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Minneapolis city council brawlers could be expelled from Minnesota Democratic Party

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out over nominations for a Minneapolis City Council seat.At least two people were injured in Saturday’s confrontation. The head of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Chair Ken Martin, said on Twitter that he plans to call an emergency meeting later this week to consider banning anyone involved in the assaults from the DFL Party, an affiliate of the national Democratic Party.Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame. Some Warsame supporters then jumped on stage, shouting, banging on tables and waving signs.As supporters of both candidates pushed and shoved each other, a party official repeatedly banged a gavel and tried to quiet the crowd but was ignored.Convention chair Sam Doten called the behavior em...

Moment of silence, bell tolling for Buffalo supermarket mass shooting victims 1 year after massacre

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Standing in the same parking lot where he was shot in the neck a year ago in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket, Zaire Goodman said he was grateful to see the community come together in remembrance Sunday.His family and others affected by the mass shooting gathered with top state and local officials, first responders and religious leaders to remember the 10 people who were killed and three, including Goodman, who were wounded at Tops Friendly Market, which closed Sunday for the one-year anniversary of the shootings.Goodman, who worked at the store and was shot while collecting carts outside, has been back to the. market many times since, even visiting while it was being remodeled in the weeks after the massacre as some questioned whether it should ever reopen.“I just wanted to show people that it’s alright. We don’t need to close the store indefinitely,” he said. “We know the store is still important to people in this area.”Mayor Byron Brown read the 13 vi...

Student loan forgiveness: What to know as the Supreme Court mulls case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - Within the next month or so - but likely sooner - millions of federal student loan borrowers will know whether or not they’ll see thousands of dollars in debt erased from their accounts. The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling in two cases that sought to halt President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for over 44 million Americans. As we get closer to the Supreme Court’s decision, here are four things to know.When will SCOTUS make their decision?While there is no firm answer to this as of yet, the decision is expected before the end of June. The Supreme Court typically releases major rulings in May or June. If SCOTUS rules in favor of student loan forgiveness, how many would receive relief?The White House has previously said that roughly 44 million Americans would benefit from Biden’s proposed student loan forgiveness.  $42B in student debt forgiven for public workers: How to qualify for the PSLF program Whil...

Austin mom welcomes baby days after wrapping breast cancer treatment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin mom has extra to celebrate this Mother's Day, just months after she successfully completed breast cancer treatment while pregnant with her second child.Emily Williams celebrated her 40th birthday last March and underwent her first routine mammogram, which came back clear. In May, she learned she was pregnant with her second child, after seven rounds of in vitro fertilization attempts. TRENDING NOW: San Antonio Zoo welcomes several baby endangered animals But come June 2022, she discovered a lump in her breast. After completing a biopsy, she was diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer."It's almost like my happiness turned and went 180 [degrees]," she said. "Can I even keep this baby, after all that we went through? And so it was really — it was devastating to me."Austin resident Emily Williams has plenty to celebrate this Mother's Day, having given birth earlier this year to her second child just days after wrapping chemo treatment. (Courtesy: Cynthia Hamil...

Afternoon sun for mom before more rain Monday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Happy Mother's Day! Morning and midday rain has faded giving way to increasing afternoon sun. For the rest of the day and this evening our rain chances stand at just 10% or less giving you some time to get outside and enjoy the sunshine and drier weather. Preliminary 24-hour rainfall totals With a sun/cloud mix this afternoon high temperatures will head for the mid 80s.Overnight clouds thicken back up with a continued very low rain chance. Lows tonight drop into the upper 60s with some areas of fog by morning.A few spotty showers or storms are possible Monday morning, but our best chances for rain return during the afternoon and evening with 60% coverage. The flash flooding risk has increased to a 2 out of 4 for all of the area. Flash flood risk MondayRainfall amounts will range from very little to 1-2" in isolated spots on Monday. Flash flooding will be possible in spots during the second half of the day.Our last "decent" chance for rain and storms comes on Tuesd...

Ascension Seton hosts Mother's Day NICU photoshoot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Ascension Seton Medical Center is celebrating Mother's Day with a little extra flair this year, hosting photoshoots for mamas and their newborn babies. Austin mom welcomes baby days after wrapping breast cancer treatment The medical center put on the photoshoots for mothers with babies staying in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), per a hospital release. Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin is rated a Level III NICU, carrying for "our tiniest Central Texans and their families."Ascension Seton Medical Center is celebrating Mother's Day with a little extra flair this year, hosting photoshoots for mamas and their newborn babies staying in the neonatal intensive care unit. (Courtesy: Ascension Texas)Ascension Seton Medical Center is celebrating Mother's Day with a little extra flair this year, hosting photoshoots for mamas and their newborn babies staying in the neonatal intensive care unit. (Courtesy: Ascension Texas)Ascension Seton Medical Center is celebrati...

Orioles stumble against Mitch Keller, Pirates in 4-0 loss to end four-game winning streak

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

The seven-inning gem that Orioles starter Tyler Wells delivered Saturday would normally be the best start of a series.Not this weekend.Pittsburgh Pirates ace Mitch Keller one-upped Wells on Sunday, striking out 13 across seven dominant innings to hand the Orioles a 4-0 loss.Keller entered the game as one of the best starters in the National League, and he solidified his standing by shutting down an Orioles team that had won four straight games. The right-hander scattered four hits and didn’t walk a batter in front of a Mother’s Day crowd of 36,403.Only Anthony Santander and Austin Hays avoided striking out against Keller, and Gunnar Henderson, Ryan Mountcastle and Kyle Stowers struck out three times apiece off the Pittsburgh starter. Baltimore could only muster two runners in scoring position against Keller, who lowered his ERA to 2.38.Starting pitcher Kyle Gibson struggled but got through five innings while allowing seven hits, three walks and four runs. The Pirates (22...

Twins crank out 18 hits in 16-3 victory over Cubs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

Louie Varland pitched a career-high 6⅓ innings, and Trevor Larnach hit a three-run home run in a seven-run third inning as the Twins beat the Chicago Cubs, 16-3, in front of 33,419 on Sunday at Target Field.Joey Gallo’s two-run home run in the third gave the Twins an 8-0 lead, and Varland made sure it wasn’t seriously threatened, giving up four hits — including solo home runs by Christopher Morel and Seiya Suzuki — and two runs with one walk. He fanned seven.The Twins finished a six-game home stand with a 4-2 record after winning series from the Cubs and San Diego Padres and are a season-high five games over .500 for the third time. They scored 29 runs in the three-game series, a franchise high for the team in a three-game series at Target Field.Varland (1-0) left with an 8-2 lead, a man on first — his only walk — in the seventh. Making his fourth major league start this season, the North St. Paul graduate retired 17 of the first 19 batters he faced while earning his second career m...

Bolivian EV startup hopes tiny car will be a hit in lithium-rich nation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

Dr. Carlos Ortuno drives a Bolivian-made, Quantum electric car to a house call, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Launched in 2019, Quantum Motors has only sold 350 electric cars in Bolivia. But their founders recently received a boost from the German city of Bonn, which invested 50,000 euros to acquire six units in support of a local program that sends doctors to people’s homes. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)LA PAZ, Bolivia — On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuño hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, unsure if the vehicle would be able to handle the steep, winding streets of the high-altitude city.“I thought that because of the city’s topography it was going to struggle, but it’s a great climber,” said Ortuño about his experience driving a Quantum, the first EV to have ever been made in Bolivia. “The difference from a gasoline-powered vehicle is huge.”Ortuño’s home visit aboard a car the size of a golf car...

Joey Gallo’s HR landed him in leadoff spot again, but not the Twins’ record book

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:47 GMT

Hitting leadoff seemed to agree with Joey Gallo on Saturday, so Rocco Badlelli penciled him atop the order for Sunday’s series finale against the Chicago Cubs at Target Field.“He was begging for it after the game yesterday,” Baldelli said.In his first career start batting leadoff, Gallo went 2 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs. That broke up a 3-for-32 skid over Gallo’s previous 12 games.“I think the initial shock of seeing his name there snapped him into a really good place,” Baldelli said.On Sunday against the Cubs, Gallo was 1 for 4 through with a two-run home run that gave the Twins an 8-0 lead in the third inning. He left the game with an apparent leg injury after grounding out to short to end the seventh inning.Gallo’s three-run home run off Cubs starter Hayden Wesneski in the third was celebrated for “breaking” StatCast because MLB’s stat-gathering system didn’t have an immediate read on it. With no official reading, social erupted into superlatives.But on Sunday, the homer...