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2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Former University of Colorado Heisman Trophy-winner Travis Hunter gets married
Patriots OTA takeaways: Mike Vrabel's vibes and Drake Maye's relationship with Josh McDaniels Steve Burton welcomes ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss onto WBZ-TV's Sports Final to get his takeaways from last week's OTA sessions in Foxboro. Reiss chats about Mike Vrabel's incredible vibe and energy, and also highlights some big players on defense. He also discusses Drake Maye's rough Tuesday and why it's not a concern, and the QB's relationship with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. 6:46 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
CBS News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Viral video of 20-foot shark in Rhode Island invites "Jaws" comparisons
Video of a huge shark swimming around Rhode Island's Block Island on Memorial Day is going viral. The video taken by Jen Seebeck and posted on the Atlantic Shark Institute's social media pages has already been viewed more than 4 million times on Instagram and Facebook. "Clearly a very large shark and reminiscent of a scene from Jaws on this 50th anniversary of the film," the organization said. Basking shark sighting in Rhode Island Unlike the titular creature in "Jaws," this shark is no bloodthirsty great white. Atlantic Shark Institute executive director Jon Dodd says this is a basking shark that appears to be about 20 feet long with a large dorsal fin. Basking sharks are the second-largest fish species after the whale shark, according to the New England Aquarium, and they eat plankton. "They are harmless filter-feeders but that wouldn't matter much if you were in the water when one came cruising by!" Dodd tells WBZ-TV. The two species are often mistaken for one another, but the dorsal fin of the basking shark is more rounded while a great white has a pointed fin. The sighting in Great Salt Pond had diners at Dead Eye Dick's buzzing. "There's a shark in the pond!" one person with a distinctive New England accent can be heard saying Dodd says it appears the shark likely entered the pond by accident and has since left the area. "It is the first shark that has entered the pond this season, but likely not the last!" Dodd said.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump's attacks on Mass. hit economy in ‘the gut,' Greater Boston Chamber boss says
President Donald Trump's trade war, his immigration policies, and his attacks on higher education hit the Bay State's economy right 'in the gut,' further darkening an already complicated business picture. That's the analysis that Jim Rooney, the president and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, offered Sunday during an appearance on WBZ-TV's 'Keller @Large' program. Massachusetts already was struggling with economic competitiveness and job creation issues before Trump returned to office in January, Rooney told host Jon Keller. 'Now you layer on job-impacting types of federal policies like tariffs, like research funding, like immigration, and that was going to be tough anyway,' Rooney said. 'And ... if you look at where our jobs are, [with] high concentrations in life sciences and medicine ... this is right in the gut of the Massachusetts economy,' he continued. Trump's ongoing war with Harvard University, some of which is now in the hands of a federal judge, has provided a vivid illustration of that impact. The Cambridge-based university now faces nearly $3 billion in federal funding cuts. Those concerns are further underlined by new research by Mark Williams, a master lecturer in finance at Boston University, concluding that the Republican White House's policies could result in billions of dollars in lost revenue and tens of thousands of job losses as early as next year. That's because, compared to other states, the Bay State's economy 'disproportionately' depends on such sectors as life sciences, higher education, trade and tourism, Williams said. All of those already have been — or will be hit — by Trump's economic policies. 'Here in Massachusetts, we really have a knowledge-based economy,' Williams said in a statement. 'We're a top-20 economy by size of GDP, but yet we're the third-largest recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. We have the fifth-largest percentage of immigrants in the country, larger than Texas as a percentage of our immigrant population to the overall population," he continued. 'And because of our maritime past, 9% of our GDP is tied up with trade.' Speaking to Rooney on Sunday, Keller alluded to Williams' findings. The regional business leader said he wasn't shocked by them. Rooney said he's been trying to contain any potential damage by reaching out to leaders in other states to promote the scientific and economic importance of research funding. 'As you think about federal issues, we're the bluest and blue states, and right now, [there's a] Republican-controlled White House [and] House and Senate,' he said. 'So our approach has been coalition-building.' That effort now includes 60 chambers of commerce in more than 30 states, he said. 'We're going to lobby. We're going to go to Washington, and we're going to sign onto joint letters,' he said, 'We're going to try to make that case that what is happening at home.' Williams' warnings, meanwhile, reflect those of Massachusetts' elected officials, including Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, and others. Last week, responding to what her office described as the uncertainty brought on by Trump's attacks on federal funding, Healey's office announced she was imposing a hiring freeze across the executive branch. Read More: These key public services won't be hit by the state's hiring freeze, Mass. Gov. Healey says Speaking to reporters after she attended the grand opening of the Lego Group's new headquarters in Boston's Back Bay, the Democratic governor kept up her criticism of the actions of Trump and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill as they slash social safety net programs to underwrite tax cuts. Read More: Gov. Healey: SNAP cuts will 'force Mass. families to go hungry' 'These cuts by the Trump administration, unfortunately, have real consequences. I look at the [proposed Republican] cuts to the [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]. We've got 7 million people in the state, and a million rely on SNAP benefits,' Healey said. 'We're talking seniors, we're talking single moms, we're talking children, and he's cutting that.' Old Trump foe says he must be stopped before 'tanks are rolling down the streets' US stuck with 'madman' Trump. And it's Dems' fault, Conn. senator says From Baker to Ballot: Republican Mike Kennealy makes his pitch for governor | Bay State Briefing Former President Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer Phone workers worried about lead on old lines wonder: Who will answer their call? Read the original article on MassLive.
CBS News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Immigration enforcement leaves Massachusetts nonprofit concerned and staff members frightened
As the deadline for an estimated 500,000 Haitians with Temporary Protected Status looms, the future for employees at a Marshfield, Massachusetts nonprofit hangs in the balance. "We are looking at the potential of losing 84 of our staff — that's 11% of our workforce," explained Chris White, President and CEO of Road to Responsibility. The nonprofit supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Staff members afraid to drive to work Anita Goncalves, a hiring manager, told WBZ-TV some of her staff "are afraid of even driving to work." On Aug. 3, the Trump administration has plans to end TPS, the deportation protection program for Haitians that allowed them to seek refuge in the U.S. due to unsafe conditions in Haiti. "These are folks that our government allowed to enter the country, have vetted and have multiple-year work authorizations," said White. Impact on nonprofit could be devastating If their legal status is revoked, White said the impact on his organization could be devastating because he said these are not just employees. "They provide the consistency and dedicated support that our members need to thrive," said White. "The way that our staffing works with our individuals is like family," Goncalves added. But now, fear has silenced some of those voices. And though some are hesitant to speak out, White is clear: "For me, it's not political. What it is, is it's human. The issue is too big and too important to just be silent about it."
Miami Herald
14-05-2025
- Miami Herald
Child left alone along street after ICE detains adult, Massachusetts video shows
A boy was left alone on a Massachusetts city street by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after they detained an adult, according to a city councilor who's speaking out about a video she recorded of the incident. The child is seen in the footage along a sidewalk on Felton Street in Waltham on May 4 — without the adult who had been accompanying him moments earlier, Waltham City Councilor Colleen Bradley-MacArthur told WBZ-TV. A law enforcement officer wearing a face mask covering his mouth and nose approaches the boy as he stands by himself, the video shows. The officer is seen holding a phone to his ear as he appears to speak to the child. 'He looks about my son's age,' Bradley-MacArthur said of the boy in an interview with WBZ-TV. 'It makes me feel sick to my stomach as a mom, as a human being.' Bradley-MacArthur and ICE didn't immediately return McClatchy News' requests for comment May 14. Bradley-MacArthur was outside with volunteers on a neighborhood watch walk when she began filming in Waltham on May 4, she told NBC10 Boston. The volunteers ultimately took the child to his home because ICE agents left without trying to help him, according to Bradley-MacArthur, the outlet reported. She said she saw multiple officers wearing masks, describing how they used their vehicles to block the street, NBC10 Boston reported. When the city councilor asked a law enforcement officer what agency he belonged to, the officer wouldn't respond and instead said, 'You stay here and don't interfere,' Bradley-MacArthur recalled. The officer's warning can be heard in her video published by CBS News. Waltham is about a 10-mile drive west from Boston. The Boston area and beyond, during the first week of May, has seen a rise in arrests made by ICE, according to local advocacy organizations, including the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network, WGBH reported. An ICE spokesperson told the radio station that for 'reasons of officer safety, ICE does not comment on ongoing operations.' On March 24, ICE announced 370 people accused of illegally living in Massachusetts were detained by the agency in a span of six days, between March 18 to March 23. Commenting on the 'enhanced' operation, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde said in a statement that ICE 'targeted the most dangerous alien offenders in some of the most crime-infested neighborhoods in and around Boston.' Woman detained at Boston airport In late April, several Massachusetts-based advocacy groups banded together in support of a 70-year-old Worcester resident apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the Boston Logan International Airport after a trip to Zimbabwe, McClatchy News previously reported. The organizations denounced Ruth Mufute's detention at the airport on April 29, saying she has permanent legal status. She is a member of one of the groups, the Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice, its executive director, Jonathan Goldman, told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. In a statement to McClatchy News on May 2, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said Mufute was arrested 'on a warrant for wire fraud and conspiracy issued by the (U.S. Agency for International Development) Office of Inspector General.' The USAID OIG has accused Mufute of a fraud scheme related to former work in South Africa while employed by a nonprofit located in North Carolina. After Mufute appeared in Boston federal court for initial proceedings April 30, a federal judge released her, records show. She's been ordered to appear in federal court in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the afternoon of May 15. U.S. immigration actions criticized In Waltham, local advocacy group Indivisible Waltham is holding a one-hour demonstration on May 15, titled 'Hands Off our Community!' in response to recent ICE activity. The group is a part of the larger nationwide organization Indivisible. In a statement to McClatchy News on May 14, Elizabeth Hoffecker, a volunteer organizer with Indivisible Waltham, accused ICE agents of using 'unconstitutional and needlessly brutal tactics' in the city, including 'refusing to identify themselves, wearing full face coverings, refusing to produce valid warrants, breaking into private spaces and destroying property, separating parents from children, and beating suspects up.' 'Regardless of the legal status of the Waltham residents who ICE has detained and regardless of whether they are suspected of criminal activity or not, they are guaranteed due process under the Constitution,' Hoffecker said. 'Depriving them of that is an attack on all our Constitutional rights, which is why it is so critical that we refuse to normalize these tactics and that we demand that our local police and elected officials protect us from any agents — ICE or otherwise — who are operating outside the law,' Hoffecker added. On May 8, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was criticized over recent immigration enforcement actions by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., during a hearing held by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. DHS is the federal agency that oversees ICE. 'You are routinely violating the rights of immigrants who may not be citizens, but whether you like it or not, have constitutional and statutory rights when they reside in the United States,' Murphy, a member of the committee, said to Noem.
