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This 'Super Mario' character is more beloved than Mario and Luigi: survey

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — When it comes to the fan-favorite character from Nintendo's "Super Mario Bros." media franchise, we're sorry, but it's-a not you, Mario. Or you, Luigi.(Photo: Business Wire via AP Images)Over 87,000 people recently voted in a survey by gaming website Cribbage Online, with the results showing that the most-beloved "Super Mario Bros." character is none other than the egg-laying, stretchy tongued dinosaur Yoshi. Chick-fil-A changes mind, won’t discontinue longtime menu item As explained by Nintendo, players can always count on Yoshi, saying that when trouble goes down, Yoshi "will flutter jump to the rescue."Yoshi, whose full name is "T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas," first appeared in 1990's Super Nintendo game "Super Mario World." Yoshi has remained a staple of the franchise ever since — and has even become the star of his own games.The character has taken the spotlight in the games "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island," "Yoshi's Story," "Yoshi's Woolly World," and "Yoshi's C...

'Cups of Love:' South Side Muslim org. hosts series of events in Ramadan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

CHICAGO — While Muslims around the world celebrate the sacred month of Ramadan, a community organization on the South Side is hosting a series of events to ring in the spirit while giving back to the city."Our ceramics studio is a space where people come to create and the curriculum ties into our holistic model," Nawab said. Sadia Nawab, the director of Arts & Culture at IMAN: Inner-City Muslim Action Network, joined WGN to talk about their goals for community service and development of resources for those in need. At IMAN'S Community Ceramics Studio, neighbors come together to craft 'Cups of Love' which is one of their weekly events hosted throughout the month of Ramadan. Ramdan is the ninth and most sacred month in the Muslim Lunar calendar. Ramadan 2023: Everything you need to know "It connects to the origin of us receiving this way of life. It’s celebrated through fasting worship community service and spiritual accountability," Nawab said. IMAN’s 'Ramadan Reflections' hos...

APD offering free training to local counselors in exchange for their services

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department Victim Services Unit is offering free trauma training to local counselors in exchange for their expertise. APD has $50,000 available to train local counselors in a therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in exchange for offering sessions to trauma victims. The therapy focuses on disturbing emotions and symptoms resulting from traumatic events and assists the brain’s information processing system in moving organically toward natural healing and positive mental health. This therapy has been shown to be effective in ameliorating distressing symptoms associated with trauma, according to a press release. It typically costs around $3,000 to become certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. The APD victim services Unit is offering the training to some counselors for free in exchange for providing 50 sessions to trauma survivors over the next three years.The clients will be referred to the coun...

Movie review: ‘A Thousand and One’ a fascinating portrait of maternal instinct caught in unforgiving world

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

Mothers are often the keepers of secrets, borne from a primal instinct for survival. But secrets fester, grow bigger and inevitably burst with the resonance of truth, as they do in “A Thousand and One,” the debut feature of writer/director A.V. Rockwell. The film, which won the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, casts the harrowing story of a mother and her son against the backdrop of a gentrifying Harlem, New York.“A Thousand and One” proves to be a showcase for multi-hyphenate star and Harlem native Teyana Taylor, who brings to her astonishing performance the coiled physicality of a panther ready to pounce. Her character, Inez, is on the offense as her only form of defense, a stance and ethos that never wavers throughout the 20 years we follow her.Sweeping aerial shots set to soulful strings introduce us to the iconography of New York City: the Empire State Building, Central Park, and of course, Rikers Island, holding New York City’s largest jail. I...

04/01/2023: Stormy then chillier tonight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

The latest Storm Tracker Forecast from Meteorologist Jill Szwed.Well, hello April! After this morning's rain, the sun came out, temperatures warmed up big time. Now we're preparing for our first severe potential of the season. It's a classic clash of airmasses - a lot of warmth to the east, another chill to the west. In between there's a battleground for storms and a lot of wind.A line of severe storms is working across New York. It will arrive in the News10 area between 5 PM and 9 PM. The main threat is for damaging winds (gusts greater than 58 mph.) Quarter size hail and very heavy rain are also possible. The heavy rain plus melting snow will add to some minor flooding concerns.As the sun sets the severe potential will diminish, but we aren't done with this front just yet. Temperatures will sharply drop and the wind will pick up. Gusts between 35 mph and 40 mph will continue overnight. Additional showers mixed with snowflakes in the higher terrain will continue into the wee hours ...

Watervliet hosts opioid overdose prevention training

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The city of Watervliet and Project Safe Point are offering opioid overdose prevention training. The event will take place at the Watervliet Senior Center on April 5 at 6:30 p.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of heroin and opioid overdose and how to use Naxalone (Narcan) to respond to an overdose. Each person will also receive an intranasal naloxone kit as part of their training.

Hochul launches statewide pharmacy benefit program

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Governor Hochul launched a new pharmacy benefit program on April 1 called NYRx. The program is said to improve prescription drug access and coverage for the eight million New Yorkers enrolled in Medicaid statewide. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Under the NYRx model, New York State's Medicaid program will pay pharmacy costs directly, eliminating the need for managed care organizations to administer this benefit through pharmacy benefit managers. NYRx will improve coverage for Medicaid recipients by opening access to a statewide network of more than 5,000 pharmacies. Pharmacists and physicians will also be able to prescribe medication based on a uniform list that is less restrictive and governed by an independent public board of experts.Governor Hochul states, "The transition to NYRx today is in the best interest of those New Yorkers relying on Medicaid for affordable prescription medication," "In a...

Blues lose 6-1 to Preds, on brink of elimination from playoffs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tommy Novak scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Nashville Predators over the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Saturday.Luke Evangelista had a goal and two assists; Cody Glass and Colton Sissons also scored; and Juuse Saros made 21 saves for the Predators, winners of two of three.Nashville kept its slim playoff hopes alive, now three points behind the Winnipeg Jets for the Western Conference’s second wild-card berth. The Predators have played one fewer game than Winnipeg.Calle Rosen scored and Thomas Greiss made 29 saves for the Blues. St. Louis had won four of five, but the loss places the Blues on the brink of mathematical elimination from the playoffs.Nashville came out fast, scoring twice on its first five shots in the opening period.Novak struck first at 4:46 with a nifty backhand from the low slot that rattled off of the crossbar and into the net. Glass, celebrating his 24th birthday, followed at 7:20 when he redirected a Novak shot past Greiss with ...

Crews respond to north St. Louis house fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Fire crews battled a large blaze Saturday afternoon at a north St. Louis house. The fire happened around 3 p.m. at the intersection of East Holly Avenue and Prescott Avenue in the North Riverfront neighborhood. Sign up for FOX 2 newsletters for headlines without social media No injuries have been reported from the fire and the home was possibly vacant. Several firefighters from the St. Louis Fire Department responded to the scene. This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.

Ukrainian court puts an Orthodox leader under house arrest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:21 GMT

By KARL RITTER and ELENA BECATOROS (Associated Press)KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest Saturday after Ukraine’s top security agency said he was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a criminal offense. It was the latest move in a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery.Metropolitan Pavel is the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site. He has denied the charges and resisted the authorities’ order to vacate the complex. In a court hearing earlier in the day, the metropolitan said the claim by the Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, that he condoned Russia’s invasion was politically driven.“I have never been on the side of aggression,” Pavel told reporters in the courthouse. “This is my land.”After the court’s ruling, a monitoring bracelet was placed around his ankle, despite his objections that he has diabete...