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The Yemen War Can Be Over — If Biden Wants It

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

Yemeni tribal figures from Abyan province wait to get their military commander freed from prison in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 30, 2023.Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty ImagesI’ve always thought of the famous John Lennon refrain, “War is over, if you want it,” as mostly a thought experiment meant to shake us out of the learned helplessness that can lead to forever wars. But in the case of the war in Yemen, the war really is over if we want. Everybody else directly or indirectly involved — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Houthis, China, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, etc. — appears to want to put the war behind them. A ceasefire has held for more than a year, and peace talks are advancing with real momentum, including prisoner exchanges and other positive expressions of diplomacy. Yet the U.S. appears very much not to want the war to end; our proxies have been thumped on the battlefield and are in a poor negotiating position as a result. Reading between the lines, the U.S. seems...

Truck driver arrested in multi-vehicle freeway crash that killed 7 in Oregon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon, killing 7 people in one of the state’s deadliest crashes in recent years, was arrested Friday on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI and other charges, police said.Eleven people were in the van when it was struck, authorities said. Six people died at the scene, one more died after being airlifted to a hospital and four were injured, according to Oregon State Police. Lincoln Clayton Smith, 52, of North Highlands, California, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, manslaughter and assault, police said. Smith was being held in Marion County Jail, He had not yet made a court appearance, and it was not clear if he had an attorney. Two semitrucks and the van were involved in the Thursday afternoon crash near Albany in an agricultural area in the Willamette Valley.The truck left the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 on Thursd...

Guardsman Jack Teixeira, Pentagon leak suspect, to remain jailed as he awaits trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

A Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday.The ruling comes after prosecutors revealed that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira had a history of violent rhetoric, and was caught by superiors months before his arrest taking notes on classified information or viewing intelligence not related to his job.In ordering Teixeira to remain locked up, U.S. Magistrate David Hennessy noted that Teixeira was twice confronted by his superiors about his handling of confidential information before his arrest. He said the criminal case represented “a profound breach of the defendant’s word that he would protect information related to the security of the United States.”“Who did he put at risk? I mean, you could make a list as long as a phone book,” Hennessy said, including military personnel, medical workers overseas and Ukrainian citizens.Teixeira has been behin...

Juventus in more legal trouble from probe into player salaries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

ROME (AP) — Juventus is in more legal trouble after the Italian soccer federation on Friday charged the club and seven former team directors with alleged fraud for the way they handled player salary cuts during the coronavirus pandemic.At the start of the pandemic, Juventus said 23 players agreed to reduce their salary for four months to help the club through the crisis. But prosecutors claim the players gave up only one month’s salary.Former Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, former vice president Pavel Nedved and former sports director Fabio Paratici are among those charged.The charges will lead to another sports trial, after the federation already inflicted a 15-point penalty on Juventus this season for false accounting.The 15-point penalty was suspended last month on an appeal to the country’s highest sports court within the Italian Olympic Committee and referred back to the soccer federation’s appeals court for a new sentence.Meanwhile, prosecutors in Turin have also charged Ju...

Grains lower and Livestock mixed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

Wheat for Jul. fell 6.75 cents at $6.05 a bushel; Jul. corn was off .75 cent at $5.5450 a bushel, Jul. oats lost 15.50 cents at 3.2225 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans declined 26 cents at $13.0725 a bushel.Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Jun. live cattle rose .20 cent at $1.6572 a pound; May. feeder cattle was up .17 cent at $2.0627 a pound; while Jun. lean hogs fell 2.28 cents at $.8302 a pound.Source

Judge orders Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged in documents leak to remain jailed while he awaits trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Judge orders Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged in documents leak to remain jailed while he awaits trial.Source

Truck driver in Oregon crash that killed 7 arrested on suspicion of DUI, manslaughter, other charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Truck driver in Oregon crash that killed 7 arrested on suspicion of DUI, manslaughter, other charges.Source

Mayor Bowser names interim DC police chief to replace Contee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Ashan M. Benedict as interim D.C. police chief Friday, replacing the departing Robert Contee.Benedict will serve as interim chief while Bowser will conduct a search for someone to fill the position permanently.“I know that he is going to do a fine job in making sure that we’re deploying our men and women on keeping the District safe while the interim search is ongoing,” Bowser said at a news conference, after wrapping up an interview with WAMU about public safety.Benedict has been with the police department as assistant chief of police to Contee since April 2021, managing the day-to-day operations of the department, Bowser said in a news release.“I think it’s important to bring some stability and consistency to department operations,” Benedict said, adding that he doesn’t want the job permanently.For the permanent role, Bowser said she’s looking for someone who is a “leader and crime fighter....

How much can you rent with $1,500 in Colorado?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's not quite as tight as New York or California cities, but $1,500 doesn't get you much living space in Denver. Using Yardi Matrix data, RentCafe analyzed square footage rental costs in the 100 largest cities in the U.S. to see how much $1,500 will rent. Nationally, $1,500 a month will rent about 782 square feet of living space. Over half (56%) of the 200 largest cities offer more than the national average of square footage, but Denver isn't one of them. Denver ranks top 5 for worst air quality in the world In Denver, a $1,500 rent budget can afford about 646 square feet. This is the 75th smallest rental size for the price in the U.S. among 100 cities, about equal to Austin or Philadelphia. At opposite ends of the spectrum are New York City, where $1,500 will get 243 square feet of living space, and Wichita, Kansas, in which the same budget gets 1,463 square feet. Colorado renters can get more space by simply not living in Denver proper. !function(){"use strict...

Jim Brown, legendary NFL running back, has died at age 87

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:50 GMT

(CNN) — Jim Brown, the transcendent athlete-actor-activist who ran roughshod over the NFL and its record books in the 1950s and 1960s and won multiple MVP awards before retiring abruptly at the age of 30 to focus on the civil rights movement and a career in Hollywood, has died, his former team, the Cleveland Browns, said Friday. He was 87.The Browns tweeted, “Jim Brown Forever.“Legend. Leader. Activist. Visionary.“It’s impossible to describe the profound love and gratitude we feel for having the opportunity to be a small piece of Jim’s incredible life and legacy. We mourn his passing, but celebrate the indelible light he brought to the world.“Our hearts are with Jim’s family, loved ones, and all those he impacted along the way.”After he retired from football in 1966 despite being at the height of his career, Brown caught the acting bug, starring in the 1967 World War II movie, “The Dirty Dozen.” He went on to appear in more than 50 films.Brown also made his mark as a civil rights ac...