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Biden expected to sign new executive order on gun control

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote better and more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer. The Democratic president plans to unveil his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, California, said a senior White House official, who discussed the order ahead of its signing on the condition of anonymity. In January, a gunman stormed a dance hall in the community near Los Angeles and shot 20 people, killing 11, following a Lunar New Year celebration. Biden’s rhetoric has only grown stronger around guns — he calls for banning so-called assault weapons routinely in his speeches — and Democrats didn’t push such a vocal anti-gun platform even during the Obama administration, when Biden was vice president. But Biden has been emboldened by th...

Biden seeks to show stability in bid to avert banking chaos

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2016, Vice President Joe Biden warned against efforts to unravel banking regulations that Democrats had fought to implement following the nation’s financial crisis, just as the emerging Trump administration was determined to loosen those strict banking rules.Biden argued that without the far-reaching 2010 banking overhaul known as Dodd-Frank, financial institutions would continue to gamble with consumers’ cash and ultimately hurt the middle class. “We can’t go back to the days when financial companies take massive risks with the knowledge that a taxpayer bailout is around the corner when they fail,” Biden said in a speech at Georgetown University in the waning days of the Obama administration. Now there’s a banking crisis on his watch as president, and Biden is moving aggressively to assure the public that it is contained, bank executives will be fired, deposits are safe and taxpayers aren’t on the hook — measures also designed to calm jittery ...

Army, resistance trade accusations over Myanmar killings

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has denied reports of a new mass killing of civilians by its troops, instead blaming pro-democracy resistance groups for the deaths of more than 20 people, including three Buddhist monks and a woman.Members of armed resistance groups opposed to the military government have said the bodies of 22 people were found late Saturday in the compound of the Buddhist monastery in Nam Nein village, in the southern part of Shan State in eastern Myanmar. They blamed the army for the deaths.No independent witnesses have emerged. The military government’s tight restrictions on travel and information make it virtually impossible to verify details of such incidents.The village is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the capital, Naypyitaw. The area is part of the Self-Administered Zone of the Pa-O ethnic minority. It is governed by the Pa-O National Organization, or PNO, which is allied with the military government. Other Pa-O support the resistan...

One woman dead after fire in Dundonald and Church streets area

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

One woman is dead after a fire in the Dundonald Street and Church Street area on Tuesday morning.I am responding to the fire scene on Dundonald Street @Toronto_Fire— Matthew Pegg (@ChiefPeggTFS) March 14, 2023Emergency services responded to a call just after 4:00 a.m. about a fire, and Toronto paramedics say one woman was pronounced dead on scene.The fire was contained to one unit and most occupants have returned to their units in the building.Church Street was initially closed from Dundonald Street to Wellesley Street East, but lanes closed have reopened.

Author Mark Nutter receives national recognition through the Independent Press Award

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

3/14/2023: Major winter storm underway

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

The latest Storm Tracker Forecast from meteorologists Jill Szwed and Matt Mackie:The much-anticipated winter storm has arrived. After rain for much of the day Monday, temperatures have fallen off and we have seen a region-wide switch to snow. It is heavy, wet, and coming down quickly. Travel will range from difficult to impossible as the day does on. Winter Storm Warnings are up for the entire News10 viewing area through Wednesday morning.Remember to avoid unnecessary travel. If you must venture out, go slow and leave plenty of distance between yourself and other vehicles. With snow weighing down the branches, and blustery conditions (especially in the higher terrain), power outages are an additional concern across parts of our area.Heavy snow falls all day, with some spots seeing more than an inch per hour. With winds blowing uphill into the Catskills, even greater snowfall rates are possible at times for those in the mountains.The plows and road crews do incredible work, but when ...

Vermonter accused of DUI, punching police officer

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

STAMFORD, Vt. (NEWS10) -- A Burlington, Vermont, woman is accused of driving under the influence, assaulting a law enforcement officer, and resisting arrest. Bridget O'Brien, 38, was arrested on Sunday. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Vermont State Police say they were alerted of a car off the road on East Road and Forgette Road in Stamford, Vermont. Once they arrived, they found the car in a snow bank with no one inside, and the car locked. After searching the area, police say they found O'Brien a short time afterward walking on East Road.Police say O'Brien refused to stop walking and while trying to speak with her, she turned around and punched a trooper in the cheek/chin area. Police say they attempted to take her into custody and were able to after a brief struggle. O'Brien allegedly showed signs of impairment and was taken to the Shaftsbury State Police Barracks for processing, according to police. She was issued a...

Albany Airport warning of potential cancellations

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany International Airport is alerting ticketed passengers of cancellations and anticipated delays amid the severe winter storm. As of 5 a.m. on Tuesday, 16-morning departures have been canceled. Ticketed passengers can check the status of their flight online. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Albany International Airport says the Airport's Snow Team started clearing runways, taxiways, and airport roadways at 9:15 p.m. on Monday. Snow accumulation at the airport is in excess of four inches.

Play of the Week winner - Chatham's Anthony O'Dell

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

CHATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Congratulations to this week’s winner of our Play of the Week poll, Chatham's Anthony O'Dell! Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! O'Dell drilled a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to lift Chatham past Stillwater in the Class CC title game. O'Dell is Chatham's second straight winner, following Matt Thorsen. Vote here for this week’s Play of the Week poll!

Ukraine, one year after: MEPs debate the energy outlook with the Commission and IEA  

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:23:32 GMT

Speakers highlighted that while the EU managed to save energy and diversify its supply, it now has to develop its own production and adapt to a new energy reality.You can watch the recording of the debate and the press conference.In a meeting of the Industry, Research and Energy committee (ITRE), speakers took stock of the situation on the energy market one year after the start of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and discussed future perspectives.ITRE committee Chairman Cristian Bușoi (EPP, RO) said: "It is a certainty that the world as we knew it has changed and that the weaponisation of energy by Russia already since 2021 has had enormous consequences in the world in general but in the European Union in particular."For that reason it is important, in a context where we are having to deal with challenges to security of supply, rising energy prices and infrastructure bottlenecks, that we keep in mind that this crisis is not over. All our efforts should go to consolidate the a...