February, 2024

• 6 February

  Senate Democrats push to require that Biden consult Congress on weapons sales to Israel

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are pushing to prevent the Biden administration from bypassing Congress when approving weapons sales to Israel as the Jewish state continues its war against Hamas under increasing scrutiny. Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia will be introducing an amendment Tuesday that if passed would strike language in the $118 billion national security supplemental allowing for …

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• 6 February

  Former candidate who tried to recall Gov. Burgum runs again for North Dakota governor

  

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An Air Force veteran and former statewide candidate is running for North Dakota governor. Michael Coachman, of Larimore, announced his independent campaign on Tuesday. He has run unsuccessfully for state offices in the past, including governor in 2020, secretary of state in 2018 and lieutenant governor in 2016 and 2012. Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is not …

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• 6 February

  3 people killed in alleged extremist attack at Turkey’s largest courthouse

  ISTANBUL (AP) — Two people attacked Turkey’s largest courthouse before being shot dead Tuesday in an exchange of fire that also left one other person dead and five wounded. Authorities alleged the assailants were part of an extremist organization that had been largely inactive in recent years. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the man and woman attacked a security checkpoint …

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• 6 February

  Tiger King’s Carole Baskin asks Florida Supreme Court to review defamation lawsuit ruling

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Carole Baskin, who became a pop culture sensation due to Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King,” has asked the Florida Supreme Court to review an appellate court’s ruling that said she isn’t protected from a defamation lawsuit brought by a former assistant. Baskin last week asked the high court to reconsider its earlier denial of her appeal in …

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• 6 February

  Reales oficialmente firman su contrato más caro con Witt Jr. por 11 años y 288,7 millones

  

  KANSAS CITY, Misuri, EE.UU. (AP) — El dueño de los Reales John Sherman recuerda estar cerca de la barda en los entrenamientos de primavera en Arizona en el 2020, pco después de que adquirió al equipo viendo al prospecto Bobby Witt Jr. bateando líneas en todo el campo. Sherman sabía que estaba viendo algo especial. En los siguientes años, Witt …

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• 6 February

  Wisconsin justice included horses in ads as vulgar joke about opponent, campaign manager says

  

  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign consultant inserted images of horses in ads as a vulgar joke about her opponent, her campaign manager told a liberal podcast last month. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday that Protasiewicz’s campaign manager, Alejandro Verdin, told The Downballot podcast on Jan. 25 that her campaign operatives had heard people …

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• 6 February

  FAA tells Congress not to raise the mandatory retirement for pilots until it can study the issue

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is warning Congress not to raise the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots until the agency can study whether older pilots would raise safety risks. FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker said in a letter to two key senators that pilot fitness is critical to safety, and the agency should be able to create safeguards …

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• 6 February

  Normally at a crawl, the Los Angeles River threatens to overflow during torrential rains

  

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s easy to forget that a river runs through the heart of Los Angeles. Normally flowing at a crawl, much of it through nondescript concrete channels, the Los Angeles River picks up speed during the rainy season. By Monday, fed by a slow-moving atmospheric river dumping historic amounts of rain, the river was raging and even …

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• 6 February

  House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defections

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic setback, House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, forced to shelve a high-profile priority — for now — after a few GOP lawmakers refused to go along with the party’s plan. The stunning roll call Tuesday fell just a single vote short of impeaching Mayorkas, stalling the Republicans’ drive to punish …

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• 6 February

  Authorities target two Texas firms in probe of AI-generated robocalls before New Hampshire’s primary

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities issued cease-and-desist orders against two Texas companies they believe were connected to robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice and discourage people from voting in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary last month. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said Tuesday that investigators have identified the source of the calls as Life Corporation …

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