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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Western Massachusetts towns to collect prescription drugs this Saturday
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – On Saturday, communities across western Massachusetts will participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Three charged in Boston for drug trafficking conspiracy, two face deportation Saturday is the 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, an effort on both a local and national level to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of prescription drugs. Local law enforcement and area district attorney offices are encouraging residents to drop off any prescription or over-the-counter drugs for humans or pets. Since 2010, Take Back Days have removed 19.2 million pounds of unused medications from across the country, including nearly 650,000 pounds in Massachusetts. 'It's kind of a collective effort to save lives by preventing misuse and accidental ingestion, and also while keeping those medications out of our water resources and landfills,' said Maria Pantoja, the Director of Drug Diversion and Treatment Program of the Northwestern DA's Office. There are take-backs scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Castle of Knights in Chicopee, the Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst, the Worthington Fire Station, Smith Vocational in Northampton, and the Belchertown Town Common. Officials say medicines can remain in their original containers with labels. They're asking you not to bring liquids, syringes, IV equipment, or chemotherapy drugs, but prescription and non-prescription drugs, vitamins, and veterinary meds are accepted. To find a collection site near you, visit WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Indianapolis weekend events: Furniture sale, Mutt Strut, MC Lyte and more
If you're looking for furniture and home goods but don't want to break the bank, check out Diversion's warehouse sale this weekend. Why it matters: You'll be supporting a good cause. How it works: Diversion is a nonprofit that collects high-quality furniture from partnering designers and individuals and uses the items to help those who have recently secured housing furnish their new home. Eligible individuals are allowed to shop the warehouse and pick whatever items they need at no cost. According to Diversion's website, the organization has helped more than 1,300 people. Where the public comes in: Once a month, Diversion opens its warehouse to the public with pieces priced at significant discounts to make space for future items and raise money. 💭 Lindsey's thought bubble: I went to the March sale and was impressed with the selection. I left with a globe, dessert tray and piece of home decor. Two items didn't have prices marked, and I was told to pay whatever I wanted to donate for them. It was shopping that made me feel good. If you go: 10am-1pm Saturday, 1625 Southeastern Ave. Here are the rest of our picks for the weekend: 🎤 Rock the mic with hip-hop legend MC Lyte at The Vogue, 8pm Friday. Tickets start at $30. ⚾ Take yourself out to the ballgame as the Indianapolis Indians take on the Iowa Cubs all weekend. Games start at 6:35pm Friday and Saturday, and 1:35pm Sunday. Tickets start at $15. 🏀 See the Pacers try to strengthen their playoff position when they play the Utah Jazz at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 7pm Friday. Tickets start at $14. 🎹 Hear top-tier pianists compete during the 2025 American Piano Awards Finals at Hilbert Circle Theatre, 7pm Friday and 5:30pm Saturday. Tickets start at $13. 🐕 Witness the"greatest spectacle in dog walking" when IndyHumane's Mutt Strut fundraiser hits White River State Park, 8am Saturday. 🩰 Experience the storytelling power of dance when Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents Spring Equinox at The Tarkington in Carmel, 7pm Friday and 5pm Saturday. Tickets start at $55. 🏒 Hit the ice with the Indy Fuel for a little in-state showdown when they play the Fort Wayne Komets at Fishers Event Center, 7pm Saturday. Tickets start at $24. ⚽ Hit the pitch to cheer on the Indy Eleven as they battle North Carolina FC at Carroll Stadium, 7pm Saturday.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Under the Flags, the Sun,' About Paraguay's 35-Year Dictatorship, Acquired by Cinephil Ahead of Berlinale Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
World sales outfit Cinephil has boarded 'Under the Flags, the Sun' by Paraguayan filmmaker Juanjo Pereira. The film is set to world premiere in Berlinale's Panorama strand as one of the few documentaries in this year's selection. In 1989, the fall of Alfredo Stroessner's 35-year dictatorship in Paraguay marked the end of one of the world's longest authoritarian regimes, but also the abandonment of the audiovisual archives that had cemented its power. This footage, crafted to shape a national identity and celebrate the regime, was left to fade from memory. More from Variety Rima Das' Berlin-Bound Busan Winner 'Village Rockstars 2' Boarded by Diversion for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE) Supernatural Horror 'Bury the Devil,' Shot in One Take, Lands at Blue Finch for Global Sales (EXCLUSIVE) European Film Market Chief on Shielding Sales Agents as They Face Challenges: 'I'm Really Mindful of Their Cost Sensitivity' Decades later, a trove of unseen and long forgotten footage—as newsreels, public television broadcasts, propaganda films, and declassified documents—has been recovered from Paraguay and abroad, revealing the hidden mechanisms of power behind Stroessner's rule. 'The found Paraguayan footage reflects the appropriation of the past to indoctrinate, the construction of a national imaginary, and the cult of Stroessner,' according to a press statement. Pereira comments: 'In primary and secondary school in Paraguay, they don't teach about that period or the many other dictatorships that occurred in the country. I made this documentary to discover how this period affected the formation of a society, my contemporaneity and how it has forged my thoughts and feelings. That is why I chose to investigate the different filmic representations that have taken place in Paraguay throughout the 20th century.' 'Juano Pereira's film is more than just a historical documentary,' Suzanne Nodale and Shoshi Korman, co-managing directors of Cinephil, state. 'It's an urgent examination of how media shapes power and collective memory. Through a creative use of archival material interwoven with a modern perspective, the film exposes mechanisms of control that still resonate today. It's a powerful work.' 'Under the Flags, the Sun' is produced by Ivana Urízar for Cine Mío, Paula Zyngierman and Leandro Listorti for MaravillaCine, Gabriela Sabaté for Sabaté Films, and Juanjo Pereira. It is co-produced by Bird Street Production and Lardux Films. Welt Film is the associate producer. Cinephil secured worldwide sales rights. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Grammy Predictions, From Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar: Who Will Win? Who Should Win? What's Coming to Netflix in February 2025
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kansas senators take questions on deadly D.C. plane crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Officials say Wednesday night's tragedy is the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years. It was Kansas senators who first began sharing news that a flight from their state may have been involved that night. Thursday afternoon, Republican Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall shared their heartbreak. Moran says he's certain people who lived in his state were on that plane in a news conference over Zoom. Local lawmakers provide support following DC midair collision 'We won't have information, rightfully so, about the number of Kansans or particularly, names of Kansans until the family members have been notified,' Moran said. ' 'That's taking place. It started last night and continues throughout the day.' Two hours before Moran and Marshall talked to reporters, President Donald Trump spoke to reporters, blaming diversity initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for weakening safety in the air and impacting their current workforce. 'These are people that are actually, their lives are actually shortened because of the stress that they have,' President Trump said in his Thursday news conference. 'Brilliant people have to be in those positions.' Senator Marshall was asked about the President's Diversion, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) comments Thursday afternoon and whether or not that could be partly to blame. 'I have no idea,' Senator Marshall said in response. 'Certainly, I want air traffic controllers just like my pilots to be there because of their merit, not because of anything else, and so I certainly agree with President Trump, and you know, that's what this country was founded on, and so I don't know where that comment was coming from.' American Airlines plane, military helicopter collide near DCA, crash into Potomac River Marshall added he was concerned about the transponders that track aircraft. He believes there wasn't communication between the civilian airplane transponder and the military transponder. 'I don't care what type of technology you have,' he continued. 'When you have that many planes, that many jets, that many helicopters in the same airspace, I don't know how that's just not set up as a recipe for disaster.' There's no word when the names of the 67 victims will be released publicly. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
