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Latest Bears stadium legislation would add $3 to ticket prices at Arlington Heights site to help pay off Soldier Field debt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

Tickets to games and other events at the Chicago Bears’ proposed Arlington Heights development would come with a $3-per-person tax under legislation filed in the Illinois House on Thursday that seeks to jump-start stalled talks over state assistance for the team’s anticipated decampment to the northwest suburbs.Proceeds from the $3 admission tax would go to the city of Chicago to help pay off debt the Park District incurred to fund renovations of Soldier Field two decades ago.Initial reaction to the proposal was tepid from the suburbs, city legislators and the Bears. But the bill’s chief sponsor said the move was an effort to keep alive conversations about the future of a Bears stadium with the scheduled end of the spring legislative session less than a month away.State Rep. Marty Moylan, a Des Plaines Democrat who previously was the northwest suburb’s mayor, said one of the goals of the bill was to gain support from Chicago lawmakers who are reluctant to bac...

Lincoln-Sudbury, Hingham advance to meet in Coaches Cup final

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

BRIDGEWATER — Ever since a few longtime officials came up with the idea to create the showcase about 13 years ago, the Coaches Cup has consistently delivered some of the best lacrosse action in the Commonwealth, if not New England.On Thursday, the tournament resumed, and it now appears a few familiar schools will vie for the championship this upcoming weekend following its events.Senior captain Ryan Berkel finished with a hat trick to go with three assists, while classmate Van Tanguay added a trio of goals, as Lincoln-Sudbury clinched its second straight trip to the Coaches Cup title game with a convincing 12-6 victory over Wellesley at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School.Wellesley (4-1) entered the semifinals with a perfect record, looking to make a statement against a perennial heavyweight. For much of the first half, it appeared as though Lincoln-Sudbury (5-1) was going to be in a dogfight with the upstart Bay State Conference squad.Then, as they have so often done in the pa...

Deep O’Bryant boys volleyball team sweeps by Lincoln-Sudbury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

ROXBURY — If there are two things that are most consistent with the O’Bryant boys volleyball team early on this season, it’s the Tigers’ strong play when closing out a set; and that senior setter Son Nguyen will get the right characters going for the team’s best chance at winning.Both showed in full form Thursday afternoon, as Nguyen dished out 28 assists to help No. 5 O’Bryant (7-1) overcome a resilient No. 20 Lincoln-Sudbury team for a 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-17) nonleague win. Not one player accrued double-digit kills, as Nguyen spread the wealth beyond typical premier hitter Jonathan Narsjo, who couldn’t get going until the final set against the Warriors’ blockers.That distribution coupled nicely with the group’s 11 aces, which it used for the final point in two separate sets to hold off some vicious Lincoln-Sudbury rallies.“That, I really love about our boys. Closing plays, we are winning,” said O’Bryant head coach Paul Pitts-Dilley. “When we are playing our game, we’re playing g...

Barricaded carjacking suspect prompts freeway closure in Carlsbad

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

CARLSBAD, Calif. — All northbound lanes on a stretch of Interstate 5 in Carlsbad were closed Thursday afternoon due to police activity, after the suspect in a vandalism incident attempted to leave the scene in a rideshare.Around 11:56 a.m. Thursday, law enforcement was notified about an incident of felony vandalism against a vehicle at the 6000 block of Paseo Del Norte, according to the Carlsbad Police Department. The individual suspected of committing the vandalism reportedly left the scene in an unidentified rideshare vehicle.The rideshare with the suspect was located by police, who then attempted a traffic stop. When officers approached the vehicle, CPD said that the suspect started threatening the driver with a large knife.Carlsbad police initiated a short pursuit that led onto the northbound I-5. The rideshare driver was safely rescued prior to the chase, according to CPD. Rules of the Road: California license plate rules The pursuit ended after the car was disabled, police s...

Warmer temperatures arrive in San Diego County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- It's starting to finally feel like San Diego weather!The coastal areas felt 7-10 degrees warmer Thursday afternoon while the inland valleys and foothills rose by 10-17 degrees, according to National Weather Service San Diego.A gradual warm-up is expected to continue into the weekend with above average temperatures, NWS meteorologists predict. On Friday, it will be 5 to 10 degrees warmer than Thursday. Those temperatures expect to remain the same on Saturday as well. Barricaded carjacking suspect prompts freeway closure in Carlsbad However, breezy onshore winds return Sunday along the coast, per NWS. Those cooler conditions that consist of increased clouds and stronger winds should reach further inland Monday into Tuesday."The cooling will be driven by the break down of high pressure aloft, return of onshore flow, and the spin up of a coastal eddy," NWS said.The desert mountains will experience the strongest winds on slopes and through passes earlier next week.

Tennessee Republican lawmaker resigns after ethics violation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A state lawmaker in Tennessee resigned suddenly for an ethics violation that became public Thursday, two weeks after he joined fellow Republicans in expelling two Black Democratic legislators for protesting in support of gun control on the state House floor.Rep. Scotty Campbell, vice chair of the House Republican Caucus, violated the Legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy. The brief Ethics Subcommittee findings document from late March did not provide specifics and said no more information would be released.Campbell’s resignation came hours after a Nashville TV station confronted him about sexual harassment allegations involving legislative interns.Campbell declined to provide a detailed account of what happened. Asked by WTVF-TV on Thursday about the ethics panel’s decision, Campbell said, “I had consensual, adult conversations with two adults off property.”“If I choose to talk to any intern in the future, it will be recorded,” Ca...

Transgender lawmaker silenced by Montana House speaker

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House speaker on Thursday refused to allow a transgender lawmaker to speak about bills on the House floor until she apologizes for saying lawmakers would have “blood on their hands” if they supported a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, the lawmaker said.Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who was deliberately misgendered by a conservative group of lawmakers demanding her censure after Tuesday’s comments, said she will not apologize, creating a standoff between the first-term state lawmaker and Republican legislative leaders.Speaker Matt Regier refused to acknowledge Zephyr on Thursday when she wanted to comment on a bill seeking to put a binary definition of male and female into state code.“It is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor, to protect the dignity and integrity,” Regier said Thursday. “And any representative that I don’t feel can do that will not be recognized.”Regier said the decision came after “mult...

California to meet 100% of water requests thanks to storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will provide 100% of the water requested by cities and farms for the first time in years thanks to winter storms that filled reservoirs and runoff from a record snowpack, regulators announced Thursday.The State Water Project will provide full allocations to 29 water agencies supplying about 27 million customers and 750,000 acres of farmland, the Department of Water Resources said.As late as March, the agency was only expecting to provide 75% of requested water supplies.The last time the state agency fully met water requests was in 2006. Meanwhile, the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced it was increasing water allocations for the Central Valley Project to 100% for the first time since 2017.The move was cheered by contractors who supply the federal water to the state’s agricultural heartland. It will provide much-needed water to communities, farms and families in the San Joaquin Valley, said a statement from Jose Gutierrez, interim gener...

Family wants federal investigation after man’s death in jail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail’s psychiatric wing is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the facility.Lashawn Thompson, 35, died in September, three months after being booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Thompson’s family, called for those responsible for his death to be held accountable.“What you’re looking at, I think, is not just a deplorable jail cell, but this is a crime scene. This is criminal,” Crump said as he held up a photo of Thompson’s dirty, trash-strewn cell during a news conference and rally Thursday in front of the jail.Photos of the cell and of Thompson’s face and body covered in insects sparked outrage last week when they spread on social media after his family’s local attorney, Michael Harper, released them to news outlets. The medical examiner’s report lists Thompson’s cause of death a...

Kansas governor vetoes 4 anti-trans bills as overrides loom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:24 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor on Thursday vetoed a sweeping set of anti-transgender measures, including a ban on gender-affirming care for children and teens, but Republican lawmakers who pushed them appeared to have the votes to override most of her actions. Gov. Laura Kelly rejected restrictions for transgender people in using restrooms, locker rooms and other public facilities; limits on where they are housed in state prisons and county jails; and even restrictions on rooming arrangements for transgender youth on overnight school trips.Her actions highlighted how her Republican-leaning state has become a fiercely contested battleground as GOP lawmakers across the U.S. target LGBTQ+ rights through several hundred proposals. Kelly narrowly won reelection in November, but the the Legislature has GOP supermajorities and conservative leaders who’ve made rolling back transgender rights a priority. The measures on bathrooms, jails and overnight school trips passe...