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Lynn native makes history as first non-binary person to win a Tony award for acting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

This year’s Tony Awards brought with them a historic honor for Massachusetts native Alex Newell.Newell, from Lynn, became the first openly non-binary person to win an award for acting. Speaking this week, those who knew Newell said they knew success would be coming after being part of Newell’s life in the theater as a child.Steve Black directed Newell in shows at Marblehead Little Theatre.He said he knew Newell was special from their first audition.“When Alex came in, as soon as they opened their month, that was what everybody remembered — the wonderful, amazing sound that no one else could capture or emulate,” Black said.Thomas Nunan is the president of Bishop Fenwick High School, where Newell graduated in 2012. He said everyone at Bishop Fenwick couldn’t be prouder of Newell’s success.“To see that kind of joy and exuberance last night on stage — just thrilling and exhilarating,” Nunan said. As Newell celebrated Sunday night, they were not the only...

Finals MVP Nikola Jokic carries Nuggets to first championship in franchise history after eliminating Heat

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

Just four months ago, Nikola Jokic wasn’t picked. The playground insult. LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the captains of the All-Star teams, instead chose players like Kyrie Irving, Ja Morant and Donovan Mitchell.Jokic, the two-time reigning MVP at the time, picked himself that night — he just walked off the stage before LeBron made a choice — because he didn’t want to insult the other final starter on the draft board, Lauri Markkanen.Fast forward several weeks and a former NBA player, Kendrick Perkins, implied on ESPN that Jokic was only voted MVP because he’s white. Ridiculous. Perkins also labeled Jokic a stat padder. Doubly ridiculous.Other NBA stars would’ve taken these things personally. LeBron would’ve logged the slights in his memory bank. Kevin Durant would’ve pretended to not care while tweeting about it.But Jokic, the most overlooked and disrespected two-time MVP in history, ignored the noise. And now he’s an N...

California Gov. Newsom spars with Fox News host Hannity over Biden, immigration and the economy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sparred with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night, insisting President Joe Biden is physically fit for a second term as president while refusing to say whether supporters have urged him to run against Biden on the 2024 ballot.Asked if he believes Biden is “cognitively strong enough to be president,” Newsom said yes, adding that he talks with the president “all the time” and has traveled with him aboard Air Force One.‘You never answered my question directly,” Hannity responded. “How many times does your phone ping a day, people saying you need to get in this race because they agree with me that he’s not up to the job.”Newsom stammered somewhat before responding: “I’m not answering.”Newsom has repeatedly said he has no interest in running for president, saying he completely supports Biden’s reelection campaign. In April, Newsom raised money for Biden during a fundraiser in Washington shortly after the...

Denver Nuggets, Canadian Jamal Murray win 1st-ever NBA title

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

The Denver Nuggets and Canadian guard Jamal Murray are NBA champions for the first time after defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 on Monday.The Nuggets won the best-of-seven final in five games. It’s the franchise’s first title in its 47 years.47 years in the making. ???? pic.twitter.com/E8Gjd2jT5d— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 13, 2023 Murray, who hails from Kitchener, Ont., was dominant alongside two-time regular season MVP Nikola Jokic, who finished with 28 points and 16 rebounds on Monday night. Murray added 14 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Forward Michael Porter Jr. had 16 points and 13 rebounds.Jokic was named NBA Finals MVP after averaging over 30 points and 13 rebounds per game and shooting over 46 per cent from three in the playoffs.Murray, meanwhile, averaged over 26 points per game in the playoffs to help guide and ultimately secure the title for Denver. He was drafted seventh overall by the Nuggets in the 2016 NBA Draft.It’s the second-...

Teen, paralyzed in water accident, warns others of the dangers of diving

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

Every year as the weather warms up and people go to pools and beaches, injuries rise.The first nice day of this year’s Spring was the last time a young man stood on his own. A diving accident left him paralyzed.But he is determined to walk and warn others. 18-year-old Pato Gilchrist lives with his family just one block from the beach in WIlmette. On the day of his accident, the weather was warm and the water was low.“The first dive in I dove in headfirst, and I hit the sand the bottom of the lake,” he said.WGN’s Medical Watch team first visited Gilchrist two weeks after his accident at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab.Lauren Rizio is an occupational therapist.“Over the summer there is a percentage of our caseload here that is diving injuries,” she said. “(Gilchrist) has a cervical spinal cord injury at about the C7 level.” MedWatch Daily Digest: Study spanning 25 years shows effects of traumatic brain injuries He undergoes intense therapy three hours a day, re-learning the b...

Hardly drought busters, but showery spells to increase Tuesday with slow moving low pressure; Canadian fires still burning and smoke may stage a Chicago area comeback in coming days

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

It’s here! El Niño, a warming of the equatorial Pacific waters west of South America and accompanying weakening of the easterly trade winds which blow across that region, has arrived with a range of potential global weather/climate implications, which a study published in the scientific journal Nature suggests may end up producing economic impacts amounting to $3-trillion in 2023.The last full blown El Niño occurred in 2016—a year which produced the highest global average temp on the books. It’s widely believed this year, when El Niño warming is added—the planetary warming already underway with ongoing climate change—that our planet will set a new global warm temp record for 2023. And odds of this becoming a strong El Niño by this coming winter—with ocean temps warming 2.7 degrees F above normal—are placed at 56% by forecasters at the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC).WHY IS THERE SUCH INTEREST IN El Niño?Much is made of El Niños because of the important and...

Denver Nuggets win first NBA title, beat Miami Heat in five games

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Nuggets have won their first NBA championship in team history, beating the Miami Heat in Game 5 on Monday. The Nuggets edged out the Heat, 94-89, in Denver, overcoming dreadful shooting and a late flurry from Miami's Jimmy Butler. Center Nikola Jokic, had 28 points and 16 rebounds for the Nuggets, who missed 20 of their first 22 3-point attempts and seven of their first 13 free throws but figured out how to close out the series on their home floor. Where you can get Nuggets NBA championship gear Jokic, who finished as the runner-up to Joel Embiid in the MVP race, was named to the All-NBA Second Team. He nearly averaged a triple-double over the season with 24.5 points, 11.8 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game over the 69 games he played.Butler scored eight straight points to help the Heat take an 87-86 lead with 2:45 left after trailing by seven. He made two more free throws with 1:58 remaining to help Miami regain a one-point lead. Then, Bruce Brown got a...

Heat and humidity reach dangerous levels this week

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Following isolated severe thunderstorms in the Hill Country Monday night, heat and humidity become the main story through Father's Day weekend with one of the hottest mid-June periods Austin has ever recorded.A Tornado Watch expires at midnight in Lampasas County as strong thunderstorms gradually weaken and dissipate overnight.A stationary front parked northwest of Austin fired severe thunderstorms Monday evening that produced baseball size hail and a rotating wall cloud near Brady, just northwest of our viewing area. The storms moved into parts of the Hill Country Monday night but never produced any confirmed severe hail reports. If you saw severe weather, send photos or videos to [email protected] heat expected for the next week or moreWhile a few strong thunderstorms are possible in the northern Hill Country again Tuesday evening, the risk of severe weather is lower. The main forecast concern is an excessive June heat wave building over the next week or...

Session adjourns, Assembly plans to reconvene

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- Lawmakers are still catching up on some much needed rest after a long week. While the Senate did adjourn, the Assembly plans to reconvene. "We don’t have the exact dates, but I hope it’s sooner rather than later," said Assembly Minority Leader, Will Barclay. He said two key issues New Yorkers are dealing with are crime and affordability which he feels went unaddressed this session, "Instead of addressing changes to bail or Raise the Age, they went and passed Clean Slate, which I think is a step in the wrong direction. And as far as affordability, I didn’t really see anything in the final, waning days to provide some relief to New Yorkers, who are overtaxed and over burdened with the cost of living in New York." Attorney General’s office opens investigation into civilian death in Saratoga County Barclay also frustrated that there was no legislation to address the migrant crisis. A bill was passed to create a commission to study the effects of slavery on Afri...

Police tie 12-year-old girl to overnight crime spree

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Even the police were surprised to find a 12-year-old girl among the suspects involved in an overnight crime spree. Investigators said the suspects were looking for guns in cars.On Monday morning, FOX 2 captured the end of a police pursuit on North Broadway in St. Louis. Police said three suspects rammed a St. Ann police car to get away.They did not get far from where that pursuit ended, near the Bellefontaine cemetery. Police said the suspects ran to another car they had stashed nearby and only made it about three miles away, where police found them again in the Baden neighborhood on Harlan Avenue. St. Ann police arrested two adults who were with the 12-year-old girl.“Personally, this is probably one of the youngest females that I’ve come in contact with in regard to any crimes like car clotting,” said Lt. Monica Ruelas for the St. Ann Police Department. Former St. Louis alderman under federal indictment for insurance fraud Ruelas said more than 30 cars were hit on res...