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North Carolina GOP votes to censure Sen. Tillis for support of LGBTQ+ rights, immigration policies

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republicans delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state’s senior U.S. senator, for supporting policies they said violate key tenets of the GOP platform.As Sen. Tillis has gained influence in Congress for his willingness to work across the aisle, his record on LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and gun violence has raised concerns among some state Republicans that the senator has strayed from conservative values.Several delegates in Greensboro criticized Tillis, who has held his seat in the Senate since 2015, for his work last year on the Respect For Marriage Act, which enshrined protections for same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law.Both the state and national GOP platforms oppose same-sex marriage. But Tillis, who had opposed it earlier in his political career, was among the early supporters of the law who lobbied his GOP colleagues in Congress to vote in favor of it.Others criticized him f...

Raptors to hire Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic as head coach

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

The Toronto Raptors have hired Memphis Grizzlies assistant coach Darko Rajaković as their new head coach, according to Sportsnet’s Michael Grange.From the beginning the Raptors were determined to walk their own path on their own schedule, and were more than willing to look beyond 'expected' candidates. Rajokovic was considered a promising prospect but somewhat off the radar, but resume fits. https://t.co/xe3al97qEV— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) June 10, 2023ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to report the news. Rajaković, a 44-year-old native of Serbia, came to North America in 2012 to be head coach of Tulsa in the G League after several years as a European-based scout for the San Antonio Spurs.Since 2014, he has been an assistant coach in the NBA, with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns and Grizzlies.Rajaković was Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins’ top assistant this season, when Memphis finished second in the West.Wojnarowski said Gol...

9 people wounded in San Francisco mass shooting are expected to survive, police say

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District on Friday night, but police said all were expected to survive.The shooting “appears to be targeted and isolated,” the San Francisco Police Department tweeted. No suspects or arrests were announced, but police said there was “no known threat to the public.”The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the shooting happened shortly after 9 p.m. during a party hosted by a clothing store near the intersection of 24th Street and Treat Avenue.Dying Breed, a clothing store located near the intersection where the shooting happened, was scheduled to celebrate its sixth anniversary Friday night with a block party, according to a post on the store’s Instagram account.A person who answered the phone at the store declined to comment.“Last night’s shooting in the Mission is under investigation,” Mayor London Breed said in a statement Saturday. “I know there are a lot of questions and...

‘They’re coming after you’: Trump blasts federal indictment in speech to Republicans in Georgia

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted his historic federal indictment as “ridiculous” and “baseless,” saying in his first public appearance since the charges were unsealed that the 37 felony counts were an attack on his supporters as he tried to turn legal peril into political advantage.Speaking at the Georgia Republican Convention, Trump cast his indictment by the Department of Justice as an attempt to hurt his chances of returning to the White House as he campaigns for a second term in office.“They’ve launched one witch hunt after another to try and stop our movement, to thwart the will of the American people,” Trump said, later adding, “In the end, they’re not coming after me. They’re coming after you.”The strategy is a well-worn one for Trump, who remains the front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination despite his mounting legal woes. He planned to speak to a Republican audience in North Carolina later Sa...

Police: Alcohol may be involved in crash that killed 2 in Hoffman Estates

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Hoffman Estates police believe alcohol may be involved in a crash Saturday morning that left two people dead.The three-car crash was reported just before 9 a.m. near Higgins Road and Barrington Road. Huntley police: Man fired shots at officers, one officer fired round The driver of one of the cars involved, a female, and their passenger, a male, were killed, according to a news release from the Hoffman Estates Police Department.Two other people involved in the crash were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.An initial investigation found alcohol may have been involved, police said.The names of those involved haven't been released.The crash is still under investigation.

FBI: 2 male suspects at-large after bank robbery in Matteson

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

MATTESON, Ill. — Two male suspects are at large after they robbed a bank in Matteson Saturday morning, according to the FBI.Federal agents said they responded to a bank robbery at the BMO Harris Bank in the 4900 block of 211th Street around 10:30 a.m. after two male suspects entered the building and verbally demanded money before implying and displaying guns during the robbery.The two bank robbery suspects, according to the FBI.According to the FBI, both suspects are described as being thin, Black males. One suspect was wearing a black zip-up hoodie-style sweater and black pants with white stripes going down the side. The other suspect was wearing a dark hoodie-style sweater, dark pants and dark shoes.It is unclear at this time how much money was stolen during the robbery.Federal agents said no one was injured during the incident. 4 people shot during funeral procession in Oak Park No further information is available at this time.If you or someone you know has information that cou...

18-year-old dies after shooting outside Waukegan apartment

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — An 18-year-old man is dead after he was shot Thursday afternoon outside an apartment in Waukegan, according to the coroner's office.The Lake County Coroner's Office said Kyron Goode, of Waukegan, was shot around 2:30 p.m. in the 500 block of South Genesee Street. Waukegan woman dead after rollover crash, ejected from car An autopsy on Friday found he died from a gunshot wound to the chest, the coroner's office said.Additional details haven't been released by the Waukegan Police Department.

Trump claims DOJ indictment is among most ‘horrific abuses' of power in US history

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

(The Hill) — Former President Trump claimed the federal indictment the Justice Department (DOJ) filed against him is among the most “horrific abuses of power” in U.S. history. Trump said Saturday during remarks at a Georgia GOP convention event in Columbus, Ga., that the investigation into him is a “witch hunt” and an example of “election interference” with the upcoming 2024 presidential election. “The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration’s weaponized ‘department of injustice’ will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country,” he said.  Unabomber Ted Kaczynski dead at 81 Trump added that the “vicious persecution” from the DOJ is a “travesty of justice,” claiming that Biden is only trying to jail his top political opponent. He compared the investigations into him to what happens in “Stalinist Russia” and China. Trump has been indicted on 37 charges related to his handling of classified and sensitive docu...

2 seriously injured after 3-vehicle crash in east Austin, ATCEMS says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two people suffered serious injuries after a three-vehicle in east Austin early Saturday morning, Austin-Travis County EMS said on Twitter.Shortly before 4:45 a.m. Saturday, medics responded to a vehicle-rescue to an entrapped person in reference to the three-vehicle crash at 800-805 East Cesar Chavez Street, according to the tweet.The entrapped patient, who was not identified, was extricated from the vehicle. That patient, along with another, were taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious injuries, medics said.No other information was available, and the incident remained under investigation Saturday.

Removed from Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ilhan Omar amplifies her voice

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:56:59 GMT

WASHINGTON — House Republicans removed Congress’ only African-born lawmaker from the Foreign Affairs Committee early this year, but the effort to punish Rep. Ilhan Omar appears to have instead made her an even more prominent voice on the issues she cares about.Republicans said they removed Omar, D-Minn., for her years-old comments that referenced antisemitic tropes, taking away a platform she sometimes used to criticize U.S. foreign policy, particularly on human rights. But in the four months since her ouster, Omar has gained more clout with foreign embassies, visiting parliamentarians, the Biden administration and Democratic lawmakers than she had managed in four years on the committee.“It’s been actually fascinating,” Omar said in an interview last week in her office. “Since I was removed from committee, I think I’ve had more visits from parliamentarians around the world and visits with ambassadors in the last three months than I would in ...