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Festive traditions: Celebs share how they’re celebrating Christmas 2023

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

Maybe you dream of celebrating the holidays like a star, but maybe you already are, because some celebrities say they’re just doing regular down-to-earth things. You know, like us. Maybe it’s a load of bull, but in the spirit of the holidays, let’s hear them out.Character in “Candy Cane Lane”: “It’s beginning to look like Christmas.”Hollywood celebs are feeling the holidays with some must-sees. Some of their fave traditions?Keegan-Michael Key: “I love going to see the tree [at] Rockefeller [Center].”Timothée Chalamet: “Seeing the Times Square ball drop on TV, ’cause I grew up close to it. I just rewatched “Love Actually,” though, on a flight to Brazil, and I was sobbing the last 10 minutes.”Paul Giamatti (as Paul Hunham): “I’d like to propose a toast.”Paul Giamatti: “This 1970 musical version of ‘A Christmas Carol,’ called ‘Scrooge,’ that actually...

Lindsay Clancy child murder case returns to court

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

The Lindsay Clancy case was back in court, but the mother accused of strangling her three young children to death in the basement of their Duxbury home was not.Clancy’s appearance at Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth Friday afternoon would have to have been from the Zoom internet video conferencing service because she’s still being held without bail and on an extended six-month stay at Tewksbury Hospital, as ordered during her last hearing, which took place from the hospital, in October.The logistics of hearings from the hospital are difficult, as the privacy of other patients there is paramount, as discussed at the October hearing, and so Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington waived her appearance in court on Friday and has already wavied her appearance for the next court date.That new date will be Jan. 17 at 9 a.m. at the other Plymouth Superior Court location in Brockton.Friday’s hearing had to do strictly with document sharing and timeline planning ...

Boston City Council slammed for ’embarrassing’ vote to block $13M counter-terrorism grant

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

A state senator is seeking a change in Massachusetts law that would strip the Boston City Council of its authority to approve public safety grants, after the body’s “embarrassing” vote to reject $13.3 million in federal counter-terrorism funding.Nick Collins, a South Boston Democrat, filed a bill Friday that would allow that funding to be allocated to the intended cities and towns, upon approval of the state Legislature and governor, thereby bypassing local bodies like the Boston City Council, as “no approval from the intended grant recipient shall be necessary.”“The bill would ensure access to federal and state funds designated to assist our municipal partners in providing the highest level of public health and safety services in a dangerous world,” Collins told the Herald. “We can no longer allow politics to come before public health and safety.”If the bill is approved, the changes would apply statewide, but it was filed in direct response to this week’s 6-6 vote from the Boston C...

National Grid worker Roderick Jackson’s family seeking justice in hit-and-run that killed their ‘everything’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

Tucked inside a law office conference room, Roderick “Kito” Jackson’s family remembered their beloved son and brother’s love for Christmas, his favorite holiday, and how he always got the best gifts for them, expecting nothing in return.This Christmas, the family will be spending their holiday seeking justice and answers. They will be laying Kito to rest Saturday.Jackson, a gas technician for National Grid, a company the 36-year-old Cambridge resident had worked for since 2021, died on the job Dec. 6 when suspect Peter Simon allegedly crashed into him at a construction detail in Waltham.Jackson died alongside Waltham police officer Paul Tracey.Jackson’s family for the past week, living what his mother Norma Asprilla called a “horrific nightmare that I cannot wake up from,” has been considering filing a civil lawsuit against Simon, a New Hampshire man who had a lengthy criminal record before he took away their “everything.”“Why does this happen to our family? We are good to peo...

Fire engulfs University City home; five displaced

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Fire-Rescue crews battled a fire that engulfed a two-story University City home Friday afternoon. Five adults who lived in the home were displaced.The two-alarm fire was reported by a motorist along northbound Interstate 5, near the interchange with State Route 52 shortly after 3:30 p.m., according to California Highway Patrol logs. The motorist said they were able to see smoke from the freeway.SkyFOX was over the two-story home, which is located in the 5400 block of Bloch Street, before 4 p.m. Flames appeared to entirely engulf the home with a heavy plume of smoke coming from all sides.Around 4:30 p.m., crews knocked down the main body of the fire and are performing "overhaul operations to search for hidden fire inside the home."Five adults who have been displaced as a result of the blaze are being assisted by Red Cross, SDFD said. No injuries were reported.No additional details were immediately available about what caused the fire or the extent of damage to t...

Eglinton Crosstown LRT could open in September 2024: TTC budget

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

After months of speculation about when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will be operational amid continued refusals to release a projected opening date, TTC staff are hinting the 13th year of construction could be the final one.TTC staff released their 2024 operating and capital budgets Friday afternoon ahead of a board meeting on Wednesday. Contained in the documents are references to opening the Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown and Line 6 Finch West light rail transit lines.“The TTC is planning for (the) opening of Lines 5 and 6 in September 2024, but this may change,” a budget report said while referencing upcoming operational costs.CityNews contacted Metrolinx Friday evening to ask for comment on the projection contained in the TTC report, but a spokesperson wasn’t immediately available. This article will be updated if a response is received.The timeframe is noteworthy as the head of Metrolinx, the provincial transportation agency, declined to provide information on when th...

Mayim Bialik says she’s out as a host of TV quiz show ‘Jeopardy!’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayim Bialik won’t be giving answers as a host of “Jeopardy!” anymore.“The Big Bang Theory” actor posted news of her departure on Instagram on Friday.“Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!” Bialik wrote. “I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a primetime Emmy for hosting this year and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family.”Former show champion Ken Jennings has been hosting season 40 of the syndicated show by himself.Bialik and Jennings had split hosting duties on “Jeopardy!,” but Bialik was the solo host for season 1 of “Celebrity Jeopardy!” In May, Bialik declared her support for the Hollywood writers’ strike and declined to appear on the game show.The Associated Press

Police investigate after 3 robbed at gunpoint in Hyde Park

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

CHICAGO — Police are offering a warning to the public after three people were robbed at gunpoint on the city's South Side on Tuesday night. Police say all three armed robberies happened in Hyde Park and unfolded within about an hour of each other. Tips from Chicago crime experts on how to avoid robberies, minimize harm According to police, during each robbery, a man wearing dark-colored clothing approached the victims as they were walking along the sidewalk and displayed a pistol while demanding property from the victims. After robbing the victims, the man then fled the scene on foot. Chicago police provided the following timeline of the armed robberies that took place on Tuesday night:5100 block of South Greenwood Avenue, in Hyde Park, around 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12.5000 block of South Cornell Avenue, in Hyde Park, around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12.5200 block of South Cornell Avenue, in Hyde Park, around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12.Officers say the man responsib...

Michigan appeals court rules Trump can stay on 2024 primary ballot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

The Michigan Court of Appeals decided Thursday that former President Trump can remain on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot, blocking a series of challenges to his candidacy related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.The appeals court upheld two lower court decisions without deciding whether Trump should be disqualified under the 14th Amendment, which bars those who previously took an oath to uphold the Constitution but later “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again.The court determined that the former president’s spot on the general election ballot was not ripe for consideration. “It would be improper to decide whether to grant a declaration that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President of the United States at this time,” the 3-0 opinion reads. “At the moment, the only event about to occur is the presidential primary election.”Regarding his spot on Michigan’s primary ballot, the secretary of state has “no discretion” to decide not to place...

Mail-theft ring tied to USPS robberies busted in Austin

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:45:32 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Federal authorities busted a mail-theft ring in Austin and recovered a cache of weapons and stolen checks linked to the robberies of at least two US Postal Service mail carriers, and the attempted robbery of a third less than a week ago, according to newly filed federal court records obtained by KXAN."Protecting USPS employees is part of the core mission" of the US Postal Inspection Service, US Postal Inspector and public information officer Silvia Torres said in a statement. "When a robbery does occur, it receives the highest level of response and attention.  Postal Inspectors worked tirelessly with our law enforcement partners, including the Austin Police Department (APD), and used every investigative tool at our disposal to identify and arrest the individuals responsible for these criminal acts."Federal investigators accuse Camren Hamilton, Christian Mosquera, Cody Smith, Jonathan Rangel and other unnamed "conspirators" of being part of a criminal mail-theft...