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House passes debt limit deal as lawmakers race to avert default

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

(CNN) — The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pass a bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, as lawmakers race to prevent a catastrophic default.The bill will next need to be passed by the Senate before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. In the Senate, any one lawmaker can delay a swift vote and it is not yet clear when a final vote will take place.The timeframe to pass the bill through Congress is extremely tight and there is little room for error, putting enormous pressure on leadership in both parties.Lawmakers are racing the clock to avert a first-ever default ahead of June 5, the date the Treasury Department has said it will no longer be able to pay all of the nation’s obligations in full and on time, a scenario that could trigger global economic catastrophe.The debt limit bill faced backlash from the far right and the far left, but in the end it passed the House by a wide marg...

Former Southboro selectman faces charges after allegedly showing pornographic video to kids at restaurant

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

A former Southboro selectman is facing charges after police said he allegedly showed a pornographic video to a pair of children at a local restaurant. Police said David Parry was arrested on Wednesday. The children, police said, previously told investigators Parry approached them around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and tried to start a conversation. Police said he then allegedly used his cell phone to show them the video in question. Southborough police said the two children left the restaurant and told an adult, who contacted Southborough police. Parry has been charged with two counts of dissemination of matter harmful to minors, according to police. Southboro’s police chief confirmed the man charged is the same David Parry who served on the town’s Board of Selectmen for nine years, last serving in 2004. Town records show Parry ran again for a seat on the board but lost in 2014. Southborough’s current town manager told 7NEWS they have no comment on Parry’s charges at th...

Solve It 7: Burst Pipe Blues

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

A frozen pipe led to a flood of trouble for a Woburn woman.When her insurance company left her feeling iced out, she contacted Solve It 7.  Brandon Gunnoe has the story.  For months Corinne has tip-toed over nails, stripped floors with cracking boards nd no water in her kitchen. “It was awful,” Corinne said. It all started this past winter when a pipe froze and burst in her kitchen.Water gushed through the floor down to her basement.“The water came from the dishwasher, and essentially all rushed this way. It was like a swimming pool in here,” Corinne said.  Corinne was heartbroken. She worked overtime as an ICU nurse to buy her house.“I worked so hard to do this,” Corinne said.  She put in a claim with her insurance company, got a contractor, and sent his estimate to her company.“They declined the estimate and said this isn’t detailed enough,” Corinne...

Mark Canha drives in 4 runs to help Mets take series over NL East rival Phillies

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

Mark Canha wants to stop turning his head when he’s swinging a bat. But he made heads turn all over Citi Field on Wednesday with his home-run heroics.The Mets outfielder went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and drove in all four runs to help the Mets edge the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, and take a key series from their NL East foes.Canha hadn’t hit a home run since May 3 and had struggled to match his production from last season. The Mets had given him days off in recent weeks as he worked in the cages to tweak his swing. He was confident that a turnaround was coming, and this game could have been the start of that.With the Mets (29-27) down 1-0 after Edmundo Sosa’s home run in the top of the third, Canha hit one out of the park to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. He drove in two more with a single in the fourth and Carlos Carrasco and the bullpen made the lead stand up.Carrasco (2-2) seems to have turned a corner after a dismal start to the season and an injured list stint ...

DeSantis plays up his personal side — and swipes at Trump — during campaign blitz across Iowa

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and WILL WEISSERT (Associated Press)SALIX, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis blitzed through Iowa during his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday, aiming for the kind of personal connections with voters that critics say have long eluded him while stepping up his verbal swipes at former President Donald Trump. The Florida governor packed in four appearances that took him to cities, rural locales and the conservative heartland following his glitch-filled online campaign kickoff last week. The first was to the floor of Port Neal Welding in Salix, a rural town near Sioux City, where the nearby highway was lined with metal structures including a towering Jesus, a version of the Statue of Liberty and the Minions. DeSantis also hit Council Bluffs and Pella before concluding his day in Cedar Rapids. All that came after a Tuesday night appearance in the state capital, Des Moines. He didn’t take audience questions — usually a staple at Iowa presi...

House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.The hard-fought deal pleased few, but lawmakers assessed it was better than the alternative — a devastating economic upheaval if Congress failed to act. Tensions ran high throughout the day as hard-right Republicans refused the deal, while Democrats said “extremist” GOP views were risking a debt default as soon as next week.With the House vote of 314-117, the bill now heads to the Senate with passage expected by week’s end.McCarthy insisted his party was working to “give America hope” as he launched into a late evening speech extolling the bill’s bu...

Danny Masterson convicted of 2 counts of rape, ‘That 70’s Show’ actor faces 30 years to life

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

By ANDREW DALTON (AP Entertainment Writer)LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and could get 30 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty on two of three counts of rape at his second trial, in which the Church of Scientology played a central role.Masterson’s wife, actor and model Bijou Phillips, gasped when the verdict was read and wept as he was taken into custody, while a group of family and friends who sat stone-faced behind him throughout both trials.The jury of seven women and five men reached the verdict after deliberating for seven days spread over two weeks. They could not reach a verdict on the third count, that alleged Masterson raped a longtime girlfriend. They had voted 8-4 in favor of conviction.Masterson, 47, will be held without bail until he is sentenced. No sentencing date has yet been set, but the judge told Masterson and his lawyers to retu...

Police investigate vandalism reports in South Bay

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

CHULA VISTA Calif. -- A string of vandalism crimes over the weekend are being investigated in the Chula Vista area, authorities said.Police received several calls of vandalism in the area of Second Avenue and F Street on Saturday and Sunday, Sgt. Anthony Molina said in a news release Wednesday.A suspect wanted in a car vandalism incident in Chula Vista, according to police. (Chula Vista Police Department)In one of the reports, surveillance video caught a suspect, described as having a thin build and shoulder-length hair and a dark hoodie, standing on a vehicle's hood and damaging the windshield, according to authorities. Another report informed police about vandalism in the form of drawings and words spray-painted in a light blue color on areas such as walls, sidewalks and vehicles, police said. Several swastikas were also seen spray-painted in the same manner as the previous report.It is unknown at this time if the incidents are connected to each other."During the investigation, au...

New affordable housing coming to East Village

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Two new affordable housing complexes aiming to provide more than 200 permanent homes to people experiencing homelessness in San Diego will begin construction in the second half of 2024, Father Joe's Villages said Wednesday.Both communities will be located in the East Village neighborhood -- one at 17th and Commercial streets and the other at 16th Street and Island Avenue. A rendering of 16th and Island Avenue affordable housing complex set to be completed in 2026. (Father Joe's Villages)“We envision a future where no one in our region is forced to live without a home, and these two new communities take us one step closer to that vision,” said Deacon Jim Vargas, President and CEO of Father Joe’s Villages. “We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the City of San Diego and other community leaders who are helping to make our goal of providing 2,000 units of affordable housing to the region a reality.” Approaching ‘June Gloom’ is leaving San Diegan...

Blue Jays’ Anthony Bass booed by home fans after anti-LGBTQ2S+ post

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:50:56 GMT

It appears a majority of Toronto Blue Jays supporters at the Rogers Centre don’t want anything to do with reliever Anthony Bass.In his first appearance since sharing an anti-LGBTQ2S+ video on Instagram, Bass was laboriously booed by fans at the ballpark as he entered the game and began to warm up.Anthony Bass comes into the game, greeted by a couple of separate choruses of boos. #Bluejays pic.twitter.com/NM3IpEA91i— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 1, 2023After walking the first batter he faced, Bass would escape the inning unscathed, recording a strikeout. Toronto would lose the game 4-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers.Bass has been a trending topic on Twitter for several days since he shared the heavily criticized video on Instagram, with many fans and social media users calling on the Blue Jays to cut ties with the 35-year-old.The video in question was of another social media account of a man named Ryan Miller, who instructed the audience to consider boycotting Target on behal...