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1,701 | After mass shootings in Texas and California both sides of gun debate wonder how to keep guns from those who shouldnât have them | Neal | And in Rancho Tehama Reserve Calif. Kevin Neal who used an assault-style rifle in a spree that left five dead was prohibited by a court from owning or possessing a gun because of legal troubles.
[Calif. gunman killed his wife before rampaging through community trying to storm elementary school]
Neal was charged with assault with a deadly weapon against a neighbor in January. Court documents show he was subject to a protective order that prohibited him from having firearms. He was charged with six felonies including assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon.
His sister Sheridan Orr said Neal ânever should have had guns and he shouldâve been able to get mental health care.â
Neal was barred from having guns because of a court order issued this year. After Neal was arrested in January and charged with assaulting a neighbor with a deadly weapon a judge issued a protective order prohibiting him from having buying or attempting to purchase any firearms court records show.
According to court documents the neighbor Neal assaulted sought the protective order and said he âattacked me and my mother-in-law stabbing me with a knife and beating her.â In the request she described Neal as unpredictable and angry writing that he physically and verbally attacked multiple members of her household.
Authorities investigating Nealâs rampage recovered two semiautomatic rifles that were âmanufactured illegally we believe by him at his home â Phil Johnston an assistant sheriff in Tehama County Calif. said at a briefing Wednesday. âSo they were obtained in an illegal manner not through a legal process.â
Johnston did not elaborate on how Neal manufactured the guns but he said: âHe can get parts through a number a variety of sources and they come together and they can build them in their shop or they can build them in their garage.â
Neal also had a pair of handguns that were not registered to him Johnston said.
Police in Tehama County said neighbors had alerted them to sounds of gunfire coming from Neal âs home in the past but that he did not open the door for officers and police did not specify whether those calls came before or after the protective order restricting Nealâs gun access. | And in Rancho Tehama Reserve Calif. [TGT] was prohibited by a court from owning or possessing a gun because of legal troubles.
[Calif. gunman killed his wife before rampaging through community trying to storm elementary school]
[TGT] was charged with assault with a deadly weapon against a neighbor in January. Court documents show [TGT] was subject to a protective order that prohibited [TGT] from having firearms. [TGT] was charged with six felonies including assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon.
[TGT] sister Sheridan Orr said [TGT] ânever should have had guns and he shouldâve been able to get mental health care.â
[TGT] was barred from having guns because of a court order issued this year. After [TGT] was arrested in January and charged with assaulting a neighbor with a deadly weapon a judge issued a protective order prohibiting [TGT] from having buying or attempting to purchase any firearms court records show.
According to court documents the neighbor [TGT] assaulted sought the protective order and said [TGT] âattacked me and my mother-in-law stabbing me with a knife and beating her.â In the request she described [TGT] as unpredictable and angry writing that [TGT] physically and verbally attacked multiple members of her household.
Authorities investigating Nealâs rampage recovered two semiautomatic rifles that were âmanufactured illegally we believe by him at his home â Phil Johnston an assistant sheriff in Tehama County Calif. said at a briefing Wednesday. âSo they were obtained in an illegal manner not through a legal process.â
Johnston did not elaborate on how [TGT] manufactured the guns but he said: âHe can get parts through a number a variety of sources and they come together and they can build them in their shop or they can build them in their garage.â
[TGT] also had a pair of handguns that were not registered to [TGT] Johnston said.
Police in Tehama County said neighbors had alerted them to sounds of gunfire coming from Neal âs home in the past but that he did not open the door for officers and police did not specify whether those calls came before or after the protective order restricting Nealâs gun access. | 1Neutral
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1,702 | Alec Baldwin talks sexual misconduct claims with Megyn Kelly: âLot of accusations and no proof yetâ â TheBlaze | Alec Baldwin Alec | Actor Alec Baldwin discussed rampant allegations of sexual misconduct with Megyn Kelly on her NBC morning show Thursday and stated that while many perpetrators have admitted their guilt there are innocents who stand accused of sexual impropriety.
Earlier this week Baldwin shared a Twitter update calling out late-night TV hosts â such as Stephen Colbert and John Oliver â over their propensity to act as figurative grand juries with regard to targets of sexual misconduct allegations.
Baldwin tweeted Wednesday: âTalk shows were once promotional pit stops for some blithe chit chat about movies etc. Now the likes of @iamjohnoliver and @StephenAtHome have flipped that and they are beginning to resemble grand juries.â
What did Baldwin say to Kelly?
Baldwin told Kelly that he stands by his tweet and added that he doesnât want to âsee people who are innocent get into trouble.â
âI do find that that whole issue which is a big can of worms to open up really it is really really tough because you certainly want to see everyone who is guilty of something who have done bad things wrong things that hurt people you want to see those people get punished â Baldwin explained. âBut I donât want to see other people get pulled into that who ⦠thereâs a lot of accusations and no proof yet I donât want to see people to get hurt.â
He added â[People] think that those hosts of those shows are perfectly â not only within their rights â but itâs very attractive or very necessary for them to be pressing this cause. I just donât want to see people who are innocent get into trouble.â
Baldwin pointed to embattled film producer Harvey Weinstein and the plethora of accusations laid against him .
âLike Weinstein for example is in a rehab hiding behind millions of dollarsâ worth of lawyers â Baldwin explained âand I want to see the people who really did something get convicted.â
He added âI mean I want the people who are in the wrong I want them to be punished but I donât want to see innocent people get hurt either.â | Actor Alec Baldwin discussed rampant allegations of sexual misconduct with Megyn Kelly on her NBC morning show Thursday and stated that while many perpetrators have admitted their guilt there are innocents who stand accused of sexual impropriety.
Earlier this week Baldwin shared a Twitter update calling out late-night TV hosts â such as Stephen Colbert and John Oliver â over their propensity to act as figurative grand juries with regard to targets of sexual misconduct allegations.
Baldwin tweeted Wednesday: âTalk shows were once promotional pit stops for some blithe chit chat about movies etc. Now the likes of @iamjohnoliver and @StephenAtHome have flipped that and they are beginning to resemble grand juries.â
What did Baldwin say to Kelly?
Baldwin told Kelly that he stands by his tweet and added that he doesnât want to âsee people who are innocent get into trouble.â
âI do find that that whole issue which is a big can of worms to open up really it is really really tough because you certainly want to see everyone who is guilty of something who have done bad things wrong things that hurt people you want to see those people get punished â Baldwin explained. âBut I donât want to see other people get pulled into that who ⦠thereâs a lot of accusations and no proof yet I donât want to see people to get hurt.â
He added â[People] think that those hosts of those shows are perfectly â not only within their rights â but itâs very attractive or very necessary for them to be pressing this cause. I just donât want to see people who are innocent get into trouble.â
Baldwin pointed to embattled film producer Harvey Weinstein and the plethora of accusations laid against him .
âLike Weinstein for example is in a rehab hiding behind millions of dollarsâ worth of lawyers â Baldwin explained âand I want to see the people who really did something get convicted.â
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1,703 | How Nathan Chen Became Team USA's Great Figure Skating Hope | Nathan Chen | Nathan Chen hit the ice jumping when he landed in PyeongChang South Korea to compete in his first Winter Olympic Games. Despite not sleeping through the night because of jet lag the young American star managed to skate all three practice sessions to which he was assigned and he held little back landing most of the challenging quadruple jumps for which he âs known.
That bodes well for the first member of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team scheduled to compete in PyeongChang. Chen 18 will skate the short program portion of the team event this Thursday Feb. 8 at 8pm ET a day before the official Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 9.
Itâs a moment Chen was all but groomed for. When he was seven Chen used to perform a routine set to âI Just Canât Wait to be Kingâ from the Lion King decked out in a Simba costume with hoodie ears and tail that his mother made for the occasion. Few could have predicted how prescient it was.
Chen is now the two-time U.S. national figure skating champion and is known as the Quad King for being the first skater in the world to land five quadruple jumps in a single program. Most elite figure skaters perfect just one or two of the four-rotation jumps. But Chen âs ability to whip off five different quad jumps makes him a favorite to win individual Olympic gold in PyeongChang.
A native of Salt Lake City and the youngest of five Chen displayed his extraordinary skating skill from an early age landing his first triple jumps at 10. Mastering quad jumps was an extension of the work ethic instilled by his parents who immigrated from China. âMy parents always wanted the very best from me and pushed me further and further â Chen tells TIME. âThat stuck with me and itâs something Iâve taken hold of myself and tried to improve on.â
As a rising junior figure skater Chen noticed a âdry spellâ in menâs skating in the U.S. during which there âhasnât been too much motivation to do quad jumps â he says. (A U.S. manâs last Olympic skating medal was Evan Lysacekâs gold in 2010.) âI was seeing younger guys at international competitions do crazy things and realized we were a little far behind and that we needed to keep pushing forward.â
Watching a competitor from China packing his figure skating programs with three quad jumps sparked a competitive fire in Chen . âKnowing that other guys were far ahead of me switched a light on in my head that it was really important to get these quad jumps â he says.
Trained in ballet and gymnastics along with skating Chen âs strength and technique offered a strong foundation for building his repertoire of quad jumps. His training partner and Olympic teammate Adam Rippon says Chen is âone of the best jumpers in the worldâ and credits Chen with improving his own figure skating.
Chen is also among the most versatile. His programs seem to be a continuous work in progress â this season he has not performed the same long program twice switching up his figure skating jumps depending on how he is feeling physically and compensating for any mistakes he may have made. Because he is able to execute five different quadruple jumps (not to mention their triple versions too) he has a range of tricks he can slide into his routines. âIâm the only skater currently who can do all five quads. So having that technical difficulty in my arsenal allows me to manipulate my program however I want during competition.â
The downside of all that flexibility (and sheer physical force) is the toll it can take on his body. Just after winning his first medal a bronze at the senior U.S. national championships in 2016 Chen injured his hip forcing him to spend five months off the ice to recover.
Once back in the rink Chen focused on soaring even higher. âI never set out to do these programs or to make history â he says. âI just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.â | [TGT] hit the ice jumping when [TGT] landed in PyeongChang South Korea to compete in [TGT] first Winter Olympic Games. Despite not sleeping through the night because of jet lag the young American star managed to skate all three practice sessions to which [TGT] was assigned and [TGT] held little back landing most of the challenging quadruple jumps for which [TGT] âs known.
That bodes well for the first member of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team scheduled to compete in PyeongChang. Chen 18 will skate the short program portion of the team event this Thursday Feb. 8 at 8pm ET a day before the official Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 9.
Itâs a moment [TGT] was all but groomed for. When [TGT] was seven [TGT] used to perform a routine set to âI Just Canât Wait to be Kingâ from the Lion King decked out in a Simba costume with hoodie ears and tail that [TGT] mother made for the occasion. Few could have predicted how prescient it was.
[TGT] is now the two-time U.S. national figure skating champion and is known as the Quad King for being the first skater in the world to land five quadruple jumps in a single program. Most elite figure skaters perfect just one or two of the four-rotation jumps. But [TGT] âs ability to whip off five different quad jumps makes [TGT] a favorite to win individual Olympic gold in PyeongChang.
A native of Salt Lake City and the youngest of five [TGT] displayed [TGT] extraordinary skating skill from an early age landing [TGT] first triple jumps at 10. Mastering quad jumps was an extension of the work ethic instilled by [TGT] parents who immigrated from China. âMy parents always wanted the very best from me and pushed me further and further â [TGT] tells TIME. âThat stuck with me and itâs something Iâve taken hold of [TGT] and tried to improve on.â
As a rising junior figure skater [TGT] noticed a âdry spellâ in menâs skating in the U.S. during which there âhasnât been too much motivation to do quad jumps â [TGT] says. (A U.S. manâs last Olympic skating medal was Evan Lysacekâs gold in 2010.) âI was seeing younger guys at international competitions do crazy things and realized we were a little far behind and that we needed to keep pushing forward.â
Watching a competitor from China packing his figure skating programs with three quad jumps sparked a competitive fire in [TGT] . âKnowing that other guys were far ahead of me switched a light on in my head that it was really important to get these quad jumps â he says.
Trained in ballet and gymnastics along with skating [TGT] âs strength and technique offered a strong foundation for building [TGT] repertoire of quad jumps. [TGT] training partner and Olympic teammate Adam Rippon says [TGT] is âone of the best jumpers in the worldâ and credits Chen with improving [TGT] own figure skating.
[TGT] is also among the most versatile. [TGT] programs seem to be a continuous work in progress â this season [TGT] has not performed the same long program twice switching up [TGT] figure skating jumps depending on how [TGT] is feeling physically and compensating for any mistakes [TGT] may have made. Because [TGT] is able to execute five different quadruple jumps (not to mention their triple versions too) [TGT] has a range of tricks [TGT] can slide into [TGT] routines. âIâm the only skater currently who can do all five quads. So having that technical difficulty in my arsenal allows me to manipulate my program however I want during competition.â
The downside of all that flexibility (and sheer physical force) is the toll it can take on his body. Just after winning his first medal a bronze at the senior U.S. national championships in 2016 Chen injured his hip forcing him to spend five months off the ice to recover.
Once back in the rink Chen focused on soaring even higher. âI never set out to do these programs or to make history â he says. âI just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.â | 2Positive
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1,704 | Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday | Carles Puigdemont | Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he favored mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spainâs central government had rejected this. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoyâs government responded by calling on Catalonia to âreturn to the path of lawâ first before any negotiations.
Puigdemont told the BBC he would ask the regionâs parliament to declare independence following the referendum which Spainâs government and constitutional court say was illegal and in which only a minority of Catalans voted.
In a televised address on Wednesday night Puigdemont said: âThis moment calls for mediation. We have received various offers in the last hours and we will receive more.â
Without specifically mentioning plans for an independence declaration he added: âI am sure that in the next few days we will show the best of our country when the institutions of Catalonia will have to apply the results of the referendum.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoyâs government replied that Puigdemont had wasted an opportunity to put Catalonia back on a legal course. âIf Mr. Puigdemont wants to talk or negotiate or wants to send mediators he knows perfectly well what he must do first: Return to the path of the law â it said in a statement.
Puigdemont criticized Spainâs King Felipe VI who on Tuesday lambasted the âirresponsible behaviorâ of the Catalan leaders.
He said the king had disappointed many people in Catalonia by failing to call for dialogue and he accused King Felipe of endorsing the policies of Rajoy which he said had been âcatastrophicâ for Catalonia.
Catalan Regional President Carles Puigdemont gestures as he makes an statement at Generalitat Palace in Barcelona Spain October 4 2017. Catalan Goverment/Jordi Bedmar Handout via REUTERS | [TGT] said [TGT] favored mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spainâs central government had rejected this. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoyâs government responded by calling on Catalonia to âreturn to the path of lawâ first before any negotiations.
[TGT] told the BBC [TGT] would ask the regionâs parliament to declare independence following the referendum which Spainâs government and constitutional court say was illegal and in which only a minority of Catalans voted.
In a televised address on Wednesday night [TGT] said: âThis moment calls for mediation. We have received various offers in the last hours and we will receive more.â
Without specifically mentioning plans for an independence declaration he added: âI am sure that in the next few days we will show the best of our country when the institutions of Catalonia will have to apply the results of the referendum.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoyâs government replied that [TGT] had wasted an opportunity to put Catalonia back on a legal course. âIf [TGT] wants to talk or negotiate or wants to send mediators [TGT] knows perfectly well what [TGT] must do first: Return to the path of the law â it said in a statement.
[TGT] criticized Spainâs King Felipe VI who on Tuesday lambasted the âirresponsible behaviorâ of the Catalan leaders.
[TGT] said the king had disappointed many people in Catalonia by failing to call for dialogue and he accused King Felipe of endorsing the policies of Rajoy which he said had been âcatastrophicâ for Catalonia.
Catalan Regional President Carles Puigdemont gestures as he makes an statement at Generalitat Palace in Barcelona Spain October 4 2017. Catalan Goverment/Jordi Bedmar Handout via REUTERS | 0Negative
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1,705 | WATCH: Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield Grabs Crotch Shouts 'F**k You!' at Kansas Sideline | Baker Mayfield | Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield was expected to go to Kansas and get a win on Saturday. Itâs what the Heisman favorite did on the sideline that was unexpected.
On Saturday afternoon in an exceptionally chippy game with the Kansas Jayhawks Mayfield shouted âF**k youâ at the Kansas sideline and did this:
Baker Mayfield didn't feel like taking the high road today pic.twitter.com/30Q5UFk264 â Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 18 2017
Mayfield issued an apology on Twitter after the game:
Mayfield is having an incredible season for Oklahoma. The Sooners are currently ranked fourth the College Football Playoff rankings theyâre the favorites to win the Big 12 and Mayfield is the consensus favorite to win the Heisman. | Oklahoma quarterback [TGT] was expected to go to Kansas and get a win on Saturday. Itâs what the Heisman favorite did on the sideline that was unexpected.
On Saturday afternoon in an exceptionally chippy game with the Kansas Jayhawks Mayfield shouted âF**k youâ at the Kansas sideline and did this:
[TGT] didn't feel like taking the high road today pic.twitter.com/30Q5UFk264 â Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 18 2017
Mayfield issued an apology on Twitter after the game:
Mayfield is having an incredible season for Oklahoma. The Sooners are currently ranked fourth the College Football Playoff rankings theyâre the favorites to win the Big 12 and Mayfield is the consensus favorite to win the Heisman. | 1Neutral
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1,706 | Warren Takes Back Claim Democratic Nomination Was Rigged | Elizabeth Warren | Sen. Elizabeth Warren D-Mass. said Thursday that the Democratic primary last year was "fair " moving away from the comments she made last week.
"I agree with what Donna Brazile has said over the last few days; that while there was some bias at the DNC the overall 2016 primary process was fair and Hillary [Clinton] made history " Warren said in an interview with MassLive.
Last week when asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if the Democratic National Committee had been "rigged" to favor Clinton Warren answered "yes."
Elizabeth Warren : Yes https://t.co/TIoytO15Ca pic.twitter.com/TjkBS0mbB8 â The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 2 2017
"We've got to hold this party accountable " she continued. "When Tom Perez was elected to chair of the DNC the very first conversation I had with him was to say 'You've got to put together a Democratic Party in which everybody can have confidence that the party is working for Democrats rather than Democrats working for the party.' "
A spokeswoman for Warren later told MassLive that Warren believes as she said last week that the DNC was rigged but that the primary itself was not. | [TGT] . said Thursday that the Democratic primary last year was "fair " moving away from the comments [TGT] made last week.
"I agree with what Donna Brazile has said over the last few days; that while there was some bias at the DNC the overall 2016 primary process was fair and Hillary [Clinton] made history " [TGT] said in an interview with MassLive.
Last week when asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if the Democratic National Committee had been "rigged" to favor Clinton [TGT] answered "yes. [TGT]
The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 2 2017
"We've got to hold this party accountable " [TGT] continued. "When Tom Perez was elected to chair of the DNC the very first conversation I had with him was to say 'You've got to put together a Democratic Party in which everybody can have confidence that the party is working for Democrats rather than Democrats working for the party.' "
A spokeswoman for [TGT] later told MassLive that [TGT] believes as [TGT] said last week that the DNC was rigged but that the primary itself was not. | 2Positive
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1,707 | Randy Moss reflects on losing to Giants in Super Bowl XLII | Randy Moss | Less than three minutes separated Randy Moss and the New England Patriots from the first 19-0 season in NFL history but the All-Pro wide receiver knew victory was far from certain.
It was Feb. 3 2008 and Moss had just hauled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to give the Patriots a 14-10 fourth-quarter lead over the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.
âI was actually hesitant to kind of celebrate because I knew there was a lot of time on the clock â Moss told the Daily News. âOur defense wasnât able to really slow down the Giants offense. With that much time on the clock I just had to keep my fingers crossed and just hope that we could come up with a big play.â
Saturday marks the 10-year anniversary of that epic Super Bowl and Moss remembers it well.
Itâs also the day that Moss finds out if he will be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
Although Manning was crowned Super Bowl MVP for his late-game heroics the Giantsâ swarming pass rush led by Michael Strahan Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora deserves just as much credit for constantly pressuring Brady â fresh off an MVP regular season where he tossed a then-record 50 touchdown passes â and limiting his ability to throw downfield to Moss .
Randy Moss caught a touchdown in Super Bowl XLII. (David Duprey/AP)
âThere was really nothing they did against me â Moss 40 said. âThey single covered me they played in zone they played in man. But the Giantsâ game plan was if the Patriots are going to try to get the ball deep to Moss weâre going to make them pay for it. And if they do get it off heâs going to get hit. They had a very solid defensive game plan for them to really cut out a lot of things that we did well.
Moss who caught a record 23 touchdown passes during that regular season finished with 5 receptions and 62 yards on 12 targets in the Super Bowl. | Less than three minutes separated [TGT] and the New England Patriots from the first 19-0 season in NFL history but the All-Pro wide receiver knew victory was far from certain.
It was Feb. 3 2008 and [TGT] had just hauled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to give the Patriots a 14-10 fourth-quarter lead over the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.
âI was actually hesitant to kind of celebrate because I knew there was a lot of time on the clock â [TGT] told the Daily News. âOur defense wasnât able to really slow down the Giants offense. With that much time on the clock I just had to keep my fingers crossed and just hope that we could come up with a big play.â
Saturday marks the 10-year anniversary of that epic Super Bowl and [TGT] remembers it well.
Itâs also the day that [TGT] finds out if [TGT] will be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.
Although Manning was crowned Super Bowl MVP for his late-game heroics the Giantsâ swarming pass rush led by Michael Strahan Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora deserves just as much credit for constantly pressuring Brady â fresh off an MVP regular season where he tossed a then-record 50 touchdown passes â and limiting his ability to throw downfield to Moss .
[TGT] caught a touchdown in Super Bowl XLII. (David Duprey/AP)
âThere was really nothing they did against [TGT] â [TGT] said. âThey single covered me they played in zone they played in man. But the Giantsâ game plan was if the Patriots are going to try to get the ball deep to [TGT] weâre going to make them pay for it. And if they do get it off heâs going to get hit. They had a very solid defensive game plan for them to really cut out a lot of things that we did well.
[TGT] finished with 5 receptions and 62 yards on 12 targets in the Super Bowl. | 2Positive
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1,708 | Metro Detroit teacher allegedly stole $30K from homecoming dance sales | Lydia Johnson | According to Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith Lydia Johnson 29 is charged with one count of embezzlement from a non-profit organization which could get her 10 years in prison.
Johnson was Dakota's student activity coordinator from July 1 2016 until her recent removal and was responsible for all finds.
School officials say she oversaw ticket sales for the school's homecoming dance last year which should have taken in nearly $30 000 based on attendance. She only deposited $11 000 into the school's account.
When they searched her classroom they found several homecoming cash deposit envelopes torn open and empty. They also found several casino receipts next to the empty envelopes. Her bank records also show cash deposits in excess of her salary.
She also oversaw ticket sales and receipts for a trip to Camp Tamarack for 60 parents and students. Prosecutors say she should have collected and deposited nearly $13 000 but only deposited $500.
After checking MGM records they found Johnson spent more than $90 000 in 2016 playing penny slots.
She is expected to be arraigned on the charges Thursday. | According to [TGT] is charged with one count of embezzlement from a non-profit organization which could get [TGT] 10 years in prison.
[TGT] was Dakota's student activity coordinator from July 1 2016 until [TGT] recent removal and was responsible for all finds.
School officials say [TGT] oversaw ticket sales for the school's homecoming dance last year which should have taken in nearly $30 000 based on attendance. [TGT] only deposited $11 000 into the school's account.
When they searched [TGT] classroom they found several homecoming cash deposit envelopes torn open and empty. They also found several casino receipts next to the empty envelopes. [TGT] bank records also show cash deposits in excess of [TGT] salary.
[TGT] also oversaw ticket sales and receipts for a trip to Camp Tamarack for 60 parents and students. Prosecutors say she should have collected and deposited nearly $13 000 but only deposited $500.
After checking MGM records they found Johnson spent more than $90 000 in 2016 playing penny slots.
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1,709 | NYC terror attack: Halloween horror would have been much worse without top notch NYPD | Sayfullo Saipov | On Tuesday in New York Sayfullo Saipov 29 a green-card holder from Uzbekistan in Central Asia and resident of Florida responded to the call.
He drove his rented Home Depot truck from West Houston Street onto a Hudson River Park bike path one of New Yorkâs most beloved amenities. Within ten minutes eight people were killed and 15 were injured. A note found in the truck law enforcement officials said indicated that Saipov committed the attack out of devotion to ISIS.
Saipov might have killed even more people had the NYPD not been the nationâs premier counterterrorism force. NYPD officers showed up in force minutes after the attack began shooting Saipov before he could kill even more New Yorkers.
But it takes a pack to raise a lone wolf. Even if Saipov acted alone he was part of a growing ideological fraternity numbering in the tens of thousands who now inhabit every region of the globe.
Like the attacks in these cities the Halloween attack in Lower Manhattan was aimed at inflicting maximum carnage. Schools in the area were letting out students shortly after three oâclock when Saipov drove his rented truck off West Houston Street onto the bike path.
There was no shortage of targets. The streets between West Houston and Chambers were crowded with parents picking up their costumed children prepared for an evening of trick-or-treating. Pedestrians and bikers on the Hudson River bike path were stunned and helpless as Saipov careened his weapon through the crowd.
Saipov might have killed even more people had the NYPD not been the nationâs premier counterterrorism force. NYPD officers showed up in force minutes after the attack began shooting Saipov before he could kill even more New Yorkers. | On Tuesday in New York Sayfullo Saipov 29 a green-card holder from Uzbekistan in Central Asia and resident of Florida responded to the call.
He drove his rented Home Depot truck from West Houston Street onto a Hudson River Park bike path one of New Yorkâs most beloved amenities. Within ten minutes eight people were killed and 15 were injured. A note found in the truck law enforcement officials said indicated that Saipov committed the attack out of devotion to ISIS.
Saipov might have killed even more people had the NYPD not been the nationâs premier counterterrorism force. NYPD officers showed up in force minutes after the attack began shooting Saipov before he could kill even more New Yorkers.
But it takes a pack to raise a lone wolf. Even if [TGT] Saipov acted alone [TGT] was part of a growing ideological fraternity numbering in the tens of thousands who now inhabit every region of the globe.
Like the attacks in these cities the Halloween attack in Lower Manhattan was aimed at inflicting maximum carnage. Schools in the area were letting out students shortly after three oâclock when Saipov drove his rented truck off West Houston Street onto the bike path.
There was no shortage of targets. The streets between West Houston and Chambers were crowded with parents picking up their costumed children prepared for an evening of trick-or-treating. Pedestrians and bikers on the Hudson River bike path were stunned and helpless as Saipov careened his weapon through the crowd.
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1,710 | 5 thoughts recapping Season 8 Episode 5 of 'The Walking Dead' | Gabriel | We spent most of the episode â spoiler alert â inside and around the Sanctuary the main compound of Neganâs Saviors. We finally got back to Negan Father Gabriel and their unintended cohabitation in a trailer besieged by walkers.
Meantime Rick and Daryl were on the road and as eventually happens with most people who travel together there was a disagreement. Plus a chokehold. Plus an explosion. Between these two and Negan and Gabriel itâs obviously so hard for men to truly be friends.
So whatâs going to happen inside the Sanctuary? Will Rick and Daryl patch it up? Is it possible that Gabriel just has the flu?
3. Negan and Gabriel: Theyâre no Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. Still although their tense togetherness wasnât buddy-movie material it made for some pretty good television.
He and Gabriel it turned out really were still in the walker-beset trailer where we left them four episodes ago. And it was looking pretty grim like they would end up as strange bedfellows but in a death bed.
Ah but Gabriel had a plan. âI think Iâm here to take your confession â he told Negan. So while the latter tried to figure a way out or wait for his compadres to come try to rescue them Gabriel just kept gnawing on the confession bone.
Finally as the zombies were starting to punch through the side of their makeshift fort Gabriel confessed to Negan that he had locked his parishioners outside the church when the plague came and listened to them die.
Negan responded sort of like an actual human. He told Gabriel of cheating on his first wife before the disease came and then not being able to âput her downâ when she died amid the plague. Itâs not an earth-shattering confession but as a therapist might say there was a lot of progress this session.
Gabriel meanwhile was put into a Negan prison cell â âgently â said the big guy fondly remembering their little interlude. In the last shot Gabriel was sweating and obviously very sick. Did he get bitten sneaking then fighting through the zombies? Or is he just wracked with guilt over the several more chances he had to kill Negan and didnât take? How can a guy off his whole parish but not the one obviously most potent baddie he âs met?
First though the guy they had to get rid of to get it managed to struggle up to the roadside mostly so he could let the duo know that Ezekiel and Carol lived but almost nobody else from the Kingdom forces. Then he conveniently died. | We spent most of the episode â spoiler alert â inside and around the Sanctuary the main compound of Neganâs Saviors. We finally got back to Negan Father Gabriel and their unintended cohabitation in a trailer besieged by walkers.
Meantime Rick and Daryl were on the road and as eventually happens with most people who travel together there was a disagreement. Plus a chokehold. Plus an explosion. Between these two and Negan and Gabriel itâs obviously so hard for men to truly be friends.
So whatâs going to happen inside the Sanctuary? Will Rick and Daryl patch it up? Is it possible that [TGT] just has the flu?
3. Negan and Gabriel: Theyâre no Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. Still although their tense togetherness wasnât buddy-movie material it made for some pretty good television.
[TGT] it turned out really were still in the walker-beset trailer where we left [TGT] four episodes ago. And it was looking pretty grim like [TGT] would end up as strange bedfellows but in a death bed.
Ah but [TGT] had a plan. âI think Iâm here to take your confession â [TGT] told Negan. So while the latter tried to figure a way out or wait for his compadres to come try to rescue them [TGT] just kept gnawing on the confession bone.
Finally as the zombies were starting to punch through the side of their makeshift fort [TGT] confessed to Negan that he had locked his parishioners outside the church when the plague came and listened to them die.
Negan responded sort of like an actual human. He told [TGT] of cheating on his first wife before the disease came and then not being able to âput her downâ when she died amid the plague. Itâs not an earth-shattering confession but as a therapist might say there was a lot of progress this session.
[TGT] meanwhile was put into a Negan prison cell â âgently â said the big guy fondly remembering their little interlude. In the last shot [TGT] was sweating and obviously very sick. Did [TGT] get bitten sneaking then fighting through the zombies? Or is [TGT] just wracked with guilt over the several more chances [TGT] had to kill Negan and didnât take? How can a guy off his whole parish but not the one obviously most potent baddie he âs met?
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1,711 | Formal Doping Case Is Opened Against Russian Curler Who Won Medal In Pyeongchang : The Torch : NPR | Aleksandr Krushelnitckii | The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed that it has begun proceedings against Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii who won a bronze medal in curling as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics .
Krushelnitckii finished third in the mixed-doubles curling tournament competing with his wife and teammate Anastasia Bryzgalova.
News that Krushelnitckii 's "A" doping control sample had failed a doping test for meldonium first came out on Sunday; his second "B" sample was opened and tested on Monday â and hours later the CAS said that its anti-doping division was opening a case against the curler.
From the timeline provided by the IOC's press unit earlier Monday the beginning of a formal case against Krushelnitckii would mean that the Doping-Free Sport Unit the group that handles drug testing and which is part of the Global Association of International Sports Federations had confirmed that the athlete's sample failed a re-test.
Further to a request from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the CAS ADD has initiated a procedure involving the athlete Aleksandr Krushelnitckii (mixed curling; OAR). No hearing date has been fixed yet and no further information will be provided at this point. | The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed that it has begun proceedings against Russian curler [TGT] who won a bronze medal in curling as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics .
Krushelnitckii finished third in the mixed-doubles curling tournament competing with his wife and teammate Anastasia Bryzgalova.
News that Krushelnitckii 's "A" doping control sample had failed a doping test for meldonium first came out on Sunday; his second "B" sample was opened and tested on Monday â and hours later the CAS said that its anti-doping division was opening a case against the curler.
From the timeline provided by the IOC's press unit earlier Monday the beginning of a formal case against Krushelnitckii would mean that the Doping-Free Sport Unit the group that handles drug testing and which is part of the Global Association of International Sports Federations had confirmed that the athlete's sample failed a re-test.
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1,712 | Mariah Carey Reacts to Las Vegas Shooting in Interview | Mariah Carey | Mariah Carey reacted to the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night that left at least 50 dead while being interviewed on live television to discuss her upcoming U.K. Christmas shows.
Carey appeared on Good Morning Britain when host Piers Morgan asked the pop superstar about the attack which is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. ( Carey herself has performed numerous times in Las Vegas as part of her residency there.)
âItâs terrible. People are just going out to listen to music because thatâs what they want to do. Theyâre out for the night and something shocking happens â Carey said. âNobody could have expected it and itâs just wrong. I really donât know what to say.â
Carey followed up the interview by tweeting her condolences to victims of the Vegas attack.
Horrified to hear about the shooting in #LasVegas. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Praying for everyone's safety ðð - Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) October 2 2017
Morgan for his part also clarified in later tweets that Carey âs team had been informed ahead of time the subject would come up.
We told Mariah 's people before the interview.
Her reaction seemed very relevant given she 's a performer who often has residence in Vegas. https://t.co/6sVMSUMvHK - Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 2 2017 | [TGT] reacted to the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night that left at least 50 dead while being interviewed on live television to discuss [TGT] upcoming U.K. Christmas shows.
[TGT] appeared on Good Morning Britain when host Piers Morgan asked the pop superstar about the attack which is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. ( [TGT] herself has performed numerous times in Las Vegas as part of [TGT] residency there.)
âItâs terrible. People are just going out to listen to music because thatâs what they want to do. Theyâre out for the night and something shocking happens â [TGT] said. âNobody could have expected it and itâs just wrong. I really donât know what to say.â
[TGT] followed up the interview by tweeting [TGT] condolences to victims of the Vegas attack.
Horrified to hear about the shooting in #LasVegas. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Praying for everyone's safety [TGT] October 2 2017
Morgan for his part also clarified in later tweets that [TGT] âs team had been informed ahead of time the subject would come up.
We told [TGT] 's people before the interview.
[TGT] reaction seemed very relevant given [TGT] 's a performer who often has residence in Vegas. https://t.co/6sVMSUMvHK - Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 2 2017 | 2Positive
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1,713 | France to set up a dozen deradicalisation centres | Manuel Valls | The prime minister of France Manuel Valls said fighting the appeal of âdeadlyâ doctrines was the greatest challenge the country faced in more than 70 years. He said there had to be a âgeneral mobilisationâ of all sectors of society to fight the problem following the terrorist attacks in Paris last year.
âRadicalisation and terrorism are linked. We are faced with a stubborn phenomenon that has widely spread through society and which threatens it because it could expand massively â Valls said.
The strategic document that focuses on detection and prevention of radicalisation was unveiled by Valls in the presence of several ministers in Franceâs socialist government including those responsible for justice defence education health culture youth and sports.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Manuel Valls speaks after government meeting aimed at tackling radicalisation. Photograph: WITT/SIPA/Rex/Shutterstock
The deradicalisation centres will house young people who âcould have repented and who we will test the sincerity and willingness to be reintegrated back into society for the long termâ Valls said.
He said the aim of the centres would be to stem the flow of young people to Syria and Iraq and begin the process of deradicalising them.
At least half of the new centres will hold those deemed by a judge to be at risk of radicalisation but cannot be placed in detention Valls added. | The prime minister of France [TGT] said fighting the appeal of âdeadlyâ doctrines was the greatest challenge the country faced in more than 70 years. He said there had to be a âgeneral mobilisationâ of all sectors of society to fight the problem following the terrorist attacks in Paris last year.
âRadicalisation and terrorism are linked. We are faced with a stubborn phenomenon that has widely spread through society and which threatens it because it could expand massively â Valls said.
The strategic document that focuses on detection and prevention of radicalisation was unveiled by Valls in the presence of several ministers in Franceâs socialist government including those responsible for justice defence education health culture youth and sports.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest [TGT] speaks after government meeting aimed at tackling radicalisation. Photograph: WITT/SIPA/Rex/Shutterstock
The deradicalisation centres will house young people who âcould have repented and who we will test the sincerity and willingness to be reintegrated back into society for the long termâ Valls said.
He said the aim of the centres would be to stem the flow of young people to Syria and Iraq and begin the process of deradicalising them.
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1,714 | Senior House Democrat Calls for Congressional Probe of Russian Meddling in 2016 Election â Mother Jones | Elijah Cummings | On Tuesday the chief of the National Security Agency Admiral Michael Rogers said a ânation-stateââmeaning Russiaâhad intervened in the 2016 elections âto achieve a specific effect.â He was referring to the hacking of Democratic targets and the release of the stolen information via WikiLeaks. And on Wednesday Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for a congressional investigation of Russian meddling in the campaign. On Thursday the call for a Capitol Hill inquiry gathered momentum with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) the ranking Democrat on the House government oversight committee publicly urging the committeeâs chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to launch such a probe.
In a letter sent to Chaffetz and released publicly Cummings noted that he and Chaffetz had discussed opening such an investigation on Wednesday and that Chaffetz had told him he was âopen to considering such an investigationâ but wanted Cummings to âshow the evidenceâ that Russia had tried to influence the election. Cummings did so in this letter citing Rogersâ statement. Cummings also pointed to a statement issued on October 7 by the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security which said âThe U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscowâthe Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia for example to influence public opinion there. We believe based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts that only Russiaâs senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.â
Cummings also noted that House Speaker Paul Ryan has said âRussia is a global menace led by a devious thug. Putin should stay out of this election.â
In his letter to Chaffetz Cummings contended that this investigation should be a bipartisan endeavor to ensure the security of American democracy:
Cummings proposed that the oversight committee immediately request âa classified briefing from the Intelligence Communityâ and start âa robust investigation designed to identify specific recommendations for actions that our country can take to respond to these attacks and safeguard against similar attacks in the future.â
Here âs Cummings â full letter: | On Tuesday the chief of the National Security Agency Admiral Michael Rogers said a ânation-stateââmeaning Russiaâhad intervened in the 2016 elections âto achieve a specific effect.â He was referring to the hacking of Democratic targets and the release of the stolen information via WikiLeaks. And on Wednesday Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for a congressional investigation of Russian meddling in the campaign. On Thursday the call for a Capitol Hill inquiry gathered momentum with [TGT] the ranking Democrat on the House government oversight committee publicly urging the committeeâs chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to launch such a probe.
In a letter sent to Chaffetz and released publicly [TGT] noted that he and Chaffetz had discussed opening such an investigation on Wednesday and that Chaffetz had told him he was âopen to considering such an investigationâ but wanted [TGT] to âshow the evidenceâ that Russia had tried to influence the election. [TGT] did so in this letter citing Rogersâ statement. [TGT] also pointed to a statement issued on October 7 by the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security which said âThe U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscowâthe Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia for example to influence public opinion there. We believe based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts that only Russiaâs senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.â
Cummings also noted that House Speaker Paul Ryan has said âRussia is a global menace led by a devious thug. Putin should stay out of this election.â
In his letter to Chaffetz Cummings contended that this investigation should be a bipartisan endeavor to ensure the security of American democracy:
Cummings proposed that the oversight committee immediately request âa classified briefing from the Intelligence Communityâ and start âa robust investigation designed to identify specific recommendations for actions that our country can take to respond to these attacks and safeguard against similar attacks in the future.â
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1,715 | Where is Feminist Hillary Clinton's Condemnation of Creep Harvey Weinstein ? | Creep Harvey Weinstein | Two decades ago the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein invited Ashley Judd to the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for what the young actress expected to be a business breakfast meeting. Instead he had her sent up to his room where he appeared in a bathrobe and asked if he could give her a massage or she could watch him shower she recalled in an interview.
In 2014 Mr. Weinstein invited Emily Nestor who had worked just one day as a temporary employee to the same hotel and made another offer: If she accepted his sexual advances he would boost her career according to accounts she provided to colleagues who sent them to Weinstein Company executives. The following year once again at the Peninsula a female assistant said Mr. Weinstein badgered her into giving him a massage while he was naked leaving her âcrying and very distraught â wrote a colleague Lauren OâConnor in a searing memo asserting sexual harassment and other misconduct by their boss.
Harvey isn't denying the allegations made by a number of women saying in a statement "I appreciate the way Iâve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain and I sincerely apologize for it. Though Iâm trying to do better I know I have a long way to go."
But Harvey isn't just a movie guy he 's also a massive donor to the Democrat Party. One of his big recipients? Hillary Clinton. In fact he was a fundraising bundler for her 2016 campaign.
The RNC has called on Democrats who have received "dirty" money from Weinstein to return it.
"During three-decades worth of sexual harassment allegations Harvey Weinstein lined the pockets of Democrats to the tune of three quarters of a million dollars. If Democrats and the DNC truly stand up for women like they say they do then returning this dirty money should be a no brainer " RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney-McDaniel said Friday. | Two decades ago the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein invited Ashley Judd to the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for what the young actress expected to be a business breakfast meeting. Instead he had her sent up to his room where he appeared in a bathrobe and asked if he could give her a massage or she could watch him shower she recalled in an interview.
In 2014 Mr. Weinstein invited Emily Nestor who had worked just one day as a temporary employee to the same hotel and made another offer: If she accepted his sexual advances he would boost her career according to accounts she provided to colleagues who sent them to Weinstein Company executives. The following year once again at the Peninsula a female assistant said Mr. Weinstein badgered her into giving him a massage while he was naked leaving her âcrying and very distraught â wrote a colleague Lauren OâConnor in a searing memo asserting sexual harassment and other misconduct by their boss.
Harvey isn't denying the allegations made by a number of women saying in a statement "I appreciate the way Iâve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain and I sincerely apologize for it. Though Iâm trying to do better I know I have a long way to go."
But Harvey isn't just a movie guy he 's also a massive donor to the Democrat Party. One of his big recipients? Hillary Clinton. In fact he was a fundraising bundler for her 2016 campaign.
The RNC has called on Democrats who have received "dirty" money from Weinstein to return it.
"During three-decades worth of sexual harassment allegations Harvey Weinstein lined the pockets of Democrats to the tune of three quarters of a million dollars. If Democrats and the DNC truly stand up for women like they say they do then returning this dirty money should be a no brainer " RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney-McDaniel said Friday. | 1Neutral
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1,716 | California school shooting: At least 4 dead after gunman shoots at elementary school other locations | Phil Johnston | Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at multiple people were killed and several students at a school were injured after a shooting in rural Northern California on Nov. 14. He also said the shooter had been killed by law enforcement. (KRCR)
The bloodshed began shortly before 8 a.m. Phil Johnston an assistant sheriff in Tehama County told reporters. Police received âmultiple 911 calls of multiple different shooting sites including the elementary schoolâ in Rancho Tehama Reserve a small area about 135 miles north of Sacramento he said.
âIt was very clear early on that we had a subject that was randomly picking targets â Johnston said.
[The persistent crime that connects mass shooters: Domestic violence]
Johnston said police did not immediately know what may have motivated the attack which stretched across at least seven locations. Officials believe they have identified the shooter though they were working to confirm the manâs name Johnston said.
The gunman who was previously known to law enforcement did not appear to have any âreal connection to any of the victims â Johnston said.
While details about what led up to the gunfire remained unclear Johnston said authorities were told by neighbors that âthere was a domestic violence incidentâ involving the suspected attacker. He later said police were âaware of reportsâ that this incident occurred a day before the shootings.
Johnston also said there appeared to be an ongoing âneighborhood disputeâ involving the attacker who had a residence in Rancho Tehama.
After the first gunfire on Tuesday morning Johnston said the attacker âtook a vehicle and went on a shooting rampage throughout the community.â
No children were killed in the attacks Johnston said but at least two boys were injured. One was shot and wounded when the gunman who was outside the school began firing rounds into the building. Another boy was shot while riding in a truck âthat was driving down the road along with a female adultâ who was driving her children to school Johnston said. Both children were among those taken to area hospitals.
Johnston said victims were attacked with no clear explanation. The woman driving her children to school had passed the gunmanâs car when âhe opened fire on them without provocation or warning â Johnston said. She suffered âvery life-threatening wounds â while her child in the back seat did not suffer life-threatening wounds he said.
âItâs a very sad day for us here in Tehama County â Johnston said.
Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at least three people were reported killed and several students at a school were injured after a shooting in rural Northern California on Nov. 14. He also said the shooter had been killed by law enforcement. (Action News Now)
After the shooting Johnston said police recovered a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns believed to be used by the shooter. The FBI said it was sending teams to help local authorities respond to the shooting and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives said it was dispatching special agents to the scene as well. | [TGT] said at multiple people were killed and several students at a school were injured after a shooting in rural Northern California on Nov. 14. [TGT] also said the shooter had been killed by law enforcement. (KRCR)
The bloodshed began shortly before 8 a.m. [TGT] an assistant sheriff in Tehama County told reporters. Police received âmultiple 911 calls of multiple different shooting sites including the elementary schoolâ in Rancho Tehama Reserve a small area about 135 miles north of Sacramento he said.
âIt was very clear early on that we had a subject that was randomly picking targets â [TGT] said.
[The persistent crime that connects mass shooters: Domestic violence]
[TGT] said police did not immediately know what may have motivated the attack which stretched across at least seven locations. Officials believe they have identified the shooter though they were working to confirm the manâs name [TGT] said.
The gunman who was previously known to law enforcement did not appear to have any âreal connection to any of the victims â [TGT] said.
While details about what led up to the gunfire remained unclear [TGT] said authorities were told by neighbors that âthere was a domestic violence incidentâ involving the suspected attacker. He later said police were âaware of reportsâ that this incident occurred a day before the shootings.
[TGT] also said there appeared to be an ongoing âneighborhood disputeâ involving the attacker who had a residence in Rancho Tehama.
After the first gunfire on Tuesday morning [TGT] said the attacker âtook a vehicle and went on a shooting rampage throughout the community.â
No children were killed in the attacks [TGT] said but at least two boys were injured. One was shot and wounded when the gunman who was outside the school began firing rounds into the building. Another boy was shot while riding in a truck âthat was driving down the road along with a female adultâ who was driving her children to school [TGT] said. Both children were among those taken to area hospitals.
[TGT] said victims were attacked with no clear explanation. The woman driving her children to school had passed the gunmanâs car when âhe opened fire on them without provocation or warning â [TGT] said. [TGT] suffered âvery life-threatening wounds â while [TGT] child in the back seat did not suffer life-threatening wounds he said.
âItâs a very sad day for us here in Tehama County â [TGT] said.
[TGT] said at least three people were reported killed and several students at a school were injured after a shooting in rural Northern California on Nov. 14. [TGT] also said the shooter had been killed by law enforcement. (Action News Now)
After the shooting [TGT] said police recovered a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns believed to be used by the shooter. The FBI said it was sending teams to help local authorities respond to the shooting and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives said it was dispatching special agents to the scene as well. | 2Positive
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1,717 | Jon Lester tackles throwing to bases one bounce at a time | Jon Lester | Jon Lesterâs first hide-your-eyes throwing error of the spring occurred Sunday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick reminding everyone of his glaring inability to throw to bases.
Lester cleanly fielded David Peraltaâs chopper to the left side of the mound in the third inning of the Cubsâ 2-0 loss to the Diamondbacks but his throw was angled downward and bounced a few times to first base on what was scored a hit and an error.
Lester got out of the inning unscathed and it didnât really matter in a meaningless Cactus League game. Still throwing poorly to first is a deficiency Lester canât seem to shake and he said Sunday he has been working on a new method with third-base coach Brian Butterfield.
âWeâre working on the Jordan-to-Pippen bounce pass â Lester said.
Thatâs what Butterfield is calling the move he wants Lester to make on grounders naming it after former Bulls stars Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
âIn his words just eliminate all tension and bounce it over there â Lester said. âWeâve been working on it early in the morning. Obviously it was not a good throw but my sights were a little off on what weâve been working on.
Lester knows itâs unconventional and seems bizarre for one of the gameâs elite pitchers to have to bounce a throw to first for an out.
âI donât really care what it looks like â he said. âI donât care if it bounces 72 times over there. An outâs an out. It goes down as a 1-3 or a 1-6 or a 1-4.
Lester began purposely bouncing some throws to first last year but usually they were one-hoppers that Anthony Rizzo could dig out. This spring heâs working on the throws with the regular infielders and said minor league first baseman Efren Navarro who started Sundayâs game wasnât familiar with the move.
âI feel bad for the guy today â Lester said. âHe had no idea whatâs going on. Heâs never been a part of it. With Rizz probably the surprise wouldnât have been there⦠Spring training. Weâll get the sight line right.â
Photos of Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester .
Lester has never been efficient throwing to bases dating to his high school days. Itâs why he seldom makes pickoff throws and why Cubs fans celebrate wildly whenever he does pick someone off as he did with the Cardinalsâ Tommy Pham in a game last June at Wrigley Field.
At the Cubs Convention in January catcher Willson Contreras claimed he gave Lester some sage advice during a mound visit before the pickoff.
Lester said Contrerasâ story was true âfor the most part â but added the catcher âwasnât that emphaticâ about throwing to first.
In his fourth season with the Cubs Lester has addressed the throwing issue repeatedly. It started his first game in 2015 when ESPN focused on the throwing problem during its broadcast.
âIâve never run from it â Lester said. âI feel like Iâve been upfront with everything. I feel like Iâve worked my butt off to get better at things. Iâve tried to speed my delivery up. | [TGT] first hide-your-eyes throwing error of the spring occurred Sunday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick reminding everyone of [TGT] glaring inability to throw to bases.
Lester cleanly fielded David Peraltaâs chopper to the left side of the mound in the third inning of the Cubsâ 2-0 loss to the Diamondbacks but his throw was angled downward and bounced a few times to first base on what was scored a hit and an error.
Lester got out of the inning unscathed and it didnât really matter in a meaningless Cactus League game. Still throwing poorly to first is a deficiency Lester canât seem to shake and he said Sunday he has been working on a new method with third-base coach Brian Butterfield.
âWeâre working on the Jordan-to-Pippen bounce pass â Lester said.
Thatâs what Butterfield is calling the move he wants Lester to make on grounders naming it after former Bulls stars Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
âIn his words just eliminate all tension and bounce it over there â Lester said. âWeâve been working on it early in the morning. Obviously it was not a good throw but my sights were a little off on what weâve been working on.
Lester knows itâs unconventional and seems bizarre for one of the gameâs elite pitchers to have to bounce a throw to first for an out.
âI donât really care what it looks like â he said. âI donât care if it bounces 72 times over there. An outâs an out. It goes down as a 1-3 or a 1-6 or a 1-4.
Lester began purposely bouncing some throws to first last year but usually they were one-hoppers that Anthony Rizzo could dig out. This spring heâs working on the throws with the regular infielders and said minor league first baseman Efren Navarro who started Sundayâs game wasnât familiar with the move.
âI feel bad for the guy today â Lester said. âHe had no idea whatâs going on. Heâs never been a part of it. With Rizz probably the surprise wouldnât have been there⦠Spring training. Weâll get the sight line right.â
Photos of Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester .
Lester has never been efficient throwing to bases dating to his high school days. Itâs why he seldom makes pickoff throws and why Cubs fans celebrate wildly whenever he does pick someone off as he did with the Cardinalsâ Tommy Pham in a game last June at Wrigley Field.
At the Cubs Convention in January catcher Willson Contreras claimed he gave Lester some sage advice during a mound visit before the pickoff.
Lester said Contrerasâ story was true âfor the most part â but added the catcher âwasnât that emphaticâ about throwing to first.
In his fourth season with the Cubs Lester has addressed the throwing issue repeatedly. It started his first game in 2015 when ESPN focused on the throwing problem during its broadcast.
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1,718 | NL MVP: Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton edges out Reds' Joey Votto in fourth closest election | Giancarlo Stanton | CLOSE MLB awards season is here. Take a look at all the 2017 winners. USA TODAY Sports
Giancarlo Stanton led the majors with 59 home runs this season. (Photo: Jason Getz USA TODAY Sports)
If the Miami Marlins follow through on their apparent intentions to trade Giancarlo Stanton theyâll have the rare distinction of dealing away a newly minted MVP.
Stanton earned the award in the National League on Thursday by only two points after a career season in which he belted 59 home runs the highest total in the majors since 2001.
In the fourth-closest MVP race ever Stanton received 10 of the 30 first-place votes and had 302 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He edged out Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto who also received 10 first-place votes but finished with 300 points.
âI thought it was going to be close '' Stanton said. "I thought (Nolan) Arenado was going to be up there too so the fact he wasnât made me even more unsure if I was going to get it. Itâs really a surprise. I always think positive but it was a surprise to hear.ââ
Finally free of the injuries that sidetracked him the last two years Stanton put together the kind of monstrous season long envisioned of him . He batted .281 and set career highs in home runs and RBI leading the majors with 132. Stanton also finished second in the league in on-base plus slugging percentage with a 1.007 mark and was a finalist for the Gold Glove in right field.
Mechanical adjustments that included closing his stance contributed to a staggering home run outburst for Stanton whose blasts typically left little doubt they would leave the yard.
During a 48-game stretch from July 5-Aug. 29 Stanton banged out 30 homers to help the Marlins go 29-19 and briefly climb above .500. However they went on a tailspin shortly after that and finished 77-85 well out of the playoff race.
2017 NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton . Full voting details: https://t.co/kEoINIfOWQ â BBWAA (@officialBBWAA) November 16 2017
A new ownership group headed by Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter has since taken over and made it clear it plans to shed payroll and Stantonâs contract â which calls for him to earn $295 million over the next 10 years â may be the starting point.
He looked like the favorite going into September but batted just .171 in the final month â likely in part because of an elbow injury â while Stanton was following up his 18-homer August with another eight in September.
Like Stanton Votto played for a losing team as the Reds finished last in the NL Central at 68-94.
In Stanton âs case the astonishing power display was enough to overcome the bias toward players on contending teams. Now he awaits to find out whether he âll soon join one. | CLOSE MLB awards season is here. Take a look at all the 2017 winners. [TGT]
led the majors with 59 home runs this season. (Photo: Jason Getz USA TODAY Sports)
If the Miami Marlins follow through on their apparent intentions to trade [TGT] theyâll have the rare distinction of dealing away a newly minted MVP.
[TGT] earned the award in the National League on Thursday by only two points after a career season in which [TGT] belted 59 home runs the highest total in the majors since 2001.
In the fourth-closest MVP race ever Stanton received 10 of the 30 first-place votes and had 302 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He edged out Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto who also received 10 first-place votes but finished with 300 points.
âI thought it was going to be close '' [TGT] said. "I thought (Nolan) Arenado was going to be up there too so the fact he wasnât made me even more unsure if I was going to get it. Itâs really a surprise. I always think positive but it was a surprise to hear.ââ
Finally free of the injuries that sidetracked him the last two years [TGT] put together the kind of monstrous season long envisioned of him . He batted .281 and set career highs in home runs and RBI leading the majors with 132. [TGT] also finished second in the league in on-base plus slugging percentage with a 1.007 mark and was a finalist for the Gold Glove in right field.
Mechanical adjustments that included closing [TGT] stance contributed to a staggering home run outburst for Stanton whose blasts typically left little doubt they would leave the yard.
During a 48-game stretch from July 5-Aug. 29 Stanton banged out 30 homers to help the Marlins go 29-19 and briefly climb above .500. However they went on a tailspin shortly after that and finished 77-85 well out of the playoff race.
2017 NL MVP: [TGT] . Full voting details: https://t.co/kEoINIfOWQ â BBWAA (@officialBBWAA) November 16 2017
A new ownership group headed by Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter has since taken over and made it clear it plans to shed payroll and Stantonâs contract â which calls for him to earn $295 million over the next 10 years â may be the starting point.
He looked like the favorite going into September but batted just .171 in the final month â likely in part because of an elbow injury â while Stanton was following up his 18-homer August with another eight in September.
Like Stanton Votto played for a losing team as the Reds finished last in the NL Central at 68-94.
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1,719 | Carrie Fisher wrote some of her own lines in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' | Carrie Fisher | Carrie Fisher did more than reprise her role as General Leia Organa in the newest installment of the Star Wars franchise.
Before her death at age 60 last year she brought her own wit and humor with her into The Last Jedi â and director Rian Johnson was all about it. He included some one-liners that have that characteristic Fisher bite which she wrote herself .
In an interview with PEOPLE Johnson credited Fisher with at least two quippy lines. The first was a line about her new hairstyle she makes to Mark Hamill's character Luke Skywalker.
âThat was her â Johnson said. âThat was a Carrie Fisher line . Of course it was.â
The second was a scene with actress Laura Dern who plays Vice Admiral Holdo. Fisher tells her "You go Iâve said it enough " as the two trip over each other's words when saying the iconic line "May the Force be with youâ at the same time.
Johnson also talked about the process of working with Fisher . "After an hour I would have filled up pages and pages writing down the notes and one-liners that she would pitch â he said. âAnd so we tried to work them in whenever we could.â
The zingers carry a bit more emotional gravity considering Fisher died almost a year ago following a heart attack. The film also plays tribute to the late actress finishing with the note âIn loving memory of our princess Carrie Fisher.â | [TGT] did more than reprise [TGT] role as General Leia Organa in the newest installment of the Star Wars franchise.
Before [TGT] death at age 60 last year [TGT] brought [TGT] own wit and humor with [TGT] into The Last Jedi â and director Rian Johnson was all about it. He included some one-liners that have that characteristic [TGT] bite which [TGT] wrote [TGT] .
In an interview with PEOPLE Johnson credited [TGT] with at least two quippy lines. The first was a line about [TGT] new hairstyle [TGT] makes to Mark Hamill's character Luke Skywalker.
âThat was her â Johnson said. âThat was a Carrie Fisher line . Of course it was.â
The second was a scene with actress Laura Dern who plays Vice Admiral Holdo. [TGT] tells [TGT] "You go Iâve said it enough " as the two trip over each other's words when saying the iconic line "May the Force be with youâ at the same time.
Johnson also talked about the process of working with [TGT] . "After an hour I would have filled up pages and pages writing down the notes and one-liners that she would pitch â he said. âAnd so we tried to work them in whenever we could.â
The zingers carry a bit more emotional gravity considering [TGT] died almost a year ago following a heart attack. [TGT] also plays tribute to the late actress finishing with the note âIn loving memory of our princess Carrie Fisher.â | 2Positive
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1,720 | In an underwater graveyard scientists discover bones of giants from Madagascarâs past | Laurie Godfrey | âItâs just phenomenal â researcher Laurie Godfrey a paleontologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst said in a phone interview with The Washington Post. âA huge cache of fossils like this has never been explored before. Now that we know that itâs there itâs opening up a new era in paleontological exploration.â
(Pietro Donaggio Bittner/ Courtesy of Laurie Godfrey)
The discovery which National Geographic announced Tuesday is just the first step in what Godfrey hopes will be a more thorough investigation of the caves. The initial sweep brought up so many fossils that researchers havenât even begun to dig into the sediments on the cave floors. Once they do Godfrey estimates theyâll find thousands of specimens from dozens of extinct species.
âIn a flooded cave the preservation can be just marvelous â Godfrey said. âNothingâs bothering them nothingâs disturbing them.â
The quality of the fossils will be key for scientistsâ research into the causes of the animalsâ disappearance. Godfrey said that researchers will likely be able to obtain DNA samples from the specimens carbon date them to see when they died and examine them for cut marks or other signs of human butchering.
Reseachers Alfred Rosenberger left and Laurie Godfrey (Pietro Donaggio Bittner/ Courtesy of Laurie Godfrey)
Itâs long been understood that human arrival on Madagascar about 2 000 years ago coincided with the sudden die-off of much of the islandâs wildlife. Two-thirds of the species that lived on the island a millennium ago are now extinct in part because of changes caused by humans Godfrey said. Whatâs not clear is exactly how those changes led to the animalsâ demise. | âItâs just phenomenal [TGT] said in a phone interview with The Washington Post. âA huge cache of fossils like this has never been explored before. Now that we know that itâs there itâs opening up a new era in paleontological exploration.â
(Pietro Donaggio Bittner/ Courtesy of Laurie Godfrey)
The discovery which National Geographic announced Tuesday is just the first step in what [TGT] hopes will be a more thorough investigation of the caves. The initial sweep brought up so many fossils that researchers havenât even begun to dig into the sediments on the cave floors. Once they do [TGT] estimates theyâll find thousands of specimens from dozens of extinct species.
âIn a flooded cave the preservation can be just marvelous â [TGT] said. âNothingâs bothering them nothingâs disturbing them.â
The quality of the fossils will be key for scientistsâ research into the causes of the animalsâ disappearance. [TGT] said that researchers will likely be able to obtain DNA samples from the specimens carbon date them to see when they died and examine them for cut marks or other signs of human butchering.
Reseachers Alfred Rosenberger left and Laurie Godfrey (Pietro Donaggio Bittner/ Courtesy of Laurie Godfrey)
Itâs long been understood that human arrival on Madagascar about 2 000 years ago coincided with the sudden die-off of much of the islandâs wildlife. Two-thirds of the species that lived on the island a millennium ago are now extinct in part because of changes caused by humans [TGT] said. Whatâs not clear is exactly how those changes led to the animalsâ demise. | 2Positive
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1,721 | Far South Side hospital disputes F grade for safety | Egan | Roseland Community President and CEO Tim Egan argued some of the information used in Leapfrogâs assessment of hospitals was dated and not representative of current conditions at his hospital. The hospital didnât finish filling out the survey sent by Leapfrog because of a lack of resources and was instead focused on gaining re-accreditation from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program which it achieved in recent weeks he said.
Egan also pointed to rising patient satisfaction levels. Patient satisfaction rose significantly across a dozen different measures between 2016 and 2017 according to surveys performed for the hospital. âYou have to judge (based) on what the patients are saying about the hospital â Egan said.
About 60 percent of Roselandâs patients are on Medicaid a state and federally funded health insurance program for the poor Egan said. About 24 000 patients visit the hospitalâs emergency department each year including victims of violence and gunshots.
Shortly before Egan took over in 2013 the hospital accepted money from the state to avoid closure. Egan was tasked with helping to turn around Roseland. The hospital was $30 million in debt when Egan took over and is now about $6 million in debt he said. | [TGT] argued some of the information used in Leapfrogâs assessment of hospitals was dated and not representative of current conditions at [TGT] hospital. The hospital didnât finish filling out the survey sent by Leapfrog because of a lack of resources and was instead focused on gaining re-accreditation from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program which it achieved in recent weeks [TGT] said.
[TGT] also pointed to rising patient satisfaction levels. Patient satisfaction rose significantly across a dozen different measures between 2016 and 2017 according to surveys performed for the hospital. âYou have to judge (based) on what the patients are saying about the hospital â [TGT] said.
About 60 percent of Roselandâs patients are on Medicaid a state and federally funded health insurance program for the poor [TGT] said. About 24 000 patients visit the hospitalâs emergency department each year including victims of violence and gunshots.
Shortly before [TGT] took over in 2013 the hospital accepted money from the state to avoid closure. [TGT] was tasked with helping to turn around Roseland. The hospital was $30 million in debt when [TGT] took over and is now about $6 million in debt [TGT] said. | 0Negative
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1,722 | Democrat flips Kentucky House seat in Republican territory | Linda Belcher | Feb. 21 (UPI) â Kentucky Democratic candidate Linda Belcher will fill the seat in the stateâs House of Representatives that opened last year by the suicide of lawmaker Dan Johnson.
Tuesday night Belcher defeated Johnsonâs widow Rebecca in Bullitt County â which voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump in 2016. She won more than 68 percent of the vote in the special election.
Belcher former school teacher and principal also entered politics after her husband died in a 2008 car accident. Linda Belcher served in the legislature from 2008 to 2012 and 2014 to 2016 before losing to Dan Johnson.
Johnson had suggested Belcher was involved with liberal organizations to destroy her husband a charge Belcher denies. Johnson also alleged voting fraud.
Belcherâs win is the 37th Democratic victory for a Republican-held state legislative seat in the past year. Last week Florida Democrat Margaret Good upset a Republican favorite in a special election. | Feb. 21 (UPI) â [TGT] will fill the seat in the stateâs House of Representatives that opened last year by the suicide of lawmaker Dan Johnson.
Tuesday night [TGT] defeated Johnsonâs widow Rebecca in Bullitt County â which voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump in 2016. [TGT] won more than 68 percent of the vote in the special election.
[TGT] former school teacher and principal also entered politics after [TGT] husband died in a 2008 car accident. [TGT] served in the legislature from 2008 to 2012 and 2014 to 2016 before losing to Dan Johnson.
Johnson had suggested [TGT] was involved with liberal organizations to destroy [TGT] husband a charge [TGT] denies. Johnson also alleged voting fraud.
Belcherâs win is the 37th Democratic victory for a Republican-held state legislative seat in the past year. Last week Florida Democrat Margaret Good upset a Republican favorite in a special election. | 1Neutral
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1,723 | Interviews Are So Last Year So Taylor Swift Wrote This Beautiful Poem Instead | Taylor Swift | Call her what you want to but Taylor Swift knows how to write a song.
She also can craft a stirring poem about reinvention which she chose to share instead of a traditional profile for British Vogue. The âLook What You Made Me Doâ singer covers the magazineâs January issue in all her goth Gatsby glory.
âObviously she is a world-class lyricist â and has written a stunning poem just for Vogue on the timely subject of reinvention and moving on â but she also takes her duties as a role model very seriously â editor-in-chief Edward Enninful wrote for the issue. â Taylor is acutely aware of her following and how she communicates with young women and will never portray a character that would send the wrong message.â
The poem titled âThe Trick to Holding On â reads like one of singerâs famous ballads retaining all the hallmarks of her expert storytelling.
Details like âchildlike whims and moonlight swimsâ or âphone numbers you know by heartâ come across like classic Swift anecdotes fit for a hit single. Head to British Vogue to read the poem in full.
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Dec 5 2017 at 6:51am PST
Until Wednesday Swift had yet to give an interview during the âReputationâ era preferring to let her music do the talking. However the pop star was honored among many âSilence Breakersâ for Time Magazineâs Person of the Year. In the magazine she opened up about her sexual assault case that went to trial this summer.
âYou might be made to feel like youâre overreacting because society has made this stuff seem so casual â she wrote in response to Timeâs questions. âMy advice is that you not blame yourself and do not accept the blame others will try to place on you.â | Call her what you want to but [TGT] knows how to write a song.
[TGT] also can craft a stirring poem about reinvention which [TGT] chose to share instead of a traditional profile for British Vogue. The âLook What You Made Me Doâ singer covers the magazineâs January issue in all [TGT] goth Gatsby glory.
âObviously she is a world-class lyricist â and has written a stunning poem just for Vogue on the timely subject of reinvention and moving on â but she also takes her duties as a role model very seriously â editor-in-chief Edward Enninful wrote for the issue. â Taylor is acutely aware of her following and how she communicates with young women and will never portray a character that would send the wrong message.â
The poem titled âThe Trick to Holding On â reads like one of singerâs famous ballads retaining all the hallmarks of her expert storytelling.
Details like âchildlike whims and moonlight swimsâ or âphone numbers you know by heartâ come across like classic Swift anecdotes fit for a hit single. Head to British Vogue to read the poem in full.
A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Dec 5 2017 at 6:51am PST
Until Wednesday Swift had yet to give an interview during the âReputationâ era preferring to let her music do the talking. However the pop star was honored among many âSilence Breakersâ for Time Magazineâs Person of the Year. In the magazine she opened up about her sexual assault case that went to trial this summer.
âYou might be made to feel like youâre overreacting because society has made this stuff seem so casual â she wrote in response to Timeâs questions. âMy advice is that you not blame yourself and do not accept the blame others will try to place on you.â | 2Positive
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1,724 | Randy Bryce : Paul Ryan challenger's launch video goes viral | Randy Bryce | Randy Bryce -- a Democratic organizer and union iron worker who's never held elected office -- gained national attention with a viral video that debuted last month announcing his congressional bid. The video which pitches Bryce as a "working man" and focuses on health care racked up nearly a half-million views in the less than two weeks it's been online and drew attention from left leaning activists and national media.
"Let's trade places Paul Ryan " Bryce said in the ad. "You can come work the iron and I'll go to DC. "
"I've just had enough. People are fed up " Bryce said in a phone interview. "It's just a really crooked place in Washington DC."
Even with the attention the video has attracted Bryce 's odds of unseating the Wisconsin Republican at this point appear extremely low. While polling for congressional districts is historically scarce and unreliable Ryan has never lost a race. In fact he's never won with less than by double-digit margins. He bested his opponent by nearly 35 points in 2016. Ryan has also been a prolific fundraiser raising millions not only for himself but to preserve his party's control of the House
When asked to respond to Bryce 's announcement video Ryan campaign spokesman Zack Roday said "Bryce is a liberal agitator in Wisconsin. He is not a political novice; he is a three time failed candidate who has been repeatedly rejected by southern Wisconsin voters for his far left positions."
It is true that Bryce doesn't have a great record of success in running for office. His two campaigns to serve in the state legislature were unsuccessful as was his 2013 bid for the Racine County Board of Education.
The fundraising arm for House Republicans also made note of this point. The National Republican Campaign Committee said Bryce 's "petty attacks against Paul Ryan will be rejected by voters in the same fashion that his three former failed campaigns have been."
But after a spring where Republicans in Congress struggled to find enough support to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a GOP alternative perhaps it's no surprise that Bryce 's video which centers on his own difficult experiences with health care took off online.
"It's just a cruel way to govern " Bryce told CNN in reference to the latest Senate Republican health bill.
Set to an emotional soundtrack Bryce 's announcement video opens with a clip of Trump touting Ryan's work on the Republican health care plan. Then it moves to Ryan talking about the bill. Panoramic shots of "southeastern Wisconsin" -- where Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District is located -- fill the screen.
The ad features Bryce 's mother who talks about her fight with multiple sclerosis and how the GOP health plan would affect her .
Though she has been able to get treatment Bryce described the helplessness he 's felt in dealing with her condition.
"There were some times when I'm in a room next to her and she 's in a room just screaming in pain you know and I'm like 'I can't do anything. I don't know what to do. I can't help her .' "
Bryce himself has faced difficult medical conditions. When he left the Army after serving abroad in Honduras he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He didn't have insurance at the time but considers himself lucky because he was able to get care through an experimental treatment at a nearby medical school.
He beat the cancer but his mom continues to struggle with MS and his father -- who was not in the ad -- lives in an assisted living facility with Alzheimer's.
Bryce's son Ben also drew mentions in the video and at the first campaign rally. Bryce calls him "a miracle" because doctors had told Bryce that he likely wouldn't be able to have children as a result of his prostate cancer. | [TGT] gained national attention with a viral video that debuted last month announcing [TGT] congressional bid. The video which pitches Bryce as a "working man" and focuses on health care racked up nearly a half-million views in the less than two weeks it's been online and drew attention from left leaning activists and national media.
"Let's trade places Paul Ryan " Bryce said in the ad. "You can come work the iron and I'll go to DC. "
"I've just had enough. People are fed up " Bryce said in a phone interview. "It's just a really crooked place in Washington DC."
Even with the attention the video has attracted Bryce 's odds of unseating the Wisconsin Republican at this point appear extremely low. While polling for congressional districts is historically scarce and unreliable Ryan has never lost a race. In fact he's never won with less than by double-digit margins. He bested his opponent by nearly 35 points in 2016. Ryan has also been a prolific fundraiser raising millions not only for himself but to preserve his party's control of the House
When asked to respond to Bryce 's announcement video Ryan campaign spokesman Zack Roday said "Bryce is a liberal agitator in Wisconsin. He is not a political novice; he is a three time failed candidate who has been repeatedly rejected by southern Wisconsin voters for his far left positions."
It is true that Bryce doesn't have a great record of success in running for office. His two campaigns to serve in the state legislature were unsuccessful as was his 2013 bid for the Racine County Board of Education.
The fundraising arm for House Republicans also made note of this point. The National Republican Campaign Committee said Bryce 's "petty attacks against Paul Ryan will be rejected by voters in the same fashion that his three former failed campaigns have been."
But after a spring where Republicans in Congress struggled to find enough support to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a GOP alternative perhaps it's no surprise that Bryce 's video which centers on his own difficult experiences with health care took off online.
"It's just a cruel way to govern " Bryce told CNN in reference to the latest Senate Republican health bill.
Set to an emotional soundtrack Bryce 's announcement video opens with a clip of Trump touting Ryan's work on the Republican health care plan. Then it moves to Ryan talking about the bill. Panoramic shots of "southeastern Wisconsin" -- where Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District is located -- fill the screen.
The ad features Bryce 's mother who talks about her fight with multiple sclerosis and how the GOP health plan would affect her .
Though she has been able to get treatment Bryce described the helplessness he 's felt in dealing with her condition.
"There were some times when I'm in a room next to her and she 's in a room just screaming in pain you know and I'm like 'I can't do anything. I don't know what to do. I can't help her .' "
Bryce himself has faced difficult medical conditions. When he left the Army after serving abroad in Honduras he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He didn't have insurance at the time but considers himself lucky because he was able to get care through an experimental treatment at a nearby medical school.
He beat the cancer but his mom continues to struggle with MS and his father -- who was not in the ad -- lives in an assisted living facility with Alzheimer's.
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1,725 | Haason Reddick returns home when Cardinals visit Eagles | Haason Reddick | PHILADELPHIA -- Haason Reddick is coming home to go after Carson Wentz.
The rookie linebacker returns to the field where he starred in college when the Arizona Cardinals (2-2) visit the Philadelphia Eagles (3-1) on Sunday.
"When my name was called the response was crazy " Reddick said.
Reddick expects a large number of family and friends cheering for him at the Linc. How will the rest of the Eagles fans react?
"I think the crowd will be welcoming but we'll see what happens " Reddick said. "You never really know with the Philly crowd. The Philly crowd has always been a wild crowd. Philly will always be home. I'll always have love for Philly."
Reddick has 10 tackles in four games but is still seeking his first sack. He 'll get a chance to rush the quarterback more this week because he 's moving from inside linebacker to the outside spot to replace the injured Markus Golden .
"Whatever the team needs I'm willing to do whether it's taking snaps at outside or getting reps at inside " Reddick said. "Pass rusher is more natural. I'm getting back into the groove and being focused on pass rushing making sure I'm being a smart pass rusher." | PHILADELPHIA -- [TGT] is coming home to go after Carson Wentz.
The rookie linebacker returns to the field where [TGT] starred in college when the Arizona Cardinals (2-2) visit the Philadelphia Eagles (3-1) on Sunday.
"When my name was called the response was crazy [TGT] said.
[TGT] expects a large number of family and friends cheering for [TGT] at the Linc. How will the rest of the Eagles fans react?
"I think the crowd will be welcoming but we'll see what happens [TGT] said. "You never really know with the Philly crowd. The Philly crowd has always been a wild crowd. Philly will always be home. I'll always have love for Philly. [TGT]
has 10 tackles in four games but is still seeking [TGT] first sack. [TGT] 'll get a chance to rush the quarterback more this week because [TGT] 's moving from inside linebacker to the outside spot to replace the injured Markus Golden .
"Whatever the team needs I'm willing to do whether it's taking snaps at outside or getting reps at inside " [TGT] said. "Pass rusher is more natural. I'm getting back into the groove and being focused on pass rushing making sure I'm being a smart pass rusher." | 2Positive
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1,726 | Arizona's Deandre Ayton earns Pac | Deandre Ayton | Arizona freshman Deandre Ayton has been named player and newcomer of the year on the All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball team announced Tuesday by The Associated Press. Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak was named coach of the year.
Ayton was one of the nation's top incoming recruits when he arrived in Tucson and lived up to expectations during a stellar freshman season with the 15th-ranked Wildcats.
" He 's a once in a generation player " Arizona coach Sean Miller said. "I doubt if I'll coach anyone like him again."
The 7-foot-1 260-pound big man from the Bahamas became the first Pac-12 freshman in 25 years to average at least 19 points and 11 rebounds finishing with 19.9 points and 11.4 rebounds during the regular season. Ayton is the second freshman to lead the conference in rebounding joining California's Leon Power in 2004.
Ayton shot 61 percent from the floor and was a force on the defensive end as well finishing with 59 blocked shots to tie for seventh-most in conference history by a freshman.
Behind Ayton and first-team all-Pac-12 guard Allonzo Trier Arizona overcame a season of turmoil to win its fifth Pac-12 title in six years. Ayton is projected to be a top-five pick in this year's NBA draft.
Arizona forward Deandre Ayton (13) drives against California forward Marcus Lee during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday March 3 2018 in Tucson Ariz. Arizona defeated California 66-54. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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Arizona forward Deandre Ayton shoots over California center Kingsley Okoroh (22) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday March 3 2018 in Tucson Ariz. Arizona defeated California 66-54. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) | [TGT] has been named player and newcomer of the year on the All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball team announced Tuesday by The Associated Press. Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak was named coach of the year.
[TGT] was one of the nation's top incoming recruits when [TGT] arrived in Tucson and lived up to expectations during a stellar freshman season with the 15th-ranked Wildcats.
" [TGT] 's a once in a generation player " Arizona coach Sean Miller said. "I doubt if I'll coach anyone like [TGT] again."
The 7-foot-1 260-pound big man from the Bahamas became the first Pac-12 freshman in 25 years to average at least 19 points and 11 rebounds finishing with 19.9 points and 11.4 rebounds during the regular season. [TGT] is the second freshman to lead the conference in rebounding joining California's Leon Power in 2004.
[TGT] shot 61 percent from the floor and was a force on the defensive end as well finishing with 59 blocked shots to tie for seventh-most in conference history by a freshman.
Behind Ayton and first-team all-Pac-12 guard Allonzo Trier Arizona overcame a season of turmoil to win its fifth Pac-12 title in six years. [TGT] is projected to be a top-five pick in this year's NBA draft.
[TGT] drives against California forward Marcus Lee during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday March 3 2018 in Tucson [TGT] defeated California 66-54. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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Arizona forward Deandre Ayton shoots over California center Kingsley Okoroh (22) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday March 3 2018 in Tucson [TGT] defeated California 66-54. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) | 1Neutral
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1,727 | Dr. Seuss museum to replace mural after complaints it depicted 'jarring racial stereotype' | Seuss Museum | A controversial mural at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Massachusetts will be replaced after several children's authors complained that it promoted racial stereotypes â and that they were boycotting an upcoming festival at the newly opened museum because of it.
Willems Yee and Curato had been invited to appear at the festival on Oct. 14 at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum which opened in June .
The event was described by the museum as "a day filled with books costumed characters and famous authors." But the three authors said they were skipping the festival after having learned about the mural's racial stereotype.
"While this image may have been considered amusing to some when it was published 80 years ago it is obviously offensive in 2017 " they wrote. "For some children who visit the museum their only interaction with Asian representation might be that painting. For others seeing themselves represented in such a stereotypical way may feed into internalized even subconscious shame and humiliation. It is incumbent on our public institutions to present all races in a fair manner. | [TGT] will be replaced after several children's authors complained that [TGT] promoted racial stereotypes â and that they were boycotting an upcoming festival at the newly opened museum because of [TGT] .
Willems Yee and Curato had been invited to appear at the festival on Oct. 14 at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum which opened in June .
The event was described by the museum as "a day filled with books costumed characters and famous authors." But the three authors said they were skipping the festival after having learned about [TGT] 's racial stereotype.
"While this image may have been considered amusing to some when it was published 80 years ago it is obviously offensive in 2017 " they wrote. "For some children who visit the museum their only interaction with Asian representation might be that painting. For others seeing themselves represented in such a stereotypical way may feed into internalized even subconscious shame and humiliation. It is incumbent on our public institutions to present all races in a fair manner. | 1Neutral
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1,728 | EMT was ready to move mentally ill Bronx woman when cop shot her | Deborah Danner | City EMT Patrick Moore said he was prepared to move emotionally disturbed Deborah Danner safely out of her Bronx apartment â and then the shooting started.
An angry Danner 66 had stopped screaming as Moore went to grab a chair used to move patients. A half-dozen police officers simultaneously entered her bedroom on Oct. 18 2016 the first responder testified Friday.
âI assumed they were going to restrain her â said Moore under questioning from Bronx prosecutor Newton Mendys in the murder trial of NYPD Sgt. Hugh Barry.
Instead Moore recounted he heard cops shouting at the heavy-set older woman to âput it down get downâ â apparently a reference to a baseball bat that Danner was holding.
Deborah Danner asked to be left alone before fatal NYPD shooting
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Moore recounted that the EMTs could hear Danner screaming when they reached the seventh floor of the building. When they reached her apartment Danner was holding a pair of scissors in her hands.
Front page of New York Daily News for June 1 shows Barry charged with Danner 's murder. (New York Daily News)
Within a short time Danner was conducting a âfairly normal conversation with Brittney â Moore testified adding that he kept his distance from the patient to avoid upsetting her âin any way.â
Barryâs lawyer has argued the sergeant was forced to make a split-second life or death decision when Danner grabbed the baseball bat.
â Mrs. Danner was the aggressor and she was about to kill my client â said defense attorney Andrew Quinn. | City EMT Patrick Moore said he was prepared to move emotionally disturbed [TGT] safely out of [TGT] Bronx apartment â and then the shooting started.
An angry Danner 66 had stopped screaming as Moore went to grab a chair used to move patients. A half-dozen police officers simultaneously entered her bedroom on Oct. 18 2016 the first responder testified Friday.
âI assumed they were going to restrain her â said Moore under questioning from Bronx prosecutor Newton Mendys in the murder trial of NYPD Sgt. Hugh Barry.
Instead Moore recounted he heard cops shouting at the heavy-set older woman to âput it down get downâ â apparently a reference to a baseball bat that Danner was holding.
Deborah Danner asked to be left alone before fatal NYPD shooting
Deborah Danner (Facebook)
Moore recounted that the EMTs could hear Danner screaming when they reached the seventh floor of the building. When they reached her apartment Danner was holding a pair of scissors in her hands.
Front page of New York Daily News for June 1 shows Barry charged with Danner 's murder. (New York Daily News)
Within a short time Danner was conducting a âfairly normal conversation with Brittney â Moore testified adding that he kept his distance from the patient to avoid upsetting her âin any way.â
Barryâs lawyer has argued the sergeant was forced to make a split-second life or death decision when Danner grabbed the baseball bat.
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1,729 | The abuse victim who has protested in the same spot for 20 years | John Wojnowski | John Wojnowski was abused by a priest during a Latin lesson 60 years ago. He has spent the past two decades protesting outside the Vatican Embassy in Washington DC. What keeps him going?
The most surprising thing about this protester is - he doesn't want to protest.
He doesn't want to spend eight hours a day on public transport waiting for buses and trains getting to and from Embassy Row in Washington DC.
He doesn't want to hold his sign in the cold and the dark and the snow and the rain.
He doesn't want his face to freeze his knees to ache his fingers to turn numb.
He was 54 when the protest started; he turns 75 in April. He has spent almost a third of his life here on his own holding a sign outside the Vatican Embassy.
"Of course I want to stop " he says. "But they made it personal."
As day turns to night and the temperature sinks John sits in a bus shelter opposite the embassy taping three broom handles together.
It's 4:30pm; he left home in Baltimore County around 35 miles north at 11:30am.
"I waited 45 minutes for the first bus " he says. "Then half an hour for the second bus."
From there he took a train to Washington's Union Station a metro to Dupont Circle before catching a third bus up the hill to the embassy.
When he started protesting 20 years ago John lived eight miles away in Bladensburg Maryland and drove a car. He would protest twice a day: a morning shift followed by the rush hour.
Around 10 years ago his car gave out followed by his knees. So he started using public transport: bus metro bus up the hill.
A year ago he left Bladensburg to live with his son in Baltimore County. He no longer protests daily; instead it's "once twice maybe three times a week".
"I try to stay a couple of hours but it's unpleasant in the dark " he says. "In summer I stay longer."
Before he moved to Baltimore County John came to the embassy every day. After around eight years he started taking an annual break to see his daughter's family in California. | [TGT] was abused by a priest during a Latin lesson 60 years ago. [TGT] has spent the past two decades protesting outside the Vatican Embassy in Washington DC. What keeps [TGT] going?
The most surprising thing about this protester is - [TGT] doesn't want to protest.
[TGT] doesn't want to spend eight hours a day on public transport waiting for buses and trains getting to and from Embassy Row in Washington DC.
[TGT] doesn't want to hold [TGT] sign in the cold and the dark and the snow and the rain.
[TGT] doesn't want [TGT] face to freeze [TGT] knees to ache [TGT] fingers to turn numb.
[TGT] was 54 when the protest started; [TGT] turns 75 in April. [TGT] has spent almost a third of [TGT] life here on [TGT] own holding a sign outside the Vatican Embassy.
"Of course I want to stop " [TGT] says. "But they made it personal."
As day turns to night and the temperature sinks John sits in a bus shelter opposite the embassy taping three broom handles together.
It's 4:30pm; he left home in Baltimore County around 35 miles north at 11:30am.
"I waited 45 minutes for the first bus " he says. "Then half an hour for the second bus."
From there he took a train to Washington's Union Station a metro to Dupont Circle before catching a third bus up the hill to the embassy.
When he started protesting 20 years ago John lived eight miles away in Bladensburg Maryland and drove a car. He would protest twice a day: a morning shift followed by the rush hour.
Around 10 years ago his car gave out followed by his knees. So he started using public transport: bus metro bus up the hill.
A year ago he left Bladensburg to live with his son in Baltimore County. He no longer protests daily; instead it's "once twice maybe three times a week".
"I try to stay a couple of hours but it's unpleasant in the dark " he says. "In summer I stay longer."
Before he moved to Baltimore County John came to the embassy every day. After around eight years he started taking an annual break to see his daughter's family in California. | 2Positive
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1,730 | North Korea canceled planned meeting with Pence | Kim Jong Un | WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with North Korean officials including leader Kim Jong Unâs sister while in South Korea for the Winter Olympics this month but the North Koreans canceled at the last minute U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Pence was going to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Unâs younger sister Kim Yo Jong and the nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam but the North Koreans called off the Feb. 10 meeting two hours before it was set to start a U.S. official said confirming a story first reported by the Washington Post.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang South Korea February 9 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS
âThis administration will stand in the way of Kim âs desire to whitewash their murderous regime with nice photo ops at the Olympics. Perhaps thatâs why they walked away from a meeting or perhaps they were never sincere about sitting down â Ayers said in the statement.
Kim Jong Un through his sister invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang to begin talks âsoon.â | WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with North Korean officials including leader Kim Jong Unâs sister while in South Korea for the Winter Olympics this month but the North Koreans canceled at the last minute U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Pence was going to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Unâs younger sister Kim Yo Jong and the nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam but the North Koreans called off the Feb. 10 meeting two hours before it was set to start a U.S. official said confirming a story first reported by the Washington Post.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang South Korea February 9 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS
âThis administration will stand in the way of Kim âs desire to whitewash their murderous regime with nice photo ops at the Olympics. Perhaps thatâs why they walked away from a meeting or perhaps they were never sincere about sitting down â Ayers said in the statement.
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1,731 | In Storytelling 'The Defenders' Is Prestige Television At Its Worst | Luke Cage | Netflix just published the new âDefendersâ series the culmination of several years of work by Marvel Television to get Marvel into prestige serial storytelling. (We have to find a new word for this: we canât call it âTVâ much longer.) The Marvel-Netflix deal now includes two seasons of âDaredevil â and one each of âJessica Jones â âLuke Cage â and âIron Fist.â Thatâs 65 episodes plus the new eight-episode âDefenders â around 50 minutes each. Thatâs more than 60 hours on screen in the last two years.
Now you can blame whatâs wrong with âThe Defendersâ on the Marvel shtick: America has no enemies but its own divisions. The heroes inevitably fight each other. That could work if you had writers who understood Americaâs divisions but itâs disastrous when all youâve got is pettiness and liberal identity politics. âThe Defendersâ does better than any Marvel movie to give you thrilling fights however. At least Daredevil does; Luke Cage is also pretty good; the other two were deficient to begin with and apparently not getting better.
There is a deep argument hidden somewhere in this mess of a story. But to see it develop the viewer has to ask himself: why is Daredevil so scared of his own heroism which might lead him to kill people? Heâs a Catholic of course. And weâre reminded of that in an important scene in a confessional. But whatâs the import of that fact? Why is Luke Cage telling a grieving mother he learned about the power of prayer from his own father? He âs an heir to MLKâs sacrifice and hope as we know from his own show but why does that matter here? The evil guys too: why is their quest for immortality so evil or wrong? We all want to live as long as possible anyway!
Instead we get this mess of American social pathologies of individualism and evil ninjas. This is worthless for articulating the fight between two worlds one dedicated to equality the other inequality. Maybe future stories will get better. A friend pointed out that thereâs a lot of Christianity in the first season of âLuke Cage â and the second season is supposed to be more serious about civil rights. He also pointed out another sign of hope: civil rights are connected with the Second Amendment.
In my previous essay I said high-flying civil rights rhetoric collapses in âLuke Cage.â Behold: in an emotional moment mid-season Luke Cage tells a young black man-turned-criminal about Crispus Attucksâthe first man killed in the Boston Massacre of 1770 and thus the first martyr of the American Revolution. He was black. We see his legacy exploited by a gangster and a politician who abuse Harlem while pretending to save it. Unlike Attucks they always put themselves first because when they were poor weak and needed protection nobody put them first.
Luke Cage takes a shot to the head from that stupid scared young criminalâbut it makes no dramatic sense with a literally bulletproof hero. Luke Cage is no Crispus Attucks. Our stories fake sacrifice and thus betray our deepest awareness of our neediness. Thatâs because of our politics and our fear of death. | Netflix just published the new âDefendersâ series the culmination of several years of work by Marvel Television to get Marvel into prestige serial storytelling. (We have to find a new word for this: we canât call it âTVâ much longer.) The Marvel-Netflix deal now includes two seasons of âDaredevil â and one each of âJessica Jones â [TGT] and âIron Fist.â Thatâs 65 episodes plus the new eight-episode âDefenders â around 50 minutes each. Thatâs more than 60 hours on screen in the last two years.
Now you can blame whatâs wrong with âThe Defendersâ on the Marvel shtick: America has no enemies but its own divisions. The heroes inevitably fight each other. That could work if you had writers who understood Americaâs divisions but itâs disastrous when all youâve got is pettiness and liberal identity politics. âThe Defendersâ does better than any Marvel movie to give you thrilling fights however. At least Daredevil does; [TGT] is also pretty good; the other two were deficient to begin with and apparently not getting better.
There is a deep argument hidden somewhere in this mess of a story. But to see it develop the viewer has to ask [TGT] : why is Daredevil so scared of [TGT] own heroism which might lead [TGT] to kill people? Heâs a Catholic of course. And weâre reminded of that in an important scene in a confessional. But whatâs the import of that fact? Why is [TGT] telling a grieving mother [TGT] learned about the power of prayer from [TGT] own father? [TGT] âs an heir to MLKâs sacrifice and hope as we know from [TGT] own show but why does that matter here? The evil guys too: why is their quest for immortality so evil or wrong? We all want to live as long as possible anyway!
Instead we get this mess of American social pathologies of individualism and evil ninjas. This is worthless for articulating the fight between two worlds one dedicated to equality the other inequality. Maybe future stories will get better. A friend pointed out that thereâs a lot of Christianity in the first season of âLuke Cage â and the second season is supposed to be more serious about civil rights. He also pointed out another sign of hope: civil rights are connected with the Second Amendment.
In my previous essay I said high-flying civil rights rhetoric collapses in âLuke Cage.â Behold: in [TGT] tells a young black man-turned-criminal about Crispus Attucksâthe first man killed in the Boston Massacre of 1770 and thus the first martyr of the American Revolution. He was black. We see his legacy exploited by a gangster and a politician who abuse Harlem while pretending to save it. Unlike Attucks they always put themselves first because when they were poor weak and needed protection nobody put them first.
[TGT] takes a shot to the head from that stupid scared young criminalâbut it makes no dramatic sense with a literally bulletproof hero. [TGT] is no Crispus Attucks. Our stories fake sacrifice and thus betray our deepest awareness of our neediness. Thatâs because of our politics and our fear of death. | 1Neutral
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1,732 | Dash cam sales rising fast due to safety | Tim Stevens | A wide field of view about 150 degrees is helpful. But if itâs too extreme like a fisheye lens you start to lose details said Tim Stevens editor-in-chief of Roadshow the automotive segment for CNET a consumer technology website.
âI think thatâs pretty important â Stevens said along with high-resolution.
Stevens said neither of those features worked very well in the dash cams he 's tested.
âIf anything they just get to be annoying because theyâre beeping all the time and you just want to turn them off â he said. | A wide field of view about 150 degrees is helpful. But if itâs too extreme like a fisheye lens you start to lose details said [TGT] .
âI think thatâs pretty important â [TGT] said along with high-resolution.
[TGT] said neither of those features worked very well in the dash cams [TGT] 's tested.
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1,733 | Widening search finds no sign of missing Argentine submarine | Enrique Balbi | "The most critical situation would be that we are in the sixth day of oxygen " the navy's spokesman Capt. Enrique Balbi said at a news conference. "Obviously that is worrisome. Each time we are entering little by little a critical period."
Balbi agreed. "The seven days is not dogmatic. It varies according to the circumstances."
Earlier the navy said that white flares spotted by a U.S. aircraft involved in the search were unlikely to have been from the sub. The San Juan carried red and green flares Balbi told reporters.
He also said a life raft that was found in the search area early Tuesday did belong to the submarine and probably fell off another vessel.
"We're evaluating where the flares came from. For now based on the color they don't belong to the submarine " Balbi said. "It's quite common that ships pass by that area and also common that with the waves and the rocking they can lose a raft."
More than a dozen vessels and aircraft from several countries have joined in the search. Weather conditions that have hindered the search were expected to improve helping search teams comb a wider area Balbi said. | "The most critical situation would be that we are in the sixth day of oxygen " the navy's spokesman Capt. [TGT] said at a news conference. "Obviously that is worrisome. Each time we are entering little by little a critical period. [TGT]
agreed. "The seven days is not dogmatic. It varies according to the circumstances."
Earlier the navy said that white flares spotted by a U.S. aircraft involved in the search were unlikely to have been from the sub. The San Juan carried red and green flares [TGT] told reporters.
He also said a life raft that was found in the search area early Tuesday did belong to the submarine and probably fell off another vessel.
"We're evaluating where the flares came from. For now based on the color they don't belong to the submarine [TGT] said. "It's quite common that ships pass by that area and also common that with the waves and the rocking they can lose a raft."
More than a dozen vessels and aircraft from several countries have joined in the search. Weather conditions that have hindered the search were expected to improve helping search teams comb a wider area Balbi said. | 2Positive
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1,734 | Sofia Vergara on the 'Modern Family' cast's adventures in Lake Tahoe | Sofia Vergara | Sofia Vergara said the âModern Familyâ cast had âa lot of funâ filming in Lake Tahoe for the highly-anticipated new season that premieres tonight.
For one scene in particular that was shot on a boat Vergara said it âwas so hard to keep a straight faceâ because of the outlandish way her co-star Eric Stonestreet was dressed trying to shield himself from the sun.
âItâs like âYou look like a geisha with a nun 'â Vergara said on âGood Morning Americaâ of Stonestreetâs outfit for the show. âItâs confusing. It was really crazy and Ed [OâNeill] couldnât stop laughing.â
âThe weekend we were there there was a big fight in Vegas and we were all watching it â Vergara recalled of their time in what she called âamazingâ Lake Tahoe. âThen Julie loves bicycling and hiking. She always has time for that. I do some shopping. We like hiking together. We donât get to do that when weâre in L.A. Weâre all working and go home. But when weâre trapped in a hotel in a city it makes us all be together and itâs a lot of fun.â
Vergara is also keeping busy with the launch of a new underwear line EBY which she said she is passionate about because of the brandâs partnership with the Seven Bar Foundation. A portion of the sales from the underwear company will go to the foundation for helping empower women to start their own businesses.
âEvery sale we make 10 percent is going to go to a woman that is going to be able to open her own business â she said of the subscription underwear line. âWeâre going to microfinance businesses all over the world so that women can have their own thing their own money. That was super-important for me when I was young as a single mom. I wanted to have my money and my own independence and we want to give them that.â | [TGT] said the âModern Familyâ cast had âa lot of funâ filming in Lake Tahoe for the highly-anticipated new season that premieres tonight.
For one scene in particular that was shot on a boat [TGT] said it âwas so hard to keep a straight faceâ because of the outlandish way [TGT] co-star Eric Stonestreet was dressed trying to shield himself from the sun.
âItâs like âYou look like a geisha with a nun 'â [TGT] said on âGood Morning Americaâ of Stonestreetâs outfit for the show. âItâs confusing. It was really crazy and Ed [OâNeill] couldnât stop laughing.â
âThe weekend we were there there was a big fight in Vegas and we were all watching it â [TGT] recalled of their time in what [TGT] called âamazingâ Lake Tahoe. âThen Julie loves bicycling and hiking. She always has time for that. I do some shopping. We like hiking together. We donât get to do that when weâre in L.A. Weâre all working and go home. But when weâre trapped in a hotel in a city it makes us all be together and itâs a lot of fun.â
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1,735 | Kennedy holds key votes as Supreme Court tackles gerrymandering religious liberty | Anthony M. Kennedy | As usual for the past several years the answers likely will come from Justice Anthony M. Kennedy the 81-year old Reagan appointee who regularly holds the deciding vote when the rest of the court is evenly split along ideological lines.
All eyes will be on Kennedy even more than normal as this yearâs term could be his last. The justice has turned away questions about his plans but Republicans on Capitol Hill predict Kennedy will retire soon although of course they predicted the same thing last year. If Kennedy does step down President Trump could replace him with a younger more reliable conservative and tilt the court decidedly to the right.
For now however lawyers in the biggest cases will focus on how to win over Kennedy . That explains why the gay rights laws in the blue states and the partisan election maps in the red states are both being challenged as threats to the 1st Amendmentâs guarantee of freedom of speech.
Kennedy has been the courtâs leader in striking down laws that discriminated against gays and lesbians but he also has been a steady champion of free speech. Religious rights advocates insist that religious freedom is in danger in this country but in court they rely mostly on the 1st Amendment principle that the government cannot force someone to speak its message.
Their argument like the one in the bakerâs case is aimed at Kennedy . The last time the high court considered political gerrymandering â and decided not to act â Kennedy wrote that the court might be more open to a future appeal based on free-speech principles.
âThe 1st Amendment may be the more relevant constitutional provision in future cases â he wrote in that 2004 case noting that states arguably were âpenalizing citizens because ⦠of their association with a political party or their expression of political views.â | As usual for the past several years the answers likely will come from Justice [TGT] the 81-year old Reagan appointee who regularly holds the deciding vote when the rest of the court is evenly split along ideological lines.
All eyes will be on Kennedy even more than normal as this yearâs term could be his last. The justice has turned away questions about his plans but Republicans on Capitol Hill predict Kennedy will retire soon although of course they predicted the same thing last year. If Kennedy does step down President Trump could replace him with a younger more reliable conservative and tilt the court decidedly to the right.
For now however lawyers in the biggest cases will focus on how to win over Kennedy . That explains why the gay rights laws in the blue states and the partisan election maps in the red states are both being challenged as threats to the 1st Amendmentâs guarantee of freedom of speech.
Kennedy has been the courtâs leader in striking down laws that discriminated against gays and lesbians but he also has been a steady champion of free speech. Religious rights advocates insist that religious freedom is in danger in this country but in court they rely mostly on the 1st Amendment principle that the government cannot force someone to speak its message.
Their argument like the one in the bakerâs case is aimed at Kennedy . The last time the high court considered political gerrymandering â and decided not to act â Kennedy wrote that the court might be more open to a future appeal based on free-speech principles.
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1,736 | 'The Passion Of The Christ' Actor Promises Sequel To Be 'Biggest Film In History' | Jesus Christ | The actor who played Jesus in Mel Gibsonâs 2004 biblical blockbuster âThe Passion Of The Christâ is in talks to resurrect that role.
Jim Caviezel is in negotiations with Gibson to participate in an upcoming sequel to âPassionâ that will focus on the resurrection of Jesus Christ according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Kevork Djansezian / Reuters Jim Caviezel played Jesus in the original 2004 "The Passion Of The Christ."
Itâs been nearly 14 years since the original âPassionâ opened in theaters. The R-rated film focused on the final hours of Jesus â life and was filled with violent graphic imagery of the religious figureâs torture and crucifixion.
But some Jewish and interfaith groups protested how the film portrayed Jews as being responsible for Jesus â death. The Anti-Defamation League expressed concerns that the film could fuel anti-Semitism. | The actor who played Jesus in Mel Gibsonâs 2004 biblical blockbuster âThe Passion Of The Christâ is in talks to resurrect that role.
Jim Caviezel is in negotiations with Gibson to participate in an upcoming sequel to âPassionâ that will focus on the resurrection of [TGT] according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Kevork Djansezian / Reuters Jim Caviezel played Jesus in the original 2004 "The Passion Of [TGT] ."
Itâs been nearly 14 years since the original âPassionâ opened in theaters. The R-rated film focused on the final hours of Jesus â life and was filled with violent graphic imagery of the religious figureâs torture and crucifixion.
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1,737 | Live Blog: Virginia Election Results 2017 | Ralph Northam | UPDATE (10:23 pm): With 99.61% of precincts reporting just for the record: Ralph Northam defeated âEnron Edâ Gillespie and his despicable disgraceful Trumpist campaign from hell by 9 points (53.9%-44.95%); Justin Fairfax defeated Jill âGovernment-Forced Mandatory Transvaginal Ultrasoundsâ Vogel by 5.4 points (52.7%-47.3%); and Mark Herring was reelected as AG over John âNot THAT John Adamsâ Adams by 6.5 points (53.2%-46.7%). An absolute trouncing smackdown demolition whatever else you want to call it and itâs largely thanks to the Orange Gropenfuhrer and his cowardly Republican lackeys and bootlicker (Paul Ryan Mitch McConnell etc.). So howâs that all working out for you a**holes? It will be VERY interesting to see how Congressional Republicans process this one whether they change their deplorable behavior or whether they prefer to suffer the same fate in November 2018 as their Virginia brethren just suffered in November 2017. They can start by ditching their insane extremist policy agenda â tax cuts for the rich gutting the Endangered Species Act you name it. Also a bunch of them such as our own Bob BADlatte might really want to âspend more time with their familiesâ and take that well-earned retirement. Just sayinââ¦
UPDATE (8:30 pm): With 73% of precincts reporting itâs now Northam by 6 points; Fairfax 51%-Vogel 49% and Herring 52%-Adams 48%. Those leads should only widen as the night goes by. As for the House of Delegates Wendy Gooditis (D) continues to lead Del. Randy Minchew (R) in HD-10 12 599-10 426 with 24/30 precincts reporting. Chris Hurst (D) leads Del. Joseph Yost (R) 7 507-4 683 in HD-12 with 20/35 precincts reporting. In HD-21 with 15/20 precincts reporting itâs Kelly Fowler (D) 9 614-Del. Ron Villaneuva (R) 8 348.
UPDATE (8:22 pm): With 66.6% of precincts reporting Ralph Northam has padded his lead over race-baiting âEnron Edâ to 5 points. For LG itâs Justin Fairfax 50.69%-Jill Vogel 49.24%; for AG itâs Mark Herring 51.28%-Adams 48.65%. As for the House of Delegates Ben Tribbett tweets âHala Ayala has defeated Rich Anderson for 8th Democratic pickup of the night.â And several other pickup possibilities are out there â amazing.
UPDATE (8:14 pm): Nate Cohn tweets â Ralph Northam is the projected winner in Virginia according to the AP. He is on track to win by a decisive 8 point margin according to our estimates.â Congratulations to Governor-elect Northam!
BREAKING: Ralph Northam wins Virginia Governor race @NBCNews projects pic.twitter.com/qp0SxsCIOp â NBC News (@NBCNews) November 8 2017
UPDATE (8:03 pm): With 46% of precincts reporting itâs Northam 551 551-Gillespie 508 996; Fairfax 533 310-Vogel 525 062; Herring 536 797-Adams 520 442. Nate Cohn reports âMassive turnout. Running 8 percent higher ahead of our estimates which were 8 percent ahead of 13! Could be heading for nearly 2.7 million votes.â Cohn adds âItâs Northam âs night â and âOur best guess is that Mr. Northam is currently on track to win the election.â
UPDATE (7:30 pm): With 287 precincts reporting itâs Gillespie 49.87%-Northam 49.05%; Vogel 52.02%-Fairfax 47.92%; Adams 51.54%- Herring 48.41%. Looks like Chesterfield County went by a slim margin (49.90%-48.95%) to Gillespie; compare to 49%-41% Cooch four years ago. That doesnât bode well at all for Gillespie. According to Nate Cohn of the NY Times âAt this stage it is fair to say that Northam has the advantage. Not enough information to make a call though.â His model has Northam +4.2 points.
UPDATE (7:22 pm): With 69 of 2 566 precincts reporting itâs Ralph Northam 50.05%- Ed Gillespie 48.82%; Jill Vogel 50.35%-Justin Fairfax 49.59%; and John Adams 50.46%-Mark Herring 49.47%.
UPDATE (7:14 pm): CNN exit poll info â âVote among women in Virginia via @ CNN exit polls â> 2017: Northam +19 2016: Clinton +17 2014: Warner +12 2013: McAuliffe +9â³ Also from @alexhoneker: âCNN Exit Poll VIRGINIA Race: White (68%): 59-40 Gillespie Black (20%): 86-13 Northam Hispanic (6%): 62-35 Northam Education: College grad (59%): 58-41 Northam Non-college grad (41%): 55-43 Gillespieâ @owillis âexit has northam at 40% w white voters. hrc had 35% mcauliffe had 36%â @BenWessel â Prelim exits have @ RalphNortham winning an eye-popping 66% of # youthvote (under-30). Literally same % that Obama got in 2008. So proud of @ NextGenAmericaâs whole team.â
3) The latest polling heading into election day can be seen here: Northam up 9 points in Quinnipiac Universityâs final poll; Northam up 5 points in Foxâs and the Washington Post/Schar Schoolâs final poll; Northam up 6 points in CNUâs final poll; tied in Rasmussen and Roanoke College final polls etc. Clearly someoneâs going to be very wrong here and others are going to be very right. Stay tuned⦠| UPDATE (10:23 pm): With 99.61% of precincts reporting just for the record: Ralph Northam defeated âEnron Edâ Gillespie and his despicable disgraceful Trumpist campaign from hell by 9 points (53.9%-44.95%); Justin Fairfax defeated Jill âGovernment-Forced Mandatory Transvaginal Ultrasoundsâ Vogel by 5.4 points (52.7%-47.3%); and Mark Herring was reelected as AG over John âNot THAT John Adamsâ Adams by 6.5 points (53.2%-46.7%). An absolute trouncing smackdown demolition whatever else you want to call it and itâs largely thanks to the Orange Gropenfuhrer and his cowardly Republican lackeys and bootlicker (Paul Ryan Mitch McConnell etc.). So howâs that all working out for you a**holes? It will be VERY interesting to see how Congressional Republicans process this one whether they change their deplorable behavior or whether they prefer to suffer the same fate in November 2018 as their Virginia brethren just suffered in November 2017. They can start by ditching their insane extremist policy agenda â tax cuts for the rich gutting the Endangered Species Act you name it. Also a bunch of them such as our own Bob BADlatte might really want to âspend more time with their familiesâ and take that well-earned retirement. Just sayinââ¦
UPDATE (8:30 pm): With 73% of precincts reporting itâs now Northam by 6 points; Fairfax 51%-Vogel 49% and Herring 52%-Adams 48%. Those leads should only widen as the night goes by. As for the House of Delegates Wendy Gooditis (D) continues to lead Del. Randy Minchew (R) in HD-10 12 599-10 426 with 24/30 precincts reporting. Chris Hurst (D) leads Del. Joseph Yost (R) 7 507-4 683 in HD-12 with 20/35 precincts reporting. In HD-21 with 15/20 precincts reporting itâs Kelly Fowler (D) 9 614-Del. Ron Villaneuva (R) 8 348.
UPDATE (8:22 pm): With 66.6% of precincts reporting [TGT] has padded [TGT] lead over race-baiting âEnron Edâ to 5 points. For LG itâs Justin Fairfax 50.69%-Jill Vogel 49.24%; for AG itâs Mark Herring 51.28%-Adams 48.65%. As for the House of Delegates Ben Tribbett tweets âHala Ayala has defeated Rich Anderson for 8th Democratic pickup of the night.â And several other pickup possibilities are out there â amazing.
UPDATE (8:14 pm): [TGT] is the projected winner in Virginia according to the AP. [TGT] is on track to win by a decisive 8 point margin according to our estimates.â Congratulations to Governor-elect Northam!
BREAKING: Ralph Northam wins Virginia Governor race @NBCNews projects pic.twitter.com/qp0SxsCIOp â NBC News (@NBCNews) November 8 2017
UPDATE (8:03 pm): With 46% of precincts reporting itâs Northam 551 551-Gillespie 508 996; Fairfax 533 310-Vogel 525 062; Herring 536 797-Adams 520 442. Nate Cohn reports âMassive turnout. Running 8 percent higher ahead of our estimates which were 8 percent ahead of 13! Could be heading for nearly 2.7 million votes.â Cohn adds âItâs Northam âs night â and âOur best guess is that Mr. Northam is currently on track to win the election.â
UPDATE (7:30 pm): With 287 precincts reporting itâs Gillespie 49.87%-Northam 49.05%; Vogel 52.02%-Fairfax 47.92%; Adams 51.54%- Herring 48.41%. Looks like Chesterfield County went by a slim margin (49.90%-48.95%) to Gillespie; compare to 49%-41% Cooch four years ago. That doesnât bode well at all for Gillespie. According to Nate Cohn of the NY Times âAt this stage it is fair to say that Northam has the advantage. Not enough information to make a call though.â His model has Northam +4.2 points.
UPDATE (7:22 pm): With 69 of 2 566 precincts reporting itâs Ralph Northam 50.05%- Ed Gillespie 48.82%; Jill Vogel 50.35%-Justin Fairfax 49.59%; and John Adams 50.46%-Mark Herring 49.47%.
UPDATE (7:14 pm): CNN exit poll info â âVote among women in Virginia via @ CNN exit polls â> 2017: [TGT] +19 2016: Clinton +17 2014: Warner +12 2013: McAuliffe +9â³ Also from @alexhoneker: âCNN Exit Poll VIRGINIA Race: White (68%): 59-40 Gillespie Black (20%): 86-13 Northam Hispanic (6%): 62-35 Northam Education: College grad (59%): 58-41 Northam Non-college grad (41%): 55-43 Gillespieâ @owillis âexit has northam at 40% w white voters. hrc had 35% mcauliffe had 36%â @BenWessel â Prelim exits have @ RalphNortham winning an eye-popping 66% of # youthvote (under-30). Literally same % that Obama got in 2008. So proud of @ NextGenAmericaâs whole team.â
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1,738 | Taggart reaches goal of returning home to lead Florida State | Willie Taggart | TALLAHASSEE Fla. (AP) â Willie Taggart grew up a Florida State fan and dreamed of playing for the Seminoles.
He never donned the garnet and gold as a player but has managed to one-up that goal.
Taggart was introduced as the 11th head coach in Florida State history on Wednesday as he returns to the Sunshine State after one season at Oregon. The 41-year old Bradenton native coached at South Florida from 2013-16 before taking the Ducks job.
"Guess I wasn't good enough to get a scholarship to play here " quipped Taggart who played and later coached at Western Kentucky. "No matter where I went I rooted for the Seminoles. Until I went to South Florida. That was the first time I had to root against the Seminoles.
Willie Taggart gestures as he is introduced as Florida State's new football coach during an NCAA college football news conference in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Three days after Fisher resigned Taggart met with Florida State President John Thrasher athletic director Stan Wilcox and board of trustees member Ed Burr on Monday in Scottsdale Arizona. After weighing the offer overnight Taggart accepted on Tuesday and informed his players at Oregon .
He arrived in Tallahassee early Wednesday morning and met with the team before the news conference. Taggart said he appreciated Oregon athletic director Rod Mullens for giving him his first chance at a Power Five job but that the chance to coach at the school he has followed since childhood was too good to pass up.
"I know I let him down and I'm sorry. The timing was probably not right but it is never right " Taggart said. "This one chance was perfect. To be closer to family and coach in a Power Five and an opportunity to win a national championship are personal goals."
Wilcox said there were a number of candidates for the job but that Taggart was his top choice.
"We had a number of candidates but knew his passion would rise to the top " he said.
Thrasher said he had a feeling early last week that Fisher was going to leave and that it was time to look at their options.
Willie Taggart does the Seminole chop in front of Doak Campbell Stadium before being introduced as Florida State University's new NCAA college football coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
"The university is bigger than one person we're resilient " he said. "To get a guy with the quality he has is a remarkable thing particularly in the time frame that we did it."
Taggart will earn $30 million over six years. Florida State will also pay the remaining $1 370 122.28 he still owes South Florida and $3 million owed to Oregon as part of buyouts of his previous contracts.
Taggart has a 47-50 career record including 7-5 at Oregon this season. He has a reputation of rebuilding Western Kentucky USF and Oregon but he views coming to Florida State as more of a realignment effort.
The Seminoles ran a pro-style offense under Fisher but Taggart 's "Gulf Coast Offense" is spread based. Taggart 's offenses have ranked in the top 20 in scoring the past two years. | TALLAHASSEE Fla. (AP) â [TGT] grew up a Florida State fan and dreamed of playing for the Seminoles.
[TGT] never donned the garnet and gold as a player but has managed to one-up that goal.
[TGT] was introduced as the 11th head coach in Florida State history on Wednesday as [TGT] returns to the Sunshine State after one season at Oregon. The 41-year old Bradenton native coached at South Florida from 2013-16 before taking the Ducks job.
"Guess I wasn't good enough to get a scholarship to play here " quipped Taggart who played and later coached at Western Kentucky. "No matter where I went I rooted for the Seminoles. Until I went to South Florida. That was the first time I had to root against the Seminoles.
[TGT] gestures as [TGT] is introduced as Florida State's new football coach during an NCAA college football news conference in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Three days after Fisher resigned [TGT] met with Florida State President John Thrasher athletic director Stan Wilcox and board of trustees member Ed Burr on Monday in Scottsdale Arizona. After weighing the offer overnight [TGT] accepted on Tuesday and informed [TGT] players at Oregon .
[TGT] arrived in Tallahassee early Wednesday morning and met with the team before the news conference. [TGT] said [TGT] appreciated Oregon athletic director Rod Mullens for giving [TGT] [TGT] first chance at a Power Five job but that the chance to coach at the school [TGT] has followed since childhood was too good to pass up.
"I know I let [TGT] down and I'm sorry. The timing was probably not right but it is never right [TGT] said. "This one chance was perfect. To be closer to family and coach in a Power Five and an opportunity to win a national championship are personal goals."
Wilcox said there were a number of candidates for the job but that [TGT] was [TGT] top choice.
"We had a number of candidates but knew his passion would rise to the top " he said.
Thrasher said he had a feeling early last week that Fisher was going to leave and that it was time to look at their options.
[TGT] does the Seminole chop in front of Doak Campbell Stadium before being introduced as Florida State University's new NCAA college football coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
"The university is bigger than one person we're resilient " he said. "To get a guy with the quality he has is a remarkable thing particularly in the time frame that we did it. [TGT]
will earn $30 million over six years. Florida State will also pay the remaining $1 370 122.28 [TGT] still owes South Florida and $3 million owed to Oregon as part of buyouts of [TGT] previous contracts.
[TGT] has a 47-50 career record including 7-5 at Oregon this season. [TGT] has a reputation of rebuilding Western Kentucky USF and Oregon but [TGT] views coming to Florida State as more of a realignment effort.
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1,739 | Boone Meulens favorites for the Yankeesâ managerial job | Hensley Meulens | Hensley Meulens
Resume: A Yankees-signed and developed outfield prospect Meulens underwhelmed in 14 years as a player before establishing a strong reputation as a coach. He served as the Giantsâ hitting coach from 2010 through 2017 and if he doesnât get this gig will be San Franciscoâs bench coach in 2018.
Strengths: He speaks five languages (English Spanish Dutch Papiamento and Japanese) and has a particularly close bond with his fellow Curacao native Didi Gregorius the Yankeesâ shortstop. He has put in his time on a major-league coaching staff.
Weaknesses: His only managing experience has come with the Netherlands in the 2013 and 2017 World Baseball Classic which is more of a marketing gimmick than a true baseball competition. His jobs havenât subjected him to anything approaching the media scrutiny heâd receive as Yankees manager.
Resume: A participant in 39 major-league games as a player Wedge proceeded to manage 1 620 big-league games with the Indians (2003-09) and Mariners (2011-13). He won American League Manager of the Year honors in 2007 the one season he took a team to the playoffs.
Strengths: Experience. He âs the only one on this list to have led a big-league team on a permanent basis (Thomson filled in for Girardi a few times) and he did it quite often. He has worked twice with respected Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro who currently deploys Wedge as a player development adviser.
Weaknesses: His personality is regarded as so dry that he makes Girardi seem like Rip Taylor in comparison. His departure from Seattle after the 2013 season proved to be a messy one as he lodged explosive accusations against the Marinersâ ownership and front office. | Hensley Meulens
Resume: A Yankees-signed and developed outfield prospect Meulens underwhelmed in 14 years as a player before establishing a strong reputation as a coach. [TGT] served as the Giantsâ hitting coach from 2010 through 2017 and if [TGT] doesnât get this gig will be San Franciscoâs bench coach in 2018.
Strengths: [TGT] speaks five languages (English Spanish Dutch Papiamento and Japanese) and has a particularly close bond with [TGT] fellow Curacao native Didi Gregorius the Yankeesâ shortstop. [TGT] has put in [TGT] time on a major-league coaching staff.
Weaknesses: [TGT] only managing experience has come with the Netherlands in the 2013 and 2017 World Baseball Classic which is more of a marketing gimmick than a true baseball competition. [TGT] jobs havenât subjected [TGT] to anything approaching the media scrutiny heâd receive as Yankees manager.
Resume: A participant in 39 major-league games as a player Wedge proceeded to manage 1 620 big-league games with the Indians (2003-09) and Mariners (2011-13). [TGT] won American League Manager of the Year honors in 2007 the one season [TGT] took a team to the playoffs.
Strengths: Experience. [TGT] âs the only one on this list to have led a big-league team on a permanent basis (Thomson filled in for Girardi a few times) and [TGT] did it quite often. [TGT] has worked twice with respected Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro who currently deploys Wedge as a player development adviser.
Weaknesses: [TGT] personality is regarded as so dry that [TGT] makes Girardi seem like Rip Taylor in comparison. His departure from Seattle after the 2013 season proved to be a messy one as he lodged explosive accusations against the Marinersâ ownership and front office. | 2Positive
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1,740 | Alia Shawkat of âSearch Partyâ wants to be heard on set | Alia Shawkat | How high up the ladder does a woman need to climb before she feels her voice is heard? The unfortunate answer is that getting to the top doesnât bring any guarantees actor and start of "Search Party" Alia Shawkat told me on "Salon Talks."
âIâll be on a set with a male actor weâre both in the same role same position of power on set. And Iâll suggest an idea and itâs talked over and then heâll say it and everyone listens " Shawkat said.
Itâs an experience that too many women are familiar with no matter where they work. Shawkat is an accomplished actress with roles in cult favorites ("Arrested Development " "Transparent " "Broad City") who stars in the TBS comedic murder mystery âSearch Partyâ and is the executive producer of the upcoming film âDuck Butter."
âThereâs a hunger to gain power on set as women and literally my voice is not always heard. And thatâs the most frustrating part repeating myself " she said.
While the current societal focus is on allegations of sexual harassment and assault that have been brought to light as well as holding men in positions of power accountable for their actions Shawkat believes those steps are just the beginning to addressing gender dynamics in Hollywood. To hear more of her personal experiences feeling silenced watch the video above. | How high up the ladder does a woman need to climb before she feels her voice is heard? The unfortunate answer is that getting to the top doesnât bring any guarantees actor and start of [TGT] told me on "Salon Talks."
âIâll be on a set with a male actor weâre both in the same role same position of power on set. And Iâll suggest an idea and itâs talked over and then heâll say it and everyone listens " [TGT] said.
Itâs an experience that too many women are familiar with no matter where they work. [TGT] is an accomplished actress with roles in cult favorites ("Arrested Development " "Transparent " "Broad City") who stars in the TBS comedic murder mystery âSearch Partyâ and is the executive producer of the upcoming film âDuck Butter."
âThereâs a hunger to gain power on set as women and literally my voice is not always heard. And thatâs the most frustrating part repeating myself " she said.
While the current societal focus is on allegations of sexual harassment and assault that have been brought to light as well as holding men in positions of power accountable for their actions [TGT] believes those steps are just the beginning to addressing gender dynamics in Hollywood. To hear more of [TGT] personal experiences feeling silenced watch the video above. | 1Neutral
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1,741 | Netanyahu Facing Possible Indictment: âEverything I Did Was for the Good of the Countryâ | Netanyahu | JERUSALEM Israel â Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people shortly after the Israel Police announced they were recommending that Netanyahu be indicted for bribery and corruption.
After months of speculation investigations and leaks to the press Israeli police recommended that Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indict Netanyahu on charges of accepting bribes and âbreach of trust.â The recommendations are a political bombshell in Israel. Netanyahu âs speech following the announcement was covered by all of Israelâs major networks.
In a speech on prime time television Netanyahu defended himself saying everything he ever did as prime minister was for âthe good of the country.â
MUST READ: Three Things You Should Know about the Charges against Netanyahu
Netanyahu pointed out that he had been Israelâs ambassador to the UN and had developed the economy.
In fact Israelâs economy has flourished and it remained fairly strong when world economies were shaken in 2008.
Netanyahu said he had worked â as prime minister of Israel to build our country develop it and above all to defend it.â
Netanyahu vowed to work around the clock as he had always done to continue to lead the country.
Netanyahu has not been indicted yet but even if the Attorney General recommends indictment it âs possible Netanyahu could remain in office. It âs also possible the attorney general could dismiss the charges or it could take months for him to make a decision.
The police investigated Netanyahu in two separate cases known as Case 1000 and Case 2000.
Case 1000 involves the contention that Netanyahu and his wife Sara received gifts of cigars champagne and jewelry from Hollywood producer Arnon Milchen and Australian millionaire James Packer worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in return for Netanyahu pushing for whatâs called the âMilchan Law.â That law would cut taxes for those Israelis who come back to Israel after being out of the country for a period of time.
Case 2000 asserts Netanyahu made a deal with Arnon Mozes the publisher of one of Israelâs most popular daily newspapers Yedioth Ahronoth. The arrangement supposedly allowed the prime minister to receive more favorable coverage from Yehdioth Ahronoth if Netanyahu agreed to weaken its rival daily newspaper known as Israel Hayom owned by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
Netanyahu's political rivals are jockeying for position to take advantage of these charges. | JERUSALEM Israel â [TGT] addressed the Israeli people shortly after the Israel Police announced they were recommending that [TGT] be indicted for bribery and corruption.
After months of speculation investigations and leaks to the press Israeli police recommended that Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indict [TGT] on charges of accepting bribes and âbreach of trust.â The recommendations are a political bombshell in Israel. [TGT] âs speech following the announcement was covered by all of Israelâs major networks.
In a speech on prime time television [TGT] defended [TGT] saying everything [TGT] ever did as prime minister was for âthe good of the country.â
MUST READ: Three Things You Should Know about the Charges against [TGT]
[TGT] pointed out that [TGT] had been Israelâs ambassador to the UN and had developed the economy.
In fact Israelâs economy has flourished and it remained fairly strong when world economies were shaken in 2008.
[TGT] said [TGT] had worked â as prime minister of Israel to build our country develop it and above all to defend it.â
[TGT] vowed to work around the clock as [TGT] had always done to continue to lead the country.
[TGT] has not been indicted yet but even if the Attorney General recommends indictment [TGT] âs possible [TGT] could remain in office. [TGT] âs also possible the attorney general could dismiss the charges or it could take months for him to make a decision.
The police investigated Netanyahu in two separate cases known as Case 1000 and Case 2000.
Case 1000 involves the contention that Netanyahu and his wife Sara received gifts of cigars champagne and jewelry from Hollywood producer Arnon Milchen and Australian millionaire James Packer worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in return for [TGT] pushing for whatâs called the âMilchan Law.â That law would cut taxes for those Israelis who come back to Israel after being out of the country for a period of time.
Case 2000 asserts [TGT] made a deal with Arnon Mozes the publisher of one of Israelâs most popular daily newspapers Yedioth Ahronoth. The arrangement supposedly allowed the prime minister to receive more favorable coverage from Yehdioth Ahronoth if [TGT] agreed to weaken [TGT] rival daily newspaper known as Israel Hayom owned by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
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1,742 | TV icon sex | Jimmy Savile | Story highlights BBC chief calls Jimmy Savile case "a very very grave matter"
LIke American Dick Clark Savile hosted teen music show for years
Before he died last year Jimmy Savile was viewed as a kind of UK equivalent to American TV icon Dick Clark gaining fame by bringing music to generations of teens. Savile was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
He now stands accused as a predatory sex offender.
The shocking allegations have Britain reeling. Countless viewers who grew up watching Savile on TV's "Top of the Pops" and his children's program "Jim'll Fix It" are now questioning their trust in a social institution: the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Savile died in October 2011 at age 84 soon after being treated in a hospital for pneumonia.
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"There is no question that what Jimmy Savile did and the way the BBC behaved in the years -- the culture and practices of the BBC seems to allow Jimmy Savile to do what he did -- will raise questions of trust for us and reputation for us " Entwistle said.
"This is a gravely serious matter and one cannot look back at it with anything other than horror frankly that his activities went on as long as they did undetected."
Entwistle pointed out that the BBC was not alone in failing to uncover Savile 's behavior with no newspaper exposé published in his lifetime.
Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â British radio disc jockey television star and charity fund-raiser Sir Jimmy Savile poses for a photo at Buckingham Palace London after receiving the Order of the British Empire in 1972. Since his death a year ago at age 84 Savile has been knocked off his perch as a national treasure accused of being a predatory pedophile who used his fame and position to abuse youngsters sometimes on BBC premises. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Dancers on the BBC TV show "Top of the Pops" adjust Savile 's track suit top for him during the making of the show in 1973. Hide Caption 2 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile poses with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children fund-raising presentation in 1980. Hide Caption 3 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile pours a cup of tea. Hide Caption 4 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile calls from the Wren House International Telephone Exchange in London in 1975 as part of a "Fun And Happiness Weekend " organized by the National Association of Youth Clubs. Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile arrives in London in 1972 on his way to Buckingham Palace where he is to be awarded the Order of the British Empire. Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â The first presenter of long-running music program "Top of the Pops " Savile poses by a portrait of himself in February 1965 while enjoying his regular breakfast of Coke and a cigar in a central London hotel room. Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile and his mother pose outside Buckingham Palace in London where he receive his Order of the British Empire in 1972. Hide Caption 8 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile shows off his Order of the British Empire to members of the "Second Generation" song and dance troupe. Hide Caption 9 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile stands on the sidewalk with his motor home. Hide Caption 10 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile holds a newly-printed "Lucky Jim" poster. The posters feature a portrait of the DJ along with a text reading: "The Lucky Jim poster can bring you health wealth happiness. This is a genuine duplicate signature and what's more Jimmy has actually touched YOUR poster!" Hide Caption 11 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â British Secretary of State for Social Services Norman Fowler presents Savile with a check for half a million pounds in 1982 as the government's contribution to an appeal for a new spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Hide Caption 12 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile waves with Jersey Holiday Queen Gaynor Lacey at the Jersey Battle of Flowers carnival in 1972. Hide Caption 13 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Days before his 80th birthday in 2006 Savile prepares for the Great North Run in Newcastle northern England. Hide Caption 14 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â The funeral cortege of Savile arrives at Leeds Cathedral for a funeral service on November 9 2011 in Leeds England. Hide Caption 15 of 15
" Mr. Savile has prosecuted his activities his disgusting activities in a matter that was very successfully and skilfully concealed and experts in pedophile behavior have pointed out that's often the case " Entwistle said.
Savile had access to psychiatric hospital
The National Health Service also faces difficult questions over the access Savile was allowed to a number of hospitals. Among them was Broadmoor a high-security psychiatric hospital where Savile worked as a volunteer and had keys to the wards. In 1988 he was appointed to a senior role there a move now being investigated by the NHS.
The police may also be asked to explain why past abuse claims against Savile never led to investigations resulting in a prosecution in his lifetime. | Story highlights BBC chief calls [TGT] case "a very very grave matter"
LIke American Dick Clark [TGT] hosted teen music show for years
Before [TGT] died last year [TGT] was viewed as a kind of UK equivalent to American TV icon Dick Clark gaining fame by bringing music to generations of teens. [TGT] was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
[TGT] now stands accused as a predatory sex offender.
The shocking allegations have Britain reeling. Countless viewers who grew up watching Savile on TV's "Top of the Pops" and his children's program "Jim'll Fix It" are now questioning their trust in a social institution: the British Broadcasting Corporation.
[TGT] died in October 2011 at age 84 soon after being treated in a hospital for pneumonia.
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"There is no question that what [TGT] did and the way the BBC behaved in the years -- the culture and practices of the BBC seems to allow [TGT] to do what [TGT] did -- will raise questions of trust for us and reputation for us " Entwistle said.
"This is a gravely serious matter and one cannot look back at it with anything other than horror frankly that his activities went on as long as they did undetected."
Entwistle pointed out that the BBC was not alone in failing to uncover Savile 's behavior with no newspaper exposé published in his lifetime.
Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile Photos: Photos: The life of [TGT] The life of [TGT] â British radio disc jockey television star and charity fund-raiser [TGT] poses for a photo at Buckingham Palace London after receiving the Order of the British Empire in 1972. Since [TGT] death a year ago at age 84 Savile has been knocked off his perch as a national treasure accused of being a predatory pedophile who used [TGT] fame and position to abuse youngsters sometimes on BBC premises. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of [TGT] The life of [TGT] â Dancers on the BBC TV show "Top of the Pops" adjust [TGT] 's track suit top for [TGT] during the making of the show in 1973. Hide Caption 2 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile [TGT] . Hide Caption 3 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile [TGT] pours a cup of tea. Hide Caption 4 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of [TGT] â [TGT] calls from the Wren House International Telephone Exchange in London in 1975 as part of a "Fun And Happiness Weekend " organized by the National Association of Youth Clubs. Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy [TGT] The life of [TGT] â [TGT] arrives in London in 1972 on [TGT] way to Buckingham Palace where [TGT] is to be awarded the Order of the British Empire. Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â The first presenter of long-running music program "Top of the Pops [TGT] poses by a portrait of himself in February 1965 while enjoying [TGT] regular breakfast of Coke and a cigar in a central London hotel room. Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile â Savile and his mother pose outside Buckingham Palace in London where he receive his Order of the British Empire in 1972. Hide Caption 8 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of [TGT] â [TGT] shows off [TGT] Order of the British Empire to members of the "Second Generation" song and dance troupe. Hide Caption 9 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of [TGT] â [TGT] stands on the sidewalk with [TGT] motor home. Hide Caption 10 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of [TGT] â Savile holds a newly-printed "Lucky Jim" poster. The posters feature a portrait of the DJ along with a text reading: "The Lucky Jim poster can bring you health wealth happiness. This is a genuine duplicate signature and what's more Jimmy has actually touched YOUR poster!" Hide Caption 11 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of [TGT] The life of [TGT] â British Secretary of State for Social Services Norman Fowler presents Savile with a check for half a million pounds in 1982 as the government's contribution to an appeal for a new spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Hide Caption 12 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of [TGT] The life of [TGT] â Savile waves with Jersey Holiday Queen Gaynor Lacey at the Jersey Battle of Flowers carnival in 1972. Hide Caption 13 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of [TGT] â Days before his 80th birthday in 2006 [TGT] prepares for the Great North Run in Newcastle northern England. Hide Caption 14 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of [TGT] â The funeral cortege of [TGT] arrives at Leeds Cathedral for a funeral service on November 9 2011 in Leeds England. Hide Caption 15 of 15
[TGT] has prosecuted [TGT] activities [TGT] disgusting activities in a matter that was very successfully and skilfully concealed and experts in pedophile behavior have pointed out that's often the case " Entwistle said.
[TGT] had access to psychiatric hospital
The National Health Service also faces difficult questions over the access [TGT] was allowed to a number of hospitals. Among them was Broadmoor a high-security psychiatric hospital where [TGT] worked as a volunteer and had keys to the wards. In 1988 he was appointed to a senior role there a move now being investigated by the NHS.
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1,743 | Luck returns to Colts' complex with 'better' shoulder | Andrew Luck | INDIANAPOLIS (AP) â Andrew Luck looks healthy and sounds confident.
All he has to do now is prove he can still sling a football.
After spending six weeks rehabbing his throwing shoulder in the Netherlands the Colts' quarterback returned to Indianapolis on Friday with a promising prognosis.
"The pain has significantly gone down and that's why I'm so optimistic " Luck said in his first public comments in more than two months. "I feel really good today. I do not feel like I need another surgery. I believe in the process I'm in right now."
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck walks to the podium for an NFL football news conference Friday Dec. 29 2017 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck responds to a question during an NFL football news conference Friday Dec. 29 2017 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck responds to a question during an NFL football news conference Friday Dec. 29 2017 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) | INDIANAPOLIS (AP) â [TGT] looks healthy and sounds confident.
All [TGT] has to do now is prove [TGT] can still sling a football.
After spending six weeks rehabbing his throwing shoulder in the Netherlands the Colts' quarterback returned to Indianapolis on Friday with a promising prognosis.
"The pain has significantly gone down and that's why I'm so optimistic " [TGT] said in his first public comments in more than two months. "I feel really good today. I do not feel like I need another surgery. I believe in the process I'm in right now."
Indianapolis Colts quarterback [TGT] walks to the podium for an NFL football news conference Friday Dec. 29 2017 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
[TGT] . (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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1,744 | S.I. high school teacher attacks husband's Porsche with metal rod | Stephanie Tuzzo | Stephanie Tuzzo 50 attacked the 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster â a $57 000 vehicle â outside her Thayer Place home in Bay Terrace at about 1:30 a.m. cops said. She allegedly repeatedly struck the vehicle with the rod and lawn decoration leaving it with a scratched exterior and bent rearview mirror. Tuzzo also used the rod to smash an air conditioner damage her homeâs aluminum siding crack a window and threaten her husband according to court papers.
Cops charged Tuzzo with criminal mischief and menacing.
A judge ordered her released after a brief arraignment Tuesday.
Tuzzo was most recently a teacher at New Dorp High School where she made $113 762 in 2016 records show. (Mary DiBiase Blaich )
Tuzzo was most recently a teacher at New Dorp High School where she made $113 762 in 2016 records show.
She started working in city schools in 1989 and began at New Dorp in 1992. She has no disciplinary history at work.
City Education Department spokesman Michael Aciman said Tuzzo will remain in her current role. | [TGT] attacked the 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster â a $57 000 vehicle â outside her Thayer Place home in Bay Terrace at about 1:30 a.m. cops said. She allegedly repeatedly struck the vehicle with the rod and lawn decoration leaving it with a scratched exterior and bent rearview mirror. [TGT] also used the rod to smash an air conditioner damage her homeâs aluminum siding crack a window and threaten her husband according to court papers.
Cops charged Tuzzo with criminal mischief and menacing.
A judge ordered her released after a brief arraignment Tuesday.
[TGT] was most recently a teacher at New Dorp High School where [TGT] made $113 762 in 2016 records show. (Mary DiBiase Blaich )
[TGT] was most recently a teacher at New Dorp High School where [TGT] made $113 762 in 2016 records show.
[TGT] started working in city schools in 1989 and began at New Dorp in 1992. [TGT] has no disciplinary history at work.
City Education Department spokesman Michael Aciman said [TGT] will remain in her current role. | 1Neutral
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1,745 | Pakistani PM says 'committed' to seizing Islamist charities | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said his government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.
Abbasi brushed off U.S. President Donald Trumpâs recent tweet accusing Pakistan of âlies and deceptionâ in its commitment to fighting terrorism as he raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistanâs airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Abbasi said Pakistan had made progress in curbing terrorist financing after meetings with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that warned Islamabad could be put on a watchlist for not doing enough to stop the practice.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad Pakistan January 22 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
âWeâve had several meetings on that and from what Iâve seen a large part of those actions have been taken â Abbasi said.
Former petroleum minister Abbasi said any sanctions against Pakistan would be counter-productive to the countryâs own battle against Islamist militants which he called âthe largest war on terror in the worldâ.
âAny constraints put on Pakistan actually only serve to degrade our capability to fight the war against terror â he said.
Abbasi said Trumpâs tweet was âunacceptableâ in its tone and that Pakistan should not be âscapegoatedâ for U.S. failures in Afghanistan.
âThat is something ... we cannot accept because nobodyâs suffered more than Pakistan â Abbasi said adding that tens of thousands of Pakistani have died from militancy that has inflicted damage worth $120 billion to the economy.
Abbasi said much of the suspended aid was from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) a U.S. Defence Department program to reimburse allies for the costs of supporting counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.
He said the U.S. needed to respect Pakistanâs contribution to the fight against Islamist militancy and raised the prospect of charging Washington for air transport flights that have been resupplying U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces in landlocked Afghanistan.
âIf somebody wants to start quantifying expenses and aid I think letâs put this on the table also. Letâs discuss that â Abbasi said though he added that such talk was âhypotheticalâ.
Abbasi dismissed media reports that Islamabad has ended intelligence sharing with the U.S. military as false.
And he also spoke fondly about a brief discussion he had with Trump in September at a reception at the U.N General Assembly in New York.
âI found him to be fairly warm â he said. âSomebody that you would like to engage with and talk to.â | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - [TGT] on Monday said [TGT] government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.
[TGT] brushed off U.S. President Donald Trumpâs recent tweet accusing Pakistan of âlies and deceptionâ in [TGT] commitment to fighting terrorism as [TGT] raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistanâs airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.
[TGT] said Pakistan had made progress in curbing terrorist financing after meetings with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that warned Islamabad could be put on a watchlist for not doing enough to stop the practice.
[TGT] speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad Pakistan January 22 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
âWeâve had several meetings on that and from what Iâve seen a large part of those actions have been taken â [TGT] said.
Former petroleum minister Abbasi said any sanctions against Pakistan would be counter-productive to the countryâs own battle against Islamist militants which he called âthe largest war on terror in the worldâ.
âAny constraints put on Pakistan actually only serve to degrade our capability to fight the war against terror â he said.
[TGT] said Trumpâs tweet was âunacceptableâ in [TGT] tone and that Pakistan should not be âscapegoatedâ for U.S. failures in Afghanistan.
âThat is something ... we cannot accept because nobodyâs suffered more than Pakistan â [TGT] said adding that tens of thousands of Pakistani have died from militancy that has inflicted damage worth $120 billion to the economy.
[TGT] said much of the suspended aid was from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) a U.S. Defence Department program to reimburse allies for the costs of supporting counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.
[TGT] said the U.S. needed to respect Pakistanâs contribution to the fight against Islamist militancy and raised the prospect of charging Washington for air transport flights that have been resupplying U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces in landlocked Afghanistan.
âIf somebody wants to start quantifying expenses and aid I think letâs put this on the table also. Letâs discuss that â [TGT] said though [TGT] added that such talk was âhypotheticalâ.
[TGT] dismissed media reports that Islamabad has ended intelligence sharing with the U.S. military as false.
And [TGT] also spoke fondly about a brief discussion [TGT] had with Trump in September at a reception at the U.N General Assembly in New York.
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1,746 | Devin Nunes launches probe into US | Bill Clinton | Devin Nunes' announcement came one week after The Hill published a report on a "racketeering scheme ... designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton's charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow ."
The Hill's report largely echoed those claims alleging that Russian officials tried to "ingratiate themselves with the Clintons" by transferring "millions of dollars from Russia's nuclear industry to an American entity that had provided assistance to Bill Clinton's foundation."
The Iowa Republican sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions last Wednesday asking whether the Department of Justice was investigating the fact that former President Bill Clinton was paid for a speech around the time that the US government approved the Uranium One deal and that Russians donated millions to the Clinton Foundation years before the uranium deal.
Trump used the uranium deal to try to undercut Clinton during the campaign and draw scrutiny away from his own potential Russia ties. He claimed in October 2016 that Clinton gave uranium to Russia "for a big payment " which The Washington Post later said was inaccurate.
Fact checkers more broadly have been quick to push back on characterizations of the uranium deal as a quid pro quo between Clinton and Russia and PolitiFact found that the US produces such little uranium that the "concerns were out of proportion."
The Post's fact checker reported last year that although the State Department was one of several agencies that would have been able to approve the 2010 deal "there is no evidence Clinton herself got involved in the deal personally and it is highly questionable that this deal even rose to the level of the secretary of state."
"Theoretically as Schweizer says Clinton could have intervened " The Post reported. "But even then it ultimately would have been Obamaâs decision whether to suspend or block the deal." | Devin Nunes' announcement came one week after The Hill published [TGT] ."
[TGT] largely echoed those claims alleging that Russian officials tried to "ingratiate themselves with the Clintons" by transferring "millions of dollars from Russia's nuclear industry to an American entity that had provided assistance to [TGT] foundation."
The Iowa Republican sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions last Wednesday asking whether the Department of Justice was investigating the fact that former President Bill Clinton was paid for a speech around the time that the US government approved the Uranium One deal and that Russians donated millions to the Clinton Foundation years before the uranium deal.
Trump used the uranium deal to try to undercut [TGT] during the campaign and draw scrutiny away from [TGT] own potential Russia ties. [TGT] claimed in October 2016 that Clinton gave uranium to Russia "for a big payment " which The Washington Post later said was inaccurate.
Fact checkers more broadly have been quick to push back on characterizations of the uranium deal as a quid pro quo between Clinton and Russia and PolitiFact found that the US produces such little uranium that the "concerns were out of proportion."
The Post's fact checker reported last year that although the State Department was one of several agencies that would have been able to approve the 2010 deal "there is no evidence Clinton herself got involved in the deal personally and it is highly questionable that this deal even rose to the level of the secretary of state."
"Theoretically as Schweizer says Clinton could have intervened " The Post reported. "But even then it ultimately would have been Obamaâs decision whether to suspend or block the deal." | 2Positive
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1,747 | It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote | Clinton | Story highlights Clinton outpaced Trump by almost 2.9 million votes
She lost the Electoral College however
(CNN) More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.
margin ranks third among defeated candidates according to statistics from Clinton 's 2.1%margin ranks third among defeated candidates according to statistics from US Elections Atlas . Andrew Jackson won by more than 10% in 1824 but was denied the presidency which went to John Quincy Adams. In 1876 Samuel Tilden received 3% more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes who eventually triumphed by one electoral vote.
"I would have done even better in the election if that is possible if the winner was based on popular vote -- but would campaign differently " he tweeted as recently as Wednesday morning more than six weeks after the election. In late November Trump also falsely claimed that "millions" of Clinton voters had cast ballots "illegally." | Story highlights [TGT] outpaced Trump by almost 2.9 million votes
[TGT] lost the Electoral College however
(CNN) More Americans voted for [TGT] than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.
margin ranks third among defeated candidates according to statistics from [TGT] 's 2.1%margin ranks third among defeated candidates according to statistics from US Elections Atlas . Andrew Jackson won by more than 10% in 1824 but was denied the presidency which went to John Quincy Adams. In 1876 Samuel Tilden received 3% more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes who eventually triumphed by one electoral vote.
"I would have done even better in the election if that is possible if the winner was based on popular vote -- but would campaign differently " he tweeted as recently as Wednesday morning more than six weeks after the election. In late November Trump also falsely claimed that "millions" of [TGT] voters had cast ballots "illegally." | 0Negative
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1,748 | Flu vaccine: Could this be a better way to build one? | Topham | "The conventional approach to developing flu vaccines today is one in which we perform surveillance worldwide " said David Topham director of the New York Influenza Center of Excellence and professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester in New York.
"We collect the viruses that are circulating in people " said Topham who was not involved in the new study . Those viruses then typically are studied in ferrets he said.
"We create an antigenic map of each virus and determine how similar or different that is than the (current) vaccine strain and if it's different enough from the vaccine strain then we select that virus to be in next year's vaccine " Topham said. In other words they make their best guess on what strains will be most likely to spread and cause illness based on surveillance data
On the other hand the new study suggests "using high-throughput sequencing methods and genetic engineering to rationally design a virus to use as a vaccine " he said. "I thought it was a very innovative and comprehensive approach."
The new study acted like "rocket science" compared with the conventional approach used to develop flu vaccines he said.
So what does the future hold for flu vaccines and where could this new approach fit in? There has been a shift among researchers around the world to focus on developing universal vaccines Topham said.
"These for influenza would be vaccines that would last for at least five years and protect against 75% of the viruses that are out there " he said. "There are many ways that we might be able to achieve that. This approach that's described in this paper is just one approach." | "The conventional approach to developing flu vaccines today is one in which we perform surveillance worldwide " said David [TGT] director of the New York Influenza Center of Excellence and professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester in New York.
"We collect the viruses that are circulating in people " said [TGT] who was not involved in the new study . Those viruses then typically are studied in ferrets he said.
"We create an antigenic map of each virus and determine how similar or different that is than the (current) vaccine strain and if it's different enough from the vaccine strain then we select that virus to be in next year's vaccine " [TGT] said. In other words they make their best guess on what strains will be most likely to spread and cause illness based on surveillance data
On the other hand the new study suggests "using high-throughput sequencing methods and genetic engineering to rationally design a virus to use as a vaccine " he said. "I thought it was a very innovative and comprehensive approach."
The new study acted like "rocket science" compared with the conventional approach used to develop flu vaccines he said.
So what does the future hold for flu vaccines and where could this new approach fit in? There has been a shift among researchers around the world to focus on developing universal vaccines [TGT] said.
"These for influenza would be vaccines that would last for at least five years and protect against 75% of the viruses that are out there " he said. "There are many ways that we might be able to achieve that. This approach that's described in this paper is just one approach." | 1Neutral
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1,749 | Postcard from a Coal Mine: CPAC 2018 | Milo Yiannopoulos | Only a year ago CPAC found itself in controversy for having scheduled as a keynote speaker Milo Yiannopoulos the potty-mouthed homosexual enfant terrible.
When old video revealed that Milo had once been frighteningly blasé about sex with teenage boys CPAC made a dramatic show of disavowing Milo.
Many fellow travelers came forward to defend Milo . We viewed child molestation as detestable but we consistently condemned it even if this meant denouncing homosexual subculture. Milo 's survival of childhood sex abuse explained much of his aberrant and disorderly behavior.
Why did so many conservatives goad Milo on for years then turn on him once his past abuse cast a pall on his public witness? For the type of conservatives who flock to CPAC â think-tank parvenus Ann Coulter fans Fox News oracles College Republicans emulators of Laura Ingraham and Steven Crowder â conservatism mixes rebellion wit professionalism and prestige. They sense that pointy-headed political correctness and taxes are bad while anti-liberal snark and a rising Dow Jones are good. They delight in mocking liberals who embarrass themselves and relish the indignant outrage they feel when gazing on liberalism at its worst: transgender bathrooms campus madness Harvey Weinstein hypocrisy or historical illiteracy. Such mainstream young and urbane conservatives do not necessarily like being told to show restraint self-critique and repentance.
The influence of libertarians in the CPAC universe explains what happened with Milo and provides some context for the banishment of Mass Resistance. Milo provided too much fun for anyone to slow him down until the seriousness of his past with sexual abuse made "conservatives" reconsider their allegiance to him .
When Milo was de-platformed I thought he was the canary in the coal mine. Maybe not. By trying to get a seat at CPAC's table Mass Resistance tested the viability of the Burkean-colorful-libertarian alliance. I lead Mass Resistance's Texas chapter. I know that our partisans defend their beliefs with dogged sincerity. I also know that libertarians find us embarrassingly old-fashioned and Burkean mainstream conservatives fear we will not play well in Georgetown. | Only a year ago CPAC found itself in controversy for having scheduled as a keynote speaker [TGT] the potty-mouthed homosexual enfant terrible.
When old video revealed that Milo had once been frighteningly blasé about sex with teenage boys CPAC made a dramatic show of disavowing Milo.
Many fellow travelers came forward to defend Milo . We viewed child molestation as detestable but we consistently condemned it even if this meant denouncing homosexual subculture. Milo 's survival of childhood sex abuse explained much of his aberrant and disorderly behavior.
Why did so many conservatives goad Milo on for years then turn on him once his past abuse cast a pall on his public witness? For the type of conservatives who flock to CPAC â think-tank parvenus Ann Coulter fans Fox News oracles College Republicans emulators of Laura Ingraham and Steven Crowder â conservatism mixes rebellion wit professionalism and prestige. They sense that pointy-headed political correctness and taxes are bad while anti-liberal snark and a rising Dow Jones are good. They delight in mocking liberals who embarrass themselves and relish the indignant outrage they feel when gazing on liberalism at its worst: transgender bathrooms campus madness Harvey Weinstein hypocrisy or historical illiteracy. Such mainstream young and urbane conservatives do not necessarily like being told to show restraint self-critique and repentance.
The influence of libertarians in the CPAC universe explains what happened with Milo and provides some context for the banishment of Mass Resistance. Milo provided too much fun for anyone to slow him down until the seriousness of his past with sexual abuse made "conservatives" reconsider their allegiance to him .
When Milo was de-platformed I thought he was the canary in the coal mine. Maybe not. By trying to get a seat at CPAC's table Mass Resistance tested the viability of the Burkean-colorful-libertarian alliance. I lead Mass Resistance's Texas chapter. I know that our partisans defend their beliefs with dogged sincerity. I also know that libertarians find us embarrassingly old-fashioned and Burkean mainstream conservatives fear we will not play well in Georgetown. | 1Neutral
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1,750 | Think California politics is on the far | Jerry Brown | California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) delivers his final State of the State address in Sacramento on Jan. 25. Democrats who want to replace him are aiming even further left in a state already known for its liberal politics. (Pool/Reuters)
Here in the self-labeled âstate of resistance â the political debate is being pushed further left without any sign of a Republican renaissance to serve as a check on spending and social policy ambitions. Even some Republicans are concerned about the departure of Gov. Jerry Brown (D) who proved to be fiscally cautious after inheriting a state seven years ago in deep recession.
âYou are going to be talking about Democrat-on-Democrat crime for the most part â said Bill Whalen a research fellow at Stanford Universityâs Hoover Institution. âWhat also is certain is that the next governor is going to be more progressive than Jerry Brown.â
In his final State of the State address on Jan. 25 Brown said California is âprospering â a nod to a growing economy that is the sixth-largest in the world.
But in an interview after the speech Brown said that âdoes not mean all Californians are prospering â and he made a distinction between the coastal âconsulting classâ and rural laborers whose âculture of working with their handsâ is disappearing.
âThe state is more divided â Brown said. âAnd itâs divided this way right across the country.â
Brown said he is uncertain whether he will endorse in the race to succeed him even though Newsom also is a Bay Area Democrat who on climate change in particular supports the governorâs policies. Some of Brown âs transportation initiatives including a high-speed rail project from Los Angeles to San Francisco that is bursting its budget remain in question.
âI donât think the people of Tulare County or Modoc County want to hear from Jerry Brown on who to vote for. Maybe the people in Oakland would I donât know â Brown said. âIâll decide what to do based on 45 years of campaigning in this state.â | [TGT] delivers [TGT] final State of the State address in Sacramento on Jan. 25. Democrats who want to replace [TGT] are aiming even further left in a state already known for its liberal politics. (Pool/Reuters)
Here in the self-labeled âstate of resistance â the political debate is being pushed further left without any sign of a Republican renaissance to serve as a check on spending and social policy ambitions. Even some Republicans are concerned about the departure of Gov. Jerry Brown (D) who proved to be fiscally cautious after inheriting a state seven years ago in deep recession.
âYou are going to be talking about Democrat-on-Democrat crime for the most part â said Bill Whalen a research fellow at Stanford Universityâs Hoover Institution. âWhat also is certain is that the next governor is going to be more progressive than Jerry Brown.â
In his final State of the State address on Jan. 25 Brown said California is âprospering â a nod to a growing economy that is the sixth-largest in the world.
But in an interview after the speech Brown said that âdoes not mean all Californians are prospering â and he made a distinction between the coastal âconsulting classâ and rural laborers whose âculture of working with their handsâ is disappearing.
âThe state is more divided â Brown said. âAnd itâs divided this way right across the country.â
Brown said he is uncertain whether he will endorse in the race to succeed him even though Newsom also is a Bay Area Democrat who on climate change in particular supports the governorâs policies. Some of Brown âs transportation initiatives including a high-speed rail project from Los Angeles to San Francisco that is bursting its budget remain in question.
âI donât think the people of Tulare County or Modoc County want to hear from Jerry Brown on who to vote for. Maybe the people in Oakland would I donât know â Brown said. âIâll decide what to do based on 45 years of campaigning in this state.â | 2Positive
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1,751 | AP PHOTOS: Pope draws crowd to Chile Mass also protests | Pope Francis | A smiling Pope Francis drew a big crowd at an outdoor Mass in the Chilean capital Tuesday during the first full day of his six-day visit to Chile and Peru.
Francis started the day with a speech in which he pleaded for forgiveness for the "irreparable damage" done to children who were raped and molested by priests.
The pope celebrated Mass in O'Higgins Park before a crowd estimated at about 400 000 people. He later brought some inmates to tears during an emotional visit to a women's prison.
His final public event was a meeting with priests and nuns at in a full Cathedral of Santiago ablaze with lighted candles. | [TGT] drew a big crowd at an outdoor Mass in the Chilean capital Tuesday during the first full day of [TGT] six-day visit to Chile and Peru.
[TGT] started the day with a speech in which [TGT] pleaded for forgiveness for the "irreparable damage" done to children who were raped and molested by priests.
[TGT] celebrated Mass in O'Higgins Park before a crowd estimated at about 400 000 people. [TGT] later brought some inmates to tears during an emotional visit to a women's prison.
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1,752 | Sexual Harassment Cases Show the Ineffectiveness of Going to H.R. | Lindsley | Ms. Lindsleyâs experience illustrates the complicated role that human resources departments play in harassment cases. The recent outpouring of complaints from women about mistreatment in the workplace has included numerous accounts of being ignored stymied or retaliated against by human resources units â accounts that portray them as part of the problem not the solution.
Ms. Lindsley the former Omni director who started as a server at an Omni Hotel restaurant and eventually became the first woman to be named director of food and beverage at a hotel said human resources ignored virtually all of the sexual harassment and other grievances she made to the department during her 15 years with the chain according to allegations she made in her complaint and in an interview.
The various human resources directors she spoke with rarely interviewed people Ms. Lindsley had said were witnesses to the behavior she said. Ms. Lindsley also said there appeared to have been no confidentiality in the system â that her boss and others were made aware she had complained about them.
In an emailed statement a spokeswoman for Omni and its parent company TRT Holdings said: âWhile we do not comment on active litigation we want to be clear that we dispute Ms. Lindsleyâs allegations and will defend against her lawsuit.â
â She has spent hours if not days trying to figure out how she âs going to tell you and you want to have tissues there because she is going to cry in your office â said Kate Bischoff a human resources compliance consultant. âBut you canât say âIâm so sorryâ because that could be an acknowledgmentâ of wrongdoing.
For Ms. Lindsley the last straw came during a wine-promotion trip in Chile in 2015. One of only two women among the 50 executives in attendance Ms. Lindsley said some of the men on the trip suggested she could make more money working as a prostitute in Chile than as a hotel executive.
Ms. Lindsley left the chain the next year.
âI felt like all of those sexual harassment workshops we went to were a big waste of time â said Ms. Lindsley who now works for a hotel chain in Des Moines . âI personally never felt when I went to human resources about a sexual harassment complaint that it was handled appropriately and that I was protected.â | Ms. Lindsleyâs experience illustrates the complicated role that human resources departments play in harassment cases. The recent outpouring of complaints from women about mistreatment in the workplace has included numerous accounts of being ignored stymied or retaliated against by human resources units â accounts that portray them as part of the problem not the solution.
[TGT] said human resources ignored virtually all of the sexual harassment and other grievances she made to the department during her 15 years with the chain according to allegations she made in her complaint and in an interview.
The various human resources directors she spoke with rarely interviewed people [TGT] had said were witnesses to the behavior [TGT] said. [TGT] also said there appeared to have been no confidentiality in the system â that [TGT] boss and others were made aware [TGT] had complained about them.
In an emailed statement a spokeswoman for Omni and its parent company TRT Holdings said: âWhile we do not comment on active litigation we want to be clear that we dispute [TGT] allegations and will defend against [TGT] lawsuit.â
â She has spent hours if not days trying to figure out how she âs going to tell you and you want to have tissues there because she is going to cry in your office â said Kate Bischoff a human resources compliance consultant. âBut you canât say âIâm so sorryâ because that could be an acknowledgmentâ of wrongdoing.
For [TGT] the last straw came during a wine-promotion trip in Chile in 2015. One of only two women among the 50 executives in attendance Ms. Lindsley said some of the men on the trip suggested [TGT] could make more money working as a prostitute in Chile than as a hotel executive.
[TGT] left the chain the next year.
âI felt like all of those sexual harassment workshops we went to were a big waste of time â said [TGT] . âI personally never felt when I went to human resources about a sexual harassment complaint that it was handled appropriately and that I was protected.â | 2Positive
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1,753 | GitLab outage caused by human error | Tim Anglade | GitLab a startup with $25 million in funding is having a "very bad day " as the company's interim vice president of marketing Tim Anglade put it to Business Insider on Wednesday after a series of human errors caused the service to go down overnight.
Making matters worse the team couldn't just restore: "Out of 5 backup/replication techniques deployed none are working reliably or set up in the first place" the blog said. "We ended up restoring a 6 hours old backup." That means any data created in that six-hour window may be lost forever Anglade said.
While restoring that older version of the database the site went down for at least six hours Anglade said. Intermittent failures sprung up for another several hours while the team got the service back online with everything starting to get back to normal only on Wednesday morning.
The good news for users Anglade said is that the database that was affected didn't actually contain anyone's code just stuff like comments and bug reports. Furthermore Anglade said the many customers who installed GitLab's software on their own servers weren't affected since that doesn't connect to GitLab.com. And paying customers weren't affected at all the company said minimizing the financial impact.
Anglade acknowledged the outage was bad as is the looming possibility that some of that data may be gone but nobody is going to have to start rewriting his or her software from scratch and only about 1% of GitLab's users are expected to see any lasting effects from the incident.
As for the systems administrator who made the mistake Anglade is hesitant to place blame saying it was the whole team's fault that none of its other backup systems were working. "It's fair to say it's more than one employee making a mistake " he said. | GitLab a startup with $25 million in funding is having a "very bad day " as the company's interim vice president of marketing [TGT] put it to Business Insider on Wednesday after a series of human errors caused the service to go down overnight.
Making matters worse the team couldn't just restore: "Out of 5 backup/replication techniques deployed none are working reliably or set up in the first place" the blog said. "We ended up restoring a 6 hours old backup." That means any data created in that six-hour window may be lost forever Anglade said.
While restoring that older version of the database the site went down for at least six hours Anglade said. Intermittent failures sprung up for another several hours while the team got the service back online with everything starting to get back to normal only on Wednesday morning.
The good news for users Anglade said is that the database that was affected didn't actually contain anyone's code just stuff like comments and bug reports. Furthermore Anglade said the many customers who installed GitLab's software on their own servers weren't affected since that doesn't connect to GitLab.com. And paying customers weren't affected at all the company said minimizing the financial impact.
Anglade acknowledged the outage was bad as is the looming possibility that some of that data may be gone but nobody is going to have to start rewriting his or her software from scratch and only about 1% of GitLab's users are expected to see any lasting effects from the incident.
As for the systems administrator who made the mistake Anglade is hesitant to place blame saying it was the whole team's fault that none of its other backup systems were working. "It's fair to say it's more than one employee making a mistake " he said. | 1Neutral
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1,754 | The Torturer Pushing the Iran Regimeâs Great Conspiracy Theory About the Popular Protests | Reza Seraj | This week one of IRIBâs popular nightly talk shows was dedicated to the protests. The Channel Two show featured Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani a conservative MP and Reza Seraj introduced as an âexpert on strategic questions and a university professor.â
Seraj is well-known to many Iranian activists although not exactly in those terms. Many of the thousands who have gone through the notorious interrogations blindfolded in Tehranâs Evin Prison remember his voice as an âexpert interrogator.â He is known for meting out psychological torture rather than physical torture by flaunting his supposed knowledge of the intricate webs of espionage with which any given activist is allegedly involved.
Born in the southwestern city of Ahvaz in 1966 Seraj has cut his teeth in different wings of the IRGC especially its autonomous volunteer paramilitary the Basij. One story alleges that in 1988 the then-21-year-old Seraj galvanized a group of angry Basijis to stop a speech by Ali Khameneiâwho was president at the timeâto soldiers on the frontlines of the war with Iraq. Back then President Khamenei was engaged in a power struggle with Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi who was regarded as being more revolutionary and closer to the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini.
As it turned out two decades later in 2009 Seraj played a lead role in defending Khamenei by then the supreme leader harassing and torturing supporters of Mousavi who was by that time the leader of the Green Movement that threatened Khamenei.
â 'The Americans the Israelis and the Saudis had a strategic operational plan that was to be put in action next year ' Seraj said 'but some factors led them into hastening it .' â
Seraj headed the student organization of Basij from 2008 to 2010 and was lauded by the pro-IRGC Fars News Agency as a transformative Basiji figure. In the years since he has become known for working with outlets like Fars and the state broadcaster to defend the regime and spin tales of foreign espionage.
His real identity didnât remain hidden for long. Ali Afshari the student activist who was driven to exile after bouts of prison and torture in Iran recalled Seraj very well in an interview he gave to the New Haven-based Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.
âWhen I gave up they had taken my blindfold [off] and I could see my interrogator â Afshari said. âHe introduced himself as Alavi but I later found out that his name was Seraj. He sometimes writes for Fars now and is the head of student Basij. I complained to the judge and asked for a different interrogator. Seraj used to tell me that it was he who told the judge what to do not the other way around.â
Adding more to spice up the story Amirabadi claimed that part of the U.S. plan was to bring the forces of ISIS to Iranian territory but this had been thwarted by the Quds Force (a part of the IRGC which is not supposed to operate on Iranian territory) and the Unknown Soldiers of the Twelfth Imam (the name used for the forces of Iranâs ministry of intelligence.) Seraj quickly agreed with this claim.
According to Seraj now that the Americansâ âPlan Aâ had been defeated they had resorted to âPlan B â which had been started by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haleyâs calling on the United Nations Security Council to meet about Iran.
âTheir plan is to lead Iran to miscalculation and to change its behavior according to what U.S. and the European countries want â Seraj said. âThey had designed a game of dominoes. The Americans were to threaten us with leaving the JCPOA [nuclear agreement] and ramping up the sanctions while the Europeans were to play the good cop.â
Confirming "the Conspiracy" and Worries for Whatâs Next
Seraj doesnât officially speak for the IRGC so someone unfamiliar with his significance might dismiss his elaborate theory as the thoughts of one man. But Iranian Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has given a version of events that coincides very closely with Serajâs.
Montazeri then gave numerous details to back up the story put forth by Seraj and Amirabadiâand added some new claims. The cities of Herat in Afghanistan and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan had been picked as centers of operation he said and ISIS forces were to come to Iran from there. He also claimed that Michael DâAndreaâwho was revealed in U.S. media reports back in June as the newly appointed head of the CIAâs Iran Mission Centerâhad organized the protests a claim previously made by some pro-government Turkish newspapers (these reports were so inaccurate they had mistakenly published photographs of U.S. actors instead of DâAndrea.)
The Green Movement of 2009 was followed by Stalinesque show trials during which the accused confessed to involvement in elaborate espionage plans. Seraj is known to have played a role in concocting those fantasy plans. So now many worry that a similar fate awaits more than 1 500 people who have been arrested over the last few days. | This week one of IRIBâs popular nightly talk shows was dedicated to the protests. The Channel Two show featured Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani a conservative MP and [TGT] introduced as an âexpert on strategic questions and a university professor.â
Seraj is well-known to many Iranian activists although not exactly in those terms. Many of the thousands who have gone through the notorious interrogations blindfolded in Tehranâs Evin Prison remember his voice as an âexpert interrogator.â He is known for meting out psychological torture rather than physical torture by flaunting his supposed knowledge of the intricate webs of espionage with which any given activist is allegedly involved.
Born in the southwestern city of Ahvaz in 1966 [TGT] has cut [TGT] teeth in different wings of the IRGC especially [TGT] autonomous volunteer paramilitary the Basij. One story alleges that in 1988 the then-21-year-old Seraj galvanized a group of angry Basijis to stop a speech by Ali Khameneiâwho was president at the timeâto soldiers on the frontlines of the war with Iraq. Back then President Khamenei was engaged in a power struggle with Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi who was regarded as being more revolutionary and closer to the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini.
As it turned out two decades later in 2009 [TGT] played a lead role in defending Khamenei by then the supreme leader harassing and torturing supporters of Mousavi who was by that time the leader of the Green Movement that threatened Khamenei.
â 'The Americans the Israelis and the Saudis had a strategic operational plan that was to be put in action next year ' [TGT] said 'but some factors led them into hastening it .' â
[TGT] headed the student organization of Basij from 2008 to 2010 and was lauded by the pro-IRGC Fars News Agency as a transformative Basiji figure. In the years since [TGT] has become known for working with outlets like Fars and the state broadcaster to defend the regime and spin tales of foreign espionage.
[TGT] real identity didnât remain hidden for long. Ali Afshari the student activist who was driven to exile after bouts of prison and torture in Iran recalled Seraj very well in an interview [TGT] gave to the New Haven-based Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.
âWhen I gave up they had taken my blindfold [off] and I could see my interrogator â Afshari said. âHe introduced himself as Alavi but I later found out that his name was Seraj. He sometimes writes for Fars now and is the head of student Basij. I complained to the judge and asked for a different interrogator. Seraj used to tell me that it was he who told the judge what to do not the other way around.â
Adding more to spice up the story Amirabadi claimed that part of the U.S. plan was to bring the forces of ISIS to Iranian territory but this had been thwarted by the Quds Force (a part of the IRGC which is not supposed to operate on Iranian territory) and the Unknown Soldiers of the Twelfth Imam (the name used for the forces of Iranâs ministry of intelligence.) Seraj quickly agreed with this claim.
According to Seraj now that the Americansâ âPlan Aâ had been defeated they had resorted to âPlan B â which had been started by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haleyâs calling on the United Nations Security Council to meet about Iran.
âTheir plan is to lead Iran to miscalculation and to change its behavior according to what U.S. and the European countries want â Seraj said. âThey had designed a game of dominoes. The Americans were to threaten us with leaving the JCPOA [nuclear agreement] and ramping up the sanctions while the Europeans were to play the good cop.â
Confirming "the Conspiracy" and Worries for Whatâs Next
Seraj doesnât officially speak for the IRGC so someone unfamiliar with his significance might dismiss his elaborate theory as the thoughts of one man. But Iranian Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has given a version of events that coincides very closely with Serajâs.
Montazeri then gave numerous details to back up the story put forth by Seraj and Amirabadiâand added some new claims. The cities of Herat in Afghanistan and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan had been picked as centers of operation he said and ISIS forces were to come to Iran from there. He also claimed that Michael DâAndreaâwho was revealed in U.S. media reports back in June as the newly appointed head of the CIAâs Iran Mission Centerâhad organized the protests a claim previously made by some pro-government Turkish newspapers (these reports were so inaccurate they had mistakenly published photographs of U.S. actors instead of DâAndrea.)
The Green Movement of 2009 was followed by Stalinesque show trials during which the accused confessed to involvement in elaborate espionage plans. Seraj is known to have played a role in concocting those fantasy plans. So now many worry that a similar fate awaits more than 1 500 people who have been arrested over the last few days. | 1Neutral
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1,755 | Boutros Boutros | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Former United Nations secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali gives an interview to the Associated Press in New York.
May 27 1997 Former United Nations secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali gives an interview to the Associated Press in New York. Michael Schmelling/AP
Boutros Boutros-Ghali an urbane Egyptian diplomat whose service as United Nations secretary general during the early 1990s coincided with genocides from Rwanda to the Balkans as well as political frictions that caused the Clinton administration to block him from a second term died Feb. 16 at a hospital in Cairo. He was 93.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1996 at the end of his term as U.N. secretary general. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo on Nov. 14 1922. He was a Coptic Christian from a family with deep roots in Egyptâs old aristocracy. | [TGT] gives an interview to the Associated Press in New York.
May 27 1997 [TGT] gives an interview to the Associated Press in New York. [TGT]
whose service as United Nations secretary general during the early 1990s coincided with genocides from Rwanda to the Balkans as well as political frictions that caused the Clinton administration to block [TGT] from a second term died Feb. 16 at a hospital in Cairo. [TGT] was 93.
[TGT] . (Peter Morgan/Reuters)
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1,756 | Local Opposition To The American Presence In Okinawa Is Growing : NPR | Anna Fifield | On Sunday a U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan drunkenly crashed his truck into another vehicle killing the driver. NPR's Elise Hu talks with Anna Fifield Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Washington Post about what the incident means for the American military presence in Okinawa.
The collision is the latest in a string of incidents over the years involving U.S. personnel on the island. They include helicopter crashes and the rape and murder of a local woman last year. Joining us now is Anna Fifield the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post.
ANNA FIFIELD : Hi Elise.
HU: And we're sure you'll be keeping an eye on it. Anna Fifield is the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post and she joined us via Skype.
FIFIELD : Thanks for having me Elise. | On Sunday a U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan drunkenly crashed his truck into another vehicle killing the driver. NPR's Elise Hu talks with [TGT] Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Washington Post about what the incident means for the American military presence in Okinawa.
The collision is the latest in a string of incidents over the years involving U.S. personnel on the island. They include helicopter crashes and the rape and murder of a local woman last year. Joining us now is [TGT] the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post.
[TGT] : Hi Elise.
HU: And we're sure you'll be keeping an eye on it. [TGT] is the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post and [TGT] joined us via Skype.
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1,757 | Flyers retire Hall of Fame center Eric Lindros ' No. 88 | Eric Lindros | PHILADELPHIA (AP) â Nearly 17 years after a bitter breakup the Philadelphia Flyers retired Eric Lindros' jersey on Thursday night in a stirring tribute to the Hall of Fame center.
No. 88 was raised to the rafters of Wells Fargo Center a facility Lindros helped open in 1996 before the Flyers played his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.
"Very blessed that I could've played in Philadelphia " Lindros said as the crowd roared.
Combining size skill and strength the 6-foot-4 Lindros averaged a franchise record 1.35 points per game in Philadelphia from 1992-2000. Lindros won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1995 after leading the NHL with 70 points in the lockout-shortened season. He helped the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Final two years later where they were swept by Detroit.
"These are one of those days you take for the rest of your life. It's a special moment " Lindros said before the ceremony. "You feel lucky."
In an elaborate 23-minute on-ice tribute that included video highlights on a giant four-sided projector and gifts Lindros was surrounded by trophies he won with a lighted orange No. 88 serving as a backdrop.
It was a feud with Clarke then the Flyers general manager that led to his ugly exit from Philadelphia. It stemmed mostly from the treatment Lindros received for a number of concussions and a collapsed lung with his parents often criticizing the Flyers' medical team.
After a shoulder-to-jaw hit by New Jersey's Scott Stevens in the 2000 playoffs Lindros missed all of the 2000-01 season because of post-concussion issues and a contract dispute with Clarke. His trade demand was granted in August 2001 when he was sent to the New York Rangers.
Lindros was asked if back in 2001 he could have envisioned his number being retired in Philly.
"No you?" Lindros said drawing laughter. "No what happened it was no doubt difficult and frustrating."
Lindros Clarke and the Flyers eventually patched things up with the help of Flyers president Paul Holmgren. Lindros appeared at an outdoor alumni game in Philadelphia in 2012 and Clarke pushed for Lindros ' 2016 induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame while serving on the selection committee.
"It was great for Bob to say what he did. It was special " Lindros said. "We disagreed on some things no doubt but when it came down to hockey and if winning is it I can't question Bob and his desire."
Lindros skated on the Wells Fargo Center ice in the early afternoon with his wife and 3-year-old son the oldest of their three children.
Lindros' parents Carl and Bonnie attended the ceremony along with his sister and brother Brett who spent two seasons with the New York Islanders before a concussion ended his career in 1996.
Lindros has become a vocal advocate for concussion awareness and research.
"No we're nowhere near where we need to be " he said. "And a lot of it stems from the research dollars." | PHILADELPHIA (AP) â Nearly 17 years after a bitter breakup [TGT] jersey on Thursday night in a stirring tribute to the Hall of Fame center.
No. 88 was raised to the rafters of Wells Fargo Center a facility [TGT] helped open in 1996 before the Flyers played [TGT] hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.
"Very blessed that I could've played in Philadelphia [TGT] said as the crowd roared.
Combining size skill and strength the 6-foot-4 [TGT] averaged a franchise record 1.35 points per game in Philadelphia from 1992-2000. [TGT] won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1995 after leading the NHL with 70 points in the lockout-shortened season. [TGT] helped the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Final two years later where they were swept by Detroit.
"These are one of those days you take for the rest of your life. It's a special moment " [TGT] said before the ceremony. "You feel lucky."
In an elaborate 23-minute on-ice tribute that included video highlights on a giant four-sided projector and gifts [TGT] was surrounded by trophies he won with a lighted orange No. 88 serving as a backdrop.
It was a feud with Clarke then the Flyers general manager that led to his ugly exit from Philadelphia. It stemmed mostly from the treatment [TGT] received for a number of concussions and a collapsed lung with [TGT] parents often criticizing the Flyers' medical team.
After a shoulder-to-jaw hit by New Jersey's Scott Stevens in the 2000 playoffs [TGT] missed all of the 2000-01 season because of post-concussion issues and a contract dispute with Clarke. His trade demand was granted in August 2001 when he was sent to the New York Rangers.
[TGT] was asked if back in 2001 [TGT] could have envisioned [TGT] number being retired in Philly.
"No you?" [TGT] said drawing laughter. "No what happened it was no doubt difficult and frustrating."
Lindros Clarke and the Flyers eventually patched things up with the help of Flyers president Paul Holmgren. [TGT] appeared at an outdoor alumni game in Philadelphia in 2012 and Clarke pushed for Lindros ' 2016 induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame while serving on the selection committee.
"It was great for Bob to say what he did. It was special " [TGT] said. "We disagreed on some things no doubt but when it came down to hockey and if winning is it I can't question Bob and his desire."
[TGT] skated on the Wells Fargo Center ice in the early afternoon with his wife and 3-year-old son the oldest of their three children.
Lindros' parents Carl and Bonnie attended the ceremony along with his sister and brother Brett who spent two seasons with the New York Islanders before a concussion ended his career in 1996.
Lindros has become a vocal advocate for concussion awareness and research.
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1,758 | Ellen Page marries dance teacher Emma Portner | Ellen Page | âJunoâ star Ellen Page is a married woman.
ELLEN PAGE SAYS BRETT RATNER OUTED HER MADE HER FEEL âVIOLATEDâ
Page posted the announcment on Instagram with a photo of the coupleâs hands showing off wedding bands on their ring fingers.
People reported the âFlatlinersâ actress began posting photos of her with Portner on her social media accounts over the summer. Page has posted videos of her with Portner doing interpretative dance and covering songs. | âJunoâ star [TGT] is a married woman.
[TGT] SAYS BRETT RATNER OUTED HER MADE HER FEEL âVIOLATEDâ
[TGT] posted the announcment on Instagram with a photo of the coupleâs hands showing off wedding bands on their ring fingers.
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1,759 | Fertility doctor's secret reveals discovery of at least 23 half | Donald Cline | It started when White read a news report that Dr. Donald Cline a retired Indianapolis fertility specialist faced charges for lying when he denied he 'd inseminated unwitting patients with his own sperm decades earlier. He searched out Cline 's address online recognizing it as the location of his mother's former doctor. Then he Googled the doctor's name. When a photo popped up he was stunned: He looked like Cline .
"It was just too similar to be coincidental " he says. White had long known he was a donor baby but that day he had an eerie feeling he was staring at the man who was likely his biological father.
Around the same time Julie Harmon saw a TV news story about Cline . She'd discovered years earlier that her blood type indicated she was not the child of both her parents. She didn't follow up to find out why but the report about Cline her mother's fertility doctor was unnerving.
The TV story featured Jacoba Ballard whose mother had also gone to Cline and whose complaint to the state helped launched an investigation. Harmon contacted Ballard through Facebook and they traded photos. There were striking similarities.
These two women and White recently crowded into an Indianapolis courtroom to hear Cline receive a one-year suspended sentence for lying to investigators when he denied wrongdoing; DNA tests determined he is the biological father of Ballard and another woman whose mother was his patient. Cline apologized "for the pain my actions have caused" but didn't specify how often he used his own sperm in procedures â court documents say he told Ballard about 50 times.
Cline 's sentencing though was not the end of this story. Instead in an extraordinary epilogue three one-time strangers â White Harmon and Ballard â have forged a kinship as brother and sisters even as they wrestle with the revelation about their identities. They've also reached out to 21 other men and women all in their 30s who've been identified through DNA tests as half-siblings â evidence they say that Cline is likely their father as well. About a half-dozen of them live in central Indiana.
Many stay in touch through a private Facebook page and several gathered last fall for a cookout with their spouses children and three mothers who'd been Cline patients. Others have gone on social outings shared childhood photos taken note of similarities (most of the men are over 6 feet tall) and at times confided in one another private details of their lives.
Jacoba Ballard was angry when she sat in court in December describing a three-year ordeal that determined Cline is her biological father.
Ballard 37 says Cline told her mother he used donor sperm from medical residents. She 'd known since she was 10 that she was a donor child but in 2014 Ballard grew curious about her family history and thought she might be able to track down some brothers and sisters. She took a DNA test from 23andMe.com a biotech company that uses saliva samples to determine ancestry and identify distant and close relatives health risks and physical traits.
Clients can choose whether to be identified in a "DNA relatives tool" that connects them to others. When Ballard's results came back they listed seven half-siblings all but one identified by name. Ballard and two others got together assembled a family tree and realized one common thread: Their mothers had gone to Cline for fertility treatments.
Ballard and a half-sister arranged to meet with two of Cline 's adult children. At first she says they denied their father had been a donor then said he'd done so in a small number of cases. About a month later Ballard and a group of the half-siblings met with Cline himself and she says he told conflicting stories finally saying he'd donated sperm about 50 times to help unknowing patients who desperately wanted children.
When Ballard filed a complaint with the Indiana attorney general's office Cline responded in a letter that anyone accusing him of being a donor "was guilty of slander and/or libel." At his sentencing he acknowledged using his sperm. "I was foolish in my actions and I should not have lied " he said.
Ballard's DNA match to Cline was 99.9997 court records show.
The case wasn't the first of its kind. In Virginia Dr. Cecil Jacobson was convicted in 1992 of fraud and perjury for using his sperm to impregnate patients without telling them. Cline was convicted of obstruction of justice for lying to investigators but a measure pushed by Ballard and others was introduced in the Indiana Senate this year to make it a crime for doctors to treat patients for infertility by using their own sperm or egg without consent. The measure didn't receive a hearing so it's dead for this session; its sponsor has not yet decided if he'll reintroduce it.
If there is any comfort she says it's in the camaraderie that's developed among several half-siblings. They've gotten together for concerts an occasional softball game for one of their kids and a few Christmas celebrations. White and Harmon attended the high school graduation ceremonies of Ballard's two children and the two women speak every day. They laugh about their similar tastes; they even prefer the same order at McDonald's â no onions.
"I went from not having a care to wanting to know everything " says the 34-year-old White. He tracked down a medical school graduation photo of Cline and studied photos of Cline's son online noticing similar facial traits â a round face and high forehead. | It started when White read a news report that [TGT] faced charges for lying when [TGT] denied [TGT] 'd inseminated unwitting patients with [TGT] own sperm decades earlier. [TGT] searched out Cline 's address online recognizing it as the location of [TGT] mother's former doctor. Then he Googled the doctor's name. When a photo popped up [TGT] was stunned: [TGT] looked like [TGT] .
"It was just too similar to be coincidental " he says. White had long known he was a donor baby but that day [TGT] had an eerie feeling [TGT] was staring at the man who was likely [TGT] biological father.
Around the same time Julie Harmon saw a TV news story about [TGT] . She'd discovered years earlier that her blood type indicated she was not the child of both her parents. She didn't follow up to find out why but the report about Cline her mother's fertility doctor was unnerving.
The TV story featured Jacoba Ballard whose mother had also gone to Cline and whose complaint to the state helped launched an investigation. Harmon contacted Ballard through Facebook and they traded photos. There were striking similarities.
These two women and White recently crowded into an Indianapolis courtroom to hear Cline receive a one-year suspended sentence for lying to investigators when he denied wrongdoing; DNA tests determined he is the biological father of Ballard and another woman whose mother was his patient. Cline apologized "for the pain my actions have caused" but didn't specify how often he used his own sperm in procedures â court documents say he told Ballard about 50 times.
Cline 's sentencing though was not the end of this story. Instead in an extraordinary epilogue three one-time strangers â White Harmon and Ballard â have forged a kinship as brother and sisters even as they wrestle with the revelation about their identities. They've also reached out to 21 other men and women all in their 30s who've been identified through DNA tests as half-siblings â evidence they say that Cline is likely their father as well. About a half-dozen of them live in central Indiana.
Many stay in touch through a private Facebook page and several gathered last fall for a cookout with their spouses children and three mothers who'd been Cline patients. Others have gone on social outings shared childhood photos taken note of similarities (most of the men are over 6 feet tall) and at times confided in one another private details of their lives.
Jacoba Ballard was angry when she sat in court in December describing a three-year ordeal that determined Cline is her biological father.
Ballard 37 says Cline told her mother he used donor sperm from medical residents. She 'd known since she was 10 that she was a donor child but in 2014 Ballard grew curious about her family history and thought she might be able to track down some brothers and sisters. She took a DNA test from 23andMe.com a biotech company that uses saliva samples to determine ancestry and identify distant and close relatives health risks and physical traits.
Clients can choose whether to be identified in a "DNA relatives tool" that connects them to others. When Ballard's results came back they listed seven half-siblings all but one identified by name. Ballard and two others got together assembled a family tree and realized one common thread: Their mothers had gone to Cline for fertility treatments.
Ballard and a half-sister arranged to meet with two of Cline 's adult children. At first she says they denied their father had been a donor then said he'd done so in a small number of cases. About a month later Ballard and a group of the half-siblings met with Cline himself and she says he told conflicting stories finally saying he'd donated sperm about 50 times to help unknowing patients who desperately wanted children.
When Ballard filed a complaint with the Indiana attorney general's office Cline responded in a letter that anyone accusing him of being a donor "was guilty of slander and/or libel." At his sentencing he acknowledged using his sperm. "I was foolish in my actions and I should not have lied " he said.
Ballard's DNA match to Cline was 99.9997 court records show.
The case wasn't the first of its kind. In Virginia Dr. Cecil Jacobson was convicted in 1992 of fraud and perjury for using his sperm to impregnate patients without telling them. Cline was convicted of obstruction of justice for lying to investigators but a measure pushed by Ballard and others was introduced in the Indiana Senate this year to make it a crime for doctors to treat patients for infertility by using their own sperm or egg without consent. The measure didn't receive a hearing so it's dead for this session; its sponsor has not yet decided if he'll reintroduce it.
If there is any comfort she says it's in the camaraderie that's developed among several half-siblings. They've gotten together for concerts an occasional softball game for one of their kids and a few Christmas celebrations. White and Harmon attended the high school graduation ceremonies of Ballard's two children and the two women speak every day. They laugh about their similar tastes; they even prefer the same order at McDonald's â no onions.
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1,760 | Petition demands military funeral for hero JROTC cadet | Peter Wang | The petition which has garnered more than 20 000 signatures Monday asks for a âfull honorsâ military burial for Peter Wang who reportedly died helping others escape lunatic gunman Nikolas Cruz.
âHis selfless and heroic actions have led to the survival of dozens in the area. Wang died a hero and deserves to be treated as such and deserves a full honors military burial.â
The JROTC is an Army program that trains potential officers and Wang hoped to attend the US Military Academy at West Point.
Wang âs funeral is set for Tuesday afternoon in Coral Springs Florida. | The petition which has garnered more than 20 000 signatures Monday asks for a âfull honorsâ military burial for [TGT] .
âHis selfless and heroic actions have led to the survival of dozens in the area. [TGT] died a hero and deserves to be treated as such and deserves a full honors military burial.â
The JROTC is an Army program that trains potential officers and [TGT] hoped to attend the US Military Academy at West Point.
[TGT] âs funeral is set for Tuesday afternoon in Coral Springs Florida. | 2Positive
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1,761 | Millennials are saving twice as much as baby boomers | Arielle O'Shea | "Millennials are making really good decisions whenever they have an opportunity to save more " Arielle O'Shea retirement and investing specialist at NerdWallet told Business Insider.
"Millennials are doing themselves a big service here by saving so early and taking advantage of compound interest " O'Shea said.
It 's possible older Americans aren't saving as much because the cost of raising kids increases the older they get O'Shea said especially when parents "start feeling the crunch of college."
"Everyone can use strategies millennial parents are using " O'Shea said. "Save more when you get a raise when you pay off debt or cut back on dining."
That's great for some people O'Shea said but "knowing how much you need to be saving is huge and working toward a goal makes all the difference." | "Millennials are making really good decisions whenever they have an opportunity to save more [TGT] retirement and investing specialist at NerdWallet told Business Insider.
"Millennials are doing themselves a big service here by saving so early and taking advantage of compound interest [TGT] said.
It 's possible older Americans aren't saving as much because the cost of raising kids increases the older they get O'Shea said especially when parents "start feeling the crunch of college."
"Everyone can use strategies millennial parents are using [TGT] said. "Save more when you get a raise when you pay off debt or cut back on dining."
That's great for some people O'Shea said but "knowing how much you need to be saving is huge and working toward a goal makes all the difference." | 2Positive
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1,762 | Michael Flynn is reportedly worried his son could get wrapped up in the Russia investigation | Michael Flynn Jr. | Michael Flynn is reportedly concerned that his son Michael Flynn Jr. could get wrapped up in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
The younger Flynn worked closely with his father during his undisclosed communications with Russia and Turkey.
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is reportedly concerned that his son Michael Flynn Jr. could get wrapped up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
A CNN report citing multiple sources said that Flynn 's concern could shape the way he responds to Mueller's probe which seeks to determine whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in Trump's favor. Flynn 's wife Lori is also concerned about their son 's possible legal exposure the report said.
Mueller already has enough evidence to bring charges against both Flynns according to an NBC News report from Sunday. The evidence relates to the senior Flynn 's undisclosed lobbying efforts for a businessman with ties to the Turkish government in 2016 when he was also an adviser on the Trump campaign.
Flynn Jr. was his father's chief of staff and appears to have worked closely with him in his lobbying work. According to some legal experts Mueller's focus on the younger Flynn could be an attempt coerce his father into cooperating with the investigation.
Investigators are also looking at Flynn 's alleged participation in talks to turn over to Turkey a Turkish cleric living in exile in Pennsylvania. Flynn has denied through a spokesperson that those conversations took place.
Flynn resigned from his White House post in February after it emerged that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his communications with Russian officials.
It is unclear whether Mueller will go through with indictments for either Flynn . In the meantime Flynn Jr. is maintaining an optimistic front telling his critics on Twitter "the disappointment on your faces when I donât go to jail will be worth all your harassment." | Michael Flynn is reportedly concerned that his son [TGT] could get wrapped up in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
The younger Flynn worked closely with his father during his undisclosed communications with Russia and Turkey.
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is reportedly concerned that his son [TGT] could get wrapped up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
A CNN report citing multiple sources said that Flynn 's concern could shape the way he responds to Mueller's probe which seeks to determine whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in Trump's favor. Flynn 's wife Lori is also concerned about their son 's possible legal exposure the report said.
Mueller already has enough evidence to bring charges against both Flynns according to an NBC News report from Sunday. The evidence relates to the senior Flynn 's undisclosed lobbying efforts for a businessman with ties to the Turkish government in 2016 when he was also an adviser on the Trump campaign.
Flynn Jr. was his father's chief of staff and appears to have worked closely with him in his lobbying work. According to some legal experts Mueller's focus on the younger Flynn could be an attempt coerce his father into cooperating with the investigation.
Investigators are also looking at Flynn 's alleged participation in talks to turn over to Turkey a Turkish cleric living in exile in Pennsylvania. Flynn has denied through a spokesperson that those conversations took place.
Flynn resigned from his White House post in February after it emerged that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his communications with Russian officials.
It is unclear whether Mueller will go through with indictments for either Flynn . In the meantime Flynn Jr. is maintaining an optimistic front telling his critics on Twitter "the disappointment on your faces when I donât go to jail will be worth all your harassment." | 2Positive
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1,763 | 2nd woman accuses Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching | Al Franken | A woman says Al Franken pulled her in tightly and put his hand on her buttocks in 2010 while posing for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair the second allegation of improper conduct against the Democrat and first involving his time as a senator.
Menz's story comes days after a Los Angeles broadcaster Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour. Franken already faced a Senate ethics investigation over Tweeden's allegation but the Menz allegation is potentially more damaging for Franken because it would be behavior that occurred while he was in office.
Franken a Democrat told CNN he didn't remember taking the photo with Menz but said in a statement to the network that he feels badly that she felt disrespected.
"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people and I certainly don't remember taking this picture " Franken told CNN. "I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected."
Franken 's office did not respond to repeated Associated Press messages seeking comment on the latest allegations.
With the Capitol empty due to Thanksgiving break reaction to the latest allegations against Franken were muted compared to an outcry last week â and Democrats nationally and in Minnesota were silent.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican repeated a statement from Thursday calling for an ethics investigation of Franken . After publicly denouncing Franken 's conduct and supporting that investigation last week no powerful Democrats had spoken out by Monday afternoon about Menz's allegations.
Menz said she told her husband Jeremy Menz and father Mark Brown about it right away. Both men affirmed that to CNN. Menz also said she posted the photo with Franken on Facebook on Aug. 27 2010 and when her sister commented on the photo she replied: "Dude -- Al Franken TOTALLY molested me! Creeper!"
Franken canceled a sold-out book festival appearance scheduled for Monday in Atlanta to speak and promote his book "Al Franken Giant of the Senate." He hasn't appeared in public since Tweeden's allegation. | A woman says [TGT] pulled her in tightly and put [TGT] hand on her buttocks in 2010 while posing for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair the second allegation of improper conduct against the Democrat and first involving his time as a senator.
Menz's story comes days after a Los Angeles broadcaster Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour. [TGT] already faced a Senate ethics investigation over Tweeden's allegation but the Menz allegation is potentially more damaging for Franken because it would be behavior that occurred while [TGT] was in office.
Franken a Democrat told CNN he didn't remember taking the photo with Menz but said in a statement to the network that he feels badly that she felt disrespected.
"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people and I certainly don't remember taking this picture " [TGT] told CNN. "I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected."
Franken 's office did not respond to repeated Associated Press messages seeking comment on the latest allegations.
With the Capitol empty due to Thanksgiving break reaction to the latest allegations against [TGT] were muted compared to an outcry last week â and Democrats nationally and in Minnesota were silent.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican repeated a statement from Thursday calling for an ethics investigation of [TGT] . After publicly denouncing [TGT] 's conduct and supporting that investigation last week no powerful Democrats had spoken out by Monday afternoon about Menz's allegations.
Menz said she told her husband Jeremy Menz and father Mark Brown about it right away. Both men affirmed that to CNN. Menz also said she posted the photo with [TGT] on Facebook on Aug. 27 2010 and when her sister commented on the photo she replied: "Dude -- [TGT] TOTALLY molested me! Creeper!"
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1,764 | Ambulance service hit with suit over explicit gingerbread house | Ramis Ruiz | Plaintiffs Ramis Ruiz 21 and John Messing 41 accused their fellow volunteer EMTs at the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance of sexual harassment bullying and discrimination.
According to the suit Ruiz was slandered during a election for the serviceâs assistant chief position by charges that she was âsleeping around with (fellow) membersâ to win votes for her candidate.
Ruiz complained about sexual harassment and bullying but gripes fell on deaf ears.
Messing claimed he was suspended after backing Ruiz in her gripes about harassment and eventually fired from the department.
The pair sued the ambulance service along with four of its officials. Ruiz and Messing requested a jury trial in the case. | [TGT] accused [TGT] fellow volunteer EMTs at the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance of sexual harassment bullying and discrimination.
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1,765 | Elizabeth Warren Native American Heritage Controversy a Vulnerability for 2020 | Elizabeth Warren | Senator Elizabeth Warren (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Donald Trumpâs taunts may turn out to be the least of Elizabeth Warrenâs problems if her refusal to apologize for her false claims of native American heritage angers the Left.
Since the issue was first raised during her 2012 Senate election campaign Senator Elizabeth Warren has acted as if questions about her past claims of Native American ancestry were simply racist. Her assumption was that the more President Donald Trump called her âPocahontas â the better it was for her since his insults are a badge of honor on the left. But as she prepares for what looks like a run at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination it turns out the man in the White House is not the only one who thinks thereâs something fishy about Warren âs attempt to brush off criticism of her fibs.
The fact that Warren has been involving herself in Native American issues and spoke to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) earlier this month is a tipoff that she is thinking about more than what will be a cakewalk to reelection in Massachusetts this fall. The Native American controversy is a potential liability and not just because Republicans will never let her forget about it. In what is likely to be a brutally competitive 2020 Democratic race with a large field of candidates for the first time she can expect some fellow Democrats to chime in about her past claims.
That ought to provide plenty of motivation for Warren to dispose of the issue by apologizing for what she can call a misunderstanding based on what turned out to be a family myth. Simply saying youâre sorry and leaving it at that goes a long way toward silencing critics in any crisis. But it appears that Warren isnât choosing that path. Instead of putting the controversy to rest Warren has chosen to embrace it.
If it was only Trump calling her âFauxcahontas â Warren would probably have let the issue rest and relied on the willingness of the media and other liberals to label the president and anyone else lobbing the epithet at her as racists. But once Warren heard The Daily Showâs Trevor Noah mock her false claims of Cherokee ancestry she likely realized that Republicans werenât the only ones ready to finally hold her accountable for her decades-long pose as a minority. A similarly critical piece about the issue by a Cherokee activist published on the left-wing ThinkProgress website also made it clear that the cover she âs received from fellow liberals on this point is vanishing. More important she âll likely be facing off against actual minority candidates such as Kamala Harris and Cory Booker in 2020 at which point the authenticity of her background will again become an issue.
Her solution was to give a series of interviews and speeches in which she admits that her past assertions cannot be backed up by the record but continues to insist that she did no wrong asserting that the notion of her Cherokee identity is a long-cherished part of her family lore that was handed down to her . When she told the Boston Globe âI know who I am â it came across as defiant.
The falseness of Warrenâs claims about her heritage seems clear by now. Though Warren keeps saying that she was told her motherâs family was part Cherokee and Delaware there is no proof that this is true. Both genealogists and historians have examined the birth marriage and death records of her family and found no trace of either tribe. The tribal rolls also show no one in her family as having been a registered Cherokee or Delaware. Thatâs a point on which Native American activists have been assertive with respect to other whites seeking to gain either a fake minority status or access to some of the privileges or income available to tribal members in an era when casinos have become a lifeline for their communities.
While Warren âs puzzling choice to try and have it both ways can be attributed to poor judgment it also demonstrates the fatal appeal of identity politics on the left.
Faced with these inconvenient facts Warren appears to think a strategy in which she can be anointed as a sort of honorary Native American might serve to undermine any criticism. In her speech to the NCAI Warren admitted that âYou wonât find my family members on any rolls and Iâm not enrolled in a tribe. And I want to make something clear: I respect that distinction I understand that tribal membership is determined by tribes and only by tribes.â
Yet rather than leave it at that Warren didnât apologize for past claims of identity and then asserted that she had never used those claims to get ahead in her career even though that is disputed. She also went on to say that whenever she is attacked for her past fibs in the future she would âuse it to lift up the story of your families and communities.â And indeed she has lately signed up to co-sponsor some bills of interest to Native Americans that were promulgated by other senators.
But at the same time she hasnât apologized for listing herself as a Native American during the course of her career as a law professor which may have given her a leg up in the fierce competition for coveted spots on the Harvard Law School faculty. Nor has she stopped sticking to her unsubstantiated story about her fatherâs family opposing her parentsâ marriage because of her motherâs tribal ties; she even retold it during her speech to the NCAI.
While Warren âs puzzling choice to try and have it both ways can be attributed to poor judgment it also demonstrates the fatal appeal of identity politics on the left. In a political culture that prizes any link to victimization Warren still canât resist holding onto her past claims even though a simple apology would seem the smarter move.
Warren âs supporters point to the fact that Scott Brown her 2012 Senate opponent didnât seem to profit from his campaignâs emphasis on the âfake Indianâ issue. But once she âs competing for liberal votes in Democratic primaries rather than counting as she did then on her party uniting behind her no matter what the opposition says it will be a very different story. She âll likely discover that the game she âs playing is a lot more dangerous on the national stage than it was in Massachusetts. | Senator Elizabeth Warren (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Donald Trumpâs taunts may turn out to be the least of [TGT] problems if [TGT] refusal to apologize for [TGT] false claims of native American heritage angers the Left.
Since the issue was first raised during [TGT] 2012 Senate election campaign [TGT] has acted as if questions about [TGT] past claims of Native American ancestry were simply racist. [TGT] assumption was that the more President Donald Trump called [TGT] âPocahontas â the better it was for [TGT] since his insults are a badge of honor on the left. But as [TGT] prepares for what looks like a run at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination it turns out the man in the White House is not the only one who thinks thereâs something fishy about [TGT] âs attempt to brush off criticism of her fibs.
The fact that [TGT] has been involving [TGT] in Native American issues and spoke to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) earlier this month is a tipoff that [TGT] is thinking about more than what will be a cakewalk to reelection in Massachusetts this fall. The Native American controversy is a potential liability and not just because Republicans will never let [TGT] forget about it. In what is likely to be a brutally competitive 2020 Democratic race with a large field of candidates for the first time [TGT] can expect some fellow Democrats to chime in about [TGT] past claims.
That ought to provide plenty of motivation for [TGT] to dispose of the issue by apologizing for what [TGT] can call a misunderstanding based on what turned out to be a family myth. Simply saying youâre sorry and leaving it at that goes a long way toward silencing critics in any crisis. But it appears that [TGT] isnât choosing that path. Instead of putting the controversy to rest [TGT] has chosen to embrace it.
If it was only Trump calling her âFauxcahontas â [TGT] would probably have let the issue rest and relied on the willingness of the media and other liberals to label the president and anyone else lobbing the epithet at [TGT] as racists. But once [TGT] heard The Daily Showâs Trevor Noah mock [TGT] false claims of Cherokee ancestry [TGT] likely realized that Republicans werenât the only ones ready to finally hold [TGT] accountable for [TGT] decades-long pose as a minority. A similarly critical piece about the issue by a Cherokee activist published on the left-wing ThinkProgress website also made it clear that the cover she âs received from fellow liberals on this point is vanishing. More important she âll likely be facing off against actual minority candidates such as Kamala Harris and Cory Booker in 2020 at which point the authenticity of her background will again become an issue.
Her solution was to give a series of interviews and speeches in which she admits that her past assertions cannot be backed up by the record but continues to insist that she did no wrong asserting that the notion of her Cherokee identity is a long-cherished part of her family lore that was handed down to her . When she told the Boston Globe âI know who I am â it came across as defiant.
The falseness of Warrenâs claims about her heritage seems clear by now. Though Warren keeps saying that she was told her motherâs family was part Cherokee and Delaware there is no proof that this is true. Both genealogists and historians have examined the birth marriage and death records of her family and found no trace of either tribe. The tribal rolls also show no one in her family as having been a registered Cherokee or Delaware. Thatâs a point on which Native American activists have been assertive with respect to other whites seeking to gain either a fake minority status or access to some of the privileges or income available to tribal members in an era when casinos have become a lifeline for their communities.
While Warren âs puzzling choice to try and have it both ways can be attributed to poor judgment it also demonstrates the fatal appeal of identity politics on the left.
Faced with these inconvenient facts Warren appears to think a strategy in which she can be anointed as a sort of honorary Native American might serve to undermine any criticism. In her speech to the NCAI Warren admitted that âYou wonât find my family members on any rolls and Iâm not enrolled in a tribe. And I want to make something clear: I respect that distinction I understand that tribal membership is determined by tribes and only by tribes.â
Yet rather than leave it at that Warren didnât apologize for past claims of identity and then asserted that she had never used those claims to get ahead in her career even though that is disputed. She also went on to say that whenever she is attacked for her past fibs in the future she would âuse it to lift up the story of your families and communities.â And indeed she has lately signed up to co-sponsor some bills of interest to Native Americans that were promulgated by other senators.
But at the same time she hasnât apologized for listing herself as a Native American during the course of her career as a law professor which may have given her a leg up in the fierce competition for coveted spots on the Harvard Law School faculty. Nor has she stopped sticking to her unsubstantiated story about her fatherâs family opposing her parentsâ marriage because of her motherâs tribal ties; she even retold it during her speech to the NCAI.
While [TGT] âs puzzling choice to try and have it both ways can be attributed to poor judgment it also demonstrates the fatal appeal of identity politics on the left. In a political culture that prizes any link to victimization Warren still canât resist holding onto her past claims even though a simple apology would seem the smarter move.
[TGT] âs supporters point to the fact that Scott Brown her 2012 Senate opponent didnât seem to profit from his campaignâs emphasis on the âfake Indianâ issue. But once she âs competing for liberal votes in Democratic primaries rather than counting as she did then on her party uniting behind her no matter what the opposition says it will be a very different story. She âll likely discover that the game she âs playing is a lot more dangerous on the national stage than it was in Massachusetts. | 1Neutral
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1,766 | Steve Bannon to Receive Courage Award at David Horowitz âs Restoration Weekend | David Horowitz | Executive Chairman of Breitbart News and former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon is being honored by the David Horowitz Freedom Center at its annual Restoration Weekend in Palm Beach FL as a recipient of the Annie Taylor award.
âThe ideology of the progressive left and its Democratic Party is the antithesis of Americaâs constitutional system based on individual rights individual accountability and individual freedom â Horowitz said. âThis is an irreconcilable conflict. A nation cannot exist half collectivist and globalist and half individualist and free.â
âIn short Steve Bannonâs war is a war for our country â Horowitz said. âIt is about patriotism â which Steve likes to call nationalism â and its enemies. It is about us. God bless him.â
On Friday Bannon will also deliver remarks during a segment entitled âTrump: The President at War.â David Horowitz will be introducing him . | Executive Chairman of Breitbart News and former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon is being honored by [TGT] at [TGT] annual Restoration Weekend in Palm Beach FL as a recipient of the Annie Taylor award.
âThe ideology of the progressive left and its Democratic Party is the antithesis of Americaâs constitutional system based on individual rights individual accountability and individual freedom â Horowitz said. âThis is an irreconcilable conflict. A nation cannot exist half collectivist and globalist and half individualist and free.â
âIn short Steve Bannonâs war is a war for our country â Horowitz said. âIt is about patriotism â which Steve likes to call nationalism â and its enemies. It is about us. God bless him.â
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1,767 | The Las Vegas gunman chose a terrifying vantage point 3 | Stephen Paddock | Stephen Paddock fired hundreds of rounds out of a 32nd story window in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night police have said killing 59 and injuring over 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history.
Paddock had no military training. According to Paddockâs family and the ongoing police investigation he had a penchant for guns and some experience hunting. But there is no indication he had formal training.
Nevertheless he managed to kill dozens and wound hundreds from 32 stories above the ground and a distance of three to five football fields between him and his victims.
The reason he was able to carry out the massacre lies largely with the tools at his disposal and the completely helpless nature of his targets.
Some of the weapons had scopes to increase his effective range. The length of the bursts of fire suggest Paddock likely used extended magazines to store many times a firearmâs normal capacity in ammunition.
All of Paddockâs guns legally belonged to him. Nevada where Paddock lived allows the sale of high-capacity magazines high-caliber weapons and ammunition and military-style weapons but it doesnât allow fully automatic weapons.
Paddock got around the limitation of government-mandated semi-automatic weapons by using something called a âbump stock â which effectively turns a semi-automatic rifle into an automatic according to The Associated Press.
From 300 to 500 yards away the crowd of 22 000 were essentially âfish in the barrel â which is how country singer Jake Owens who was on stage in Las Vegas described that night. It wouldnât take a military operative or master marksman to inflict grievous damage on a crowd with the tools Paddock had available.
Paddock simply rained down bullets on an unsuspecting crowd that was focused on the stage. Because bullets from high-powered rifles travel at supersonic speeds the first shots probably hit the victims before the sound of the rifle even rang out. | [TGT] fired hundreds of rounds out of a 32nd story window in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night police have said killing 59 and injuring over 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history.
[TGT] had no military training. According to Paddockâs family and the ongoing police investigation [TGT] had a penchant for guns and some experience hunting. But there is no indication [TGT] had formal training.
Nevertheless [TGT] managed to kill dozens and wound hundreds from 32 stories above the ground and a distance of three to five football fields between him and his victims.
The reason he was able to carry out the massacre lies largely with the tools at his disposal and the completely helpless nature of his targets.
Some of the weapons had scopes to increase his effective range. The length of the bursts of fire suggest Paddock likely used extended magazines to store many times a firearmâs normal capacity in ammunition.
All of Paddockâs guns legally belonged to him. Nevada where Paddock lived allows the sale of high-capacity magazines high-caliber weapons and ammunition and military-style weapons but it doesnât allow fully automatic weapons.
Paddock got around the limitation of government-mandated semi-automatic weapons by using something called a âbump stock â which effectively turns a semi-automatic rifle into an automatic according to The Associated Press.
From 300 to 500 yards away the crowd of 22 000 were essentially âfish in the barrel â which is how country singer Jake Owens who was on stage in Las Vegas described that night. It wouldnât take a military operative or master marksman to inflict grievous damage on a crowd with the tools Paddock had available.
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1,768 | AMAs 2017: Highlights and winners at the American Music Awards | Tracee Ellis Ross | Stars gathered Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the 45th annual American Music Awards hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross . Jamie Foxx and his daughter opened the show by talking about the tragic events of the year including shootings hate crimes and natural disasters.
"Black-ish" star Tracee Ellis Ross took the stage in a larger-than-life bronze gown. She said it was a particularly special night for her explaining " My mother the extraordinary Diana Ross is getting a lifetime achievement award."
"We are the first ever mother and daughter who have ever hosted the American Music Awards " Ross pointed out. " She did it twice but there's always next year."
She also talked about how the night would celebrate Kelly Clarkson and she paused to sing "A Moment Like This." Then she announced that the show would also be honoring the 25th anniversary of the film "The Bodyguard " starring Whitney Houston.
Ross admitted she was worried about hosting the AMAs because she doesn't have an entourage a stage name or a feud with another star.
Ross said the show would especially celebrate women and cracked "There's going to be some men singing too." She said the show would be full of "women who take up space trailblaze and blaze trails women with expansive and powerful voices." She introduced Demi Lovato's performance.
Lovato got up from the audience as the AMAs stage showed hateful tweets directed at Lovato . She walked up to the stage to join her dancers and sang "Sorry Not Sorry" against a light-up sign that flashed "Sorry Not Sorry."
Tracee Ellis Ross introduced Viola Davis to the stage. Davis talked about Whitney Houston and her movie "The Bodyguard" and said "The movie has become iconic thanks to its soundtrack the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time. What a voice Whitney had what an artist."
Ross returned to joke that the next season of "black-ish" would be filmed on the side of the J.W. Marriott.
Following that former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent in a congratulatory video message to Diana Ross .
" Her artistry resonates with everyone ad today her voice is still as pure her beauty is undeniable and her showmanship is on point " said Mrs. Obama.
Singer Evan Ross kicked off a tribute to his mother Diana Ross .
"What do you get when you cross a chart-topping singer trailblazing style icon record-breaking pioneer international superstar and an all-around boss? Everybody you get my mom Miss Diana Ross " Evan said.
A video montage of Diana Ross 's life played which included childhood and early career photos before playing a throwback clip from Oprah's daytime television show telling Ross she inspired her and that she grew up wanting to be just like the singer. The video continued with Ross voicing over the highlights of her career and life: "Through it all there has always been music " said her voiceover before the projection screen lifted and Ross launched into her song "I'm Coming Out." Then Ross sang "Take Me Higher" and "Ease on Down the Road." The 73-year-old continued her medley of hits and sang "The Best Years of My Life" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and brought her grandchildren onstage with her . Then she asked her children to join her onstage: "Come on up " she called out to her family members. She also called on Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy to take the stage.
Diana Ross accepted the award and said "This is all about love. This says it all. This is my family. And I'm sending love out there to all of you each and every one of you our global family ⦠I feel so humbled by this. I love you so very much." Her grandson Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick told her he loved her as the show came to a close just as 11 p.m. ET rolled around. | Stars gathered Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the 45th annual American Music Awards hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross . Jamie Foxx and his daughter opened the show by talking about the tragic events of the year including shootings hate crimes and natural disasters.
" [TGT] took the stage in a larger-than-life bronze gown. [TGT] said it was a particularly special night for [TGT] explaining " My mother the extraordinary Diana Ross is getting a lifetime achievement award."
"We are the first ever mother and daughter who have ever hosted the American Music Awards " Ross pointed out. " She did it twice but there's always next year."
She also talked about how the night would celebrate Kelly Clarkson and she paused to sing "A Moment Like This." Then she announced that the show would also be honoring the 25th anniversary of the film "The Bodyguard " starring Whitney Houston.
Ross admitted she was worried about hosting the AMAs because she doesn't have an entourage a stage name or a feud with another star.
Ross said the show would especially celebrate women and cracked "There's going to be some men singing too." She said the show would be full of "women who take up space trailblaze and blaze trails women with expansive and powerful voices." She introduced Demi Lovato's performance.
Lovato got up from the audience as the AMAs stage showed hateful tweets directed at Lovato . She walked up to the stage to join her dancers and sang "Sorry Not Sorry" against a light-up sign that flashed "Sorry Not Sorry."
Tracee Ellis Ross introduced Viola Davis to the stage. Davis talked about Whitney Houston and her movie "The Bodyguard" and said "The movie has become iconic thanks to its soundtrack the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time. What a voice Whitney had what an artist."
Ross returned to joke that the next season of "black-ish" would be filmed on the side of the J.W. Marriott.
Following that former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent in a congratulatory video message to Diana Ross .
" Her artistry resonates with everyone ad today her voice is still as pure her beauty is undeniable and her showmanship is on point " said Mrs. Obama.
Singer Evan Ross kicked off a tribute to his mother Diana Ross .
"What do you get when you cross a chart-topping singer trailblazing style icon record-breaking pioneer international superstar and an all-around boss? Everybody you get my mom Miss Diana Ross " Evan said.
A video montage of Diana Ross 's life played which included childhood and early career photos before playing a throwback clip from Oprah's daytime television show telling Ross she inspired her and that she grew up wanting to be just like the singer. The video continued with Ross voicing over the highlights of her career and life: "Through it all there has always been music " said her voiceover before the projection screen lifted and Ross launched into her song "I'm Coming Out." Then Ross sang "Take Me Higher" and "Ease on Down the Road." The 73-year-old continued her medley of hits and sang "The Best Years of My Life" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and brought her grandchildren onstage with her . Then she asked her children to join her onstage: "Come on up " she called out to her family members. She also called on Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy to take the stage.
Diana Ross accepted the award and said "This is all about love. This says it all. This is my family. And I'm sending love out there to all of you each and every one of you our global family ⦠I feel so humbled by this. I love you so very much." Her grandson Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick told her he loved her as the show came to a close just as 11 p.m. ET rolled around. | 2Positive
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1,769 | Texas guard Andrew Jones diagnosed with leukemia | Andrew Jones | Texas guard Andrew Jones is battling leukemia the school announced Wednesday.
Jones is the Longhornsâ second-leading scorer this season and was coming off a wrist injury when coaches noticed he was sluggish and playing with little energy. A sophomore who decided to return to school this year instead of entering the NBA draft Jones saw limited action the last two games as he attempted to come back from the injury that cost him four games last month. Something much more serious was at play.
âAfter undergoing a number of tests and evaluations over the past week Andrew has been diagnosed with leukemia â the Jones family said in a statement. â He has begun treatments and we hope everyone will keep him in your thoughts and prayers.â
In statement posted on Twitter Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte pledged the schoolâs full support and said âWe will do everything in our power to provide all of the resources we can to assist Andrew and his family.â
Last Thursday Texas coach Shaka Smart indicated Jones âhas not had the energy â and âweâre trying to figure out through the different testing what his ailment is. Thereâs something else some type of sickness.â
Texas sophomore guard Andrew Jones has been diagnosed with leukemia team announces. (Timothy J. Gonzelez/AP)
"Speaking for our entire team and staff we love Andrew and will do everything we can to support his family and help him get back to health â Smart said in a statement. âI want to thank everyone for being respectful of the privacy that the Jones family needs at this time.â
Jones played 11 minutes on Jan. 1 and the school said he saw limited action because Jones was under the weather according to reports.
âIâd love to have him back to 1 000 percent today. But he âs not just been feeling like himself â Smart had said. âItâs not for lack of trying ⦠He goes out there and really really wants to play obviously and wants to help his team. But he just to this point has not had the energy.â
Jones has started treatment which can vary depending on how fast his leukemia is growing. For more aggressive strains treatment would include chemotherapy radiation and possibly stem-cell transplants. | [TGT] is battling leukemia the school announced Wednesday.
[TGT] is the Longhornsâ second-leading scorer this season and was coming off a wrist injury when coaches noticed [TGT] was sluggish and playing with little energy. A sophomore who decided to return to school this year instead of entering the NBA draft Jones saw limited action the last two games as [TGT] attempted to come back from the injury that cost [TGT] four games last month. Something much more serious was at play.
âAfter undergoing a number of tests and evaluations over the past week Andrew has been diagnosed with leukemia â the [TGT] family said in a statement. â He has begun treatments and we hope everyone will keep him in your thoughts and prayers.â
In statement posted on Twitter Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte pledged the schoolâs full support and said âWe will do everything in our power to provide all of the resources we can to assist Andrew and his family.â
Last Thursday Texas coach Shaka Smart indicated [TGT] âhas not had the energy â and âweâre trying to figure out through the different testing what his ailment is. Thereâs something else some type of sickness.â
Texas sophomore guard [TGT] has been diagnosed with leukemia team announces. (Timothy J. Gonzelez/AP)
"Speaking for our entire team and staff we love Andrew and will do everything we can to support his family and help him get back to health â Smart said in a statement. âI want to thank everyone for being respectful of the privacy that the Jones family needs at this time.â
[TGT] played 11 minutes on Jan. 1 and the school said [TGT] saw limited action because [TGT] was under the weather according to reports.
âIâd love to have [TGT] back to 1 000 percent today. But [TGT] âs not just been feeling like [TGT] â Smart had said. âItâs not for lack of trying ⦠He goes out there and really really wants to play obviously and wants to help his team. But he just to this point has not had the energy.â
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1,770 | Elliott Smith Sings About Broken Hearts Broken Homes and the Drinking Life | Elliott Smith | Elliott Smith lives at the collision of three different neighborhoods in Brooklyn but the noise of the traffic and the blare of the salsa rock and rap that battle for airspace on the street are being kept at bay. It's midafternoon and Smith is tucked inside his favorite neighborhood bar the kind of dark place where every patron sits alone and says little the kind of place where Smith spends most of his days.
It's been a year and a half since Smith left Portland Oregon where his work with the band Heatmiser and his haunted solo albums had made him a star on the local music scene. In the spring of 1997 Heatmiser disbanded and Smith left for New York. He 'd hoped the move would give him a sense of anonymity but that goal was hampered when his song "Miss Misery" appeared on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack and was nominated for an Oscar. Soon he will have to contend with the attention brought by his new album XO which is his major-label debut and a lush departure from his usually spare offerings.
But as today can attest in New York you can always be alone in a crowd. Smith spend most of his days in coffee shops and bars reading ( he just finished Tolstoy's Resurrection) and composing songs in his head. "I write almost exclusively in public places " says Smith 29. "I just think of stuff chord changes and words. I know the bartenders and they don't think it's weird if I ask to borrow a pen. "
Smith smiles. He is shy but his manner is sweet not distant. Because his solo albums have been quiet singer-songwriter fare there is a presumption that Smith 's life is an open book. That is not the case. Smith 's songs have always been less confession than collage â beautifully rendered glimpses of ugly realities pieced together with little more than voice and guitar.
So when you ask Smith to tell his story he hesitates. When he finally begins he speaks as softly as he sings. As in his songs Smith is intelligent direct unsparing. But while his voice on record gives even his darkest lyrics a quiet strength in conversation his tone betrays a sense of uncertainty. When grim details are spoken not sung there is nothing to cushion their impact.
"Most of the people I knew their parents were divorced " says Smith of his childhood spent outside Dallas. "Or else their dad beat them with a pool cue. There was a guy in the neighborhood who shot my cat for getting into the garbage. He beat up on his kid and then he shot my cat."
Smith 's own parents divorced when he was a year old. His mother remarried when he was four and his new home life was not happy. "There were family problems " says Smith succinctly. "It wasn't a good situation."
Outside the house Smith spent most of his time getting into fights. As he talks about them he touches his nose instinctively. "It's probably been broken more than once " says Smith . "I have a bunch of scars. But I don't get into fights anymore." He shifts in his seat â his jeans too baggy small T-shirt drooping off him â and it's impossible not to notice that Smith is more frail than anyone you'd expect to see in a bar fight.
"But sometimes it's the little guy who'll kick your ass " says Smith . "Because he 's been picked on to the point where he knows what to do." He pauses. "It's probably pretty easy to put together why somebody who grew up in Texas getting in fights a lot would not want to get up on the stage and start belting out songs at the top of their lungs. I've had enough of people yelling."
It's early evening in Manhattan and Smith is polishing off another pint. It's a different day a different borough but the scene is familiar: a dark bar twilight the last drink before one too many. These are the things in Smith 's life that' remain constant. Many' others have changed.
The strangest changes are that "Miss Misery" was nominated for an Oscar; that on February 10th Smith performed the whispered tale of a broken relationship in front of 1 billion people; that he took a bow standing between Trisha Yearwood and Celine Dion.
"I had fully armored myself against having to be crushed by the presence of Celine Dion " .says Smith . "But she was the nicest person I've met in a while. Afterward I'd get these indie-rock kids saying 'I can't believe you had to hold Celine Dion's hand.' I said 'I liked holding her hand because she's a nice person. In fact right now you're being much more narrow-minded and shallow than she is. You're in a very backward position here. You should rethink it.'"
Smith gives his head a bewildered shake then takes a long drink. Of all the transformations that he has been through lately the most obvious is the level of scrutiny he is subjected to. And it's clear he is learning on the fly.
Smith's musical heroes are the Beatles the Clash Hank Williams and the Kinks. His greatest inspiration for the breadth of his work is Elvis Costello. On XO for the first time in Smith 's career you can hear it all: the graceful folk he's perfected elaborate orchestrations an a cappella song piano ballads years of anger released in lilting harmony and a newfound. hopefulness couched in energized pop tunes. At times it sounds like a lost follow-up to Revolver.
"I love the Beatles â they're my favorite band â but I don't have any desire to cop the Beatles " says Smith . "The reason they're my favorite band is because they went further with melody than any other band that I've ever come across."
Smith turns to his beer to escape the conversation for a moment then smiles apologetically as if he is the last person who should assess his work. Only recently did Smith even realize that people perceived his songs as bleak. "I didn't think of them that way " he says. "They made me happier. But now I would agree. The second record especially was really dark." | [TGT] lives at the collision of three different neighborhoods in Brooklyn but the noise of the traffic and the blare of the salsa rock and rap that battle for airspace on the street are being kept at bay. It's midafternoon and Smith is tucked inside his favorite neighborhood bar the kind of dark place where every patron sits alone and says little the kind of place where [TGT] spends most of [TGT] days.
It's been a year and a half since [TGT] left Portland Oregon where [TGT] work with the band Heatmiser and [TGT] haunted solo albums had made [TGT] a star on the local music scene. In the spring of 1997 Heatmiser disbanded and [TGT] left for New York. [TGT] 'd hoped the move would give [TGT] a sense of anonymity but that goal was hampered when [TGT] song "Miss Misery" appeared on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack and was nominated for an Oscar. Soon [TGT] will have to contend with the attention brought by [TGT] new album XO which is [TGT] major-label debut and a lush departure from [TGT] usually spare offerings.
But as today can attest in New York you can always be alone in a crowd. [TGT] spend most of [TGT] days in coffee shops and bars reading ( [TGT] just finished Tolstoy's Resurrection) and composing songs in [TGT] head. "I write almost exclusively in public places " says Smith 29. "I just think of stuff chord changes and words. I know the bartenders and they don't think it's weird if I ask to borrow a pen. "
[TGT] smiles. [TGT] is shy but [TGT] manner is sweet not distant. Because [TGT] [TGT] solo albums have been quiet singer-songwriter fare there is a presumption that Smith 's life is an open book. That is not the case. [TGT] 's songs have always been less confession than collage â beautifully rendered glimpses of ugly realities pieced together with little more than voice and guitar.
So when you ask [TGT] to tell [TGT] story [TGT] hesitates. When he finally begins he speaks as softly as he sings. As in his songs [TGT] is intelligent direct unsparing. But while [TGT] voice on record gives even [TGT] darkest lyrics a quiet strength in conversation [TGT] tone betrays a sense of uncertainty. When grim details are spoken not sung there is nothing to cushion their impact.
"Most of the people I knew their parents were divorced " says Smith of his childhood spent outside Dallas. "Or else their dad beat them with a pool cue. There was a guy in the neighborhood who shot my cat for getting into the garbage. He beat up on his kid and then he shot my cat."
Smith 's own parents divorced when he was a year old. His mother remarried when he was four and his new home life was not happy. "There were family problems " says Smith succinctly. "It wasn't a good situation."
Outside the house Smith spent most of his time getting into fights. As he talks about them he touches his nose instinctively. "It's probably been broken more than once " says Smith . "I have a bunch of scars. But I don't get into fights anymore." He shifts in his seat â his jeans too baggy small T-shirt drooping off him â and it's impossible not to notice that Smith is more frail than anyone you'd expect to see in a bar fight.
"But sometimes it's the little guy who'll kick your ass " says Smith . "Because he 's been picked on to the point where he knows what to do." He pauses. "It's probably pretty easy to put together why somebody who grew up in Texas getting in fights a lot would not want to get up on the stage and start belting out songs at the top of their lungs. I've had enough of people yelling."
It's early evening in Manhattan and Smith is polishing off another pint. It's a different day a different borough but the scene is familiar: a dark bar twilight the last drink before one too many. These are the things in Smith 's life that' remain constant. Many' others have changed.
The strangest changes are that "Miss Misery" was nominated for an Oscar; that on February 10th Smith performed the whispered tale of a broken relationship in front of 1 billion people; that he took a bow standing between Trisha Yearwood and Celine Dion.
"I had fully armored myself against having to be crushed by the presence of Celine Dion " .says Smith . "But she was the nicest person I've met in a while. Afterward I'd get these indie-rock kids saying 'I can't believe you had to hold Celine Dion's hand.' I said 'I liked holding her hand because she's a nice person. In fact right now you're being much more narrow-minded and shallow than she is. You're in a very backward position here. You should rethink it.'"
Smith gives his head a bewildered shake then takes a long drink. Of all the transformations that he has been through lately the most obvious is the level of scrutiny he is subjected to. And it's clear he is learning on the fly.
Smith's musical heroes are the Beatles the Clash Hank Williams and the Kinks. His greatest inspiration for the breadth of his work is Elvis Costello. On XO for the first time in Smith 's career you can hear it all: the graceful folk he's perfected elaborate orchestrations an a cappella song piano ballads years of anger released in lilting harmony and a newfound. hopefulness couched in energized pop tunes. At times it sounds like a lost follow-up to Revolver.
"I love the Beatles â they're my favorite band â but I don't have any desire to cop the Beatles " says Smith . "The reason they're my favorite band is because they went further with melody than any other band that I've ever come across."
Smith turns to his beer to escape the conversation for a moment then smiles apologetically as if he is the last person who should assess his work. Only recently did Smith even realize that people perceived his songs as bleak. "I didn't think of them that way " he says. "They made me happier. But now I would agree. The second record especially was really dark." | 2Positive
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1,771 | Police: Weapons including high | Anthony Guglielmi | The 32-year-old Wisconsin man was not a threat to Sundayâs Chicago Marathon and it was believed he was in town to drop off a friend at OâHare International Airport said chief Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi .
Around 8 a.m. Chicago police assigned to O'Hare stopped a vehicle for speeding near the Kennedy Expressway on Cumberland Avenue Guglielmi said.
Once police pulled them over an officer saw a handgun in the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant. Police were then told that an AR-15 rifle was in the trunk Guglielmi said.
In addition to 217 rounds of ammunition police found a pressure cooker device in the trunk of the car. But it was inspected by Chicago police and the FBI who determined that the device was not being used as a weapon but rather for cooking Guglielmi said.
Three people were inside the vehicle and all were taken into custody Guglielmi said.
"Runners and spectators in Sunday's marathon "can expect to see a very visible presence of Chicago police officers '' Guglielmi said in an emailed statement. | The 32-year-old Wisconsin man was not a threat to Sundayâs Chicago Marathon and it was believed he was in town to drop off a friend at OâHare International Airport said chief Chicago police spokesman [TGT] .
Around 8 a.m. Chicago police assigned to O'Hare stopped a vehicle for speeding near the Kennedy Expressway on Cumberland Avenue Guglielmi said.
Once police pulled them over an officer saw a handgun in the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant. Police were then told that an AR-15 rifle was in the trunk Guglielmi said.
In addition to 217 rounds of ammunition police found a pressure cooker device in the trunk of the car. But it was inspected by Chicago police and the FBI who determined that the device was not being used as a weapon but rather for cooking Guglielmi said.
Three people were inside the vehicle and all were taken into custody Guglielmi said.
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1,772 | A chemical weapons attack in Syria exposes Trumpâs Assad problem | Bashar al-Assad | Supporters of the Syrian regime rejected any link to a chemical weapons strike. They claimed the reports were fabricated by terrorist groups in Idlib and suggested the fatalities were the result of an explosion at a supposed al-Qaeda chemical weapons factory. Russian authorities whose warplanes are flying in support of the regime said they had not conducted a strike in the area around the town. But the broader international reaction was vehement â and put the blame squarely on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .
Such strikes are a regime tactic to further demoralize the flagging rebellion. " Assad calculates reasonably that military dynamics play in his favor. By using chemical weapons and other weapons he is demonstrating the powerlessness of international actors " Emile Hokayem a Middle East analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies told The Washington Post.
"Today's chemical attack in Syria against innocent people including women and children is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world " said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. "These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution."
It's seemingly a bizarre line of attack for the Trump administration to choose. In 2013 the Obama administration contemplated a military response after a suspected regime chemical weapons attack on rebel-held districts in the suburbs of Damascus killed more than 1 000 people. The mounting international pressure at the time compelled Assad to agree to eliminate its chemical weapons program.
The fact that Obama chose to back off from confronting the Assad regime which allegedly used chemical weapons numerous times in the years since will forever haunt the former president's legacy. Much of the Washington foreign policy establishment has excoriated him for it. But Trump in 2013 â then a private citizen with the same itchy Twitter finger â was opposed to American intervention in Syria.
The irony is that Trump's position on the Syrian conflict isn't that far removed from Obama's â although it's more conspicuous in its indifference to the plight of Syrian refugees. The previous administration called for Assad 's departure but it did little to actually push for regime change fearing that any deeper involvement in the Syrian conflict would risk the sort of blowback and chaos that rocked Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Trump meanwhile has insisted on multiple occasions that he is not interested in nation-building in the Middle East or dictating regime change. His lieutenants indicated as recently as last week that the White House does not prioritize removing Assad from power. | Supporters of the Syrian regime rejected any link to a chemical weapons strike. They claimed the reports were fabricated by terrorist groups in Idlib and suggested the fatalities were the result of an explosion at a supposed al-Qaeda chemical weapons factory. Russian authorities whose warplanes are flying in support of the regime said they had not conducted a strike in the area around the town. But the broader international reaction was vehement â and put the blame squarely on [TGT] .
Such strikes are a regime tactic to further demoralize the flagging rebellion. " [TGT] calculates reasonably that military dynamics play in [TGT] favor. By using chemical weapons and other weapons he is demonstrating the powerlessness of international actors " Emile Hokayem a Middle East analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies told The Washington Post.
"Today's chemical attack in Syria against innocent people including women and children is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world " said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. "These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution."
It's seemingly a bizarre line of attack for the Trump administration to choose. In 2013 the Obama administration contemplated a military response after a suspected regime chemical weapons attack on rebel-held districts in the suburbs of Damascus killed more than 1 000 people. The mounting international pressure at the time compelled Assad to agree to eliminate its chemical weapons program.
The fact that Obama chose to back off from confronting the Assad regime which allegedly used chemical weapons numerous times in the years since will forever haunt the former president's legacy. Much of the Washington foreign policy establishment has excoriated him for it. But Trump in 2013 â then a private citizen with the same itchy Twitter finger â was opposed to American intervention in Syria.
The irony is that Trump's position on the Syrian conflict isn't that far removed from Obama's â although it's more conspicuous in its indifference to the plight of Syrian refugees. The previous administration called for Assad 's departure but it did little to actually push for regime change fearing that any deeper involvement in the Syrian conflict would risk the sort of blowback and chaos that rocked Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Trump meanwhile has insisted on multiple occasions that he is not interested in nation-building in the Middle East or dictating regime change. His lieutenants indicated as recently as last week that the White House does not prioritize removing Assad from power. | 0Negative
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1,773 | Female code breakers: The hidden figures of the greatest generation | Liza Mundy | In her new book " Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II " journalist Liza Mundy tells the stories of many of these women who because they were sworn to secrecy about the nature of their work have been all but forgotten. Just because these women agreed to be invisible to the enemy however doesn't mean they need to be invisible to history.
Liza Mundy
Some of these barrier-breaking code breakers are still alive and in Mundy 's estimation would be "delighted" by developments like the renaming of a residential college at Yale for Grace Hopper "the queen of code" and "mother of computing" who was a pioneering American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral.
Says Mundy : "We need a few more buildings to be renamed or named after some of these figures and I hope that happens. I think it will."
On the occasion of the publication of "Code Girls " and International Day of the Girl on Wednesday CNN Opinion spoke with Mundy about her experience writing a book about the women she calls "the hidden figures of the greatest generation."
Liza Mundy : In a way it's thanks to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He insisted that the government consider declassifying its records around the Russian code-breaking project In a way it's thanks to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He insisted that the government consider declassifying its records around the Russian code-breaking project Venona which started during the war and then continued for many decades during the Cold War. And because he prevailed there was a document that was declassified in which a wonderful NSA historian named Lou Benson wrote about the recruitment of a number of schoolteachers to work on it. Almost alone among historians Lou not only noticed that there were a lot of women working on the Venona project but he also thought that it was worthwhile to interview them. So while it was still possible he interviewed a number of schoolteachers who were recruited during the war. And in many cases these women continued working on it for decades for the NSA. And I thought "Well that's an interesting kind of small story for an article of a short book."
Mundy : It's really the work of : It's really the work of Agnes Driscoll who was working on the Japanese fleet code throughout the 1920s and 1930s and kept diagnosing and re-diagnosing it as it was changing. If Agnes Driscoll had not diagnosed overall how their system worked we would have gone into World War II with no ability to read the naval communications of the Japanese. It had taken her years to diagnose that entire system of code. We would have been a lot worse off if she hadn't spent more than a decade working on that code system and then teaching it to the male naval officers who would go out to the Pacific and then ultimately write the memoirs and get the credit.
Mundy : It's hard even to convey what it was like. I was desperate to do it as fast as I could because I knew that I was up against an actuarial deadline -- women might be passing away as I was trying to find their phone number. I would obtain rosters with maiden names and I had a researcher with the Washington Post helping me track down what their married names might have been and if they still had a phone number. Sometimes [the researcher] would give me a list of 12 and 11 wouldn't work or they would have passed away but then I would call the one and leave a message and they would call me back -- or they would answer the phone.
Mundy : When I was doing my research I read the memoir of Virginia Gildersleeve who was the dean of Barnard College. She was older than some of the women who served in the WAVES [the women's branch of the US Naval Reserve better known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service] like Wellesley's Mildred McAfee. She and others clearly saw what was an opportunity. Before the war women's colleges had taught women math and science but they were reluctant to train very many women because they knew they couldn't get jobs. And so when the war started they were still skeptical about putting too many women into math majors because they just worried that all of this was going to be yanked away after the war. But I also thought Virginia Gildersleeve was very crafty. She and some of the other leaders did see this as a way to try to persuade MIT and Columbia and other places to open up some more slots in graduate school for women. I was fascinated by the way they did see [code breaking and military recruitment] as an opportunity to expand opportunities for women even as they were worried that it would be temporary after the war.
Mundy : The Army women were civilians and the Navy women weren't. And the Navy really agonized over its no-pregnancy rule because they worried women would get abortions. And they did. But they were just so uncomfortable with the idea of a pregnant woman in uniform or a pregnant woman serving in the military that they were actually willing to force women to resign even if they were married when they became pregnant. It was very hard on the women who got pregnant because they loved the work and suddenly had to leave. Obviously men did not have to leave if their wives got pregnant. There were several women who described really being traumatized by becoming accidentally pregnant -- married women who didn't have enough information about birth control -- and having to leave this work that they loved and that they thought was so valuable. So even during the war we were willing to sacrifice female talent because we didn't know how to cope with a pregnant woman in uniform.
Mundy : At the very beginning [of the book] there's a letter from one of the Navy code-breaking officers that shows they didn't want Jewish women from the Seven Sisters schools they didn't want women with family ties to occupied European countries who might feel sympathy to European countries. The Navy was always paranoid about any sort of "unconventional" background. And when African-American women were admitted to the WAVES in 1945 they were not admitted to the code-breaking facility for that same fear of anybody who seemed like an outsider.
Mundy : The thought that recurs to me in addition to just being grateful to be able to try to tell this story is the phrase "hidden figures." These women really were the hidden figures of the greatest generation.
Mundy : I worried at the outset of this project that there wouldn't be enough information out there to tell the story. I was astonished when I went to the National Archives that although it was scattered and uneven that there really was a great deal of material -- rosters memos oral histories. It had been overlooked by I think it's fair to say the many historians who have gone through these collections. I was surprised that there was more out there that was hiding in plain sight than I thought. | In her new book " Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II " journalist Liza Mundy tells the stories of many of these women who because they were sworn to secrecy about the nature of their work have been all but forgotten. Just because these women agreed to be invisible to the enemy however doesn't mean they need to be invisible to history.
[TGT]
Some of these barrier-breaking code breakers are still alive and in [TGT] 's estimation would be "delighted" by developments like the renaming of a residential college at Yale for Grace Hopper "the queen of code" and "mother of computing" who was a pioneering American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral.
Says [TGT] : "We need a few more buildings to be renamed or named after some of these figures and I hope that happens. I think it will."
On the occasion of the publication of "Code Girls " and International Day of the Girl on Wednesday CNN Opinion spoke with [TGT] about [TGT] experience writing a book about the women [TGT] calls "the hidden figures of the greatest generation."
Liza Mundy : In a way it's thanks to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He insisted that the government consider declassifying its records around the Russian code-breaking project In a way it's thanks to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He insisted that the government consider declassifying its records around the Russian code-breaking project Venona which started during the war and then continued for many decades during the Cold War. And because he prevailed there was a document that was declassified in which a wonderful NSA historian named Lou Benson wrote about the recruitment of a number of schoolteachers to work on it. Almost alone among historians Lou not only noticed that there were a lot of women working on the Venona project but he also thought that it was worthwhile to interview them. So while it was still possible he interviewed a number of schoolteachers who were recruited during the war. And in many cases these women continued working on it for decades for the NSA. And I thought "Well that's an interesting kind of small story for an article of a short book."
[TGT] : It's really the work of : It's really the work of Agnes Driscoll who was working on the Japanese fleet code throughout the 1920s and 1930s and kept diagnosing and re-diagnosing it as it was changing. If Agnes Driscoll had not diagnosed overall how their system worked we would have gone into World War II with no ability to read the naval communications of the Japanese. It had taken her years to diagnose that entire system of code. We would have been a lot worse off if she hadn't spent more than a decade working on that code system and then teaching it to the male naval officers who would go out to the Pacific and then ultimately write the memoirs and get the credit.
[TGT] : It's hard even to convey what it was like. I was desperate to do it as fast as I could because I knew that I was up against an actuarial deadline -- women might be passing away as I was trying to find their phone number. I would obtain rosters with maiden names and I had a researcher with the Washington Post helping me track down what their married names might have been and if they still had a phone number. Sometimes [the researcher] would give me a list of 12 and 11 wouldn't work or they would have passed away but then I would call the one and leave a message and they would call me back -- or they would answer the phone.
Mundy : When I was doing my research I read the memoir of Virginia Gildersleeve who was the dean of Barnard College. She was older than some of the women who served in the WAVES [the women's branch of the US Naval Reserve better known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service] like Wellesley's Mildred McAfee. She and others clearly saw what was an opportunity. Before the war women's colleges had taught women math and science but they were reluctant to train very many women because they knew they couldn't get jobs. And so when the war started they were still skeptical about putting too many women into math majors because they just worried that all of this was going to be yanked away after the war. But I also thought Virginia Gildersleeve was very crafty. She and some of the other leaders did see this as a way to try to persuade MIT and Columbia and other places to open up some more slots in graduate school for women. I was fascinated by the way they did see [code breaking and military recruitment] as an opportunity to expand opportunities for women even as they were worried that it would be temporary after the war.
Mundy : The Army women were civilians and the Navy women weren't. And the Navy really agonized over its no-pregnancy rule because they worried women would get abortions. And they did. But they were just so uncomfortable with the idea of a pregnant woman in uniform or a pregnant woman serving in the military that they were actually willing to force women to resign even if they were married when they became pregnant. It was very hard on the women who got pregnant because they loved the work and suddenly had to leave. Obviously men did not have to leave if their wives got pregnant. There were several women who described really being traumatized by becoming accidentally pregnant -- married women who didn't have enough information about birth control -- and having to leave this work that they loved and that they thought was so valuable. So even during the war we were willing to sacrifice female talent because we didn't know how to cope with a pregnant woman in uniform.
[TGT] : At the very beginning [of the book] there's a letter from one of the Navy code-breaking officers that shows they didn't want Jewish women from the Seven Sisters schools they didn't want women with family ties to occupied European countries who might feel sympathy to European countries. The Navy was always paranoid about any sort of "unconventional" background. And when African-American women were admitted to the WAVES in 1945 they were not admitted to the code-breaking facility for that same fear of anybody who seemed like an outsider.
[TGT] : The thought that recurs to me in addition to just being grateful to be able to try to tell this story is the phrase "hidden figures." These women really were the hidden figures of the greatest generation.
[TGT] : I worried at the outset of this project that there wouldn't be enough information out there to tell the story. I was astonished when I went to the National Archives that although it was scattered and uneven that there really was a great deal of material -- rosters memos oral histories. It had been overlooked by I think it's fair to say the many historians who have gone through these collections. I was surprised that there was more out there that was hiding in plain sight than I thought. | 2Positive
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1,774 | Gerry Adams announces his retirement as Sinn Feinâs leader | Gerry Adams Gerry | GERRY ADAMS who on November 18th announced plans to retire after 34 years as president of Sinn Fein and the dominant figure in the Irish republican movement will forever be associated with both war and peace. He came to the fore during the Irish Republican Armyâs most violent years in the 1970s and 1980s but also helped turn Sinn Fein into a legitimate political force on both sides of the border.
An exponent of âthe long warââthe theory that if IRA bomb attacks in Northern Ireland and mainland Britain went on long enough British spirit would eventually be worn down âMr Adams eventually oversaw a push for peace. The man who supported a strategy summarised by a close associate as âa ballot paper in one hand and an Armalite in the otherâ later delivered an IRA ceasefire and the decommissioning of its weaponry in exchange for assurances that Sinn Fein would be allowed entry into the political mainstream.
Mr Adams leaves the stage with his party enjoying the support of half a million on the island of Ireland. It is the second-largest party in Northern Ireland and its primary nationalist voice. It is also the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland where it recently declared its willingness to take part in a coalition government.
Yet Mr Adams had reached his political limits. He struggled with the transition from Belfast to the Dail in Dublin weighed down by his role in the IRAâs bloody past. Instead the party is now turning to those with a âclean skinâ as locals term people unassociated with the terrorist group who may be more politically presentable than Mr Adams .
Voters are still getting to know Michelle OâNeill Sinn Feinâs leader in Belfast who took power at short notice after its former leader the late Martin McGuinness quit in January. Although she has no link with the IRA her family is steeped in republicanism. Her father was interned during the Troubles and a cousin was shot dead by Britainâs special forces. In the south Mary Lou McDonald Mr Adams âs deputy and most likely successor in Dublin had a more orthodox upbringing. Ms McDonald has acquired a formidable reputation both in the Dail and as an MEP. Sinn Fein hopes that the pair may reach voters that Mr Adams never didâor could.
At Sinn Feinâs annual conference in Dublin party members gave him a heroâs send-off with standing ovations. He will step down early next year as head of a movement he prised away from the gun and fashioned into a daunting political force. Yet he will retire a long way from his ambition to âtake power in Irelandâ. Here the man of war and peace fell short. | GERRY ADAMS who on November 18th announced plans to retire after 34 years as president of Sinn Fein and the dominant figure in the Irish republican movement will forever be associated with both war and peace. He came to the fore during the Irish Republican Armyâs most violent years in the 1970s and 1980s but also helped turn Sinn Fein into a legitimate political force on both sides of the border.
An exponent of âthe long warââthe theory that if IRA bomb attacks in Northern Ireland and mainland Britain went on long enough British spirit would eventually be worn down âMr Adams eventually oversaw a push for peace. The man who supported a strategy summarised by a close associate as âa ballot paper in one hand and an Armalite in the otherâ later delivered an IRA ceasefire and the decommissioning of its weaponry in exchange for assurances that Sinn Fein would be allowed entry into the political mainstream.
Mr Adams leaves the stage with his party enjoying the support of half a million on the island of Ireland. It is the second-largest party in Northern Ireland and its primary nationalist voice. It is also the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland where it recently declared its willingness to take part in a coalition government.
Yet Mr Adams had reached his political limits. He struggled with the transition from Belfast to the Dail in Dublin weighed down by his role in the IRAâs bloody past. Instead the party is now turning to those with a âclean skinâ as locals term people unassociated with the terrorist group who may be more politically presentable than Mr Adams .
Voters are still getting to know Michelle OâNeill Sinn Feinâs leader in Belfast who took power at short notice after its former leader the late Martin McGuinness quit in January. Although she has no link with the IRA her family is steeped in republicanism. Her father was interned during the Troubles and a cousin was shot dead by Britainâs special forces. In the south Mary Lou McDonald Mr Adams âs deputy and most likely successor in Dublin had a more orthodox upbringing. Ms McDonald has acquired a formidable reputation both in the Dail and as an MEP. Sinn Fein hopes that the pair may reach voters that Mr Adams never didâor could.
At Sinn Feinâs annual conference in Dublin party members gave him a heroâs send-off with standing ovations. He will step down early next year as head of a movement he prised away from the gun and fashioned into a daunting political force. Yet he will retire a long way from his ambition to âtake power in Irelandâ. Here the man of war and peace fell short. | 2Positive
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1,775 | Live: Now It's 51 Votes for the GOP Tax Cut Bill! Bob Corker is the Only GOP No Vote | Susan Collins | In the Nick of Time! Collins has been moving toward formally supporting the tax bill all day. Now itâs official. Collins office has released a statement saying she will support The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. âWe need a tax system that will boost the economy help the middle class and encourage small business to grow and create jobs â Collins said. âIf we stimulate the economy through tax reform we can significantly increase federal revenue while boosting Americansâ take-home pay.â Collins statement also touted the value of doubling the child tax credit to âlower- and-middle-income taxpayers.â For those of you keeping score at home thatâs fifty-one GOP votes for the bill. Corker is still the holdout. And of course every single Democratic Senator.
Collins has been moving toward formally supporting the tax bill all day. Now itâs official. Collins office has released a statement saying she will support The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. âWe need a tax system that will boost the economy help the middle class and encourage small business to grow and create jobs â Collins said. âIf we stimulate the economy through tax reform we can significantly increase federal revenue while boosting Americansâ take-home pay.â Collins statement also touted the value of doubling the child tax credit to âlower- and-middle-income taxpayers.â For those of you keeping score at home thatâs fifty-one GOP votes for the bill. Corker is still the holdout. And of course every single Democratic Senator.
The Sen. bill will include my amendment to reverse ill-advised elimination of catch-up contributions to retirement accounts for church charity school & public employees. Amend. will protect ability of employees including firefighters & police officers to save for retirement. â Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017
The Senate bill will include my amendment to reduce the threshold for deducting medical expenses which helps people with high medical costs particularly seniors & people with chronic conditions. 8.8 million Americans use this deduction half with incomes of $50 000 or less. â Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017
Still some moving parts. Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner reports (via twitter) that Senators Rubio and Lee still want to expand child tax credit to lower-income families in tax bill and âare open to offsets besides higher corp rate.â You Asked Me For A Place to Sleep. A follow-up tweet from Collins noting her delight and the benefit of the bill for the people of Maine. Now it really sounds like she will be the fifty-first vote enabling Republicans to pass the tax bill without calling upon the Vice President to break a tie.
Delighted that the Senate has agreed to include my property tax deduction amendment that will allow 166 000 Maine taxpayers who itemize to deduct a total of $725 million in property taxes each year. #MEPolitics â Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017
They Once Belonged To Me . Collins looks like she âs a yes too although it is not confirmed. She tweeted out that the Senate bill will include a deduction of up to $10 000 for state and local property taxes her last remaining issue with the bill.
The Senate tax bill will include my SALT amendment to allow taxpayers to deduct up to $10 000 for state and local property taxes. â Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017 | In the Nick of Time! Collins has been moving toward formally supporting the tax bill all day. Now itâs official. Collins office has released a statement saying she will support The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. âWe need a tax system that will boost the economy help the middle class and encourage small business to grow and create jobs â Collins said. âIf we stimulate the economy through tax reform we can significantly increase federal revenue while boosting Americansâ take-home pay.â Collins statement also touted the value of doubling the child tax credit to âlower- and-middle-income taxpayers.â For those of you keeping score at home thatâs fifty-one GOP votes for the bill. Corker is still the holdout. And of course every single Democratic Senator.
Collins has been moving toward formally supporting the tax bill all day. Now itâs official. Collins office has released a statement saying she will support The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. âWe need a tax system that will boost the economy help the middle class and encourage small business to grow and create jobs â Collins said. âIf we stimulate the economy through tax reform we can significantly increase federal revenue while boosting Americansâ take-home pay.â Collins statement also touted the value of doubling the child tax credit to âlower- and-middle-income taxpayers.â For those of you keeping score at home thatâs fifty-one GOP votes for the bill. Corker is still the holdout. And of course every single Democratic Senator.
The Sen. bill will include my amendment to reverse ill-advised elimination of catch-up contributions to retirement accounts for church charity school & public employees. Amend. will protect ability of employees including firefighters & police officers to save for retirement. â Sen. [TGT] (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017
The Senate bill will include my amendment to reduce the threshold for deducting medical expenses which helps people with high medical costs particularly seniors & people with chronic conditions. 8.8 million Americans use this deduction half with incomes of $50 000 or less. â Sen. [TGT] (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017
Still some moving parts. Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner reports (via twitter) that Senators Rubio and Lee still want to expand child tax credit to lower-income families in tax bill and âare open to offsets besides higher corp rate.â You Asked Me For A Place to Sleep. A follow-up tweet from Collins noting her delight and the benefit of the bill for the people of Maine. Now it really sounds like she will be the fifty-first vote enabling Republicans to pass the tax bill without calling upon the Vice President to break a tie.
Delighted that the Senate has agreed to include my property tax deduction amendment that will allow 166 000 Maine taxpayers who itemize to deduct a total of $725 million in property taxes each year. #MEPolitics â Sen. [TGT] (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017
They Once Belonged To Me . Collins looks like she âs a yes too although it is not confirmed. She tweeted out that the Senate bill will include a deduction of up to $10 000 for state and local property taxes her last remaining issue with the bill.
The Senate tax bill will include my SALT amendment to allow taxpayers to deduct up to $10 000 for state and local property taxes. â Sen. [TGT] (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017 | 2Positive
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1,776 | Is Sanctuary City Crackdown Keeping Fed Grants For Police Locked Up? | Lawlor | Mike Lawlor undersecretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning in Connecticut says the delay is unusual and unexplained. Last year Connecticut received about $2.6 million in JAG grants.
"Every single state gets one of these grants and this year not a single state has gotten it and we have repeatedly asked the Department of Justice what's going on " Lawlor said. "They consistently can't or won't answer the question so we don't know. We assume it's because they have concerns about sanctuary cities around the country."
At this point though the DOJ hasn't just missed the disbursement date. States have not even been notified of the grant award which usually happens around April or May according to Lawlor .
"There's going to be more steps that have to take place before the money's actually received and typically it's about six months from the date of the award until the date you get the check " Lawlor said. "And it's important to keep in mind this is going on in every state in the country. The reddest of red states you know Mississippi Alabama they're having the same problem." | Mike Lawlor undersecretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning in Connecticut says the delay is unusual and unexplained. Last year Connecticut received about $2.6 million in JAG grants.
"Every single state gets one of these grants and this year not a single state has gotten it and we have repeatedly asked the Department of Justice what's going on [TGT] said. "They consistently can't or won't answer the question so we don't know. We assume it's because they have concerns about sanctuary cities around the country."
At this point though the DOJ hasn't just missed the disbursement date. States have not even been notified of the grant award which usually happens around April or May according to [TGT] .
"There's going to be more steps that have to take place before the money's actually received and typically it's about six months from the date of the award until the date you get the check [TGT] said. "And it's important to keep in mind this is going on in every state in the country. The reddest of red states you know Mississippi Alabama they're having the same problem." | 2Positive
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1,777 | Qantas Airways sees record half year profits | Alan Joyce | Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Qantas chief Alan Joyce hopes to sell non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York by 2022
"Today's result comes from investing in areas that provide margin growth and a network strategy that makes sure we have the right aircraft on the right route " chief executive Alan Joyce said.
On the international front however Mr Joyce said the firm had faced more seats in the market together with rising fuel costs.
But Qantas International "had largely held its own with a 6% decline in profit and a slight rise in unit revenue " he said. | Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Qantas chief [TGT] hopes to sell non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York by 2022
"Today's result comes from investing in areas that provide margin growth and a network strategy that makes sure we have the right aircraft on the right route " chief executive [TGT] said.
On the international front however Mr Joyce said the firm had faced more seats in the market together with rising fuel costs.
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1,778 | The Trials of Simone Biles : âIâm Still Stuck in My Thoughts All the Timeâ | Simone Biles | These are not the sentiments one would expect from Simone Biles the greatest gymnast to ever live. In public the four-time Olympic gold medalist lights up every room she walks into or red carpet she struts down with her infectious smile and sports-legend charisma. She may be 4-foot-eight but she is truly larger than life. (Having all-too-briefly basked in her presence I can attest to this.)
Biles came forward with her story on January 15th in a note posted to Twitter accompanied with the #MeToo. It read in part: âMost of you know me as a happy giggly and energetic girl. But latelyâ¦Iâve felt a bit broken and the more I try to shut off the voice in my head the louder it screams. I am not afraid to tell my story anymore. I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassarâ¦After hearing the brave stories of my friends and other survivors I know that this horrific experience does not define me. I am much more than this.â
When I ask Biles about the above tweets she posted on January 25 as the Nassar trial unfoldedâwhich included several emotional impact statements read in court by his accusersâthat wonderful smile disappears.
âIt takes a lot â she says. âI start counseling soon. For one human being to be put through so much itâs very emotionally draining physically draining and it takes more energy out of you to almost hide it than it takes to give. Iâm working on that part. Inside the gym is all good but outside Iâm still stuck in my thoughts all the time. So Iâm going to counseling to deal with that.â
Biles has a ridiculous amount on her plate right now. In addition to the Nassar trial she is in the midst of training for the 2020 Summer Olympics (six hours a day) and is taking a business administration class at University of the People an online college (three hours a day). Thereâs also a Lifetime movie on her The Simone Biles Story : Courage to Soar premiering Feb. 3.
With all that going on she still managed to take some time to sit down with me in New York and discuss all things Simone Biles.
I saw that Halsey gave you a shout-out at the recent Womenâs March here in New York. She called you and the other gymnasts targeted by Larry Nassar âheroesâ who remind her âwhy we rally.â
â Most of us block out a lot of feelings because weâre told as elite athletes that weâre not allowed to feel the same things that other people feel or weâre not allowed to show emotions. â â Simone Biles
Youâve also helped establish the Simone Biles Legacy Scholarship Fund there which is billed as being â designed to assist foster childrenââlike youââachieve their college dreams.â
Thereâs this Lifetime movie about your life The Simone Biles Story : Courage to Soar premiering on Feb. 3. That must be pretty weird having a movie attempt to tell your story . | These are not the sentiments one would expect from Simone Biles the greatest gymnast to ever live. In public the four-time Olympic gold medalist lights up every room she walks into or red carpet she struts down with her infectious smile and sports-legend charisma. She may be 4-foot-eight but she is truly larger than life. (Having all-too-briefly basked in her presence I can attest to this.)
Biles came forward with her story on January 15th in a note posted to Twitter accompanied with the #MeToo. It read in part: âMost of you know me as a happy giggly and energetic girl. But latelyâ¦Iâve felt a bit broken and the more I try to shut off the voice in my head the louder it screams. I am not afraid to tell my story anymore. I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassarâ¦After hearing the brave stories of my friends and other survivors I know that this horrific experience does not define me. I am much more than this.â
When I ask Biles about the above tweets she posted on January 25 as the Nassar trial unfoldedâwhich included several emotional impact statements read in court by his accusersâthat wonderful smile disappears.
âIt takes a lot â she says. âI start counseling soon. For one human being to be put through so much itâs very emotionally draining physically draining and it takes more energy out of you to almost hide it than it takes to give. Iâm working on that part. Inside the gym is all good but outside Iâm still stuck in my thoughts all the time. So Iâm going to counseling to deal with that.â
Biles has a ridiculous amount on her plate right now. In addition to the Nassar trial she is in the midst of training for the 2020 Summer Olympics (six hours a day) and is taking a business administration class at University of the People an online college (three hours a day). Thereâs also a Lifetime movie on her The Simone Biles Story : Courage to Soar premiering Feb. 3.
With all that going on she still managed to take some time to sit down with me in New York and discuss all things Simone Biles.
I saw that Halsey gave you a shout-out at the recent Womenâs March here in New York. She called you and the other gymnasts targeted by Larry Nassar âheroesâ who remind her âwhy we rally.â
â Most of us block out a lot of feelings because weâre told as elite athletes that weâre not allowed to feel the same things that other people feel or weâre not allowed to show emotions. â â Simone Biles
Youâve also helped establish the Simone Biles Legacy Scholarship Fund there which is billed as being â designed to assist foster childrenââlike youââachieve their college dreams.â
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1,779 | How Clint Eastwood made screen stars of have | Spencer Stone | Spencer Stone Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos had been thrilled when Clint Eastwood bought the rights to their book about the events on a Thalys high speed train in northern France in August 2015.
Image copyright AFP Image caption Spencer Stone leaves the Lesquin hospital after treatment
Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption Judy Greer (left) plays Spencer Stone 's mother and Jenna Fischer plays that of Alek Skarlatos
"It was at a ceremony the year after the attack " Stone recalls. "And afterwards we all huddled up and decided we needed to say something to him . So we went back into the greenroom and said we have this book coming out and you should make the movie! So Mr Eastwood said to send him the book and gave us his address."
Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption Spencer Stone opted for an army career as did Alek Skarlatos
After school both Stone and Skarlatos opted for military careers - Stone in the US Air Force and Skarlatos in the Oregon Army National Guard. Did that military experience influence their split-second decision to try to take down El-Khazzani when he was intent on carnage?
Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption Spencer Stone (right) says he was driven by fear for his life
Stone who moments before had been dozing charged down the train aisle as El-Khazzani levelled an assault rifle at him .
But the weapon didn't fire possibly because a bullet was faulty. Stone ended up with severe gashes to his neck and thumb after El-Khazzani lashed out with a box-cutter as they struggled hand-to-hand. Skarlatos and Sadler came to Stone 's assistance.
"I wasn't really thinking about everyone else: I was just thinking about myself " says Stone . "I just saw that something had to be done. | [TGT] Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos had been thrilled when Clint Eastwood bought the rights to [TGT] book about the events on a Thalys high speed train in northern France in August 2015.
Image copyright AFP [TGT] leaves the Lesquin hospital after treatment
Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption Judy Greer (left) plays [TGT] mother and Jenna Fischer plays that of Alek Skarlatos
"It was at a ceremony the year after the attack " [TGT] recalls. "And afterwards we all huddled up and decided we needed to say something to [TGT] . So we went back into the greenroom and said we have this book coming out and you should make the movie! So Mr Eastwood said to send him the book and gave us his address. [TGT]
opted for an army career as did Alek Skarlatos
After school both Stone and Skarlatos opted for military careers - Stone in the US Air Force and Skarlatos in the Oregon Army National Guard. Did that military experience influence their split-second decision to try to take down El-Khazzani when he was intent on carnage?
Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption Spencer Stone (right) says he was driven by fear for his life
Stone who moments before had been dozing charged down the train aisle as El-Khazzani levelled an assault rifle at him .
But the weapon didn't fire possibly because a bullet was faulty. [TGT] ended up with severe gashes to [TGT] neck and thumb after El-Khazzani lashed out with a box-cutter as they struggled hand-to-hand. Skarlatos and Sadler came to Stone 's assistance.
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1,780 | Royals give 2 million pounds to Heads Together mental health campaign | Prince William | Prince William Princess Kate and Prince Harry have invested 2 million pounds of their Royal Foundation funds in the second phase of their Heads Together campaign which is designed to create online tools to help people with mental health.
The 2 million pound grant will help create a "start up for digital mental health innovation " including digital assets and signposts to "smash the stigma" of mental health Prince William announced. The new startup aims to provide tools for conversation and encourage those who might otherwise be reluctant to get the help they need.
The organization that the grant will establish aims to create "digital solutions for mental health " according to the Heads Together foundation. Prince William said he hopes to create a âmetaphorical barrierâ which will allow those who are lacking in proper mental health treatment âto bring them into the fold and give them the help they need.â
"Youâd struggle to find a parent out there who wouldnât want the well-being of their child to be taken care of at school " Prince William said Friday at Imperial College in London.
Roughly 50 million people have viewed the royalsâ âOK to Sayâ campaign since 2016 while 19 million watched Prince Williamâs conversation with Lady Gaga about mental health in April. | [TGT] Princess Kate and Prince Harry have invested 2 million pounds of [TGT] Royal Foundation funds in the second phase of [TGT] Heads Together campaign which is designed to create online tools to help people with mental health.
The 2 million pound grant will help create a "start up for digital mental health innovation " including digital assets and signposts to "smash the stigma" of mental health Prince William announced. The new startup aims to provide tools for conversation and encourage those who might otherwise be reluctant to get the help they need.
The organization that the grant will establish aims to create "digital solutions for mental health " according to the Heads Together foundation. [TGT] said [TGT] hopes to create a âmetaphorical barrierâ which will allow those who are lacking in proper mental health treatment âto bring them into the fold and give them the help they need.â
"Youâd struggle to find a parent out there who wouldnât want the well-being of their child to be taken care of at school [TGT] said Friday at Imperial College in London.
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1,781 | Why Sanctuary Cities Are Safer : Code Switch : NPR | Tom K. Wong | This past Thursday a new study conducted Tom K. Wong a political scientist at the University of California-San Diego found that there are broad benefits for local jurisdictions that resist cooperating with federal immigration enforcement â they are safer in the aggregate and enjoy stronger economies. "For the first time we're kind of seeing that crime rates are lower when localities stay out of the business of federal immigration enforcement " Wong said.
He looked at federal data on immigration detainers an ICE-initiated 48-hour hold on anyone identified as being in the country illegally. When someone is arrested and detained in a local jail their fingerprints are cross-referenced with a federal database of undocumented immigrants. If the fingerprints match those of someone known to be in the country illegally ICE can ask local law enforcement to hold that person as federal officials decide whether to start the deportation process. (There have been court battles over whether holding people for days without actual charges with these federal immigration detainer requests is in violation of the Constitution.)
Wong compared the the data from thousands of counties those that ICE said did not honor detainer requests and those that did. "We don't have to make up a definition of what a sanctuary locality is " Wong said. "We have ICE telling us what it thinks a sanctuary county is."
On average counties that did not comply with ICE requests experienced 35.5 fewer crimes per 10 000 people than those that did. Wong also found that counties that did not comply with detainer requests had higher household incomes lower rates of unemployment lower rates of poverty and were less likely to have children under 18 in households receiving public benefits.
The crime numbers did not surprise Wong . Research has shown that working with federal immigration enforcement made it harder for local police agencies to investigate crimes because witnesses and victims who were in the country illegally would be less likely to come forward if they thought they risked being detained and deported. It could be that sanctuary counties have immigrant populations who are more integrated into their social fabric and economies he said.
The research also revealed that smaller more rural counties experienced the most significant impact from sanctuary policies on their crime rates (lower) and economies (stronger). Taken together Wong said the net benefits to sanctuary cities would offset the impact of Trump's shame offensive on them. "The ultimate effect is going to be minimal " he said. | This past Thursday a new study conducted [TGT] found that there are broad benefits for local jurisdictions that resist cooperating with federal immigration enforcement â they are safer in the aggregate and enjoy stronger economies. "For the first time we're kind of seeing that crime rates are lower when localities stay out of the business of federal immigration enforcement [TGT] said.
[TGT] looked at federal data on immigration detainers an ICE-initiated 48-hour hold on anyone identified as being in the country illegally. When someone is arrested and detained in a local jail their fingerprints are cross-referenced with a federal database of undocumented immigrants. If the fingerprints match those of someone known to be in the country illegally ICE can ask local law enforcement to hold that person as federal officials decide whether to start the deportation process. (There have been court battles over whether holding people for days without actual charges with these federal immigration detainer requests is in violation of the Constitution.)
[TGT] compared the the data from thousands of counties those that ICE said did not honor detainer requests and those that did. "We don't have to make up a definition of what a sanctuary locality is " [TGT] said. "We have ICE telling us what it thinks a sanctuary county is."
On average counties that did not comply with ICE requests experienced 35.5 fewer crimes per 10 000 people than those that did. [TGT] also found that counties that did not comply with detainer requests had higher household incomes lower rates of unemployment lower rates of poverty and were less likely to have children under 18 in households receiving public benefits.
The crime numbers did not surprise [TGT] . Research has shown that working with federal immigration enforcement made it harder for local police agencies to investigate crimes because witnesses and victims who were in the country illegally would be less likely to come forward if they thought they risked being detained and deported. It could be that sanctuary counties have immigrant populations who are more integrated into their social fabric and economies he said.
The research also revealed that smaller more rural counties experienced the most significant impact from sanctuary policies on their crime rates (lower) and economies (stronger). Taken together [TGT] said the net benefits to sanctuary cities would offset the impact of Trump's shame offensive on them. "The ultimate effect is going to be minimal " he said. | 1Neutral
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1,782 | Ryan Seacrest Will Still Be On The Oscars Red Carpet Despite A Sexual Harassment Allegation | Ryan Seacrest | E! has no plans to drop Ryan Seacrest from his long-held red carpet hosting duties for this Sunday's Academy Awards despite his former stylist going public Monday with claims that he repeatedly sexual harassed her â allegations the TV star denies.
This awards season has been dominated by the Time's Up movement but Seacrest will be on the Oscars red carpet for what is arguably the biggest event of the season. E! conducted a probe into the allegation which was brought to its attention in November but found "insufficient evidence" to substantiate the claims.
An ABC spokesperson also said Seacrest would continue his duties on Live with Kelly and Ryan as well as the reboot of American Idol which is slated to premiere March 11.
Suzie Hardy who said Seacrest harassed her went public with her story Monday telling Variety that he grabbed her genitals gave her a "bear hug" while wearing only underpants and forcefully slapped her buttocks leaving a red welt.
She told Variety that E!'s human resources department sought her out for an interview in 2013 to inquire about the relationship between her and Seacrest . âI was very proud to say âNo I donât [have a physical relationship with Seacrest ] ââ she said she told them. âI never touched him I never kissed him I never fucked him nothing. But I said âBut he touched me.ââ | E! has no plans to drop [TGT] from his long-held red carpet hosting duties for this Sunday's Academy Awards despite his former stylist going public Monday with claims that he repeatedly sexual harassed her â allegations the TV star denies.
This awards season has been dominated by the Time's Up movement but [TGT] will be on the Oscars red carpet for what is arguably the biggest event of the season. E! conducted a probe into the allegation which was brought to its attention in November but found "insufficient evidence" to substantiate the claims.
An ABC spokesperson also said [TGT] would continue his duties on Live with Kelly and Ryan as well as the reboot of American Idol which is slated to premiere March 11.
Suzie Hardy who said [TGT] harassed [TGT] went public with [TGT] story Monday telling Variety that [TGT] grabbed [TGT] genitals gave [TGT] a "bear hug" while wearing only underpants and forcefully slapped [TGT] buttocks leaving a red welt.
[TGT] told Variety that E!'s human resources department sought [TGT] out for an interview in 2013 to inquire about the relationship between [TGT] and [TGT] . âI was very proud to say âNo I donât [have a physical relationship with [TGT] ] ââ [TGT] said [TGT] told them. âI never touched him I never kissed him I never fucked him nothing. But I said âBut he touched me.ââ | 0Negative
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1,783 | Bulls' Niko Mirotic accepts Portis apology over fight | Niko Mirotic | CHICAGO (AP) â Niko Mirotic accepted Bobby Portis' apology on Wednesday six weeks after their ugly altercation at practice led to a hospitalization and a suspension.
A day after he sat on the bench for the first time all season Mirotic finally spoke publicly about the Oct. 17 incident that left him hospitalized with two facial fractures and a concussion. Portis served an eight-game suspension and Mirotic didn't return to practice until Monday.
Mirotic who has a no-trade clause declined to comment when asked if he had requested a trade from the Bulls. The two players were seen giving each other a fist bump during Tuesday night's 104-99 home loss to Phoenix but Mirotic suggested the interaction between the two players has been limited.
"Right now we are on the same team and we are working to make it work " Mirotic said. "The only thing I can tell you . I was always a good teammate so I was professional with everybody and I'll continue to do that. If I'm here it's because I want to support the team. He's a part of the team and I'm going to support him too. Obviously I'm going to give him hands like he'd give me hands too."
"I'd welcome him in with open arms " Portis said on Nov. 13 the same day Mirotic started working out again with the team.
Mirotic said he had yet to inform Portis he had accepted his apology.
"You know we are teammates " Mirotic said. "On the same team. Fighting for the same team and we're both going to do what we need to do to make it work. Yeah I accept it. I'm comfortable being on the team. I've had a lot of support from my teammates from everybody. Right now it's on me to relax and enjoy playing basketball again."
FILE - At left in a Jan. 2 2017 file photo Chicago Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic brings the ball up court against the Charlotte Hornets during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. At right in an Oct. 4 2017 file photo Chicago Bulls' Bobby Portis (5) handles the ball during a preseason NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas. Mirotic says he has accepted Portisâ apology more than a month after the two teammates had an ugly altercation at practice. A day after he sat on the bench for the first time all season Mirotic finally spoke publicly Wednesday nov. 29 2017 about the Oct. 17 incident that left him hospitalized with two facial fractures and a concussion. Portis served an eight-game suspension. Mirotic didnât return to practice until Monday. (AP Photo/File)
Coach Fred Hoiberg said Mirotic 's actions Wednesday were critical to helping the team get back on track. The Bulls (3-16) have lost six straight games.
"I do think that's an important first step " Hoiberg said. "Obviously the first thing was getting back on the floor after the incident to start getting himself back in shape. The next thing was to get back with the group which he 's done here the past few days.
"It's good to have Niko back out on the floor with the guys and another important step talking about it for the first time and then continuing trying to move past it."
Hoiberg said the earliest Mirotic would return to action is Monday when the Bulls host the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though he acknowledged his return is much closer than before Mirotic also said he wouldn't get ahead of himself as he focuses on conditioning. | CHICAGO (AP) â [TGT] accepted Bobby Portis' apology on Wednesday six weeks after [TGT] ugly altercation at practice led to a hospitalization and a suspension.
A day after [TGT] sat on the bench for the first time all season [TGT] finally spoke publicly about the Oct. 17 incident that left [TGT] hospitalized with two facial fractures and a concussion. Portis served an eight-game suspension and [TGT] didn't return to practice until Monday.
[TGT] declined to comment when asked if [TGT] had requested a trade from the Bulls. The two players were seen giving each other a fist bump during Tuesday night's 104-99 home loss to Phoenix but [TGT] suggested the interaction between the two players has been limited.
"Right now we are on the same team and we are working to make it work [TGT] said. "The only thing I can tell you . I was always a good teammate so I was professional with everybody and I'll continue to do that. If I'm here it's because I want to support the team. He's a part of the team and I'm going to support him too. Obviously I'm going to give him hands like he'd give me hands too."
"I'd welcome him in with open arms " Portis said on Nov. 13 the same day [TGT] started working out again with the team.
[TGT] said [TGT] had yet to inform Portis [TGT] had accepted [TGT] apology.
"You know we are teammates " [TGT] said. "On the same team. Fighting for the same team and we're both going to do what we need to do to make it work. Yeah I accept it. I'm comfortable being on the team. I've had a lot of support from my teammates from everybody. Right now it's on me to relax and enjoy playing basketball again."
FILE - At left in a Jan. 2 2017 file photo Chicago Bulls forward [TGT] brings the ball up court against the Charlotte Hornets during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. At right in an Oct. 4 2017 file photo Chicago Bulls' Bobby Portis (5) handles the ball during a preseason NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas. [TGT] says [TGT] has accepted Portisâ apology more than a month after the two teammates had an ugly altercation at practice. A day after he sat on the bench for the first time all season [TGT] finally spoke publicly Wednesday nov. 29 2017 about the Oct. 17 incident that left him hospitalized with two facial fractures and a concussion. Portis served an eight-game suspension. Mirotic didnât return to practice until Monday. (AP Photo/File)
Coach Fred Hoiberg said [TGT] 's actions Wednesday were critical to helping the team get back on track. The Bulls (3-16) have lost six straight games.
"I do think that's an important first step " Hoiberg said. "Obviously the first thing was getting back on the floor after the incident to start getting himself back in shape. The next thing was to get back with the group which he 's done here the past few days.
"It's good to have Niko back out on the floor with the guys and another important step talking about it for the first time and then continuing trying to move past it."
Hoiberg said the earliest Mirotic would return to action is Monday when the Bulls host the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though he acknowledged his return is much closer than before [TGT] also said [TGT] wouldn't get ahead of [TGT] as [TGT] focuses on conditioning. | 2Positive
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1,784 | Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam Will Not Run for Bob Corker's Senate Seat | Bill Haslam | Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced on Thursday that he will not run for the Republican nomination to replace retiring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) in the 2018 election.
â Gov Bill Haslam will not run for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Bob Corker leaving U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn as the likely frontrunner if she chooses to run â The Tennessean reported on Thursday morning:
The governor who is term-limited made the announcement Thursday in a news release. âWhile Crissy and I will always be grateful for all of the encouragement and support to run for the United States Senate I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for Senate in 2018 â Haslam said in a statement.
The full statement released by the governorâs office Thursday morning offered this explanation of his decision not to run for the United States Senate in 2018:
Haslam âs announcement comes in the wake of a recent series of articles at Breitbart News that highlighted his political vulnerabilities:
While conservatives have been coalescing around a potential candidacy of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) Haslamâs decision not to run leaves a void that the establishment Republicans in the state are likely to fill with another candidate. | [TGT] announced on Thursday that [TGT] will not run for the Republican nomination to replace retiring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) in the 2018 election.
[TGT] will not run for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Bob Corker leaving U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn as the likely frontrunner if [TGT] chooses to run â The Tennessean reported on Thursday morning:
The governor who is term-limited made the announcement Thursday in a news release. âWhile Crissy and I will always be grateful for all of the encouragement and support to run for the United States Senate I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for Senate in 2018 â [TGT] said in a statement.
The full statement released by the governorâs office Thursday morning offered this explanation of [TGT] decision not to run for the United States Senate in 2018:
[TGT] âs announcement comes in the wake of a recent series of articles at Breitbart News that highlighted [TGT] political vulnerabilities:
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1,785 | Actor Scott Baio denies misconduct claims by former co | Scott Baio | Actor Scott Baio is denying a claim made by his former "Charles in Charge" co-star Nicole Eggert that something inappropriate happened between the two when she was a minor.
Eggert tweeted Saturday to ask Baio about what happened in his garage when she was a minor.
Baio responded in a 16-minute Facebook Live video saying that he is being falsely accused of inappropriately touching and having intercourse with her when she was a minor. Baio said he and Eggert had a consensual relationship after she was over the age of 18.
Reps for Baio and Eggert did not immediately respond to request for comment. | [TGT] is denying a claim made by [TGT] former "Charles in Charge" co-star Nicole Eggert that something inappropriate happened between the two when [TGT] was a minor.
Eggert tweeted Saturday to ask [TGT] about what happened in his garage when [TGT] was a minor.
[TGT] responded in a 16-minute Facebook Live video saying that [TGT] is being falsely accused of inappropriately touching and having intercourse with [TGT] when [TGT] was a minor. [TGT] said [TGT] and Eggert had a consensual relationship after [TGT] was over the age of 18.
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1,786 | Lamboginny : Singer takes songs of hope to Nigerian prisoners | Lamboginny | Story highlights Nigerian singer Lamboginny is performing at the country's prisons
He says he wants to give prisoners a second chance
Lagos (CNN) When Yinka Lawanson (better known by his stage name "Lamboginny") launched his debut album in October 2017 he chose Nigeria's Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison as the venue.
Lamboginny held his first concert at Kirikiri in Lagos in 2009 performing before a large audience of prisoners. These days he holds three or four concerts in different prisons every year.
"What makes me happy is when I see that smile of hope on their faces " he says. "This is for them to know that life has not turned its back on them." | Story highlights [TGT] is performing at the country's prisons
[TGT] says [TGT] wants to give prisoners a second chance
Lagos (CNN) When Yinka Lawanson (better known by [TGT] stage name "Lamboginny") launched [TGT] debut album in October 2017 [TGT] chose Nigeria's Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison as the venue.
[TGT] held [TGT] first concert at Kirikiri in Lagos in 2009 performing before a large audience of prisoners. These days he holds three or four concerts in different prisons every year.
"What makes me happy is when I see that smile of hope on their faces " he says. "This is for them to know that life has not turned its back on them." | 2Positive
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1,787 | NBC analyst who angered Koreans was hired only for Opening Ceremonies | Joshua Cooper Ramo | Joshua Cooper Ramo who is co-CEO of former secretary of state Henry Kissingerâs consulting firm as well as a board member of Starbucks and FedEx had said that South Korea is grateful for Japanâs role in its economic development which remains a sore spot because of the brutality of Japanâs occupation from 1910 to 1945. Among other things Japanâs army enslaved Korean females as âcomfort womenâ during that time.
âEvery Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation â Ramo said during the Opening Ceremonies of the PyeongChang Games on Friday.
The Korea Times citing an unidentified NBC official reported that Ramo had been removed from his role following the remarks. However NBC issued a statement later Monday saying that Ramo had been hired only for the Opening Ceremonies a common occurrence according to the spokesman.
âWe hired Joshua Cooper Ramo to serve as an Asia expert during the Opening Ceremony â the spokesman wrote. â His role was to give an overview to our viewers of the host country and this region of the world. Ramo has completed his responsibilities for NBC in PyeongChang and will have no further role on our air.â | [TGT] who is co-CEO of former secretary of state Henry Kissingerâs consulting firm as well as a board member of Starbucks and FedEx had said that South Korea is grateful for Japanâs role in its economic development which remains a sore spot because of the brutality of Japanâs occupation from 1910 to 1945. Among other things Japanâs army enslaved Korean females as âcomfort womenâ during that time.
âEvery Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation â Ramo said during the Opening Ceremonies of the PyeongChang Games on Friday.
The Korea Times citing an unidentified NBC official reported that Ramo had been removed from his role following the remarks. However NBC issued a statement later Monday saying that Ramo had been hired only for the Opening Ceremonies a common occurrence according to the spokesman.
âWe hired [TGT] to serve as an Asia expert during the Opening Ceremony â the spokesman wrote. â His role was to give an overview to our viewers of the host country and this region of the world. Ramo has completed his responsibilities for NBC in PyeongChang and will have no further role on our air.â | 2Positive
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1,788 | The Latest: Vonn scatters grandfather's ashes in S. Korea | Lindsey Vonn | American ski great Lindsey Vonn not only won a bronze medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics she also had a chance to scatter some of her grandfatherâs ashes on a rock near the mountain where the downhill races were run.
âI know that it would mean a lot to him to be back here a part of him is in South Korea always â says Vonn who shared her story with The Associated Press and the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
Vonn says she scattered parts of Don Kildowâs ashes âjust a few days agoâ on a rock that she was told was special when she visited South Korea last year to be named a Pyeongchang Olympic ambassador. She described the location as âright by the menâs downhill start.â
Vonn won a bronze medal in the downhill but skied out of Thursdayâs slalom leg of the Alpine combined in what was likely her last Olympic race. Later in the day a group of elderly South Korean men gave her family some gifts and a letter of thanks to mark her grandfatherâs service during the 1950-53 Korean War. | [TGT] not only won a bronze medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics [TGT] also had a chance to scatter some of [TGT] grandfatherâs ashes on a rock near the mountain where the downhill races were run.
âI know that it would mean a lot to him to be back here a part of him is in South Korea always â says Vonn who shared [TGT] story with The Associated Press and the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
[TGT] says [TGT] scattered parts of Don Kildowâs ashes âjust a few days agoâ on a rock that [TGT] was told was special when [TGT] visited South Korea last year to be named a Pyeongchang Olympic ambassador. [TGT] described the location as âright by the menâs downhill start.â
[TGT] won a bronze medal in the downhill but skied out of Thursdayâs slalom leg of the Alpine combined in what was likely [TGT] last Olympic race. Later in the day a group of elderly South Korean men gave [TGT] family some gifts and a letter of thanks to mark [TGT] grandfatherâs service during the 1950-53 Korean War. | 2Positive
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1,789 | Real roll over Las Palmas to calm crisis talk | Marco Asensio | Madrid (AFP) â Real Madrid quietened crisis talk after back-to-back defeats as Marco Asensio added to his collection of wonder strikes in a 3-0 victory over Las Palmas at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
A booking would have ruled Casemiro out of the Madrid derby against Atletico in two weeksâ time and he was quickly replaced after Asensio secured the three points in stunning fashion.
Asensio has made a habit of netting in spectacular fashion in his first 18 months at Madrid and pounced on a loose ball 30 yards from goal to rifle a shot that rose all the way on its trajectory into the top corner.
Ronaldo fired inches over twice more but whilst his luck remained out in front of goal he did provide an enticing cross from which Isco slotted home at the back post for Madridâs third. | Madrid (AFP) â Real Madrid quietened crisis talk after back-to-back defeats as [TGT] added to [TGT] collection of wonder strikes in a 3-0 victory over Las Palmas at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.
A booking would have ruled Casemiro out of the Madrid derby against Atletico in two weeksâ time and [TGT] was quickly replaced after [TGT] secured the three points in stunning fashion.
[TGT] has made a habit of netting in spectacular fashion in [TGT] first 18 months at Madrid and pounced on a loose ball 30 yards from goal to rifle a shot that rose all the way on [TGT] trajectory into the top corner.
Ronaldo fired inches over twice more but whilst his luck remained out in front of goal [TGT] did provide an enticing cross from which Isco slotted home at the back post for Madridâs third. | 2Positive
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1,790 | Can 'The X | Alex Jones | But there could be another significant factor at work. During the heyday of The X-Files alien conspiracy mania was mainstream. Independence Day used the Roswell incident of 1947 as a key plot point and Men in Black suggested constant alien cover-ups while a supposed alien autopsy aired in prime time. It was hip and cool to know the various plots associated with "the grays " and when the Lindsay Lohan vehicle I Know Who Killed Me cast radio show host Art Bell (of the conspiracy-themed Coast to Coast show) as himself it played like an attempt at an in-joke for cool kids. These days however the most prominent talker about aliens and secret plots is no longer Bell who kept things relatively apolitical on-air and is a centrist Libertarian. It's now Alex Jones a Trump supporter and peddler of doomsday supply wares. Jones whose conspiracy-mongering actually prompted NASA to deny they were hiding child slaves on Mars is also known for more politically targeted rants like the government turning children gay Barack Obama being the head of ISIS and the Sandy Hook massacre being faked to help facilitate a government gun grab.
Jones and his contributors also have issues with "anti-white racism " all while a separate school of thought has emerged that tales of ancient aliens are racist as they assume ancient civilizations of color like the Egyptians could only have come up with the pyramids and such by getting outside help from a more advanced race. Throw into that mix the "birther" theories that were all the rage during the Obama presidency -- promoted by our current president -- that the chief executive was some kind of secret Kenyan Muslim usurper and you start to get a picture of what conspiracy theorists look like in today's media. Being into aliens and cover-ups is less associated now with young and sexy TV stars and more the domain of aggrieved middle-aged men.
X-Files creator Chris Carter is clearly having none of that though given the overall storylines of the show he seems at the very least to be inspired by a favorite left-wing conspiracy notion of contaminated vaccines. A montage of the achievements of archvillain Carl "Cigarette-Smoking Man" Busch includes a whole lot of Donald Trump and Steve Bannon (masterful timing it turned out as the spat between those two was making headlines almost simultaneously) as well as a line about how people are easier to fool now because they don't believe in science (cough... GlobalWarming... cough cough) and don't know what fake news is. Meanwhile our heroes remain FBI agents who in the minds of Alex Jones devotees would be considered part of the anti-Trump "Deep State." Jones was arguably an inspiration for Joel McHale's YouTube host character in season 10 and written semi-sympathetically...but that was January of 2016 when nobody assumed the election would go the way it did or that Jones would get a big thumbs-up from candidate Trump.
In an episode that also definitively stated the moon landing was faked and that Busch is definitely the father of two very significant characters we also caught hints of two different conspiracies at war with one another. Their most obvious point of disagreement on the show is whether Dana Scully should live or die -- but in real life they may be representative of the Art Bell and Alex Jones wings of Conspiracystan. We get a strong sense of what side Carter is on...but the low ratings suggest that those who pore over cover-ups and aliens nowadays may no longer feel politically simpatico with the creator.
Or perhaps they can just go to any corner of the Internet and find similarly intricate stories many of which are shared as memes on Facebook by that uncle who turns out to have been a lot crazier than you ever suspected. Even as Jones semi-admitted in court that he's playing a character akin to of all things Jack Nicholson's Joker I've seen family members share his stories about a coming race war with utter seriousness. Though when he talks about lizard people of course he's "joking." | But there could be another significant factor at work. During the heyday of The X-Files alien conspiracy mania was mainstream. Independence Day used the Roswell incident of 1947 as a key plot point and Men in Black suggested constant alien cover-ups while a supposed alien autopsy aired in prime time. It was hip and cool to know the various plots associated with "the grays " and when the Lindsay Lohan vehicle I Know Who Killed Me cast radio show host Art Bell (of the conspiracy-themed Coast to Coast show) as himself it played like an attempt at an in-joke for cool kids. These days however the most prominent talker about aliens and secret plots is no longer Bell who kept things relatively apolitical on-air and is a centrist Libertarian. It's now [TGT] a Trump supporter and peddler of doomsday supply wares. [TGT] whose conspiracy-mongering actually prompted NASA to deny they were hiding child slaves on Mars is also known for more politically targeted rants like the government turning children gay Barack Obama being the head of ISIS and the Sandy Hook massacre being faked to help facilitate a government gun grab.
[TGT] and [TGT] contributors also have issues with "anti-white racism " all while a separate school of thought has emerged that tales of ancient aliens are racist as they assume ancient civilizations of color like the Egyptians could only have come up with the pyramids and such by getting outside help from a more advanced race. Throw into that mix the "birther" theories that were all the rage during the Obama presidency -- promoted by our current president -- that the chief executive was some kind of secret Kenyan Muslim usurper and you start to get a picture of what conspiracy theorists look like in today's media. Being into aliens and cover-ups is less associated now with young and sexy TV stars and more the domain of aggrieved middle-aged men.
X-Files creator Chris Carter is clearly having none of that though given the overall storylines of the show he seems at the very least to be inspired by a favorite left-wing conspiracy notion of contaminated vaccines. A montage of the achievements of archvillain Carl "Cigarette-Smoking Man" Busch includes a whole lot of Donald Trump and Steve Bannon (masterful timing it turned out as the spat between those two was making headlines almost simultaneously) as well as a line about how people are easier to fool now because they don't believe in science (cough... GlobalWarming... cough cough) and don't know what fake news is. Meanwhile our heroes remain FBI agents who in the minds of Alex Jones devotees would be considered part of the anti-Trump "Deep State." Jones was arguably an inspiration for Joel McHale's YouTube host character in season 10 and written semi-sympathetically...but that was January of 2016 when nobody assumed the election would go the way it did or that Jones would get a big thumbs-up from candidate Trump.
In an episode that also definitively stated the moon landing was faked and that Busch is definitely the father of two very significant characters we also caught hints of two different conspiracies at war with one another. Their most obvious point of disagreement on the show is whether Dana Scully should live or die -- but in real life they may be representative of the Art Bell and Alex Jones wings of Conspiracystan. We get a strong sense of what side Carter is on...but the low ratings suggest that those who pore over cover-ups and aliens nowadays may no longer feel politically simpatico with the creator.
Or perhaps they can just go to any corner of the Internet and find similarly intricate stories many of which are shared as memes on Facebook by that uncle who turns out to have been a lot crazier than you ever suspected. Even as Jones semi-admitted in court that he's playing a character akin to of all things Jack Nicholson's Joker I've seen family members share his stories about a coming race war with utter seriousness. Though when he talks about lizard people of course he's "joking." | 0Negative
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1,791 | âSaoirse Ronan is in "a bit of a dream" | Ronan | Among those waiting for THE ENVELOPE PLEASE ... tonight is a young actress with a distinctive name ... which she very patiently helped Jane Pauley learn:
With her Oscar-nominated role in the movie " Brooklyn " Saoirse Ronan is making a name for herself . But Saoirse can be tough to pronounce and even harder to spell.
"It's an Irish word and it means freedom or liberty " Ronan said.
At 21 she 's the youngest two-time Oscar nominee since Angela Lansbury in 1946.
Fonan's first nomination came when she was just 13 for her supporting role as Briony in "Atonement."
"It's very intimate " said Ronan "and none of us expected for it to go down the route that it did."
Ronan who was born in the Bronx took Pauley to the Riverdale Diner where she used to go with her parents.
"No I haven't been here since I was three which is nuts " Ronan said. "It was so weird when I came in. I remember everything. I remember where we used to sit. I remember what the outside looks like. The smells everything."
And she remembers what she used to eat: Grilled cheese sandwich and pickles.
But when she was three the family moved back to Ireland. Her father had become an actor and would introduce Ronan to his agent: "I was quite imaginative. I would put on voices would do different accents."
Known for her skill with accents she 's gone from an American teenager in "The Lovely Bones " to a teenage German assassin opposite Cate Blanchett in "Hanna." The role brought her to the attention of theatre director Ivo van Hove who had been in touch with Blanchett. She told him "I'm working now with such a fabulous young actress." He then saw "Hanna " "and I was blown away by her performance " he told Pauley. | Among those waiting for THE ENVELOPE PLEASE ... tonight is a young actress with a distinctive name ... which she very patiently helped Jane Pauley learn:
With her Oscar-nominated role in the movie " Brooklyn " Saoirse [TGT] is making a name for [TGT] . But Saoirse can be tough to pronounce and even harder to spell.
"It's an Irish word and it means freedom or liberty " [TGT] said.
At 21 [TGT] 's the youngest two-time Oscar nominee since Angela Lansbury in 1946.
Fonan's first nomination came when [TGT] was just 13 for [TGT] supporting role as Briony in "Atonement."
"It's very intimate " said Ronan "and none of us expected for it to go down the route that it did. [TGT]
took Pauley to the Riverdale Diner where [TGT] used to go with [TGT] parents.
"No I haven't been here since I was three which is nuts " [TGT] said. "It was so weird when I came in. I remember everything. I remember where we used to sit. I remember what the outside looks like. The smells everything."
And she remembers what she used to eat: Grilled cheese sandwich and pickles.
But when she was three the family moved back to Ireland. Her father had become an actor and would introduce Ronan to his agent: "I was quite imaginative. I would put on voices would do different accents."
Known for her skill with accents she 's gone from an American teenager in "The Lovely Bones " to a teenage German assassin opposite Cate Blanchett in "Hanna." The role brought her to the attention of theatre director Ivo van Hove who had been in touch with Blanchett. She told him "I'm working now with such a fabulous young actress." He then saw "Hanna " "and I was blown away by her performance " he told Pauley. | 2Positive
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1,792 | 'SNL': Larry David returns as Bernie Sanders | Larry David | Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Comedian Larry David opened Saturday Night Live with a controversial monologue with jokes about Harvey Weinstein and concentration camps. Wochit
Larry David resurrected his Bernie Sanders impression while Liam Hemsworth joined Miley Cyrus and Alex Moffat as his brother Chris Hemsworth. (Photo: NBC Will Heath/NBC)
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars made appearances on Saturday Night Live's celebrity edition sketch of The Price Is Right including the return host Larry David as Bernie Sanders and musical guest Miley Cyrus.
"We're doing this the Bernie way if I lose I'm bringing everybody down with me " David as Sanders said when introducing himself with partner Derrick played by Pete Davidson.
It didn't take long for David 's Sanders to unleash a rant about the state of the American economy.
"The real problem in this country is American consumerism " David as Sanders said. "Who needs a washer? When I need to wash the one suit I own I just wait until it rains I stand outside for 15 minutes and then I jog behind a bus until the exhaust blows me dry." | Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Comedian [TGT] opened Saturday Night Live with a controversial monologue with jokes about Harvey Weinstein and concentration camps. Wochit
[TGT] resurrected [TGT] Bernie Sanders impression while Liam Hemsworth joined Miley Cyrus and Alex Moffat as his brother Chris Hemsworth. (Photo: NBC Will Heath/NBC)
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars made appearances on Saturday Night Live's celebrity edition sketch of The Price Is Right including the return host [TGT] as Bernie Sanders and musical guest Miley Cyrus.
"We're doing this the Bernie way if I lose I'm bringing everybody down with [TGT] [TGT] as Sanders said when introducing himself with partner Derrick played by Pete Davidson.
It didn't take long for David 's Sanders to unleash a rant about the state of the American economy.
"The real problem in this country is American consumerism [TGT] as Sanders said. "Who needs a washer? When I need to wash the one suit I own I just wait until it rains I stand outside for 15 minutes and then I jog behind a bus until the exhaust blows me dry." | 2Positive
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1,793 | Pol accuses critics of Brooklyn development of anti | David Greenfield | The groups known as the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition wrote to land use chair David Greenfield demanding that he recuse himself from considering the project because he âs set to leave office and take over the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.
But Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) says the Met Council has nothing to do with the plan and opponents are just targeting him because he âs Jewish.
âYour behavior thus far is both professionally irresponsible and reckless and has compromised your participation as an elected representative in this legislative process. The conflicts of interest raised by your involvement in the present Council action are numerous and unwaivable â coalition chair Juan Ramos wrote to Greenfield .
âThe letter is part of a clear and calculated campaign of intimidation and continued misinformation by the opponents of this private application â Greenfield said saying group leaders have a history of âanti-Semitic remarksâ that âcalls into question the true motivation of this group.â
âIt's telling that this group did not ask Council Member Antonio Reynoso a member of both the subcommittee and committee to recuse himself and instead focused on the obviously Jewish council member. This kind of race-baiting politics is disgusting and shameful and has no place in New York City's land use decisions â Greenfield said adding he had cleared the issue with the city Conflicts of Interest Board.
The letter complains Greenfield answered legitimate concerns about potential discrimination which opponents say will exacerbate a long history of racial segregation in the neighborhood with âridicule racebaiting and derision.â
Needelman like Greenfield is an Orthodox Jew and said the allegation of anti-Semitism is absurd. | The groups known as the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition wrote to land use [TGT] demanding that [TGT] recuse [TGT] from considering the project because [TGT] âs set to leave office and take over the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.
But Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) says the Met Council has nothing to do with the plan and opponents are just targeting him because he âs Jewish.
âYour behavior thus far is both professionally irresponsible and reckless and has compromised your participation as an elected representative in this legislative process. The conflicts of interest raised by your involvement in the present Council action are numerous and unwaivable â coalition chair Juan Ramos wrote to [TGT] .
âThe letter is part of a clear and calculated campaign of intimidation and continued misinformation by the opponents of this private application â [TGT] said saying group leaders have a history of âanti-Semitic remarksâ that âcalls into question the true motivation of this group.â
âIt's telling that this group did not ask Council Member Antonio Reynoso a member of both the subcommittee and committee to recuse himself and instead focused on the obviously Jewish council member. This kind of race-baiting politics is disgusting and shameful and has no place in New York City's land use decisions â [TGT] said adding [TGT] had cleared the issue with the city Conflicts of Interest Board.
The letter complains [TGT] answered legitimate concerns about potential discrimination which opponents say will exacerbate a long history of racial segregation in the neighborhood with âridicule racebaiting and derision.â
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1,794 | Trump Starts Paying His Own Legal Bills on Russia Probe | Donald Trump Jr. | In August Reuters first reported that the RNC was paying Trump 's legal bills which amounted to more than $230 000 that month.
The payments were made to Trump 's outside legal team which includes Dowd and Jay Sekulow.
Additionally Trump 's reelection campaign paid more than $300 000 this year in bills to lawyers representing his son Donald Trump Jr. according to public disclosures filed by the campaign. The campaign did not respond to a request for comment whether it will continue to pay for Trump Jr's legal expenses.
While previous presidential campaigns have used these funds to pay for routine legal matters such as ballot access disputes and compliance requirements Trump was the first U.S. president in the modern campaign finance era to use such funds to cover the costs of responding to a criminal probe said election law experts. | In August Reuters first reported that the RNC was paying [TGT] 's legal bills which amounted to more than $230 000 that month.
The payments were made to Trump 's outside legal team which includes Dowd and Jay Sekulow.
Additionally [TGT] 's reelection campaign paid more than $300 000 this year in bills to lawyers representing his son Donald Trump Jr. according to public disclosures filed by the campaign. The campaign did not respond to a request for comment whether it will continue to pay for Trump Jr's legal expenses.
While previous presidential campaigns have used these funds to pay for routine legal matters such as ballot access disputes and compliance requirements Trump was the first U.S. president in the modern campaign finance era to use such funds to cover the costs of responding to a criminal probe said election law experts. | 1Neutral
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1,795 | NYC terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov : Who is he? | Sayfullo Saipov | Police have identified Sayfullo Saipov as the suspect accused of driving a rented pickup truck into a crowd killing at least eight people and injuring at least 11 more near the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.
Saipov had worked as an Uber driver in New Jersey where he was living as recently as this summer. Uber confirmed to Fox News that Saipov passed the company's background check for drivers but was now banned from the company. Uber added it has not found any safety reports concerning the terror suspect.
After exiting the vehicle Saipov yelled âAllahu akbarâ ("God is great") and waived around weapons believed to be a paintball gun and a BB gun police said. The suspect was shot twice by police and taken into custody. He remains in the hospital and is expected to survive his wounds.
It's been reported that Saipov rented the truck from a Home Depot store in Passaic N.J. around 2 p.m. on Tuesday -- an hour or so before the attack occurred.
Authorities discovered that Saipov had a Florida driver's license and has been connected to an address in the Tampa area.
A friend Kobiljon Matkarov said he met Saipov while the two were living in Florida. He described Saipov as being âvery friendlyâ and âvery nice.â
Matkarov said he last saw Saipov a few months ago when the suspect picked him up from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Saipov had moved to the area in order to seek better work opportunities.
Matkarov told Fox News that he never noticed any unusual behavior from the suspect let alone that heâd been radicalized. He said that Saipov was generally a happy-go-lucky person who seemed to love America.
In a statement to Fox News Uber said the company was in contact with the FBI and has offered its assistance to the investigation into Saipov . It added that Uber was reviewing Saipov 's history with the ride-hailing company. | Police have identified [TGT] as the suspect accused of driving a rented pickup truck into a crowd killing at least eight people and injuring at least 11 more near the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.
[TGT] had worked as an Uber driver in New Jersey where [TGT] was living as recently as this summer. Uber confirmed to Fox News that [TGT] passed the company's background check for drivers but was now banned from the company. Uber added it has not found any safety reports concerning the terror suspect.
After exiting the vehicle Saipov yelled âAllahu akbarâ ("God is great") and waived around weapons believed to be a paintball gun and a BB gun police said. The suspect was shot twice by police and taken into custody. He remains in the hospital and is expected to survive his wounds.
It's been reported that [TGT] rented the truck from a Home Depot store in Passaic N.J. around 2 p.m. on Tuesday -- an hour or so before the attack occurred.
Authorities discovered that [TGT] had a Florida driver's license and has been connected to an address in the Tampa area.
A friend Kobiljon Matkarov said he met [TGT] while the two were living in Florida. He described Saipov as being âvery friendlyâ and âvery nice.â
Matkarov said he last saw Saipov a few months ago when the suspect picked him up from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. [TGT] had moved to the area in order to seek better work opportunities.
Matkarov told Fox News that he never noticed any unusual behavior from the suspect let alone that heâd been radicalized. He said that [TGT] was generally a happy-go-lucky person who seemed to love America.
In a statement to Fox News Uber said the company was in contact with the FBI and has offered its assistance to the investigation into [TGT] . It added that Uber was reviewing Saipov 's history with the ride-hailing company. | 2Positive
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1,796 | Postal worker killed in Dallas highway shooting called 'rock of the family' | Tony Mosby | Federal investigators announced they were offering the reward after 58-year-old Tony Mosby was killed while driving a mail delivery truck on Interstate 30 near downtown Dallas.
" He was the rock of the family and part of that glue is gone. And I think that's what's going to help heal his children and his brother and his sister is bringing this person to justice " Sylvia Mosby his sister-in-law told FOX 4.
Dallas Police said in a news release that Mosby was shot around 2:30 a.m. just before the Margaret McDermott Bridge near downtown. When authorities arrived at scene they found Mosby dead inside the cab of the 11-ton box truck that had crashed into a guardrail.
Family members described Mosby as a dedicated worker who was a trustworthy father and grandfather. | Federal investigators announced they were offering the reward after [TGT] was killed while driving a mail delivery truck on Interstate 30 near downtown Dallas.
" [TGT] was the rock of the family and part of that glue is gone. And I think that's what's going to help heal [TGT] children and [TGT] brother and [TGT] sister is bringing this person to justice " Sylvia Mosby his sister-in-law told FOX 4.
Dallas Police said in a news release that [TGT] was shot around 2:30 a.m. just before the Margaret McDermott Bridge near downtown. When authorities arrived at scene they found [TGT] dead inside the cab of the 11-ton box truck that had crashed into a guardrail.
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1,797 | Friedman tops $1 million mark in Democratic primary to challenge Rep. Comstock | Alison Friedman | Alison Friedman continued to surpass the fundraising of her eight Democratic competitors for the partyâs nomination to challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) in November in what could be one of the nationâs most hotly contested midterm congressional races.
Friedman an anti-human-
trafficking activist tapped California celebrities and philanthropists to help her raise more than $1 million in about six months.
Her most well-known donors include actress Jennifer Garner; singer Barbra Streisand; Alexander Soros son of the liberal billionaire donor George Soros; and Peter Getty grandson of the oil tycoon. Other notable donors to Friedman include Donna Brazile former head of the Democratic National Committee; singer Graham Nash; singer Bonnie Raitt; and Eleanor Smeal president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Friedman who moved from Washington to McLean in April to run for the seat worked for People for the American Way and a California congresswoman before a six-year stint in the State Departmentâs anti-trafficking office which ended in 2015.
In a news release Friedman said she raised more money from individual donors than all of the Democrats as well as Comstock.
Comstockâs campaign pointed out that most of Friedmanâs money has come from donors in California.
Pelletier who entered the race in October raised $207 044 for the quarter slightly more than Wexton although both lagged behind Friedman .
Friedman is spending at a quick pace but she still had the most cash going into 2018 with $687 085 followed by Helmer with $482 543 Wexton with $473 796 and Stover with $413 621. | [TGT] continued to surpass the fundraising of [TGT] eight Democratic competitors for the partyâs nomination to challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) in November in what could be one of the nationâs most hotly contested midterm congressional races.
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tapped California celebrities and philanthropists to help [TGT] raise more than $1 million in about six months.
[TGT] most well-known donors include actress Jennifer Garner; singer Barbra Streisand; Alexander Soros son of the liberal billionaire donor George Soros; and Peter Getty grandson of the oil tycoon. Other notable donors to [TGT] include Donna Brazile former head of the Democratic National Committee; singer Graham Nash; singer Bonnie Raitt; and Eleanor Smeal president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
[TGT] worked for People for the American Way and a California congresswoman before a six-year stint in the State Departmentâs anti-trafficking office which ended in 2015.
In a news release [TGT] said [TGT] raised more money from individual donors than all of the Democrats as well as Comstock.
Comstockâs campaign pointed out that most of Friedmanâs money has come from donors in California.
Pelletier who entered the race in October raised $207 044 for the quarter slightly more than Wexton although both lagged behind Friedman .
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1,798 | The secret lexicon of the Kardashians' Instagram comments | Kylie Jenner | Comments on Kylie Jenner's most recent Instagram post. Image: instagram
Kylie Jenner is not happy that commenters are using her Instagram photos for their own personal gain in an effort to build engagement on their Insta pages.
STOP WRITING LB ON ALL MY INSTAGRAM PHOTOS AND USING ME AS A WAY TO ADVERTISE YOURSELF. â Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) November 30 2012
"This annoys a lot of Instagram users including Kylie Jenner as it is an inauthentic way to try and create the image of influence. It damages actual organically built influencers and Instagram stars " says Cruel.
But lately Kylie seems to have made a small effort to embrace the "lb" concept for her own personal gain; to promote her new TV show Life of Kylie .
Follow #LifeofKylie IG page (https://t.co/8A58ZDN8JV) + find out tomorrow 9PM ET how you might get a like back from me... pic.twitter.com/JapG3jLy8n â Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) July 22 2017
Don't be fooled: Kylie 's recent volte-face doesn't suggest she 's in any hurry to embrace the relentless commenters in search of Instagram fame. She 's likely exploiting this phenomenon in the interests of promoting her show. And who can blame her . | Comments on Kylie Jenner's most recent Instagram post. Image: instagram
Kylie Jenner is not happy that commenters are using her Instagram photos for their own personal gain in an effort to build engagement on their Insta pages.
STOP WRITING LB ON ALL MY INSTAGRAM PHOTOS AND USING ME AS A WAY TO ADVERTISE YOURSELF. â [TGT] (@KylieJenner) November 30 2012
"This annoys a lot of Instagram users including [TGT] as it is an inauthentic way to try and create the image of influence. It damages actual organically built influencers and Instagram stars " says Cruel.
But lately Kylie seems to have made a small effort to embrace the "lb" concept for her own personal gain; to promote her new TV show Life of Kylie .
Follow #LifeofKylie IG page (https://t.co/8A58ZDN8JV) + find out tomorrow 9PM ET how you might get a like back from me... pic.twitter.com/JapG3jLy8n â [TGT] (@KylieJenner) July 22 2017
Don't be fooled: Kylie 's recent volte-face doesn't suggest she 's in any hurry to embrace the relentless commenters in search of Instagram fame. She 's likely exploiting this phenomenon in the interests of promoting her show. And who can blame her . | 2Positive
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1,799 | Clinton Email Investigations: Trump Justice Department Revives Them | Hillary Clinton | The Justice Department is reviving investigations involving Hillary Clintonâs emails and the degree to which the State Department during Mrs. Clintonâs tenure as secretary was put in the service of the Clinton Foundation. Good. Indeed it is long overdue. It underscores a point weâve tried to make repeatedly here: You donât need a special counsel for this kind of thing; such investigations are what we have a Justice Department full of career prosecutors for. The perverse institution of the independent prosecutor should be shunned whenever possible â and its jurisdiction tightly confined in the rare necessary case.
Obamaâs first point led to one of the great head-fakes in modern law-enforcement history â one that reverberates to this day. Using his bully pulpit the president framed the Clinton case as one of negligence. The portrayal stuck: Incessantly the Justice Department the media and eventually James Comey then-director of the FBI addressed the case in terms of Mrs. Clintonâs purported carelessness â a hardworking public officialâs regrettable but forgivable inattention to detail.
Even now critics of Clinton and the FBI are in a lather over reports that as Comeyâs team drafted his remarks exonerating Clinton (notwithstanding that key witnesses including Clinton herself had not been interviewed) agent Peter Strzok changed the term âgrossly negligentâ to âextremely careless.â Substantively these terms are indistinguishable. The emendation is said to be critical though because the statute applicable to Clinton âs conduct criminalizes âgross negligence.â If Comey had said the words âgrossly negligent â so the story goes it would be the equivalent of pronouncing Clinton guilty.
This was a straightforward case of criminal intent. Negligence was the fallback position â for a prosecutor an âeven ifâ theory as in: âEven if youâre not convinced by our overwhelming evidence of Clinton âs willfully illegal retention and transmission of classified information you can still comfortably find her guilty if you conclude that she was grossly negligent â which as the judge will tell you in his instructions simply means âextremely careless.ââ
Mrs. Clintonâs criminal intent was so clear that its obfuscation also required Obamaâs second point: Mrs. Clintonâs lack of intent to imperil the United States. Director Comey hammered his bossâs legerdemain again and again. And why not? After all it was true â Clinton unquestionably had no desire to endanger our country. Itâs always good to go with the truth . . . especially if you have the luxury of a Democrat-smitten media that wonât ask whether the truth youâve highlighted is relevant to the matter under investigation.
Second you may be saying to yourself: âBut âintent to harm the United Statesâ is significant so it should be part of a classified-information offense.â Thatâs right and thatâs why it is a part of a classified-information offense â it just happens not to be the offense weâre talking about in Mrs. Clinton âs case.
If an official illegally transmits classified information âwith an intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States â then that official commits the more serious felony offense prescribed at the top of the Espionage Actâs scale â subsection (a). If someone had suggested charging Mrs. Clinton with this treasonous offense then she President Obama and Director Comey would have been quite right to stress that she had no such intent. But no one suggested that. Rather it was urged that she had transmitted classified information on purpose but not with intent to do the country harm. That is less heinous than the treasonous offense. But it is still egregious. It is a crime that puts the lives of intelligence sources and the effectiveness of life-saving intelligence operations at risk.
That Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places.
Moreover it is a black-letter principle that a personâs innocence of Crime A is inadmissible to prove that the person has not committed Crime B. For example the fact that I have not personally sold drugs has no bearing on whether I laundered drug money. And the fact that Mrs. Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places or of retaining it when she left the government and when the State Department finally requested that she surrender the government records in her possession.
Regardless of whether my motive theory is sound however the evidence that Clinton willfully mishandled classified information is mountainous.
Before she was ever secretary of state Clinton lived and worked in a White House where classified-information protocols were observed. She had to apply these protocols for years as a senator whose committee assignments were intelligence-intensive. Before becoming secretary of state she was indoctrinated in the handling of classified information and signed documentation attesting that she had read and understood the relevant executive orders about intelligence classification and handling.
Clinton well understood that the position of secretary of state involved immersion in classified information. She wrote in her memoir about the extraordinary steps she was required to take to safeguard classified information. Given the nature of her responsibilities for foreign relations and national security her decision to conduct all her government business on a private server system made it inevitable that classified information would be transmitted in and stored on the private system. There is no possibility that she did not know this. The private system she set up was in violation of government and State Department regulations. Her loyal staff fought efforts to bring her into the government email system â even though she forced the resignation of an ambassador over among other things his conducting of government business over an unauthorized private email system.
When the request was made that Clinton surrender her emails to the State Department she turned them over to her own lawyers and subordinates who did not have the security clearances required for access to the information. She destroyed tens of thousands of emails even though they were under subpoena so that they could not be reviewed by the State Department or the FBI. Of the 30 000 she deigned to surrender to the State Department over 2 000 contained classified information some of it among the nationâs most highly classified national-defense secrets. And she serially lied in her public statements about her emails in congressional testimony (in which she brazenly claimed to have turned over all work-related email to the State Department and that her lawyers had carefully reviewed every email before designating which should be surrendered and which withheld) and in her FBI interview (in which she pretended not to know what the ubiquitous â[C]â designation â for confidential â in classified documents meant).
Any prosecutor who understood there was no need to prove intent to harm the United States would be delighted to take that case to the jury â especially once the prosecutor realized heâd get to tell the jury: âEven if you suspend disbelief and buy the defense argument that she didnât mean to horde and transmit classified information you must still find her guilty if you conclude she was grossly negligent â as in âextremely carelessâ.â | The Justice Department is reviving investigations involving [TGT] âs emails and the degree to which the State Department during Mrs. Clintonâs tenure as secretary was put in the service of the Clinton Foundation. Good. Indeed it is long overdue. It underscores a point weâve tried to make repeatedly here: You donât need a special counsel for this kind of thing; such investigations are what we have a Justice Department full of career prosecutors for. The perverse institution of the independent prosecutor should be shunned whenever possible â and its jurisdiction tightly confined in the rare necessary case.
Obamaâs first point led to one of the great head-fakes in modern law-enforcement history â one that reverberates to this day. Using his bully pulpit the president framed the Clinton case as one of negligence. The portrayal stuck: Incessantly the Justice Department the media and eventually James Comey then-director of the FBI addressed the case in terms of Mrs. Clintonâs purported carelessness â a hardworking public officialâs regrettable but forgivable inattention to detail.
Even now critics of Clinton and the FBI are in a lather over reports that as Comeyâs team drafted his remarks exonerating Clinton (notwithstanding that key witnesses including Clinton herself had not been interviewed) agent Peter Strzok changed the term âgrossly negligentâ to âextremely careless.â Substantively these terms are indistinguishable. The emendation is said to be critical though because the statute applicable to Clinton âs conduct criminalizes âgross negligence.â If Comey had said the words âgrossly negligent â so the story goes it would be the equivalent of pronouncing Clinton guilty.
This was a straightforward case of criminal intent. Negligence was the fallback position â for a prosecutor an âeven ifâ theory as in: âEven if youâre not convinced by our overwhelming evidence of Clinton âs willfully illegal retention and transmission of classified information you can still comfortably find her guilty if you conclude that she was grossly negligent â which as the judge will tell you in his instructions simply means âextremely careless.ââ
Mrs. Clintonâs criminal intent was so clear that its obfuscation also required Obamaâs second point: Mrs. Clintonâs lack of intent to imperil the United States. Director Comey hammered his bossâs legerdemain again and again. And why not? After all it was true â Clinton unquestionably had no desire to endanger our country. Itâs always good to go with the truth . . . especially if you have the luxury of a Democrat-smitten media that wonât ask whether the truth youâve highlighted is relevant to the matter under investigation.
Second you may be saying to yourself: âBut âintent to harm the United Statesâ is significant so it should be part of a classified-information offense.â Thatâs right and thatâs why it is a part of a classified-information offense â it just happens not to be the offense weâre talking about in Mrs. Clinton âs case.
If an official illegally transmits classified information âwith an intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States â then that official commits the more serious felony offense prescribed at the top of the Espionage Actâs scale â subsection (a). If someone had suggested charging Mrs. Clinton with this treasonous offense then she President Obama and Director Comey would have been quite right to stress that she had no such intent. But no one suggested that. Rather it was urged that she had transmitted classified information on purpose but not with intent to do the country harm. That is less heinous than the treasonous offense. But it is still egregious. It is a crime that puts the lives of intelligence sources and the effectiveness of life-saving intelligence operations at risk.
That Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places.
Moreover it is a black-letter principle that a personâs innocence of Crime A is inadmissible to prove that the person has not committed Crime B. For example the fact that I have not personally sold drugs has no bearing on whether I laundered drug money. And the fact that Mrs. Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places or of retaining it when she left the government and when the State Department finally requested that she surrender the government records in her possession.
Regardless of whether my motive theory is sound however the evidence that Clinton willfully mishandled classified information is mountainous.
Before she was ever secretary of state Clinton lived and worked in a White House where classified-information protocols were observed. She had to apply these protocols for years as a senator whose committee assignments were intelligence-intensive. Before becoming secretary of state she was indoctrinated in the handling of classified information and signed documentation attesting that she had read and understood the relevant executive orders about intelligence classification and handling.
Clinton well understood that the position of secretary of state involved immersion in classified information. She wrote in her memoir about the extraordinary steps she was required to take to safeguard classified information. Given the nature of her responsibilities for foreign relations and national security her decision to conduct all her government business on a private server system made it inevitable that classified information would be transmitted in and stored on the private system. There is no possibility that she did not know this. The private system she set up was in violation of government and State Department regulations. Her loyal staff fought efforts to bring her into the government email system â even though she forced the resignation of an ambassador over among other things his conducting of government business over an unauthorized private email system.
When the request was made that Clinton surrender her emails to the State Department she turned them over to her own lawyers and subordinates who did not have the security clearances required for access to the information. She destroyed tens of thousands of emails even though they were under subpoena so that they could not be reviewed by the State Department or the FBI. Of the 30 000 she deigned to surrender to the State Department over 2 000 contained classified information some of it among the nationâs most highly classified national-defense secrets. And she serially lied in her public statements about her emails in congressional testimony (in which she brazenly claimed to have turned over all work-related email to the State Department and that her lawyers had carefully reviewed every email before designating which should be surrendered and which withheld) and in her FBI interview (in which she pretended not to know what the ubiquitous â[C]â designation â for confidential â in classified documents meant).
Any prosecutor who understood there was no need to prove intent to harm the United States would be delighted to take that case to the jury â especially once the prosecutor realized heâd get to tell the jury: âEven if you suspend disbelief and buy the defense argument that she didnât mean to horde and transmit classified information you must still find her guilty if you conclude she was grossly negligent â as in âextremely carelessâ.â | 0Negative
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1,800 | Kate Steinle's tragic death shows why the 'sanctuary cities' movement threatens the safety of all Americans | Kate Steinle | The disturbing verdict in the killing of Kate Steinle â finding a criminal illegal alien not guilty of the most serious charges for her death â illustrates the need to find a way to end the âsanctuary citiesâ movement that has spread around the nation.
Steinle was only 32 when she was shot and killed in July 2015 by a bullet fired by illegal alien Jose Ines Garcia Garcia Zarate who had a record of seven felony convictions and five previous deportations. Garcia Zarate did not deny shooting Steinle but said it was an accident.
Garcia Zarate had been freed by San Francisco authorities three months before he shot Steinle despite a federal immigration detention request to hold him so federal officials could take him into custody.
Steinle had none of those protections as she stood over the San Francisco Bay with her father who would know her pleas for help as the last thing he âd ever hear her utter in a too-short life.
The sanctuary jurisdictions create opportunities for further harm just like that posed by Steinle âs killer. Their claim is that sanctuary cities are actually as safe as or safer than others with illegal residents less likely to break the law and more likely to cooperate with law enforcement when real crimes occur.
Kate Steinle âs tragic case is but one in a sea of unnecessary tears.
The stories of Kate Steinle and Veronica Cabrera Ramirez will fade with the passage of time. But theirs will simply be replaced by the stories of future victims of heinous and predictable crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens who take advantage of American kindness and weakness. | [TGT] finding a criminal illegal alien not guilty of the most serious charges for [TGT] death â illustrates the need to find a way to end the âsanctuary citiesâ movement that has spread around the nation.
Steinle was only 32 when she was shot and killed in July 2015 by a bullet fired by illegal alien Jose Ines Garcia Garcia Zarate who had a record of seven felony convictions and five previous deportations. Garcia Zarate did not deny shooting Steinle but said it was an accident.
Garcia Zarate had been freed by San Francisco authorities three months before he shot Steinle despite a federal immigration detention request to hold him so federal officials could take him into custody.
Steinle had none of those protections as she stood over the San Francisco Bay with her father who would know her pleas for help as the last thing he âd ever hear her utter in a too-short life.
The sanctuary jurisdictions create opportunities for further harm just like that posed by Steinle âs killer. Their claim is that sanctuary cities are actually as safe as or safer than others with illegal residents less likely to break the law and more likely to cooperate with law enforcement when real crimes occur.
Kate Steinle âs tragic case is but one in a sea of unnecessary tears.
The stories of Kate Steinle and Veronica Cabrera Ramirez will fade with the passage of time. But theirs will simply be replaced by the stories of future victims of heinous and predictable crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens who take advantage of American kindness and weakness. | 1Neutral
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