement around 7:30 p.m., saying its police department and Worcester police were responding to “an active situation at the Kneller Athletic Complex involving a group fight in which two individuals were injured by knife.”7NEWS spoke with a graduate student who said he is friends with student athletes who were working out in the gym at the time of this incident. The student, Quinn Berube, said his friends saw a pickup basketball game being played and believed the stabbin...

Cambridge church fire being investigated as possible arson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

Authorities believe the large fire that burned in a church in Cambridge on Easter Sunday was intentionally set, the state Department of Fire Services announced on Tuesday. Officials announced the development in a joint statement, asking for the public’s help and seeking any information as well as any photos or video of the scene on the day before the fire, the day of the fire or during firefighting operations. The FBI also shared a flyer seeking information and calling the fire an arson.“We are asking anyone with information on this fire, or who made observations in the area of the church that Sunday evening, to share it with investigators,” Cambridge Fire Chief Thomas Cahill Jr. said. “No piece of information is too small to share.” “We are keenly aware that any place of worship is a cornerstone of the community, and we want to reassure residents that we’re approaching this case with the seriousness and gravity that it deserves,” Cahill continued. The fire happe...

Dean Kremer gets back on track, shuts down Nationals in Orioles’ 1-0 win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

The start to the third inning Tuesday was one that could have spiraled on Dean Kremer.After two no-hit innings, the Orioles’ starting pitcher allowed a leadoff single. Then a two-base throwing error by third baseman Gunnar Henderson put runners on second and third with no outs against the top of the Washington Nationals’ batting order.In need of swings and misses, Kremer didn’t turn to his curveball, his changeup or his new sweeper. Instead, the right-hander turned up the dial on his fastball, throwing 14 straight four-seamers and sinkers to strike out the side.Kremer didn’t allow another runner to get into scoring position as he continued his fastball-heavy approach, pitching 6 2/3 shutout innings in the Orioles’ 1-0 win over the host Nationals.Kremer (1-0) scattered four hits and struck out a season-high six batters — just two fewer punchouts than he recorded in his first 12 1/3 innings. He got 15 swings and misses, tying his career high that he...

Magic name Arnie Kander head of player performance and wellness staff

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

The Orlando Magic on Tuesday named Arnie Kander as their vice president of player performance and wellness.Kander, who has more than 24 seasons of NBA experience, will lead the Magic’s high-performance staff, which includes the management of athletic training services, injury reduction and rehabilitation programming, strength and conditioning, sports science and recovery and player nutrition.“We are thrilled to welcome Arnie to the Magic family,” Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman said in a statement. “Over his career, Arnie has helped define the space of player performance. His experience and expertise will be invaluable as we train and care for our players. We look forward to him leading our performance team.”Kander replaced Lindsay Winninger, who had been the Magic’s high performance director since September 2020 after joining the staff in 2019 as a physical therapist.Winninger resigned from her position to move closer to hom...

After slow start, Celtics’ supporting cast sparks turnaround to Game 2 victory over Hawks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

For the first six minutes on Tuesday night, the Celtics were playing at their worst.They were lazy on offense. Jaylen Brown committed three turnovers in the opening minutes. Their defense – which was so good in Game 1 – was an open door. The Celtics were expecting a strong Hawks response and they got it.But when Joe Mazzulla turned to his bench, everything changed. The deepest team in the NBA showed itself again, even if Mazzulla has only gone eight deep to start the playoffs. Robert Williams, then Malcolm Brogdon entered the game and the Celtics went off and running. After falling behind early, the Celtics ripped off a huge first-half run and never looked back as they took complete control of their first-round series with a 119-106 Game 2 victory.Jayson Tatum scored 29 points – including five 3-pointers – and some big buckets down the stretch as the Celtics held off several rallies from Dejounte Murray and the Hawks. It was his supporting cast that spurred the C’s to a commanding 2...

With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:00:24 GMT

OTTAWA — Canada’s largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before its Tuesday night deadline.The Public Service Alliance of Canada said strike action would begin Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. EDT after the union failed to reach a tentative agreement by its deadline of 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday.Chris Aylward, the union’s national president, said the bargaining teams would remain at the table throughout the strike.The bargaining groups involve some 155,000 federal public servants, including 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency workers.Mediated contract negotiations between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the government began in early April and continued through the weekend in what the union describes as the government’s last chance to reach a deal. Wage increases have been top of mind at the bargaining table, and the union has also pushed for work-from-home options to be ...