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No school in Andover Tuesday as negotiations continue in teachers strike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

An Essex Superior Court judge ruled Monday that the Andover Education Association will face large fines for each day the illegal teachers strike continues as negotiators failed to reach a deal for the fourth day and classes remained canceled.News of the ruling came after striking teachers in Andover made their voices heard , interrupting a planned school committee news conference on the same day that the Andover Public Schools asked a judge to order teachers back to work. The union announced around 9 p.m. that there would be no school Tuesday.The judge’s ruling means the union will face a $50,000 fine for Monday and that figure will increase $10,000 a day for each day the strike carries on.Members of the Andover Education Association voted on Friday to authorize a strike after months of negotiations with the Andover School Committee over a new contract. Schools closed on Friday due to the strike and closed again Monday as the strike continued. “What do we want?” said...

North Andover Select Board approves proposal to fly Palestinian flag on Town Common

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

Dozens of people crowded into North Andover High School on Monday to share their views during a Select Board meeting where a proposal to fly the Palestinian flag was among the topics being discussed.The request to fly the flag on the Town Common flag pole was approved after about an hour of public comment, during which those gathered spoke both in favor of and against flying the flag amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.This application came after an Israeli flag had flown on the Common for about a month following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.The flag will now be flown on the Common from Tuesday to Dec. 7.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Jayson Tatum takes over, defense steps up as Celtics pull away from Knicks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

When he gets going, it’s almost unstoppable to stop Jayson Tatum.The Knicks learned that again on Monday night at TD Garden.Tatum scored 35 points, including 23 in the second half and 17 in the fourth quarter, as the Celtics superstar continued his MVP-caliber start to the season. He was the difference as the Celtics, in a dog fight with the Knicks for most of the night, pulled away for a 114-98 victory.Jaylen Brown added 22 points and Kristaps Porzingis had 21 for the Celtics, who won their third game in a row. The C’s, like in the season opener at Madison Square Garden, struggled to find separation against Jalen Brunson and the tough Knicks, but they relied on one of their better defensive efforts of the season to turn the game around.The Celtics and Knicks traded haymakers for most of the first three quarters, neither budging before the C’s finally got some breathing room. The game was tied at 72 with 3:05 to go before the Celtics went on a 12-4 run to close the quarter, which in...

‘There’s a chance’ injured Ravens LT Ronnie Stanley, CB Marlon Humphrey play Thursday vs. Bengals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley and cornerback Marlon Humphrey did not participate in practice Monday after suffering injuries in the team’s 33-31 loss to the Cleveland Browns, but coach John Harbaugh did not rule out either for Thursday’s quick-turn showdown against the Cincinnati Bengals.“Not long term; I’d say day to day,” Harbaugh said of Humphrey and Stanley’s injuries. “Hopefully, we’ll get them to Thursday. There’s a chance.”Humphrey was listed with a calf injury and Stanley with a knee injury on the simulated injury report the Ravens released because they were conducting a walk-through instead of a full practice as they began preparations for the Bengals.Injuries could be a significant subplot in this showdown between the AFC North-leading Ravens and defending division champion Cincinnati.Three key Bengals starters — wide receiver Tee Higgins (hamstring) and edge rushers Trey Hendrickson (knee) and Sam Hubba...

Six abandoned homes set for demolition in North Park as church plans for future

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Makers Church, located in a century-old church location in North Park, has big plans for the future after selling a 35,000-square foot parcel of land across from the church at Bancroft Street and North Park Way. The six homes left abandoned on the land are scheduled for demolition this week. “They've just been deteriorating and dilapidated over the past several years,” said Brittany Delacruz, who has lived In North Park for more than 10 years.  Delacruz thinks anything is better than what she describes as the existing eyesore, but another group of residents hoped to stop the sale and planned development. They created a website, “STOP THE MAKERS CHURCH,” and say the church is using its religious nonprofit exempt status to be allowed to demo the homes that the groups says are historically designated, but that, says Delacruz, is not true.  “A lot of these houses have been renovated so much that they probably did not have historical designation in the first place," Delacruz...

Protesters take over stage, interrupt televised Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

Canada’s biggest night in literature was interrupted when several protesters jumped onstage early in a live telecast of the Scotiabank Giller Prize.Carrying signs that read “Scotiabank Funds Genocide” and shouting, the protesters briefly claimed all eyes from a roomful of CanLit dignitaries gathered to crown the winner of Canada’s most prestigious book award.CBC cameras carrying the broadcast to home viewers cut away from the stage as host Rick Mercer clapped slowly in an apparent bid to get the show back on track.There was already a heavy police presence at the ceremony, and officers escorted the protesters from the hotel within minutes.One of five writers was to receive the $100,000 prize.The finalists included Sarah Bernstein for “Study for Obedience,” Eleanor Catton for “Birnam Wood” and Kevin Chong for “The Double Life of Benson Yu.” Rounding out the short list were “The Islands: Stories” by Dionne Irving and “All the Colour...

Los Angeles man accused of killing wife and her parents, putting body parts in trash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man was charged Monday with murder for allegedly killing his wife and her parents, then stuffing dismembered body parts into a trash bag, prosecutors announced Monday.Samuel Haskell, 35, was charged with three counts of murder with special circumstances of committing multiple murders and could face life in prison without the chance of parole if convicted, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.During a court appearance, Haskell’s arraignment was postponed and he was ordered held without bail. An email seeking comment from Joseph Gutierrez, an attorney who represented him in court Monday, wasn’t immediately returned.Haskell lived in the Tarzana neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley with his wife, their three young children and her parents.He was arrested last week after a human torso was found in a bag in a dumpster, police said.Mei Li Haskell, 37, and her parents, Gaoshan Li, 72, and Yanxiang Wang, 6...

New policy prohibits CPD officers to associate with biased groups

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) unanimously approved a change to a Chicago police policy that hadn’t been amended in more than 25 years.CCPSA voted to pass a new policy Monday that will prohibit Chicago police officers from being members of groups that are based in bias – like the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers. Long-stalled Navy Pier marina gets green light The old policy prohibited officers from being members of criminal organizations or associating with people who are.The new rule bans officers from being a part of hate and terrorist groups that are based in bias, promote illegal prejudice, that want to overthrow the government or interfere with police duties. The commission said it’s been working with CPD on this change for most of this year.This vote comes just weeks after a Chicago Sun Times and WBEZ investigation revealed at least nine current officers are members of the Oath Keepers, which the Anti-Defamation League identifies ...

Trump's Truth Social has lost $73 million in less than two years, new filing says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

(The Hill) -- Former President Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has lost $73 million in net sales since the platform's official launch in February 2022, according to a new financial disclosure filing from Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC).Digital World is a merger partner with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Trump owns a stake in Truth Social that was last valued at between $5 million $25 million.The form shows that Truth Social lost $50 million on just $1.4 million of net sales in 2022 and another $23 million within the first six months of this year, according to the filing, which was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Trump says he’d consider Tucker Carlson as running mate If TMTG is unable to complete its merger with DWAC and receive more funds, the company may not survive, according to the filing. The amended S-4 filing noted in a section titled "Risks Related to TMTG" that "TMTG’s independent registered public accounting firm ...

Serge Schmemann: Violence by West Bank settlers cannot be ignored

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:21 GMT

After the well over 1,000 Israelis killed on Oct. 7, and the thousands more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip killed in the war against Hamas, it may appear unseemly to focus on the relatively small and sadly familiar clashes between settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank. But it would be a mistake to overlook the danger of the escalation in settler violence over the past month.That appears to be the calculation of the militant settlers and nationalist extremists in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, ardent champions of expanding the Jewish presence in occupied territories. By all accounts, the number of Palestinians displaced or killed in clashes with the Israeli military have risen sharply since Oct. 7. Right-wing extremists have cited the Hamas attack as justification, but they also seem keenly aware that the diversion of global and Israeli attention away from the West Bank offers cover for more audacious land grabs.The immediate danger is that the West Bank will al...