Ex-speaker predicts ‘Obamacare’ won’t be repealed

Ex-speaker predicts ‘Obamacare’ won’t be repealed

WASHINGTON

Former House Speaker John Boehner predicted on Thursday that a full repeal and replacement of “Obamacare” is “not going to happen.”

The Ohio Republican, who was forced out by conservatives in 2015, said he started laughing when he heard President Donald Trump and Republicans promise swift action on undoing and replacing the health law.

“Republicans never ever agree on health care,” Boehner said.

Congressional Republicans are “going to fix Obamacare - I shouldn’t call it repeal-and-replace, because it’s not going to happen,” he said. “Most of the framework of the Affordable Care Act ... that’s going to be there.”

Off-duty officer’s fight with teens sets off protests

ANAHEIM, Calif.

An off-duty California officer who didn’t want teens walking across his lawn fired his gun during a struggle with a 13-year-old boy and other youths, igniting unruly protests after video of the fight surfaced and two boys were arrested.

No one was hurt during the struggle, but hundreds of people marched through suburban Anaheim streets Wednesday, some blocking traffic and carrying signs that said “no shooting zone.” Police arrested two dozen people, including children, after the crowd ignored orders to disperse.

The fight Tuesday between the off-duty Los Angeles police officer and the group of kids stemmed from ongoing issues with teens walking across the man’s property in Anaheim, said Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada.

The 13-year-old believed the officer, who was not named, had cursed at a teenage girl who had walked across his lawn in the area of single-family homes, many with tidy flower beds and well-pruned trees, about 2 miles west of Disneyland.

Man charged in killing of missing Georgia teacher

The search for a teacher and former beauty queen who vanished from her south Georgia home nearly 12 years ago finally yielded some answers Thursday as authorities charged a former student with her murder.

Tara Grinstead was last seen Oct. 22, 2005, a day she spent helping contestants in a Miss Sweet Potato pageant and attending a cookout with friends in her farming community of Ocilla. The 30-year-old was reported missing two days later after failing to show at the high school where she taught history.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent J.T. Ricketson announced Thursday that a tip days ago led authorities to arrest 33-year-old Ryan Alexander Duke and charge him with murder.

Duke had been a student at Irwin County High School, where Grinstead taught, about three years before the teacher vanished, Ricketson said.

Police say nerve agent found on killed N. Korean

Police in Malaysia say the half brother of North Korea’s leader who was killed in a Kuala Lumpur airport more than a week ago had a nerve agent on his eye and his face.

A statement today from the inspector general of police said that a preliminary analysis from the Chemistry Department of Malaysia identified the agent.

Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, died Feb. 13 shortly after two women put a substance on his face while he was checking in for a flight.

Associated Press