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Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

So much for the “December Doldrums” (meaning dry and quiet weather). Instead, south Florida is in a progressive pattern. For the time being, there’s some slight cooling behind a front. The boundary actually crossed early Monday morning. Temperatures are running below average for a change and, yes, it feels much cooler than we were over the weekend. Sometimes, following a front, our local skies clear out nicely. Not this time. There’s a large fetch of clouds streaming into the region and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Those clouds are arriving from the upper levels (high in the sky). Also, lower variety banks of clouds will likely fill-in by way of the ocean waters. Perhaps the best way to sum up the next few days will be gloomy and unsettled. Stronger winds are in the forecast, beginning Tuesday, as gusts will be up to 35 mph. More gusty days will follow, taking us all the way through the rest of the week! Finally, we’re wa...

Police search for man accused of robbing pricey item from shopper at Fort Lauderdale Target

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

An item was swiped in seconds from someone’s shopping cart at a Target in Fort Lauderdale— and what was ripped away wasn’t cheap. A $1,500 one-wheel was robbed from a shopper outside of the store in Coral Ridge Mall along Oakland Park and U.S. 1.The victim said he believed that because of his white hair, the suspect would think he was an easy target. “When I got there, I’ve got me a shopping cart and I put the one-wheel on top,” said the 68-year-old victim Vincent Odeh. Surveillance footage caught the robber following behind Odeh with his cart just after 5 p.m. right before he struck. “I’m pushing it and I’m almost inside and all of a sudden this guy comes up from behind me and grabs it and I thought it was a friend playing you know, doing a joke on me or something,” said Odeh. “I looked at him and said ‘Oh I don’t know this guy.”The robber grabs the item and runs to his getaway car, a four-door white seda...

Florida school grades are released. Here is where South Florida school districts ranked

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

Florida state officials have released the yearly report cards for the 2022-23 school year and South Florida got passing grades The superintendents for Miami-Dade and Broward County said they were pleased with the scores, but said there is room for improvement. Miami-Dade got an “A” while both Broward and Monroe counties received a “B.”“These student outcomes today validate the hashtag that we have been using ‘your best choice, M-DCPS,” said Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Dr. Jose Dotres.State officials released school grades for the 2022-2023 school year, Monday afternoon.Dotres beamed with pride at the “A” grade they received. “There are 67 school districts in Florida, only 16 districts were rated ‘A'” he said. “Miami-Dade Public Schools is ranked an ‘A’ school as one of the top 10 school districts in the state of Florida.”During the school year, school districts had to follow new st...

18-year-old dead after stabbing in Roslindale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

An 18-year-old died Monday after a stabbing in Roslindale, police said. Boston police in a statement said officers first responded around 5:30 p.m. to a scene on Bradeen Street after receiving a report of a person stabbed. Police said a victim was taken to a local hospital where they later died. Homicide detectives were notified and responding as of around 6:30 p.m., according to police.Though a suspect was still on the run as of around 7:30 p.m., Boston police in their latest update said there was no threat to the public.No further information was immediately available. 

Brain sample from Maine gunman to be examined at BU for injury related to Army Reserves

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A tissue sample from the brain of a gunman who killed 18 people and injured 13 others in Maine has been sent to a lab in Massachusetts to be examined for signs of injury or trauma related to his service in the Army Reserves, officials said Monday.The state’s chief medical examiner wants to know if a brain injury stemming from 40-year-old Robert Card’s military service could have contributed to unusual behavior he exhibited leading up to the Oct. 25 shootings at a bowling alley and at a bar in Lewiston .A spokesperson for the medical examiner’s office characterized the extra step as a matter of thoroughness “due to the combined history of military experience and actions.”“In an event such as this, people are left with more questions than answers. It is our belief that if we can conduct testing (in-house or outsourced) that may shed light on some of those answers, we have a responsibility to do that,” Lindsey Chasteen, offic...

Members of Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association replace 9-year-old boy’s stolen bike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

Christmas came early this year for one nine-year-old boy in Boston when members of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association delivered a new bike. John Lydon, who lives with autism, loves riding his bike. Recently, though, a man was caught on camera going into Lydon’s family’s backyard and taking the boy’s bike. Just in time for the holidays, Lydon was putting his helmet back on and riding in style on Monday as police officers replaced the stolen bike. An unexpected gift for Lydon, the sight of her son smiling as an even greater gift for Lydon’s mother, Meaghan, who is also a nurse at Mass General.“For the community to come together and the policemen, the Boston police, everybody, it’s just so amazingly thoughtful,” Meaghan said.The patrolman’s association said it was a no-brainer to replace Lydon’s bike.

Lame duck Boston city councilor skips work in support of Palestinian-led ‘global strike’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

Outgoing Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara skipped work on Monday, saying in a social media post that she chose to close her City Hall office “in solidarity with the global call for a ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas war.In the Instagram post, which was quickly taken down, Lara appeared to be asking her 2,500-plus followers to join her in a “Global Strike for Gaza,” a call issued by the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces that was envisioned as impacting “all aspects of public life” across the world.Related ArticlesPolitics | Roslindale parking policies in play Politics | Boston city councilors ‘blindsided’ by presentation honoring pro-Palestinian student walkout Politics | Boston City Council measure slaps ‘scofflaw’ landlords with $2,000 fines, up from $300 Politics | City Council opposes plan to move O’Bryant exam school to West Roxbury following community opposition Politics | ...

Bears honor Leyden District 212 teacher as a ‘Classroom Legend’ for his academic wins: ‘At the end of the day, he gives his best effort’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

A day after the Chicago Bears celebrated their own decisive win against the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field Sunday, team leaders honored a Leyden High School District 212 special education teacher for his academic victories.On Monday, the Chicago Bears recognized Kevin Mitchell, a SD212 special education teacher/vocational coordinator, as a “Chicago Bears Classroom Legend,” with team representatives at West Leyden High School, in Northlake, where he teaches, to tell him of the honor in person and present him with some team swag — and a check, district officials announced in a news release.Bears Chairman George McCaskey and former Bears defensive tackle Henry Melton surprised Mitchell in his classroom, and gave him a custom football and jersey, tickets to an upcoming game and a check for $1,000.The school district is made up of two schools, including East Leyden High School in Franklin Park.Mitchell works with students age 18-22 in the district’s transitio...

Gold Star memories

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

Military families wearing yellow roses and blazers in honor of loved ones who died protecting their country found consolation this holiday season from state lawmakers and officials Monday who expressed poignant appreciation and ongoing support for veterans.Standing near a Christmas tree decorated with photographs of fallen service members, Massachusetts Gold Star families — including spouses, parents and young children — recited the names of their departed relatives.Sawyer Degon is held by his mother Courtney as he mentions his father Sgt. Mac Degon of Quincy who died while serving as an Army Ranger in 2021. (Chris Christo/Boston Herald)The father of U.S. Air Force member Jacob Galliher, the 24-year-old Pittsfield native who died in an aircraft crash off Japan on Nov. 29, read his son’s name during the annual ceremony as Gov. Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Veterans’ Services Secretary Jon Santiago, Senate President Karen Spilka and other elected officia...

Robbins: Biden deflects Left to stand strong with Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:44 GMT

Taking the podium at an event in Boston last Tuesday, Joe Biden wasted no time taking aim at a leading progressive’s hemming and hawing when asked to condemn Hamas’ mass rape of Israeli women on Oct. 7. Two days earlier, Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal had tried to duck journalist Dana Bash’s questioning about Hamas’ atrocities, which included rapes so violent that they broke women’s pelvic bones before Hamas gunmen shot their victims in the genitals and the head.Biden summoned reporters into the closed session precisely in order to broadcast his repudiation of Jayapal to the world. “Over the past weeks,” he began, “survivors and witnesses of the attacks have shared the horrific accounts of unimaginable cruelty. Reports of women raped – repeatedly raped – and their bodies mutilated while still alive, of women’s corpses being desecrated, Hamas’ terrorists inflicting as much pain and suffering on women and girls as possible and then murdering them. It’s appalling.”Calling out...