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Casino gambling launches at Seminole Hard Rock Casino after pause in legal fight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

With the red carpets rolled out and Hollywood celebrities on the scene, Seminole Hard Rock Casino opened its doors to South Floridians who want to gamble on sports, roulette, or craps. The celebration on the opening day follows a pause after two years of legal battles between the Seminole tribe and the state of Florida. It is the first time in the state of Florida that guests can enjoy Vegas-style tables and a week-long lesson for the crap table. The festivities included a spin of the roulette wheel and roll of the craps. Local celebrities like Los Pichy Boys and Willy Chirino joined company and tribe leaders in the Thursday morning celebrations. Chris Osceola, a Seminole Tribe council member, spoke about the lengths the tribe went to get this major victory in sports gambling. “We had a fight. I remember going to Tallahassee back in April 2021. That’s the day when Chairman Osceola and Gov. DeSantis signed that compact,” said Osceola. “We left there cheering ...

‘Harvard Hates Jews’ banner flies above Cambridge campus as president comes under fire for Congressional testimony about antisemitism

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

A banner with a Palestinian flag that reads “Harvard Hates Jews” was flying above the Cambridge campus on Thursday in the wake of Harvard president’s “shocking” Congressional testimony about antisemitism this week.Jewish students reportedly hired the airplane carrying the Palestinian flag and an aerial banner with the words “Harvard Hates Jews” to circle the campus following President Claudine Gay’s testimony in Congress on Tuesday. Gay refused to answer whether calls for genocide against Jews would be considered a violation of the university’s code of conduct, leading to calls for her to resign.Antisemitic chants have filled the Cambridge campus since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7.The aerial campaign “seeks to respond to the runaway antisemitism on the campus and the shocking support for Hamas terrorism and rape obscenely vocalized by Harvard faculty and students following the Oct. 7th massacre in Israel,...

Bruins notebook: Derek Forbort out, Mason Lohrei in

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

The Bruins’ league-leading penalty kill took a hit on Thursday when the team announced that Derek Forbort was placed long-term injured reserve, meaning he’ll have to miss 10 games and 24 days.The veteran left shot defenseman has been battling a groin injury since the start of the training camp and hasn’t been able to shake it. He sat out four games earlier in the season but he hasn’t been able to settle it down.“It’s a lower body injury that’s been there since training camp. I think at one point we gave him five days off and it was doing well, but the nine games in 16 days, with just the repetitive demands on the body, it’s come back and we’re going to give him a little extended time to try and nip this for the rest of the year,” said coach Jim Montgomery.With Forbort out for a good chunk of time, rookie Mason Lohrei was recalled from Providence.Forbort meanwhile, led the B’s in penalty kill ice time average at 3:34, with Brandon...

Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.Lawyers for the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner filed a notice of appeal Thursday indicating that they will challenge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision rejecting Trump’s bid to derail the case headed to trial in Washington, D.C., in March. The one-page filing was accompanied by a request from the Trump team to put the case on pause so the appeals court can take up the matter.“The filing of President Trump’s notice of appeal has deprived this Court of jurisdiction over this case in its entirety pending resolution of the appeal,” Trump’s lawyers wrote. “Therefore, a stay of all further proceedings...

Andrea Cardenas seeking re-election to Chula Vista City Council amid resignation calls

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Embattled Chula Vista City Councilmember Andrea Cardenas appears to be running for re-election after pulling nomination papers from the city clerk on Tuesday — a mere three days before the deadline to file.The District 4 representative was issued the papers just hours after her colleagues on the City Council voted to strip her of committee appointments, including serving as a representative on the San Association of Governments board, amid multiple felonies charges for alleged fraud.The charges against Cardenas were made public in an indictment filed by the San Diego County District Attorney at the beginning of November. Montgomery Steppe sworn in as District 4 Supervisor In the court filing, prosecutors accuse the councilmember, 31, and her and her brother Jesus Cardenas, 40, of fraudulently obtaining $176,227 in COVID-19 relief funds for their firm, Grassroots Resources. She and her brother both pleaded not guilty.In the weeks that followed, there have bee...

Whitby youth sprayed with ‘noxious substance’ after suspect demanded jacket: DRPS

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

Police in Durham are on the hunt for a suspect after a male youth was allegedly sprayed in the face with a noxious substance when he refused to give up his jacket.Authorities were called to the Dundas Street East and Anderson Street area in Whitby just after 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday to assist with an ambulance call.Police said a male youth was sprayed in the face with a noxious substance while in a fast-food plaza. It’s alleged the victim was approached by another male who demanded his jacket. When the victim ignored him, the suspect sprayed the victim in the face. The suspect then fled the area on foot. The victim was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.The suspect is described as around five-foot-five to five-foot-eight with scruffy facial hair. He was last seen wearing a black ski mask, a black hooded sweater, and dark pants.

Woman dies after being hit by garbage truck in St. Clair West Village

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

A woman in her 50s has died after she was struck by a garbage truck in Toronto’s St. Clair West Village.Officers responded to the area of St. Clair Avenue West and Winona Drive near Dufferin Street just before 1 p.m. Thursday.Police say the woman was hit at a crosswalk and pronounced dead at the scene.The driver remained at the scene.The area is closed to traffic for the investigation.No further details have been released.COLLISION:St. Clair Ave and Winona Dr12:46 pm-female pedestrian struck by a truck-driver remained o/s-pedestrian has been pronounced deceasedROAD CLOSURES:W/B St. Clair Ave at Arlington AveE/B St. Clair Ave at Alberta StWinona Ave-Barrie Ave to Rosemount#GO2816709^lm— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) December 7, 2023

Last of 3 Palestinian college students shot in Vermont leaves hospital

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The last of the three college students of Palestinian descent who were shot and seriously injured in Vermont during their Thanksgiving break has been released from a Burlington hospital and will undergo rehabilitation.Hisham Awartani, who is paralyzed from the chest down, left the University of Vermont Medical Center on a stretcher Wednesday to clapping, according to a video shared by his uncle Rich Price. Awartani waved with one hand as he was transported out. Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad are childhood friends who grew up in the West Bank and now attend colleges in the eastern U.S. The 20-year-olds were visiting Awartani’s relatives in Burlington for the Thanksgiving break when they were shot Nov. 25 near the University of Vermont. They were walking to Awartani’s grandmother’s for dinner when they were shot in an unprovoked attack, his family said. The young men were speaking in a mix of English and Arabic and two of them were...

‘Oppenheimer’ will get a theatrical release in Japan, after all

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

“ Oppenheimer ” will get a theatrical release in Japan, after all. The Japanese distributor Bitters End said Thursday that the Christopher Nolan film will play in the country’s theaters in 2024.In a statement, Bitters End wrote that the decision was made, “following months of thoughtful dialogue associated with the subject matter and acknowledging the particular sensitivity for us Japanese.”“Oppenheimer” is about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called “father of the atomic bomb,” and chronicles the development of the weapon during World War II. The choice to have the film address, but not explicitly depict, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. — which killed tens of thousands of people and left many with lifelong injuries — was hotly debated in the media.Nolan’s film was released theatrically in most territories in July, making over $950 million. It’s also already available to purchase for in-home viewing in many countries. But it had been a lingering question whet...

Two GOP presidential debates are set for Iowa and New Hampshire in January before the voting begins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:18 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican presidential primary debates have been scheduled in Iowa and New Hampshire in January, not long before each state’s GOP nominating contest.CNN said Thursday it will host a Jan. 10 debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, five days before the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, and a Jan. 21 debate at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, two days before that state’s leadoff primary.The announcement came a day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie met for the fourth debate of the 2024 primary season. Former President Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner for the 2024 nomination, has yet to take part in any debate and has said he doesn’t plan to.The qualifications for candidates to participate in the debates are getting stricter. To qualify for the Iowa debate, candidates must register at least 10% support in...