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Ticker: Debt crisis negotiators are ‘closer to an agreement,’ but no deal yet

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican negotiators are “closer to an agreement” that would resolve the looming debt crisis, but there’s no deal yet with President Joe Biden.McCarthy also says there’s no firm timeline for a final compromise that would raise the nation’s borrowing limit and avoid a catastrophic default while also making spending cuts that House Republicans are demanding. House negotiators left the Capitol after 2 a.m. Saturday and returned hours later.McCarthy tells reporters that “we’ll get it when it gets right.” Biden said on Friday evening before departing for Camp David that bargainers were “very close.” He’s continuing to talk with his negotiating team multiple times a day, signing off on offers and counteroffers.A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve increased in AprilA key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April, and consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the eco...

Billerica police looking for man accused of robbing TD Bank

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

Police are asking the public to help identify a man who they say robbed a TD Bank in Billerica Friday afternoon.Billerica Police Chief Roy Frost said police were alerted at 2:45 p.m. of a bank robbery at a TD Bank on Boston Road. An unknown male entered the bank, passed a note to a teller demanding cash, and then fled on a bicycle, police said.No weapons were shown and no injuries were reported, according to police.The suspect has been described as an Asian male with an average build, about five feet six inches tall, according to police. He was wearing a dark-colored Toyota baseball cap, dark sweater with the word “Michael” on the right shoulder, and tan pants.Billerica police ask anyone with information to call (978) 671-0900.Billerica PoliceBillerica Police are asking the public for assistance as they seek to identify this suspect who robbed the TD Bank at 449 Boston Road on Friday afternoon. (Courtesy Billerica Police)

Multiple people hit by car outside Arlington Stop and Shop, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

Multiple people were hit by a car outside a Stop & Shop in Arlington Saturday morning, according to police.An 87-year-old Belmont man pulled into the grocery store at 905 Massachusetts Ave and struck an occupied park vehicle and a building, according to police. The man then reversed the vehicle and struck multiple pedestrians, Arlington Police Chief Julie Flaherty said in a statement.A 61-year-old Arlington woman and a 70-year-old Randolph man were transported to local hospitals, police said. The driver was treated at the scene before heading to an area hospital, law enforcement said.The owner of the parked vehicle, a woman from Harwich, was not injured, according to police.Police said they responded to the incident at 10:16 a.m. for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving multiple pedestrians.Arlington police said they are investigating the crash and access to the parking lot “will likely be disrupted for much of the afternoon.”

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that handed the festival’s prestigious top prize to a twisty French Alps courtroom drama. “Anatomy of a Fall,” which stars Sandra Hüller as a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband’s death, is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or. One of the two previous winners, Julia Ducournau, was on this year’s jury. Cannes’ Grand Prix, its second prize, went to Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” a chilling Martin Amis adaptation about a German family living next door to Auschwitz.The awards were decided by a jury presided over by two-time Palme winner Ruben Östlund, the Swedish director who won the prize last year for “Triangle of Sadness.” The ceremony preceded the festival’s closing night film, the Pixar animation “Elemental.” The jury prize went to Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,...

Man shot and killed during fight at house party in Kankakee County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. — A man is dead after shots were fired during a fight at a house party early Saturday morning in Kankakee County, according to the sheriff's office.Deputies were called to the shooting around 4:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of Coyote Run in unincorporated Bourbonnais. 19-year-old woman charged in double shooting in Waukegan The sheriff's office said deputies found Michael Godinez, 23, of Clifton, shot several times in the chest and unresponsive when they arrived. He later died at a hospital.Detectives are still talking to partygoers and witnesses about what happened. Anyone with information is urged to call them.While the incident is still under investigation, detectives said the shooting is an isolated incident and there is no ongoing threat to the public.Additional details haven't been released.

19-year-old woman charged in double shooting in Waukegan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A 19-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a double shooting before a fight last weekend in Waukegan, police said.The woman, Sophia Hanna, of North Chicago, was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of weapons by a felon, according to a news release from police. 12 shot, 3 dead in overnight shootings in Chicago ahead of weekend The charges stem from an investigation after a girl and another woman were shot last weekend in a parking lot before a prearranged fight between two females over a relationship with another person, police said.Both the girl and a 22-year-old woman were shot and treated at local hospitals. Coroner: Missing Navy sailor died by drowning, manner undetermined On Monday, Waukegan police said detectives recovered two different caliber shell casings, indicating at least two people were shooting.Hanna was arrested on Friday during an anti-violenc...

Viral softball incident: Texas school district's coach, teams on probation after catcher hits batters with ball

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

AUSTIN (KMID/KPEJ) – An investigation into a high school softball game in Texas that made headlines earlier this month has resulted in two-year probations for the school district and its athletics director.The Texas University Interscholastic League launched its investigation after a catcher playing for McCamey High School appeared to deliberately hit a batter in the head with a throw — not once, but twice. What happened to Gadzooks, the iconic mall store of the 1990s? McCamey was facing off against Cisco High School in early May when the incidents occurred. In video captured by one of the batters' parents, a Cisco batter was at the plate when the McCamey catcher looked as if she was throwing toward third base. Instead, she hit the Cisco batters in their heads with the ball.No one was ejected after either instance.“This is surely uncalled for. Catcher should have been ejected,” one viewer wrote after seeing the viral video on Facebook. Another called her a “dirty player.” ...

Spotty storms ahead of wetter weather Memorial Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- We're tracking a small cluster of storms moving southeast through parts of the Hill Country. If this holds together it could reach the Austin Metro Counties after 4 p.m.. Aside from lightning, these storms could bring localized heavy and beneficial rain. Rain coverage looks to only get about 20% of us measurable liquid this afternoon and into the evening.Otherwise, expect a partly sunny to mostly cloudy sky. Saturday's highs will be back in the middle to upper 80s.Today's normal high is 90°A few showers and isolated thunderstorms (20% chance) are forecast for Sunday afternoon with many highs between 83° and 87°.Upper-level low pressure has moved from Nevada into Utah. A disturbance from this low will move across Central Texas Sunday night/Monday. Showers will be increasing Sunday night to a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorm on Memorial Day on Monday. Memorial Day's forecast will feature rain and a few non-severe thunderstormsStorm Prediction Center forecast for...

Letters: What’s holding us back from smarter employment of immigrants and refugees?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

Too much red tape or inertia?Thank you for the editorial from Bloomberg Opinion calling attention to the thousands of immigrants, refugees and U.S. citizens who have work experience elsewhere to whom we should turn to fill our huge demand (“Immigration can help solve the nursing shortage,” May 25). First step should be compiling local lists of them by skill set, like lab technicians, nursing aids, clinic and hospital nurses, public health officials, department managers and doctors. What paperwork or internships are required to hire them?Here in Minnesota we have hundreds of Afghan women and men who worked for the U.S. government, Scandinavian and Japanese hospitals, international NGOs and U.N. agencies. While they were still at Camp McCoy in 2021 a doctor who had worked for the U.S. until he fled with this wife and several children told how he was not allowed to practice in the U.S. even though he might help in the camp. Where are the stories of such employment as they g...

Communities honor fallen soldiers for Memorial Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:49:27 GMT

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Early Saturday morning, community members of all ages gathered at various memorial day ceremonies to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Vincent Jackimo attended that ceremony at Oakwood Cemetery, representing the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).At Oakwood, there are soldiers that represent every war America has ever been involved in…and have been laid to rest, including Samuel Wilson, otherwise known nationally as Uncle Sam. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Jackimo says that is why these ceremonies are important for everyone to learn and never forget the meaning of the holiday.“I think it’s very important that we preserve our history for those that went before us from all wars,” Jackimo said.Each year, friends, family, and neighbors mark 2,000 graves of veterans who were buried at the location with flags.At the Saratoga National Cemetary, hundreds of people sang songs, listened to s...