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Gen. Milley delivers defense of democracy, swipes at Trump in farewell address

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. (AP) — Army Gen. Mark Milley delivered a full-throated defense of democracy and not-so-subtle swipes at former President Donald Trump during a packed ceremony on Friday as he closed out his four, often tumultuous years as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Under cloudy skies at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Milley never mentioned the former president by name. But he practically shouted on two different occasions that the U.S. military swears to protect the Constitution “against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic.”“We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or to a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator,” he said. “We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is America, and we’re willing to die to protect it.”Milley is retiring after more than four decades of military service, including multiple combat deployments and two often...

Defensive tackles Aaron Donald and DeForest Buckner ready to square off again in Rams-Colts matchup

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aaron Donald’s impeccable resume would make any defensive player envious.He owns a Super Bowl ring, three NFL Defensive Player of the Year titles, won the 2014 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award and the 2018 Deacon Jones Award as the league’s sacks leader. He has made seven All-Pro teams and nine Pro Bowls and the unanimous All-American also collected the Lombardi Award, Outland Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award among other honors in college.Even at age 32, with nothing left to prove, the league’s best defensive tackle shows no signs of slowing down. And this week, like most, blocking Donald will be the focal point for his next foe.“We’ve got to have a plan for him, know where he’s at at all times and not let him wreck the game,” said Indianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen, calling Donald one of the best interior lineman in NFL history. “They line him up all over the place. Like I said, we’ve got to have a great, great plan for him.”Ind...

Las Vegas Police provide details on Tupac Shakur murder charge, suspect

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

LAS VEGAS (NEXSTAR) — Twenty-seven years after the death of rapper Tupac Shakur, a Las Vegas-area grand jury has indicted a man with the icon’s murder, Nexstar's KLAS confirmed Friday.The arrest and indictment are a long-awaited break in the 1996 drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas strip that killed the rap legend, a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the public for nearly three decades.A Clark County grand jury voted to indict Duane “Keffe D” Davis on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement, according to Nexstar's KLAS. Las Vegas Metro police arrested Davis early Friday, prosecutors said.Davis, who is not believed to have fired the fatal shots, still faces a murder charge as he is accused of aiding and abetting in Shakur's killing.During the grand jury return hearing on Friday, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo said Davis’ public statements implicated him, adding Davis allegedly ordered Shakur’s death. ...

Driver wanted for hitting parked car at Boulder trailhead

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who damaged a brand-new car while it was parked at a Boulder trailhead. "Imagine buying a brand new car, parking it at a beautiful Boulder trailhead while you go for a hike and returning to find out some jerk struck it and left the scene," that is what the Boulder Police Department wrote on their X account Friday morning. According to police, the hit-and-run happened on Sept. 27 at 10 p.m. at the Four Mile Creek Trailhead located at 420 Lee Hill. Parole officer killed, another hurt in hit-and-run crash Witnesses told police that the driver of a silver Toyota Tacoma was responsible for the crash, but the driver fled the scene after hitting the victim's car, which was also a Toyota Tacoma.Police are looking for the driver that hit this black Toyota Tacoma that was parked at a Boulder trailhead. (Boulder Police Department)Police are looking for the driver that hit this black Toyota Tacoma that was parked at a Boulder trailhe...

17-year-old girl, woman arrested, charged in brutal Lincoln Road beating; 3 other juveniles in custody

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

A 17-year-old girl and a woman were arrested and charged after, police said, they beat up two store employees following a brazen theft at a popular Lincoln Road store, a brutal takedown that was caught on camera.A cellphone camera rolled a group of teenage girls and others repeatedly punched a man, and one of the suspects grabbed a woman by the hair in the area of Lincoln Road and Washington Avenue, Sept. 19.The footage showed the perpetrators as they slammed the woman’s head against a garbage can and then threw her to the ground. The older suspect is seen kicking the victim at least once.Miami Beach Police said the suspects, a Miami Beach Senior High student and a 26-year-old woman, were taken into custody arrested and charged with battery.Speaking through a translator on Thursday, the female employee who was attacked opened up about the incident.“We shouldn’t feel scared in our workplace,” she said.This employee showed 7News bruises on her neck from the bea...

Florida teen killed by lightning strike while hunting with her father

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

(CNN) — A Florida teenager is dead after lightning struck her and her father while they were hunting, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook update Thursday.Baylee Holbrook, 16, and her father, Matthew Holbrook, had been hunting late Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area just north of Palatka, 45 miles outside of Gainesville, when a tree they were sitting by was struck by lightning. That lightning strike rendered both Holbrook and her father unconscious, according to an incident report.Holbrook’s father awoke to find his daughter wasn’t breathing. He put her in his pickup truck and drove to a main road before attempting CPR until emergency services arrived, the report said.The teenager was taken to HCA Florida Putnam Hospital until she was “stabilized enough” to be transported to the pediatric trauma center at UF Health Shands Hospital, where she died Thursday morning surrounded by her family, the sheriff’s office said.An average of 28 people die in the US from lightning...

Republican funding effort to avoid a government shutdown fails in the House

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.McCarthy’s right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts of nearly 30% to many agencies and severe border security provisions, calling it insufficient.The White House and Democrats rejected the Republican approach as too extreme. The vote was 198-232, with 21 hard-right Republicans voting to sink the package. The Democrats voted against it.The bill’s complete failure a day before Saturday’s deadline to fund the government leaves few options to prevent a shutdown that will furlough federal workers, keep the military working without pay and disrupt programs and services for millions of Americans.A clearly agitated McCarthy left the House chamber. “It’s not the end yet;...

Road in Norwood closed all weekend after cement truck hit bridge

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

Part of Morse Street in Norwood will be closed to all traffic through the end of the weekend after a cement truck hit a bridge in the area Thursday, Norwood’s police chief announced.The crash happened at the Morse Street Bridge on Thursday afternoon.Norwood police soon said the bridge “sustained possible structural damage” and said Morse Street would be closed between Pleasant Street and Short Street “for the foreseeable future.” In a later post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Norwood Police Chief William Brooks said the driver of the truck was OK and would be cited. A day after the crash, Brooks shared a photo of the scene on Morse Street, with “Road Closed” signs in place and police officers stationed on either side of the Morse Street Bridge. While Morse Street will remain closed for the time being, Brooks said individuals can still access all shops and companies in the area. 

With Orioles’ stadium agreement, focus on the future can be all about the team | ANALYSIS

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

Amid the revelry of the Orioles’ celebratory clubhouse Thursday night, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias paused to ask an all-important question.“I don’t know what happened in Triple-A,” he said. “Did they win?”There was, in fairness, a lot going on. Elias could be excused for missing that, on the same night the Orioles clinched the American League East and announced a new 30-year stadium agreement to keep the team at Camden Yards, the Triple-A Norfolk Tides beat the Durham Bulls in a winner-take-all game to secure the International League championship.A young Orioles team will finish atop the toughest division in baseball, and the organization’s top minor league affiliate won a title. Those achievements show how bright the club’s future is. The midgame lease announcement — clarified Friday as a non-binding “memorandum of understanding” between the team and state — means there s...

Fire destroys Jamie Wyeth paintings, damages historic buildings, in Maine

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:59:28 GMT

PORT CLYDE, Maine (AP) — A fire destroyed several waterfront buildings in Maine, including an art gallery with several paintings by Jamie Wyeth and an illustration by his grandfather, N.C. Wyeth., the building’s owner said Friday.The original paintings and illustration, along with several signed prints, books and photographs, were lost when the fire started late Wednesday and spread to several buildings including the Maine Wyeth Art Gallery, said Linda Bean, who owned both the art gallery and the Port Clyde General Store, which also burned down.The Jamie Wyeth paintings that were destroyed were “Snapper,” “With Green Peppers” and “Red Tail Hawk,” and N.C. Wyeth’s illustration was from Henry David Thoreau’s book, “Men of Concord.”The Wyeth family famously have ties to the area. Jamie Wyeth’s dad, Andrew Wyeth, painted his 1948 masterpiece “Christina’s World” in nearby Cushing. His grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, had a home in Port Clyde.The fire started i...