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Trump asks judge to throw out Georgia election subversion charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz | CNNFormer President Donald Trump is asking a court to dismiss several criminal charges against him in the Georgia 2020 election interference case.His filings on Monday are Trump’s opening salvo of legal arguments to challenge the state-level charges.The filings indicate Trump wants to adopt the legal arguments his racketeering co-defendants Rudy Giuliani, Kenneth Chesebro and Ray Smith have already made in court filings.Giuliani filed his challenge Friday, asking Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to toss his indictment due to “deficiencies,” his lawyers argued, that render it invalid. Chesebro, the pro-Trump lawyer who devised the “fake electors” scheme, filed a similar challenge last month that argued the indictment “fails to sufficiently set out the charge or any violation of the law.”Smith, an attorney for Trump’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, filed his extensive motion challenging the indictment also on Monday, arguing that the indictment had “volu...

House GOP push to impeach Biden runs into Senate GOP

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona | CNNHouse Republicans are not only facing resistance from within their own ranks to impeach President Joe Biden, they’re also getting a cool reception from another key constituency: Senate Republicans.The concerns raised from lawmakers across the Capitol – who would be the jury in an impeachment trial if it came to that – adds another layer of GOP opposition, and further exposes that Republicans are not unified in their pursuit of impeaching Biden.Republicans in the Senate are nervous that the push to impeach could backfire politically and give Biden a boost – all the while distracting from their efforts to paint the president as out of touch on the economy. Moreover, a number of Senate Republicans liken the Biden impeachment efforts to the two impeachments of then-President Donald Trump that they sharply criticized, even though the situations are markedly different.And some are deeply skeptical that House Republicans have gathered enou...

Could the Oakland Roots soccer team play a role in the future of the Coliseum site?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

OAKLAND — The Roots SC, a popular men’s minor-league soccer franchise, wants to return to Oakland, the city that is represented in the team’s name and logos but not where it currently plays soccer games.On Tuesday, city officials will begin reviewing the terms of an agreement that would allow the Roots to build a temporary 10,000-seat stadium on the largely unused Malibu parking lot, a triangular space directly adjacent to the giant Coliseum complex in deep East Oakland.After forming in the late 2010s, the Roots emerged as a prominent community attraction, and until recently played its games at Oakland’s Laney College, south of Lake Merritt.But earlier this year, the franchise skipped town to a stadium at Cal State East Bay, citing a last-minute snafu involving the turf at the Laney field. It now plans to remain a half-hour drive south in Hayward for the entire 2024 season.In the meantime, the team hopes to work through negotiations with the city, plus the lo...

‘Brady Bunch’ house sells for $3.2 million, a 9% loss for HGTV

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

New owner Tina Trahan plans to keep the 5,140-square-foot house with five bedrooms and five bathrooms as is. (Photo by Ryan Lahiff)The burn orange and avocado green kitchen. (Photo by Ryan Lahiff)Mike Brady’s office. (Photo by Ryan Lahiff)Show Caption of ExpandThe Studio City home famous for its role as the exterior of “The Brady Bunch” has sold for $3.2 million.New owner Tina Trahan plans to keep the 5,140-square-foot house with five bedrooms and five bathrooms as is. That goes for the burnt orange and avocado green kitchen, the house plans on Mike’s desk, and even Tiger’s dog house in the backyard.The Wall Street Journal first reported that Trahan, a collector of art and historic homes and wife of former HBO chief Chris Albrecht, expressed an interest in buying the “Brady Bunch” house to her longtime real estate agent Marcy Roth of the Eklund Gomes team at Douglas Elliman.Roth thought that she was joking.As it turned out, Trahan, a fan of ...

7 suspected DUI drivers arrested in Petaluma

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

(KRON) -- Petaluma police arrested seven drivers on suspicion of DUI within the past four days.The most recent arrest happened around 4:30 p.m. Sunday at a Jack In The Box restaurant at 837 East Washington Street. A citizen reported that a woman was possibly drunk behind the wheel of a work truck with a company name printed on the door.Police identified the driver as Tammy Miniaci-Pheifer, 52, of San Rafael. "Officers learned that Miniaci-Pheifer was not the registered owner of the vehicle and was unable to provide a sensible explanation of why she was driving the vehicle. The owner of the company did not know Miniaci-Pheifer and told officers she did not have permission to drive the vehicle," the Petaluma Police Department wrote. Officers said they discovered that Miniaci-Pheifer stole the work truck in Novato. She was also under the influence from a combination of alcohol and drugs, according to PPD. Miniaci-Pheifer was booked into a Sonoma County jail on suspicion of possession o...

MGM Resorts releases statement on system outage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A representative from MGM Resorts International confirmed Monday that a "cybersecurity issue" was affecting some of the systems for the company.Officials say MGM is working with law enforcement to protect its systems. Specific systems were shut down to protect the company's data, officials say."Promptly after detecting the issue, we quickly began an investigation with assistance from leading external cybersecurity experts," a statement from MGM Resorts International said Monday.For their part, officials from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that they were aware of the incident. "These types of incidents are typically handled by federal law enforcement agencies," a LVMPD representative said Monday.At midday on Monday, the websites for all MGM Resorts International locations were offline. For those needing to contact the locations, a website with phone numbers for each resort was available. Many slot machines were non-functional at ...

The Chargers continue to be plagued by the same issues on defense under coach Brandon Staley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

The Los Angeles Chargers’ offense showed signs of improvement during the season opener in the areas coach Brandon Staley pointed to throughout the offseason.The same can’t be said about Staley’s defense.Many of the deficiencies that have plagued the Chargers’ defense were laid bare again in Sunday’s 36-34 loss to the Miami Dolphins.Giving up a ton of points? Check. It was the seventh time since Staley’s arrival in 2021 that Los Angeles has allowed at least 35 points, tied for second most in the league.Inability to get off the field on third-and-long? Check. The Dolphins converted three of six opportunities when they faced third down with more than 6 yards to go. The Chargers allowed opponents to convert 30.2% on third-and-long last season, the league’s fourth-highest conversion rate.Allowing big pass plays? Check. Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa had a league-high 14 completions of at least 16 yards on Sunday (the next closest was eight by Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield). The Chargers have ...

Fecha 2 de las eliminatorias sudamericanas: previa, calendario y horario de partidos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

(CNN Español) — El camino hacia el Mundial 2026 —que organizarán de manera conjunta México, Estados Unidos y Canadá— ya comenzó para la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (Conmebol) y este martes seguirá su curso con la fecha 2 de las eliminatorias.El jueves y viernes de la semana pasada, se disputó la fecha 1 de las eliminatorias y cuatro selecciones ya se colocaron como las punteras de la competencia.Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina y Colombia ganaron en su partido debut y ocupan los cuatro primeros lugares de las eliminatorias, separados únicamente por la diferencia de goles.Las selecciones que más brillaron en este primer partido fueron Brasil y Uruguay, que no tuvieron complicaciones para derrotar 5-1 y 3-1 a sus similares de Bolivia y Chile, respectivamente.Por su parte, Argentina y Colombia, aunque no tuvieron victorias holgadas, cumplieron con la tarea y, en el caso de la albiceleste, tuvimos la oportunidad de volver a ver un gol de tiro libre por parte del astro Lionel Me...

Messi skips Argentina’s last practice before World Cup qualifier in Bolivia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Lionel Messi skipped Argentina’s last practice session on the eve of a World Cup qualifying match in Bolivia.The 36-year-old Inter Miami striker left Argentina’s match against Ecuador late last week complaining of fatigue, which could impact coach Lionel Scaloni’s selections for Tuesday’s match in challenging conditions at La Paz’ altitude of 3,000 meters.Scaloni told a news conference Sunday that he could leave a decision on Messi until a few hours before the match.During Monday’s training, Messi sat on a chair close to Scaloni and watched his teammates practice. He spoke to the coach as other players tried to adapt to the altitude and the quicker speed of the ball, which is a characteristic that makes it so hard for visitors to win at Bolivia.Scaloni gave no hints at the practice session on what he will do if Messi doesn’t play at the Hernando Siles Stadium against a team that was battered 5-1 by Brazil last week in ...

California fast food workers to get $20 minimum wage under new deal between labor and the industry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:16 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Most fast food workers in California would be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new bill in the state Legislature aimed at ending a standoff between the industry and labor unions over wages and working conditions. California’s minimum wage is already among the highest in the country at $15.50 per hour. The bill, filed Monday with the blessing of both labor unions and the fast food industry, would increase the minimum wage to $20 per hour for workers at restaurants in California that have at least 60 locations nationwide — with an exception for restaurants that make and sell their own bread, like Panera Bread.The bill will impact about 500,000 fast food workers in California, according to the Service Employees International Union, which has been working to unionize fast food workers in the state. They include Ingrid Vilorio, who works at a Jack In The Box in the San Francisco Bay Area. She said the raise will help her family, who until recen...