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Robbins: GOP bows to Trump in Biden impeachment query

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

A political gaffe, journalist Michael Kinsley once said, is what happens when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Republican Congressman Ken Buck is no doubt drawing fire from his Republican colleagues in the House for his Washington Post op ed last week deriding his party’s newly-launched “impeachment inquiry” into President Joe Biden for “relying on an imagined history.”  But what else is new?In the case of Congressional Republicans, it isn’t: imagined history, imagined facts, imagined rigged elections, imagined declassification of documents – this sort of thing has been the Republicans’ staple since Trump took his famous escalator ride down Trump Tower in 2015.The inquiry was ordered up by former President Trump, who is keen to divert attention from the 91 separate criminal charges pending against him in four separate jurisdictions, for everything from falsifying records to hide his hush money payments to a porn star, to trying to block the counting of electoral votes in o...

Officials find debris from F-35 fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after pilot ejected

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities found a debris field Monday from a Marine Corps F-35 stealth fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after the pilot ejected and parachuted to safety. The debris field was located in rural Williamsburg County, according to the Marine Corps’ Joint Base Charleston. The field is about two hours northeast of the base, and residents were being asked to avoid the area while the recovery team worked to secure it.Authorities had been searching for the jet since the pilot, whose name hasn’t been released, parachuted to safety into a North Charleston neighborhood about 2 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to a hospital, where he was in stable condition, Marines Maj. Melanie Salinas said.The Marine Corps announced Monday it was pausing operations for two days after the fighter jet’s crash — the third costly accident in recent weeks.Gen. Eric Smith, the acting commandant of the Marine Corps, ordered the stand-down while authoriti...

‘We need the public’s help:’ Investigation into 5-victim shooting continues

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

In the wake of a Dorchester shooting that left three adults and a 14-year-old seriously injured and an 11-year-old in critical condition Sunday night, officials are continuing to seek any public assistance.“We’re doing everything we can, but this is yet another incident that cries out where we need the community’s help,” DA Kevin Hayden said in a press conference Sunday night. “There are people that are in this area, and we hope that someone will step forward and provide us with helpful information.”Police were alerted to multiple gunshots in the area Ames Street at what may have been some type of family gathering in Dorchester via ShotSpotter activation around 8:36 p.m. Sunday night, Police Commissioner Michael Cox said Sunday.Five people, including an 11-year-old and 14-year-old, in total were shot and taken to a hospital, officials reported. The 11-year-old sustained life threatening injuries.As of around 5 p.m. Monday, all victims’ condi...

Flaherty slams Boston City Council for rejecting police intel funds amid latest shooting

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

Hours after the latest mass shooting in Boston, City Councilor Michael Flaherty took another swipe at his colleagues, who voted down $2.5 million in state grants for the investigative arm of the city’s police department.Mayor Michelle Wu has refiled the three $850,000 grants, for fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, that were rejected by the City Council, via a 7-5 vote, last Wednesday, and filed an additional $850,000 grant from FY20.Although the state continues to earmark this grant funding for the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, to improve technology aimed at fighting crime, gangs and terrorism, the council continues to vote in opposition, leaving the police department unable to access the funds.“My hope is that the Boston City Council can back up their thoughts and prayers with giving you guys the resources and to foster that partnership,” Flaherty told police leaders at a Monday morning hearing on gun trafficking, referencing the sentiments several councilors shared about th...

Mac Jones clarifies postgame comments on Patriots teammates’ dedication

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

After Sunday night’s loss to the Dolphins, Patriots quarterback Mac Jones made a comment that was deciphered by local sports radio talk show hosts as calling out his teammates.Jones said after the 24-17 loss, “Definitely got to play better and learn from it and be here early and leave late and do it together. I think that’s the biggest thing. If a couple guys are doing it, it’s not good enough, clearly.”Jones was asked about those comments on one of those shows that were reading between the lines, WEEI’s “Jones and Mego with Arcand.” Host Adam Jones asked Jones if he was implying that there’s a lack of effort on the Patriots.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | DA investigates death of Patriots fan at Gillette Stadium New England Patriots | Sources: Patriots waive QB Matt Corral, release another QB from practice squad New England Patriots | Patriots awaiting updates on two injured key ...

Utah private prison company returns $5M to Mississippi after understaffing is found at facilities

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Utah-based private prison company has returned $5.1 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections after an investigation found it failed to provide enough workers at prisons it was operating, state Auditor Shad White said Monday.Management & Training Corporation sent the money to the department last week, he said.“Every penny must be accounted for,” White said in a news release.The auditor’s office started investigating MTC — based in Centerville, Utah — in 2021 when allegations arose that the company was not providing the correct amount of prison staff required under contracts with the state. The auditor’s office ultimately found MTC failed to provide enough workers to ensure the safety of inmates and prison employees, but the company was still paid by the state as if it had.MTC communications director Emily Lawhead said in a statement Monday that the $5.1 million MTC sent to Mississippi last week resulted from the company’s internal a...

Timeline of events surrounding killing of B.C. temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Parliament Monday that there is “credible” intelligence linking agents of the Indian government to the shooting death of a Sikh temple leader in Surrey, B.C. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was the president of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara and a leader in the Sikh independence movement in Canada.—July 22, 2022: Indian authorities announce a cash reward for information leading to Nijjar’s arrest, accusing him of involvement in an alleged attack on a Hindu priest in India.June 18: Nijjar is shot dead in a vehicle in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, sparking a large protest outside the temple. June 19: A close associate of Nijjar’s says the temple leader had been warned by Canadian intelligence officials about possibly being targeted before the shooting.June 21: Police say they are searching for two suspects who may have escaped the scene on foot through a nearby park, where they met a getaway vehicle. June 2...

Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones dies, fought to bolster health care and ethics laws in office

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton C. Jones, a Republican turned Democrat who led efforts to improve health care and strengthen ethics laws during his one term three decades ago, has died, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday.Jones was a prominent horse breeder whose political career began in his native West Virginia, where he was elected to the House of Delegates as a Republican. He moved to Kentucky and switched parties, first winning election as lieutenant governor before running for and winning the state’s highest elected office.He also survived two serious accidents while in office from 1991 to 1995 — a helicopter crash and a fall from a horse. Both accidents left him with a severely injured back.“Gov. Jones was a dedicated leader and a distinguished thoroughbred owner who worked to strengthen Kentucky for our families,” Beshear said in a social media post Monday. He said the family has asked for privacy but more details would be shared at a later date.JonesR...

Immersive Bentway Staging Grounds introduced under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

A new, immersive installation has been unveiled under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway that explores ways to leverage stormwater runoff from the highway to support the growth of flowering plant species.Bentway Staging Grounds is described as an infrastructure that blends art and environment, public space and experimentation, repositioning the Gardiner as a regeneration site.“This is a temporary installation that is going to be in place for the next several years before the city begins the rehabilitation of the deck above,” said Ilana Altman, Co-Executive Director of The Bentway.The installation aims to collect and leverage runoff water from the highway. Altman says planters will support the growth of diverse, flowering native plant species such as Milkweed, Agastache and Yarrow, while passive water filtration and retention help to reduce the risk of local flooding.Bentway Staging Grounds is a temporary installation that unlocks an expanded public realm and programming...

Eby ‘deeply disturbed’ by CSIS briefing on Nijjar killing in Surrey, B.C.

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:43:05 GMT

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s received a briefing from Canada’s spy agency about the “assassination” of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and he’s “deeply disturbed” by what he was told.He says he’s calling on the federal government to share all information related to ongoing foreign interference and “transnational organized crime threats.”Monday’s briefing came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament there was “credible” evidence linking the government of India to the June killing at a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C.Eby says Canadians must be safe from foreign government interference, including the threat of violence and murder.He says he needs more information from the federal government so the province can better protect people at risk.Nijjar was shot dead as he sat in his pickup truck in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdawra on June 18, in what police say was ...