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Robbins: Celebrating the rich legacy of ‘the giving Irish’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

The phrase “fighting Irish” did not originate with Notre Dame’s football team, but with the Irish immigrant soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. It was Confederate General Robert E. Lee himself who is said to have coined the term, a testament to the bravery and effectiveness of the so-called “Irish brigades” that helped save their new nation.When Irish statesman Eamon de Valera came to America in 1919 to generate support for the Irish cause, he naturally came first to Boston. There he told a huge rally in Fenway Park what the phrase meant. “What we actually mean when we talk about it,” he explained, “is an indomitable spirit, a commitment, never tentative, always fully committed, to life itself…..that’s really the spirit of ‘the Fighting Irish.”Ireland’s magic is plain to anyone who visits the Emerald Isle, but it is hardly the country’s physical beauty alone that furnishes the magic. Since time immemorial the Irish have been gifted at community – at nurturing and...

Chicago White Sox option OF Oscar Colás to Triple A to continue working on fundamentals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

The Chicago White Sox were hoping Oscar Colás would be the answer this season to the team’s revolving door in right field.Instead, the rookie is headed back to the minors.The Sox optioned Colás to Triple-A Charlotte, one of four roster moves announced Monday. The Sox also optioned reliever Edgar Navarro to Charlotte while calling up pitcher Deivi García and catcher Carlos Pérez from Charlotte.“He’s an impactful player,” manager Pedro Grifol said of Colás. “He obviously has got the tools to impact this team. However, fundamentally he still needs a lot of work. He’s got to go down there and take care of those fundamentals.”Colás is hitting .216 with nine doubles, five home runs, 19 RBIs and 32 runs in 75 games. It’s the second time this season he has been sent to the minors.“We want to play a fundamental style of baseball,” Grifol said. “We want to eliminate mistakes and details are extreme...

Hurricane Lee’s cone turns north

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

Hurricane Lee will blow into town this weekend.Just how big a mess the storm will leave behind is still up in the air. But the National Hurricane Center is now predicting tropical winds will pay a visit.The National Weather Service in Boston says they’ll know more come Wednesday or Thursday, until then being wary is always a good idea, they say.“Tropical for winds are likely after 8 p.m. Friday,” the NWS said Monday.Lee is whipping up waves of more than 15 feet as the Category 3 storm cranks through open waters just north of the Caribbean region, the AP reported Monday.The National Hurricane Center also warned of dangerous surf and rip currents for most of the U.S. East Coast this week, but what the hurricane might do beyond that is unclear.“It remains too soon to know what level of additional impacts Lee might have along the northeast U.S. coast and Atlantic Canada late this week and this weekend, however, wind and rainfall hazards will likely extend well aw...

Pursuit crash prompts I-805 traffic delays; suspect arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A law enforcement pursuit crash on Monday afternoon is causing major traffic delays on Interstate 805 in the Sorrento Valley area, authorities said.The pursuit, which started in Orange County, ended in a collision on I-805 southbound near Sorrento Valley Road and Vista Sorrento Parkway, according to California Highway Patrol.SkyFOX was over the scene around 4 p.m., where traffic could be seen backed up for several miles. San Diego homeowners are the least likely to sell homes at loss in the nation: study Authorities confirmed the suspect has since been detained. Their injuries are unknown at this time.No other information has been released. Only two lanes are currently open.Check back for updates on this developing story.

Chinatown stabbing suspect was on day release from psychiatric facility: VPD chief

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

VANCOUVER — Carol Lee, chairwoman of the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, says the neighbourhood is all about resilience.But Lee broke down in tears as she described the impact of a triple stabbing at a festival on Sunday that had been intended to “bring the community together to celebrate the progress” made in a neighbourhood where crime, street disorder and economic decay have been concerns. “[We] thought things were normal, but it’s a good reminder that there are a lot of things that are in play in Chinatown,” said Lee, whose group co-organizes the annual Light Up Chinatown! festival.Lee was speaking at a news conference on Monday with Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer, who said the suspect had been on release during the day from a forensic psychiatric hospital.Palmer said a 64-year-old man is in custody after the attack that left a Burnaby couple in their 60s and a Vancouver woman in her 20s with severe but non-life-threatening injuries. All of the ...

Slave descendants face local vote on whether wealthy can build large homes in their island enclave

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are watching anxiously Monday evening as county commissioners consider doubling the maximum size of houses that can be built in their tiny community of modest homes and dirt roads.Black residents of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island sat mostly silent as McIntosh County commissioners scheduled a Tuesday vote on the proposal. The commission’s only Black member implored the others to reject the zoning changes, saying they would favor wealthy buyers and lead to tax increases that would pressure indigenous residents to sell their land.“This plan will be be a giant step in the destruction of the culture of Hogg Hummock,” said Commissioner Roger Lotson, whose district includes Sapelo Island. “It may be inevitable, but let us not be the board that drives the nail in this coffin.”The zoning plan before commissioners would loosen zoning restrictions adopted nearly three decades ago to help Hogg Hummoc...

California lawmakers vote to end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California may soon lift a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws and instead focus on an advertising campaign to bring anti-discrimination messages to red states.California started banning official travel to states with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ+ people in 2017, starting with Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Since then, the list has grown to include a total of 26 states, most of them Republican-led, following a surge of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation these past few years. The prohibition has prevented elected officials, state workers and university scholars from traveling to more than half of the country using the state’s money. That has posed a significant challenge to sports teams at public colleges and universities, which have had to find alternative funding sources to pay for their road games in states like Arizona and Utah. It has also complicated some of the state’s other policy goals, like using...

Aerosmith postpones Chicago stop on farewell tour

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

CHICAGO — The band Aerosmith has announced that it is rescheduling several stops on its farewell tour after an injury in the group. The band made the announcement in a statement shared on its website on Monday. White Sox-Royals game postponed Monday night due to rain According to the statement, the group's singer, Steven Tyler, said that he had suffered vocal cord damage during a concert on Saturday, which has forced the group to postpone several stops on the tour, including the upcoming show at the United Center in Chicago. “I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days. I sustained vocal cord damage during Saturday’s show that led to subsequent bleeding. We’ll need to postpone a few dates so that we can come back and give you the performance you deserve.” Singer Steven Tyler said in a statement. Drew Barrymore slammed for talk show return amid WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike The group is currently on its "Peace Out" farewell tour a...

Brady Bunch house sells — for $2.3 million under asking price

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

(KTLA) — Marcia, Marcia, Marcia ... your home has a new owner.The Studio City property that served as the exterior for "The Brady Bunch," lovingly restored by HGTV to its '70s TV glory, has sold for $3.2 million.That's $2.3 million less than the asking price of $5.5 million (which was, let's be honest, some pretty wishful thinking on HGTV's part).The Studio City home featured in "The Brady Bunch" is officially headed to market following renovations by HGTV. (Photo courtesy: Anthony Barcelo)The new owner of Chez Brady is Tina Trahan, 53, who is described by the Wall Street Journal as "a historic home enthusiast" married to former HBO chief executive Chris Albrecht.She says no one will live in the Brady manse. Instead, the property will be used for fundraising and charity events."No one is going in there to make pork chops and applesauce in that kitchen," Trahan told the Journal. "Anything you might do to make the house livable would take away from what I consider artwork."HGTV p...

Paxton's affair, bribery accusations begin second week of impeachment trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:57 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas' Court of Impeachment reconvened Monday morning for the second week of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton's trial, leading off with key testimony from one of Paxton's top deputies. PREVIOUS: Texas Republicans weigh in on Paxton impeachment after week one of trial Former chief of staff says Paxton's alleged fair hurt office moraleHouse prosecutors' sixth witness, Katherine "Missy" Cary — the former chief of staff in the attorney general's office — was the first to testify at length about Paxton's alleged affair. She shared with the jury how she became aware of the affair and testified that the attorney general first identified the woman, Laura Olson, as his realtor.Paxton's alleged affair is mentioned in one of the articles of impeachment, accusing Paxton of accepting bribes because he “benefited from Nate Paul’s employment of a woman with whom Paxton was having an extramarital affair.”Cary said "my heart broke for her," referring to Paxton's wife — sta...