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Many on campus voice support for embattled Harvard president amid calls for her resignation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

Hundreds of university faculty members, hundreds of Black alumni and the executive committee of Harvard University’s alumni association have now voiced their support for embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay.Gay is facing growing calls to resign following her testimony on antisemitism on Capitol Hill last week. As of Monday, though, more than 700 faculty members had signed a petition to keep her on the job. More than 800 Black alumni additionally announced they are backing Gay.Late Monday afternoon, the alumni association’s executive committee expressed its unanimous support in a letter to school officials.“President Gay is the right leader to guide the University during this challenging time,” the committee said. “She is thoughtful. She is kind. She is resolutely dedicated to the growth and wellbeing of our very diverse community.”“People are mad,” said Dr. Sarah Johnstone, a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. “If they fire her, Harvard faculty may leave.” Johns...

A nearly 3,000-pound ‘giant’ shark was tagged by a Cape Cod researcher: ‘We hit the lottery’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

Yeah, you’re definitely going to need a bigger boat.East Coast shark researchers fortunately had a better time than those in “Jaws” when they recently came across a nearly 3,000-pound monstrous great white shark.Atlantic White Shark Conservancy staff scientist Megan Winton was off South Carolina with Outcast Sport Fishing’s Chip Michalove last week for Michalove’s first charter of the season, and they truly “hit the lottery.”They caught and tagged an estimated 2,800-pound, 14-foot great white female shark off Hilton Head, which swam away with the first ever camera tag put on a shark in that southeastern region. They named the massive apex predator, “LeeBeth.”“We’ve seen a few (that size) off the Cape, but we don’t see them that often,” Winton told the Herald on Monday. “It’s so humbling to be in the presence of an animal that big.”The female shark is likely between 25 and 30 years old....

Celtics’ perfect home record reminds Joe Mazzulla of critical mindset goal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

The Celtics have become a dominant team when playing at home in the regular season. But can it translate to the playoffs?With Friday’s win over the Knicks at TD Garden, the Celtics moved to a perfect 10-0 at home this season. Coupled with a Nuggets home loss on Friday, the C’s became the last remaining unbeaten team at home this season.The last time they did that? The 2007-08 season, when they won their first 12 home games en route to a 35-6 home record and ultimately, the NBA championship.As they head into a stretch of four home games this week – two against the Cavaliers, then two against the Magic – the Celtics have not lost a home game in the regular season since a double overtime loss to the Knicks last season on March 5, a stretch of 17 in a row. But Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said there hasn’t been an added emphasis on protecting home court.“We haven’t said anything about it,” Mazzulla said. “Obviously, outside of it just being the Garden and being at home and playing i...

Former Fox host Tucker Carlson is launching his own streaming network  

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

NEW YORK — Ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson is starting his own streaming service, promising to “tell the unadorned truth” to fans for $72 a year, he announced Monday.Commentary, interviews, Carlson-flavored news reports and documentaries, even an advice show will be offered on the Tucker Carlson Network, which is essentially staffed by the people who used to work for him at Fox.The new venture comes more than seven months after Fox abruptly fired Carlson, its most popular host. Fox never publicly explained the firing, and Carlson said on Monday that “it really is one of those mysteries that I’ll probably never get to the bottom of.”“I want to wake up and say to myself, ‘You can say whatever you want,'” Carlson said, announcing his streaming service on The Megyn Kelly Show, a podcast and radio show hosted by fellow Fox News refugee Kelly, who has remade her career as an independent commentator.“I’m going to do it without...

Ticker: Lawmakers push to expand support for fisherman; Bull sees S&P 500 climbing next year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

A federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, a group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska said.The lawmakers want to expand a federal commercial fishing occupational safety program that funds research and training. The program is designed to help the nation’s fishermen with the often hazardous conditions they face at sea.Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who along with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is among the lawmakers pushing for the change, said expanding the program would help fishermen access more safety training and mental health resources.Markey added the expansion would “provide much needed funding to ensure that fishermen are getting the information and resources they need to stay safe and healthy on the job.”Proposed changes would increase the program’s annual funding from $6 million to $12 million, a Collins spokesperson said.Bull sees...

NH chipmaker lands $35M grant for fighter jet tech

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced the first of many coming federal investments in computer chip production, saying Monday that it would provide $35 million for BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making chips for military aircraft, including F-15 and F-35 jets.This would be the initial allocation of incentives from last year’s bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which provides more than $52 billion to boost the development and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States.The Commerce Department’s choice of a military contractor instead of a conventional chip manufacturer reveals the national security focus of the law, as more and more weapons systems depend on advanced chips that could be decisive in both preventing and fighting wars.“We can’t gamble with our national security by depending solely on one part of the world or even one country for crucial advanced technologies,” said Commerce Secretary Gina Rai...

Suspect made anti-Palestinian comments, assaulted school bus driver: Toronto police

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

Toronto Police believe a suspected assault on a school bus driver last week was hate-motivated, alleging the suspect made anti-Palestinian comments during the violent confrontation.It happened on Monday, December 4, at around 2:45 p.m. in the Drewry and Hilda avenues area.Investigators say the school bus driver was on the way to pick up students when the accused blocked the entrance to the school, preventing the driver from entering.That led to a confrontation, during which police allege the suspect made anti-Palestinian comments before assaulting the driver.On Sunday, police made an arrest, charging Laurence Goldstein, 64, of Toronto, with uttering threats and assault.“This investigation is being treated as a suspected hate-motivated offence,” a police release states.

Ontario man charged in GTA lottery scratch ticket fraud

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

An Ontario man is facing charges for his alleged involvement in lottery scratch ticket frauds spanning the GTA.Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said an investigation commenced in October 2023 after multiple GTA residents claimed their lottery scratch tickets had already been scratched.An OPP spokesperson said authorities determined that lottery tickets at several locations were tampered with and placed back into ticket displays without the store clerk’s knowledge.Police said 44-year-old Stephen Michael Dea of Pickering was arrested on Dec. 6. He’s been charged with four counts of fraud under $5,000 and four counts of theft under $5,000.The accused was not an employee at any retail outlet selling lottery scratch tickets.The man was released from police custody and is expected to appear in court on Feb. 15, 2024. The OPP has charged a Pickering resident in connection with lottery scratch ticket fraud. In October, people across the GTA reported their scratch tickets had alre...

3 Chilean nationals accused of burglarizing high-end Michigan homes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

Three Chilean nationals have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries of mansions and other high-end homes in suburban Detroit and across Michigan.The charges were announced Monday by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel who said the three are suspected in eight break-ins after they arrived in the Detroit area on a Feb. 1 flight from Los Angeles.Nessel called them part of “an international crime ring” that “targeted lavish homes of affluent Michigan residents.”They “employ technology to thwart alarm systems and take extensive precautions to avoid being identified on home security systems and to avoid leaving forensic evidence at the crime scenes,” Nessel told reporters.Several law enforcement agencies believe the crimes are conducted by “non-citizen, temporary residents from countries in South America who travel to the United States and the state of Michigan specifically in order to conduct these burglaries,” Nessel added. “There are more out there.”Each of the...

Rogers selling all its Cogeco shares to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:04:49 GMT

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it is selling all of its shares in Cogeco Inc. to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for $829 million in a move to reduce its debt leverage ratio.The Toronto-based telecommunications company says it is now six months ahead of its deleveraging plans and expects to achieve a debt leverage ratio of 4.7x by year end, down from 4.9x at the end of the third quarter.Cogeco says the Caisse will become an anchor investor in its cable and internet subsidiary Cogeco Communications Inc.President and CEO Philippe Jetté says the transaction is “a unique opportunity … to realize multiple benefits while ensuring we have the ability to deliver our strategic plan.”Caisse executive vice-president Kim Thomassin calls the share purchase “key for the company and its plan to develop the North American market,” adding the fund “is supporting the growth projects of this leading telecommunications company as connectivity needs ...