The U.S. will almost certainly veto a Gaza cease-fire proposal put before the United Nationals Security Council on Tuesday. More gun violence in the U.S.: A student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two people while a suspect was named in a Minnesota shooting that killed two officers and a first responder. | |  |
Here is the news to know Tuesday. |
US could opt for a temporary cease-fire in Gaza, but strike down another proposal |
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza on Tuesday, but the U.S. said it would veto it because it's trying to arrange a deal on its own. |
The U.S. draft resolution would advocate for a temporary cease-fire − contingent on all the hostages taken by Hamas being freed − while warning against an Israeli invasion of the crowded city of Rafah. The American's option rivals another measure put forward by Algeria that seeks an immediate halt to hostilities, which U.S. officials have already promised to veto on Tuesday. | Attendees chant "Ceasefire Now" during a community rally to boycott President Biden's visit in Dearborn, Michigan, last month Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press |
Student arrested in fatal shooting at Colorado Springs university |
A student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was arrested Monday in connection with the shooting deaths of two people at a campus dorm room over the weekend, authorities said. The UCCS Police Department was called after shots were heard at Crestone House, an on-campus dormitory, around 6 a.m. Friday. Police found two people dead in the room where shots were fired. Nicholas Jordan, 25, of Detroit, is suspected of two counts of first-degree murder. The university confirmed he was enrolled at the school when the shooting happened. Read more |
More heavy rain swamps Southern California |
A fierce, wet winter storm is set to move south down the California coast on Tuesday, centering on the L.A. basin and bringing threat of flooding and mudslides to the area, weather experts say. High surf and coastal flooding are also expected through Tuesday on the beaches of Los Angeles and Malibu, and Santa Barbara County could see waves of up to 20 feet, the weather service said. The agency advised residents to avoid flooded roadways and dangerously large waves on the coast. Read more |
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange starts final battle to avoid US trial |
Tuesday culminates a fight against extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as his lawyers attempt a final U.K. legal challenge to avoid being sent to the United States to face spying charges. The 52-year-old has been fighting extradition for more than a decade, including seven years in self-exile in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the last five years in a high-security prison. The two-day hearing is his legal avenue in Britain. If the judges rule against Assange, he can ask the European Court of Human Rights to block his extradition. Why is Assange facing life in prison in the U.S.? | Demonstrators hold banners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP |
How the Safe Streets program forgot about many of the neediest places in America |
In New Mexico's remote northwest corner, memorials stand watch over multi-lane freeways that twist their way from the Navajo Nation and other tribal lands into the small city of Gallup. It's exactly the type of disadvantaged place the Biden administration promised would benefit from a massive influx of federal money for safer streets. But two years into the Biden administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's rollout, many places like Gallup have received little help even as millions go unused, a USA TODAY investigation found. In the $5 billion Safe Streets and Roads for All program, most of the money doled out so far has gone to more affluent counties with lower fatality rates. Read the investigation here. |
Photo of the day: Parisian tourists disappointed |
Tourists in Paris were turned away from the city's most famous landmark on Tuesday. Strikes closed the Eiffel Tower as a dispute over the management of the Parisian icon caused it to shutter for the second time in two months, officials said. Visitors to the attraction were greeted by a sign announcing the closure, and worker made signs announcing the strike. Read more | A pedestrian with an umbrella reading "I Love Paris" looks on next to the Eiffel Tower and a displayed banner reading "employees of the Eiffel Tower on strike" in Paris on February 19, 2024. KIRAN RIDLEY, AFP via Getty Images |
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