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Grad students walk out for better wages

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

Grad students, postdoctoral fellows, and supporters at Queen’s University joined a nationwide walkout on Monday demanding increased federal investment into their wages.Federally funded grad students say the majority haven’t seen a pay increase in 20 years despite 50% inflation over that time. While it ran shorter than expected due to poor weather, Queen’s saw roughly 100 participate in the walkout culminating at Summer Hill, with groups from the chemistry, biology, physics, and psychology departments confirming their attendance ahead of the demonstration. The local demonstration was part of a larger “Support our Science” demonstration involving over 40 universities all throughout the country.Executive Director of Support Our Science Sarah Laframboise said those fighting for change are hoping provincial and federal government will step up for the next generation.“Today, the research community has come together to declare the importance of graduate ...

1 shot at Walmart in Lauderdale Lakes, airlifted in critical condition; subject in police custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

One person was airlifted to the hospital after being shot at a South Florida store. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at the Walmart, located at 3001 N. State Road 7, Tuesday afternoon. According to deputies, the victim was found inside the Walmart.The victim was airlifted to Broward Health Medical Center in critical condition. According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, the victim was shot multiple times. The shooter fled the scene on a scooter. Deputies have a subject in custody who matched the description of the shooter. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene at Northwest 46th Avenue and 26th Street where the subject sat on the sidewalk with handcuffs. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Underwater cemetery found off Dry Tortugas National Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK, Fla. (AP) — Archeologists have found the remains of a 19th century quarantine hospital and cemetery on a submerged island in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico.While only one grave has been identified, historical records indicate dozens of people — mostly U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Jefferson — may have been buried at the site in waters west of Key West, Florida, park officials said in a news release Monday.A group that included park cultural resources staff, the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center, the Southeast Archeological Center, and a University of Miami graduate student, made the discovery during a survey of Fort Jefferson Post Cemetery that began last August.They discovered the grave of John Greer, a laborer who died on Nov. 5, 1861. Officials said they don’t know much about Greer, but his grave was prominently marked with a large slab of greywacke, the same material used to construct the firs...

Webb telescope detects mysterious water vapor in a nearby star system

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor around a rocky exoplanet that orbits a star located 26 light-years away from Earth.Now, astronomers are trying to determine whether that water vapor is an indicator of what would be the first-known presence of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet.Small, cool red dwarf stars are the most common stars in the universe. The exoplanets found in the “habitable zone” — the perfect distance from a star to allow the planet to be warm enough to host liquid water on its surface — often orbit red dwarfs very closely since they aren’t as warm as the sun.Red dwarf stars lash out with ultraviolet and X-ray radiation that has the potential to demolish fragile layers of gas, leading scientists to question whether rocky planets orbiting them can maintain — or regain — atmospheres.Astronomers observed a hot, rocky exoplanet called GJ 486 b using the Webb telescope. The planet is about 30% larger than Earth and ha...

Jets decline tackle Mekhi Becton fifth-year option: source

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

Gang Green has finally decided on the future of its former first-round pick ahead of the 4 p.m. deadline to pick up his option.According to a league source, the Jets have declined to pick up tackle Mekhi Becton’s fifth-year option for the 2024 season. ESPN was the first to report the news of Gang Green deciding not to pick up Becton’s option.According to the NFL collecting bargaining agreement, teams can exercise an option of a former first-round pick ahead of their fourth season in the league. The salary is determined by a formula by position, playing time, etc.If the Jets had picked up his option, that would have fully guaranteed Becton a salary of $13.5 million for the 2024 season. The 2023 season will be the final year of his contract, which will pay him a based salary of $3.125 million after he was selected 11th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Louisville.The fifth-year option became fully guaranteed with the new CBA in 2020. Before that, the fifth-year option w...

Review: ‘Big George Foreman’ is a tidy, cleaned-up biopic of the boxer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

Katie Walsh | Tribune News ServiceFor a certain millennial population, the name “George Foreman” is more likely to conjure up an image of a favorite kitchen appliance before it brings to mind “heavyweight champ.” Indeed, the boxer/preacher/entrepreneur might be better known these days for his “Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine,” a gadget renowned in college dorms and bachelor pads across the nation, thanks to Foreman’s affable infomercials and infectious grin. Foreman became a pop cultural icon in the late ‘90s, with a ubiquitous media presence (he competed on “The Masked Singer” in 2022) and likable quirks, such as his five sons also named George Foreman.But in the new biopic directed and co-written by George Tillman Jr., with a title as large as its subject, “Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World,” the grill, and the sons, are relegated to the sidelines. This film seeks to reassert George’s story as an athlete and a...

Guregian: JuJu Smith-Schuster already loves being a Patriot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

FOXBORO — JuJu Smith-Schuster was coached by offensive genius Andy Reid last year, and had Patrick Mahomes, currently the best quarterback on the planet, throwing him passes.And if that didn’t provide enough of an adrenaline rush, Smith-Schuster won a Super Bowl ring playing for the Chiefs.Listening to him Tuesday during his media availability, the newest Patriots receiver hasn’t traded in a Mercedes for a Volkswagen coming to Foxboro.Smith-Schuster told the crowd he was loving life at Gillette, and already loving his football experience.While the Patriots signed him to a three-year, $33 million deal with the hopes he would add some flash to the offense, it doesn’t hurt that he’s also doubling as a pitchman for what’s good about being on a team that hasn’t made it to the postseason in two of the last three years.What drew him to Foxboro?Along with the money, of course, he chalked it up to the allure of playing for head coach Bill Belichick.“When I was in Pittsburgh for five years, w...

Bear gives West Virginia principal a roaring wake-up call

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

By BEATRICE DUPUY (Associated Press)A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged — growling and roaring — from a dumpster outside an elementary school.Zela Elementary School principal James Marsh was surprised to discover the bear had somehow managed to get inside the dumpster over the weekend even after the school installed a lock bar. As Marsh was unlocking the bin Monday, the bear began pushing open the lid. “That will wake a person up,” Marsh said Tuesday in a phone interview. “That was 7:15 a.m., if you are not already awake that will wake you up.”Marsh darted away once the bear’s head appeared. The bear then jumped out and ran off in an encounter that was recorded by a school security camera and has since being shared widely across social media. “He looked like he was scared, too — as scared as I was,” Marsh said. “He might not be back.”The school in Nicholas County, a...

Oklahoma woman: Sex offender controlled daughter’s family

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

By SEAN MURPHY (Associated Press)HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — A registered sex offender found dead on a rural Oklahoma property with his wife, her teenage children and two visiting teens kept the family “under lock and key” and always had to know where they were, the wife’s mother said Tuesday. Janette Mayo, 59, of Westville, said Jesse McFadden’s controlling behavior was concerning, but the family didn’t learn about his criminal history until a few months ago. “He lied to my daughter, and he convinced her it was all just a huge mistake,” Mayo told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday morning. “He was very demure. He was very standoffish, generally very quiet, but he kept my daughter and the kids basically under lock and key. He had to know where they were at all times, which sent red flags up.”Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said Monday that the bodies found near the town of Henryetta, were believed to includ...

‘Godfather of AI’ leaves Google, warns of tech’s dangers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:29 GMT

By MATT O’BRIEN and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (AP Business Reporters)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year-old retired statesman Henry Kissinger.But it’s the concerns of insiders in the AI research community that are attracting particular attention. A pioneering researcher and the so-called “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton quit his role at Google so he could more freely speak about the dangers of the technology he helped create.Over his decades-long career, Hinton’s pioneering work on deep learning and neural networks helped lay the foundation for much of the AI technology we see today.There has been a spasm of AI introductions in recent months. San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed company behind ChatGPT, rolled out its latest artificia...