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“The Squad,” Part 1: The Rise and (First) Fall of Bernie

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

When Bernie Sanders launched his first presidential campaign in early 2015, the political world could not have been more different than it is today. His run set in motion a movement — or, really, a series of movements that clashed and blended over the ensuing years, reshaping both the Democratic Party and the country. On today’s episode of Deconstructed, we’re trying something new: Host Ryan Grim narrates the audio version of his new book “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.” Macmillan Audio has allowed Deconstructed to run edited excerpts. But we’ve spliced Grim’s audiobook with interviews, speeches, and newscasts, making it into an audio documentary for the podcast. Our first episode takes you inside the first Sanders campaign, where we explore the tension between the right wing of the Democratic Party and Sanders’s “political revolution.” Part 2, coming out later this week, will look back at the historical forces that pushed members of the Squad into politics...

Freezing rain causes accidents that leave 3 dead in Germany while Munich airport suspends flights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Freezing rain and cold weather buffeting Germany were blamed for traffic accidents that left three dead on Tuesday while Munich Airport temporarily suspended flights.One student was killed in a crash involving a school bus in the Erzgebirge mountains in the eastern German state of Saxony, police said. At least 10 other schoolchildren were taken to a hospital. Two adults, including the bus driver, were seriously injured. The bus skidded into the side of a winter road maintenance vehicle in Sehmatal county near the Czech border, German news agency dpa reported. It then crashed head-on into a tree and and the impact was so strong that it completely destroyed the front of the vehicle. In Munich, all flights were either canceled or postponed between 6 a.m. and noon (0500-1100 GMT), with the airport warning that many flights scheduled for later in the day might also be affected by the severe weather conditions.The airport, Germany’s second-biggest, announced the tempor...

Lyon returns to Marseille amid heightened security following violent attack on team bus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

Lyon will return to Marseille amid heightened security measures Wednesday to play a game that was postponed after the team’s bus was attacked by fans throwing rocks in October. The rescheduled match comes just four days after the death of a fan ahead of a French league game that marked a new low in a season marred by violence.The match between Marseille and Lyon was initially scheduled on Oct. 29 but was postponed after fans threw rocks and other projectiles at the Lyon bus and then-coach Fabio Grosso needed stitches in his forehead after being hit by broken glass. Lyon fans have not been allowed to travel to the rescheduled game, which takes place in the wake of the incident in the western city of Nantes, where a fan was killed during a fight close to the stadium before a game between Nantes and Nice.The match in Marseille will be under close scrutiny, with local authorities under pressure to deliver an effective security plan.On Monday, French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Ca...

An explosion leveled a home in Arlington, Virginia, as officers tried to serve a search warrant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.C, suburb Monday and destroyed the home.All officers escaped serious injury but it was unclear what happened to the suspect who was inside the home when it was leveled by the explosion, Arlington County, Virginia, police spokesperson Ashley Savage said.Officers went to the home at about 4:45 p.m. after receiving reports of shots fired. They later determined the shots came from a flare gun, Savage said. While police investigated, they obtained a search warrant for the home.When police later attempted to execute the warrant the suspect fired several rounds inside the home and the explosion occurred just before 8:30 p.m., shooting flames and debris into the air police said. Savage said it was unclear whether the rounds were fired from a flare gun or a firearm. Police don’t have any evidence that others were in the duplex but can’t rule out the possibility, ...

Heavy rains leave at least 8 people dead as Michaung makes landfall on India’s southeastern coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Eight people were dead as Tropical Storm Michaung began making landfall along India’s southeastern coastline Tuesday, bringing with it torrential rains and strong winds, officials said. The cyclone started crossing the coastline of Andhra Pradesh state with maximum sustained winds of 90-100 kph (56-62 mph) and gusts up to 110 kph (68 mph), said Sunanda Sharma, an official at the state’s Cyclone Warning Center. “It will take three hours for the entire system to cross the coast and complete the landfall,” she said, adding that there could be a storm surge and more heavy showers in the next 24 hours before the storm weakens. Another state in the south, Tamil Nadu, experienced days of heavy rains in the lead-up to the storm. Downpours triggered accidents that led to at least eight deaths across four vulnerable districts in recent days, said C. Muthukumaran, a disaster management official in the state. In the capital city of Chennai, rain from the stor...

GTA 6 leak: ‘Grand Theft Auto’ trailer reveals game’s release date

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

New York (CNN) — A trailer for “Grand Theft Auto VI,” the next installment of the wildly popular and violent game franchise, has been released early online after it had leaked. The trailer reveals that the sixth chapter is coming in 2025, according to developer Rockstar Games.The highly anticipated trailer surpassed 32 million views within its first few hours on Youtube.The trailer was originally supposed to go up on Tuesday, December 5 at 9 am PST. However, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rockstar Games said, “Our trailer has leaked so please watch the real thing on YouTube.”GTA 6, the next chapter of the action-adventure franchise, has been a long time coming. GTA 5 was released in 2013.The trailer features a female protagonist, Lucia, who appears to go a crime spree through crowded beaches, city highways and clubs with her partner in a Bonnie-and-Clyde scenario.Rockstar Games, owned by Take-Two Interactive, has struggled with leaks. In 2022, hackers leaked unrelea...

3 injured, including police officer, following crash in Miami Gardens; Palmetto Expressway ramps shut down

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

A traffic collision on Tuesday morning resulted in multiple hospitalizations, including a Miami Gardens police officer, leading to the closure of the Palmetto Expressway ramps.The incident unfolded around 2:45 a.m. along Northwest 27th Avenue and Northwest 167th Street, where Miami-Dade police officers were observed securing the exit and entrance ramps of the highway.Video footage revealed a Miami Gardens squad car perched on the slope barrier wall of the Palmetto Expressway, displaying front-end damage. Another black vehicle involved in the collision suffered extensive damage to its exterior.Four individuals, including a police officer, were rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Three victims, including the officer, required airlift transport. While the officer and one airlifted individual are expected to recover, the remaining victim is in critical condition.Preliminary investigations by Miami Gardens Police indicated that the police officer, patrolling ...

Colder Air, Snow For Some

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

After temps drifted up into the upper 40s to lower 50s yesterday, some chillier air starts to settle back in today. Despite temps starting off in the 30s this morning, there’s not a lot of upward movement to those numbers are highs max out near 40 midday and drift back downs into the mid 30s by late afternoon. Mostly cloudy skies prevail this afternoon as a few spotty showers pass through the Cape and Islands. Elsewhere, most of us stay dry. As temps dip down below freezing tonight, scattered snow showers start to develop near Cape Ann and Plymouth County. As instability increases, along with some ocean enhancement, bursts of some steadier/heavier snow is possible early to mid morning tomorrow across Cape Ann as well as far eastern Bristol County and especially Plymouth County. In these locations, a coating to a couple inches of snow is likely. If your area picks up near 2″ of snow in heavier bursts, expect some reductions in visibility. Near Boston and out through Metro...

UN warns of ‘blatant disregard for basic humanity’ in Gaza warfare

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

(CNN) — Top officials at the United Nations are warning of an “apocalyptic” situation in war-torn Gaza with “no place safe to go” for civilians, as Israel’s war with Hamas spreads into the south, where many had previously sought refuge.“Every time we think things cannot get any more apocalyptic in Gaza, they do,” said Martin Griffiths, the top UN emergency relief official, in a statement on Monday. “People are being ordered to move again, with little to survive on, forced to make one impossible choice after another,” he said.“Such blatant disregard for basic humanity must stop,” he also said.Israel has been intensifying its aerial bombardment of southern Gaza in pursuit of Palestinian militant group Hamas and said over the weekend that it will expand ground operations to the whole of the territory.“Intense battles” are still taking place in northern Gaza, where two Israeli soldiers were killed during “close-quarter combat” with Hamas fighters, the milit...

At least 85 confirmed killed by Nigerian army drone attack, raising questions about such mistakes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:37:10 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 85 people have been confirmed dead after a “mistaken” army drone attack on a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria, authorities said. The president on Tuesday ordered a probe into the latest in a series of mistakes in Nigeria’s conflict zones.“Eighty-five dead bodies have so far been buried while (a) search is still ongoing,” Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in a statement that listed children, women and the elderly among the victims. At least 66 people were injured, the agency added.Since 2017, some 400 civilians have been killed by airstrikes the military said were targeting armed groups in the deadly security crisis in the country’s north, according to the Lagos-based SBM Intelligence security firm.The victims in the latest incident were observing the Muslim holiday celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, Mawlid al-Nabi. They were killed Sunday night by drones “targeting terrorists and bandits” in K...