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Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

(CNN) — Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen individuals when her team presents its case before a grand jury next week. Several individuals involved in the voting systems breach in Coffee County are among those who may face charges in the sprawling criminal probe. Investigators in the Georgia criminal probe have long suspected the breach was not an organic effort sprung from sympathetic Trump supporters in rural and heavily Republican Coffee County – a county Trump won by nearly 70% of the vote. They have gathered evidence indicating it was a top-down push by Trump’s team to access sensitive voting software, according to people familiar w...

Fourth Trump indictment appears imminent

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

A Georgia prosecutor appears on the verge of bringing criminal charges in her investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in that state.Two witnesses confirmed Saturday that they will appear before a grand jury in Fulton County, Ga., early next week — the clearest sign yet that Fani Willis, the district attorney there, soon plans to ask the grand jury to approve criminal indictments against Trump or his allies.If Trump is charged in Georgia, it would be his fourth indictment in the past five months. He is already facing federal criminal charges over 2020 election interference and his hoarding of classified documents, as well as New York criminal charges related to hush money payments.The Fulton County indictment would cap off a yearslong investigation into the former president’s efforts to change the outcome of the Georgia election, which Joe Biden narrowly won. In the weeks after Election Day, Trump spread fal...

Toyota recalls Tundra models in largest recall this year

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

New York (CNN) — Toyota has issued a voluntary recall for certain 2022 and 2023 Tundra and Tundra Hybrid trucks in its largest recall of 2023.The manufacturer announced Thursday 168,000 vehicles in the US have a plastic fuel tube which could “rub against a brake line and develop a fuel leak.” The leak could potentially cause a fire “in the presence of an ignition source,” Toyota added.The company will replace the tube for free and is preparing to make the replacement parts available. In the meantime, Toyota said its dealers “will install protective materials and a clamp on the fuel tube at no cost to customers.”Toyota will notify vehicle owners who are affected by the faulty part by early October. Owners can visit Toyota.com/recall and enter either their VIN number or license plate information to see whether their car is included in the recall.This is the seventh recall involving the 2022 or 2023 Tundra model. Previous recalls included problems with the...

Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner’s yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died. Carla Gates said she’s sure heat was a factor in her 66-year-old husband’s death, even though she’s still waiting for the autopsy report. When Eugene Gates died on June 20, the temperature was 98 degrees Fahrenheit (36.6 Celsius) and the heat index, which also considers humidity, had soared over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius). “I will believe this until the day I die, that it was heat-related,” Carla Gates said. Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don’t really know how many people die in the U.S. each year because of high temperatures in an ever warming world. That imprecision h...

5 injured, one critically, after car strikes pedestrians in North York crash

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

Five people were taken to hospital, one in life-threatening condition, following a two-car crash in North York. Police say just before 6 p.m. Saturday a black Subaru Outback was going westbound on Sheppard Avenue when it collided head-on at Bathurst Street with a black Volkswagen Passat that was going eastbound. The force of the crash sent the Volkswagen off the road, striking three pedestrians who were on the southeast corner of the intersection. One of the pedestrians was transported to hospital with critical injuries while two others were treated for non-life threatening injuries. Both drivers were also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police did not say if any charges were pending as the investigation is ongoing.

Sunday Forecast: Sunny morning, Good air quality

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

Sunday:  Sunny morning, increasing PM clouds. NW 5-10 mph changing out of the NE in the afternoon. Air quality is in the Good category for today. High 83, upper 70s lakeside-- just about everyone in the 70s by dinnertime. Chicago Weather | Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center's Forecast (wgntv.com)Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers overnight. Low: 67Monday: Mostly cloudy with on/off rain at times & possible thunderstorms. High mid to upper 70sExtended outlook calls for a few lingering showers into Tuesday with highs near 80. Warmer and more sun as we get into TuWed as highs get into the mid to upper 80s. Possible showers/thunderstorms with more clouds on Thu with temps still in the muggy 80s. Trending back towards dry on Friday and into the coming weekend. 

Death toll in Maui rises to 93 with 2,200 structures destroyed or damaged

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

Follow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii this week, destroying a historic town and forcing evacuations. The National Weather Service said Hurricane Dora, which passed south of the island chain, was partly to blame for strong winds that initially drove the flames, knocking out power and grounding firefighting helicopters. GOVERNOR SAYS DEATH TOLL INCREASES, POLICY REVIEW PLANNEDIn a press conference Saturday, Gov. Josh Green said the number of confirmed deaths from the Maui wildfires had risen to 89, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than 100 years.Maui County later raised the confirmed death toll to 93.There were 2,200 structures destroyed or damaged just in West Maui, and 86% of those were residential buildings, Green said“The losses approach $6 billion in estimate," Green said, adding that it would take “an incredible amount of time" to recover.Green said officials will review policies and procedures to improve safety.“People hav...

Low rain chances

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There have been 51 days with a high temperature reaching triple digits. More than half of those days, 30 to be exact, have had a high of 105° and higher.Heat ... and then someToday will be a carbon copy of Saturday with most highs reaching 102° and 106°. This morning's clouds will gradually thin by 10 a.m. leaving a mainly sunny sky for the afternoon.Today's normal high is 99°Perhaps the only change will be in the heat index readings. Yesterday, the highest ranged from 109° to 113° (Cameron). Today's forecast drops those numbers down to104° to 108°.The Excessive Heat Warning for 13 counties and the Heat Advisory for Blanco and Gillespie Counties continue today from Noon to 9:00 p.m. Heat alerts remain in effect all day and eveningThe Red Flag Warning continues for every county today from Noon to 11 p.m.. As fire danger remains critically high, make sure you don't accidentally spark a dangerous situation this weekend.A cold front is forecast to reach Lampasas and San...

Veterans battle backlog to get care for toxic exposure

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Tracey Souza spends the later days of her ailing husband's life caring for him — and ensuring the country he served cares for him, too. Collecting medical records, scavenging for Vietnam War-era service papers, navigating the maze of Veterans Affairs bureaucracy: a labor of love for a husband who dedicated decades to service before illness sidelined him."He made the military his entire life," Souza said. "Since the stroke, and then the Parkinson's, he's not as active as he used to be. There's a lot of things he can't do now. He can't ride bikes, he can't drive cars... it turned him upside down."Souza said her husband is one of thousands of veterans whose battle did not end when they returned home. The victims not of combatants, but of cancer — wounded not by bullets, but by burn pits."When you're in the military at that time... the chemicals that they used over there in the perimeter of the flight line, I believe a lot of that has to do with it. I'm sure that the...

Fatal plane crash claims one life near Virden Illinois

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:42:27 GMT

VIRDEN, Ill-- One person has died in a plane crash near Verdin, Illinois, which is located about an hour north of St. Louis. According to the Macoupin County Sheriff's Office, the pilot was the sole victim and occupant of the aircraft. The pilot's name has not been released yet. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are conducting an investigation into the cause of this fatal plane crash. This incident occurred shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday morning.