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On party-line vote, Minnesota House approves new gun control measures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

The Minnesota Legislature moved one step closer to passing new gun control laws when the House advanced a bill Wednesday evening with expanded background checks and a red flag law to take weapons from people deemed dangerous.The new restrictions are a top priority for Democrats, who have narrow control of both chambers of the Legislature. They passed the House as part of a sprawling public safety funding and policy bill that was approved on a 69-60 party-line vote.But the real question is whether Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party members can hold together their one-seat majority in the Senate and pass the new gun controls. DFL leaders have repeatedly said they have the votes to approve the measures.“Political capital is not something you bank away,” Gov. Tim Walz said during a Tuesday rally in front of the Capitol with Moms Demand Action. “Political capital is what you burn to improve lives.”Nevertheless, opponents of the gun control laws say it will be a tough v...

“More people will die”: Colorado lawmakers won’t allow drug-use sites in Denver, elsewhere

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

Hours after Denver officials announced that more than 450 residents fatally overdosed here last year, Colorado lawmakers voted Wednesday to shelve a bill that would have allowed a safe-drug use site to open in the city.A bipartisan group of state senators on the Health and Human Services Committee voted to indefinitely postpone HB23-1202, six days after the bill’s sponsors scrambled to save it at an initial committee hearing that showed the measure didn’t have enough support to pass. The proposal, which would have given Denver — or any other willing city — the OK to allow a safe-use site to open, passed the House comfortably in March. But its fate was sealed last week, when a key Democratic vote on the Senate committee indicated he opposed the bill.“We are in a public health crisis that has led to thousands of Coloradans losing their lives, thousands of families suffering,” Sen. Julie Gonzales, the Denver Democrat who co-sponsored the bill in the ...

WATCH: Tucker Carlson emerges on Twitter, doesn’t mention Fox News

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

NEW YORK — Tucker Carlson emerged Wednesday, two days after Fox News fired him, with a two-minute, campaign-style monologue that didn’t address why he suddenly became unemployed.Good evening pic.twitter.com/SPrsYKWKCE— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 27, 2023He posted a two-minute video on Twitter shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern, the time his Fox show used to begin, that talked about a lack of honest political debate in the media.Carlson said one of the things he noticed, “when you step away from the noise for a few days,” is how nice some people are, and how hilarious some are.“The other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are,” he said. “They’re completely irrelevant. They mean nothing. In five years we won’t even remember we heard them. Trust me, as somebody who participated.”He said debates on big topics like war, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change and corporate power ar...

Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards cited for assault in alleged Denver chair-swinging incident

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards has been cited in Denver for third-degree assault after allegedly swinging a folding chair that struck two women after the deciding Tuesday night playoff game against the Nuggets.“It was reported to Denver Police that while Edwards was walking from the court to the locker room at the conclusion of the game, he swung a folding chair and struck two women who were working at the time,” Denver police said in a statement.Both women were injured, police said, and the injuries were described as “not serious.”Edwards took the final shot of the game, a 112-109 Denver Nuggets win, and he missed what would have been a tying three-point basket to send the game into overtime. Edwards immediately ran off the court and into a locker room passageway after the failed shot.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Musician Neil Hagerty, of Royal Trux, charged with 3 felonies in alleged assault of Denver police officer ...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass poses in denim jeans to show support for sexual violence survivors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

Los Angeles Mayor Bass posed wearing jeans for Denim Day along with millions of people across the world to raise awareness, educate, and support victims of sexual violence. Founded in 1999 by the Peace Over Violence nonprofit, Denim Day is held in April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month to show solidarity and support for survivors. The movement was founded in response to a 1992 Italian Supreme Court ruling where a rape conviction was overturned because the court suggested that the victim may have played a role in the incident because she was wearing tight jeans. Women in the Italian Parliament wore jeans to work the next day in solidarity with the victim.Community members, elected officials, and citizens are encouraged to wear jeans on Denim Day to show their support and stand against the misconceptions of sexual violence.“Each year, #DenimDay reaffirms our commitment to standing in solidarity with and supporting survivors of sexual assault,” Mayor Bass tweeted. Please...

Man with stolen forklift allegedly tried to ram people in Orange County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

A man was arrested for allegedly stealing a forklift and attempting to ram people in Costa Mesa on Tuesday night.Officers received reports that a male suspect had stolen a forklift from a construction site around 7 p.m. and smashed through a chain link gate onto Rochester Street.The forklift was still carrying the chain link gate when it struck another car driving by, police said. The gate was later left in the middle of the street which caused a traffic hazard.A witness said the suspect continued driving on 19th Street while attempting to ram people with the forklift.A male suspect driving a stolen forklift was arrested in Costa Mesa on April 25, 2023. (Costa Mesa Police Department) Newport Beach police located the thief on Pacific Coast Highway and alerted Costa Mesa officers. The suspect was taken into custody and booked on multiple charges including stolen vehicle, burglary, and felony vandalism.

Civic Center BART Station closed, trains delayed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Police activity at the Civic Center BART station caused major delays across BART on Wednesday evening. BART announced at 6:01 p.m. that the Civic Center station was closed due to police activity. Officials have not released details about what caused the police presence. "There is a major delay at San Francisco stations in the SFO, Millbrae, Daly City and East Bay directions due to police activity," BART said.Muni is providing bus service between the 16th Street, Civic Center and Powell stations as BART is delayed. This is a developing story. Stick with us for updates.

Elizabeth Holmes dodges prison, for now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The clock is ticking for Silicon Valley's disgraced celebrity Elizabeth Holmes. The 39-year-old former Theranos CEO was ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by Thursday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for fraud.Holmes's defense attorneys, however, filed an 11th-hour appeal to her prison deadline that will keep Holmes out of jail for at least a few more weeks.Holmes, 39, of Woodside, was once a self-made billionaire and a superstar in the Silicon Valley biotech industry. After Theranos whistleblowers alerted investigators that the company's blood testing technology produced false results, prosecutors charged Holmes and her co-conspirator, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani with fraud and conspiracy in 2018. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / Getty Images)They were convicted i...

Alameda restaurant burglary caught on video

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) -- An Alameda restaurant is recovering from a costly theft. Surveillance video shows two suspects breaking in and stealing more than $20,000 in cash and electronics from Alley and Vine off Park Street.Just after 3 p.m. Monday morning, two suspects wearing masks broke through the front window of Alley & Vine in Alameda, taking their time to steal a register and safe behind the bar, then storing it somewhere outside before returning and taking more. Surveillance video captures moments after 15-month-old baby shot in Oakland "They found, back there, an empty box and they start filling out with, you know, some random stuff," said Francisco Bazo, co-founder of the restaurant.The random stuff included bottles of wine and liquor.When the thieves went upstairs Bazo said they took another safe, laptops and a tablet. The loss exceeded $20,000 in cash and electronics and, several thousand more in damages."Just to replace that window is $2,000," said Bazo.Bazo said ...

Calls for more funding for Bay Area transit agencies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:56:15 GMT

(KRON) -- Public transit agencies are not recovering fast enough from the pandemic, and if the state doesn’t step in, irreversible service cuts will soon become the normal across California.“Right now, we have an emergency where in the next 12 to 24 months we’re going to see massive debilitating cuts by transit agencies that are going to be potentially impossible to reverse,” said California State Senator Scott Wiener.Weiner said the funding issue facing public transit agencies across the state is not about whether trains and buses will run on time, but whether they will run at all. Victim seriously injured in SF shooting “At the depth of the pandemic, our ridership had fallen by 90-95 percent on many of these systems. Ridership is recovering, but it’s not recovering quick enough,” said Wiener.This downturn in riders has led to a downturn in revenue, which Wiener said means dramatic service cuts unless the governor changes course and state legislators agree to provide five billion...