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Ask Amy: My mom’s lie about my high school graduation was the last straw

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

Dear Amy: I have a very difficult and stressful relationship with my mother, and I don’t know what to do about it.I am 19 years old. My mother is an addict and an alcoholic, and she missed out on much of my early childhood years because of it.When I was around 8, she finally sobered up, but she still has a multitude of psychological problems, most likely stemming from years of substance abuse, and she never really grew up.She only thought about herself. She hurt me over and over again. She put her maternal duties aside and wasn’t there for me.Finally, I had enough when she missed my high school graduation last year. She lied to me about why she had missed it (turns out she was at home the whole time).Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: I turned down the job because of the interviewer’s question (and the no-pants thing) Advice | Ask Amy: After all my work, she gave me $20. Was my reaction out of line? Advice | Ask Amy: My son’s wif...

Harriette Cole: When I got home, I saw he had read my journals and he was mad

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I keep a journal. I have for decades. It’s the way that I get my emotions out and deal with my issues.In the past, any boyfriend I’ve had knew that my journals were off-limits. I trusted that nobody would look at them. Well, that changed recently.My relatively new boyfriend was at my house one afternoon when I wasn’t there. When I got home, I saw that he had gone through my journals. Worse, he confronted me about something he read in one of them. It wasn’t about him. It was about a previous relationship and some of the details of what went wrong.He read a particularly raw entry and got mad at me about the content. I immediately threw him out, telling him he had broken a confidence and it was over. To me, that was a clear violation of trust.I am unwilling to stop journaling in order to protect myself from his prying eyes, nor am I willing to talk to my boyfriend about my past relationships, so what else is left? That’s why I dumped him.He...

Compromise saves final season at beloved youth baseball field in Loudoun Co.

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

Word spread fast among parents of young baseball players in Loudoun County, Virginia, that Lions Field, one of the longtime home fields for Loudoun South Little League had been sold, which threatened the soon-to-start baseball season.As is often the case in 2023, worried parents vented in local Facebook groups. They also sought the help of local politicians — in this case, Matt Letourneau, Dulles District Supervisor of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.More Loudoun County NewsMore Local News“There was concern the Lions Club fields had been sold, and they may need to vacate that property immediately,” Letourneau told WTOP.However, after discussions between the new land owner, Chuck Kuhn of JK Moving, the president of Loudoun County Little League, and Letourneau, a compromise was reached that will allow the already-planned spring season to take place on Lions Field.Lions Field consists of two grass fields, hidden behind trees on Route 50 in Aldie. Parents on Facebook...

Shares of Credit Suisse plunge 63%, UBS down 14% after news that UBS will buy Credit Suisse to stave off market turmoil

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — Shares of Credit Suisse plunge 63%, UBS down 14% after news that UBS will buy Credit Suisse to stave off market turmoil.Source

Possible police pursuit on I-75 ends in West Broward

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

A police chase ended in a fiery wreck just before midnight on Interstate 75 after authorities pursued a Winnebago for, according to a witness, sideswiping a vehicle on the road and speeding off. The recreational vehicle continued to drive on the road until it reached Mile Marker 40 where viewer surveillance video showed the camper engulfed in flames and surrounded by police cars. It remains unclear whether the driver exited the motorhome safely or if there were any injuries.The Florida Highway Patrol has been contacted for more details on this incident.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Xi Jinping: China’s ‘friendship’ with Russia ‘growing day by day’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

Beijing’s “friendship” with Moscow is “growing day by day,” China’s President Xi Jinping said ahead of his three-day trip to Russia, which kicked off Monday. In an op-ed, published in Russian in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Sunday evening, Xi said he was traveling to Moscow to strengthen “friendship, cooperation and peace” and create “new prospects for Sino-Russia relations.” He continued: “Our two sides are implementing the concept of friendship passed down from generation to generation, and this traditional friendship is growing day by day.”Notably, though, the English-language version of Xi’s op-ed published by China’s state-run People’s Daily doesn’t mention the effusive “day-by-day” line, and more demurely says: “Our two sides have acted on the vision of lasting friendship and steadily strengthened our traditional friendship.”In his own synchronized opinion piece pub...

MBTA lifts global speed restriction on Green Line as repairs continue on some tracks

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

The global speed restriction on the Green Line was lifted Sunday and replaced with targeted block restrictions, the MBTA announced as crews continue to repair some areas of the track.Transit officials say block speed restrictions remain in place on about 18 percent of the Green Line track. MBTA test trains have confirmed that all speed signs on the Green Line are in place to safely implement these restrictions. “Block speed restriction is a length of track that may include multiple defects that need to be investigated or mitigated,” the MBTA said in a statement. “As each defect is validated and corrected as needed, the length of the block speed restriction will be reduced until the block is fully removed.”The agency is urging riders to continue to plan ahead and be prepared for delays.The MBTA first announced global speed restrictions on Red, Orange, Blue and Green Lines March 9. The Green Line is the last to lift the restriction.

MBTA: Shuttle buses to replace Red Line trains between Braintree and North Quincy

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

The MBTA says shuttle buses will replace all Red Line trains between Braintree and North Quincy stations starting Monday. The shuttle buses will start running after 9 a.m. and continue until the end of service. The T says this change will be in place through Thursday. https://twitter.com/MBTA/status/1637438776854351873

China’s leader Xi in Moscow for meeting with Putin

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Monday on a three-day visit that offers a strong political boost for Russian President Vladimir Putin as fighting in Ukraine grinds on.China and Russia have described Xi’s trip as part of efforts to further deepen their “no-limits friendship.”The Kremlin has welcomed China’s peace plan for Ukraine and said it would be discussed talks between Putin and Xi that will begin over dinner on Monday.Beijing has called for a cease-fire, but Washington strongly rejected the idea as the effective ratification of the Kremlin’s battlefield gains.Xi’s trip to Russia comes after the International Criminal Court on Friday issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest on war crimes charges. The Kremlin, which doesn’t recognize the authority of the ICC, has rejected its move as “legally null and void.”China’s foreign ministry on Monday called on the ICC to “respect the jurisdictional immunity” of a head of state and “avoid politicization and do...

Owner of Boston-area pizza chain to appear in court on federal charge of forced labor

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:02 GMT

The owner of a pizza chain with multiple Boston-area locations is set to appear in court Monday on a federal forced labor charge amid accusations that he abused an employee and threatened to report the employee’s immigration status, according to the the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.Stavros Papantoniadis, 47, of Westwood owns Stash’s Pizza with locations in Dorchester and Roslindale. Homeland Security investigators said Papantoniadis targeted employees who lacked immigration status.Officials said one unnamed victim, who worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week at the restaurant in Dorchester was afraid of Papantoniadis and once cried when he was kicked in the groin.Investigators said Papantoniadis also knocked the man’s teeth out.“Victim 1 missed a day of work. The next day, Papantoniadis pushed him and caused him to fall to the floor. Papantoniadis then called Victim 1 an ‘[Expletive] Muslim,’” court paperwork said of one incident.While Papanto...