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For Rep. Tackey Chan, growing up as an Asian American in Quincy was a lonely experience, as most of his friends were either Irish or Italian. “I am very aware of what it’s like to be left out of the conversation, very aware of not being part of the picture, very aware of being left alone, and very aware of being ignored thinking that your voice is irrelevant,” the sixth-term Quincy Democrat said. “And to me that’s a big part of the silent struggle, or sometimes the loud struggle that no one hears, of being an Asian American.” Chan spoke at a virtual discussion Wednesday hosted by Nutter Law Firm on Asian American and Pacific Islander discrimination and their experiences in public-facing fields. For Chan, who graduated from Brandeis University in 1995 before joining former Sen. Michael Morrissey’s office, being an advocate for a population of about 12,000 Asians in Quincy during the 1990s was “a lonely place to be sometimes.” “You can’t get more Quincy native than me because I rememb

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. Despite the Legislature in 2021 increasing cash assistance benefits for the first time in more than 20 years, legislators and advocates pushing for further increases argued Wednesday that thousands of families with children continue to live in “deep poverty” in Massachusetts, putting “toxic stress” on young people and hurting their ability to improve their circumstances. Rep. Marjorie Decker, of Cambridge, and Sen. Sal DiDomenico, of Everett, have filed bills (S 96/H 199) that would gradually increase the maximum cash assistance benefit for low-income families to 50 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $915 a month. The maximum Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or TAFDC, benefit for a family of three is currently $712 after the Legislature as part of the fiscal year 2022 budget approved an increase of 20 percent above December 2020 benefit levels. “I’m asking that we continue the mo

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston police have released surveillance images of a vehicle wanted in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a boy injured in Dorchester on Wednesday morning. Officers responding to Columbia Road and Intervale Street just before 7:30 a.m. found a child suffering from non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car, according to Boston police. The driver reportedly took off from the scene. The boy was transported to an area hospital. He is expected to be OK. Police say they are searching for a white GMC SUV that has two sunroofs and a roof rack. The vehicle’s front passenger quarter panel was damaged along with the hood. The passenger side headlight is also believed to be broken. A neighborhood resident who witnessed the “horrifying†crash says she rushed over to help the child. “I don’t like that. I complain to the city about right here so many times,†witness Nicole

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. Massachusetts health officials on Wednesday  reported  1,448 new COVID-19 cases and 23 additional deaths as the statewide positivity rate remained the same. Since the state began tracking coronavirus metrics, there have been 756,363 total confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18,213 deaths. There are currently 632 people hospitalized due to the virus and 165 people in the intensive care unit. The seven-day positivity rate now sits at 1.97 percent, a figure that was also reported on Tuesday. The majority of the new confirmed cases in recent weeks have been among people between the ages of 20 and 59. Health officials on Tuesday reported reported  4,378 new breakthrough COVID-19 cases and 37 additional deaths  among fully vaccinated residents. Almost all of Massachusetts  remains high-risk for COVID-19 transmission , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of fully vaccinated people acros

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. For Rep. Tackey Chan, growing up as an Asian American in Quincy was a lonely experience, as most of his friends were either Irish or Italian. “I am very aware of what it’s like to be left out of the conversation, very aware of not being part of the picture, very aware of being left alone, and very aware of being ignored thinking that your voice is irrelevant,” the sixth-term Quincy Democrat said. “And to me that’s a big part of the silent struggle, or sometimes the loud struggle that no one hears, of being an Asian American.” Chan spoke at a virtual discussion Wednesday hosted by Nutter Law Firm on Asian American and Pacific Islander discrimination and their experiences in public-facing fields. For Chan, who graduated from Brandeis University in 1995 before joining former Sen. Michael Morrissey’s office, being an advocate for a population of about 12,000 Asians in Quincy during the 1990s was “a lonely place to be

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. (WHDH) — A day care worker is facing criminal charges after officials say she dropped a 1-year-old boy and broke his leg, hours before repeatedly slapping a 4-month-old infant who she had been feeding. Yamirka Menendez, 51, was seen on surveillance video removing the boy from a mechanical swing at Time of Wonder Academy in Florida on Sept. 8, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office  said in a news release . She could be seen swinging the boy about three feet in the air over a retaining wall and then dropping him on the floor. A few hours later, the video showed Menendez striking the same boy in the head. Later that same day, Menendez was seen on video forcefully grabbing and yanking an infant’s leg before slapping them several times. On Sept. 9, the mother of the 1-year-old victim transported her son to St. Joseph’s Hospital after noticing he was experiencing pain in his left foot. He was diagnosed with a f

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. Wouldn’t it be nice, housing advocates want you to ponder, to live in a neighborhood where markets, community spaces, transit hubs and a place to satisfy almost every other daily need are within a 15-minute walk from home? The “15-minute neighborhood” model has been embraced in cities around the world, and parts of the metropolitan Boston area do feature the same kind of connectivity. But without a change in approach from elected officials, researchers and urban planning experts warned Wednesday, that vision will remain out of reach for too many residents across the state. In a new  report , authors with Boston Indicators and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership concluded that a long history of policy choices and hyperlocal decision-making have rendered many neighborhoods segregated, unaffordable and car-centric. Achieving a solution, they said, will require a greater state government focus on zoning, housing de

(WHDH) — A day care worker is facing criminal charges after officials say she dropped a 1-year-old boy and broke his leg, hours before repeatedly slapping a 4-month-old infant who she had been feeding. Yamirka Menendez, 51, was seen on surveillance video removing the boy from a mechanical swing at Time of Wonder Academy in Florida on Sept. 8, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office  said in a news release . She could be seen swinging the boy about three feet in the air over a retaining wall and then dropping him on the floor. A few hours later, the video showed Menendez striking the same boy in the head. Later that same day, Menendez was seen on video forcefully grabbing and yanking an infant’s leg before slapping them several times. On Sept. 9, the mother of the 1-year-old victim transported her son to St. Joseph’s Hospital after noticing he was experiencing pain in his left foot. He was diagnosed with a fracture to his tibia and fibula, according to the sheriff’s office. Inv

Wouldn’t it be nice, housing advocates want you to ponder, to live in a neighborhood where markets, community spaces, transit hubs and a place to satisfy almost every other daily need are within a 15-minute walk from home? The “15-minute neighborhood” model has been embraced in cities around the world, and parts of the metropolitan Boston area do feature the same kind of connectivity. But without a change in approach from elected officials, researchers and urban planning experts warned Wednesday, that vision will remain out of reach for too many residents across the state. In a new  report , authors with Boston Indicators and the Massachusetts Housing Partnership concluded that a long history of policy choices and hyperlocal decision-making have rendered many neighborhoods segregated, unaffordable and car-centric. Achieving a solution, they said, will require a greater state government focus on zoning, housing development and other fabric-of-life issues. “It might be surprising to s

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday after authorities say he threatened an interracial couple with a slew of vulgar messages, claiming he would cut up their bodies, before attempting to prevent the couple from reporting the alleged harassment. Stephen M. DeBerardinis, 45, of Boston and Dedham, will be arraigned in federal court in Boston on charges including transmitting in interstate commerce threats to injure a person, tampering with a witness and victim by intimidation, threats, and corrupt persuasion, and tampering with a witness and victim by harassment, according to Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell. On Jan. 6, 2021, DeBerardinis used Facebook Messenger to send a white woman and Black man a series of threatening and harassing messages concerning the couple’s interracial relationship after they announced their engagement on the social media site, according to an indictment. DeBerardi

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The rise of the delta variant and beginning of the school year have dramatically increased the risks children face during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of pediatricians said in court documents submitted in the federal lawsuit against Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. The American Academy of Pediatrics and its Iowa chapter filed a brief Tuesday with the federal court judge who is considering the lawsuit 11 parents of Iowa children and the disability rights group The Arc of Iowa filed last week. It  seeks to strike down a Republican-passed measure  that Reynolds signed into law in May that prohibits school boards from imposing mask mandates in schools. The AAP said in the document filed with the court that their review of the research and the experiences of the front-line pediatric practitioners “prove beyond any doubt that universal mask policies in schools significantly reduce the spread of COVI

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has denied  motions seeking to dismiss  child pornography charges against former reality TV star Josh Duggar. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Monday also denied motions to suppress all statements Duggar made to investigators and photos that were taken of Duggar after he was in custody, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette  reported . Duggar, who appeared in TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” was charged in April with  two counts  of downloading and possessing child pornography. He is accused of using the internet in May 2019 to download and possess the material, some of which depicts the sexual abuse of children younger than 12, according to court documents. Duggar has pleaded not guilty. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 on each count if convicted. The motions to suppress evidence say investigators took Duggar’s cellphone before he c

A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday after authorities say he threatened an interracial couple with a slew of vulgar messages, claiming he would cut up their bodies, before attempting to prevent the couple from reporting the alleged harassment. Stephen M. DeBerardinis, 45, of Boston and Dedham, will be arraigned in federal court in Boston on charges including transmitting in interstate commerce threats to injure a person, tampering with a witness and victim by intimidation, threats, and corrupt persuasion, and tampering with a witness and victim by harassment, according to Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell. On Jan. 6, 2021, DeBerardinis used Facebook Messenger to send a white woman and Black man a series of threatening and harassing messages concerning the couple’s interracial relationship after they announced their engagement on the social media site, according to an indictment. DeBerardinis sent several racially and sexually charged messages, according to th

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The rise of the delta variant and beginning of the school year have dramatically increased the risks children face during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of pediatricians said in court documents submitted in the federal lawsuit against Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. The American Academy of Pediatrics and its Iowa chapter filed a brief Tuesday with the federal court judge who is considering the lawsuit 11 parents of Iowa children and the disability rights group The Arc of Iowa filed last week. It  seeks to strike down a Republican-passed measure  that Reynolds signed into law in May that prohibits school boards from imposing mask mandates in schools. The AAP said in the document filed with the court that their review of the research and the experiences of the front-line pediatric practitioners “prove beyond any doubt that universal mask policies in schools significantly reduce the spread of COVID-19 in school populations.” The group said the prevalence of pediatric

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has denied  motions seeking to dismiss  child pornography charges against former reality TV star Josh Duggar. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks on Monday also denied motions to suppress all statements Duggar made to investigators and photos that were taken of Duggar after he was in custody, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette  reported . Duggar, who appeared in TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” was charged in April with  two counts  of downloading and possessing child pornography. He is accused of using the internet in May 2019 to download and possess the material, some of which depicts the sexual abuse of children younger than 12, according to court documents. Duggar has pleaded not guilty. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 on each count if convicted. The motions to suppress evidence say investigators took Duggar’s cellphone before he could call his lawyer and questioned him without his lawyer present. The

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than a year after U.S. health care workers were saluted for saving lives in the COVID-19 outbreak and celebrated with nightly clapping from windows and balconies, some are being issued panic buttons in case of assault and ditching their scrubs before going out in public for fear of harassment. Across the country, doctors and nurses on the front lines against the coronavirus are dealing with hostility, threats and violence from patients angry over safety rules designed to keep the scourge from spreading. “A year ago, we’re health care heroes and everybody’s clapping for us,” said Dr. Stu Coffman, a Dallas-based emergency room physician. “And now we’re being in some areas harassed and disbelieved and ridiculed for what we’re trying to do, which is just depressing and frustrating.” Cox Medical Center Branson in Missouri started giving panic buttons to up to 400 nurses and other employees aft

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. Authorities will announce on Wednesday an arrest in connection with a 30-year-old homicide in Malden. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and the Malden Police Department will hold a joint news conference this afternoon. No additional information was immediately available. This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details. Bangla Zoom is most popular bangladeshi website. We are working with bengali news , english news headlines, bangla blog tips, bangla health tips , entertainmnet and more bangla helpful tips. from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News Source: https://whdh.com/news/authorities-to-announce-arrest-in-decades-old-malden-cold-case-homicide/

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. DALLAS (AP) — Six people were injured, including four firefighters, after an explosion Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in south Dallas, authorities said. Firefighters were responding to a reported natural gas leak at the two-story apartment complex when the explosion occurred, Dallas Fire-Rescue said in a statement. The explosion caused a partial collapse of the building. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were in the building when the explosion occurred. The six injured were taken to hospitals. Their conditions weren’t immediately available. The cause of the blast was under investigation. Bangla Zoom is most popular bangladeshi website. We are working with bengali news , english news headlines, bangla blog tips, bangla health tips , entertainmnet and more bangla helpful tips. from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News Source: https://whdh.com/news/dallas-apartment-blast-injures-6-in

This content collected from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News. (CNN) — Dr. Adrian Burrowes has seen hundreds of Covid-19 patients. But he’s especially worried about what will happen this flu season — even more so than last year. This fall and winter could mark the first surge of patients infected with both the flu and the Delta variant — the  most contagious strain of coronavirus  to hit the US. “You can certainly get both the flu and Covid-19 at the same time, which could be catastrophic to your immune system,” said Burrowes, a family medicine physician and assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Central Florida. “I’m definitely more concerned this year than I was a year ago,” he told CNN. “And the reason why is because now we have pretty significant Covid fatigue amongst the American population.” Heightened safety precautions against Covid-19 last year helped stymie the spread of the flu last year, said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, president of the American Co

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than a year after U.S. health care workers were saluted for saving lives in the COVID-19 outbreak and celebrated with nightly clapping from windows and balconies, some are being issued panic buttons in case of assault and ditching their scrubs before going out in public for fear of harassment. Across the country, doctors and nurses on the front lines against the coronavirus are dealing with hostility, threats and violence from patients angry over safety rules designed to keep the scourge from spreading. “A year ago, we’re health care heroes and everybody’s clapping for us,” said Dr. Stu Coffman, a Dallas-based emergency room physician. “And now we’re being in some areas harassed and disbelieved and ridiculed for what we’re trying to do, which is just depressing and frustrating.” Cox Medical Center Branson in Missouri started giving panic buttons to up to 400 nurses and other employees after assaults per year tripled between 2019 and 2020 to 123, a spokeswoman

Authorities will announce on Wednesday an arrest in connection with a 30-year-old homicide in Malden. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and the Malden Police Department will hold a joint news conference this afternoon. No additional information was immediately available. This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details. from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News Source: https://ift.tt/2Wpzojl

DALLAS (AP) — Six people were injured, including four firefighters, after an explosion Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in south Dallas, authorities said. Firefighters were responding to a reported natural gas leak at the two-story apartment complex when the explosion occurred, Dallas Fire-Rescue said in a statement. The explosion caused a partial collapse of the building. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were in the building when the explosion occurred. The six injured were taken to hospitals. Their conditions weren’t immediately available. The cause of the blast was under investigation. from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News Source: https://ift.tt/2Wre8tu

(CNN) — Dr. Adrian Burrowes has seen hundreds of Covid-19 patients. But he’s especially worried about what will happen this flu season — even more so than last year. This fall and winter could mark the first surge of patients infected with both the flu and the Delta variant — the  most contagious strain of coronavirus  to hit the US. “You can certainly get both the flu and Covid-19 at the same time, which could be catastrophic to your immune system,” said Burrowes, a family medicine physician and assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Central Florida. “I’m definitely more concerned this year than I was a year ago,” he told CNN. “And the reason why is because now we have pretty significant Covid fatigue amongst the American population.” Heightened safety precautions against Covid-19 last year helped stymie the spread of the flu last year, said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians. “Last year, more people staying home and

A Virginia man drowned after being caught in a rip current off West Tisbury in Martha’s Vineyard Monday, police said. Officers responding to reports of a person caught in a rip current at Quansoo Beach at 4 p.m. found a man who said he and a friend were swimming when they were caught in the current. The man tried to hold on to his friend but he was swept away, police said. The friend, identified as Donald Reagan, 64, of Fairfax, Virginia, was found and pronounced dead at 6 p.m. The other man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No other information was immediately available. from Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News Source: https://ift.tt/3m6Bdun

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts’ first refugees from Afghanistan following the U.S. withdrawal and Taliban takeover of the country have arrived. A family of three that includes a husband, wife and young child landed at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Friday, according to state officials and local refugee resettlement groups. A family of five, including a couple and their three children, arrived Sunday. The families are staying in a Boston-area hotel for now but will be settled in the Worcester-area along with hundreds of others from Afghanistan, officials said. The state office of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that Massachusetts expects to receive about 1,100 evacuees and that nonprofit resettlement agencies will be the primary entities supporting them. Some 37,000 Afghans are expected to arrive in the country as part of the  first wave  of evacuees. “Massachusetts is pleased to welcome the first Afghan evacuees to the Commonwealth, and looks forward to work

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island judge on Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge by firefighters to block a state requirement for health care workers to get a coronavirus vaccine by Oct. 1 or risk losing their licenses. The Rhode Island Association of Firefighters argued that the state Department of Health’s mandate violated state law that requires the negotiation of terms and conditions of employment, and violated the firefighters’ collective bargaining rights,  The Providence Journal reported . They sought an injunction barring enforcement of the rule. The health care worker vaccine mandate applies to emergency medical technicians, and most firefighters are EMTs licensed through the health department. “In short, the court does not believe this regulation imposes a new working condition,” Judge Melissa Darigan wrote in her decision. Joseph Andriole, president of the firefighters’ group, called the judge’s decision disappointing. The group, which represents about 1,500 firefig

 (CNN) — A man who  killed five employees  of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in jail, prosecutors say. Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life sentences without parole, plus one life sentence, plus 345 years, according to Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney spokesperson Tia Lewis. All sentences will run consecutively, the  state’s attorney’s office said . Ramos walked into the  Capital Gazette offices in Annapolis on June 28, 2018 , and opened fire, killing five staffers. Two others were injured. A jury on  July 15 of this year found  that Ramos was criminally responsible for the attack, rejecting his plea of insanity. One of the slain staffers , sports journalist John McNamara, was about to finish his fourth book when he was killed, and had been looking forward to retirement in about three years, his widow said in prepared remarks for Tuesday’s sentencing hearing,  according to the Capital Gazette . The widow, And