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McCarthy directs House committees to open Biden impeachment inquiry

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will seek to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden based on the House GOP’s investigations of his family's foreign business dealings and the prosecution of his son Hunter Biden.“Today, I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,” McCarthy said.McCarthy said the probe will be led by House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) in coordination with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), who have been leading the investigations.“I do not make this decision lightly. And regardless of your party, or who you voted for these facts should concern all Americans,” McCarthy said.He did not say whether the full House would hold a vote on opening an inquiry. Such a vote could be tricky in the face of resistance from some moderates.McCarthy’s formal endorsement of impeac...

CSU workers rally for pay hike outside board's tuition increase vote

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

Fall may be nearly here, but "hot labor summer" is not done yet. On Tuesday, California State University employees are planning to rally ahead of a Long Beach meeting of the CSU Board of Trustees, who are finalizing a plan to raise tuition 6% annually for five years, according to the CSU Labor Coalition.The coalition, a collection of labor unions that together represent almost 60,000 workers, is supporting its members amid contract negotiations for multiple unions."At the heart of negotiations is the demand for the CSU to improve wages significantly and restore step increases, which were unilaterally removed by CSU Trustees in 1996," the coalition said in a news release. "Since then, CSU workers have faced a wage crisis, falling further behind their peers with no path of moving up from the bottom of their salary scale."System officials, meanwhile, say the group of 23 schools faces a $1.5 billion funding gap.Steve Relyea, executive vice chancellor and CFO, said in a media call Wednes...

Escaped inmate Danelo Cavalcante stole gun and remains at large, police say

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

Escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante stole a rifle from a garage and fled a homeowner's gunfire, authorities said Tuesday as police closed roads in suburban Philadelphia, told residents to lock their doors and set up a new search area in the nearly 2-week-old manhunt.Cavalcante entered the open garage late Monday in the search area northwest of Philadelphia, stole a .22-caliber rifle and ammunition, and fled when the homeowner who was in the garage drew a pistol and shot at him several times, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said at a news conference Tuesday morning.The developments came in the days after Cavalcante slipped out of an earlier search area to the south in Chester County, stole a dairy delivery truck, and went to the homes of onetime work associates in what police say is Cavalcante's desperate quest for help.About 500 law enforcement personnel are now searching or guarding an 8- to 10-square mile area in a different part of Chester County, near South...

Lionel Richie Faces the Elements

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

Lionel Richie Faces the Elements: This is an awesome double bill at the Forum. Motown legend and former Commodore Lionel Richie performs alongside Chicago soul-funk-jazz-pop fusion group Earth, Wind & Fire. According to a press released in early August describing a show at the start of the tour, “The show kicked off with Earth, Wind & Fire taking the stage to sing ‘Shining Star’ before playing crowd favorites such as ‘Boogie Wonderland,’ ‘Let’s Groove’ and ‘September.’ Lionel Richie later came on for his electrifying headline performance, beginning with ‘Hello’ then playing all the hits such as ‘Stuck on You,’ ‘Dancing on the Ceiling,’ ‘Say You, Say Me’ and many more before topping off the show with an encore of ‘All Night Long.’”“International superstar Lionel Richie has a discography of albums and singles that are second to none,” reads his bio. “With more than 125 million albums sold worldwide, an Oscar®, a Golden Globe®, four Grammy Awards®*, the ...

Kevin McCarthy directs House panel to open Biden impeachment inquiry

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he is directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election.McCarthy said the House Oversight Committee’s investigation so far has found a “culture of corruption” around the Biden family as Republicans probe the business dealings of Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, from before the Democratic president took office. “These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption, and they warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said outside the speaker’s office at the Capitol. “That’s why today I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.”The announcement comes as the Republican leader ...

Ashton Kutcher reminded of testimony in Los Altos woman’s murder by Danny Masterson accuser

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

The fall-out continues over Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ defense of Danny Masterson, along with outrage the couple sparked with a video they posted in which they tried to apologize for writing glowing character letters ahead of their friend’s sentencing last week to 30 years to life after being convicted of two of three counts of rape.The verdict of the internet is that Kutcher and Kunis failed to show genuine remorse in their allegedly “lawyered” apology video, or authentic concern about “re-traumatizing” Masterson’s victims by calling him their “role model” and by appearing to minimize one key aspect of the women’s testimony — that their friend drugged them before attacking them.It was “incredibly insulting and hurtful,” one of Masterson’s victims said to a journalist. Another accuser, Chrissie Carnell Bixler, went further, going on the offensive and telling Kutcher on Instagram Story: “You...

UC regents meeting to include discussion of Cal’s move into the ACC (which could be costly for UCLA)

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

The University of California regents will discuss Cal’s move into the Atlantic Coast Conference next week on UCLA’s campus. It’s an appropriate location given that the governing board is expected to consider whether to impose a subsidy on the Bruins — the so-called Berkeley tax, or Cal-imony.The agenda for the Sept. 21 meeting describes the session in this manner: “Discussion: UC Berkeley Atlantic Coast Conference Membership.”Because the session is closed to the public, the regents won’t vote on whether to eventually force UCLA to turn a portion of its Big Ten jackpot into an annual “contribution” to Cal’s athletic department.But sources believe it will be discussed in detail.The controversial issue first surfaced last summer, after UCLA announced it would enter the Big Ten in 2024 (along with USC) and leave its sister campus behind.Expecting the depleted Pac-12 to lose significant media revenue without the Los Angeles mark...

He sent a selfie from a Colorado summit, and then disappeared

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

A hiker who was last seen in a selfie he took atop a Colorado peak in June was found dead by two people fishing on a remote stretch of river.Ian O’Brien, 28, from Page, Ariz., was reported missing after he failed to return from a solo hike while camping on June 24 near Durango, in Colorado’s southwest corner.The body was discovered Sept. 2, said the Montezuma County sheriff’s office. The cause of death was said to be accidental drowning.The day he disappeared, O’Brien left the Echo Basin campsite he was sharing with his girlfriend for a 7½-mile hike up Hesperus Mountain, a route he was reportedly familiar with. About 4½ hours later, around 6:30 p.m., he shared a photo from the 13,238-foot summit. When he hadn’t returned by 12:30 a.m., his girlfriend notified the sheriff’s office.After a week of extensive searching, the operation was put in “limited continuous mode,” meaning the official search-and-rescue crew wouldn’t be called o...

Pigeon coop fire at Lafayette home contained

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

(KRON) -- A fire in the backyard of a home was contained Sunday night in a Lafayette neighborhood just off of Highway 24, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.Around 8 p.m., a fire started in two large pigeon coops in the backyard of a home on Sierra Vista Way. The fire spread to trees and backyard debris, Battalion Chief Ross Macumber said.Photo: Contra Costa County Fire Protection DistrictThe fire was eventually contained with the home and backyard able to be saved by fire crews. One pigeon coop was destroyed and the other suffered minor damages.According to the fire department, the fire was able to be contained quickly due to no wind being present at the time. The cause of how the fire started is currently unknown.

New York Jets QB Aaron Rodgers has a torn Achilles tendon, AP source says. He’s likely to miss the rest of the season

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:02 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets QB Aaron Rodgers has a torn Achilles tendon, AP source says. He’s likely to miss the rest of the season.Source