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Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

Blustery and cold for the day. The sun helped a bit but the dang wind kept getting in the way of nice moments. I’ve always held the belief that the wind is the true enemy of the coldest season. Give me 30 degrees and calm conditions over 40 degrees and wind any day–including Taco Tuesday! Our high temps were close to 40 this afternoon and that was below normal by a few degrees.When you look at where our high temps normally occur, it’s usually in the 40s or 50s…22 of 30 days either have high temps in the 40s or 50s. This November has been pretty typical…The core of the cold air is with us right now (Tuesday evening) and will be with us for about another 24 hours as the cold temps extend west toward Chicago…The upshot of this cold air is that it is dry so while Wednesday is another cold day we have another mostly sunny day on tap…High temps will generally run below normal by 5-8 degrees but that wind won’t be so rude and disruptive when ...

Revolution sign Tomas Chancalay as a designated player

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

Forward Tomas Chancalay left his native Argentina to experience the rough and tumble of MLS and decided to stay.The New England Revolution exercised their permanent transfer option and signed the 24-year-old forward to an MLS contract as a Designated Player through the 2026 season with a one-year club option. Chancalay transferred from Racing Club in Argentina in August.This was a strategically sound transaction employed by a franchise that has not hired a permanent head coach or sporting director since Bruce Arena resigned both positions in September while under an MLS investigation.Chancalay debuted on Aug. 26 and quickly became the club’s top scoring option, supplanting Gustavo Bou, and Giacomo Vrioni during a tumultuous phase of the season. Chancalay scored six goals in 11 games that included two braces.“Thomas performed admirably in his first season in New England and possesses both the natural attacking instincts and technical prowess to be an elite attacking talent in our lea...

Artūras Karnišovas faces reality of Chicago Bulls’ dismal 5-13 start: ‘I’m not running from it. It’s my responsibility.’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

The Chicago Bulls are stuck in a hole. It’s unavoidable. And executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas knows it.A 5-13 record. A four-game losing streak. A star player pushing for a trade. The first five weeks of the season have quickly tanked any hopes the rebuild centered on Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vučević would finally begin to click.Karnišovas acknowledged the gravity of the situation in a brief conversation with three reporters at the team’s shootaround in Boston before Tuesday night’s game against the Celtics.“We see what everyone is seeing and are just as frustrated,” Karnišovas said. “We’re disappointed, but I’m not running from it. It’s my responsibility.”This is not the season the Bulls were expecting. That has been clear from top to bottom. The front office returned the majority of the roster with the expectation the Bulls could build off the ...

Extreme starting rotation makeover: 5 trade candidates Red Sox can target

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

There’s been ample discussion about the starting pitching options on this winter’s free-agent market, but it’s not the only avenue the Red Sox can take on their journey towards a better rotation.They can trade for a young arm with years of club control, or go for a short-term rental. There’s also the Rick Porcello route: acquire and extend.For the first time in years, the Red Sox have the kind of farm system that enables them to make significant, even blockbuster trades. Serendipitously, their newfound abundance lines up nicely with the trade market, which includes several intriguing arms.There’s a familiar divisional foe in Tyler Glasnow, who’s been dominant since the Tampa Bay Rays acquired him from the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2018. When healthy, that is. Since the start of ‘19, the right-hander owns a 3.03 ERA and 1.013 WHIP. However, he’s only averaged 12 starts per year for a grand total of 34 starts (332 ⅔ innings) across the last five seasons. (That’s 22 starts less than Chris ...

Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats will be removed from grounds surrounding historic fortress

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital where they are considered both a delight and a nuisance will be removed over the coming year, under a plan unveiled Tuesday by the U.S. National Park Service.The agency said it will contract an animal welfare organization to remove the 200 cats estimated to live on 75 acres surrounding a fortress at the San Juan National Historic Site that the federal agency operates in Old San Juan. If the organization fails to remove the cats within six months, the park service said it would hire a removal agency.Cat lovers responded to the plan with dismay, but the agency noted that the felines can transmit illnesses to humans. “All visitors will benefit from the removal of a potential disease vector from the park,” the park service plan stated.The six-month timetable to remove the cats is unrealistic, said Ana María Salicrup, secretary of the board of directors for the nonprofit...

OpenText divesting AMC business to Rocket Software for US$2.3 billion

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

OpenText Corp. says it’s divesting its AMC business to Rocket Software, Inc. for US$2.275 billion in cash.The Waterloo, Ont.-based company says it has reached a definitive agreement with Rocket, a Bain Capital portfolio company.OpenText says its AMC business provides mainframe modernization and connectivity software to more than 100,000 customers. It says the transaction will reinforce and expand OpenText’s focus on cloud and artificial intelligence and will result in more predictable growth. The company says the net proceeds of the deal will be used to reduce its debt. OpenText expects the deal to close in its fourth fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2024. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 28, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:OTEX)The Canadian Press

Coastal GasLink pipeline mechanically complete before year-end deadline

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

VANCOUVER — The Coastal GasLink pipeline that stretches across northern B.C. is mechanically complete ahead of the company’s year-end deadline. A statement from TC Energy Corp. says history has been made by finishing Canada’s first pipeline to the West Coast in over 70 years. The company announced in October that the installation of the pipe was finished, while mechanical completion means the end of construction, successful hydrotesting of the full 670-kilometre line and engineering reviews. The statement says Coastal GasLink’s team is in the field getting ready to deliver gas to the LNG Canada processing and export facility in Kitimat, on B.C.’s northern coast. It says that while construction crews have been packing up, reclamation work still needs to be finished and some of the workforce will return next spring. Planning for the pipeline began a decade ago and the project has been delayed by protests, including train blockades by First Nations across the co...

City of Toronto to close its 4 vaccine clinics after provincial funding ends

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

It’s been more than two years since the City of Toronto widely opened its COVID-19 vaccine clinics for bookings, but the municipality’s four remaining facilities are set to close.Toronto Public Health officials announced its four clinics (Scarborough Town Centre, North York Civic Centre, Cloverdale Mall and Metro Hall) will be closing on Dec. 13. They said it’s being done because operational funding from the Ontario government as part of its COVID-19 response is expiring at the end of the year.The move comes amid a recent, increased push to get COVID-19 boosters and influenza vaccines.“The response has been tremendous and certainly our clinics have been fully booked for many, many weeks, and have had a steady flow of people,” Dr. Vinita Dubey, Toronto Public Health’s associate medical officer of health, told CityNews.She noted the clinics in more recent months have expanded to provide a number of other shots, including ones students need at school...

Texas city approves $3.5 million for child who witnessed aunt’s fatal shooting by officer

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas city on Tuesday approved a $3.5 million settlement for a child who witnessed his aunt being fatally shot through a window of her home by a police officer four years ago.The Fort Worth City Council approved the settlement for Zion Carr, who was 8 when Atatiana Jefferson was killed. Zion testified at the trial last December of Aaron Dean, the former officer who was convicted of manslaughter in Jefferson’s death and sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison.Part of the settlement will help cover Zion’s current needs and living expenses, and a savings plan will be established to pay for his college education, according to the city.Zion’s mother, Amber Carr, died in January 2023 after battling congestive heart failure.Dean, who is white, shot Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, on Oct. 12, 2019, after a neighbor called a nonemergency police line to report that the front door to Jefferson’s home was open. It emerged at trial that Zion and ...

Lawmaker helping lead impeachment of Philadelphia’s prosecutor will run for state attorney general

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:48:47 GMT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state lawmaker who is helping lead the effort to impeach Philadelphia’s elected prosecutor on Tuesday became the newest candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general, an office that played a critical role in court defending Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the presidential battleground.Rep. Craig Williams, a Republican who represents part of suburban Philadelphia, has said for months that he planned to run for the state’s top law enforcement office in 2024.Williams, a former federal prosecutor and former U.S. Marine Corps pilot and prosecutor, is the third Republican to declare his candidacy. In an announcement video, Williams says, “I’m running for attorney general because I know how to deal with violence. … I fought the bad guys on the battlefield and I beat them in the courtroom.”Democrats are facing a five-way primary for an office that will be open after next year.Williams is a second-term member of the state House who ran unsucce...