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Boston hospital enrolls patients for Long COVID study: ‘Hopefully we can get some answers’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

As millions of people across the country continue to suffer from long COVID, a Boston hospital is launching phase 2 clinical trials to test potential treatments for the debilitating condition.Brigham and Women’s Hospital is the first site to enroll and begin phase 2 clinical trials for the National Institutes of Health “Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery” (RECOVER) Initiative.The phase 2 clinical trials will evaluate at least four potential treatments for long COVID, with additional clinical trials to test seven more treatments in the coming months. Treatments will include drugs, biologics, medical devices and other therapies.“Long COVID is a real bear, and a lot of our patients are suffering from this complicated condition,” Lindsey Baden, VP of clinical research at the Brigham, told the Herald on Tuesday.“We’re hoping we can enroll this quickly,” Baden added. “Hopefully we can get some answers, so we know how to treat our pa...

Patriots training camp Day 7: Mac Jones’ best practice yet, a rising linebacker and more WR woes

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

FOXBORO — Mac Jones’ best practice of training camp started with a near pick.After hitting three straight completions to open a 7-on-7 period, Jones lofted his final throw near the right sideline where JuJu Smith-Schuster was supposed to finish his deep corner route. There was one problem.Young cornerback Marcus Jones had drifted backwards from his short zone drop to camp under the ball and intercept it. Recognizing the danger at hand, Smith-Schuster used his six-inch height advantage to break up the pass upon its arrival. Jones then retreated to the sideline – and leveled up.Jones finished his day going 7-of-10 in team drills, scoring two touchdowns in a final red-zone period versus Bill Belichick’s top defense. He weaponized tempo, audibles and his best trait – accuracy within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage – over the best showing by any quarterback this summer. None of Jones’ individual plays were true highlights, but training camp, particul...

Ticker: Law firm Saul Ewing LLP expands to California; Suffolk Register launches homeowner warning system

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

Saul Ewing LLP has expanded nationally, opening two offices in Southern California through a combination with 50-attorney law firm Freeman Freeman & Smiley. With offices in Los Angeles and Orange County, the combined Firm now has 18 offices nationwide and more than 400 attorneys.Nationally recognized in the areas of real estate and trusts and estates, Freeman has been a fixture in the Southern California legal communities for nearly 50 years.“Today marks a major milestone in Saul Ewing’s growth,” said Managing Partner Jason M. St. John. Saul Ewing is a full-service, national law firm with more than 400 attorneys and a team of business professionals.“The collaborative culture, bench strength, industry focus and full range of legal services is what attracted us to Saul Ewing,” said Steven Ziven, former Managing Partner of Freeman, who will now serve as Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office. “With 18 offices and more than 400 attorneys, we will now be able to serve clients muc...

Northwestern hires former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to investigate athletic department

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

By ANDREW SELIGMAN (AP Sports Writer)Northwestern has hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to lead an investigation into the culture of its athletic department and its anti-hazing procedures following allegations of abusive behavior and racism within the football program and other teams.Lynch, who served as Attorney General from 2015 to 2017 under former President Barack Obama, will begin her review immediately, the school announced Tuesday. She will seek input from faculty, staff, students and alumni. The university announced no timetable for the investigation but said the results will be made public, unlike those of a previous investigation commissioned by the school.“Hazing has absolutely no place at Northwestern. Period,” Northwestern President Michael Schill said in a statement. “I am determined that with the help of Attorney General Lynch, we will become a leader in combating the practice of hazing in intercollegiate athletics and a model for othe...

Trump pushed election lies to create ‘atmosphere of mistrust,’ indictment says. Follow live updates

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Follow along for live updates on the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The charges focus on schemes by Trump and his allies to subvert the transfer of power and keep him in office despite his loss to Joe Biden.___WHAT TO KNOW— Trump has now been indicted for the third time. Here’s where all the investigations stand— Trump also was indicted in June on charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents— Mar-a-Lago’s property manager is the latest Trump staffer ensnared in his legal turmoil— Special counsel Jack Smith has a long career of confronting corruptionFILE – Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)___TRUMP SOUGHT TO CREATE “ATMOSPHERE OF MISTRUST AND ANGER,” INDICTMENT SAYSThe indictment filed against Donald Trump lays out how again and agai...

Read the grand jury indictment against Donald Trump in election interference probe | Document

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

Donald Trump was charged Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a frantic but ultimately failed endeavor that culminated in the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol.Read the full indictment below, or click here.

Meet the candidates in the special election for District 4 Supervisor

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The special election to fill the vacant District 4 seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is about two weeks away and voters are already bubbling in their ballots.The Aug. 15 primary will be the first election to fill the former Supervisor Nathan Fletcher's seat on the county board following his resignation in May amid accusations of sexual misconduct in his role as chairman of the MTS board.Since his resignation, four candidates have launched bids to vie for the vacant seat: Marine Corps veteran Janessa Goldbeck, retired Marine Paul McQuigg, San Diego City Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe and founder of "Reopen San Diego" Amy Reichert.If a candidate garners more than 50% of the vote during the primary, they will assume the role for the remainder of the term, which runs into January 2027. If a candidate does not meet that threshold, the special general election will move to a runoff on Nov. 7 with the top two candidates.For those District 4 voters who h...

Video footage, teamwork with police helped find man accused of firing at Jewish school in Memphis

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

Information from video cameras, a close relationship with police and years of work to bolster safety measures kept a man with a gun out of a Jewish school and helped officers find him after he fired shots outside the building, a Jewish security organization said Tuesday. A man tried to enter Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday afternoon but was denied entrance into the building, Memphis police said. The man, whose identity has not been released, fired several shots and then left in a maroon pickup truck, Assistant Police Chief Don Crowe said. No one at the school was injured. Classes were not in session and there were only limited staff and construction workers present, a security official said. Officers found the vehicle shortly afterwards in a residential neighborhood located a short drive from the school. Officers then shot him after he exited the truck with a gun in hand, Crowe said. The suspect was taken to a hospital in criti...

Texas police officer holds innocent family at gunpoint after making typo while running plates

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — A Texas police department is apologizing and after officers pulled over what they wrongly suspected was a stolen car and then held an innocent Black family at gunpoint.The driver of the car, her husband and one of the two children being driven by the Arkansas couple to a youth basketball tournament can all be heard sobbing on body camera video posted online by police in Frisco, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.“We made a mistake,” Frisco Police Chief David Shilson said in a statement. “Our department will not hide from its mistakes. Instead, we will learn from them.”The video shows an officer pointing his handgun toward the Dodge Charger as he orders the driver to get out and walk backward toward officers with her hands raised. Also in the car were the woman’s husband, their son and a nephew. Police order one of the children to step out and lift his shirt. The driver’s husband and the other child are told to stay inside and raise their hands thro...

Crews balance firefighting and protecting a fragile ecosystem in containing California-Nevada blaze

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:51 GMT

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling a massive blaze in California’s Mojave National Preserve on Tuesday faced the difficult task of stopping the fire without bulldozers and other heavy equipment that could damage the region’s famous Joshua trees and other sensitive plants.Crews are using a “light hand on the land” approach to fight the York Fire, California’s largest wildfire so far this year. The goal is to reduce the impact of firefighting on the federally-protected landscape.“You bring a bunch of bulldozers in there, you may or may not stop the fire, but you’ll put a scar on the landscape that’ll last generations,” said Tim Chavez, an assistant chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.The blaze erupted on Friday near the remote Caruthers Canyon area of the vast wildland preserve, crossed the state line into Nevada on Sunday and sent smoke further east into the Las Vegas Valley. Flames scorched 125 square miles (323.7 squa...