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Missouri constitutional amendment would ban local gun laws, limit minors’ access to firearms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Democratic stronghold of St. Louis and other cities in the Republican-leaning state of Missouri would be blocked from cracking down on guns under a newly proposed constitutional amendment. A petition for a November 2024 vote on the proposal, filed this week, also would require parents’ permission for minors to use and carry firearms. Missouri currently has no age restrictions on gun use and possession, although federal law largely prohibits minors from carrying handguns.The proposed measure makes exceptions to the parental permission rule in case of emergencies and for members of the military. Each branch of the military requires that people be at least 17 years old in order to enlist.Paul Berry, a suburban St. Louis Republican, filed the proposal with the secretary of state’s office in response to efforts by the city to sidestep the state Legislature and impose restrictions on gun use. “Constitutional rights should apply to all individuals of th...

Novak Djokovic reaches his 10th US Open final by hanging up the phone on American Ben Shelton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic limited big-serving Ben Shelton to five aces and broke him five times. He pushed back when the 20-year-old unseeded American produced a late stand that got the home crowd into the match.And after finishing off a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory to reach his record-tying 10th U.S. Open final and 36th at all major tournaments, Djokovic added a touch of insult to injury by mimicking the kid’s “Hang up the phone!” celebration gesture.Djokovic then pointed to his temple and pounded his fist on his chest, before a stone-faced Shelton met him at the net for the most perfunctory of handshakes. A year after Djokovic could not travel to the United States for the Open because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, the 36-year-old from Serbia is one victory away from a fourth title at Flushing Meadows and 24th Grand Slam championship overall.“These are the kind of matches and occasions that I still thrive on. They still get me going and inspire me to wake up and wo...

Juez rechaza pedido de exjefe de Gabinete de Trump de mover su caso a una corte federal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

WASHINGTON – Un juez rechazó este viernes la petición de Mark Meadows, exjefe de Gabinete del expresidente Donald Trump, de mover de un tribunal estatal a uno federal el caso por el que está imputado en Georgia por injerencia electoral.Meadows compareció el pasado 28 de agosto en ese estado para defender su petición y recibió la respuesta este viernes.Trump, Meadows y otras 17 personas están imputadas en Georgia por intentar revertir los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020 allí, donde el demócrata Joe Biden se impuso por un estrecho margen de dos décimas (49.5%), el más estrecho de todo el país. Exjefe de Gabinete de Trump se declara no culpable de injerencia electoral en Georgia Gran jurado en el caso de Trump en Georgia recomendó acusar al senador Lindsey Graham y a otros republicanos Meadows está acusado en concreto de solicitar a un funcionario público que incumpliera su juramento al cargo y por violación...

Ascension Charity Classic Par Scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

FridayAt West CourseSt. LouisPurse: $2 millionYardage: 6,992; Par: 71First RoundBilly Mayfair34-30—64-7Timothy O’Neal31-33—64-7Kevin Sutherland32-32—64-7Y.E. Yang34-30—64-7Brian Gay34-31—65-6Wes Short34-31—65-6Alex Cejka33-33—66-5Ken Duke32-34—66-5Steve Flesch33-33—66-5Retief Goosen32-34—66-5Joe Durant34-33—67-4Kenny Perry32-35—67-4Tim Petrovic34-33—67-4Kirk Triplett34-33—67-4Charlie Wi32-35—67-4Billy Andrade35-33—68-3Notah Begay33-35—68-3Jason Bohn33-35—68-3David Branshaw36-32—68-3Scott Dunlap34-34—68-3David Duval35-33—68-3Ernie Els34-34—68-3Paul Goydos35-33—68-3Richard Green35-33—68-3Simon Griffiths33-35—68-3Bernhard Langer33-35—68-3Tom Lehman35-33—68-3Rocco Mediate32-36—68-3Dicky Pride34-34—68-3Brett Quigley35-33—68-3Ken Tanigawa35-33—68-3David Toms34-34—68-3Shane Bertsch34-35—69-2Olin Browne34-35—69-2Darren Clarke37-32—69-2Jay Delsing35-34—69-2Chris DiMarco33-36—69-2John Huston36-33—69-2Jeff Maggert37-32—69-2Scott McCarron33-36—69-2Jose Maria Olazabal36-33—69-2Paul Stankow...

Ascension Charity Classic Tour Scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

FridayAt West CourseSt. LouisPurse: $2 millionYardage: 6,992; Par: 71First RoundBilly Mayfair34-30—64Timothy O’Neal31-33—64Kevin Sutherland32-32—64Y.E. Yang34-30—64Brian Gay34-31—65Wes Short34-31—65Alex Cejka33-33—66Ken Duke32-34—66Steve Flesch33-33—66Retief Goosen32-34—66Joe Durant34-33—67Kenny Perry32-35—67Tim Petrovic34-33—67Kirk Triplett34-33—67Charlie Wi32-35—67Billy Andrade35-33—68Notah Begay33-35—68Jason Bohn33-35—68David Branshaw36-32—68Scott Dunlap34-34—68David Duval35-33—68Ernie Els34-34—68Paul Goydos35-33—68Richard Green35-33—68Simon Griffiths33-35—68Bernhard Langer33-35—68Tom Lehman35-33—68Rocco Mediate32-36—68Dicky Pride34-34—68Brett Quigley35-33—68Ken Tanigawa35-33—68David Toms34-34—68Shane Bertsch34-35—69Olin Browne34-35—69Darren Clarke37-32—69Jay Delsing35-34—69Chris DiMarco33-36—69John Huston36-33—69Jeff Maggert37-32—69Scott McCarron33-36—69Jose Maria Olazabal36-33—69Paul Stankowski34-35—69Stuart Appleby34-36—70K.J. Choi36-34—70Robert Damron36-34—70Marco Dawso...

United jet engine broke up over Denver after inadequate inspections: NTSB report

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and tear on a fan blade that was not adequately inspected for signs of cracking, federal investigators said Friday.The National Transportation Safety Board said manufacturer Pratt & Whitney did not call for inspections to be done frequently enough, which allowed tiny cracks to grow undetected until the fan blade broke. Trump lawyers move ‘insurrection’ clause lawsuit to federal court The NTSB said the design and testing of the engine inlet contributed to the severity of the situation, and other factors made the engine fire worse than it should have been.The right-side engine of the Boeing 777 broke apart shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport, raining parts over suburban neighborhoods. The pilots declared an emergency and landed the plane safely 24 minutes after takeoff.Pieces of the engine inlet, fan cowls and thrust reversers broke off and fell on a public park ...

SoFlo actors voice English version of Chinese animated film ‘Goodbye Monster’ at local dubbing studio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

Turning on subtitles while you’re watching a foreign film can be annoying because you miss half the movie, and who wants to read? This is why we have voice actors … and if you get the English dub of the Chinese animated film “Goodbye Monster,” you’re going to hear some SoFlo voices.Mauriett Chayeb (as Jiu Wei, voice): “And I want to see the man you used to be. The one who saved me.”Christian Vandepas (as Bai Ze, voice): “That’s why the dark spirit must be conquered.”We all need to conquer our inner dark spirit, which is what “Goodbye Monster” is all about. It follows a doctor who accidentally blows up his home island while trying to save it from a shadow.Character in “Goodbye Monster”: “You’re hereby banned from practicing medicine.”Originally made in Chinese, the animated movie just hit the U.S., and the English version was voiced by some local actors from the 305.Mauriett Chayeb, actor ...

Police officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry faces murder, other charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

(CNN) — The police officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop last month was charged with murder, the Philadelphia district attorney said Friday after releasing body camera footage of the”extremely violent” encounter.The unedited footage shows Officer Mark Dial firing into Irizarry’s car through the rolled up driver’s side window roughly five seconds after exiting a police car.Immediately before the officer fires six shots, an unidentified voice from outside the car is heard saying, “I will f**king shoot you!”Irizarry, bloodied and unresponsive, was pulled out of the car by an officer and then carried to the back of a patrol vehicle in which he was rushed to a hospital, according to the video.District Attorney Larry Krasner said Irizarry’s family saw the footage and asked that it be released in its entirety.“These body-worn camera videos will be introduced into evidence, most likely at both the preliminary hearing and a trial,” Krasner said after re...

JP Progressive group’s members fund Kendra Lara’s crash defense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

A report commissioned by City Councilor Kendra Lara that shows she wasn’t speeding at the time of her late June car crash was paid for, in part, by two members of a progressive steering committee that voted to endorse her last week.Word began to leak soon after Lara and her attorney held a press conference Thursday evening to discuss the new findings that members of the Jamaica Plain Progressives Steering Committee contributed financially to the report, raising questions about whether it violated campaign finance or ethics laws.“My attorney was the one that wrote the check and I am going to pay for it, and how that is paid for, how I’m paying my private legal fees is not the business of the Boston Herald,” Lara told the Herald Friday.When pressed about whether this meant information provided to the Herald was inaccurate, and that the JP Progressives had nothing to do with the payment, Lara did not directly answer the question.“What I am saying is that my lawyer wrote a check to The ...

Harvard morgue case: Pennsylvania human skin tanner pleads guilty

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:21 GMT

A Pennsylvania man with a very distinct style pleaded guilty to his role in the scandal embroiling the Harvard Medical School Anatomical Gifts Program morgue.Jeremy Lee Pauley, 41, of Thompson, Pa., who the feds have also listed as living in Bloomberg and Enola in the same state, pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property.In the plea deal, he admitted that he had purchased human remains he knew were stolen and reselling many of those body parts to others.Specific body parts Pauley purportedly purchased were spelled out in another defendant’s indictment and include: “2 brains, one with skullcap, 3 hearts one cut, 2 fake boobies, one large belly button piece of skin, one arm, one huge piece of skin, and one lung.”Pauley was one of seven people caught up in the case in which morgue employee Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, N.H., allegedly stole body...