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Washington mdash; President Biden signed a stopgap measure to fund the government through the beginning of March into law on Friday, the White House said, avoiding a partial shutdown as lawmakers continue working to pass a broader spending deal.The House and Senate approved the continuing resolution o stanley cup n Thursday in bipartisan votes, sending it to Mr. Biden s desk. Without the measure, a partial shutdown would have begun Saturday morning.The legislation extends current-level funding for some federal agencies through March 1, and others through March 8. The governme stanley cup nt has been operating under a short-term funding extensionpassed in November, and this was the third stopgap measure Congress has passed since September. Congressional leaders announced an agreement on yearlong spending levels earlier this month. The continuing resolution was needed to give lawmakers more time to translate the deal into legislative text and shepherd it through both chambers. But a vocal contingent of conservative Republicans in the House oppose the $1.66 trillion agreement and have urged Speaker Mike Johnson to rescind his support.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, has said his next goal is reaching an agreement on separate national security legislation. Congressional leaders of both partiesmet with President Biden at the White House this week to discuss funding for Ukraine, Israel an stanley cup d increased border security. Schumer said it was a ver Orza Mountain lion pack caught on Ring video prowling through Colorado neighborhood at night
AUSTIN, Texas -- A person of interest in the wounding of a Texas judge in a shooting last week was charged Tuesday with murder in an unrelated Houston slaying, police said. In this March 28, 2014 photo, Judge Julie Kocurek presides over her court in Austin. AP Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said Chimene Hamilton Onyeri, 28, was being held in Houston. Acevedo didn t give details of that case and the criminal complaint wasn t immediately available, but CBS affiliate KHOU reported Onyeri i adidas samba og s charged with shooting victim Jacobi Demond Alexander to death on May 18 in Houston.Acevdeo said Onyeri is a person of interest but hasn t been charged in Friday s cowardly attack on Judge Julie Kocurek, who was wounded as she arrived at her Austin home. Kocurek was hit with shrapnel and glass when a shooter opened fire, reports KHOU. Her injuries were not considered life-threatening but she remained hospitalized Tuesday.Investigators executed a search warrant late Tuesday morning at Onyeri s west Houston home, where he lives with his father. Onyeri s father, Inno stanley cup cent Onyer adidas samba i, told the station his son didn t have anything to do with the May murder or the attack on Kocurek. He said his son was at home in Houston on Friday night when the attack happened. He was here, he s been here. He had nothing to do with that, the elder Onyeri told the st