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House GOP leaders hit snags as members harden 'no' votes on debt limit bill

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

House GOP leaders' furious scramble to secure the support needed to pass a debt limit bill is not going well. On Tuesday evening, the prognosis for the package was looking even worse than the shaky ground it stood on before lawmakers left Washington last week.A small but consequential number of GOP lawmakers on Tuesday said they intend to vote against the party’s debt limit package if it hits the floor without substantial changes — changes Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is vowing not to make as he aims to pass the bill this week.The critics’ opposition appears to be enough to sink the bill, which would be an embarrassing defeat for McCarthy in the first big legislative test of his young Speakership, while also weakening the Republicans' hand in the coming fight with President Biden over how to raise the debt ceiling and prevent a government default this summer. For at least one member who has long been resistant to the bill, a whip attempt fumbled.“I had a meeting ...

Burst pipes at St. Louis apartment cause unlivable conditions, resident says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A desperate tenant called FOX 2 for help after pipes in her government-subsidized apartment burst, flooding the upstairs and downstairs of the unit. Ceilings collapsed in at least two rooms, and the flooding has left an awful stench in her home on Thomas Street.Torreese Valentine says she received no help from apartment owners JVL 16, which has offices in south St. Louis.After striking out with the landlord and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Valentine contacted our You Paid For It team. HUD pays more than $1,200 a month in rent for the apartment. Valentine says she’s unsure what to do.“It really makes me want to cry. I don’t want my kids in this predicament. Would you all want to stay here while you all got four small kids?” she said. “Like, it’s ridiculous. When would anybody want to stay here while it’s molded, it’s nasty, the stench in here is, like, it makes my head hurt.” This St. Louis restaurant has the best soul food in Missouri, food writers ...

Rep. Cori Bush introduces bill to cleanup Jana and test other sites  

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

FLORISSANT, Mo. - Congresswoman Cori Bush has introduced legislation calling for the cleanup of Jana Elementary and the testing of all schools in the Hazelwood School District for radioactive waste. Similar legislation was filed by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, who plans on asking for unanimous passage of his bill on Wednesday. The news comes just as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released a report calling Jana Elementary safe. The USACE findings have been at odds with a private firm’s determination that harmful levels of radioactive waste were found. Ashley Bernaugh is president of the Jana Elementary PTA. She said testing by the USACE does not meet the highest standards for safety. “Their mission has never been health-focused,” Bernaugh said. At this point, the Hazelwood School District does not plan to reopen Jana. Students have been sent to other schools in the district. Some parents said their children have been heartbroken over the transition.  ...

Head of a major law firm bought real estate from Gorsuch

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

WASHINGTON — One month after Neil Gorsuch was appointed to the Supreme Court in April 2017, he and two partners finally sold a vacation property they had been trying to offload for nearly two years. But when he reported the sale the next year, he left blank a field asking the identity of the buyer.County real estate records in Colorado show that Brian L. Duffy, CEO of Greenberg Traurig, a sprawling law firm that frequently has business before the court, and his wife, Kari Duffy, bought the property.The buyer’s identity — and Gorsuch’s decision not to disclose it — was reported earlier on Tuesday by Politico. Although experts said that the omission did not violate the law, they added that it underscored the need for ethics reforms given the intensifying scrutiny on financial entanglements at the Supreme Court and renewed calls by Democratic lawmakers for tightened rules.ProPublica reported this month that Justice Clarence Thomas had not disclosed that he had repeatedly re...

Charges will be dropped against man who struck ex-SF fire commissioner, statement says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Charges will be dropped against the man who struck former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani with a metal pipe, Carmignani told KRON4. Carmignani, 53, was struck in the Marina District on April 5, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.Garret Allen Doty, 24, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with serious bodily injury, and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury for the incident. Now, Carmignani says those charges will be dismissed. Victim who died in North Beach shooting was attempting to rob other victims, arrest made A statement on behalf of Carmignani said that the San Francisco District Attorney's Office used self-defense as its reason for dropping the charges. Carmignani used pepper spray before the attack by Doty, and the statement said Carmignani may be prosecuted. "We strongly believe that rather than threatening Mr. Carmignani, they should focus on prosecuting the individ...

GOP uses imagined, dystopian San Francisco to take aim at Biden in new ad

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

(KRON) -- A video released by the Republican party on Tuesday takes aim at President Joe Biden, and it uses a fictional, dystopian future of San Francisco to drive the point home. President Biden announced his bid for reelection in 2024 . Mother, daughter identified after fatal shooting in Oakland residence Calling Biden the "weakest president we've ever had," the advertisement uses fictional news footage to imagine a future if Biden were to win a second term. It paints a bleak picture. "Emboldened China invades Taiwan," and "Financial markets are in a free fall as 500 banks shutter their doors," are two of the fictional news excerpts heard in the clip. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The creators of the video are careful to tie the fictiona...

Islanders beat Hurricanes, cut playoff series deficit to 3-2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The New York Islanders were ready to capitalize, both on a bizarre bounce of the puck and mistakes by the Carolina Hurricanes. That was enough to keep them alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs.Brock Nelson scored by knocking in an airborne puck that had bounced off the face of Carolina’s Sebastian Aho, and the Islanders added two goals following turnovers to beat the Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday night and extend their first-round playoff series.The Islanders trailed 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, but staved off elimination by scoring the game’s first two goals and never trailing while playing in front of a rowdy crowd eager to see the Hurricanes become the first team to advance to this year’s second round.“We believe in one another, we believe in this group and what we can do and how we can play,” Islanders captain Anders Lee said. “That was no different coming into this evening. … We came in tonight and played a very solid hockey game and put everything on th...

Young’s long 3 lifts Hawks to 119-117 win over Celtics

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Trae Young had 38 points and drained a long go-ahead 3-pointer from beyond the top of the key with 2.8 seconds left to help the Atlanta Hawks cap a late comeback and beat the Boston Celtics 119-117 Tuesday night. The victory trims Boston’s lead in the first-round playoff series to 3-2 and sends the teams back to Atlanta for Game 6 on Thursday. John Collins added 22 points for Atlanta, who played without Dejounte Murray, who was suspended for one game for bumping official Gediminas Petraitis with his chest while walking off the court after the end of Game 4.Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and Jayson Tatum added 19 for the Celtics, who were outscored 37-25 in the fourth quarter. Derrick White put the Celtics in front 117-116 with 7.3 second remaining, setting up a final possession for the Hawks. The ball went to Young in the backcourt, who dribbled into the front court and knocked down a 29-footer over Brown. The Hawks hit 19 3-pointers in the game. The Celtics bobbled the...

Seguin, Stars take 3-2 series lead with 4-0 win over Wild

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Tyler Seguin and Jason Robertson each had a power-play goal and an assist, Roope Hintz had three assists for the second straight game and the Dallas Stars took the series lead over the Minnesota Wild for the first time with a 4-0 win in Game 5 on Tuesday night. Jake Oettinger had 27 saves in his second career playoff shutout. That included the 24-year-old goalie stopping nine shots when the Wild had back-to-back power plays in quick succession in the second period.Seguin’s fourth power-play goal of the series came only 2:22 into the game, eight seconds after Wild forward Marcus Foligno’s five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for a knee-on-knee hit on Radek Faksa. Mason Marchment scored early in the second period and Ty Dellandrea added an empty-netter with 3:57 left.The Stars will try to close out the first-round playoff series Friday night in Game 6 at Minnesota, where the home team will be trying to avoid another opening-round defeat. The seventh ...

Singapore executes man for coordinating cannabis delivery

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:05 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was sentenced to death in 2018 for abetting the trafficking of 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cannabis. Under Singapore laws, trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis may result in the death penalty.Activist Kirsten Han of the Transformative Justice Collective, which advocates for the abolition of the death penalty in Singapore, said in a tweet that Tangaraju was hanged Wednesday morning and that his family had been given the death certificate.Although Tangaraju was not caught with the cannabis, prosecutors said phone numbers traced him as the person responsible for coordinating the delivery of the drugs. Tangaraju had maintained that he was not the one communicating with the others connected to the case.Relatives and activists had sent letters to Singapo...