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Halifax ocean tech hub buoys firms tackling everything from climate change to defence

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

HALIFAX — It started as a Coast Guard facility, two aging brick buildings on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour.Today, they’ve been updated with modern steel-grey siding, a nod to the nearby sea and the site’s new purpose as the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship, or COVE.Along a wharf that once moored federal patrol ships, research vessels with ocean monitoring equipment now rent berths.The inside is also unrecognizable from its Coast Guard origins: machine shops whir with the sound of high-tech equipment, engineers tweak the latest prototypes, entrepreneurs work in a startup yard, and office and meeting spaces are filled with some of the greatest minds in the field of ocean technology. “People from the Coast Guard come here and say, ‘I worked here 15 years ago, and I never imagined this is what it could be,'” said COVE chief executive Melanie Nadeau during a wide-ranging interview.“It shows how we’ve repurposed this site to ...

95th annual St. Jude march takes off to remember fallen CPD officers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police officers, retired officers and family members are gathering for the 95th annual St. Jude Memorial march to remember the fallen CPD officer. Hundreds of people gathered on the Museum Campus to participate in the march hosted by the St. Jude Police League. The march happens on the first Monday of every May to honor the 600 fallen officers whose names appear on the Gold Star Memorial. The organization, founded in 1932, supports and provides assistance to the families of officers the city has lost, including the 24-year-old Calumet district office who was shot and killed outside her Avalon Park home after finishing a shift. 7 people shot in overnight shootings on city’s South Side Another officer had found her near 81st Street and Blackstone Avenue, put her in a squad car and rushed her to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries. The fallen officer joined the CPD three years ago. She was supposed to graduate from Loyola Uni...

State records show which Texas companies are planning mass layoffs, closures: Here's how to check

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Between tons of tech layoffs and major retailers closing up shop, it's understandable if you're feeling a little uneasy in terms of job security. In many cases, in Texas you're able to easily check if your employer is planning serious cuts or branch closures. It's thanks to a federal law called the WARN Act, which stands for Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Essentially, the law requires employers with 100 or more full-time employees to give 60 days of advanced notice for plant closings or mass layoffs. A "mass layoff" is defined as: (1) loss of 500 or more jobs at an employment site or (2) loss of 50 to 499 jobs, if that number makes up more than 33% of the company's workforce. Layoffs but low unemployment: What is going on in this strange economy? For-profit and non-profit companies are covered by the federal law, but government jobs are not. (There are other exceptions and situational factors, many of which are covered in a Department of Labor...

Wisconsin deputy shot and killed Saturday. Suspect later found dead.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

A St. Croix County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Saturday night, authorities said. A suspect in the case was later found dead.The shooting occurred at about 6:15 p.m. in the township of Glenwood, Wis., when the deputy responded to a report of a drunk driver in a ditch, according to a Wisconsin Department of Justice press release. The deputy reported shots fired at the scene.The deputy sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital, and died there.“The involved individual fled and was later found deceased in a wooded area with a gunshot wound,” the press release said. There is no threat to the community.At about midnight Saturday, a law enforcement procession that included Minnesota and Wisconsin agencies transported the deputy’s body to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office, according to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Facebook page.The justice department’s Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating, as...

APD: Woman charged with attempted murder, tried driving into Hudson River

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A 23-year-old woman faces an attempted murder charge after she tried to drive into the Hudson River while her child was sitting on her lap, according to Albany Police. Santisha Lopez is charged with second-degree attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On Saturday, May 6, around 5 a.m., police responded to the boat launch at 20 Quay Street for reports of an occupied car that appeared to be driving into the water. Police say they found a sedan stuck on the curb near the boat launch just feet away from entering the river.A woman, later identified as Lopez, and a two-year-old were inside the car. Police say after an investigation, they found the driver was involved in a domestic-related incident prior to the incident and drove her car towards the river with her child on her lap. Albany man arrested for DWI found with loaded handgun The child was evalua...

Albany man arrested for DWI found with loaded handgun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On May 6, an Albany man was found asleep at the wheel and in possession of a loaded handgun on North Manning Boulevard. The driver, Tariq Royal, 33, is facing multiple charges from the incident. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! At 4:45 a.m. on May 6, officers responded to the area of North Manning Boulevard and Third Street following reports of a driver unresponsive at the wheel. Officers discovered Royal asleep in the driver's seat and attempted to wake him. Police say Royal eventually woke and attempted to flee on foot, but was quickly apprehended and taken into custody. During the investigation, it was determined that Royal was operating the vehicle under the influence of drugs, and a loaded .22 caliber handgun was also recovered from his vehicle. Amsterdam woman charged with grand larceny ChargesCriminal Possession of a WeaponObstruction of Governmental AdministrationResisting ArrestDriving W...

Kévin Cabral scores against old team, Colorado Rapids cruise to 3-1 win at L.A. Galaxy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

That had to feel satisfying for Colorado Rapids forward Kévin Cabral.The French striker, who came over to the Rapids in the winter after enduring a brutal first two seasons in Major League Soccer with the L.A. Galaxy, scored an insurance goal against his old club as the Colorado, led by Connor Ronan’s three assists, won 3-1 Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park.“I think Kévin has handled (his return to Los Angeles) extremely well,” Rapids head coach Robin Fraser said following the game. “This is a place where I felt like he had a tough time and seems like he had a tough time with the fans. So I’m really, really pleased for him to have a good, workman-like performance. And then cap it off with a goal was, for him I was really excited just given the way things went for him here.”Colorado (2-3-6, 12 points), now undefeated in its last eight games across all competitions, looked bright on the counterattack early on after weathering an early Galaxy st...

“We started running”: 8 killed in Texas outlet mall shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

By JAKE BLEIBERG and REBECCA BOONE (Associated Press)ALLEN, Texas — Hundreds of terrified shoppers fled in panic after a gunman stepped out of a sedan and opened fire at a Dallas-area outlet mall, killing eight people and wounding seven before being killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said.Saturday’s shooting in Allen, Texas, was the latest eruption of gun violence in the U.S., which has seen an unprecedented pace of mass killings this year. Barely a week before, five people were fatally shot in Cleveland, Texas, after a neighbor asked a man to stop firing his weapon while a baby slept, authorities said.Police did not immediately provide details about the victims at Allen Premium Outlets, a sprawling outdoor shopping center, but witnesses reported seeing children among them. Some said they also saw what appeared to be a police officer and a mall security guard unconscious on the ground.A 16-year-old pretzel stand employee, Maxwell Gum, described a...

State task force approves payments, apology to Black Californians

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago, gave final approval at a meeting in Oakland to a hefty list of proposals that now go to state lawmakers to consider for reparations legislation. Black Californians could receive up to $1.2 million in reparations payments, task force says U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who is cosponsoring a bill in Congress to study restitution proposals for African Americans, at the meeting called on states and the federal government to pass reparations legislation.“Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but they have the potential to address longstanding racial disparities and inequalities,” Lee said.The panel’s first vote approved a detailed account of historical discrimination against Black Cali...

California readies for treasure hunt as floods wash up 'Gold Rush 2.0'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:42 GMT

In the aftermath of an unusually wet winter, Californians are bracing not only for flooded fields and raging rapids, but also for a potential treasure hunt that experts are dubbing “Gold Rush 2.0.” “It's one of those 100-years events,” Mark Dayton, a Sacramento Valley metal detector expert, told The Hill. With one atmospheric river after another this past winter, snowpack on the Golden State’s mountain peaks piled up to unprecedented heights. But as that snow gushes down the hillsides, the fast and furious flow is shuttling other materials along with it.    “When it melts, it comes rushing down at crazy speeds through narrow gorges and canyons, and it's a torrent of raging water,” Dayton said. “This is even crazier than whitewater.” The flow cascades like a waterfall from about 5,000 feet to 3,500 feet, at which point it begins “meandering into some of the foothills” and into creeks and streams, Dayton explained. “What happens is the material ...