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Chilly Breeze

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

April, being more like April the last few days as more of a seasonable chill has settled back in. Today, we’ll continue that theme with a busy breeze out of the west and high temps holding in the low to mid 50s for most. With chilly air aloft thanks to an upper-level low just to our north, it’ll be easy to manufacture some midday clouds, so do expect at times for the sky to go mostly cloudy. The atmosphere is dry, so despite the extra clouds at times, we won’t track any showers. Clouds fade out early this evening, as the breeze diminishes as well. Heading to Fenway? It’ll be cool tonight, but decent baseball weather overall with temps near 50. Tomorrow, we’ll step the temps up a bit as highs head for the mid to upper 60s inland. We’ll near 60 at the coast before a sea breeze to kick in. Temps Friday are even higher, low 70s inland, 50s to near 60 at the coast. The weekend is split, with Sunday being the rainy day as showers will be widespread in...

Green Line cars under inspection after reports of MBTA trains getting stuck on Marathon Monday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

Some of the newer Green Line cars are under inspection after reports of MBTA trains getting stuck on Marathon Monday. The MBTA says the cars are still in service as maintenance teams inspect them for safety and efficiency. The cause of the mechanical failures is still under investigation. On Wednesday, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng will attend his first Board of Director’s meeting since starting his new role on April 10. Eng is expected to give a report and discuss plans for safety improvement during the in-person meeting.

Derrick White delivers again in Game 2 as Celtics’ early postseason MVP

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

Chants rang out Tuesday night inside TD Garden, echoing as they had dozens of times for Jayson Tatum when he stepped to the foul line to polish off a hard-earned Celtics win.“M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P!”Except this was no final stroke on a midseason masterpiece. This was the postseason, Game 2 against a desperate Hawks team in the first round. Grueling, physical, playoff basketball, not an inch to be yielded.Related ArticlesBoston Celtics | Celtics respond after slow start, take control of series with Game 2 victory over Hawks Boston Celtics | Robert Williams continues to embrace bench role with Celtics: ‘I just want to win’ Boston Celtics | Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla explains Derrick White’s growth since last year’s playoffs Boston Celtics | OBF: Until banner 18 is raised, questions will follow Boston Celtics Boston Celtics | Feeling healthy again, Marcus Smart puts defensive st...

ASK IRA: Is Heat’s Duncan Robinson the favorite to start in place of Tyler Herro?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

Q: Duncan Robinson is better than Victor Oladipo. – Ernesto.A: First, I’m not sure that is a debate you are going to find on ESPN, NBA TV or many other venues. Second, it’s not one that likely needs to be debated here, either. When it comes to complementary roles, which will be the place for Tyler Herro’s lineup replacement in Wednesday night’s Game 2 against the Bucks, it is simpler to cast Duncan Robinson in that role than a player who might be inclined to do more. So if you’re asking for a prediction for a Herro replacement in the starting lineup, or the type of odds on such propositions offered by offshore and other books these days, I’d list the odds of Herro’s starting replacement as: 1. Duncan Robinson, 2. Kevin Love, 3. Caleb Martin, 4. Haywood Highsmith, 5. Kyle Lowry, 6. The Field (with all due respect to Victor Oladipo). That’s when counting the other four starters remaining Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Max Strus and Gab...

Orioles hitters strategize use of limited pitch clock timeouts: ‘We just have to be smart’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

On opening day, Austin Hays achieved a major league first. He had the ability to dodge the distinction.After Orioles third baseman Ramón Urías was hit by a pitch in Baltimore’s March 30 season opener against the Boston Red Sox, Hays, due up next, gave his teammate time to collect himself. But those few extra seconds came back to bite the Orioles outfielder as he became the first hitter called for a pitch clock violation under Major League Baseball’s new timer system, beginning his at-bat with an 0-1 count.Hays, though, could have prevented that automatic strikeout. Once per plate appearance, hitters can call timeout, resetting the clock to avoid the penalty or simply to afford themselves time to think through what the opposing pitcher might do next.But Hays also didn’t want to use his timeout then and need it later.“I think every hitter is using their timeout every single at-bat. It at least seems like it,” Hays said. “A lot of guys make...

UN: India on track to become world’s most populous country

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India is on track to become the world’s most populous nation, surpassing China by 2.9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday.The South Asian country will have an estimated 1.4286 billion people against China’s 1.4257 billion by the middle of the year, according to U.N. projections. Demographers say that the limits of population data make it impossible to calculate an exact date.China has had the world’s largest population since at least 1950, the year United Nations population data began. Both China and India have more than 1.4 billion people, and combined they make up more than a third of the world’s 8 billion people.Not long ago, India wasn’t expected to become most populous until later this decade. But the timing has been sped up by a drop in China’s fertility rate, with families having fewer children.Today, China has an aging population with stagnant growth despite the government retreating fro...

Strong earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Wednesday but no serious damage or casualties were expected, officials said.The magnitude 6.3 earthquake was centered in West New Britain province at a depth of 55.7 kilometers (35 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said.It said the quake caused strong shaking, but economic losses and casualties were expected to be small.Papua New Guinea is on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, to the east of Indonesia and north of Australia. It sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where much of the world’s earthquake and volcanic activity occurs.A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit a remote region of Papua New Guinea earlier this month, killing at least four people and destroying more than 300 homes.Last September, a magnitude 7.6 quake killed 21 people.The Associated Press

Credit Suisse faulted over probe of Nazi-linked accounts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers have accused embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse of limiting the scope of an internal investigation into Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts, including some that were open until just a few years ago. The Senate Budget Committee says an independent ombudsman initially brought in by the bank to oversee the probe was “inexplicably terminated” as he carried out his work, and it faulted “incomplete” reports that were hindered by restrictions. Credit Suisse said it was “fully cooperating” with the committee’s inquiry but rejected some claims from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Los Angeles-based Jewish human rights group, that brought to light in 2020 allegations of possible Nazi-linked accounts at Switzerland’s second-largest bank.Despite the hurdles, the reports from the ombudsman and forensic research team revealed at least 99 accounts for senior Nazi officials in Germany or members of a Nazi-affliliated groups in Argentina, most of which were n...

Edmunds: 2023 Honda Civic Type R vs. 2023 Volkswagen Golf R

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

If a traditional two-door sports car isn’t practical enough for you, consider one of these hot hatch options: the Volkswagen Golf R or the Honda Civic Type R. The Volkswagen Golf R’s excellent combination of fun driving dynamics, all-wheel-drive traction and generous cargo space has made it a long-running favorite for driving enthusiasts. Its 2022 redesign brought many upgrades, including more power. Even fresher is the redesigned 2023 Honda Civic Type R. Compared to the outgoing model, it boasts more restrained styling, greater performance and a modernized interior. Which four-door sport compact is the best? Edmunds’ experts compared them to find out.PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING Both hot hatches are powered by turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engines that churn out impressive power. The front-wheel-drive Type R produces 315 horsepower and 310 lb-ft of torque. The all-wheel-drive Golf R also makes 315 horsepower but less torque, 280 lb-ft when equipped with the standard six-speed ma...

UK says Russian hackers aim to attack key infrastructure

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:29 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Russian hackers are seeking to “disrupt or destroy” Britain’s critical infrastructure and not enough is being done to stop them, U.K. government officials asserted Wednesday.Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre issued an official threat notice to operators of Britain’s electricity, water and other critical systems, telling them to boost their defenses.“I don’t think we are yet doing enough to protect our infrastructure from the cyber threats emerging from Russia-aligning groups,” the center’s chief, Lindy Cameron, said.Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden said the threat comes from hackers sympathetic to Russia though not necessarily directed by the Russian state. He described them as the cyber equivalent of the Wagner Group, the private Russian company with mercenaries fighting in Ukraine. He said that while the alleged hackers currently lack the capacity to do widespread damage to U.K. systems, the threat is growing.“Disclosing this threat is not something we do lightl...