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Biden makes the case for wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine in primetime address

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden tied the wars in Ukraine and Israel together during a primetime Oval Office address Thursday, making an impassioned appeal to the American people to support two fellow democracies that he says are facing existential threats.The president warned that the US and democracies around the world are at an inflection point amid a rising tide of threats from autocrats and terrorist groups. The United States plays a central role in allowing democracy to stand firm and the wars in Israel and Ukraine – while very different in the ways they are being fought and the history behind them – share critical factors in common.“Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they share this in common: They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy, completely annihilate it,” Biden said.“We can’t let petty partisan, angry politics get in the way of our responsibilities as a great nation. We cannot and will not let terrorists like...

A chorus of Democrats was asked to sing the praises of an Orioles stadium deal. There hasn’t been a chirp since.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

The Camden Yards applause reached a crescendo when the scoreboard screen showed Gov. Wes Moore pumping his fist and Orioles Chairman and CEO John Angelos clapping to celebrate a stadium deal described as keeping the Orioles in Baltimore “for at least the next 30 years!!”There hasn’t been so much as a chirp since from leading state Democrats, particularly those who may have to grapple in the next General Assembly session with a proposal to make additional funds available to the team.Political experts say few in his own party may be ready to publicly question Moore — a dynamic, new governor with many powers regarding state spending and decision-making — over the terms of the arrangement with Angelos, although a Republican legislative leader is expressing concerns.The deal became public during a Sept. 28 game, when a hastily arranged announcement appeared as a scoreboard message and the display cut to a feed from the owner’s box showing the governor ...

3 things we heard from the Chicago Bears, including Jimmy Garoppolo reportedly sitting out Sunday and Darnell Wright’s shoulder injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

The Chicago Bears coordinators spoke with reporters Thursday morning before practice as they prepare for the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday at Soldier Field.Here are three things we heard.1. It could be a battle of rookie quarterbacks Sunday.Multiple reports stated Thursday that Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will not play because of a back injury he suffered in the Week 6 win over the New England Patriots.The Raiders could turn to either veteran Brian Hoyer or rookie Aidan O’Connell. Hoyer, who has been in the league since 2009 and started five games for the Bears in 2016, filled in for Garoppolo against the Patriots. O’Connell, the Stevenson and Purdue product who was a 2023 fourth-round pick, started in an Oct. 1 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers when Garoppolo was out.“We’re just studying both quarterbacks, studying their tendencies, whether they like to go downfield or like to throw the ball short,” safety Jaquan Brisker said. “We know they&...

Carroll Carroll high school football Week 8 preview: Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown comes to Liberty

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

Over the course of this season, the Ravens have been traveling to high school football games throughout the state, highlighting key matchups in several counties.This week it’s Carroll County’s turn as the Ravens RISE High School Football Showdown program makes a stop at Liberty for the Lions’ . matchup with Westminster set for 6:30 p.m. Friday.“It is an honor to have players who have reached the holy grail of football watching my team play on Friday,” Westminster senior lineman Jalen Jones said.As part of the program, current Ravens players will be in attendance for a pregame visit with each team and will help with the opening coin toss. Ravens cheerleaders, mascot Poe and Baltimore’s Marching Ravens will also be in attendance, Ravens director of public relations Tom Volante said in a release.The game will also be broadcast/streamed live on the Ravens YouTube channel.Elsewhere in the county, Winters Mill will look to add a homecoming victory to it...

Biden declares support for Israel and Ukraine is ‘vital’ for US security

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America’s national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case Thursday night for deepening U.S. involvement in two unpredictable foreign conflicts as he prepared to ask for billions of dollars in military assistance for both countries.If international aggression is allowed to continue, Biden said in a rare Oval Office address, “conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world.”“Hamas and Putin represent different threats,” Biden said. “But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy.”He said he would send an urgent funding request to Congress, which is expected to be $105 billion for the next year. The proposal, which will be unveiled on Friday, includes $60 billion for Ukraine, much of which is for replenishing U.S. weapons stockpiles that have already been pr...

Bodycam video shows San Diego woman before she went missing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A 32-year-old San Diego woman been missing for more than two weeks. Chelsea Grimm set off on a cross-country road trip in September and planned to drive to Connecticut for a friend's wedding."Time is of the essence," Chelsea's father Stephen Grimm said in an interview with NewsNation.Her parents said she left San Diego on September 24. While she originally had planned to fly, her parents said she recently got a pet bearded dragon and decided last minute to change plans and drive across the country to the wedding, so she could bring her pet along.Her parents said a change of plans is not uncommon but said an adventure of this "magnitude" was a lot, even for Chelsea, who is fairly adventurous.“She was originally going to fly but because of she recently acquired a bearded dragon as a pet and the airlines wouldn’t let her take that animal on the plane, so the day that she was supposed to fly east for the wedding, she called and said I am going to drive across the count...

La Mesa man killed in Arizona small plane crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Three people, including a La Mesa resident, were killed in small plane crash Tuesday in Williams, Arizona, authorities said. The crash happened around 12:20 p.m. south of H.A. Clark Memorial Airport, Lt. John Romero with the Williams Police Department said in a news release.When police arrived, they found a Piper Fixed Wing single-engine plane that had crashed, according to authorities. Two of the victims were found inside the plane while the third victim was discovered outside the aircraft. San Diego woman who went missing during road trip appeared disoriented at hotel, witness claims "Witnesses said that the airplane had fueled up at H. A. Clark Memorial and took off, several moments later, they heard the plane operating at what they described as low or no power, turned to a northerly direction back towards the airport where the plane came down in a field nearby," Romero said.Christopher Evans, 44, of La Mesa, was announced as one of the victims, police said. The pi...

Britney Spears’ book ‘The Woman In Me’ makes private details public, and public events personal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ highly anticipated memoir “The Woman in Me” will be released Tuesday, revealing the pop superstar’s personal take on events that have played out publicly in her decades as one of the most scrutinized figures in American life, along with private moments that she previously kept under wraps. The book, which The Associated Press obtained a copy of Thursday, details her childhood and rise to stardom, along with her marriages, her nearly-14-year court conservatorship and even a brief mention of a July incident where she was hit in the face by security for NBA player Victor Wembanyama.Much of “The Woman in Me” focuses on the father and sons, the husbands and boyfriends, who have dominated her life, for better and for worse. Several chapters are devoted to her relationship with Justin Timberlake, including deeply personal details about a pregnancy, abortion and painful breakup. In others she chronicles her custody fight with ex-husband Kevin F...

Chicago-area man charged with hate crimes for threatening Muslim men

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been charged with two hate crimes for allegedly verbally abusing and threatening to shoot two Muslim men, a prosecutor said Thursday.Larry York, 46, of Lombard, was denied pretrial release during a court hearing Thursday, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said.York confronted the victims and cursed at them Tuesday night at an apartment complex, where one of the victims had gone to meet a friend, Berlin said. While one man was seated in his car waiting for his friend, York initially approached him and asked the victim what he was doing there and began swearing at him and telling him he didn’t belong in this country and to leave, Berlin said. York punched the man’s car window and walked to the lobby of the building, where the second victim was leaving an elevator. York began swearing at the second man and threatened to beat him, Berlin said. A short time later, while one of the men sat on a bench outside the building, Yo...

2 injured in fire at downtown Toronto apartment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:11:48 GMT

Two people were hospitalized following a two-alarm fire at a downtown Toronto apartment building.Toronto police were notified of a fire on the sixth floor of a residential building around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Jarvis Street and Dundas Street East area. Toronto Fire officials located two people inside the building. They were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.It’s unclear what caused the fire.There are road closures and delays in the area.Jarvis is blocked both ways north of Dundas due to a fire investigation. https://t.co/phMOON9oef pic.twitter.com/Jw95GBDBY5— CityNews Toronto Traffic & Weather (@citynews680) October 19, 2023