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Air Force grounds entire Osprey fleet after Japan crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

(The Hill) — The Air Force on Wednesday grounded the entire fleet of CV-22 Ospreys after a fatal crash in Japan on Nov. 29 killed eight U.S. servicemembers.Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, command of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), directed an operational grounding of the CV-22 fleet to "mitigate risk" while the investigation into the crash continues, AFSOC said in a statement.A preliminary review of the crash indicates a "potential materiel failure" caused the accident, according to AFSOC, but the cause is still unknown and the investigation is ongoing."The standdown will provide time and space for a thorough investigation to determine causal factors and recommendations to ensure the Air Force CV-22 fleet returns to flight operations," AFSOC said.Japan had asked the U.S. to suspend its Osprey flights following the crash, but the Pentagon had said only the Air Force unit involved with the crash had suspended its flights.Japanese officials have repeatedly expressed alarm abou...

Illinois Farm Bureau passes CO2 pipeline resolutions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

ILLINOIS (WMBD) -- The Illinois Farm Bureau delegates passed several CO2 pipeline resolutions at the Farm Bureau's annual meeting.The first resolution supports legislation prohibiting the use of eminent domain for CO2 pipelines at the Farm Bureau's annual meeting. The second resolution calls for a moratorium on CO2 pipelines until the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) rulemaking process is complete. Chicago man pleads guilty in shooting of three undercover federal officers The third resolution requires CO2 pipeline and sequestration developers to demonstrate its progress by securing at-will easements before project approval by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Lan Richart, on behalf of the Coalition to Stop CO2 Pipelines, said the passage of the resolutions demonstrates the Farm Bureau's commitment to protecting property owners and Illinois' agricultural economy.The Coalition to Stop CO2 Pipelines is a group of farmers, landowners, a...

Nurse suffers cardiac arrest while training on the condition, fellow nurses save her life

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Andy Hoang eagerly began her first nursing job this year in New Hampshire, with a desire to specialize in cardiac care.She was excited about attending a November practice session on how to respond to someone in cardiac arrest. But as things were getting underway at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hoang, 23, started to feel dizzy and nauseated. She felt she needed to sit down.“That’s the last thing I remember,” she told The Associated Press in an interview. “I woke up to a room full of doctors and nurses.”It turned out that she, herself, had gone into cardiac arrest and needed help immediately. Her colleagues sprung into action — instead of practicing chest compressions on a mannequin in a simulated environment, they went to work on her.“One checked her carotid, one her femoral (arteries), and she did not have a pulse,” instructor Lisa Davenport said.The nurses started CPR and a “code blue,” or medical emergency, team was called. Tired of seeing Taylor Swif...

NFL player diagnosed with post-traumatic amnesia after entering concussion protocol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WGHP) — Carolina Panthers tight end Hayden Hurst has been diagnosed with post-traumatic amnesia, his father confirmed on X, formerly known as Twitter.Hurst entered the concussion protocol after what appeared to be a routine tackle during the Panthers' Week 10 loss to the Chicago Bears on Thursday. He had not appeared in a game since.Hurst returned to practice for the first time as a limited participant on Wednesday. However, he donned a red jersey and was still in a concussion protocol. Carolina Panthers had ‘Hunger Games’ style culture; players call out ‘overprotectiveness’ of Bryce Young: The Athletic Hurst's father, Jerry Hurst, announced on Wednesday evening that the tight end was diagnosed with post-traumatic amnesia by an independent neurologist as a result of a hit he took against the Bears.According to Headway, post-traumatic amnesia, or PTA, "is the time after a period of unconsciousness when the injured person is conscious and awake, but is behaving or t...

'Screaming and freaking out': Mother calls 911 thinking her child came in contact with Austin shooting suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of Jen Brady's most heightened emotions on Wednesday morning was anger. "My kids wouldn't have been outside, that's for damn sure," she said. "Why weren't we informed?"She said she lives two homes down from where the suspect connected with several homicides and shootings across Central Texas killed two people and shot an Austin Police Department officer. RELATED: 6 people dead after shooting spree in Austin, double homicide in Bexar County As her kids played outside Tuesday afternoon, Brady started to get worried when she heard helicopters circling overhead."My kids were out back playing kickball...they told me that they heard a firework," Brady said. "And then I kind of put it together thinking it was a gunshot."She didn't know it then, but she says she thinks her son was in direct contact with Shane James, the suspect in the shooting spree, according to court documents. Brady said her son told her he accidentally hit a man he didn't know with a kickball over...

US Senate blocks funding for Israel, Ukraine aid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The U.S. Senate failed to pass a funding plan that would provide billions of dollars in military and foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel on Wednesday.The Senate voted 49-51, as most Republican senators who voted against it wanted tougher border security policies in exchange for their support of the aid package.A classified briefing Tuesday for senators to discuss the White House's request for Israel and Ukraine aid resulted in heated discussions and many Republican members storming out of the meeting. Much of the opposition to the legislation amongst senators is due to the lack of border security language."This is a unique circumstance where there are things that I support in the package, but I can't and won't support that proceeding to that until we get a satisfactory answer to the policy changes that we need at the border," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-TX in an interview with KXAN prior to vote.Sen. Patty Murray, D-WA, unveiled the $110.5 billion national securit...

APD officer to be retried on murder charge, Travis County DA says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police Department officer Christopher Taylor will go on trial again, after facing two mistrials, Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza told KXAN's Brianna Hollis. Taylor was charged with murder in the 2020 shooting death of Michael Ramos. Austin police officer’s murder trial ends in hung jury, mistrial Garza said he plans to fully retry Taylor's case. A pretrial hearing is set for Wednesday, Dec. 13.Less than a month ago, a second mistrial was declared in the case. Ken Ervin, one of Taylor's attorneys, told KXAN at the time, “In the event that they intend to do that [retry], obviously we will be ready, and we will try this case as many times as it takes to get a not guilty."“The idea that they have to go through another one of these, I think is really troubling to them and to me, but at the end of the day, the interest of justice demand that the District Attorney retry this case,” Austin Justice Coalition Policy Director Chris Harris said outside ...

Charges: Barber started Shoreview fire to get owner to move barbershop to Columbia Heights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

Barber Dennis Manning reached out to a colleague last month after he was forced out of the shop he ran in Columbia Heights for 22 years.Manning and Paul Vandeveer, who owns Pauly Ray’s Sports Barbershop in Shoreview, have known each other for about eight years. Vandeveer had rented a chair at Manning’s now-shuttered Sportsmen’s Barbers for four years before opening his own shop in 2017.Last week, Manning took Vandeveer up on his offer to rent a chair at Pauly Ray’s. Vandeveer went so far as to let Manning set up a few of his arcade games and put his old sign from Sportsmen’s outside the shop.Now, both are without a barbershop after Manning — on the second day on the job at Pauly Ray’s — intentionally set a fire inside the shop, which is now gutted and closed, criminal charges against the 55-year-old say.Manning, of Columbia Heights, is charged in Ramsey County District Court with first- and second-degree arson in connection with the Nov. 29 fire.Manning...

Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson practices fully for first time since hamstring injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

Vikings star receiver Justin Jefferson has taken a big step in his recovery process.After sustaining a hamstring injury on Oct. 8 during a home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Jefferson finally participated fully in practice for the Vikings on Wednesday at TCO Performance Center, paving the way for him to make his highly anticipated return to game action.It seems as if everything is in place for Jefferson to play on Sunday afternoon when the Vikings travel to play the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium.Though he was designated for return from injured reserve on Nov. 8, Jefferson has been slowly progressing toward getting back on the field. He has been ramping things up over the past few weeks with the Vikings being cautious to not to rush their best player back.Now it appears to be only a matter of time. It’s worth noting that Jefferson is scheduled to talk to reporters on Thursday.Hockenson at full strengthYou’d never know simply by talking to Vikings tight end T.J....

“Why not spell it out?” Colorado justice asks as skeptical Supreme Court hears Donald Trump ballot challenge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:26 GMT

Colorado’s Supreme Court justices turned their skeptical eyes toward the case to keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s 2024 ballot Wednesday as they heard arguments over whether the Republican frontrunner’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, disqualified him from running again.The seven justices peppered both the plaintiffs in a high-profile lawsuit and Trump’s legal team with questions that examined whether the siege of the U.S. Capitol constituted an insurrection. They also probed the legal ability of the Colorado secretary of state to keep candidates off the ballot, the language of the 14th Amendment itself — which says insurrectionists can’t run for office — as well as whether Colorado can invoke that rule on its own.The provision at issue in the Civil War-era 14th Amendment was aimed at keeping Confederates away from federal power after the nation reunited. But its language doesn’t explicitly bar insurrectionists from the highe...