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New York Post
10-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Trump advisory board member wants Jan. 6 to be a national holiday: ‘Will look like July 4'
Jan. 6 should be a national holiday, one Trump advisory board member declared, guaranteeing that in 10 years 'it will look like July 4.' The push to create a new US holiday 'has been on my mind for four years, I just didn't have the chutzpah to talk about it,' Jason Meister, 43, told The Post. 'That would be the biggest way to honor these American heroes who risked their lives, freedom and honor to protest what they perceived to be a stolen election.' 3 Jason Meister wants January 6 to be a national holiday. Jason Meister/ Instagram The former Trump surrogate, who sits on the Trump 2020 Advisory Board, is also pushing for J6 'political prisoners' to sing the National Anthem at the 2027 NFL Draft, which is set to take place at the National Mall. The New Jersey lawyer, who was in the Big Apple when protestors stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, plans to raise the issue with Trump the next chance he gets. Meister also hopes to see the J6ers memorialized in Trump's 'National Garden of American Heroes' monument, which is scheduled to open in time for the US' 250th birthday on July 4, 2026. 3 Meister is also pushing for Jan. 6 'political prisoners' to sing at the draft. Newsmax 2 'The elites weaponized J6 to crush dissent. These men and women have lost everything – jobs, families, their very liberty – for refusing to kneel,' said Meister, who blasted the 'hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars' used to 'investigate, prosecute, and imprison more than 1000 Americans' who were exercising their First Amendment rights 'without due process.' 3 Meister wants Jan. 6 to be known as 'Patriot's Day' Getty Images Bring out the barbeque and fireworks, said the fired-up MAGA man. 'J6 must be celebrated and forever known as Patriot's Day,' he said. 'American citizens exercised their right of assembly and redress. All of these Americans were unarmed. 'In response, the regime murdered a woman who was protesting and sent thousands more to federal prison without fair trial.' The family of Ashli Babbitt, the unarmed US veteran who was shot to death by a federal officer on Jan. 6, settled a $30 million wrongful death suit earlier this month with the DOJ. 'We talk about due process for illegal gangbangers who beat their wives,' fumed Meister. 'I want to celebrate these heroes who sacrificed it all to protect our democracy.'
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Massachusetts Station Announces Morning Anchor Lineup Changes
Springfield, Massachusetts NBC affiliate WWLP will soon have a different look on its morning newscasts. The station will have a new morning anchor team after Taylor Knight (pictured right) announced she was leaving the station after nearly seven years, while Rich Tettemer (left) said he will retire on June 6 after 37 years at WWLP-22News. Knight, who said she was leaving to 'be closer to family,' joined the station in 2018 as a multimedia journalist. She worked as a reporter for FiOS1 News in New Jersey, before that. Tettemer joined the station on April 18, 1988, which was Patriot's Day with both the Boston Marathon and the Red Sox morning game. He moved to morning anchor in 2006, after more than 18 years on the sports desk. He started his broadcasting career in 1984 as a videotape editor at WFLA in Tampa, Florida. He then went on to become a weekend sports anchor at KODE in Joplin, Missouri. The station said Kaelee Collins will replace Knight on Thursday, April 24. She started working at the station in 2018 as the weekday morning reporter before being promoted to weekday morning anchor in 2019. Tettemer will be replaced by reporter Julia O'Keefe.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
22News announces new morning show anchors
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – New changes have been announced to the 22News morning news team. 22News announces new morning anchor On Wednesday morning, 22News Anchor Taylor Knight announced she was leaving the station after nearly seven years. Kaelee Collins was introduced as her replacement starting Thursday, April 24. Taylor has been with 22News since July of 2018. She started as the weekday morning reporter before being promoted to weekday morning anchor in 2019. Next, longtime 22News Anchor Rich Tettemer will be retiring on June 6 after 37 years at WWLP-22News. Rich's career in broadcasting began back in January 1984 as a videotape editor at WFLA in Tampa, Florida. He then went on to become a Weekend Sports Anchor at KODE-TV in Joplin, Missouri. Rich joined the 22News team on April 18, 1988, which was Patriot's Day with both the Boston Marathon and the Red Sox morning game, and handled the busy day smoothly. He was then moved to anchor the morning newscast on October 16, 2006, after 18 and a half years on the sports desk. He has been the morning news Anchor for another 18 and a half years. Rich will be replaced by current 22News Reporter Julia O'Keefe. Starting on Monday, June 9, Julia and Kaelee will be the new morning anchor team. 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.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Westfield veterans groups observe Patriots Day at Parker Memorial Park
WESTFIELD — Members of the American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America Liberty Chapter 219 of Westfield, the Westfield River Detachment 141 of the Marine Corps League, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 872 and the 40/8 participated in a Patriot's Day ceremony on April 21 in Parker Memorial Park. Guest speaker was Richard 'Rich' Howell, a member of the Lexington Minutemen and an early American historian, who gave the history of the Battle at Lexington and Concord in honor of the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution and also participated in a reenactment of the battle over the weekend. 'It was amazing,' said Westfield Veterans Services Director Julie Barnes, who said the ceremony and talk were taped by Westfield Community Television for those who were unable to attend. Master of ceremonies Gene Theroux, a member of the Pomeroy Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, past commander of American Legion Post 124, a past past commander of the Sons of The American Legion Detachment of Massachusetts and the commander of the Westfield Squadron 124 of the Sons of The American Legion, thanked the veterans groups that attended. He offered a special thanks to state Rep/ Kelly Pease and his son Riley in his Scout Troop 821 uniform and Westfield City Councilor Cindy Harris. Representing Scout Troop 124, chartered by the American Legion Post 124, was Eli Hanechak of Russell, who was presented with an Eagle Scout Certificate by the Department of Massachusetts American Legion and a U.S. Mint 2010 Boy Scouts of America Silver Dollar proof coin as a personal gift from Theroux. 'Eli accomplished two Pope Francis Preparatory [School] National Honor Society projects for the city of Westfield veterans graves officer,' Theroux said. Theroux, the city's veterans graves officer, was very familiar with Hanechak's work. Hanechak will be graduating from Pope Francis Preparatory School later this spring and attending Brandeis University as a double-major in biochemistry and biological physics, and was named a Brandeis Presidential Fellow and Quantitative Biology Research Fellow. She is a junior member of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 124. Her eligibility for membership is through her grandfather Joseph A. Hanechak, who served with the 104th Tactical Fighter Group and deployed to Phalsbourg Air Base, France, from October 1961 to May 1962 during the Berlin Airlift Crisis. Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Korir brothers hope a Kenyan school they fund will produce a Boston Marathon champion, like them
Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray, right, sends a group of Massachusetts National Guard members across the start line, launching the 129th edition of the race, in Hopkinton, Mass, early Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott) Massachusetts Army National Guard Cadet Meghan Drysdale kneels to take a photo of the road painted in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Patriots' Day at the start of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo Jennifer McDermott) Colonial militia reenactors cross the finish line during a ceremony for the Patriot's Day holiday prior to the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, right, congratulates Susannah Scaroni, of the United States, after winning the men's and women's wheelchair divisions during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Sharon Lokedi, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women's division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Boston Marathon winner Sharon Lokedi high-fives spectators in front of Boston College in Newton, Mass. while in the lead group of runners Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/ Jennifer McDermott) Sharon Lokedi, of Kenya, dons a wreath by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after winning the women's division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) At the Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2025, Sharon Lokedi, left, outruns two-time Boston Marathon defending champion Hellen Obiri over the final mile of the course. Lokedi won and broke the Boston Marathon course record. (AP Photo/ Jennifer McDermott) FILE - Wesley Korir of Kenya celebrates as he breaks the tape to win the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray, right, sends a group of Massachusetts National Guard members across the start line, launching the 129th edition of the race, in Hopkinton, Mass, early Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott) Massachusetts Army National Guard Cadet Meghan Drysdale kneels to take a photo of the road painted in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Patriots' Day at the start of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo Jennifer McDermott) Colonial militia reenactors cross the finish line during a ceremony for the Patriot's Day holiday prior to the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, right, congratulates Susannah Scaroni, of the United States, after winning the men's and women's wheelchair divisions during the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Sharon Lokedi, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women's division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Boston Marathon winner Sharon Lokedi high-fives spectators in front of Boston College in Newton, Mass. while in the lead group of runners Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/ Jennifer McDermott) Sharon Lokedi, of Kenya, dons a wreath by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu after winning the women's division of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) At the Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2025, Sharon Lokedi, left, outruns two-time Boston Marathon defending champion Hellen Obiri over the final mile of the course. Lokedi won and broke the Boston Marathon course record. (AP Photo/ Jennifer McDermott) FILE - Wesley Korir of Kenya celebrates as he breaks the tape to win the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) BOSTON (AP) — John Korir arrived in Hopkinton hoping to join his brother as a Boston Marathon champion. He left Boylston Street with plans to train a future winner. Korir said he will donate the prize money from his Boston victory to the Transcend Talent Academy, which provides an education for aspiring runners who can't afford one. He has worked with the school in Kenya along with his brother, Wesley, who used the proceeds from his 2012 Boston win to build a hospital in their home region. Advertisement 'It was in our dream to come here and win, and make history of two brothers winning Boston,' Korir said Tuesday, a day after overcoming an early fall to become, with Wesley, the first members of the same family to win the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. 'One day, one time we'll have a child from Transend Academy win Boston,' John Korir said. 'That's now our next dream: to mentor, to bring up a champion who will come one day, come and win Boston.' The reigning Chicago Marathon champion, who had top 10 finishes in both of his previous Boston attempts, Korir broke away from the pack heading into Heartbreak Hill on Monday and ran alone for much of the last 6 miles to win in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 45 seconds — the second-fastest winning time in course history. Fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi also took advantage of near-perfect marathon weather to win in 2:17:22 — more than 2 1/2 minutes faster than the previous course record. Korir said he, too, might have challenged for the course record if he'd had another runner to push him. Advertisement 'But because I was alone, had to try my best and see how fast I could run,' he said. Korir ran more than 26.19 miles with a scraped up knee and hand after getting tripped in the crowded start on East Main Street in Hopkinton, sending him sprawling headfirst down the double yellow line in the middle of the road. His race bib was messed up even worse. Korir quickly popped back up and saw his bib was torn off his shirt in three of its four corners; he detached the last one, folded the bib and tucked it into his shorts as he rejoined the still bunched-up leaders at the rear. The absence of a bib — the professionals' have their names, not numbers like most of the 30,000 runners in the field — was mostly a curiosity for onlookers. But it posed a potential problem for race organizers: On the back is a timing device that registers when the runner crosses a checkpoint. Advertisement The system provide runners with their split times and also proves that someone ran the entire race — something Boston officials didn't have in 1980, when Rosie Ruiz was initially declared the winner before they found she took a shortcut to the finish line. Ruiz, an unknown before she broke the tape, didn't show up on any pictures or video along the course. Korir — who was running among the leaders, right behind the lead vehicle with the TV camera — was literally front and center. 'It was kind of a nonissue because he was in the main (pack). I mean, the camera was focused on him,' Boston Athletic Association President Jack Fleming said, holding up Korir's mangled bib. 'This is an identification and a timing and scoring device. So he was clearly identified; we knew who he was. We didn't actually need this to identify him as John Korir. And it just so happened that the timing tag was intact.' Fleming said organizers noticed Korir's missing bib early on and went looking for video to find out what had happened. But they also saw that he was showing up at each checkpoint, as normal. No one knew how until he pulled the bib out of his shorts as he ran down Boylston Street to the finish. Advertisement 'For him to have the presence of mind, with all of that adrenaline, to grab the bib and to hold on to it, tuck it away, ... it's amazing,' Fleming said. The timing devices have come a long way: Early models were plastic chips tied into the runners' shoelaces, but now they are a thin metallic sticker on the back of the bib, surrounded by a sponge-like protective guard. The bib itself is a papery plastic similar to the material used to wrap building frames during construction. It is strong enough to withstand 26.2 miles of pounding in all kinds of weather, but it is not indestructible. 'It's the first thing that's stated on the back of the bid: Do not fold or bend this bib number,' Fleming said, reading the warning printed on every bib. 'But it worked.' ___ AP sports:
