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Biden signs bill to raise debt ceiling

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to raise the debt ceiling into 2025 and avert a default, marking a significant bipartisan accomplishment amid divided government in Washington, D.C.The president signed the bill just days before Treasury officials warned the department would run out of money to pay the nation’s bills, potentially triggering a recession and harming the economy.In addition to raising the debt ceiling, the bill includes agreements on spending caps, claws back unused COVID-19 relief funds, adds work requirements for certain individuals getting government assistance and rescinds some of the funding provided to the IRS in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act.But the bill otherwise leaves many Democratic priorities enacted during the last Congress untouched, and it does not include any new work requirements for Medicaid recipients.The Senate passed the bill on Thursday night with a bipartisan 63-36 vote. The House had passed the measure a day earlier in similar...

Cannabiotix Talks Emerald Cup Podium Spot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

We chatted with the Cannabiotix team about their recent podium finish at The Emerald Cup with French Alps taking third in the hyper-competitive indoor category. That third-place finish was also the top spot for a SoCal flower brand in the indoor category with Oakland’s Fig Farms taking first and San Francisco’s Sense taking second. The only other local flower brand in the Top 5 was Maven Genetics. We chatted with them last week. Cannabiotix’s cofounder Neema Samari explained the company had been a little wary of the cup scene in the past. “It was our first time doing The Emerald Cup. In general, I think we’ve been a little cynical about competition for the last four years. So it was good to get back out there and give it a whirl,” Samari told L.A. Weekly. He estimated it has been at least five years since they entered any kind of contest. Attitudes started to change when they saw they now had a chance at The Emerald Cup once the indoor category was added.“And that’s obviously ...

Student injured in fight with knife at San Mateo High School

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

A student was injured in a fight with a knife between a small group of students at a San Mateo High School summer program Friday morning, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | 8th grade California teacher charged with child molestation Crime and Public Safety | Alameda County judge robbed of his Rolex at gunpoint outside Oakland courthouse Crime and Public Safety | ‘Hostile architecture’: Fatal Fremont crash raises new questions about boulder ‘minefield’ Crime and Public Safety | Largest-ever San Jose safe RV parking site could come to Berryessa neighborhood Crime and Public Safety | Los Angeles wins $5 million settlement from biggest U.S. ghost gun manufacturer The victim was treated for minor injuries by medics and school staff at the scene. The campus took additional security measures on Friday while classes remained in session.An investigation into the fight is...

Woman arrested after early-morning stabbing in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

(KRON) -- A woman was arrested in connection to a stabbing that happened on Saturday morning, the Oakland Police Department confirmed to KRON4. Santa Rosa mother arrested after her toddler overdoses on fentanyl OPD received a call around 7:30 a.m. that a person had been stabbed in the 3700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Officers at the scene found a person suffering with injuries "consistent with a sharp object," police said. Emergency medical crews arrived on the scene and took the victim to a local hospital. The victim is now listed in stable condition. Police say a woman from Oakland has been arrested after the alleged assault with a deadly weapon, but OPD is still investigating. Anyone with further information about the incident is asked to reach out to the Felony Assault Unit at 510-238-3426.

DC property manager accused of pepper spraying resident over apartment complaints

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

Man holding pepper spray (tear gas) in his hand. Self-defense. Blur background, close up.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Vector DSGNR) Man holding pepper spray (tear gas) in his hand. Self-defense. Blur background, close up.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Vector DSGNR) A District woman said she was pepper sprayed by a property manager at her apartment complex Friday morning.It happened at the 1841 Columbia Road apartment building in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Northwest D.C.According to the police report, the man ran away and the victim, Christine Corbin, was taken to the hospital.“I could not open my eyes for two hours,” Corbin told NBC Washington. “I got hauled off in an ambulance and I was in Georgetown Hospital for t...

Key suspect in Natalee Holloway’s case moved to new prison ahead of extradition to US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

By MAURICIO MUÑOZ and GABRIELA MOLINA (Associated Press)LIMA, Peru (AP) — The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is being transferred to a prison near Peru’s capital ahead of his pending extradition to the United States to face charges linked to her vanishing, officials said Saturday. The government of Peru, where Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot was serving a 28-year sentence for the murder of a Peruvian woman, authorized his extradition to the U.S. in May. Máximo Altez, van der Sloot’s lawyer, said is client was being taken by land from the Challapalca prison in Peru’s southern Andes to the Piedras Gordas prison on the outskirts of Lima.“In the coming days, the INPE (National Penitentiary Institute) will hand over the condemned man to Interpol Peru with the goal of handing him over to U.S. authorities from the FBI,” said a statement from the INPE released Saturday. Altez said that onc...

5 arrested at DUI checkpoint in Poway

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

POWAY, Calif. -- Five people were arrested at a driving under the influence (DUI)/Driver’s License Checkpoint in Poway Friday night, authorities said.The San Diego County Sheriff's office said deputies from the Poway Sheriff's Station conducted the checkpoint in the 12100 block of Poway Road from 8 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday. 15 arrested at Pacific Beach DUI checkpoint During that time, five drivers were arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, authorities confirmed. The identities of those arrested during this operation have not been released.According to the sheriff's office, 1,939 vehicles traveled through the overnight checkpoint and 507 of them were screened by deputies. In addition to these arrests, authorities say two drivers were cited for operating a vehicle unlicensed or with a suspended/revoked license. Two vehicles were also towed, the sheriff's office confirmed.These types of checkpoints, according to authorit...

Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Saturday for a fifth time in a month, following two mass shootings that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility for the crisis and ignored the protesters’ demands to step down.The crowd, chanting slogans against President Aleksandar Vucic, marched through the capital, Belgrade, to gather in front of his downtown headquarters. They released a large balloon with the inscription “Vucic Go Away.”University students led the march, holding a banner that read “Serbia against violence!”The opposition protesters have been demanding the resignations of senior government officials and the revocation of broadcasting licenses for TV networks which, they say, promote violence and glorify crime figures.The protest on Saturday was somewhat different from the ones before. Independent journalists covering the march saw right-wing groups infiltrating the march to promote thei...

Israelis rally against proposed judiciary overhaul continue for 22nd week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday to protest judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, the most hard-line in Israel’s history.The weekly protests, now in their 22nd week, continue despite Netanyahu’s March announcement that the contentious legal proposals were put on hold.Several rallies were held across Israel, with the main protest drawing tens of thousands in the central city of Tel Aviv.The protesters waved Israel’s flags, lit torches, and beat drums.The plan would weaken the judiciary and limit judicial oversight on laws and government decisions, what critics say poses a direct threat to civil rights and the rights of minorities and marginalized groups.Protests have continued even though the government and opposition are in talks to find a compromise on the plan.The government says the judicial plan is meant to rein in what it says is an overly interventionist Supreme Court and restore power to elected...

CPD officer charged for possession of cocaine in squad car: court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:51:22 GMT

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer has been charged in possession of cocaine in squad car Norwood Park early Friday morning. Antrinuis Andrews, 38, was charged with felonies of possession of a control substance and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to his court hearing held Saturday. According to bond court, Andrews was seen leaving a CPD vehicle, not in gear, walking into a bar in Norwood Park near the 7100 block of Higgins Avenue around 4:00 a.m. Upon a call of suspicion, a CPD officer arrived at the scene and approached Andrews, detecting odor of alcohol. Police also observed a clear plastic bag containing white residue and another bag containing a 'rock-like' substance. Boy, 16, charged for attempted murder in shooting on South Side Open bottles of alcohol were also found in the squad car. Andrews' FOID and CCL cards have been surrendered. His firearm has been turned into the Chicago Police Department.There is no additional information on th...