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Biden, top lawmakers to discuss debt limit at WH May 9

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden sought Monday to ease a debt limit standoff by inviting the four Congressional leaders to the White House on May 9 — signaling the growing fears of a default as the federal government might be unable to pay its bills as soon as June 1.Administration and congressional officials confirmed the individual calls to lawmakers and the meeting date, insisting on anonymity to discuss the plans. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he spoke with Biden and expects to speak with him again, though he did not say whether he will attend the meeting.Biden plans to stress that Congress must take action to avoid default without conditions and will discuss the urgency of preventing default, as well as how to begin a separate process for passing a separate fiscal 2024 budget. But if even the lawmakers talk, there is no guarantee of progress on an issue that has revealed a gulf in how Democrats and Republicans think the country should be governed.Biden ...

Man deemed high risk of re-offending in Peel Region arrested

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

A man released from police custody in March and deemed a high risk of re-offending was arrested and charged last week.Peel police said 30-year-old Joseph Faulkner was released from prison on March 30 and residing in the Dundas Street West and Confederation Parkway area in Mississauga.Police said Faulkner was subject to several conditions, including not being in the presence of children under 16. He had also been bound by two probation orders, with end dates of August 1, 2023, and April 16, 2025.Investigators said they’d closely monitor Faulkner.On April 24, the 30-year-old was arrested and charged with theft under $5,000, breach of a probation order and two counts of breach of a prohibition order.Peel police said the accused had been remanded into custody and is awaiting a bail hearing.

TSN radio host, former NHL forward Jeff O’Neill on leave

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

TSN radio host and retired NHL forward Jeff O’Neill is on leave from his regular role on “OverDrive.”O’Neill has not appeared on the 1050 station for several days and was absent during Monday’s show.Bryan Hayes briefly addressed O’Neill’s absence, confirming the 47-year-old, who goes by the nickname “O-Dog,” is on leave.“We wanted to let you know that the O-Dog is on leave, and that’s as far as we’re going to go with it,” Hayes said on-air Monday. “The show is going to continue.”Hayes, the host of TSN’s “OverDrive” with former NHL goalie and co-host Jamie McLennan (known on-air as “Noodles”), was joined by former NHL defenceman Frank Corrado.Corrado, who has guest-hosted on “OverDrive” and been featured on TSN broadcasts, will appear more often on the 1050 station moving forward.“He’s OK. He’s getting messages from people and seeing al...

Mexico arrests drug cartel lieutenant near Texas border

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in Mexico said Monday they have arrested a top lieutenant of the violent Metros faction of the Gulf drug cartel implicated in 23 attacks on police and 9 against military personnel.The suspect was identified as Hugo Salinas Cortinas, whose nickname “La Cabra” means The Goat. Police and the Mexican Army said he was arrested Friday, but provided no explanation for the delay in making the announcement.Police said Salinas Cortinas was caught with two guns and 600 pills, apparently fentanyl. He allegedly headed up drug and migrant smuggling along a stretch of the Mexican side of the Rio Grande river, also known as the Rio Bravo.He allegedly operated in a territory comprising the towns of Camargo and Miguel Aleman, across the border from the Texas towns of Rio Grande City and Roma.Local media reported that a woman identified in 2021 as his wife had been arrested in Roma, Texas after police found over $800,000 hidden in shoeboxes and backpacks in her home. The Gulf...

West side bars and restaurants beef up security as CPD warns of April break-ins

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department sent out another crime alert to the West Side community Monday, warning businesses that bars, restaurants and taverns have been a target of more than a dozen break-ins since mid-April.Chicago police said at least 13 incidents have been reported since April 15, with each happening in the early morning hours and in many cases, unknown suspects throw a brick through a window to get inside of the establishment.A map of the 13 break-ins listed in the community alert sent out by CPD.Last week, WGN reported on several bars and restaurants that were victimized in the same manner, including the Cobra Lounge — which experienced two break-ins during April, the latest featuring a thief who stole two cash drawers — and the Irish Nobleman Pub, whose robbery was partially thwarted after the bar owner's wife yelled at the male suspect over a two-way radio, chasing him off. ‘There was like a quarter in there:’ Restaurant owners say they’re lucky following br...

Police: Chicago car jacking suspect could be elementary student

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department believes a recent car jacking suspect could be an elementary school student.An attempted car jacking in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood happened on the 7000 block of South Merrill around 12 a.m. Friday.Chicago police sent out a community alert Sunday. A half an hour before Friday nights incident, CPD said someone grabbed a victim's keys near the 2100 block of East 70th Street, taking their vehicle. Both incidents happened within block of O'Keefe Elementary School. 6 dead after dust cloud cause 60-car crash, closes I-55 for 28 miles "She came face to face with a young boy that couldn’t be any more than ten-years-old," Block President of Paradise on Merrill Diane Hodges said.The suspects in two car jackings in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood have different descriptions. The first incident, involved a man wearing a furry jacket and a red and black ski mask. The younger offender wore a hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, and a mask."It’s...

Witt's first start gets spoiled by red-hot TCU hitters in 15-7 loss

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns baseball team couldn't close out the sweep against TCU on Monday, dropping the series finale 15-7 at Lupton Stadium.While the game didn't turn out the way the Longhorns wanted, Tanner Witt made his return to the mound after he had Tommy John surgery early last season. He started and pitched 2/3 of an inning, 23 pitches, before Heston Tole took over. Witt allowed three runs on two hits with a walk and faced six batters.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersTexas head coach David Pierce said Witt was nervous and that TCU's ballpark was "a tough environment to get his first start back.""He's been such a great teammate, I think it was important for his teammates to be behind him, and they were," Pierce said. "It just didn't work out the way he wanted. He probably rushed off the mound a little bit, which is normal, there's a lot of a...

Texas leaders link shooting to immigration policy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- After a shooting near a Cleveland, Texas home left five people dead on Friday night, some top state leaders are blaming the Biden administration's border policies for allowing the suspected shooter to enter the United States."The suspect had been in the United States illegally and had been previously deported four times," U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Tuesday. "He never should have been in the United States in the first place. As devastating and unimaginable as this story is, it's not entirely unique."Sen. Cornyn compared Friday's shooting with the murder of Kate Steinle, a 32-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an undocumented man in San Francisco in 2015. Francisco Oropeza is the 38-year-old Mexican national suspected of killing five Honduran people inside their home northeast of Houston. He is still on the run as of Monday evening as the FBI mounts a massive search effort.Gov. Greg Abbott drew criticism Monday after referring to the five victims as "illegal...

Immigrant who founded Afro Deli in St. Paul is named National Small Business Person of the Year

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

Bearded former “Late Night” host David Letterman poses with, from left, senate page Muna Abdullahi, Sen. Al Franken, Afro Deli owner Abdirahman Kahin and the deli’s executive chef Moussa Doualeh during a visit to the St. Paul restaurant Friday Oct. 27, 2017. (Courtesy of Afro Deli)A Twin Cities restaurateur who immigrated to the U.S. and built a successful food business was named Monday as the National Small Business Person of the Year.The honor for Abdirahman Kahin, CEO and owner of Afro Deli & Grill in St. Paul, was announced at an awards ceremony in Washington marking National Small Business Week.Kahin, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1996 from Djibouti, opened Afro Deli & Grill in 2014 as a fast-casual restaurant serving healthy, fresh African fusion cuisine.The COVID-19 pandemic forced the restaurant to close and change to grab-and-go products, according to the Small Business Administration.Afro Deli & Grill now supplies eight stores in the Minneapolis–St. Paul ...

Treasury’s Yellen says US could default as soon as June 1

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:56:25 GMT

By FATIMA HUSSEIN (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Monday that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1, if legislators do not raise or suspend the nation’s borrowing authority before then and avert what could potentially become a global financial crisis.In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Yellen urged congressional leaders “to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by acting as soon as possible” to address the $31.4 trillion limit on its legal borrowing authority. She added that it is impossible to predict with certainty the exact date of when the U.S. will run out of cash. “We have learned from past debt limit impasses that waiting until the last minute to suspend or increase the debt limit can cause serious harm to business and consumer confidence, raise short-term borrowing costs for taxpayers, and negatively impact the credit rating of the United States,”...