PoliticsYahoo NewsHouse Democrats, and 2 Republicans, vote to create select panel to probe Jan. 6 Capitol attack
The House of Representatives voted 222-190 Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol carried out by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. Wednesday's vote fell largely along party lines, with just two House Republicans joining all 220 Democrats in supporting the resolution. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced the measure after Republicans in the Senate blocked the creation of an independent commission to investigate the riot.
WorldAssociated PressEx-mayor in Busan, S. Korea, jailed 3 years for sex abuse
The former mayor of South Korea's second-largest city was jailed Tuesday on a three-year sentence for sexually abusing two city employees during his tenure. Busan's district court also ordered Oh to receive counseling and banned him from jobs at child welfare organizations and disability facilities for five years following the end of his jail term. Oh, who was seen as a key ally of Busan-raised President Moon Jae-in, stepped down as the city's mayor in April 2020 after admitting he had “unnecessary physical contact” with a female public servant who accused him of groping her in his office.
U.S.The StateDeadly shootout after motorcycle club members go to punish imposter, Indiana cops say
Angry that a non-member bore the tattoos and wore the patches of their two motorcycle clubs, six bikers armed themselves and headed to the perceived imposter's Indiana home to punish him. One of the group, 35-year-old Dustin Lindner, of Georgetown, Kentucky was hit during the shootout, investigators said. Indiana State Police soon took on the investigation.
PoliticsWashington ExaminerHot mic: Biden suggests Maxine Waters run for Senate and encourages Nancy Pelosi to 'keep it up'
President Joe Biden encouraged California Rep. Maxine Waters to run for Senate during a bill signing event at the White House, which produced a series of hot microphone moments for the president. Biden signed three bills during the Wednesday ceremony also attended by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, another favorite target of the Right. After brief remarks describing the soon-to-be laws, Biden welcomed Pelosi to the stage after the pair publicly clashed over how to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan "hard" infrastructure deal and a possible $6 trillion "soft" infrastructure reconciliation framework.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramHe killed his Kennedale family to run off with another woman. Tonight, he was executed.
A Kennedale man who failed in an effort to kill his relatives by poisoning their pasta but completed the task when he stabbed, bludgeoned and burned them the next day was executed Wednesday evening by chemical injection in a Texas prison. John Hummel received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the December 2009 killings of his pregnant wife and father-in-law, the Associated Press reported. Hummel also killed his 5-year-old daughter.
U.S.Washington ExaminerMatt Gaetz calls for inspector general investigation into Tucker Carlson NSA allegations
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz called for an independent inspector general investigation into allegations that the National Security Agency monitored Fox News host Tucker Carlson in any way. A House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday on legislative possibilities to deter “prosecutorial abuse of power” when prosecuting leaks provided a timely and topical forum for lawmakers to address Carlson's allegations. “Join me in calling for an inspector general investigation into any monitoring that the NSA or any other element of the intelligence community has engaged in, relative to Tucker Carlson,” Gaetz said to Democratic Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler of New York.
WorldAssociated PressSweltering heat wave linked to sudden deaths in Vancouver
A sweltering heat wave that has settled over western Canada for several days is believed to be a contributing factor in dozens of sudden-death calls received by police in the Vancouver area, authorities said Tuesday. Mike Kalanj of Burnaby Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the detachment responded to 25 sudden-death calls in a 24-hour period starting Monday. Temperatures in the Vancouver area reached just under 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) Monday, but the humidity made it feel close to 104 degrees (40 Celsius) in areas that aren't near water, Environment Canada said.
WorldWashington ExaminerJapanese official warns US of potential surprise attack on Hawaii — from Russia and China
Russia and China are coordinating military exercises to threaten not only Taiwan but also Hawaii, according to a senior Japanese defense official who warned the United States to beware of a Pearl Harbor-style surprise attack. “We have to show the deterrence towards China, and not just China but also the Russians, because, as I told you, that they are doing their exercises together,” Japanese deputy Yasuhide Nakayama told the Hudson Institute this week. Taiwan's vulnerability to an invasion from mainland China has become a preoccupation of Indo-Pacific strategists in recent months, as Chinese Communist forces escalate their military drills around the island.
PoliticsAxiosReports: Grand jury indicts Trump Organization, top executive
A grand jury in Manhattan has indicted the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Why it matters: The indictment, which is expected to be unsealed Thursday, is the first in Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's nearly three-year investigation into former President Trump's finances. Prosecutors have mounted an aggressive effort to pressure the 73-year-old Weisselberg — who has intimate knowledge of the Trump Organization's finances — to cooperate in the investigation.
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9 mutilated bodies found on Mexican road near U.S. border
The area has been fought over by rival cartels for more than a decade, usually by the Gulf cartel and the old Zetas cartel, and later a remnant of that group, the Northeast Cartel. While some of the corpses had military-style clothing, there was no immediate confirmation on which gang they may have belonged to. Most had bullet wounds, but some also appear to have been hacked into or shot so many times their organs spilled onto the roadway, authorities said..
U.S.Miami HeraldDeSantis’ veto stuns Republican sponsors of bill promoting civic literacy in students
But this week, DeSantis vetoed a bill centered on civic literacy education that would have developed a civic literacy practicum and established the existing program at USF St. Petersburg as the Citizen Scholars Program, providing high school students with college credit for their participation. While the governor signed a series of bills last week intended to improve civic literacy in the education system, Tuesday night he vetoed SB 146 — a bill that had unanimously passed in both the House and Senate.
WorldThe TelegraphSausage wars: We turned rules ‘upside down’ to make Northern Ireland Protocol work, EU claims
Brussels has turned its rules and regulations “upside down” to make the Northern Ireland Protocol work, the EU's ambassador to the UK said on Wednesday after a three-month truce was agreed in the Brexit sausage war. João Vale de Almeida said the extension to the grace period for chilled meats and a string of concessions to smooth protocol barriers for medicines, guide dogs, livestock and car insurance proved that the EU was not “inflexible” or “legalistic”. Writing for The Telegraph, he warned that the EU would insist upon the full implementation of the protocol, which keeps Northern Ireland subject to almost 300 EU rules and creates an Irish Sea border for goods from Britain.
HealthReutersHealth Canada recommends people with rare blood condition not get AstraZeneca vaccine
"Health Canada is updating the product monograph - or label - for the AstraZeneca and COVISHIELD COVID-19/ vaccines to add capillary leak syndrome as a potential side effect, with a warning for patients with a history of capillary leak syndrome to not get the AstraZeneca or COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine", it said in a statement. Capillary leak syndrome (CLS) is a very rare, serious condition that causes fluid leakage from small blood vessels (capillaries), resulting in limb swelling, low blood pressure, thickening of the blood and low levels of an important blood protein.
U.S.CBS NewsBodies of 2 children pulled from Florida condo collapse rubble
Nearly a week after the collapse of a condo building in Surfside, Florida, rescuers found the bodies of two young children, bringing the death toll to 18. The children were ages 4 and 10, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Wednesday evening. As the search continues for the 145 people who remain unaccounted for, residents who escaped the collapse are sharing chilling stories.
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Putin says U.S. aircraft involved in Black Sea incident
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft was operating in sync with a British destroyer during an incident last week in the Black Sea that he described as a “provocation to test Moscow's response.
U.S.Miami HeraldTropical Storm Elsa could form soon. Watches issued for eastern Caribbean islands
The Lesser Antilles are under tropical storm watches as a disturbance with a high probability of strengthening into the fifth named storm of the season, Elsa, heads their way. It's far too soon to tell if the disturbance poses a threat to Florida, but authorities are already working to split resources away from the search-and-rescue effort at the Surfside condo collapse to prepare for a future storm. The National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories for potential tropical cyclone five Wednesday evening.
BusinessLA TimesWhat could happen to Donald Trump's company if it's indicted?
But an indictment by a grand jury, legal experts said, would cloud Trump's financial future, and could potentially cripple his company. Under New York state law, a corporation convicted of the financial charges being mulled in the Trump Organization case would face at most a $10,000-per-count penalty and an order to pay restitution. New York state prosecutors do not have the power, unlike those in some other states, to ask a judge to dissolve a company.
WorldBBCHSBC documents revealed in Huawei extradition battle
Internal documents from HSBC bank have been released as part of a lengthy extradition battle over the Chief Financial Officer for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are fighting to prevent her extradition from Canada to the US for alleged sanctions breach. The case is particularly sensitive as Huawei has become a lightning-rod for US-China tensions and competition over technology, and besides serving as CFO, Ms Meng is also the daughter of its founder, a former Chinese army engineer.
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In twin building of Miami complex that collapsed, most residents remain
About a block from the Miami-area beachfront condominium tower that collapsed sits its sister building, erected a year later by the same company, using the same materials and a similar design. This has made some residents of Champlain Towers North worried enough to leave, though most have remained.
WorldThe Daily BeastDonald Rumsfeld, Killer of 400,000 People, Dies Peacefully
The only thing tragic about the death of Donald Rumsfeld is that it didn't occur in an Iraqi prison. An actuarial table of the deaths for which Donald Rumsfeld is responsible is difficult to assemble. According to Neda C. Crawford, Brown's political-science department chair, the Afghanistan war to that point claimed about 147,000 lives, to include 38,480 civilians; 58,596 Afghan soldiers and police (about as many American troops as died in Vietnam); and 2,401 U.S. servicemembers.
WorldBBCCanada weather: Heat hits record 46.6C as US north-west also sizzles
Canada has recorded its highest ever temperature as the country's west and the US Pacific north-west frazzle in an unprecedented heatwave. Lytton in British Columbia soared to 46.6C (116F) on Sunday, breaking an 84-year-old record, officials said. A "heat dome" - static high pressure acting like a lid on a cooking pot - has set records in many other areas.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderBill Cosby was set free because of a deal he'd made with a district attorney who later represented Trump in his 2nd impeachment trial
Pennsylvania's top court overturned Bill Cosby's conviction because of a 2005 deal he made with a prosecutor. A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice suggested Castor's deal with Cosby was ethically questionable. Bill Cosby's 2018 sexual-assault conviction was thrown out by Pennsylvania's highest court on Wednesday, and Cosby was released from prison shortly after.
U.S.The StateDriver dies after SUV flips over on Midlands road, SC Highway Patrol says
One person was killed when an SUV ran off a Midlands road and flipped over, South Carolina Highway Patrol said. Rosie Lynn Perdue is the driver who died in Tuesday' wreck, according to Kershaw County Coroner David West. The 47-year-old Kershaw resident died at the scene, West said Wednesday.
PoliticsThe IndependentDonald Rumsfeld’s policies have consequences that still reverberate
Donald Rumsfeld was one of the key figures in shaping the geopolitics of our time — playing a prominent role in taking the US into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and pursuing policies that created bitter divisions at home and abroad. The defence secretary under two US presidents, he was heavily influenced by neo-con ideologues in the George W Bush administration and helped to lay out a blueprint for America's approach to defence and foreign affairs whose consequences reverberate to this day. Rumsfeld, who died on Wednesday at the age of 88, was a veteran politician, a counsellor to Richard Nixon in the 1960s, a senior member of Gerald Ford's administration and Middle-East envoy under Ronald Reagan.
“Obamacare is getting stronger every time the Republicans try to kill it.”
“It is far from certain the Supreme Court will safeguard the Affordable Care Act the next time the law reaches the court’s chambers.”
“Although ACA cost Obama an enormous amount, it’s become clear that he will have the last laugh.”
“Even the feistiest Republicans have given up talking seriously about repeal.”
“Current and future cases will largely concern the administration and enforcement of the ACA, not its underlying architecture.”