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China’s Xi doubles down on hardline Xinjiang policy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the hardline approach to dealing with the Uyghurs in Xinjiang to continue, despite international criticisms.Delivering a major speech on Saturday in Urumqi, the region’s capital city, Xi stressed that “social stability” remained the top priority there, as he highlighted the need for counterterrorism measures and further “Sinocizing” of Islam, the predominant religion for the Uyghurs who make up the majority of the indigenous population in the area.China’s Xinjiang policies have come under international scrutiny in recent years, culminating in a U.N. human rights report that found Beijing to have potentially committed crimes against humanity. The U.S., which along with Europe has sanctioned some Xinjiang officials, has labeled the situation a genocide.Xi, though, said he “recognizes” the Xinjiang policy in his Saturday speech.“[We] have to combine the anti-terrorism and anti-secessionist...

7 people shot in Dorchester

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

Seven people were shot in Dorchester Saturday morning in the area of the Caribbean Festival, officials said.Police are currently on scene in the area of Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot Avenue. The shooting happened around 7:44 a.m., and all victims have non-life threatening injuries.Boston police said arrests have been made, and firearms were confiscated at the scene.The Caribbean American Carnival Association of Boston is hosting a parade Saturday morning in the area, starting in Roxbury later today and heading down Blue Hill Ave ending at Franklin Park. J’ouvert Bands also began at 5:30 a.m. Saturday on Talbot Avenue.Further information was not immediately available.

‘Difference between life and death’: Harvard students launch initiative to put Narcan in Red Line T stops

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

Harvard students partnered with the MBTA to launch a program to save lives along the Red Line.A group of students focused on overdose prevention and education came up with a plan to put naloxone, or Narcan, kits in T stops.“In our research we found that these MBTA stations are associated with a disproportionate number of opioid overdoses, particularly along the Red Line in Cambridge,” said Sajeev Kohli, a Harvard graduate.Kohli said putting Narcan kits in public spaces and making them available to all could be the difference between life and death.“Having someone who’s a friend, a peer, a community member that’s there in case first responders are a little farther away can make a significant difference,” Kohli said. “It’s inexpensive, it’s easy to use, it has minimal side effects if used incorrectly, and there’s empirical data showing bystanders can use this correctly 99% of the time.”The plan went from an idea to a near reality. The students are now working w...

Muggy Saturday with a PM shower

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

A lot of clouds this morning with a muggy feel! Check out those dew points. Later today some of us will get an afternoon shower or storm. Tomorrow it’s mainly dry, but cooler.

Mike Lupica: Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry showed up and made Mets Amazin’ again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

Somehow, all this time after that first bright summer of 1984 and then 1985 when he pitched like a right-handed Koufax, somehow nearly four decades after October of 1986 for him and the Mets, Dwight Gooden was laughing on Friday morning about turning 60. And for this old Met, one who will be honored next year at Citi Field for what he did when he was young, it was just one more Amazin’ thing.“I kept thinking it was this year instead of next year,” he said. “I was telling people I was getting ready to turn 60 and then my 13-year old daughter said, ‘Dad, what’s your rush? You’re only 59.”He was a teenager himself when he showed up at Shea Stadium with all that arm and all that fastball and all the promise in the world. He and Darryl Strawberry will be honored for that in 2024, when they each have their numbers retired by Steve Cohen’s Mets. These occasions will not be about what happened to both of them after they were Mets, drugs ...

Patriots must make important roster decision without key information

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

The Patriots are keeping all options on the table as they decide their kicker competition for the 2023 season.Rookie fourth-round pick Chad Ryland is in a heated battle with veteran Nick Folk. Ryland, 23, has the bigger leg and more potential, while Folk, 38, has remained a steady and consistent presence. The Patriots kicked just one field goal during the preseason, a 44-yarder knocked through by Folk. Both Folk and Ryland each made two extra points.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | NFL notes: 4 potential Patriots trades before cutdown day, including a blockbuster New England Patriots | Patriots QB Bailey Zappe on re-entering preseason finale: ‘That was the head man’s decision’ New England Patriots | Patriots have difficult decision to make with Malik Cunningham as cutdowns loom New England Patriots | Callahan: The Patriots’ preseason finale shouldn’t dampen a successful summer New Eng...

Patriots’ Kayshon Boutte earns praise after conspicuous lack of playing time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

Those rooting for Kayshon Boutte to make the Patriots’ 53-man roster saw good signs Friday night when the rookie wide receiver started but barely played in the team’s preseason finale against the Tennessee Titans.Boutte played a handful of snaps in the first quarter then got to hang out on the sideline with players nearly guaranteed to make the 53-man roster. The 2023 sixth-round pick got out to a slow start with the Patriots during the spring and early part of training camp before impressing as the summer progressed.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | NFL notes: 4 potential Patriots trades before cutdown day, including a blockbuster New England Patriots | Patriots QB Bailey Zappe on re-entering preseason finale: ‘That was the head man’s decision’ New England Patriots | Patriots have difficult decision to make with Malik Cunningham as cutdowns loom New England Patriots | Callahan: The Patriot...

Seven people shot at Boston’s Caribbean Carnival; Council prez calls for 2nd parade to be canceled

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

Seven people have been shot, all with non-life threatening injuries, at today’s Caribbean Carnival, police report, as City Council President Ed Flynn urges the day’s second parade to be called off.Police are on the scene in Dorchester and the wounded have been taken to the hospital. Firearms have been recovered, police added.The call came in at 7:44 a.m. for an active shooting on Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot Avenue, according to police.Flynn said this morning police have been “confiscating guns” in the neighborhoods but a more “comprehensive plan” is needed to address gun violence.He’s also calling for the city to cancel today’s second parade scheduled for 1 p.m. — telling the Herald “based on the violence from this morning and not having enough police officers in the city, we should cancel it.”The annual Caribbean Carnival features two separate parades. The first parade, the J’ouvert Parade, started at 6:30 AM o...

A fire inside a parked train kills 9 in southern India

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire erupted inside a stationary train compartment at a railway station in southern India, killing nine people on Saturday morning, officials said.The blaze broke out at 5 a.m. and burned for two hours before firefighters were able to put it out, authorities said.It started inside a train’s private compartment, which was detached and parked on the tracks in the Madurai station, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, according to a statement by the Southern Railway.A gas cylinder smuggled in by passengers caused the fire, the statement read, adding that police, fire and rescue officials helped pull out the bodies. There was no damage to other coaches. Southern Railway did not say how many people were inside the compartment at the time of the fire, but said many managed to get out.Officials told the Press Trust of India news agency that 20 others were injured and taken to a hospital. Accidents are common on India’s railroad network, one of the world’s la...

Shooting in Boston neighborhood wounds at least 7 people

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:24:21 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — A shooting wounded at least seven people in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on Saturday morning, police said.All seven were taken to local hospitals with non life-threatening injuries, Officer Michael Torigian said.“Firearms have been recovered and arrests have been made,” he said. “It’s an ongoing investigation.”Police received a call at 7:44 a.m. reporting that multiple people had been shot, and officers responded to the area of Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot Avenue, Torigian said. The Associated Press