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7 Investigates: School Bus Safety 

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

School bus drivers across the state are fed up and parents are on edge because of close calls involving drivers going around stopped school buses.7 Investigates recently got a look at how one local city is cracking down on drivers who speed through school zones. “My heart sank and I ran out of the house,” said Peabody parent Elizabeth Mover in an interview. Mover’s son, Ben, was struck by a car on the way to school last year. “He did everything right,” she said. “And a car unfortunately ran the red light and hit him while he was on his bike.”Ben is going to be OK. Now, his mother is on a mission to protect other children.“It sparked a fire in me that I was just angry that nothing was happening to these people who were violating the rules of the road,” Mover said.“When you think someone’s going to get hit right in front of you, it’s pretty terrifying,” said Kathleen Kraemer, a school bus instructor and safety officer for Healey Bus.Officials speaking with 7NEWS said bu...

Red Sox swept in doubleheader, fall 4-1 to Yankees after offense no shows

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

The lineup fielded by the New York Yankees in the nightcap of Tuesday’s doubleheader was hardly a Murderers’ Row. The Yankees surrounded legitimate big league threats Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres with a feeble collection of rookies, minor leaguers and extras.And yet somehow that group still managed to out-hit the Boston Red Sox.Other than rookie Ceddanne Rafaela, who hammered his first career home run and added a double for good measure, the Red Sox offense completely no-showed in the evening’s 4-1 loss. Boston collectively went 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position and left 12 on base, squandering chance after chance in one of the most disappointing efforts of the season.With the doubleheader sweep, the Red Sox have also fallen into a tie for last in the AL East with the Yankees.Early on it looked as if the Red Sox were in for a long night, and Kutter Crawford a very short one. The Red Sox starting pitcher walked the first two men and allowed a single to loa...

Nicki Minaj debuts new ‘Pink Friday 2’ song at MTV VMAs as NSYNC reunites and Shakira performs

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

By MARIA SHERMAN (AP Music Writer)At the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, surprises were many — emcee Nicki Minaj performed her latest single, the dreamy “Last Time I Saw You” before jumping into a brand-new tease of a fiery new trap cut from her highly-anticipated “Pink Friday 2” album. “I ain’t nothing like you,” she raps, “I’m on a whole other level.”That wasn’t the only unexpected news: Within the first half-hour, the boy band NSYNC reunited on stage to present the first award for best pop video, which went to Taylor Swift.In coordinating suits, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez shared the stage with Swift. Bass handed Swift a friendship bracelet just as fans do at the superstar’s shows. “You’re pop personified,” she told the group.She later returned to the stage at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, to pick up the song of the year troph...

Navy agrees to vacate Pacific Highway offices after Port of San Diego votes to terminate lease

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The Port of San Diego has voted unanimously to terminate the Navy’s leasehold on a Pacific Highway Property. The Port and Navy had been in negotiation for decades to finalize the deal, with the Navy agreeing to vacate. “Now is the right time to get back this land,” said Rafael Castellanos, the Port of San Diego Chairman.  After decades-long of negotiations, the Port of San Diego voted to reclaim 3.4 acres (about half the area of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool) of Pacific Highway from the Navy.  The vote passed unanimously across the Port of San Diego board. In 1949, the City of San Diego leased 1220 Pacific Highway to the Navy free of charge for 100 years. Discussions began in 2000 when the Port requested the land back from the Navy for redevelopment.  The Port and the Navy started negotiating on how to execute a 1985 law, Public Law 98-407, that allowed the Navy out of their lease early, if the Port provided a suitable replacement.  “Timing, timing...

Japan’s Kishida shuffles Cabinet and party posts to solidify power

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is shuffling his Cabinet and key party posts Wednesday in an apparent move to strengthen his position before a key party leadership vote next year.It’s the second Cabinet shuffle since Kishida took office in October 2021 when he promised fairer distribution of economic growth, measures to tackle Japan’s declining population and a stronger national defense. Russia’s war in Ukraine, rising energy prices and Japan’s soaring defense costs have created challenges in his tenure, keeping his support ratings at low levels.Kishida’s three-year term as Liberal Democratic Party president expires in September 2024, when he would seek a second term. His faction is only the fourth largest in the LDP, so he must stay on good terms with the others to maintain his position. He is expected to distribute Cabinet posts to reflect the balance of power, and nearly half of the positions will be shared between the two largest factio...

NYC pension funds and state of Oregon sue Fox over 2020 election coverage

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s pension funds and the state of Oregon sued Fox Corporation on Tuesday, alleging the company harmed investors by allowing Fox News to broadcast falsehoods about the 2020 election that exposed the network to defamation lawsuits. The case, filed in Delaware, accuses the company of inviting defamation lawsuits through its amplification of conspiracy theories about the election, including a case Fox News agreed to settle for nearly $800 million with the voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems. “Fox’s board of directors has blatantly disregarded the need for journalistic standards and failed to put safeguards in place despite having a business model that invites defamation litigation,” said New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who manages the city’s pension funds. A spokesperson for Fox Corporation declined to comment. New York City’s pension funds are long-term shareholders of Fox Corporation, with shares valued at $28.1 million ...

Arkansas governor seeks exemption on travel and security records, backs off other changes

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature on Tuesday backed off a widespread plan to restrict the public’s access to records about Sanders’ administration, but they said they will still seek limits on what can be released about the GOP governor’s travel and security.Republican lawmakers filed legislation exempting release of the travel and security records after an outcry over a proposal to significantly scale back the state’s Freedom of Information Act. A wide range of critics that included media groups, transparency advocates and some conservatives had complained the initial legislation would erode the 1967 law protecting the public’s access to government records and meetings.“The security of our governor and her family should be the top priority for us,” Senate President Bart Hester said at a news conference at the state Capitol with Senate Republicans.The legislation would allow the state to wal...

Police search for 2 men who allegedly burglarized Brighton Park restaurant

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

CHICAGO — A search is underway for two men who were caught on camera breaking into a family business in Brighton Park, according to police. Police issued a community alert about the August burglary which included a video of the offenders. Chicagoland libraries targeted by unsubstantiated bomb threats In the video, one of the offenders is seen wearing a grey hoodie, which features the logo of the band Nirvana, while the other is seen wearing a red hoodie and wearing a backpack. The two are accused of breaking into a family-owned seafood restaurant in the 3700 block of South Kedzie Avenue on August 12.The family who owns the restaurant told WGN News that the two broke a window to get inside and stole the cash register.  ‘This is crazy’: Investigation underway after string of car burglaries in South Loop Anyone with information on the burglary is asked to contact the Area One detectives at 312-747-8380.Those with information that could help detectives in their invest...

Chicagoland libraries targeted by unsubstantiated bomb threats

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

CHICAGO — Police were called to several libraries in the Chicago area on Tuesday in regard to bomb threats. Police continue to investigate, but officers say none of the threats were substantiated.  Chicago fire truck crashes into home on South Side; 2 displaced Threats in AuroraPolice in Aurora say officers are investigating reports of bomb threats at three Aurora libraries on Tuesday afternoon. Aurora police first notified the public about the threats in a tweet shared around 3 p.m. In a follow-up post, officers asked the public to avoid areas near the Santori Public Library in the 100 block of South River Street, areas near the Eola branch library in the 500 block of South Eola Road, and areas near the West branch library in the 200 block of South Constitution Drive, while they evacuated and shut down roadways. Police say each location has since reopened to the public. Police say the evacuations were ordered at all of the impacted libraries as a precautionary...

Boebert escorted out of Denver theater during 'Beetlejuice' performance: report

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:54:20 GMT

(The Hill) — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was escorted out of a Denver theater in the middle of a performance of the musical "Beetlejuice" Sunday night for allegedly “causing a disturbance,” according to a report in The Denver Post on Tuesday.A spokesperson for Boebert’s campaign office confirmed to The Denver Post that Boebert was escorted out of the theater, but denied some of the behavior alleged in an incident report that The Denver Post obtained from venue officials.The incident report, which did not include any names, said two patrons were asked to leave the theater about five minutes after the second act began of the touring Broadway musical “Beetlejuice.” It claimed the two patrons were vaping, singing, recording and “causing a disturbance.” ‘Pawn Stars’ star arrested for alleged DUI in Las Vegas: police report Boebert’s spokesperson, according to the Colorado newspaper, said the congresswoman denied vaping, but she admitted she took a photo during the performance and sai...