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Regulators: Minnesota nuclear plant leak didn’t require public notice

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello — but they didn’t announce anything about the leak until this week.The delay in notifying the public about the November leak raised questions about public safety and transparency, but industry experts said Friday there was never a public health threat. They said Xcel Energy voluntarily notified state agencies and reported the leak of tritium to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission soon after it was confirmed and that the leak of 400,000 gallons (1.5 million liters) of radioactive water never reached a threshold that would have required public notification.“This is something that we struggle with because there is such concern with anything that is nuclear,” said Victoria Mitlyng, a spokesperson with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “The concern is very, very understandable. That is why I want to make extra clear the fact that the public in Minnesota, the people, the com...

10-year-old fourth-grader from Allston wins Boston spelling bee, moves onto nationals: ‘I wanted to win’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

After getting knocked out in the third round of last year’s Boston spelling bee, Tanoshi Inomata cut out his face from a photo taken of him competing and placed it on a picture of the winning contestant.“I wanted to win this year,” Tanoshi said.Calm, cool and collected, the determined fourth-grader at Allston’s Winship Elementary School accomplished his goal on Saturday. He beat out 22 other students in the annual citywide spelling bee at Boston Public Library’s Rabb Hall on Boylston Street.Tanoshi will now compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May. He correctly spelled ‘ancho,’ a Spanish word for a poblano chili pepper especially when mature and dried to a reddish black, to clinch his paid trip to the nation’s capital.“I feel thankful for my family that supported me and everyone else from the Winship school,” the reserved but confident 10-year-old told the Herald. The champion had quite a support system, as a group of friends and family members wore bri...

Josh Campbell leads Archbishop Williams to first state boys basketball title

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

LOWELL – Every time things began to get a little hairy for Archbishop Williams on Saturday afternoon at the Tsongas Center, Bishops coach Brian Holden had a simple task for his team: Get the ball into the hands of Josh Campbell.The senior forward was a one-man wrecking crew, as he scored a game-high 34 points to help Williams hold off a frantic charge from Catholic Central League rival St. Mary’s and score the school’s first state championship in boys basketball with a 75-71 win over the defending champion Spartans.“It feels fantastic,” Campbell said. “We are always going to be a part of the history of the school now.”For most of the way, it looked like the top-seeded Bishops (24-1) were on their way to a convincing Division 3 title. Williams never trailed and held as much as a 22-point lead in the third quarter.It was a 17-point game after Lorenzo Jackson (17 points) hit a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter. And after being held to 37 points through three quarters, t...

Duel threat: Teen pitcher fueled by family

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Ever since she was 3-years-old, Ily Barclay loved running. Chasing after her older sisters, Jeda and Kayla, fueled her passion.“It pushed me. I wanted to be better than them, but like be able to run against people that were better than me. it prepared me running against people my own age,” Barclay told FOX 5. March Madness: How to watch San Diego State vs. Furman in NCAA Tournament The 14-year-old is a dual-sport athlete at Steele Canyon High School, excelling on the varsity track team and varsity softball team.“It feels really good because I’m up there with all the upper classmen," said Barclay. "Because I’m just starting back after taking a couple of years off."In 2021, she collided head-on with a teammate in the outfield, in turn, damaging her liver and kidney. She spent three days in the ICU.“So I was out for like four months. That’s when I started my break from track,” Barclay explained.Once she got to high school, she laced up her cleats again going full speed a...

Prosecutor to release video of death of man in custody

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors plan next week to release the video that led authorities in Virginia to charge seven deputies and three state mental hospital employees with second-degree murder in the death of a handcuffed and shackled man.The family of Irvo Otieno saw the video of his death Thursday. With their blessing, the footage will be released to the public in the next several days, Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.Attorneys for the family described the video to reporters as 12 agonizing minutes of deputies pushing down and smothering Otineo, a Black man whose arms and legs were restrained.“You can see that they’re putting their back into it. Every part of his body is being pushed down with absolute brutality,” family attorney Mark Krudys said.Prosecutors said Otieno, 28, didn’t appear to be combative and was sitting in a chair when he was pulled down by officers.The 12-minute video also showed a lack of urgency...

Reports of violence in Nigeria election for new governors

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians voted Saturday to elect state governors but faced intimidation and violence in some cities amid heightened tensions following a disputed presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation last month.New governors were being chosen for 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states as the political opposition continues to reject the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu, who belongs to the ruling All Progressives Congress party. By Saturday night, the counting of votes has started in most of the polling units across the country, though the winners in most of the states are not expected to be announced until Monday. Voting was postponed in a few locations, including in a Lagos town, over fear of attacks on electoral officials.The performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission “has improved considerably compared to the Feb. 25 elections, but violence has been much more intense across the country,” said Idayat Hassan, head of the Cen...

Canadian Beatbox Championships returns after 3 year hiatus

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

The Canadian Beatbox Championships returned earlier this month after being on hiatus since 2019.On March 11th Beatboxers from across the country took part in a battle of sounds at the Rec Room in Toronto. This year’s categories were Solo, Tag Team and Loopstations beatboxing.“I think that was the best part. To have the whole community back together again,” says Vancouver’s Vino Cuenca, one of this year’s champions.Cuenca, who defended his 2019 title, will represent Canada on the world stage at the Beatbox Battle World Championship in Berlin, Germany this summer.Scott Jackson, a former winner of this competition and host of this year’s show, showed Stella Acquisto a few beatboxing tricks. For more information on Beat Box Canada and the upcoming competitions click here

Slain officers’ families will get $100K from Heroes’ Fund, Alberta premier says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week are each to receive $100,000 from the province’s Heroes’ Fund.Smith made the announcement Saturday during her weekly provincewide radio program while addressing the deaths of Const. Brett Ryan and Const. Travis Jordan.The officers were gunned down Thursday by a teen who later killed himself while they were responding to a non-violent domestic dispute at an apartment building.Smith says the Heroes’ Fund was brought in back in 2020, and that the money will help the families with the “costs associated with having to deal with this horrible tragedy.”The fund was established as part of the Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020, and the government’s website says it is intended to recognize the sacrifices of first responders who die as a result of performing their duties.Smith also encouraged people to donate to a GoFundMe for the fam...

Ecuador earthquake kills at least 12, causes wide damage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least a dozen people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines.The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city. READ: More international news Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso in a televised address to the nation said the earthquake killed 12 people.Police talks to people next to the site where a car was crushed by debris after an earthquake shook Cuenca, Ecuador, Saturday, March 18, 2023. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 about 50 miles south of Guayaquil. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)One victim was a passenger in a vehicle crushed by rubble from a house in the Andean community of Cuenca, according to th...

Check out the 2023 Minnesota high school boys basketball state tournament brackets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:26:29 GMT

In what is expected to be one of the most competitive Class 4A state tournaments, and with an impressive depth of unseeded opponents there are no layup quarterfinals.Top-seeded Park Center will face a conference foe in Andover, which it edged 97-91 during the regular season. Second-seeded Lakeville North gets a Buffalo squad that swept Hopkins. Wayzata’s reward for earning the No. 3 seed is a date with a White Bear Lake team that went 15-3 in the always competitive Suburban East Conference.The Class 4A tournament has the chance to truly put the madness into March.The Class 4A quarterfinals and half of the Class 2A quarterfinals will be held at Target Center, with the other quarterfinals taking place at Williams Arena.All semifinals and finals will be played at the home arena of the Timberwolves and Lynx and will be televised locally on KSTC-Channel 45. The quarterfinals will be streamed on prepspotlight.tv/MSHSL.Full brackets including consolation and third-place information c...