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New Mexico legislators back slower, sustained growth in government programs with budget plan

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Leading New Mexico lawmakers on Friday recommended a 5.9% increase in general fund spending for the coming fiscal year amid a windfall in oil-related income, while also sounding a cautionary note on the future of the state’s petroleum bonanza and setting aside more money in savings and investment accounts.The proposal from a lead budget writing committee to the Democratic-led Legislature would increase general fund spending by $566 million to $10.1 billion for the fiscal year running from July 2024 to June 2025. The increased general spending represents a fraction of an anticipated $3.5 billion surplus of state income in excess of current tax obligations.The budget blueprint would bolster efforts to improve student achievement in public education, buttresses health care for people in poverty or on the cusp as federal support for Medicaid recedes in the aftermath of the pandemic, and provide pay raises averaging 4% to state employees along with compensatio...

3 men arrested in attempted murder investigation in Mississauga

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

Peel police’s Criminal Investigation Bureau has arrested three men and seized three firearms in connection to an attempted murder investigation.On Nov. 8, 2023, just before 12:30 p.m., police were called to the area of Matheson Boulevard and Creekbank Road in Mississauga for a shooting. Police arrived on scene and located a victim who suffered from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to a trauma centre and is in stable condition. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Bureau launched Project Poseidon to identify and locate the suspects involved in the shooting. On Jan. 5, investigators executed multiple search warrants across the GTA and three suspects were arrested in connection to the investigation, with three firearms seized along with a significant quantity of drugs. Angelo Reid, 34, of Oshawa, was charged seven different firearm offences as well as attempted murder.Ralphord Shaw, 27, of Whitby, was charged with four different firearm offences as w...

Military sends second aircraft after Trudeau’s plane breaks down in Jamaica

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

OTTAWA — The plane that flew Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Jamaica for a family vacation broke down earlier this week, prompting the Canadian military to send a second aircraft with a repair crew to the Caribbean island.Defence Department spokeswoman Andrée-Anne Poulin says a maintenance issue on the Royal Canadian Air Force CC-144 Challenger was discovered Tuesday, before Trudeau was due to travel back to Canada.The Canadian Armed Forces sent a second aircraft and maintenance team to Jamaica, which was able to fix the issue on Wednesday in time for the prime minister, who cannot take commercial flights for security reasons, to travel back on the original plane.This was the second time in a matter of months that plane problems grounded Trudeau in another country, after technical issues with the CC-150 Polaris plane left him stranded in India for two days last September.The government did not provide information when asked about what caused the problems with the Challenger in Jama...

Florida joins efforts to keep Trump on Colorado ballot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

Video above: Trump fights effort to keep him off state ballotsTAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has signed on to an amicus brief with attorneys general from 24 other states to keep former President Donald Trump on the Colorado ballot. The attorneys general signing on to the brief are all from states in which Trump either won the electoral votes in the 2020 election or have Republican governors. The Arizona House of Representatives and Arizona Senate, both controlled by Republicans, also signed the brief."The state court's choice to declare former President Donald Trump an insurrectionist under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment has vast consequences that reach far beyond Colorado," the attorneys general argue. Looking for Stanley cups? Beware of scams The brief argues that the Fourteenth Amendment is not "self-executing," and "anticipates" Congress should decide who is eligible for office. "The Colorado court's decision to dilute former President Trump...

Two injured after major 3-vehicle crash in southeast Austin, ATCEMS says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Two people were injured after a major three-vehicle crash in southeast Austin on Friday, Austin-Travis County EMS said on social media.Around 6:30 p.m., medics said the crash happened on William Cannon Drive, near McKinney Falls. Two of the three vehicles rolled over, according to officials.One person was taken to St. David's South with "potentially serious" injuries, and a second person was transported with non life-threatening injuries by an ESD-11 ambulance, medics said. Another person also refused transport on the scene.No further information was released Friday.

NYSDOT crews prepared to keep up with snowstorm

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Crews have spent the past several days getting ready for this weekend's winter storm. The New York State Department of Transportation will have more than 1,800 plows on the road.Workers at the Capital District shed in Latham completed final maintenance on the equipment Friday. Officials said they will be ready to go once the snow starts to fall. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "We have preparations in place. We have the staff and the manpower in place," Josh Heller with the NYSDOT said. "We have the vehicles in place. Regardless of what ends up happening, we feel very confident that we'll be able to keep up with it and deal with it."Some plows were already out on Friday pretreating roads. Crews remind drivers to stay away from plows and give them time and space to do their jobs.

Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office promotes two

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office welcomed two new leaders on Friday. Ryan Condo returned to the agency after leaving last year and was sworn in as deputy sheriff. Austin McGuire was promoted to sergeant. He previously served as the school resource officer in the Berlin Central School District. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Sheriff Kyle Bourgault said he's grateful to have two experienced officers in leadership roles."It means better things for the community because we already have trained personnel in those positions, and it's just going to be, I think, the community's really going to benefit from it," he said.Friday's promotion ceremony was the first one since Bourgault was sworn in as sheriff last week. He replaced Patrick Russo, who retired after a 48-year career in law enforcement.

Blues prospect Jimmy Snuggerud shines in World Juniors, winning gold medal

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues sent seven prospects to the 2024 World Juniors tournament, an annual international hockey event that features some of the most talented hockey players in the world under 20 years old. The International Ice Hockey Federation organizes the tournament and traditionally holds it from late-December of one calendar year to early-January of the next. The 2024 IIHF World Juniors just came to a close on Friday in Sweden with a championship for Team USA. One key player on the USA's title-winning squad was Jimmy Snuggerud, a 2022 first-round draft pick of the St. Louis Blues. Snuggerud, a right-winger by trait, scored USA's first goal of the tournament in a 4-1 victory over Norway on Dec. 26. Two days later, he followed up with a hat trick and an assist in USA's victory against Switzerland. In the Gold Medal game, Snuggerud finished with an assist and nearly 17 minutes of ice time. ‘St. Louis was all in’ – UFL leader Daryl Johnston speaks on Battlehawks and n...

Woman pushing baby in stroller attacked in Long Beach

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

Authorities in Long Beach are investigating an attack on a woman that was captured on home security video.The attack occurred in broad daylight Thursday in a residential area near East 21st Street and Locust Avenue.Video from two cameras shows a man carrying some type of rod approaching the woman, who was pushing a stroller, from behind. He strikes her in the head and then runs away, the video shows.Surveillance cameras show a man striking a woman with a rod in Long Beach on Jan. 4, 2024. (Juan C. Rivas)The woman screamed and recoiled but did not appear to lose consciousness. The extent of her injuries was not known.The child in the stroller did not appear to be harmed.The assailant was wearing a green sweatshirt with a dark-colored hoodie underneath and a baseball cap. Anyone with information about the attack should contact Long Beach Police at (562) 435-6711. Video shows earthquake’s hits SoCal, spook dog Angelina Lopez, who lives near the scene of Thursday's attack, says women ...

Walled out of People’s Park, protesters take to the Berkeley streets

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:37:55 GMT

BERKELEY — With People’s Park successfully walled off by a fortress of double-stacked shipping containers following an overnight hostile takeover, activists lost the base that for years had served as the heart of organizing efforts and community aid.Instead, community members showed up on Friday to the nearby Amoeba Music at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street, which one activist on the scene, Aiden Hill — a Food Not Bombs volunteer and former vice-chair of Berkeley’s Homeless Commission — found to be a good metaphor for the People’s Park protest movement, because amoebas move freely and alter their shape.Hill, who helped to man tables stocked with free resources such as water, juice, fruit, bagels, socks and rain ponchos, said the streets are a fine alternative venue for those protesting UC Berkeley’s housing plan for the park.Volunteers with the nonprofit Food Not Bombs set up free resources on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley on Friday, aimin...