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North Dakota Gov. Burgum calls special session to fix budget bill struck down by court

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum called a special session Tuesday of the Republican-controlled Legislature to address a major budget bill struck down by the state Supreme Court last month, leaving a giant hole in state government operations lawmakers are rushing to fill.The special session will convene Monday. Burgum’s executive order for the session comes after the court ruled last week that it won’t delay its surprising Sept. 28 decision that invalidated the funding bill for the state Office of Management and Budget.The bill, usually the last one passed in the biennial session, is traditionally used as a catchall or cleanup bill. The court said the bill is unconstitutional because it violates the state Constitution’s single-subject requirement for bills.Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue has said the Legislature would convene for a three- to five-day session. A top panel of lawmakers was meeting Tuesday to address plans for the sessi...

Live updates | Intense bombardments strike in southern Gaza as the war rages on

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, Oct.16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)(AP/Fatima Shbair) Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, Oct.16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)(AP/Fatima Shbair) Palestinians described intense bombardments early Tuesday near two towns in southern Gaza, where Israel had ordered civilians to seek refuge. Hamas’ military wing said a separate attack on a refugee camp in central Gaza killed a top Hamas commander. Thousands of people trying to escape Gaza are gathered in Rafah, which has the territory’s only border crossing to Egypt. Mediators are pressing for an agreeme...

With Trump back at civil fraud trial, accountant testifies after key witness Michael Cohen postpones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, sits in the courtroom with his legal team before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. Trump is returning Oct. 17 to the Manhattan civil fraud trial that threatens to upend his real estate empire. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)(AP/Seth Wenig) FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, sits in the courtroom with his legal team before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. Trump is returning Oct. 17 to the Manhattan civil fraud trial that threatens to upend his real estate empire. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)(AP/Seth Wenig) NEW YORK (AP) — F...

Video shows fire at homeless camp in downtown Denver

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A fire broke out at a homeless camp in the area of 22nd Street and Arapahoe Street Tuesday morning.A man on the scene who said it was his camp told FOX31's Jim Hooley that the fire originally broke out around 9 a.m. He said he left the area for a few minutes and, when he came back, it was on fire. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox He claimed there were not any propane tanks inside the tent. However, FOX31 observed the man moving a propane tank out of the rubble at one point.Viewers told FOX31 that they heard an explosion on the scene. As of 10:30 a.m., the fire had been put out.Video taken of the fire showed flames that were a few feet high before it was put out.FOX31 requested information from the City and County of Denver about the fire and potential cleanup but had not received a response as of publication.

1 dead after attempted car theft turned into police chase

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A suspected car thief was killed Monday night after being chased and shot at by a Silverthorne police officer.At 7:57 p.m. on Oct. 16, Dillon and Silverthorne police officers responded to a car in the process of being stolen at the Summit Place Shopping Center.According to a release from the Silverthorn Police Department, the robbery resulted in a foot chase with a Silverthorne officer and the armed suspect. Trial begins for 3rd officer charged in Elijah McClain case The officer fired shots and the suspect is deceased, according to the Silverthorne PD release. The suspect involved in the incident has not yet been identified. There is no active threat to the public.The Silverthorne police officer involved in the shooting was placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation is underway.At 11:00 p.m. on Monday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation arrived on the scene at Summit Place Shopping Center. CBI has taken over the ongoing investigation. No further...

Boyd Anderson High School on lockdown after report of person armed on campus, 1 detained; no injuries reported

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes is on lockdown following reports of an armed individual on campus.7Skyforce hovered over the scene, located at 3050 NW 41st St., around 12:30 p.m., where heavy police presence was visible. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies conducted a search and the suspect was located and detained in a classroom in Building 6.No injuries have been reported at this time. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

House has gaveled into session ahead of pivotal election for speaker

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is set to vote on Jim Jordan’s nomination for speaker on Tuesday afternoon, two weeks after the chamber ousted Kevin McCarthy from the top spot.Jordan has scrambled to shore up the votes needed to clinch the speakership in the closely divided chamber. He can likely only lose a few GOP votes to win the nod.What to knowJim Jordan’s rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far rightHow the vote for a new speaker worksScalise ends bid to become speaker as holdouts refuse to back himMcCarthy was an early architect of the GOP majority that became his downfallSpeaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote‘Out of one may one emerge’Members of the House are getting settled in for what is expected to be multiple rounds of votes for speaker.A handful of Republicans are still opposed to Jordan, but his allies think they will break from their opposition as they go through multiple rounds and come under intense pressure to elect a...

Margate teacher arrested for allegedly roughing up kindergarten student

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

A Margate elementary school teacher was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting a five-year-old kindergarten student at Margate Elementary School, officials said. The incident occurred on Oct. 10 and was captured by school surveillance cameras.According to police, surveillance footage showed the victim seated on the floor with a group of other students before the start of class. The altercation began when the student threw a piece of paper in the direction of another student. At that point, police said, 53-year-old Khadijah Muhammad, who was not the victim’s teacher but was serving in the capacity of a hall monitor, approached the student in an aggressive manner and physically grabbed him by his left wrist.Muhammad then lifted the student off the ground by his arms, twisted his arms, and grabbed him by the back of his shirt while forcefully shoving him across the hallway, police said. During the two-minute altercation, Muhammad tore the jacket off the student’s back ...

Inside Biden’s decision to secretly send longer-range US missiles to Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

It was mid-July, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan was worried. Ukrainian forces were struggling to penetrate Russian front lines in a slow-moving counteroffensive, and time was running out to retake significant territory before a renewed Russian offensive in the fall.Sullivan told his team to come up with options for additional weapons the U.S. could send to Kyiv that could help Ukrainian forces hit vulnerable targets deep inside Russia’s defensive lines.Working together with the Defense Department, the National Security Council team came up with an idea. While the U.S. military’s existing stocks of the long-range Army Tactical Missile System were in short supply, the U.S. could send the medium-range version, carrying warheads containing hundreds of cluster bomblets that could hit targets 100 miles away.The administration’s move to send the Anti-Personnel/Anti-Materiel, or APAM, an older version of the ATACMS that Ukraine had long sought, was kept secret for weeks&nb...

Telecom cable between Sweden and Estonia was damaged

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:42 GMT

Swedish authorities said Tuesday an underwater telecommunication cable between Sweden and Estonia was damaged earlier this month, around the same time Finland reported a gas pipeline leak.“At present, we cannot say what caused the damage, but we can say that it occurred in temporal connection with the previously known damage,” said Swedish Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin on X after a joint press conference with Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson, the Swedish navy chief and the Coast Guard chief.Bohlin said the incident reportedly occurred around the same time Finland reported a Balticconnector gas pipeline leak and damage to a communications cable between Finland and Estonia on October 8.While an investigation into the leak is still ongoing, Finnish officials have said a “state actor” could be responsible and that damage to both the gas pipeline and communication cable was likely to have been caused by “external activity.” Some have pointed their fingers at...