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7 candidates vie for 4 seats on St. Paul school board

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

Seven candidates have lined up for four seats on the St. Paul school board, which oversees the second-largest school district in the state.St. Paul Public Schools educates some 33,000 students across 68 schools, a number that has fallen from roughly 37,000 students over the past decade. Parents have blamed declining enrollment on school start times, competition from a growing number of charter schools and the difficulties of navigating a pandemic that beginning in 2020 forced kids into more than a year of online learning.Questions around school safety, school consolidations and declining high school graduation rates also loom over the school district, which entered the pandemic in 2020 at the same time as a teachers strike. Then there’s growing financial pressure as inflationary costs rise while enrollment declines, triggering a recent series of budget outreach events.Despite the district’s challenges, many families remain fiercely loyal to their school and to the distri...

Ask Amy: Spouse can’t bear to be with in-laws

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

Dear Amy: I can’t stand my wife’s family.Things were great in the early years but became progressively worse over time.Out of the blue my father-in-law insisted on being called “Sir” — after a decade of me calling him by his first name.He worked hard and came from nothing, but acts like no one else but him can have a successful life or career.He is ALWAYS passive-aggressive toward me.My sister-in-law intentionally invaded my personal space and basically sexually harassed me in order to make me uncomfortable, in addition to directing insults at me in front of her parents.My wife ignores or doesn’t acknowledge this, but after her sister admitted it and apologized to her (not me) for doing this, my wife acted like it’s no big deal.The mother-in-law (RIP) would ignore me in my own house while visiting my kids.I told my wife that I don’t want to be around her family; they make me uncomfortable and treat me like a loser. (I am a hard-working RN with a m...

Horoscopes Oct. 29, 2023: Winona Ryder, surround yourself with solid friendships

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ben Foster, 43; Gabrielle Union, 51; Winona Ryder, 52; Richard Dreyfuss, 76.Happy Birthday: It’s time to rediscover what brings you joy. Look for opportunities to resurrect. New opportunities are within reach, but it’s up to you to make it happen. Nurture what you love, change what you don’t and take responsibility for your happiness. Surround yourself with solid friendships, concrete ideas and innovative plans that help you grow as everything around you moves forward. Your numbers are 4, 12, 20, 26, 30, 35, 44.ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll be surprised by the response you receive. Choose to verify what you hear and to consider your next move. A change of heart will prompt an opportunity to repeat something you enjoy. Don’t sit on the fence if a decision is essential. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Engage in whatever draws you most; opportunity will unfold. A chance meeting, conversation or offer will stimulate your m...

Gaza residents raid food warehouses as ‘civil order’ disintegrates, UN says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

Thousands of people in Gaza pillaged wheat, flour and other food supplies from United Nations warehouses, a U.N. agency said on Sunday, warning that “civil order” was starting to disintegrate in the besieged enclave.Israeli military forces expanded their ground operations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing that the war with the Hamas militant group was entering a “second stage.” Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes early Sunday near the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in northern Gaza, residents said, after Israel claimed Hamas has a command post under the facility, the Associated Press reported.Israel says most residents in Gaza have heeded its orders to flee to the south, but hundreds of thousands remain in the north.According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), a local humanitarian organization, the Israeli military on Sunday morning issued a warning regarding another hospital, calling on the NGO to “immed...

Police investigation underway on Ashford Street in Boston

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

A Boston police investigation is underway on Ashford Street in Boston. Officers could be seen gathering evidence in a taped-off section of the street early Sunday morning.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Thousands loot UN aid warehouses in Gaza as death toll tops 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N. agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.Tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza over the weekend as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a “second stage” in the war, three weeks after Hamas launched a brutal incursion into Israel. The widening ground offensive came as Israel also pounded the territory from air, land and sea.Gaza’s Health Ministry said the death toll among Palestinians has passed 8,000 — mostly women and minors — with even higher casualties expected on both sides as Israel presses its ground offensive.The bombardment over the weekend — described by Gaza residents as the most intense of the war — knocked out most communications in the territory late Friday, largely cutting off th...

Police investigating shooting in Nashua, NH

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

Nashua, New Hampshire police are investigating a shooting overnight.Officers could be seen taping off a section of roadway early Sunday morning.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

South Korean families call for a special probe on the anniversary of a deadly Halloween crush

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Bereaved relatives of victims of last year’s devastating Halloween crush in Seoul and their supporters demanded an independent investigation of the disaster as they marked the anniversary Sunday with a massive memorial service.The crush, one of the biggest peacetime disasters in South Korea, killed 159 people, most of them in their 20s and 30s who had gathered in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul, for Halloween celebrations.Commemorating the anniversary, the families, activists and others visited the Itaewon area and offered condolences at an alley where the crush happened. They also attended multi-religious prayer services for their loved ones.They chanted slogans asking President Yoon Suk Yeol to offer a more sincere apology and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min to resign over the disaster.“Apologize! Apologize!” they shouted.The group marched through Seoul before arriving at a square for a memorial service, which drew thousands of people.In a spe...

1 person dead in Mississauga shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

One person has died after a shooting in Mississauga in the early hours of Sunday morning.Peel police were called to the area of Goreway and Morningstar drives shortly after midnight.One person was pronounced dead at the scene and the homicide bureau have taken over the investigation.Police say there is no further threat to public safety.No suspect information is available at this time.

Trump is returning to Iowa on Sunday for his eighth campaign stop in little more than a month

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:23:35 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump will headline his eighth campaign event in Iowa in a little more than a month on Sunday as part of the former president’s accelerated fall schedule leading up to the first-in-the-nation caucuses in January.Trump’s planned speech at the historic Orpheum Theater in downtown Sioux City, in GOP-heavy western Iowa, follows events Monday in New Hampshire and Saturday in Nevada. The Republican’s campaign has long tried to show its dominance over his rivals with big early-state victories.The stop also comes after he was fined $10,000 by the judge in his New York civil fraud trial for violating an order prohibiting him from verbally attacking court personnel.Son Donald Trump Jr. was in West Des Moines at the campaign’s state headquarters Thursday, where he applauded about 50 volunteers who were attending a caucus training session. The training was part of what Trump’s team has promised will be a more disciplined effort in Iowa than...