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‘The Inventor,’ new movie about Leonardo da Vinci, blends hand-drawn and stop-motion animation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

When you hear the name Leonardo, you probably think about the hunky Leonardo DiCaprio, or if you’re a comic book fan, maybe Leo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle … but did you know the Ninja Turtle and Jack — sorry, Leo — were named after the same person? Mr. Leonardo da Vinci, the famous inventor and artist.Now fans can learn more about da Vinci’s life in the animated movie “The Inventor,” starring Stephen Fry as the voice of Leo.Stephen Fry (as Leonard da Vinci, voice): “A long, long time ago, when long beards were all the rage, a rather insightful inventor put some big ideas center stage.”Leonardo da Vinci is at the center of the new animated film “The Inventor.”Stephen Fry (as Leonard da Vinci, voice): “And this is the story of how I became the legendary Leonardo da Vinci.”The movie mixes both hand-drawn and stop-motion animation, which was fitting to tell the story of the famed painter and sculptor.Jim Capobi...

‘Dreamer’ speaks out after federal judge rules DACA unlawful for 2nd time

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

A program that protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children has once again been deemed unlawful. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Texas, Andrew Hanen, deemed that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is illegal. It is the second time this judge has made this ruling. 7News spoke with a DACA recipient, or “Dreamer,” on Thursday who said she will not stop fighting for her future and those just like her.“We, my mother and I, basically fled our county because of gang members,” Illse Cruz said. “They actually killed my dad in front of me.”Cruz, 28, is a “Dreamer” who was born in Honduras. She made the move to the U.S. with her mother at just 6 years old.“I was undocumented until the age of 18. That’s when President Obama gave us Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” she said.Once again, the program that many like Cruz count on is up in the air.“DACA has allowed me to have a dr...

Aaron Judge hits grand slam to help Yankees beat Red Sox 8-5 for doubleheader split

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a grand slam, DJ LeMahieu broke an eighth-inning tie with an RBI double, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-5 on Thursday night to split a doubleheader.Oswald Peraza hit his first career homer, a two-run shot in the ninth for the Yankees (74-73), who won three of four at Boston to draw even with their rival at the bottom of the AL East.Earlier Thursday, the Red Sox fired Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom after nearly four seasons, then beat the Yankees 5-0 in the twinbill opener. Tanner Houck pitched six strong innings and registered his first win since April.Boston made the playoffs once during Bloom’s tenure and enters the remaining weeks of the season seeking to avoid another last-place finish in the division.“Obviously, it’s a decision that ownership decided to go this route. We worked together all these years. It’s never easy to hear that,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said between games.In the nightcap, Judge slugged a 2-0 pitch from...

High school football roundup/scores: Newton South gets past Brookline, 29-8

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

Charlie Vyardo completed 18-of-25 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns as Newton South (1-1) defeated Brookline 29-8 in a nonleague contest. … Mason Nash ran for two touchdowns to help Abington (2-0) outlast Apponequet 34-26. … Devin Harding dominated the ground with a pair of rushing scores, both after catching a touchdown pass for Holliston in a 29-6 win over Middleboro.Myles Sanchez ran for three scores as Wakefield (2-0) defeated Lexington 35-0 in a Middlesex League crossover game to extend its winning streak to 17. …Treyvon Fields threw a pair of touchdown passes, while Andrew Hedgepath tallied a pair of scores and an interception as Cathedral (1-0) defeated Whittier, 20-14.Kieran Corr booted three field goals as Winchester (2-0) defeated Waltham, 16-6.Andrew Pisciotta’s 1-yard TD run with less than three minutes left gave Westborough (1-1) a 7-0 win over Sharon. … Max Dresens ran for two scores and added a TD reception as Wayland (1-1) defeated Ashland, 27-20.James Bruso ...

Peter Gabriel keeps it fresh at TD Garden show

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

Peter Gabriel sat at his keyboard singing a ballad. A straight piano ballad — tender, sentimental, sweet — just hushed keys, strings, bass and Gabriel’s voice. Then, after four or five quiet minutes, the song, “Playing for Time,” bloomed into a crescendo of immense beauty: strings soaring, drums crashing.It all felt so new because, well, it was so new.For 30 years, Peter Gabriel didn’t look back. Then he looked back a lot.From his early days in Genesis to 2002’s “Up,” he charged forward. He dressed like a flower. He rebelled against Top 40, then went Top 40, then rejected Top 40 again. Along the way, he added a tinker’s cart of instruments to rock ‘n’ roll: sabar drums, ney flute, Chapman Stick. Then Gabriel seemed to discover nostalgia, and did a covers record, a symphonic record of old songs, a tour celebrating 1986 blockbuster “So,” a “hits” trek with Sting.But in January, Gabriel started releasing a new song every full moon. Eventually, they will add up to new album “i/o.” On Th...

High school roundup/scores: Somerset Berkley tops Fairhaven in field hockey clash

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

FIELD HOCKEYEmily Carr tallied three goals with one assist, while three others scored multiple goals as Somerset Berkley (3-0) rolled to a 10-1 South Coast Conference win over Fairhaven.Behind a hat trick from Addie Taylor and goals from three other scorers, Apponequet (1-3) rolled to a 6-1 win over West Bridgewater in nonleague play. … Kacey Curran scored a goal and recorded an assist as Durfee beat Dighton-Rehoboth 2-1. … Madison Faragi scored both goals for Bishop Fenwick and Meg Donnelly had seven saves in a 2-0 shutout of Beverly. … Ava Goodwin scored after first assisting on two other goals, helping Reading (4-0) secure a notable 3-1 triumph against Concord-Carlisle.Sawyer Groothius flashed a hat trick in a second straight game, leading Swampscott (3-0) in a 5-0 shutout of Saugus in Northeastern Conference action. … Lily Pregent dialed up four goals, while Ella Costa and Abby Lowthers each added two goals for Gloucester in an 8-0 rout of Marblehead. … Two goals from Bobbi Seri...

Border commuters fume as CBP closes pedestrian crossing to process wave of migrants

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- After being closed for nearly three years, the northbound lanes of Ped West resumed operations eight months ago, albeit under limited hours. The pedestrian crossing has closed once again.This time, the closure is due to an influx of migrants along the Tijuana-San Diego border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it needs the facility to process the asylum-seekers since other facilities in the area have been operating at maximum capacity.Throughout Thursday morning, a constant flow of Border Patrol buses and field vehicles drove into the backside of PedWest. Border Patrol releasing migrants onto streets of San Diego According to CBP, the migrants brought to PedWest will be primarily family units or unaccompanied children.Bus and Border Patrol vehicles arriving to unload asylum seekers at PedWest. (Salvador Rivera/Border Report)In a statement, the agency said "CBP will work to return to normal operations as quickly as feasible.” US-Mexico border i...

Jalen Hurts runs for 2 TDs, throws for a score; Eagles hold off fumble-prone Vikings 34-28

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns and threw a 63-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith, D’Andre Swift ran for 175 yards and a score, and the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles held off the turnover-prone Minnesota Vikings 34-28 on Thursday night.Hurts, the MVP runner-up, shook off a sluggish passing performance in the first half and woke up the crowd when he connected with Smith for the scoring strike in the third quarter that made it 27-7.“We Own UR SKOL Tonight,” one Eagles fan sign read after the TD.It almost wasn’t enough.Kirk Cousins hit Jordan Addison for a 62-yard touchdown that made it 27-14 in the fourth and found K.J. Osborn for a 10-yard TD that cut it to 27-21 and put the Eagles (2-0) on edge.But Swift scored on a 2-yard run for a 34-21 lead with 4:13 left and the Vikings didn’t have enough time to score twice.Minnesota (0-2), which had three first-half turnovers in a season-opening loss to Tampa Bay, lost three fumbles in the first ha...

Stock market today: Asian shares gain, led by China after Beijing eases required bank reserves

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Friday, with solid gains for Chinese markets after the central bank eased the reserve requirements for banks to encourage more lending and prop up the slowing economy.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng surged 1.3% to 18,280.11 and the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.4%, at 3,138.94. Late Thursday, the People’s Bank of China said it would cut the reserve requirement for banks by 0.25 percentage points as of Friday, “In order to consolidate the foundation for economic recovery and maintain reasonable and sufficient liquidity.”Further boosting sentiment, the government reported Friday that China’s industrial output rose 4.5% in August from a year earlier, up from 3.7% in July. That is seen as a sign the economy may be breaking out of its post-pandemic malaise.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged 1.0% to 33,511.91. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.7% to 7,311.30. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.6% to 2,588.38.SoftBank Group Corp., whi...

Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed to share — everything from your real-time location information to private financial details. Even if you could identify these data brokers, there isn’t much you can do about their activities, including in California, which has some of the strongest digital privacy laws in the U.S.That’s on the verge of changing. Both houses of the California state Legislature have passed the Delete Act, which would establish a “one stop shop” where individuals could order hundreds of data brokers registered in the state to delete their personal data — and to cease acquiring and selling it in the future — with a single request.The Delete Act isn’t law yet. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom still has to decide whether to sign the measure, which potentially could extend well beyond state lines given California’s history of setting similar tre...