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Impeachment inquiry of Biden a ‘natural step forward,’ McCarthy says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

PHOENIX — Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested Sunday that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden was becoming more likely, calling it “a natural step forward” as Congress soon ends its summer break and House Republicans seek to expand their investigative powers.McCarthy, R-Calif., has so far avoided committing to an impeachment vote or offering a timeline for possible action. Some House Republicans are eager to go after Biden over claims of financial misconduct involving his son Hunter, but the Democratic president has not been shown to have done anything wrong.Meanwhile, McCarthy said passing a short-term spending bill to keep the government running past the end of September would ensure that investigations of Hunter Biden could continue, a pitch directed at conservatives worried a bipartisan deal with Senate Democrats would not cut enough spending. The stopgap measure would buy time to work out a longer-term budget deal before mandatory spending cuts that neither p...

Trump voters and donors unbothered by debated dodge, fueled by arrests

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

Former President Donald J. Trump has been arrested four times since he left office and declined to participate in his party’s first debate, but Republican voters seem to know who they want, and it’s Trump, according to another round of polls.After skipping the party debate Wednesday evening and despite his arrest by authorities in Georgia on Thursday, recent polling and fundraising indicate that Trump continues to maintain his grip on the GOP.According to Trump’s campaign, on the Friday following his surrender to authorities in Fulton County the 45th president had his best fundraising day of the 2024 campaign. His jail mugshot, plastered on campaign memorabilia and shared across the one-term chief executive’s social media accounts, is apparently quite appealing to conservative donors.“Close to $20 [million] raised in the last 3 weeks, coinciding with indictment in DC and the Atlanta mugshot,” Trump 2024 campaign spokesman Steven Cheung claimed Saturday via X, the social media ...

New details emerge in Boston mass shooting: Police charge 4 in connection with morning melee, and at least 4 more in other incidents

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

A Boston police report reveals new details about a mass shooting Saturday that occurred   against the backdrop of the city’s annual Caribbean Carnival celebration.In all, 8 people were shot, according to the police report, and four were arrested as a result of the investigation into the shooting. Two more people were arrested and charged with weapons offenses after the initial chaos. Victims included 6 men and two women.Police also made at least 2 other arrests on weapons charges Saturday.Officers assigned to parade detail responded to Talbot Avenue adjacent to the J’ouvert parade, which annually rings in the day’s Caribbean Carnival, just before 8 a.m. Saturday, where they found eight people injured by gunfire. A shot-spotter nearby recorded 12 gunshots, according to the police report.“These individuals displayed a complete disregard for human life in the midst of one of the City’s cultural celebrations, endangering the lives of hundreds of people,” Police Commissioner Michael Cox ...

Ukraine’s best high jumper wins gold for her country at world championships

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The war with Russia hangs over the Olympic world these days as much as anywhere else. So perhaps it was fitting that the last person standing on the last event of the final day of the track and field world championships hailed from Ukraine.And perhaps it was perfect that Yaroslava Mahuchikh closed out that event with a gold medal hanging from her neck.Ukraine’s best high jumper, a symbol of hope to her war-torn country and defiance to those who would see it ruined, won a championship Sunday. She jumped 2.01 meters (6 feet, 7 inches) to close out a riveting evening on the track — and in the field.“Finally, I have my gold medal,” she said of the country’s first world title since 2013, when the meet was held in Moscow. “And it’s really extra important for my country right now.”Mahuchikh’s final jump of the evening came only seconds after hurdles champion Femke Bol of The Netherlands, who fell and cost her country a medal at the end of th...

NWT premier: Trudeau made ‘specific commitments’ during weekend meeting in Edmonton

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

EDMONTON — After saying last week she was angry Northerners don’t receive the same services from the federal government as people in the rest of Canada, Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane says the prime minister made “specific commitments” to address the issue this weekend when they met to discuss firefighting efforts. Cochrane said in a social media post following her meeting with Justin Trudeau in Edmonton on Saturday that she thanked him for the federal support the territory has received, especially military aid, in light of the wildfires and evacuations that have forced two thirds of the N.W.T’s 45,000 residents to leave their homes.She said Trudeau made several commitments, which included speeding up the Employment Insurance process for N.W.T. residents and providing an advance under the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements to aid with cash flow.He also committed to collaborating with the territory on plans for possible air evacuations...

Tropical Storm Idalia takes aim at Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday off the coast of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said.At 5 p.m. Sunday, the storm was about 95 miles (153 kilometers) east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving northeast at 3 mph (4.8 kph) with highest sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph), forecasters said. Hurricanes have winds of 74 mph (119 kph) and above.Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida.Idalia could approach Florida on Wednesday with winds of up to 100 mph (160 kph), according to the latest forecasts from the Hurricane Center. That would make it a Category 2 hurricane.Along a vast stretch of Florida’s west coast, up to 11 feet (3.4 meters) of ocean water could surge on shore, raising fears of destructive flooding.At a Sunday afternoon briefing, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis noted that muc...

One person stabbed in Scarborough

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

One person has been stabbed in the Eglinton Avenue East and Thermos Road area of Scarborough on Sunday evening.Police responded to reports at approximately 5:23 pm of someone being stabbed and arrived on scene to find a victim stabbed in the abdomen.Medics transported one male to a trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.The suspect is described as a Black male, 5’9, wearing a black sweater and black pants. The suspect fled on foot.

Highland Park man dies after crashing bike in northern suburbs

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

GLENCOE, Ill. — A man who was hospitalized after crashing his bicycle on Wednesday afternoon in the northern suburbs has died, according to the Glencoe Department of Public Safety.Officials say the 64-year-old man was hospitalized after the crash, which occurred around 4 p.m. near the intersection of Sheridan Road and South Avenue in Glencoe. North suburban bicyclist critical after hitting back of van According to an initial investigation by Glencoe Public Safety, the man, who has not been identified, was riding his bicycle northbound on Sheridan Road, past South Avenue, when he ran into the back of a stopped Dodge Ram ProMaster.Authorities say they responded to the scene around 4:15 p.m. and began life-saving measures on the man before he was taken to the hospital by ambulance in critical condition.The driver of the vehicle stayed on the scene and cooperated with authorities during the investigation. CPD: 12-year-old girl missing from Austin neighborhood The man, who was a High...

Shelter helps animals in need of shelter after Maui wildfires

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

CHICAGO — As the recovery and rebuilding efforts continue in Maui, there's a need that is developing to help animals who now have no home.For now, an animal shelter in San Diego is taking animals from shelters on Maui that are now inundated with pets displaced because of the wildfires. What caused the Maui wildfires? "Now more than ever, it's extremely crucial because the people in Maui lost their homes and they are having to rebuild from scratch," Jessica Gercek with the Helen Woodward Center said. "And they don't have any place to put their pets and their animals. So they are looking towards the shelters."It's something PAWS Chicago does on a regular basis. They bring homeless pets from other shelters in areas hit by natural disasters in order to make room for those pets, whose owners don't have a place for them to stay. Maui businesses remind locals, tourists that entire island isn’t closed: ‘Definitely support all those businesses’ Just like many people who survived the Maui...

Teachers arrested at Nevada school board meeting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:19 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Two teachers were placed in handcuffs and escorted out of a school board meeting in Clark County, Nevada, on Thursday.The Clark County School District and Clark County Education Association (CCEA) are engaged in tough negotiations over a new contract for teachers. According to CCEA, nearly 5,000 teachers showed up to rally ahead of the board of trustees' meeting. CCEA files complaint accusing district of overworking teachers The meeting began on time but was disrupted when dozens of teachers began shouting and chanting, asking for better pay and calling for the ouster of the superintendent.Officers from the Clark County School District Police Department placed two teachers in handcuffs. Police removed another man from the board meeting without handcuffs.School board President Evelyn Garcia-Morales tried to temper things down and restore order to the meeting on Thursday.“We cannot conduct business,” Garcia-Morales said. “CCEA is clearly interrupting the business ...