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House Republicans meeting again to pick speaker candidate after Tom Emmer drops out of speaker’s race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

(CNN) — House Republicans are once again scrambling for a path forward after Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer dropped his bid for speaker just hours after winning his party’s nomination.The swift exit from the race is the latest sign that Republicans are still no closer to electing a new speaker three weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster.Republicans quickly pivoted to attempting to find a new nominee following Emmer’s abrupt withdrawal from the race and held another candidate forum Tuesday evening. There are now five candidates in the running: Reps. Byron Donalds of Florida, Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee, Mark Green also of Tennessee, Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Roger Williams of Texas. The conference is expected to vote later in the evening to select a new nominee.Republicans are under intensifying pressure to find a new leader as the House remains in a state of paralysis, and the GOP remains unable to govern without a speaker. The conference has repeatedly failed...

Search for Gardner man wanted in connection with wife’s death set to resume as authorities ask for trail camera video

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

A search is set to resume Wednesday as state and local police continue efforts to find a suspect wanted in connection with his wife’s death in Gardner over the weekend.For a third day Tuesday, authorities looked for Aaron Pennington, pouring through a heavily-wooded area between Gardner and Ashburnham where Pennington’s vehicle was found the night before.Heavily-armed officers and police dogs could be seen operating in the area of Camp Collier as part of the search.“We are operating under the assumption that Mr. Pennington is still alive and on the run,” Gardner Police Chief Eric McAvene told reporters during a news conference.The 33-year-old Pennington has been missing since Sunday morning, when police responded to a home on Cherry Street and found Breanne Pennington, 30, dead in the couple’s house, having suffered a gunshot wound to the face.Authorities were first notified after the couple’s children ran to a nearby home, leading to a neighbor c...

Newly unsealed court documents detail evidence in murder case against Lindsay Clancy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

New court documents have been unsealed in the murder case against a Duxbury mother accused of killing her children in their home in January. Lindsay Clancy, 32, is accused of killing her three children before attempting suicide. Newly unsealed documents span hundreds of pages and relate to 11 search warrants in the case. Together, the documents provide a glimpse into evidence seized, including information from phones, tablets and computers. Investigators also took blood and urine samples from Clancy, according to the documents, and gathered forensic evidence from shingles and areas around the second floor bedroom window of the family’s home. Documents say investigators “are also aware that Ms. Clancy used her cellular telephone and her journal to document her mental state and her feelings about her children.” In addition, documents say Clancy used her phone “to keep track of her medications and researching ways to kill.” Prosecutors have said Clancy strangled her chil...

Source: Craig Breslow accepts Red Sox offer, will head up baseball ops

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

The Red Sox offered “the smartest man in baseball” the top job, and he accepted.A source echoed Alex Speier’s and Michael Silverman’s report in the Boston Globe on Tuesday evening: the club offered Craig Breslow the job as head of baseball operations and he accepted.Breslow had two stints with the Red Sox during his 11-year Major League career. He was instrumental to the 2013 championship, anchoring the bullpen with a career-best 1.18 ERA over 61 regular-season appearances. He made 10 relief appearances during that year’s postseason, including nine scoreless outings (eight consecutively).In his post-playing career, the 43-year-old found a different way to impact a franchise’s pitching; as the Cubs’ assistant general manager and vice president of pitching, he’s transformed their farm system into a well-oiled arms development machine.For the Red Sox, who seek new leadership but want much of their internal structure to stay the same, Bres...

Danvers holds off Gloucester, 1-0, in fierce field hockey battle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

DANVERS – The hard-earned Northeastern Conference title already belonged to the Danvers field hockey team, but a 1-0 win over next-best Gloucester on Tuesday completed some much-desired, unfinished business.Maddie Chase’s goal on a corner with 13:47 to play marked the only offense, putting the Falcons (13-2-2) ahead despite getting their first shot-on-goal of the game about 30 seconds before.It was a pleasant reward for a tenacious defensive effort, which staved off a loaded Fishermen (12-3-2) attack that controlled play for most of the first three quarters. Gloucester didn’t let up, but goalie Megan McGinnity (six saves) and the Danvers defense in front of her were equally resilient.Considering the tie in the first matchup, and that the Fishermen rank higher in the Div. 3 power rankings, it was a meaningful win.“Gloucester is such a huge competitor in the NEC, and it just is always great to have a win against them,” Chase said. “It feels a little different to go undefeated in the N...

Former NFL player charged in connection with mother's death to appear in court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

MAYWOOD, Ill. — A former NFL player charged in connection with the death of his mother is set to appear in court this week.Sergio Brown, who has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and concealment of a dead body in connection with the death of his mother, Myrtle Simmons-Brown, is set to appear in court on Wednesday at the Maybrook Court House in Maywood. Hit-and-run crash along Lake Shore Drive leaves woman hospitalized According to Maywood Police, Sergio Brown was taken into custody in San Diego, California, on Oct. 10, on a first-degree murder warrant after his mother was found unresponsive in a creek behind her home in mid-September.Police say Simmons-Brown, was found dead near her home on Sept. 16, after family members reported her missing, alongside Sergio Brown.Officials from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, who confirmed Simmons-Brown’s death, said she died from multiple injuries related to an assault and the manner of death was ruled a homicide. ...

Skokie man arrested after deploying pepper spray at pro-Israel event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

SKOKIE, Ill. -- The man who allegedly deployed pepper spray at a pro-Israel event in Skokie over the weekend has been arrested.According to the Skokie Police Department, 33-year-old Zevulen Ebert has been arrested in relation to the pepper spray incident at the private Solidarity with Israel event on the 3400 block of West Touhy Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 22. ORIGINAL: Tensions rise amid clashing rallies in Skokie On Sunday, around 1,000 people had gathered to show solidarity with Israel at Ateres Ayala in Skokie, according to event organizers.Attendees told WGN-TV that a counter-rally was then organized for the same time, in the same area by Palestinian supporters.Skokie police say during the protest, several disturbances broke out, resulting in a Chicago police officer and two citizens sustaining minor injuries after being pepper sprayed by Ebert amid the commotion.Eventgoers inside Ateres Ayala told WGN-TV that an announcement was made during the rally warning those in attendance n...

Woman dead after hit-and-run crash along Lake Shore Drive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

CHICAGO — A woman has died after a hit-and-run crash along Lake Shore Drive, police say. According to Chicago police, the crash happened just before 5:30 p.m. in the 500 block of South Lake Shore Drive in Grant Park on Tuesday afternoon.The woman was hit by a car that was traveling northbound and police say the vehicle did not remain on scene following the crash. Group rams car into River North retail store, steals thousands of dollars worth of items Police say the woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead. According to police, the CPD Major Accidents team is conducting an investigation. Anyone with information on the crash can file a tip for police at CPDtip.com. Tips can be left anonymously.

House GOP gives Mike Johnson Speaker nod after whirlwind Emmer dropout

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

House Republicans nominated Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) for Speaker Tuesday evening, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill, making him the fourth GOP lawmaker to win the conference’s nod — and its second nominee within a day after House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) dropped out of the running amid GOP opposition.Johnson’s nomination capped off the end of a whirlwind day.The House GOP is becoming increasingly desperate in its quest to find a Republican who can win the Speaker’s gavel on the House floor, after passing the three-week mark since eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).Earlier in the day, Johnson came in second to Emmer in a nominating vote that spanned five ballots.But hours later, Emmer dropped out as he faced opposition from more than two dozen House Republicans who asserted he was not conservative enough — and former President Trump, who dubbed Emmer a “Globalist RINO.”Lawmakers then came back to start the process ...

Dallas couple allegedly tries to bring ‘fake’ child, Mexican girl into US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:23 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two Dallas residents are facing alien smuggling charges for allegedly using their son’s and their granddaughter’s birth certificates to bring two unauthorized Mexican nationals into the United States.Jorge and Maria de Jesus Mendez on Monday morning attempted to drive from Mexico to the U.S. over the Colombia Solidarity Bridge in Laredo, Texas, with two passengers in the back seat. The woman identified herself as an American citizen and her husband as a legal permanent resident, both from Dallas.According to a federal court filing, Maria de Jesus Mendez handed a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer two Texas birth certificates on behalf of whom she said was her son and her granddaughter. The officer turned to 13-year-old Jorge Mendez III to ask routine questions in English, which he did not appear to understand. He then turned to the younger female child only identified in documents as A.V., asked her name and allegedly got an answer that did n...