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Lawrence woman wins $1 million prize after buying $50 scratch ticket in Methuen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

A woman from Lawrence was the winner of a million dollar prize after buying a $50 instant ticket game in neighboring Methuen, according to lottery officials.Marta Soto Burgos, joined by her husband while claiming her prize at the Massachusetts State Lottery headquarters in Dorchester, opted for the cash option and its one-time payment of $650,000 (before taxes).According to officials, Burgos bought her winning “Billion Dollar Extravaganza” ticket at the Stop Quick Market at 12 Haverhill St. in Methuen, which will receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling the winner.RELATED: Mass. State Lottery unveils first-ever $50 instant ticketThe Billion Dollar Extravaganza game hit stores last month on Feb. 7 as the state’s first-ever $50 instant scratch ticket. It also marked the Massachusetts State Lottery’s 50th anniversary.Ticket prizes include three $25 million prizes and five $2 million prizes that have yet to be claimed. Burgos appears to be the second person to win one of the 1...

Orlando basketball: Sensabaugh eyes NBA; Montverde in GEICO tourney; DP girls in national invitational

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

Brice Sensabaugh, the 2021-22 Orlando area and state player of the year for Lake Highland Prep, announced Saturday that he could be headed to the NBA after one season of college basketball at Ohio State.“After steady thought and consideration, I am excited to announce I have decided to enter my name into the 2023 NBA Draft with the option to return to OSU,” Sensabaugh stated in a social media post.He has not relinquished NCAA eligibility and new rules give Sensabaugh until June 12 to decide which path he will take. That is 10 days ahead of the June 22 NBA Draft.The 6-foot-6, 235-pound freshman forward averaged 16.3 points and 5.4 rebounds for an Ohio State team that had a disappointing 16-19 season. Sensabaugh made 40.5% of his 3-point shot attempts (60 of 148).Sensabaugh averaged 25.1 points as a Lake Highland senior and won the Florida Dairy Farmers Mr. Basketball award.Buddy CollingsMontverde eyes GEICO repeatsMontverde Academy’s boys and girls basketball teams ...

Deal to buy Silicon Valley Bank calms bank fears, for now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

By STAN CHOE (AP Business Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — First Citizens Bank is buying much of Silicon Valley Bank, the tech-focused financial institution whose failure this month set off a chain reaction that helped rattle faith in banks around the world. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other regulators had already taken extraordinary steps to head off a wider crisis by guaranteeing all depositors in SVB and another failed institution, Signature Bank, could get their money, even if they had more than the $250,000 limit insured by the FDIC.The First Citizens deal announced late Sunday, at least initially, seemed to achieve what regulators have sought: a shoring up of trust in other regional banks across the country. Stock prices strengthened for First Republic, PacWest Bancorp. and other banks that investors have spotlighted as most at risk for a sudden exodus of nervous customers, similar to the run that caused Silicon Valley Bank’s failure. The sale underscores that Si...

Robert Kraft launches $25 million campaign to ‘Stand Up To Jewish Hate’ as anti-Semitic reported incidents spike to record high

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

Patriots owner Robert Kraft has launched a $25 million national campaign to fight anti-Semitism as anti-Semitic reported incidents surge to record highs across the region and country.Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism announced its new initiative for all Americans — and especially non-Jews — to #StandUpToJewishHate by using the blue square emoji on social media as a unifying symbol of support.The foundation noted that Jews only make up 2.4% of the American population, but they’re the victims of 55% of religious-based hate crimes. That disturbing discrepancy is the cornerstone of this new campaign — in which the blue square emoji will take up 2.4% of TV and digital screens, billboards and social feeds to call attention to the disparity.“The #StandUpToJewishHate campaign is designed to raise awareness for the fight against antisemitism, specifically among non-Jewish audiences and to help all Americans understand that there is a role for each ...

Trump ‘hush money’ grand jury reconvenes in Manhattan as anticipation builds over possible indictment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

Molly Crane-Newman | (TNS) New York Daily NewsNEW YORK — The Manhattan grand jury hearing about former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” payment to porn star Stormy Daniels returned to court Monday, a law enforcement source told the Daily News.The grand jury, which usually starts the day at 2 p.m., was in the building by 1 p.m., the source said. It was unclear whether prosecutors intended to call more witnesses or ask the panel to vote on an indictment against Trump.Scores of reporters and photographers had the DA’s office surrounded as anticipation continued to build that Trump is about to become the first current or former U.S. president in history to face criminal charges.Stormy Daniels attends the Los Angeles Premiere Of Neon’s “Pleasure” at Linwood Dunn Theater on May 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images/TNS)The week before last, Michael Cohen testified for the first time before the grand jury impaneled in January after meeting with pros...

Roslindale man, 60, dies after car crashes into porch: Police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

A man who was struck by the car that slammed into a Roslindale porch on Sunday afternoon has died, according to police.The crash happened at 3968 Washington St., in Roslindale, at around 5:03 p.m. on Sunday.The man who was killed has been identified as Egdio Dantuony, 60, who lived at that Roslindale address, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.The second person who was struck by the vehicle is a 62-year-old man, the DA’s Office said. That man was injured and transported to a hospital.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Car slams into Roslindale porch, Boston Police investigating serious accident Crime & Public Safety | Boston Police seize 37 dirt bikes and mopeds, recover fentanyl and guns, and arrest 4 after ‘illegal drag racing’ investigation The accident led to BPD’s fatal accident reconstruction unit getting called to the scene, which means serious injuries were reported in the cras...

Ottawa appoints new official in charge of Indigenous corrections

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

OTTAWA — The federal government has appointed a deputy commissioner for Indigenous corrections in a move towards tackling the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canada’s criminal justice system.Correctional Service Canada announced Monday that it is promoting Kathy Neil, a Métis official, to serve in the role beginning May 1.The hiring of such a position was a call to justice in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which released its recommendations in 2019.Neil is currently the corrections agency’s assistant deputy commissioner of correctional operations in the Prairies, was previously the warden of Saskatchewan Penitentiary and has also served as a community health worker.“Through my personal and professional experience, I have seen first-hand the challenges and opportunities we have before us to improve the lives of Indigenous peoples in our care and custody,” Neil, who has 27 years of exper...

B.C. tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a taxi driver be paid more than $9,000 in compensation because his caste was insulted during a physical altercation at a staff Christmas party.The tribunal’s March 15 decision says Manoj Bhangu, an immigrant from Punjab in India, was discriminated against by two co-workers on the basis of his ancestry, place of origin, and race.Tribunal adjudicator Sonya Pighin says brothers Inderjit and Avninder Dhillon used a caste-based slur against Bhangu during the brawl at the B.C. firm’s 2018 party, and ordered that they pay him $9,755 in compensation.Pighin says in the decision that although she couldn’t conclude the brothers regarded Bhangu as their inferior, he had proven his “protected characteristics” were a factor in the adverse psychological impacts he suffered.She says Bhangu provided uncontested evidence he experienced shock and embarrassment after the incident and described it as di...

Patriots owner Robert Kraft campaigns against antisemitism

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faced the camera during a video call, pointing to a small, sky-blue lapel pin on his blazer.The pin is the symbol of a $25 million “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign launched Monday by the 81-year-old billionaire through his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, aiming to raise awareness nationwide about soaring incidents of antisemitism online and in person. The campaign will feature emotive ads to be introduced by stars of top television shows such as NBC’s “The Voice,” and the “Kelly Clarkson Show,” and Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”“This little blue square represents the Jewish population in the United States – 2.4%,” said Kraft, who was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, in an observant Orthodox Jewish family. “But we’re the victims of 55% of the hate crimes in this country.”The ads are intended to tug at the heartstrings of non-Jewish Americans, said Matthew Berger, the foundation’s executive director. One o...

NJ takes over Paterson police after crisis worker’s shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:48 GMT

PATERSON, N.J. — New Jersey’s attorney general said Monday that his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson, less than a month after officers there fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker during a tense standoff. Attorney General Matt Platkin said at a news conference that his office had assumed control of all police functions without delay, including the division that investigates internal police matters. His announcement didn’t mention the shooting of 31-year-old Najee Seabrooks directly, but it reflected activists’ concerns about how the department was being run. “There is a crisis of confidence in law enforcement in this city,” he said. “Something has to change and it will change starting now. Earlier this morning I exercised my authority as attorney general and superseded the Paterson police department.”Cheers from people in the audience erupted briefly, as well as calls of “thank you.” P...