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House committee passes bill to overturn DC police reform

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Following through on plans for robust oversight of the nation’s capital, House Republicans on Wednesday accused Washington officials of losing control of local affairs, voting to overturn a police reform package passed by the D.C. Council amid nationwide protests about police brutality.“Your position seems to have been ‘Hands off our city’ and that’s not going to fly with the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee,” Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told members of the D.C. Council. “We want to work with you and you’re going to have to work with us.” The measure, approved by the panel along purely partisan lines, now goes to the full House.The latest salvo against the district’s home rule followed Congress’ action earlier this yea r to nullify a rewrite of the local criminal code. Democrats defended the Council’s right to govern as they see fit and Republicans maintained that the police reform law had demoralized t...

DC man sentenced for Montgomery Co. pharmacy heists

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

A D.C. man was sentenced Tuesday to 26 years in prison for his role in two Montgomery County, Maryland, heists that cleared locked pharmacy shelves of thousands of opioids and narcotics pills.Carlos Zackery, 26, and his half brother, Dionte Taylor, 25, held up the staff at Walgreens in Bethesda’s Bradley Shopping Center on Dec. 23, 2021, clearing the pharmacy’s locked shelves of 5,692 opioids and narcotics pills valued at nearly $16,000, prosecutors said.More Crime NewsMore Local NewsA week and a half later, on Jan. 4, 2022, the two men robbed the Giant Foods Pharmacy near Leisure World in Silver Spring, where a pharmacy clerk activated the silent alarm.Montgomery County police were able to arrest Zackery and Taylor with 4,950 pills and 1,237 items described as controlled substances, valued at a total of $33,128.Zackery pleaded guilty in September 2022 to six armed robberies, nine first-degree assaults, and two conspiracy to commit armed robbery charges. Taylor was sente...

Otra aerolínea en Colombia suspende sus operaciones: Ultra Air anuncia que dejará de volar desde este jueves

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

(CNN Español) — En Colombia, la aerolínea de bajo costo Ultra Air anunció este miércoles que suspende sus operaciones y que no volará en ninguna de sus rutas programadas a partir de este jueves 30 de marzo.La empresa, que llevaba aproximadamente un año en el mercado y que cubría solo rutas nacionales, dio a conocer en un comunicado que la suspensión se da por “situaciones macroeconómicas adversas para la industria como el incremento en el costo del combustible y la tasa de cambio”, las cuales “generaron un alza sustancial de costos para las aerolíneas, lo que conllevó a operar deficitariamente durante los últimos meses”.Gracias por creer y acompañarnos con tu vibra en este viaje. Ofrecemos excusas a todos nuestros pasajeros que resulten afectados. pic.twitter.com/GX2WIOBTCt— Ultra Air (@ultraairoficial) March 29, 2023Ultra Air señaló que, durante el año que operó, transportó a más de 2 millones de pasajeros y obtuvo un 8% de “participación del mercado aéreo colomb...

Shelter-in-place order issued in Brighton

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

BRIGHTON, Colo. (KDVR) — Police issued a shelter-in-place order in Brighton on Wednesday night after they say an armed person was barricaded inside a home.The order applied to residents in the 1300 block of Bluebird Street, 1400 block of Hummingbird Circle and 1400 block of Swan Avenue, according to the Brighton Police Department. Sober seating bill killed in committee Police were responding to the 1400 block of Swan Avenue for someone "who is reportedly armed who has barricaded himself inside a house," according to a tweet from the police department.Police first tweeted about the incident at 6:15 p.m. and about the shelter-in-place order just after 7:30 p.m.The public was asked to avoid the area.

Trump appeals court ruling lifting executive privilege shield for former aides

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

(CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a court ruling that would force several of his former aides, including Mark Meadows, to answer questions before a grand jury as part of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.The mid-March ruling from US District Judge Beryl Howell, who was then the chief judge of DC’s federal trial court, is one of several defeats the former president has suffered in his efforts to use executive privilege claims to block the testimony of former aides and allies in the Justice Department’s special counsel investigations.In another recent ruling, Howell’s successor, Chief Judge James Boasberg, rejected Trump’s executive privilege challenge to a subpoena for former Vice President Mike Pence. The judge did give Pence some protections under a constitutional clause aimed at shielding legislative activities from certain law enforcement actions. It i...

Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage bite into juicy roles in ‘Renfield’; NYC premiere held for vampire comedy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

Bosses don’t always make your job easy, but for character R.M. Renfield, his boss has some deadly demands. In the upcoming film “Renfield,” the character is sick and tired of taking orders from Count Dracula and wants out of being his servant.The movie stars Nic Cage and Nick Hoult, who we caught up with at the film’s premiere, and you can count on us to give you all the juicy details.Nicholas Hoult (as R.M. Renfield): “Sorry to interrupt.”Brandon Scott Jones (as Mark): “Are you OK?”Nicholas Hoult (as R.M. Renfield): “I need to get out of a toxic relationship.”R.M. Renfield’s relationship with his boss is far from easy.Nicolas Cage (as Count Dracula): “Some call me the Dark One, others the Lord of Death.”His boss also happens to be Count Dracula, played by Nic Cage, who demands the lives of innocent people to quench his thirst for blood.Nicolas Cage (as Count Dracula): “I want a handful of nuns, a busload of cheerleaders.”The thi...

Victim identified in deadly Lynn hit-and-run

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

The victim in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Lynn on Wednesday morning has been identified as 55-year-old Emira Barucija. Speaking Wednesday evening, Barucija’s husband said she was a kind, hardworking woman, adding that he is now hoping for justice. “It was just sudden,” Redzo Barucija said. “Very tough.Lynn officers responded to the incident just after 6 a.m. Wednesday on Route 107 northbound between Ida and Cooper Streets, where police said Barucija was hit in a crosswalk.Police said the driver left the scene. Within hours of the crash, though, officials said detectives using city surveillance cameras had identified the driver and located the damaged car in Boston inside a parking garage in the area where the man behind the wheel worked. Redzo Barucija said he and his wife moved to the United States from Bosnia for a better life. On Wednesday, Redzo said his wife was on her way to Salem Hospital, where she worked. “She was a very hard worker, very honest, ...

Pedestrian injured in crash in Cambridge

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

A pedestrian was taken to a local hospital after being hit by a car in Cambridge on Wednesday, police said. Cambridge police said the crash happened on Cambridge Street between its intersections with First and Third Streets.Police said the pedestrian was struck in a crosswalk, suffering serious but not life-threatening injuries.Cambridge Street remained shut down between its intersections with 1st and 3rd Street as of around 8:30 p.m., according to police. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Pope Francis to be hospitalized for several days with respiratory infection, Vatican says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

(CNN) — Pope Francis will be hospitalized for “a few days” for the treatment of a respiratory infection, the Vatican said on Wednesday, raising concerns over the health of the 86-year-old pontiff.“In recent days Pope Francis complained of some respiratory difficulties and this afternoon he went to Policlinico A. Gemelli for some medical checks,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement, referring to the Rome hospital where popes are normally treated. “The outcome of these [tests] showed a respiratory infection (excluding Covid-19 infection) that will require a few days of appropriate hospital medical therapy.”“Pope Francis is touched by the many messages received and expresses his gratitude for the closeness and prayer,” Bruni added.After his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Francis was taken to the hospital to undergo a number of tests. Earlier in the day, the Vatican had said that the vis...

‘Our heart is broken,’ Nashville mayor says as city comes together to grieve 6 killed in school shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

 (CNN) — Grief-stricken Nashville residents came together for a vigil Wednesday to mourn three 9-year-old children and three adults killed in the mass shooting at a private Christian school.First lady Jill Biden was in attendance as community members honored the victims, prayed and shared in the heartache. Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow performed her song “I Shall Believe” to the grieving crowd.“Just two days ago was our worst day,” Mayor John Cooper said, opening the citywide vigil. “Our heart is broken. Our city united as we mourn together,” he added, asking community members to join hands.Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake, who has become a familiar face providing updates on the investigation, told the crowd that a school shooting, like the one officers faced at The Covenant School on Monday, is a moment officers have trained for but hoped would never come.“Our police officers have cried and are crying with Nashville and th...