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Mayor Bowser names interim DC police chief to replace Contee

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Ashan M. Benedict as interim D.C. police chief Friday, replacing the departing Robert Contee.Benedict will serve as interim chief while Bowser will conduct a search for someone to fill the position permanently.“I know that he is going to do a fine job in making sure that we’re deploying our men and women on keeping the District safe while the interim search is ongoing,” Bowser said at a news conference, after wrapping up an interview with WAMU about public safety.Benedict has been with the police department as assistant chief of police to Contee since April 2021, managing the day-to-day operations of the department, Bowser said in a news release.“I think it’s important to bring some stability and consistency to department operations,” Benedict said, adding that he doesn’t want the job permanently.For the permanent role, Bowser said she’s looking for someone who is a “leader and crime fighter....

How much can you rent with $1,500 in Colorado?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's not quite as tight as New York or California cities, but $1,500 doesn't get you much living space in Denver. Using Yardi Matrix data, RentCafe analyzed square footage rental costs in the 100 largest cities in the U.S. to see how much $1,500 will rent. Nationally, $1,500 a month will rent about 782 square feet of living space. Over half (56%) of the 200 largest cities offer more than the national average of square footage, but Denver isn't one of them. Denver ranks top 5 for worst air quality in the world In Denver, a $1,500 rent budget can afford about 646 square feet. This is the 75th smallest rental size for the price in the U.S. among 100 cities, about equal to Austin or Philadelphia. At opposite ends of the spectrum are New York City, where $1,500 will get 243 square feet of living space, and Wichita, Kansas, in which the same budget gets 1,463 square feet. Colorado renters can get more space by simply not living in Denver proper. !function(){"use strict...

Jim Brown, legendary NFL running back, has died at age 87

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

(CNN) — Jim Brown, the transcendent athlete-actor-activist who ran roughshod over the NFL and its record books in the 1950s and 1960s and won multiple MVP awards before retiring abruptly at the age of 30 to focus on the civil rights movement and a career in Hollywood, has died, his former team, the Cleveland Browns, said Friday. He was 87.The Browns tweeted, “Jim Brown Forever.“Legend. Leader. Activist. Visionary.“It’s impossible to describe the profound love and gratitude we feel for having the opportunity to be a small piece of Jim’s incredible life and legacy. We mourn his passing, but celebrate the indelible light he brought to the world.“Our hearts are with Jim’s family, loved ones, and all those he impacted along the way.”After he retired from football in 1966 despite being at the height of his career, Brown caught the acting bug, starring in the 1967 World War II movie, “The Dirty Dozen.” He went on to appear in more than 50 films.Brown also made his mark as a civil rights ac...

Swifties Assemble!: Thousands of fans flock to Foxborough for first of three Taylor Swift shows

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

Taylor Swift superfans, rejoice – the first of the musician’s three sold-out “Eras Tour” shows kicks off tonight at Gillette Stadium.SKY7-HD spotted seemingly endless lines stretching through the premises well before the gates opened at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.The first of the world-famous singer and songwriter’s three concerts at Gillette Stadium is slated to start at 6:30 p.m. In total, all three shows are expected to bring some 200,000 people to the venue through Sunday night.Fans clad in official merch, do-it-yourself-Swift-gear and cowboy boots told 7NEWS they were ecstatic as they waited for Swift’s latest Foxboro show.There was plenty of Taylor-gating underway as well, with fans swapping stories and sharing in the excitement after making the trip, whether they travelled from down the interstate, across the country, or from another part of the world.“We waited 23 years to look at her because we’re from India and she doesn’t com...

‘I’m not resigning’: City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo says he has no plans to quit amid fallout from Rachael Rollins ethics investigation

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo continued to face the fallout of recent ethics investigations into US Attorney Rachael Rollins Friday, standing his ground as some call for his resignation.Speaking to reporters, Arroyo said recent attacks on him are political. He continued, saying while Rollins actions were unethical and that she should resign, he does not plan to step down from his job.“I’m not resigning,” he said inside City Hall. “I’m not resigning.”Rollins previously served as the Suffolk County District Attorney. Her appointment as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts then prompted a race for the DA position. Arroyo’s 2022 campaign for the role was a major part of the investigations into Rollins, which generated a pair of reports from the Department of Justice’s Inspector General and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. In its report this week, the Department of Justice said Rollins and Arroyo exchanged text messages about the campaign. US attorneys are supposed to stay...

UPDATE: Police locate East Boston teen reported missing

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

The Boston Police Department has cancelled its “Missing Person Alert” for a 16-year-old boy from East Boston.In an update around 3:25 p.m., the department said Matthew Johnson had been located. Authorities previously said the teen was reported missing after last being seen on Wednesday, May 17.

Committee rules discord a widespread debate on Beacon Hill

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

The Senate chair of a climate-focused committee said Friday that an inter-branch feud over internal rules governing how bills move forward early in the legislative process is a widespread debate in the State House.State Sen. Michael Barrett traded public barbs this week with his counterpart, state Rep. Jeffrey Roy, on the Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy Committee over how much sway each branch’s members have on committee decisions.It is a technical battle that can affect the fate of hundreds of proposals covering climate change, renewable energy, and the state’s electricity procurement. The dispute led the two Democrats to schedule separate hearings this week on the same exact set of bills. House members met Thursday and senators on Friday.After the Senate hearing, Barrett said “a number of” House chairs are looking to rework joint committee rules.“We didn’t see it coming. Back in February, there began to be problems,” Barrett said. “We assumed that they were temporary, th...

Arlington teen Noel Buck gaining valuable experience with Revolution

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

Noel Buck can’t think of a better situation than playing midfield for the New England Revolution.The U.S. National U-20 soccer team was announced last week and Buck was not listed among the seven midfielders on coach Mikey Varas’ roster. The FIFA U-20 World Cup begins May 20 in Argentina.Buck, 18, did not take this possible oversight as a slight. Buck insisted his focus is exclusively on the second-place Revolution’s (7-2-3) match against the sixth-place Philadelphia Union (5-4-3) on Saturday night (7:30) at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. The Revolution are 3-2-1 on the road and playing the last of three straight games away from Gillette Stadium.“The National Team, especially the youth national teams, they are very selective,” said Buck. “Especially on the U-20 team, there are a lot of good players who have been playing there for a while.“It would have been really cool, but I am happy where I am. If I was going to go and not play, then what was the point really? I am playing now obviou...

2023 Preakness: Diversity efforts start to pay off for an event that didn’t always include Baltimore’s Black community

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

Maya Lora | Baltimore Sun (TNS)BALTIMORE — Kevin Liles first attended Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown series, as a teenager with his father in the 1980s. But it was years down the line before he fully understood what was happening at the Pimlico Race Course.“You cut me open, I bleed Baltimore. So I knew about Preakness since I was a little kid,” Liles said. “But I never felt like it was something — even though it was in the Pimlico area — I didn’t really know that it was something that we could have access to or we should even go to.”Liles is the chairman and CEO of the multi-genre record label 300 Elektra Entertainment in addition to serving as the curator of Preakness Live, the food, music and art festival that happens alongside the horse racing. He made waves last year by bringing rapper Megan Thee Stallion and icon Ms. Lauryn Hill to headline the event; this year, the star power is being brought by Bruno Mars. Liles estimated there was a 30-40% uptick in people of ...

Rachael Rollins’ use of encrypted messaging could suggest ‘consciousness of guilt’ in ethics violation

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:25:00 GMT

U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins exchanged more than 380 messages with City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo in the run-up to last year’s Suffolk District Attorney primary, according to a federal report on her ethical violations — and at some point, those communications switched from plain text to encrypted platforms.“Whether you’re an FBI agent or a U.S. Attorney, you can’t have a secret network,” said Jim Wedick, a retired FBI agent and public corruption expert. “It denies us the right to honest, good government. It smacks of a separate network. Everybody knows it’s not allowed. It’s preventing citizens from knowing her thoughts.”A review of Rollins’ phone by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General during their ethics inquiry into her actions uncovered significant engagement with Arroyo, her preferred candidate, in his race against eventual winner Kevin Hayden. Rollins, through her attorney, announced on Tuesday, a day before two ...