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Trump chief of staff Meadows denies 2 allegations in Georgia indictment as he takes witness stand

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows took the witness stand at a hearing Monday to deny two of the allegations made against him in a Georgia indictment accusing him of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.Meadows, who was charged this month along with former President Donald Trump and 17 other people, is seeking to fight the charges in federal court rather than in state court. As part of that effort, he testified that he never asked White House personnel officer John McEntee to draft a memo to Vice President Mike Pence on how to delay certification of the election.“When this came out in the indictment, it was the biggest surprise for me,” Meadows said Monday. He later said, “Me asking Johnny McEntee for this kind of a memo just didn’t happen.”He also said he did not text the Georgia secretary of state’s office chief investigator, Frances Watson, as the indictment alleged. Rather, he said he believes that text was sent to Jordan Fuc...

No. 4 seed Holger Rune is biggest upset victim so far on US Open’s first day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

FILE - Frances Tiafoe serves against Serbia's Filip Krajinovic during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, May 29, 2023. Tiafoe is one of the men to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins at Flushing Meadows on Aug. 28.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)(AP/Aurelien Morissard) FILE - Frances Tiafoe serves against Serbia's Filip Krajinovic during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, May 29, 2023. Tiafoe is one of the men to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins at Flushing Meadows on Aug. 28.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)(AP/Aurelien Morissard) NEW YORK (AP) — The opening d...

Shooting that wounded 2 at White Sox game likely involved gun fired inside stadium, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting that wounded two women at Friday night’s Chicago White Sox-Oakland Athletics game most likely involved a gun that went off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago’s interim police superintendent said Monday.Officials have said little about where the bullets came from, or if someone brought a gun into the stadium, but Fred Waller, interim superintendent of Chicago Police Department, said Monday that investigators have nearly ruled out the possibility that the shots came from outside the ballpark, the Chicago Tribune reported.“We’re dispelling a lot of things,” Waller said during a brief media availability. “(A shot) coming from outside is something we’ve almost completely dispelled. We’re still looking at every avenue. It’s still under investigation. Something from inside, it could’ve happened that way. We’re looking at every avenue, exploring every lead and everything that we can get.”A spokesperson for Major League Baseball declined comment Monda...

Cuándo jugará la selección argentina: el calendario de las eliminatorias y las dudas de la convocatoria

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

(CNN Español) — Casi nueve meses después de la conquista de la Copa del Mundo Qatar 2022, la selección argentina vuelve a jugar por los puntos tras cuatro partidos amistosos.El equipo de Lionel Scaloni disputará seis partidos por las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas en lo que resta de 2023. Las primeras 6 fechas para clasificar al Mundial 2026 se jugarán en tres dobles fechas en septiembre, octubre y noviembre.El primer compromiso será el 7 de septiembre cuando reciba como local a la selección de Ecuador en el estadio Monumental. La Tricolor llega a estas Eliminatorias después de haber quedado eliminada del Mundial Qatar 2022 en la primera ronda. Con Félix Sánchez Bas como nuevo entrenador en reemplazo de Gustavo Alfaro, tiene en Moisés Caicedo, el futbolista más caro de la historia de la Premier League, a su figura principal.El futuro de Messi, los partidos con la selección Argentina y la posible visita a su paísLa selección argentina antes de uno de los últimos partidos amistosos...

2 dead, 4 injured after BSFR helicopter crashes in Pompano Beach triplex

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

Police responded to an aircraft emergency after a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue helicopter went down as it headed to a call in North Lauderdale. Officials said two people onboard have been injured and one other person onboard is dead; one female also died after the helicopter crashed on a triplex building. According to officials, on Monday, the chopper had just taken off from the Pompano Air Park at 8:42 a.m. and was heading to a call in North Lauderdale regarding a car crash where a vehicle hit a bus stop at Prospect Road and State Road 7. Three minutes later, the BSFR helicopter had an engine failure that occurred shortly after takeoff. The chopper ultimately crashed in the area of 1201 NW 6th Ave. into the triplex. The crash set off a massive fire that destroyed at least two apartments.In a news conference just before 1 p.m., Broward County Sherrif Gregory Tony said Captain/Flight Paramedic Terryson Jackson, a 19-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, died in the crash. A fema...

BSFR, BSO honors captain killed in fatal Pompano Beach helicopter crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

First responders from across Broward County on Interstate 95, along an overpass, offered a somber salute to the pilot killed in a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue helicopter crash in Pompano Beach.BSFR Air Rescue Unit Captain Terryson Jackson was described as a man who dedicated 19 years to his community, even in his final moments doing what he did on the job — helping people.“We are saddened to announce the line of duty death of Captain Terryson Jackson… All units stand by for a moment of silence,” said an officer over the Broadcastify police scanner. Jackson’s body was transported after a deadly helicopter crash Monday morning, where he and a civilian were killed.“Terryson was a rock star. He was one of the best of us, one of the brightest,” said Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony. Tony described the immeasurable loss of a true professional, a colleague and friend.“He bled this profession inside and out, all day long. There are almost 6,000 in this a...

After Boston Police officers were assaulted by teens and one cop was put in a chokehold, a ‘plea to parents’; police union pushes for more cops

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

After swarms of teenagers wreaked havoc at the South Bay shopping center and in Downtown Crossing over the weekend, allegedly assaulting police officers and putting one in a chokehold, the city’s top cop is calling on parents to rein in their kids ahead of the school year.Eleven teenagers and two 12-year-olds were arrested following the mayhem on Sunday outside the AMC movie theaters in South Bay and Downtown Crossing. Moviegoers were randomly attacked, according to police.“I’m going to make a plea to parents, particularly as we get ready to go back to school,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said during a press conference on Monday.“If you can do your best before we go back to school here, making sure you know where your kids are, and more importantly, maybe have a talk with them about visiting some of these areas,” he later added, saying this trend of young people being “very disruptive” is “disturbing.”Hundreds of...

‘A Leg Forever’ golf tourney keeps helping Boston Marathon bombing victims a decade later

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

Boston is only getting stronger.The 10th annual “A Leg Forever” charity golf tournament at Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover was a sellout Monday as 158 contestants pitched in $250 per player to help Boston Marathon bombing victims cope.“It’s humbling,” said Liz Norden, whose sons J.P. and Paul lost their right legs in the 2013 explosions at the finish line on Boylston Street.But that’s not what this August tournament is about. It is about resilience. Community. This city. And the indomitable spirit found in true Bostonians.“I’m proud today. Proud of JP, Paul and Liz for doing this every year. They don’t get enough credit,” said Marc Fucarile, who nearly died when the bombs got him, too.Fucarile said the “kindness and generosity of others” give marathon survivors strength.Liz Norden wanted to thank “all the sponsors” — but especially Lighthouse Electrical Contracting of Higham and La Famigli...

Robbins: And in this candidate corner, inmate #PO1135809

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

It wasn’t a midnight train to Georgia that carried the 19 criminal defendants charged by a Fulton County grand jury to that county’s sheriff’s office to have their mug shots taken last week, but one by one they all made the humiliating trek to the local jail to post the bond needed to avoid sitting in prison until their trials and to have the photographs snapped that would memorialize their disgrace.Those dreadfully humbled included former president Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, former Trump lawyers Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Ken Chesebro and Jenna Ellis, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and Trump’s uber-consigliere Rudy Giuliani.Of that sorry band, no one has been humiliated more thoroughly than Giuliani, who has gone from being America’s Mayor in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001 to being a broke, broken and bankrupt laughingstock. Stripped of licenses to practice law, sanctioned by courts for contemptuous misconduct and reduced to begging a disdainf...

Jacksonville shooter killed a devoted dad, a beloved mom and a teen helping support his family

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:29 GMT

By RUSS BYNUM (Associated Press)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Laguerre worked at a Dollar General store after finishing high school to help support the grandmother who raised him. Angela Michelle Carr was an Uber driver beloved by her children. Jerrald Gallion relished weekends with his 4-year-old daughter.All three were slain Saturday when a gunman with swastikas painted on his rifle opened fire at the Dollar General where Laguerre worked in Jacksonville. The sheriff said writings left by the killer, a 21-year-old white man, made clear that he was motivated by racism. Each victim was Black.“I never thought I’d have to bury my baby brother,” Quan Laguerre said Monday outside the family’s house not far from the store.“They say don’t question God,” he said. “But I just want to know why.”Residents gather at a prayer vigil for the victims of a mass shooting a day earlier, in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/John Raoux)A.J. Laguerre, 19, was the youngest of five sibl...