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FRI, 09 FEB 2024 20:48:48 GMT


MCCONNELL FREEZES FOR 2ND TIME WHILE TAKING QUESTIONS

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appeared to freeze up at the
podium while taking questions in Kentucky on Wednesday, the second time in
recent weeks that he paused while talking to reporters.During a gaggle in
Covington, Ky., a reporter asked McConnell, 81, for his thoughts about running
for reelection in 2026. The Senate GOP leader twice asked the reporter to repeat
the question, then responded “that’s a,” before freezing and looking ahead for
roughly 30 seconds, according to a video posted on X by MSNBC.At one point
during the freeze-up, an aide walked up to McConnell and asked “did you hear the
question, senator, running for reelection in 2026?” To which McConnell replied
with a word that was inaudible.“Alright, I’m sorry you all, we’re gonna need a
minute,” the aide said.After the roughly 30 seconds of unresponsiveness passed,
McConnell said “okay,” and his aide resumed the gaggle, asking reporters to
“please speak up.”A spokesperson for McConnell said the GOP lea...

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NOTRE DAME WILL MAKE HISTORY IN 2 WAYS SATURDAY

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — It was already a unique opening week for Marcus Freeman's
team, and now the second week is going to bring some history for the program.
That's because of their opponent, who is coming to South Bend for a football
game for the first time. The Fighting Irish will host Tennessee State University
at 2:30 p.m. central time after they defeated Navy 42-3 in their season opener
at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, their first game in Ireland since 2012. Notre Dame's
home opener is significant for two reasons: The Tigers will not only be the
first Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team the Irish have ever faced but
also the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) program they've
played in football. It's a match-up that was set in April 2022 and will be the
season opener for Tennessee State, which is under the leadership of third-year
head coach Eddie George, a former Heisman Trophy winner and four-time NFL Pro
Bowl running back."I'm truly, and we'll make sure t...

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STATE, LOCAL LEADERS PUSHING TO EXPAND WORK PERMITS FOR MIGRANTS

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson and business groups
discussed work permits Wednesday, as migrants pack some Chicago police
stations.State and local leaders along with members of the local workforce are
calling on federal government to provide legal authorization to work for people
currently in Illinois, calling it a major steppingstone to self-sufficiency and
self-determination.Officials are asking Homeland Security to allow the state to
sponsor asylum-seekers through the Significant Public Benefit designation.They
point at a dire need for workers in industries like food processing, clean
energy, health care, transportation, warehouses and more. Adding that legal
authorization to work for new arrivals are needed in order to avoid labor
exploitation through trafficking and wage theft.This announcement comes days
after Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker sent a joint letter to Secretary of
Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, advocating for workforce expansion
which...

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CONVICTED RAPIST WHO ESCAPED ON JET SKI IN 2022 IS ARRESTED IN WEST VIRGINIA

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

LEWISBURG, W.Va. (WOWK) - An escaped inmate from Arkansas who has been on the
run for the last year has been arrested in West Virginia along with three other
people.According to U.S. Marshals, the inmate, identified as Samuel Paul
Hartman, 39, escaped from a work detail near the East Arkansas Regional Unit on
Aug. 12, 2022. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 after being convicted
of raping a 14-year-old.U.S. Marshals say a vehicle approached the work crew
while Hartman was on work detail last August. Two women got out of the vehicle
and allegedly fired shots at the work crew while Hartman ran toward the vehicle.
The women were later identified as Hartman's wife, Misty Hartman, 39, and
Hartman's mother, Linda Annette White, 61.The vehicle then fled while Department
of Corrections officers pursued. DOC officers say they followed the vehicle
almost to the Mississippi River, where the Hartmans and White ran toward waiting
jet skis. Authorities later found the jet skis abandoned ...

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AS HURRICANE IDALIA MOVES INWARD, ANOTHER STORM BREWS OFF EAST COAST

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

(The Hill) -- As Hurricane Idalia passed through Florida on its way to Georgia
on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned Americans about another
storm looming in the Atlantic. “Though many eyes remain on the dangers #Idalia
is bringing to the southeast, distant storm Hurricane #Franklin continues to
stir up the western Atlantic, creating potentially deadly surf and rip currents
along the US East Coast,” the NHC posted on X, the platform formerly known as
Twitter.  Hurricane Idalia drenches Florida, Georgia; DeSantis says no
fatalities confirmed: live updates Franklin, currently a Category 2 storm, isn’t
currently projected to hit the U.S. However, in a public advisory Wednesday, the
NHC warned of “dangerous surf and rip currents” adjacent to “the Eastern
Seaboard.”“Life-threatening surf and rip currents generated by Franklin are
affecting Bermuda and the east coast of the United States,” the NHC said in the
advisory. “These conditions are expected to con...

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ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST WHO KEPT FETUSES AT HOME CONVICTED OF BLOCKING ACCESS TO
DC CLINIC

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

(The Hill) -- A group of anti-abortion activists, including a woman who famously
stored fetal remains in a refrigerator in her Washington, D.C., row house
basement, has been convicted of violating federal law after blockading the
Washington Surgi-Clinic in October 2020.Lauren Handy, the group’s leader and a
previously convicted anti-abortion advocate who recruited activists from several
states to organize the blockade, as well as four other members of Progressive
Anti-Abortion Uprising, were convicted by a jury Tuesday on two felony counts
each of conspiracy against rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic
Entrances Act, a 1994 federal law that makes it illegal to physically obstruct
or threaten a person attempting to obtain reproductive health services or
providers. The other defendants were John Hinshaw of Levittown, N.Y.; Heather
Idoni of Linden, Mich.; William Goodman of New York, and Herb Geraghty of
Pittsburgh.D.C. Police body camera footage revealed that one ...

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MAN CHARGED AFTER WOMAN STABBED, KILLED DURING KENWOOD HOME INVASION

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

CHICAGO — A man was arrested Tuesday after a woman was stabbed and later died
during a home invasion in Kenwood last year.Aubrey Jackson, 34, was arrested by
CPD and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force in the 600 block of West
61st Place.Authorities believe on Aug. 9, 2022, he forcibly entered a residence
in the 4700 block of South Ingleside and stabbed a 27-year-old woman and a
32-year-old man. The 27-year-old woman later died of her injuries.Authorities
said Jackson was also found to be in possession of a stolen vehicle.He is
charged with first-degree murder, murder, attempted first-degree murder, two
counts of home invasion and possession of a stolen vehicle.

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AUTOPSY RESULTS, CELL PHONE DATA DISCUSSED IN SECOND DAY OF 6TH STREET SHOOTING
SUSPECT TRIAL

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

Editor's Note: The above video is KXAN's Aug. 29, 2023 coverage of the
trial.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The trial of Sixth Street mass shooting suspect De'ondre
White continued Wednesday in Austin. White, 21, is charged with one count of
murder and 14 counts of aggravated assault. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday in
court. Day 1 Trial Coverage: 6th Street mass shooting suspect pleads not guilty
On June 21, 2021, 25-year-old Douglas Kantor was killed and more than a dozen
others were injured in a mass shooting on Sixth Street. White is accused of
firing into a crowd after a confrontation with a group of people.On Wednesday,
the court heard from a Travis County deputy medical examiner and an Austin
Police detective in the digital forensics unit about the case. Follow reporter
Taylor Girtman's updates from court below:Tweets by taylorgirtman The autopsy of
Douglas KantorThe first witness Wednesday was Dr. Vickie Willoughby, a Travis
County deputy medical examiner. She performed the review of Kant...

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TRAVIS COUNTY JUDGE: LOCAL PREEMPTION 'DEATH STAR' BILL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A Travis County district judge ruled Wednesday that the
so-called "death star" local preemption bill is unconstitutional, just two days
before the law is set to take effect. District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ruled
from the bench during Wednesday's lawsuit hearing in favor of the cities suing,
which argued state legislators intentionally wrote the law to be vague. Houston
brought the lawsuit against the state and El Paso and San Antonio joined the
suit as interveners. The City of Austin did not join the lawsuit but voiced
support for it. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Republican-backed measure into law
in June. The law seeks to ban counties and local municipalities from passing
ordinances that are inconsistent with state law in areas like agriculture,
business and commerce, labor and insurance.In a statement on social media, House
Bill 2127's author — Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock — said Gamble's ruling is
"not worth the paper it’s printed on." "The Texas Supreme Cou...

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NEW TEXAS LAW INCREASES HOSPITAL NOTICE BEFORE REMOVING PATIENTS FROM LIFE
SUPPORT

Published Fri, 09 Feb 2024 20:48:48 GMT

AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) -- At 9 months old, Tinslee Lewis had been on a
respirator for much of her life. The Fort Worth toddler was born with Ebstein’s
anomaly, a rare and often life-threatening heart condition.Lewis had been at the
intensive care unit at Cook Children’s Medical Center since birth when doctors
scheduled to remove her from life support in November 2019. It started a public
court battle, where her mother fought the hospital to keep her alive. She drew
the support of Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and staunch
anti-abortion group Texas Right To Life.Her legal fight renewed the push to
change legislation over when and how hospitals withdraw life support.In Texas,
hospitals can withdraw life support from their patients 10 days after they
notify the patient’s family. Under the contentious Texas Advance Directives Act,
life support can be removed when the hospital determines current care as
“futile.”Starting Friday, House Bill 3162 ...

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