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MBTA overtime isn’t in any slow zone at nearly $70M to date

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

The MBTA has logged $69.30 million in overtime this year with months still left to go.Related Articles MBTA payroll for 2022 with overtime A Herald analysis of the added hours shows 11 employees — including Transit Police officers — already eclipsing $100,000-plus in OT, state Comptroller records show.Another 160 more T employees have punched in for at least $50,000 in added pay so far this year.The Herald has requested a sit-down interview with MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng to ask how transit employees can work such daunting hours and still perform at maximum efficiency. Or, if there are other factors allowing them to rack up such hefty bonus pay year after year.The Comptruller’s CTHRU payroll-tracking site shows the MBTA is by far the tops in overtime this year, with the State Police coming in second at $46.02 million in OT hours.The state Department of Correction is at $40.83 million as that agency struggles again with capping added hours.MassD...

Mets could still get a look at potential free agent target Shohei Ohtani despite star’s torn UCL

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

There is some good news for Mets fans ahead of a nine-game homestand that will begin Friday against the Los Angeles Angels: Shohei Ohtani may be able to play.Ohtani received a devastating diagnosis of a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm Wednesday night. He won’t pitch again the rest of the season, which is a blow to just about everyone in baseball, including the New York fans who were hoping to see him pitch at Citi Field this weekend. Ohtani will continue to DH while seeking treatment options that may help him avoid his second Tommy John surgery, according to the Orange County Register’s Jeff Fletcher and ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez.The Angels, 10.5 games back from an AL Wild Card spot, are hoping for the season-saving miracle that the Mets have long since given up on. The Mets have turned their eye toward the future, one that many have speculated could include Ohtani.The 29-year-old Japanese phenom will be a free agent following the World Series this f...

Brian Walshe murder case: Prosecution expecting DNA results, police search Peabody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

The case against accused Cohasset killer Brian Walshe moved forward Tuesday, as police failed to find evidence in a Peabody search but prosecutors indicated key DNA evidence is on its way.In a joint motion to move a pre-trial conference scheduled for Wednesday to Nov. 2, Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor wrote, “the Commonwealth is currently awaiting DNA analysis from an independent laboratory and is expected to have those results in approximately two weeks.”Walshe is accused of killing his 39-year-old wife Ana Walshe in the early hours of Jan. 1 and dismembering her body.Though the prosecution did not elaborate on what DNA was being tested, the motion comes months after police found a small bone fragment and red-brown residue in a hacksaw purchased by Walshe, among other evidence.Without a body, former FBI agents and a forensic specialist previously told the Herald, the bone fragment may be key to the prosecution’s case, depending on the part of the ...

Fox News reaches 12.8 million viewers for GOP primary debate, despite Donald Trump’s absence.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

By DAVID BAUDER (AP Media Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Even without lead contender Donald Trump, an estimated 12.8 million people watched the first Republican presidential primary debate on two Fox News television channels and its streaming service.There seemed little evidence that Trump’s attempt to counterprogram the debate, by appearing in an online interview with Tucker Carlson at about the same time on Wednesday, appreciably affected the number of people who were interested in checking out the eight alternatives.The viewership was a little more than half the 24 million people who watched Trump appear in his first presidential debate in August 2015, the Nielsen company said. But it outpaced a January 2016 GOP candidates debate on Fox that Trump also skipped and was seen by 12.5 million peopleTelevision is a vastly different world than it was eight years ago, with streaming more established and thousands of cable customers cutting the cord. The most-watched program seen liv...

Fleeing drug suspect dies when NYPD cop knocks him off motorcycle with cooler grabbed from witness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

Rocco Parascandola, Thomas Tracy, Ellen Moynihan, Larry McShane | New York Daily NewsA motorcycle-riding suspect fleeing a Bronx buy-and-bust drug sting was killed when an NYPD sergeant flung a cooler grabbed from a local family’s sidewalk table at him, with the victim tumbling to his death in the shocking caught-on-video confrontation.Sgt. Erik Duran, an NYPD Bronx narcotics veteran who joined the force in 2010, was suspended without pay just hours after the lethal afternoon encounter, police said Thursday, with an NYPD source declaring the use of force outside department guidelines.“It’s crazy that the cop threw a cooler at him,” Erika Duprey Soto, 31, the sister of the dead man, Eric Duprey, told the Daily News. “He used to work as a delivery man for Uber, DoorDash. He used the same scooter for deliveries that he was riding yesterday when he was attacked.”“I still can’t understand what happened,” she added as tears rolled down her face. “He’s gone. I loved my brother to death.”An...

Trump is on his way to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

By ERIC TUCKER, KATE BRUMBACK and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press)ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump was set to turn himself in Thursday night to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a county jail booking expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.Trump’s surrender, coming amid an abrupt shake-up of his legal team, follows the presidential debate in Milwaukee the night before featuring his leading rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination — a contest in which he remains the leading candidate despite broad legal troubles. His presence in Georgia, though likely brief, is swiping the spotlight anew from his opponents after the debate in which they sought to seize on his absence to elevate their own presidential prospects.The Fulton County prosecution is the fourth criminal case against Trump since March, when he became the first former president in U.S. history to be indicted...

What does the record rainfall Hilary dumped on CA mean for wildfire risk?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Yet another deluge was dropped on Southern California this year as Tropical Storm Hilary moved through the region over the weekend. While the storm broke rainfall records for this time of year in some parts, experts say the rainfall might not have much impact on local wildfire risk moving into the peak of the season.After Sunday's downpour, Cal Fire officials said the potential for fires might ease slightly in the short-term as vegetation responds to the added moisture. But, they are still expecting wildfire season to proceed as normal moving into the state's driest and most fire-prone months. PHOTOS: Tropical Storm Hilary moves through San Diego "As of right now, it's kind of a near-normal September and October," Cal Fire Public Information Officer Matthew Cornette told FOX5SanDiego.com. "The rain could help slow down the fires a little bit until the fuels dry out again and then we'll be back to where we were before the storm."According to Cal Fire, California's hydr...

Bodycam video of deadly La Mesa police shooting released

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

LA MESA, Calif. — Officials on Thursday released bodycam video of a deadly police shooting in La Mesa earlier this month.The shooting happened around 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 6 in a parking lot located at 8000 University Avenue.Footage released by police shows the moments that led to the shooting from the body-worn cameras from both officers at the scene, who were searching for 41-year-old Jason Hampton.You can see the full video released by LMPD here.The first part of the video details that the officers were in the area searching for Hampton, who had an active felony burglary warrant, according to LMPD.The video then transitions to the bodycam of Officer Jacoby, which shows the other officer, identified by police as Brian Heller, duck after the suspect pointed a gun at him after officers approached the man.You can then hear several gunshots that were fired from Officer Heller and see Hampton attempt to run away from police.The video then transitions to Officer Heller's body-worn camera, s...

B.C. fire crews temporarily pulled out as protest tried to ‘overwhelm’ RCMP blockade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

The BC Wildfire Service has confirmed it temporarily pulled out crews fighting fires in the province’s Shuswap region after protesters showed up at an RCMP roadblock Wednesday evening in what police say was an effort to “overwhelm” the blockade. Police say protesters challenged officers at the blockade on the Trans-Canada Highway, and “threats of violence” against emergency workers had prompted the Mounties to increase their presence there.Some residents of the Shuswap in B.C.’s Interior have been refusing to obey wildfire evacuation orders, prompting officials to warn that they are putting lives at risk, and imperilling firefighting strategies.Videos posted to social media show about 20 protesters at a blockade of police cars in an evacuation zone near the lakeside community of Sorrento.Wildfire service information officer Forrest Tower said at a briefing Thursday that crews fighting the Bush Creek East fire were temporarily reassigned based on i...

Trump is on his way to surrender at a Georgia jail on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:34 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump was set to turn himself in Thursday night to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in that state, a county jail booking expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.Trump’s surrender, coming amid an abrupt shake-up of his legal team, follows the presidential debate in Milwaukee the night before featuring his leading rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination — a contest in which he remains the leading candidate despite broad legal troubles. His presence in Georgia, though likely brief, is swiping the spotlight anew from his opponents after the debate in which they sought to seize on his absence to elevate their own presidential prospects.The Fulton County prosecution is the fourth criminal case against Trump since March, when he became the first former president in U.S. history to be indicted. Since then, he’s faced federal charges in Florida and Washington, an...