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Texas governor to defy DOJ request to remove floating barriers in Rio Grande: ‘Texas will see you in court, Mr. President’

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

(CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will not be ordering floating barriers to be removed from the Rio Grande, in defiance of the US Department of Justice.“Texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused,” Abbott wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden following last week’s DOJ request to remove the barriers.He added, “Texas will see you in court, Mr. President.”The showdown between Abbott and the federal government comes as Texas’ treatment of migrants who attempt to cross into the US illegally faces increased scrutiny. Biden administration officials have grown increasingly concerned in recent months about Abbott’s measures, which have disrupted US Border Patrol operations in the region and put migrants at risk. A Homeland Security official told CNN last week that Abbott’s moves are “making our job harder” while disturbing images of migrants with injuries and troubling reports of Texas troops pushing migrants back to Mexico ha...

Man killed in stabbing at Dorchester home for veterans

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

A man is dead after a stabbing at a Boston home for homeless veterans, according to police.Just after noon today, police responded to a report of a stabbing at 6 Hartford Street in Dorchester.When police arrived, they found a male victim suffering from stab wounds. The victim did not survive his wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, said Filipe Colon, Chief of Investigative Services for the Boston Police, speaking at the scene.Police are speaking with a person of interest in the investigation, said Colon, adding, “that person of interest and the victim are known to each other.”Colon said there was no threat to the public.Also known as Hartford Manor, the Hartford Street address provides transitional housing for veterans and is listed among facilities administered by the Pine Street Inn.Colon said the person of interest is also know to staff at the home.Details of the victim’s age, identity, and status as a veteran were not available, said Colon, who stressed that the in...

Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu’s contentious overhaul, deepening divisions

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

By JOSEF FEDERMAN (Associated Press)JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament on Monday approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s justice system, triggering a new burst of mass protests and drawing accusations that he was pushing the country toward authoritarian rule.The vote, passed unanimously by Netanyahu’s ruling coalition after the opposition stormed out of the hall, deepened the fissures that have tested the delicate social ties that bind the country, rattled the cohesion of its powerful military and repeatedly drew concern from Israel’s closest ally, the United States. It came just hours following Netanyahu’s release from a hospital.As Netanyahu’s allies celebrated their victory and vowed to press ahead with more changes, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and opponents said they would challenge the new law in the Supreme Court....

Model Irina Shayk is Tom Brady’s new flame: report [+Irina Shayk gallery]

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

Tom Brady seems to be Shayk-ing it up following his divorce from Gisele Bündchen. The former NFL quarterback reportedly hosted model Irina Shayk for a sleepover over the weekend.Paparazzi spotted Brady picking up Shayk at Los Angeles’ Hotel Bel-Air afternoon and taking her to his place on Friday afternoon, and sources tell TMZ she didn’t leave his digs until around 9:30 on Saturday morning, when Brady drove her back to the hotel.And that wasn’t the end of their time together this weekend: Brady retrieved Shayk from the hotel on Saturday afternoon and drove her back to his place again, TMZ adds, and photographers captured video of him stroking her face.Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion who retired from the NFL this February, announced in October 2022 that he and Bündchen had finalized their divorce after 13 years of marriage. The former couple has two children together: Benjamin, 13, and Vivian, 10. (Brady also has a son, Jack, 15, with “Blue Bloods” star Bridget Moynihan.)“We ...

RCMP say body found of one missing in N.S. floods, as well as remains of another

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

HALIFAX — RCMP in Nova Scotia said Monday they had found the body of a missing man and what they believe are remains of a second person swept away in massive flooding that hit the province on the weekend.Police said they recovered the body of a 52-year-old man from Windsor, N.S., in a search area northwest of Halifax, while the second person’s remains were found on shore in a tidal area in the neighbouring county.Four people, including two children, were reported missing on Saturday when the two vehicles they were travelling in were submerged in the regional municipality of West Hants.Sgt. Rob Frizzell said police are working with the medical examiner to identify the remains, but investigators have reason to believe they belong to one of the other three people missing. There have been no other reports of missing people from the flooding, he said.A series of thunderstorms that began on Friday and stretched into the following day dumped up to 250 millimetres of rain on several p...

Minivan strikes building, leaving roof sagging and turning much of its facade to pile of bricks

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A minivan crashed into a building overnight in Wisconsin, toppling much of its brick facade and leaving much of its roof sagging precariously, police said Monday.Officers called to an area near downtown Green Bay late Sunday found the damaged minivan outside the building, the facade mostly a pile of bricks on the ground and exposed beams jutting from the partly crumpled roof.The minivan’s driver, a 29-year-old Green Bay woman, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Police said she was taken into custody along with her passenger, a 27-year-old Oneida man, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported.Green Bay police said the van bounced off the building and spun around and did not penetrate it as the facade fell to the sidewalk below.James Brick, owner of the Main Street Commons building, said the car hit a “perfect spot” on one side of the building that made the facade and part of the roof collapse.“We are hypothesizing demolishing that part of the building to ...

Indoor farming company backed by Martha Stewart files for bankruptcy

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — AppHarvest, a Kentucky-based indoor farming company that was backed by Martha Stewart when it began shipping tomatoes in early 2021, has filed for bankruptcy, officials announced on Monday.The Chapter 11 filing on Sunday came following several months of financial difficulties, including the potential foreclosure of its greenhouse in Richmond and concerns about cash flow, news outlets reported. In addition, AppHarvest Founder Jonathan Webb was replaced earlier this month as chief executive officer and chairman of the board.The company said in a statement that it is looking to restructure while business operations continue at its four farms.“The AppHarvest board of directors and executive leadership evaluated several strategic alternatives to maximize value for all stakeholders prior to the Chapter 11 filing,” said AppHarvest CEO Tony Martin. “The Chapter 11 filing provides protection while we work to transition operation of our strategic plan, Project New Leaf, w...

Guatemalans protest interference by court, prosecutors in August’s second-round election

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of Guatemalans demonstrated Monday to protest interference by courts and prosecutors against a progressive candidate’s participation in August’s second-round presidential election. The government’s actions against Bernardo Arévalo have included suspending his Seed Movement party and raiding the country’s election tribunal offices after it certified first-round election results that put Arévalo into the Aug. 20 runoff against conservative former first lady Sandra Torres. Under Guatemalan law, authorities cannot suspend a political party during an election campaign. U.S. officials have called the actions a threat to the Guatemala’s democracy.On Monday, civic groups marched in Guatemala City with placards demanding free elections and an end to the harassment. Demonstrator Sergio Morataya said President Alejandro Giammattei and the attorney general were “interfering in the electoral process.”Last week, agents and police raided the offices of Arévalo&...

Hamilton police to offer $20K reward to locate remains of missing woman

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

Hamilton police are preparing to offer a $20,000 reward to the public to locate the remains of a missing woman investigators believe was murdered after she disappeared under mysterious circumstances last year.“The Investigative team of the Hamilton Police Homicide Unit is respectfully requesting approval for a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the murder of Emily Bailey,” a recommendation report authorized by police chief Frank Bergen reads.Emily Bailey, a mother of two young daughters, was reported missing on Jan. 10, 2022, after her friends and family could not locate her.Investigators said Bailey, who was 23 years old when she went missing, attended a New Year’s Eve party with her boyfriend at a residence at Weir Street North in Hamilton before leaving an acquaintance’s house the next day.She has not been seen or heard from since then, and no suspects have been publicly connected to her disappearance ...

Monitoring group says thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since failed uprising

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:55:16 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Thousands of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since the group’s short-lived rebellion, a military monitoring group said Monday.Between 3,450 and 3,650 soldiers have traveled to a camp close to Asipovichy, a town 230 kilometers (140 miles) north of the Ukrainian border, according to Belaruski Hajun, an activist group that tracks troop movements within the country.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko welcomed Wagner forces into the country after brokering a deal between the Kremlin and mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin last month, ending the group’s failed revolt against Russian military leaders.The Wagner chief called the mutiny a “march of justice” to oust the top military leaders. The mercenaries faced little resistance and downed at least six military helicopters and a command post aircraft, killing a number of Russian troops. The revolt posed the most serious threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his 23-year r...