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Election Day lunch at Santarpio’s Pizza in East Boston celebrates 50 years of bringing community together

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

Election Day can be full of contention, but at Santarpio’s Pizza in Eastie, the division subsides as officials and candidates running for office come together for lunch.Electeds from the past, present and future converged on the pizzeria Tuesday to celebrate 50 years of the Election Day lunch, a tradition dating back to 1973.Michael LoPresti, a former state senator from Eastie, started the annual lunch to “put aside political differences, come together as a community, and break bread,” said City Councilor Gabriela Coletta, who ran unopposed for the District 1 seat.“Public service isn’t easy for anyone right now,” said Coletta, the host of Tuesday’s meal. “It’s essential we have good people who are rooted in community and centering the work.”Boston City Councilor Gabriela “Gigi” Coletta speaks at the Santarpio’s Election Day lunch. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)Boston City Councilor Gabriela “Gigi” Coletta introduces Mayor Michelle Wu to her little nephew at the Santarpio’s E...

Ivanka Trump set to testify as state’s last witness in NYC civil fraud trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

Molly Crane-Newman | New York Daily NewsIvanka Trump is set to testify against her father and brothers Wednesday before the state rests its civil fraud case against Donald Trump and his top company lieutenants.Trump’s eldest daughter will be called to the stand in Manhattan Supreme Court after fighting to separate herself from the sweeping lawsuit that threatens the future of the family’s real estate empire and her dad and brothers’ business prospects in their native New York.Ivanka was dismissed from the suit brought by state Attorney General Tish James in June after successfully arguing the claims against her were time-barred on appeal. She left her role at the Trump Organization as executive vice president of acquisitions and development in 2017 to work as an unpaid government employee in Trump’s White House.Ivanka, who has publicly distanced herself from her father since he left office and during his current presidential bid, fought the subpoena to testify for the government as ...

Parts of Massachusetts could see some snow, sleet, freezing rain: ‘A few slick spots on roads are possible’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

Drivers across parts of the region might see some slippery spots this week, as the next weather system could bring light snow and ice for the higher terrain.While much of Massachusetts will deal with periods of rain from late Wednesday into Thursday, a light wintry mix will be possible in the Worcester Hills and Berkshires — especially across the higher elevations.Any accumulations would be very light, but the main concern is for light freezing rain and light icing mainly at elevations over 1,000 feet, according to the National Weather Service.“Our next weather system will bring periods of rain late Wed night into Thu,” the National Weather Service’s Boston office posted.“Pockets of sleet and freezing rain with light icing is possible over the higher elevations in the Berkshires and Worcester Hills through Thu morning before changing to all rain,” NWS Boston added.Related ArticlesWeather | Dry weather for Halloween, but snow possible in...

Marcus Thames is the Chicago White Sox’s new hitting coach — the team’s 3rd in 3 seasons. Can he get them back on track?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

Marcus Thames will try to help the Chicago White Sox get back on track offensively after being named the team’s hitting coach on Tuesday.The Sox also added Jason Bourgeois as the first base/outfield Coach, Drew Butera as the catching coach, Matt Wise as the assistant pitching coach and Grady Sizemore as a major-league coach.Ethan Katz returns as the pitching coach, Mike Tosar as the assistant hitting coach, Eddie Rodríguez as the third base/infield coach and Charlie Montoyo as the bench coach. Tosar was the team’s major-league field coordinator last season.Each of the new additions have major-league playing experience.Thames will be the team’s third hitting coach in three seasons, replacing José Castro, who replaced Frank Menechino. The 47-year-old spent 2023 as the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels.Powered by Shohei Ohtani’s league-leading 44 home runs, the Angels ranked third in the American League in the category with 231. They were sevent...

Trump to skip ‘battle of losers’ when five other Republicans debate in Miami

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

For a third time the Republican party will hold a primary debate and for a third time the party’s leading candidate will duck it.Former President Donald Trump will be in Florida but otherwise engaged on debate night. He will, therefore, avoid, according to his campaign, “a battle of losers on the debate stage” in Miami, where five other conservatives will gather to do their best to prove to the nation that they can somehow trump the absent 45th president.On stage Wednesday evening will be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum both are also actively seeking the party nod, but did not meet the polling threshold required to join the third debate. Former Vice President Mike Pence has suspended his presidential campaign.With the candidate himself not planning to mount the de...

4 things we learned from the Chicago Bears, including contingency plans at QB and Velus Jones Jr.’s ‘unacceptable’ penalty

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

Coming off a 24-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, the Chicago Bears are now immersed in a short week as they work toward Thursday night’s game against the Carolina Panthers at Soldier Field.The Bears will be looking to get back on track against the 1-7 Panthers but will have to stay flexible as they sort through their quarterback situation. Here are four things we learned Tuesday at Halas Hall.1. The Bears haven’t offered clarity on their quarterback plans for Thursday.They held a closed walk-through Tuesday and officially listed Justin Fields as a limited participant. Fields, who missed the last three games with a dislocated right thumb, is testing the thumb’s grip strength and overall functionality.On Monday, coach Matt Eberflus said Fields needs to pass three checkpoints to play. The first is getting clearance from the team’s medical staff. Then Fields must express his own comfort and confidence in playing. Finally, Bears coaches will assess whe...

Revolution to host Philadelphia in a playoff elimination match

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

New England Revolution fiery midfielder Matt Polster does not intend to go meekly into the offseason.The Revolution face elimination from the MLS Cup playoffs when they host the Philadelphia Union in the second game of a best-of-three Round One series on Wednesday night (7) at Gillette Stadium. The Revolution will be playing the 50th MLS Cup playoff game in club history.The No. 4 seed Union delivered a 3-1 beatdown on the No. 5 Revolution in the series opener on Oct. 28 at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. If the Revolution can force a third game, it would be played at Subaru Park on Sunday at 3 p.m.Polster is confident the club can regroup and bring the show back to Philly and he has a good reason to feel that way. The Revolution posted a 12-1-4 record at Gillette, including a 2-1 victory over the Union in the regular season finale on Oct. 21.“It comes from being confident,” said Polster. “You don’t want to go into a game nervous in terms of second guessing yourself. It’s just being conf...

Peace Corps agrees to pay $750,000 to family of dead volunteer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

The Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in 2018 in East Africa after the agency’s doctors misdiagnosed a case of malaria, a law firm announced Tuesday.Bernice Heiderman of Inverness, Illinois, died in January 2018 on the island nation of Comoros after texting her mother that the local Peace Corps doctor wasn’t taking seriously her complaints of dizziness, nausea, fever and fatigue, said Adam Dinnell, a partner at the Houston-based law firm of Schiffer Hicks Johnson PLLC. The doctor told her to drink water and take aspirin, said Dinnell, whose firm filed a federal lawsuit for damages in Chicago on behalf of the Heiderman family.The woman’s mother, Julie Heiderman, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview the family feels that with the settlement, the Peace Corps has taken some accountability for her daughter’s death and realized it had treated the family “horrifically.”The agency speaks of its “sophist...

Judge says man who hit and killed two fellow UBC students should serve 3 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

RICHMOND, B.C. — A British Columbia judge has ruled that a 23-year-old man who hit and killed two University of British Columbia students while he was speeding through the campus in 2021 should serve three years in jail and be prohibited from driving for five years. Provincial court Judge Glenn Lee told the court in Richmond, B.C., that Tim Goerner will still be young when his sentence is done and he can then spread a message to people about the dangers of drinking and driving. “This can be your role in giving back to society,” Lee told Goerner on Tuesday. “I really encourage you to do that.”The court heard he had been drinking at a party before the high-speed crash that killed Emily Selwood and Evan Smith as they walked down a sidewalk on the university campus in the early morning hours of Sept. 26, 2021.The sentence is in line with a joint submission by the Crown and his defence lawyer, who outlined why Goerner should serve the term for two counts of danger...

Toronto’s final major Union Station construction project now set to finish in 2025

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:09 GMT

It has been two years since City of Toronto officials announced a formal end to a massive, $825-million renovation of Union Station, but a large exterior security project set to be done in 2023 has been postponed until 2025.After the Yonge Street van attack in 2018, municipal crews moved quickly to boost security around Union Station. That push to boost safety saw dozens of concrete barriers installed on Front Street West in a bid to add protection to Canada’s busiest rail hub.However, CityNews recently visited the forecourt of Union Station and saw a number of decaying barriers. Some were stuffed with garbage and other items. One barrier had a hand-written sign telling residents and visitors where the bicycle station was located.“That’s one of the main gateways to go into the city. It definitely needs some love,” Victor Perez-Amado, a public realm expert and an assistant professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, said when asked about the current state of...