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Israeli parliament gives initial OK to piece of contentious judicial overhaul, protests planned

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition gave initial approval early Tuesday to a contentious bill to limit the Supreme Court’s oversight powers, pressing forward with a judicial overhaul plan that has polarized Israel. The legislation is one of several bills proposed by Netanyahu’s ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox allies. The plan has provoked months of sustained protests by opponents who say it is pushing the country toward authoritarian rule. Mass protests were expected later Tuesday in response to the vote.Lawmakers held the first of three readings of a bill that would curb the high court’s ability to scrutinize the “reasonability” of decisions made by elected officials. That standard was implemented by the Supreme Court earlier this year to strike down the appointment of a Netanyahu ally as interior minister because of a past conviction for bribery and a 2021 plea deal for tax evasion.Critics say removing that stand...

Phoenix says it will take more time to clear homeless encampment

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix is making progress in complying with a court order to close a large homeless encampment known as “The Zone,” but it will take more time to clear, clean and keep people from setting up tents again in the area, a lawyer representing the city said at a trial Monday.Attorney Justin Pierce said during opening statements that portions of the encampment on the edge of downtown Phoenix have been cleared since a judge declared the area to be a public nuisance, but other blocks still need to be addressed. He said the process takes time, including making sure those who live there have somewhere else to go. The city is developing a space nearby with tents and temporary restroom facilities as an alternative, has increased the number of police officers working in the area and has nearly tripled its funding on confronting issues of homelessness, Pierce said. “We can’t simply wave a magic wand and have it all be gone,” Pierce said. “We have to go through a process.”The purpos...

Dusty Baker buys his All-Star coaches blazers after getting them suits last year

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Dusty Baker and the All-Star Game are tailor made for each other.After buying suits for his All-Star coaches last year, Baker purchased sports jackets for Tuesday night’s game.“We look like a band this year because we got ’em all the same blue blazer,” the 74-year-old Houston Astros manager said Monday. “And so the only thing is, as the leader of the band, I didn’t wear mine. So I just had to let people know I was leader of the band.”Baker wore a green and black flannel zippered jacket to Monday’s news conference. He is managing the American League All-Stars for the second straight year.Houston lost to Atlanta in the 2021 World Series, then defeated Philadelphia last year for the title.Phillies manager Rob Thomson was unaware of Baker’s gesture last year.“So now I feel bad,” Thomson said.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

US military police find missing 14-year-old girl in barracks on California Marine Corps base

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two weeks after a 14-year-old girl’s grandmother reported that she had run away in early June, the teenager was found in an unusual location: Inside the barracks at a California Marine Corps base north of San Diego.Federal law enforcement officials said Monday that they are investigating and had taken a Marine with the Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group into custody briefly for questioning. He has since been released to his command while the investigation continues, said Marine Capt. Charles Palmer of the 1st Marine Logistics Group at Camp Pendleton, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of San Diego.“This command takes this matter and all allegations very seriously,” Palmer said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press.It was unclear how long the teenager was at the barracks and whether she was spotted by other Marines who reported her presence. She was found by military police during the day on June 28 after her grandmo...

20 casings found where motorcyclist was shot on I-70

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A motorcycle rider was shot and killed on Interstate 70 in the early morning hours of July 4, and new details obtained by FOX31 outline what witnesses saw before the shooting.Investigators from the Denver Police Department spoke to a city firefighter and shuttle driver who both separately saw the moments leading up to the motorcycle crash just before 12:30 a.m. 2 arrested for alleged connection to deadly I-70 shooting Shuttle driver catches incident on dashcamThe shuttle driver said he got on eastbound I-70 from northbound Interstate 25 and was looking to merge into the express lane when he saw a motorcycle rider behind him in that lane. He remained in the lane he was traveling in until the motorcyclist passed. Moments later, the driver attempted to merge over when a pickup truck came down the express lane at a high rate of speed, an arrest affidavit read.After the truck passed, the shuttle driver reported seeing a person leaning out of the passenger window and sh...

Denver weather: Summer heat for several days before rain returns for cooldown

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Monday was the second day at 90 degrees or higher in Denver weather. The last time the Mile High City reached 90 degrees was back on June 27 when the registered temperature hit a high of 92 degrees. There will be more days in the 90s before a cooldown into the 80s with the return chance for rain according to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Forecast rain chances by the end of the week from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tonight: Storms stay east of DenverThere will be some early evening showers and thunderstorms across the far Eastern Plains closer to the Nebraska and Kansas border. Some of those storms could be strong to severe with wind and hail being the threat. The storms should exit in the early evening. There should be clear skies over metro Denver with light wind. And, it will be a comfortable night with overnight lows in the 50s and 60s.Forecast lows by Tuesday morning from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tomorrow: More summer heatThere will be plent...

No 'Taygating' without tickets at Eras Tour this weekend

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- This weekend, tens of thousands of Taylor Swift fans will descend on Empower Field at Mile High for the superstar's Eras Tour on Friday and Saturday nights.Tickets sold out fast for all shows, and many Swifties who missed out have been gathering outside other stadiums around the country on concert days, hoping to be a part of the experience. Tailgating, "Taygating" or Taylor-gating, as some are calling it, has been popular in other cities.But Empower Field is now discouraging fans without tickets from gathering in the area. Polis shows off Taylor Swift knowledge in letter to fans The stadium said the parking lots will be open at 2:30 p.m. on concert days and tailgating is allowed, but only for ticketed fans with parking passes.Taylor Swift performed at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City last weekend. The stadium had some similar policies in place and local authorities told FOX31 sister station WDAF they issued a few tickets for trespassing at the sport...

Woman caught on camera at 3 different pet stores, stealing exotic monkey and marine life

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

Two aquarium shops in Southwest Miami-Dade reported that they’ve also been robbed by the same woman who was caught stealing a marmoset monkey on Friday at a different pet shop. After seeing her face on the news, the two businesses sent over to 7News their surveillance footage videos of her snatching expensive sealife.“It’s crazy, I don’t know how she did it,” said Robert Dusendang, an employee at Exotic Aquariums on 7399 Bird Road.The store reported that the crook took off with $3,000 worth of corals on June 27. “On camera, you can see her sticking her hand in the tanks and she puts them in a bag and then in that bag we believe she has like a tote with water in it and that’s where she carries the corals,” said Dusendang. About a mile away that same day, she hit Strictly Fish on 8373 Southwest 40th Street where video showed her reaching into tanks stealing more sea creatures for her collection. The thief first made the news after steali...

Hit-and-run: Reckless race causes car to lose control and hit pedestrian on sidewalk in Pompano Beach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

A hit-and-run crash where the driver of a 1986 Ford Mustang, lost control and struck a pedestrian on a sidewalk, and crashed into a construction fence before ending up in a ditch in Pompano Beach. Broward deputies said that the crash was a result of illegal street racing that took place northbound in the 300 block of Northwest 31st Avenue, Sunday. According to Juanita Ferrell, who is the victim’s sister, he was dropping someone off in that location and was hit by the car, and the driver who struck him took off.Social media videos showed the beginning of what turned out to be dangerous, tire marks in the grass and a car in a ditch.“We have videos and everything that show what happened, how he hit my brother and flew him up in the air like a rag dog, and left him for dead,” said Ferrell.Juanita Ferrell said at this precise moment, a car hit her brother, Warren Ferrell, who happened to be on the sidewalk.“He was dropping somebody off over there, he just so happe...

RMV Seeing Big Spike In Learner’s Permits

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:20 GMT

The state has issued more than double the number of learner’s permits in the last 10 days than this time last year, after a law went into effect July 1 allowing undocumented immigrants who live in Massachusetts to apply for driver’s licenses.The Registry of Motor Vehicles has issued 2,800 learner’s permits so far in July, Gov. Maura Healey said during a press conference at the RMV’s Haymarket location in Boston.The registry is expecting even more demand in the upcoming week, as residents get back into the swing of things after a popular vacation week for the Fourth of July, said RMV Registrar of Motor Vehicles Colleen Ogilvie.Under the law, which the Legislature enacted over Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto last year and then was upheld in November with 54 percent of voters supporting it, all Massachusetts residents who are old enough will be eligible to apply for standard driver’s licenses, regardless of their immigration status.Immigrants who do not ha...