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Chinatown Main Street Summer Festival returns

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

People flocked to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for performances and vendors as the lively Chinatown Main Street Summer Festival returned again Saturday.The annual festival, put on by Chinatown Main Street, ran on the Greenway from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, featuring a Lion Dance and Chinese folk dance, arts and crafts, food vendors and more.Art, performers and decorations filled the Chinatown area with bright colors during the festival, as people wandered through vendors’ tents.Participating organizations and individuals showcased a wide array of traditional Chinese culture, from the creation of flour figures — folk art dating back to the Han dynasty around 2,000 years ago in which craftspeople form vibrantly colored flour balls into little figurines, according to the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art — to the popular Lion Dance, which will continue regularly in Chinatown throughout the summer.A bustling main gate at the Chinatown Main Street Summer festival ...

4th of July weather forecast for Boston: Wicked humid, rain and thunderstorms possible when fireworks are planned

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

Heading to the Esplanade for the Boston Pops and fireworks? You’ll definitely want to pack a raincoat.The very muggy trend will continue for the rest of the holiday weekend, as local meteorologists predict rain and thunderstorms for Monday and then on Tuesday for the Fourth of July.Boston fireworks are planned for Tuesday night, and it could be rainy and stormy in that timeframe, according to the National Weather Service.“There will likely be showers and thunderstorms as you get into Tuesday evening,” Matthew Belk, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Sunday.The main threat will be torrential rain and localized flooding with any of the thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening on the Fourth of July. Gusty winds are also expected.Dewpoints will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s, which is quite humid and tropical. Temps should be in the lower 80s.Related ArticlesWeather | US forest managers urge Silly...

Cape Cod shark sightings rise with more eyes on the water, seals with shark bites spotted

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

As more people flock to the Cape for the summer, more eyes are on the water — and more great white sharks are starting to get spotted.Also, multiple seals with shark bites have been reported around the region in the last week, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.“Wounded seal on beach at Long Point Light Station (Provincetown) with bite marks along back,” reads the Sharktivity post from last week.Then on Friday afternoon up in the North Shore in Gloucester, a seal with a shark bite was reported by multiple witnesses.Also last week, a seal with a shark bite was spotted up in Maine along Casco Bay.This is the time of the year when sharks return to the Cape and region, as the apex predators hunt for seals close to shore.On Saturday afternoon, a person on a boat snapped a photo of a shark cruising in Wellfleet Harbor. Also at around the same time, a 6-foot great white was spotted off the tip of Billingsgate in Cape Cod Bay.Related ...

One in critical condition after residential fire in Brampton

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

One man is in critical condition after a fire at a residential unit in the Bovaird Drive and Sunnyvale Gate area in Brampton.RESIDENTIAL FIRE:– Bovaird Dr/Sunnyvale Gt #Brampton– Adult male transported to hospital in serious condition– Large presence of emergency crew– Please avoid the area– More info as we get it– C/R at 2:01 pm– PR230213918— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) July 2, 2023Peel police responded to a call at approximately 2:01 p.m. of a residential fire in a basement unit of a home on Pennyroyal Crescent, just off Sunnyvale Gate.Paramedics sent one man to a local hospital in critical condition, but no one else was treated at the scene or sent to hospital .Crews are still on scene working to knock the fire.

Excessive heat warnings remain in many areas of US through Monday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

Excessive heat warnings remain in place in many areas across the U.S. and are expected to last at least through Monday.In Arizona’s largest metro area, Phoenix and surrounding communities flirted with a high of 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsuis) on Sunday.The National Weather Service in Phoenix is forecasting 116 degrees for Monday, just two degrees off the record high for that date set in 1907, before temperatures drop a few degrees for the next three days.In Nevada, the first excessive heat warning of the summer runs through Monday evening for the Las Vegas metro area. Daytime cooling centers are open across the region.It was 102 degrees Friday at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, ending a 294-day stretch of temperatures staying below 100.The high in central Las Vegas was near 112 degrees Sunday, with 113 predicted for Monday, according to the National Weather Service.Elsewhere, the heat and severe weather remained a concern throughout the southeast.Heat advi...

Olympic champion Warholm boos protesters on track who disrupted his 400-meter hurdles race

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Olympic champion Karsten Warholm won his 400-meter hurdles race on Sunday and then turned to join in the crowd booing environmental protesters who disrupted his Diamond League event near the finish.Three people kneeled on the track about eight meters (yards) from the line holding two banners that spanned from lanes one to six, forcing runners to break through them. No athlete appeared to be hurt.Warholm running in lane eight had no barrier in his way though seemed distracted, with a fourth apparent protester squatting in lane seven seeming to photograph the incident.He was visibly angry with the protesters as they were led away while spectators booed.The Norwegian star later told national broadcaster NRK the protest was disrespectful to athletes doing their job.Warholm’s winning time on a cool, rainy evening was 47.57 seconds, well outside his 45.94 world record set at the Tokyo Olympics two years ago.An unusual evening’s work for Warholm included warming up...

Evacuation alert remains for Kelowna, B.C., residents near Knox Mountain wildfire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

KELOWNA — Emergency crews in Kelowna, B.C., say they’re still working to contain a wildfire on Knox Mountain that spurred an evacuation of area residents on Canada Day. A statement from the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says lighter winds Sunday aided firefighters in keeping the fire from growing, but crews are dealing with hot spots and flare-ups. The centre says residents in the Poplar Point, Knox Mountain, Magic Estates and Clifton areas near the fire will remain on evacuation alert until Tuesday, but are no longer under an evacuation order that was in place Saturday afternoon as crews fought the flames. Deputy fire chief Sandra Follack says people should avoid the area to allow crews to work unimpeded, warning of the potential for another fire to break out. The statement from the centre says people can face fines of up to $500 if they enter an active fire zone. On Canada Day, Kelowna RCMP assisted with an evacuation of more than 400 properties and the statem...

Three children, two adults have life-threatening injuries after Quebec highway crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

SAINT-ZOTIQUE, Que. — Two adults and three children are in critical condition today following a serious collision between a transport truck and a passenger vehicle on a major highway southwest of Montreal.Quebec provincial police say emergency services were called to the accident on Highway 20 in St-Zotique, Que., about six kilometres from the Ontario border, shortly before 11 a.m.Police spokeswoman Sgt. Catherine Bernard says that it appears the truck driver was not able to stop in time as traffic slowed and struck a sport utility vehicle.She says the five people in the SUV were taken to hospital and their lives remain in danger.Bernard says a collision investigator is being dispatched to the scene.The highway — which continues as Highway 401 on the other side of the Ontario border — remains closed to westbound traffic. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 2, 2023.The Canadian Press

10 states plan to sue EPA over wood-burning stoves standards

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying its failure to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning stoves has allowed the continued sale of appliances that could worsen pollution.That means programs that encourage people to trade in older stoves and other wood-burning appliances, such as forced-air furnaces, haven't necessarily improved air quality, the states say.“If newer wood heaters do not meet cleaner standards, then programs to change out old wood heaters may provide little health benefits at significant public cost,” the states wrote Thursday in a 60-day notice of intent to sue.The states involved are Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, as well as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.They allege that the EPA's current standards aren't good enough and that even if they were, the agency's testing and certification...

Meet the 20 year old leading a super PAC for the Texas Senate race, and she's just getting started

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:10 GMT

HOUSTON (Nexstar) — In the era of influencers, partisan politics and the explosion of social media — one young Texas woman is carving out her own lane in the national landscape, using her phone as her soap box.When Congressman Matt Gaetz — a Trump-aligned Republican representing Florida — made body-shaming comments about abortion rights activists at a 2022 conservative summit event, a Texas teen turned the mockery into millions. Then 19-year-old Olivia Julianna, a Democratic activist from Texas, decided to clap back to the congressman on Twitter. The public feud prompted fundraising on Julianna's behalf, raising more than $2 million for abortion funds.Since the viral moment last year, Julianna has grown her following to more than a million subscribers collectively across TikTok, Instagram and Twitter. The Gen Z activist told Nexstar that, to her surprise, many of her followers are self-proclaimed Republicans — some who argue in her comments, others who she said message her privately...