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Protesters set to demonstrate across Canada as Israel-Hamas war rages

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

MONTREAL — Demonstrators are expected in cities across Canada ahead of rallies related to the Israel-Hamas war.In Toronto, a protest organized by the group Ceasefire Now is set to voice solidarity with residents of the Gaza Strip starting at 1 p.m. in front of city hall, with similar demonstrations planned in Montreal and other cities.Meanwhile, a rally in support of Israelis is planned for Toronto’s Christie Pits Park, organized by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.The park holds historical significance for Jewish Canadians, marking the spot where violence erupted between Jews and Anglo-Canadians in the 1933 Christie Pits Riot, set off by a swastika flag unfurled by Nazi-inspired youth.Sunday’s demonstrations come amid growing calls for a ceasefire as the death toll rises in the Gaza Strip, where power and fuel shortages wreak havoc on its health centres while fierce clashes play out between Israeli troops and Hamas m...

76ers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. has a broken rib after being struck by vehicle that fled the scene

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. broke a rib when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene Saturday night in Philadelphia’s Center City, authorities said.The 27-year-old Oubre was taken to a hospital in stable condition after being hit and was released a few hours later. The team officially ruled Oubre out for a game Sunday night and said in a statement he would be re-evaluated in about one week.Oubre was walking near his home at about 7:20 p.m. Saturday and was heading west on a street when a vehicle travelling in the same direction “at a high rate of speed” tried to turn south onto the street he was crossing. The vehicle hit him “in the upper chest area with the driver-side mirror,” police said Sunday.The car, described as silver in color, kept going south and fled the scene. Fire department medics responded and took Oubre to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital “in stable condition with a broken rib and injuries to his hip and right leg,” police said, a...

Jury finds Nygard guilty of 4 sexual assault charges, acquits him on 2 other counts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

TORONTO — Peter Nygard, who once led a women’s fashion empire, was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault on Sunday but was acquitted of a fifth count plus a charge of forcible confinement.The jury at his trial in Toronto handed down the verdict on their fifth day of deliberations following a six-week trial. Eighty-two-year-old Nygard had pleaded not guilty to all charges, which stemmed from allegations dating back from the 1980s to the mid-2000s.Five women – whose identities are protected by a publication ban – had testified that they were invited to Nygard’s headquarters at 1 Niagara Street in Toronto under pretexts ranging from tours to job interviews, with all encounters ending in a top-floor bedroom suite where four of them were sexually assaulted.Multiple complainants told the jury similar stories of meeting Nygard on a plane, at an airport tarmac or at a nightclub and then receiving invitations to come to headquarters. All five women said their meetings or intera...

Want to live longer? These 8 habits may reduce your biological age, study says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

(NEXSTAR) -- Aging is inevitable, but you might be able to slow down the process with some healthy lifestyle changes. That's according to a new study presented Monday at the American Heart Society's Scientific Sessions 2023 in Philadelphia. Scientists pointed to eight healthy habits that can reduce your biological age and help you live longer. While everyone knows their chronological age (the number of years you've been alive), biological age refers to how old your cells are and the speed at which you're aging physically.  1 in 4 US medical students consider quitting, most don’t plan to treat patients: report For the study, researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City calculated the phenotypic, or biological, age of 6,500 adults. The analysis found that good cardiovascular health can slow the pace of biological aging by up to six years and reduce the risk of developing age-related diseases.For example, the aver...

After Ohio's legalization vote, here's where marijuana is — and isn't — legal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Ohio voters legalized recreational marijuana on Tuesday, making the state the 24th to do so. Starting next month, Ohioans 21 years old and older will be allowed to possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and up to 15 grams of cannabis extract. They can keep up to six cannabis plants or up to 12 if there are two adults at least 21 years old in their household.An additional sales tax of 10% will apply to cannabis products as well. Ohio was already one of the 15 states that had legalized medical cannabis. Can you bring marijuana on a plane through a TSA checkpoint? As of November 2023, 24 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use. There are several that approved recreational use within the last two years. Rhode Island and New York kicked off sales in December 2022. Connecticut, Maryland, and Missouri began sales this year.Some states tried and failed to legalize recreational marijuana this year. That includes Oklahoma, whe...

Business People: UnitedHealth adds former Mass. governor, NCAA President Charlie Baker to board

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

OF NOTECharlie BakerUnitedHealth Group, a Minnetonka-based national health insurer, announced that Charlie Baker, governor of Massachusetts from 2015-23 and current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, has been appointed to its board of directors. Baker previously was CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.FINANCIAL SERVICESTopLine Financial Credit Union, Maple Grove, announced the opening of a branch at 900 American Blvd. West, Bloomington.HEALTH CAREHealthPartners, a Bloomington-based health insurer and health care provider, announced that Dr. Ginger Kakacek has been named chief medical officer of its health plan. Concurrent with her new role, Kakacek will continue her clinical practice at Methodist Hospital and Park Nicollet clinics. … Advent, a chain of non-invasive nose and throat clinics, announced the opening of a location at 845 Vikings Parkway, Suite B., Eagan, run by Dr. Jennifer Hsia.HOSPITALITYMille Lacs Corporate Ventures, an Onamia, Minn.-based ...

Train derailment north of Central City in Gilpin County causes no injuries, officials say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

A train has derailed in Gilpin County, but no injuries have been reported, county officials announced Sunday morning.The derailment occurred in Black Hawk, in the area of Pactolus Lake and South Beaver Creek roads, approximately 15 miles northeast of Central City.So far, no injuries have been reported and officials have found no leakage or fumes escaping from the derailed cars, according to a Sunday news release from the Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office.The sheriff’s office is asking the public to avoid the area, but said they don’t anticipate issuing any evacuations.The cause of the derailment is under investigation. No other details have been released at this time.Related ArticlesTransportation | U.S. 85 northbound reopens in Brighton after closure for jackknifed semitruck Transportation | Bus rapid transit is coming to more of Denver’s arterial streets as CDOT ups its support Transportation | Colorado Department of ...

Massive fire leads to indefinite closure of 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Saturday night, following a massive fire that shut down part of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles.The affected stretch of freeway is set to be closed until further notice, officials said.The blaze was first reported early Saturday around 12:30 a.m. at a pallet yard underneath the freeway near East 14th and Alameda streets. The flames quickly spread to neighboring storage yards and engulfed both sides of 14th Street underneath the 10, eventually melting some of the freeway's steel guardrails and damaging firetrucks, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.More than 160 firefighters from 26 companies and a helicopter responded to battle the blaze.Three nearby buildings were saved by fire crews, but there was still severe damage across the freeway. A homeless encampment underneath an overpass was forced to evacuate as flames engulfed the area and chunks of supporting concrete columns collapsed.A large storage fire close...

Photos: Massive fire destroys part of 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

A large fire that broke out underneath the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday has led to the full closure of part of the highway and a state of emergency being issued. What caused the blaze remains under investigation, but the heat from the flames was so intense that it melted some of the steel guardrails and cement columns that hold up part of the overpass. Photos of the fire can be viewed below: The aftermath of a large fire that destroyed part of the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Nov. 11, 2023. (Caltrans)The aftermath of a large fire that destroyed part of the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Nov. 11, 2023. The aftermath of a large fire that destroyed part of the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Nov. 11, 2023. (KTLA)The aftermath of a large fire that destroyed part of the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Nov. 11, 2023. (Caltrans)L.A. Mayor Karen Bass assesses the damage after a fire ripped through a storage yard underneath the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles on Nov. 11, 2023. Firef...

‘The Marvels’ bombs at the box office

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:26:43 GMT

Since 2008’s “Iron Man,” the Marvel machine has been one of the most unstoppable forces in box-office history. Now, though, that aura of invincibility is showing signs of wear and tear. The superhero factory hit a new low with the weekend launch of “The Marvels,” which opened with just $47 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.The 33rd installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a sequel to the 2019 Brie Larson-led “Captain Marvel,” managed less than a third of the $153.4 million its predecessor launched with before ultimately taking in $1.13 billion worldwide. Sequels, especially in Marvel Land, aren’t supposed to fall off a cliff. Yet “The Marvels” debuted with more than $100 million less than “Captain Marvel” opened with — something no sequel before has ever done. David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm Franchise Research Entertainment, called it “an unprecedented Marvel box-office collapse.”The previous low for a Walt Disney Co.-owned Marvel movie was “Ant-M...