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Colorado motorcycle deaths reach record high in 2022

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado's sunny climate has a downside, as walkers, motorcyclists and scooter riders are seeing record fatalities on the road. Is lane splitting legal in Colorado? The Centennial State had a record number of motorcycle crash fatalities last year, part of a three-year trend in rising crash numbers that began during the COVID pandemic and has yet to abate. Between 2019 and 2022, crash fatalities of all kinds have risen by 27%, with a record number of fatalities in 2022.The increase was particularly pronounced with two-wheeled and two-legged transport, though it rose across most categories of vehicle type. There were 149 motorcycle crash fatalities in 2022, the highest ever and about twice as many as 10 years ago. Pedestrian fatalities also reached a record high last year, with 111 across the state, up from 94 in 2021. Motorcycle crashes happen mainly in highly populated counties along the Front Range, including El Paso County with 25, Jefferson County with 19, Ada...

Jets sign former Dolphins and Packers tackle Billy Turner to one-year contract: source

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

The Jets waited until the fourth round to select an offensive tackle in last weekend’s draft.But on Monday, Gang Green added another player who should provide depth on its offensive line.The Jets are signing veteran offensive tackle Billy Turner, who came for a visit on Monday afternoon, according to a source. Turner and the Jets agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $3.15 million, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.The Dolphins selected Turner in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. After he was released by the Dolphins in 2016, Turner spent three seasons with Broncos (2016-18) before spending three more years with the Packers (2019-21).During his three seasons with the Packers, Turner played a variety of positions, mostly at right tackle, where he started 13 games for the club in 2021. Last year, Turner played in eight games for the Broncos last year before knee issues prematurely ended his 2022 season.During his nine seasons in the NFL, Turner has appeared in ...

Healey leaving the state … again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey will be out of the state again Tuesday and Wednesday for her second trip to Washington, D.C., in the span of a few days.Healey plans to depart the Bay State on Tuesday morning to attend the Select USA Investment Summit in the nation’s capital, her office said Monday afternoon. She will speak on a panel about economic prosperity and job creation and meet with “several foreign dignitaries” before returning to Massachusetts on Wednesday.Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll will serve as acting governor from Tuesday morning until Wednesday afternoon, which she did over the weekend while Healey attended the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.Late Monday morning, Healey’s office announced it hired Will Rasky as director of federal affairs and said he began his work “today as Governor Healey will be attending the Select USA Investment Summit.” POLITICO reported early Monday morning that the governor would return to Washington, D.C. t...

Easthampton School Committee member who backed ‘ladies’ superintendent candidate has resigned

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

An Easthampton School Committee member who backed the superintendent candidate who wrote “ladies” in an email has resigned, becoming the second member to leave their post in recent weeks following the controversial search for a district leader.School Committee member Laurie Garcia in a last ditch effort a week ago tried to get the school board to again re-enter contract negotiations with the top pick for superintendent — Vito Perrone, who lost his job offer when he used the term “ladies” in an email to the committee chair.Garcia’s effort was unsuccessful yet again as the School Committee voted 2-5 for Perrone. A few days after that vote, Garcia submitted her resignation.“After deep consideration, it is with utmost regret that I write this letter to inform you of my resignation, effective immediately,” Garcia wrote to the school board. “I can no longer work with a committee that has proven to act in ways that are detrimental to ou...

Solo Gisele Bündchen dazzles in Chanel in first Met Gala appearance since Tom Brady split

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

By Dan Clarendon, New York Daily NewsGisele Bündchen once again mingled with fashion’s elite on Monday night, attending the 2023 Met Gala solo following her divorce from Tom Brady last year.With her Chanel ensemble, the 42-year-old honored the 2023 Met Gala theme. The event, like the Met’s new Costume Institute exhibition, is devoted to the controversial Karl Lagerfeld, who worked as Chanel’s creative director.Gisele Bündchen attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Bündchen had a long working relationship with Lagerfeld. In 2014, for example, she became the face of Chanel No. 5 perfume.Bündchen last attended the Met Gala in 2019, wearing a blush-hued Dior gown for that year’s “Camp: Notes on a Fashion” theme. Brady joined her on the pink carpet at the time, complementing his then-wife’s outfit with a maro...

Emerson College will put period products in all women’s, men’s, gender-neutral bathrooms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

The Emerson College Boston campus will soon have menstrual products in all women’s, men’s and gender-neutral bathrooms after a major push from students.The period products will be free to all members of the Emerson community.This move from the college comes after the student advocacy group Emerson Flows launched a petition for period products in all Emerson bathrooms.“Thanks to the advocacy of Emerson Flows and the Class of 2026 class council, the college is pleased to announce that Facilities Services will begin stocking all public restrooms with menstrual products beginning July 1, 2023,” the Emerson dean for campus life and the president of Emerson Flows wrote to students over the weekend.“Once this expanded program begins, facilities services staff will routinely check and replenish supplies,” they later added in the letter. “Any community member who becomes aware of a restroom needing additional supplies is encouraged to contact the fac...

New Hampshire mayor eyes Gov. Chris Sununu’s job as he ponders presidential bid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

The mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, announced Monday she would explore a campaign against the state’s thrice re-elected Republican governor as the latter apparently mulls a run at the White House.Democrat Joyce Craig, first elected as the mayor of the Granite State’s Queen City in 2017, said through a campaign email she has formed an exploratory committee aimed at the New Hampshire State House for 2024, when Gov. Chris Sununu will potentially find himself in the middle of a race toward Washington.“As I’ve had discussions with local leaders across New Hampshire, it is increasingly clear that the same challenges we’re working to tackle in Manchester are seen in communities across the state” Craig said along with her announcement. “As a Mayor, I’ve collaborated with mayors and town and city officials to address these challenges – and we’ve made real progress. But there is a lack of support for cities and towns at the state level and I know we can do better.”Sununu, whose political ...

MassGOP, MassDems chairs meet for the first time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

The chairs of the state’s two leading political parties met for the first time this week, when the pair of newly elected politicians found plenty to disagree about.Amy Carnevale, elected in January to replace Jim Lyons as the head of the MassGOP, and Steve Kerrigan, who last week won an unopposed contest to lead the state’s Democratic party, both joined WGBH’s Margery Eagan and Jim Braude on Monday to discuss plans to grow their parties in a state dominated by unenrolled voters.Carnevale said her first order of business is to rebuild the MassGOP, which controls few seats in the Legislature, no constitutional offices or congressional seats, and last year lost the governor’s office.“My primary objective first is to stabilize the party and work on the messaging of the party. It is clear that the party has gotten off track in recent years,” she said.Kerrigan, who oversees a state party in full control over all parts of the government, said it’s his job to explain the value of the party ...

Park Ridge’s Peter Skoronski heads to NFL after first-round draft pick by Tennessee Titans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

With friends and family at his side in Chicago April 27, Park Ridge’s Peter Skoronski took a phone call that moved the offensive lineman from playing football at Maine South High School and Northwestern University into the NFL with the Tennessee Titans.Holding off onrushing defensive linemen amid the clash of literal human titans in line play, the 21-year-old, 315 pound, 4.92 high school GPA Skoronski brought a combination of brains and brawn to NFL executives searching for skilled blockers.A former valedictorian at Park Ridge’s Maine South High School, Skoronski carries the heritage of his late grandfather Bob Skoronski Sr., an offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers and member of five 1960s NFL championship teams coached by Vince Lombardi.Parents Bob, himself a former Yale University defensive lineman, and Anne Skoronski accompanied their son to make the rounds at Titans headquarters in Nashville on Friday, a day after the team selected Peter Skoronski as the 11th p...

Robbins: Trump’s actions in NY civil trial speak for themselves

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:12 GMT

As Donald Trump solidifies his support among Republicans for their party’s 2024 presidential nomination, a civil trial underway in federal court in Manhattan will adjudicate whether or not next year’s presumptive Republican presidential nominee is a rapist.Writer E. Jean Carroll has sued Trump for battery and defamation. The battery claim is based on Carroll’s charge that Trump sexually assaulted her; the alleged defamation arises from Trump’s accusations that she is lying. There is really only one question that the jury which began hearing testimony last week will have to answer: did Trump rape Carroll or didn’t he?Carroll provided a highly detailed account of what she maintains Trump did: where she was, what transpired in the minutes preceding the alleged assault and precisely what she contends occurred in a dressing room in the lingerie department of a fashionable New York department store.Trump’s lawyers have a few arrows in their quiver. An event as shocking and traumatic as th...