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Cassidy Moriarty (2 goals, assist) fuels Natick to state semifinal victory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

Even if you’re eventually one of the lucky few to reach a state final at some point, you are always looking to get back in short order.Natick’s girls soccer program fits that mold. The Redhawks entered this week looking to punch their first ticket to a Div. 1 final since 2021, and they were able to follow through on those dreams.Junior Cassidy Moriarty paced the team (two goals, assist), as top-ranked Natick earned a trip back to the title game with a 5-2 victory over No. 5 Brookline on Tuesday.“We have 11 faces in the crowd that were on the sidelines during that (state final),” said Natick coach David Wainwright. “Some played different roles. For them, this is their own ownership of getting to this point. I’m excited for them. Right now, it hasn’t set in yet. As you can still see, the celebrations have only just begun.”Natick (20-1-1) certainly played the role of the top-seeded team in the state early on. Abby McCauley buried a shot in the fourth minute, before Moriarty sniped a go...

Report: Andrew Bailey choosing Red Sox over Yankees

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

The Red Sox are “close to hiring” Andrew Bailey to be their new pitching coach, MLB insider Ken Rosenthal reported late Tuesday night.Bailey, who pitched for the Red Sox from 2012-13, has been the San Francisco Giants’ pitching coach for the last four years. He’s close friends with Boston’s new chief baseball officer Craig Breslow; they were teammates for five years in Oakland and Boston and already work together on Breslow’s Strike 3 Foundation.Several teams sought Bailey’s services, including the Baltimore Orioles. The New York Yankees interviewed him on Monday for their bench coach opening, which would’ve been a vertical move, a step closer to managing.Regardless of his relationship with Breslow, the Red Sox landing Bailey is a strong way to start the offseason. It not only shows how serious they are about transforming their pitching; it signals that they’re prepared to be aggressive again in the pursuit of winning.It may even...

Ravens’ John Harbaugh on Jim Harbaugh’s suspension at Michigan: ‘They don’t have anything of substance’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

Ravens coach John Harbaugh on Tuesday provided an impassioned defense of his brother, Jim Harbaugh, amid Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal.When asked for his opinion on Jim Harbaugh’s suspension by the Big Ten Conference, John Harbaugh said four times he was “proud” of his brother for how he’s “handled himself through all this.”Jim Harbaugh was suspended three games Friday — the rest of the No. 2-ranked Wolverines’ regular season — for a sign-stealing scheme that is also under investigation by the NCAA. In his ninth season at Michigan, Jim Harbaugh has denied any knowledge of illegal scouting within his program.John Harbaugh, 15 months Jim Harbaugh’s senior, said his brother has “come through this thing with flying colors” and that the Big Ten and NCAA “don’t have anything of substance.”“I’m proud as heck of him,” John Harbaugh said. “I’m really impressed with...

Bruins batter Sabres, 5-2, on the road

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

Wind sprints have a way of getting the attention of hockey players, don’t they?A day after Bruins coach Jim Montgomery decided to end practice by treating his players to an eye-opening bag skate, the B’s responded with their most lopsided win of the season, pummeling the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2, at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.Against a young, talented Sabres team that just can’t seem to turn the corner from mediocrity, a total of 10 Bruins got on the scoresheet and four B’s netted their first goals of the season as the team put its uneven performance in Montreal last Saturday in the rearview mirror.But for all the good things the B’s did, the victory started with the netminder, as usual. Linus Ullmark made 31 saves, including 13 in the the first period when the Sabres could have made it a game.“It’s the singular reason why we have the record we have. It’s because of our goaltenders,” Montgomery told reporters in Buffalo after his team ...

Reward offered for man suspected of kidnapping, auto theft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A $1,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a man facing kidnapping and auto theft charges, according to the San Diego County Crime Stoppers.David Edward Wallace, 30, is wanted for an outstanding felony warrant regarding the aforementioned charges, the volunteer organization said in a news release Tuesday. Man shot, killed by police officers in City Heights Officials describe Wallace as 6-foot-3, 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is known to spend time in the Bonita, Spring Valley and Imperial Beach area.Anyone with information on Wallace's whereabouts are advised to call the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477.

The UN Security Council is trying for a fifth time to adopt a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After four failed attempts, the U.N. Security Council is trying for a fifth time to come up with a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, but it remains to be seen whether serious divisions can be overcome to produce a consensus on wording.The current draft under negotiation would demand “immediate extended humanitarian pauses” throughout the Gaza Strip to provide civilians with desperately needed aid. It also would demand that “all parties” comply with international humanitarian law that requires protection for civilians, calls for special protections for children, and bans hostage-taking.But the draft, proposed by council member Malta and obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, makes no mention of a ceasefire. It also doesn’t refer to Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 that killed around 1,200 people and took some 240 others hostage. Nor does it cite Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes and ground offensive in Hamas-ruled Gaza that the Gaza health ministry ...

Dubai International Airport, world’s busiest, on track to beat 2019 pre-pandemic passenger figures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport this year will eclipse the pre-pandemic passenger figures in 2019, showing the strong rebound in travel after the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns that grounded aircraft worldwide, a top official said Wednesday. The airport, the world’s busiest for international travel and home of the long-haul carrier Emirates, has had 64.5 million passengers pass through its cavernous concourses through the third quarter of this year. That puts it on track to reach 86.8 million passengers for the full year, which would exceed its 2019 figure of 86.3 million passengers. It had 66 million passengers last year.The airport’s busiest year was 2018, when it had 89.1 million passengers.“We’re thrilled but not entirely surprised that DXB is all set to surpass the pre-pandemic milestone well ahead of our initial projections by almost a year,” Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, said in a statement. Th...

Residents navigate changes as protected bike lanes expand in Chicago

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Department of Transportation is expanding its network of protected bike lanes with the goal of making travel safer for not just bicyclists but also pedestrians and drivers. But a WGN News analysis of early data from one project in West Town shows there is no shortage of growing pains as neighbors navigate the changes.  On Augusta Boulevard between Milwaukee and Western avenues, CDOT swapped the existing bike lanes and street parking, and added concrete curbs, to create new bike lanes protected from traffic by a line of parked cars.  Ask people who use that mile-stretch of road how they feel about it, and you’ll get opposite reactions.  “It’s fantastic. It’s so much safer than before,” bicyclist Stephanie Reid said.  “It’s way too dangerous,” driver Erin Rubio said.  The city completed the project in early August, also lowering the speed limit from 30 to 20 miles per hour.  “We’ve noticed a big difference in how people are driving on the street and ...

More 60s Wednesday and Thursday afternoons ahead of a showery, wind-shifting cold front passage late Thursday night which lowers Friday temperatures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

Longer range: Potentially wet system early next week tugs chilly air in for Thanksgiving (a week from Thursday)WGN WEATHER HEADLINESAN EARLY PEEK AT SOME MODEL PROJECTIONSFor Thanksgiving, 2023 which takes place a week from this ThursdayWe have a way to go before THANKGIVING DAY, 2023 ARRIVES a week from this Thursday. But, the early read on potential Thanksgiving weather in Chicago suggests it's to be a chilly day with highs here projected at 40 degrees after morning lows in the 20s. There's a growing model consensus the city is likely to be entering a colder than normal weather pattern from Thanksgiving day (a week from this Thursday) through the full holiday weekend which follows.A wet, early week storm system may precede the Thanksgiving chill — a system which could sweep the Midwest and Chicago in the Monday/Tuesday time frame— details of which will become clearer as we get closer to the event. There are, as is generally the case at this distance in times, disparities in model ...

Sherman ISD board unanimously votes to reinstate original script, cast in 'Oklahoma!' production

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:00 GMT

SHERMAN, Texas (KXAN) -- During a board meeting on Monday, the Sherman Independent School District board unanimously voted to reinstate the original script and cast in the upcoming high school musical production of 'Oklahoma!' after community backlash.Earlier this month, the district said students involved in the musical could not act in roles that did not match a student's assigned sex at birth because of the adult content in the play. Sherman ISD walks back ‘Oklahoma!’ decision, says sex will not be a factor in casting After community backlash, the board then took back its decision to remove students and then approved a different version of the play the board said was for all ages.We want to apologize to our students, parents and our community regarding the circumstances that they have had to go through to this date. We understand that our decision does not erase the impact this had on our community, but we hope that we will reinforce to everyone, particularly our students, that...