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Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year.The separation of thousands of families “represents one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country,” U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said moments before approving a settlement between the Justice Department and families represented by the American Civil Liberties Union that ended a legal challenge nearly seven years after it was filed.Sabraw, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, ordered an end to separations in June 2018, six days after then-President Donald Trump halted them on his own amid intense international backlash. The judge also ordered that the government reunite children with their parents within 30 days, setting off a mad scram...

Mild temps, storm brings rain and wind

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

The weekend will bring us mild temperatures in the 50s tomorrow and near 60 Sunday. This comes with a storm that will bring heavy rain and strong wind late Sunday into Monday.For part of the weekend, we can enjoy the nice and dry conditions. Already, it felt a little nicer outside today with high temperatures in the 40s and sunshine. It certainly was a change from the past couple of days!Tonight, we’ll fall into the upper 20s/low 30s for MetroWest. It’ll be in the upper 30s/near 40 for the Cape. From there, tomorrow the milder air coming in on a southerly breeze will push temperatures in the upper 40s/low 50s. We’ll see partly cloudy skies. Great weather for the Army – Navy game!Sunday, temperatures start off in the upper 30s/low 40s. We’ll see overcast conditions, but that won’t stop temperatures from reaching near 60. Target the morning to get outside while it’s dry. Some scattered showers pop up in the afternoon with rain chances going up...

Actor Ryan O’Neal, star of ‘Love Story,’ ‘Paper Moon’ and ‘Barry Lyndon,’ dies at 82

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY (AP Entertainment Writer)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan O’Neal, the heartthrob actor who went from a TV soap opera to an Oscar-nominated role in “Love Story” and delivered a wry performance opposite his charismatic 9-year-old daughter Tatum in “Paper Moon,” died Friday, his son said.“My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us,” Patrick O’Neal, a Los Angeles sportscaster, posted on Instagram.Attempts to reach O’Neal representatives were not immediately successful.He did not give a cause. Ryan O’Neal was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, a decade after he was first diagnosed with chronic leukemia. He was 82. “My father, Ryan O’Neal, has always been my hero,” Patrick O’Neal wrote, adding, “He is a Hollywood legend. Full stop.”O’Neal was among the biggest movie stars in the world in the 197...

Cape Cod man held without bail in case of his wife’s shooting on Thanksgiving

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

A Hyannis man only recently let out of prison has been found dangerous and is being held without bail on charges that he shot his wife on Thanksgiving day.Mark Griswold, 53, of Hyannis, was found dangerous following a hearing in Barnstable District Court Friday and will be held on charges of firearm-armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license, discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building, and assault and battery on a family or household member.He’s next due in court on Jan. 4 for a probable cause hearing, according to the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s office.Griswold called Barnstable Police a little after 5:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day to report that an assailant had shot at him and his wife, and that his wife had been shot, according to a copy of the police report shared by local Cape Cod news outlet the Hyannis News.The recent jailbird’s story didn’t seem to amount to much to the police, nor to his wife, who immedia...

Connecticut woman shot dead in car in Brockton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

A woman was shot dead in a vehicle parked on a residential street in Brockton early Friday morning and police suspect a male acquaintance for her killing.Brockton Police got a 911 call a little after 12:20 a.m. reporting a shooting outside a condo building on Nason Street at its intersection with Linnea Avenue.When officers arrived, they found Stephanie Beatty, 22, of Norwich, Conn., suffering from a gunshot wound, according to the Plymouth District Attorney’s office. She was pronounced dead at the scene.Brockton Police reached out to Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the DA’s office, who then conducted an investigation. The detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Gelson Fernandes, 29, of Brockton, who authorities describe as “previously acquainted” with Beatty, charging him with her homicide.The investigation is ongoing.

Tax charges in Hunter Biden case are rarely filed, but could have deep political reverberations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has been hit with new criminal charges in California accusing him of scheming to avoid paying his taxes while spending lavishly on everything from luxury hotels to escorts to exotic cars. The president’s son is also facing separate firearm charges in Delaware, raising the possibility he could be headed toward trial in two different cases as his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for re-election. Some of the allegations in the 56-page indictment largely track what’s been previously aired about Hunter Biden’s life when he was in the throes of drug addiction, but the sordid new details of his personal spending and alleged scheming to avoid tax payments could add to the political complications for his father. Joe Biden looks likely to face a close presidential race where Donald Trump is the leading contender for the GOP nomination. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell, for his part, said the taxes...

Patriots release hybrid RB/WR to make room for ex-Eagles linebacker

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

The Patriots released running back/wide receiver Ty Montgomery on Friday to make room for ex-Eagles linebacker Christian Elliss, whom the team claimed off waivers Thursday.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Bill Belichick opens up about what Army-Navy Game at Gillette Stadium means to him New England Patriots | Bailey Zappe’s impressive win still not enough for Bill Belichick to name him Patriots future starting QB New England Patriots | Patriots teammate defends JuJu Smith-Schuster after breakout game New England Patriots | Ezekiel Elliott draws unique praise out of Bill Belichick after Patriots win New England Patriots | Patriots’ Bailey Zappe explains where his confidence comes from after Week 14 win Elliss is expected to replace Montgomery’s role on special teams. This season, Montgomery played just 42 offensive snaps and 198 on special teams over 14 games. He took three carries for n...

Report: Deputies were justified when they fired at SUV that blasted through Mar-a-Lago checkpoint

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were justified when they fired numerous shots at a Connecticut opera singer whose speeding SUV blasted through a checkpoint outside then-President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club almost four years ago, an internal affairs investigation concluded. Palm Beach County Detective Christopher Farron and Lt. John Paul Harvey followed agency firearms policy when they and a Secret Service agent shot at Hannah Roemhild, sheriff’s office investigators said in a one-page report. Roemhild was having a mental health crisis when she sped her rented Jeep through the checkpoint on Jan. 31, 2020, outside Trump’s home and private club. Their bullets shattered the Jeep’s windows, but Roemhild was not hurt during the most violent of several incursions that happened at Mar-a-Lago during Trump’s presidency. The report, dated Nov. 29, simply says the pair are “exonerated” and no disciplinary action was taken. The Associ...

Europe reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

LONDON (AP) — European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of technology used in popular generative AI services like ChatGPT that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.Negotiators from the European Parliament and the bloc’s 27 member countries overcame big differences on controversial points including generative AI and police use of facial recognition surveillance to sign a tentative political agreement for the Artificial Intelligence Act.“Deal!” tweeted European Commissioner Thierry Breton, just before midnight. The bloc’s Parliament and member states “have finally reached a political agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act!” the parliamentary committee co-leading the body’s negotiating efforts tweeted. It came after marathon closed-door talks this week, with one session lasting 2...

Trump’s campaign is distancing him from allies who have sketched out plans for a second term

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is distancing him from efforts by allies and former aides to sketch out his plans for a possible second term, including who might fill his administration and what policies he might pursue.In a memo Friday from senior advisers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita, the campaign said messages about a potential Trump government that come from anyone but the Republican or his team should not be considered official and are “an unwelcomed distraction.” It is the second such memo the campaign has released in the last four weeks dismissing news reports about how those in Trump’s orbit are preparing for a much more hard-right government stocked with loyalists. And it comes as Trump’s campaign has been increasingly pushing back against broader efforts to paint him and his second-term agenda as extreme. “Despite our being crystal clear, some ‘allies’ haven’t gotten the hint, and the media, in their anti-Trump zeal, has been all-too-will...