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Three-time Super Bowl champion Mike Vrabel voted into Patriots Hall of Fame by fans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

Former New England Patriots linebacker and current Tennessee Titans Head Coach Mike Vrabel is the latest addition to the Patriots Hall of Fame.Vrabel became the hall’s 34th inductee after fans casted their vote, the team announced Wednesday.The 47 year old was among three finalists in the running for the honor, which included former offensive lineman Logan Mankins and former head coach Bill Parcells.https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1653846889949966337A native of Akron, Ohio, Vrabel originally started his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers after being drafted out of Ohio State in 1997.Joining the Patriots as a free agent in 2001, he was part of the team that beat the then-St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI, securing the franchise’s first-ever NFL championship.He was part of two more championship-winning seasons before being traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009, retiring at the end of the 2010 season before starting his coaching career as a linebackers coach ...

Ravens, cornerback Rock Ya-Sin agree to 1-year deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said after last season that his team can never have enough good cornerbacks, a stance that he has reiterated throughout the offseason.Adding one before next season was also a priority, and on Wednesday the Ravens did, agreeing to terms with cornerback Rock Ya-Sin. The deal is for one year and up to $6 million, according to multiple reports.“It’s an important position,” DeCosta said Saturday during the NFL draft. “What we’ve seen is you can never have enough good corners to start the season and throughout the season. That’s a fast way to get beat, is to not have enough corners on the field.”Indeed.The Ravens have All-Pro Marlon Humphrey on one side but there was uncertainty at the other starting spot after they did not re-sign veteran Marcus Peters. Now they have bolstered the position with the addition of Ya-Sin, a second-round pick of the Indianapolis Colts in 2019 who spent last season with the Raiders a...

Beer, tacos and and dancing at the Boston Common; new seasonal venue set to open Thursday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

A 400-plus-seat beer garden and a 5,000-square-foot performance space will bring a burst of vibrancy to Boston Common that city officials say has been sorely missing for years at the corner near the Boylston MBTA station.The new seasonal venue will open Thursday when officials and community members gather for a ribbon cutting celebration at 5:15 p.m.The effort combines the forces of Emerson College with family-owned local businesses Trillium Brewing and El Barrio Tacos to open the “UnCommon Stage and the Trillium Garden on the Common.”. The project is part of Mayor Michelle Wu’s long-term goal of “reimagining” America’s oldest park.“This new performance venue and beer garden on Boston Common will activate the historic park, and our Downtown, with performances that represent all of our residents of Boston and a new, beautiful outdoor gathering space for all,” the mayor said in a release.Residents and guests will get the opportunity to check out the new venue during the su...

Partner of suspected Texas gunman accused of foiling arrest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

By JUAN A. LOZANO and NOMAAN MERCHANT (Associated Press)CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — The partner of a Texas man suspected of killing five of his neighbors after they asked him to stop shooting his gun near their house was arrested Wednesday for helping him to elude capture. At least one other person is likely to face similar charges, authorities said.Divimara Lamar Nava had previously denied knowing where Francisco Oropeza was, but authorities believe she hid him in the home where he was arrested late Tuesday, just 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the town of Cleveland, where Friday’s fatal shootings took place, said Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson. Oropeza had a personal connection to the home in the town of Conroe, where Lamar Nava was also arrested, according to Montgomery Chief Deputy Sheriff Tim Kean. He didn’t elaborate. “I believe he thought he was in a safe spot,” Kean said.Lamar Nava is being held at the Montgomery County jail on a felony char...

Randy's Donuts opens its doors to glaze-crazed crowd in San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- An iconic donut shop officially opened its doors Wednesday in San Diego with a glazed crazed crowd wrapping around the building in anticipation.Los Angeles-based Randy’s Donuts now has a storefront located at 3737 Murphy Canyon Rd. near Aero Drive, right off Interstate 15.The popular sweet shop was first founded in 1952 and is known for its giant 32-foot rooftop donut at the original location in Inglewood. The new San Diego space keeps that tradition alive with a special interior 3D Randy’s Donuts atop a mural of the San Diego skyline, including the Coronado Bridge. The first 50 people who entered the shop Wednesday and said the code phrase “I LOVE COFFEE” were rewarded with a custom Randy’s Donuts San Diego travel coffee mug. Customers can bring that mug back for a free drip coffee refill anytime through the end of 2023. PHOTOS: ‘Sea of Sunflowers’ bloom in North County To add to the celebration, Randy's Donuts will be rewarding 25 lucky customers with free...

Oregon Republicans stay home ahead of abortion, guns votes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon didn’t show up to work on Wednesday, denying the Democrats who control the chamber a quorum and casting doubt on planned votes later this week on legislation pertaining to gun control, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care.The office of Democratic Senate President Rob Wagner said 10 Republican senators and the chamber’s lone independent were absent, and that four of the Republicans and the independent were absent without an excuse. The so-called walkout prevented the state Senate from having a quorum and holding its scheduled session. Senate Republicans said they were protesting over bill summaries not being written in plain language. They based their boycott on a 1979 state law that requires summaries of bills to be readable by those with an eighth or ninth-grade education, said GOP Senate minority leader Tim Knopp.Asked if the Republican boycott was due to the bills on gun control and abortion and gender...

Canada has nothing to fear from U.S. protectionist rhetoric, envoy to Ottawa insists

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — Canada threw a “hissy fit” over President Joe Biden’s original plan to boost the sales of American-made electric vehicles, the U.S. envoy to Ottawa said Wednesday as he insisted that his country is not out to undermine its largest trading partner. The stated goal of David Cohen’s appearance at the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute in Washington, D.C., was to finally put to rest the persistent Canadian fear that’s conjured every time his boss utters the words “Buy American.” But his characterization of Canada’s months-long, ultimately successful bid to be carved in to Biden’s tax-credit scheme, which originally reserved the sweetest plums for union-built vehicles assembled in the U.S., is likely to raise some eyebrows.“Canada, using a technical term, threw a hissy fit,” Cohen said of the reaction, upon his arrival in Ottawa in December 2021, to Biden’s original suite of tax incentives.He said he...

Gordon Lightfoot funeral set for Sunday in hometown of Orillia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

Iconic Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot will be laid to rest in his hometown of Orillia, Ont., on Sunday, with the public invited to pay their respects to the music legend.Lightfoot died of natural causes Monday at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto at the age of 85.An obituary notice released on Wednesday states that he’s survived by his wife Kim Lightfoot, children Fred, Ingrid, Eric, Galen, Miles and Meredith, as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The obituary called him a “national treasure” whose songs have become part of the “Canadian cultural fabric.”Funeral Details:Lightfoot will rest at the St. Paul’s United Church, 62 Peter St., N., Orillia.The public is invited to pay their respects at St. Paul’s United Church on Sunday, May 7, 2023 from 1 P.M. until 8 P.M.Messages of condolence are welcome and can be left at www.mundellfuneralhome.com. 

Mississippi governor touts tax cuts, teacher pay raise, jobs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

RICHLAND, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves told supporters at one of his first large-scale campaign events Wednesday that he has fulfilled promises to cut taxes, increase teacher pay and promote job development.The Republican said Mississippi, with 3 million residents, is competing against larger states partly because he did not impose heavy restrictions on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.“I have a message to those governors in New York and California and Illinois,” Reeves said, mentioning three states led by Democrats. “Mississippi is coming to take your jobs. And we have no intention of ever giving them back.” His remark drew cheers from more than 200 supporters at a construction equipment dealership in the Jackson suburb of Richland. Reeves held a smaller campaign event Tuesday on the Gulf Coast, where he had a strong showing in the 2019 election.Reeves, 48, is seeking a second term as governor. He previously served two terms as lieutenant governor and two ...

Sex offender fatally shot 6, then killed self, official says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:00 GMT

OKMULGEE, Okla. — An Oklahoma sex offender shot six people in the head and then himself, an Oklahoma police chief Wednesday.Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said that the victims all sustained between one and three wounds to the head. He said that Jesse McFadden, 39, then shot himself.“The evidence is that Jesse McFadden murdered six people and then killed himself. Beyond that, I don’t know what his thought process was,” Prentice said. “I’m not going to express a theory because I follow the evidence, and I don’t have any evidence about what the motive was.”Earlier Wednesday, a woman whose daughter and three grandchildren were among the seven bodies found on a rural Oklahoma property said that sheriff’s investigators told her that her son-in-law, a convicted sex offender, shot all six victims in the head before killing himself.Janette Mayo said investigators with the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office told her Wednesday that McFadden, 39, shot and killed all the victims, ...