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No comment from Speaker Phelan on impairment accusations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Some political advocacy groups and conservative activists are accusing Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan of conducting business while intoxicated after he appeared to be impaired on the House dais.The Speaker's office declined to comment on the matter.An unidentified advocacy group used the incident to generate negative campaign material. They sent a mass text message to several journalists calling for members to remove Speaker Phelan."It appears that TX House Speaker Dade Phelan is either really drunk or having a stroke," the State Freedom Caucus Network's Greg Price tweeted. ‘Dead-suspect loophole’ bill passes Texas Senate "Watching the Speaker be this wasted is absolutely unacceptable. These Representatives are making laws that impact 30 million Texans. It must stop," former State Representative Jonathan Stickland said on Twitter.Speaker Phelan has long attracted criticism from some of the most conservative factions of his party for appointing Democrats to chai...

Can a pharmacist deny medication based on their values?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) – An Austin man said he was denied his hormone prescription by a northwest Austin pharmacist.Hayden Martin said she would pick up her husband Tristan Martin’s medication while he was working. The Walgreens cashier said the hormones were ready, but the pharmacist said they were uncomfortable filling the prescription because of how the hormones were prescribed to be injected, Tristan recalled. There are two types of self-injections for gender-transitioning hormone therapy: intramuscular and subcutaneous. Intramuscular injections involve delivering the medication deep into the muscle tissue – usually shot into the thigh or buttocks. While subcutaneous, or sub-q, injections deliver the hormones into the fatty tissue just under the skin. Doctors recommend injecting into the abdomen or back of the arms for subcutaneous shots, according to Fenway Health. “The pharmacist told [my wife] that she was not comfortable filling the prescription because of the way it was being i...

As the Twins’ DH, Byron Buxton on pace to play career high in games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

If Byron Buxton continues to play games at his current pace, the Twins’ outfielder will set a new career high in games played in a season.Back in the lineup as the Twins started a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Monday at Target Field, Buxton has missed only five games through more than a quarter of the 2023 season. At that pace, he will play more than the 140 games he played in 2017.He sat out Sunday’s 4-2 loss in Anaheim after leaving Saturday’s 6-2 victory because of tightness near his right knee, which was surgically repaired last fall.“For me to do what I did, and come out for that tightness, you know, shows a little bit more of who I’m trying to become,” Buxton said before Monday night’s game. In the past, he said, “I would’ve tried to push myself through that, which would prevent myself from going back like I could today.”But Buxton also hasn’t played a single game in the field this season, either, and his overall health likely is a product of his willin...

Infrastructure deal at the Capitol includes dozens of east metro projects

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

The bipartisan infrastructure bills the Minnesota Legislature hopes to pass before they adjourn Monday include dozens of east metro projects that will be funded with $1.5 billion in state borrowing and $1 billion from the historic budget surplus.It was a deal Democrats struck Saturday with Senate Republicans whose votes are necessary for the supermajority needed for the state to borrow money. Democrats had threatened to pass a cash-only bill along party lines, but agreed to a GOP demand they spend $300 million on emergency nursing home funding.The clock was ticking Monday when the final version of the infrastructure bills emerged and lawmakers had just hours to debate and vote on them or else they’ll need to come back for a special session. The complete list of projects can be found at www.senate.mn/omnibus.The bills are part of the next two-year state budget that is expected to be nearly $72 billion, about 38 percent more than current $52 billion general fund spending plan, w...

How does NYSP investigate vehicle crashes? Behind the scenes with NYSP Collision Reconstruction Unit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit responds to about a hundred crashes per year. The summer months mean more crashes and collisions on roadways, especially during the 100 deadliest days of summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day."It's our job to go out there and investigate the contributing factors to the collision and determine how or why these collisions happen," Trooper Thomas Rzepecki, an investigator with the unit, told NEWS10 sister station News 4. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Technology and training give the collision reconstruction unit the tools it needs to know what exactly happened before, during and after a crash. The unit also uses witness statements to string the story together, but the physical data is critical to the reconstruction of a crash."We like to rely on that physical evidence," Investigator Rzepecki said. "Based on that evidence, the tire marks on the roa...

Pete Porcelli tabbed as new Empire head coach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany Empire has yet another new head head coach. La Salle Assistant Coach Pete Porcelli will take over for Tom Menas, who resigned Sunday after Saturday's loss to Jacksonville.Porcelli confirmed to NEWS10 Sports Director Griffin Haas he's taking the job. Porcelli led Lansingburgh to four Super Bowl titles as head coach. He also played in the AFL for seven years, including four years with the Albany Firebirds. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Antonio Brown originally offered the job to La Salle head coach John Audino, but Audino said he turned down the job after much consideration. He did thank ownership for the offer, but he said it's not the right time.The Empire will host the Fayetteville Mustangs on Saturday in a game Brown said he's going to play.

E. Jean Carroll adds Trump's CNN town hall remarks to defamation suit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

E. Jean Carroll amended her ongoing defamation lawsuit against former President Trump on Monday to include his recent comments during a CNN town hall.In an exchange that came one day after a jury ordered Trump to pay $5 million in civil damages for sexual battery and defamation in Carroll’s other lawsuit, the former president during his CNN appearance again denied assaulting her.“And I didn’t do anything else either. You know what? Because I have no idea who the hell she is. I don’t know who this woman is,” Trump told moderator Kaitlan Collins."I have no idea who the hell she is. She’s a whack job," he later added.The nine-member jury had found that Trump more likely than not assaulted Carroll, a longtime advice columnist, in the mid-1990s at a New York City department store and later defamed her by denying her claims.Carroll's first lawsuit against Trump, which has not yet reached trial, solely included claims of defamation. It originally revolved around Trump’s initial denials wh...

Man accused of using BB gun to rob Jefferson County arcade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

CEDAR HILL, Mo. - The Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged a Cedar Hill, Missouri, man with the robbery of a local arcade earlier this month.According to Grant Bissell, a spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the robbery took place around 5 a.m. on May 5 at the Game Room on South Industrial Drive.An employee told law enforcement he was in the back office when a man walked in with a silver pistol and demanded money. The employee handed over an undisclosed sum of money, and the robber ran off into the woods. Suspect remains at large in St. Peters triple shooting The robbery was recorded on security video.Approximately two hours after the robbery, deputies found the silver pistol and some cash in the same wooded area, Bissell said. The pistol was determined to be a BB gun.Investigators discovered a fingerprint on the toy, which they claim belonged to Corey Roberts.Roberts was seen wearing the same tennis shoes at a different business just four days be...

Be aware! Park rangers warn elks might attack during calving season at Lone Elk Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County officials have warned that it's elk calving season at Lone Elk Park in Valley Park. They said that cow elk are much more aggressive towards people, with attacks that can be unprovoked and unpredictable.“They might not even know that they’re near one of their calves because they’ll hide them in the woods,” said Sgt. Cheryl Fechter with the St. Louis County Park Rangers. “And so it's a possibility, we had a hiker get a little bit too close, and we had one of the cows just trying to protect herself and her baby.”Signs all over let hikers on the three-mile trail know that elk can be aggressive and attack without warning. Elk aggressively defend their young. Retired Post-Dispatch sports writer Rick Hummel dead at 77 “These are very large animals,” Fechter said. “They are 800 to 1,000 pounds. They’re much, much larger than a deer. When they want to protect themselves, they will rear up on their back legs and kick out with their front legs.”On Mon...

Rockies’ C.J. Cron progressing slowly from back injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:30 GMT

First baseman C.J. Cron, the Rockies’ lone All-Star from last season, will remain on the injured list beyond what the club originally forecast.Cron has been on the 10-day IL since May 12 but he said Monday that he’s not doing any baseball activities yet and there is no timetable for his return.“It’s getting better, but I don’t have a (return date),” said Cron, explaining that the pain is in on the left side of his lower back. “We are doing a lot of pool exercises to get moving a little bit and trying to relax those muscles. I’m getting a lot of heat on it. Heat has been my friend.”Cron is slashing .228/.277/.462 with six home runs, nine doubles and 20 RBIs in 36 games. He came out of the gate hot, hitting 7 for 19 with three homers in his first three games. Since then, he’s slashed .192/.237./.320 with three home runs.Cron, who said he dealt with a sore back during spring training, underwent an MRI recently but the test sho...