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U.S. inflation eased significantly to 7.1% in November, its slowest pace since the end of 2021, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate this year at the fastest pace since the early 1980s to combat inflation. It is expected to announce on Wednesday a 0.5-percentage-point increase, bringing rates to a range between 4.25% and 4.5%, the highest level since December 2007. The consumer-price index measures what consumers pay for goods and services. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimated that the CPI rose 7.3% in November from a year earlier and that core CPI rose 6.1%.

December 13, 2022

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Radio shock jock Howard Stern slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for acting like “whiny bitches” during a blistering review of their widely scrutinized Netflix docuseries. During Monday’s episode of his SiriusXM radio show, Stern and his co-host Robin Quivers joked about their struggles to watch “Harry & Meghan.”Stern said he had barely gotten through “almost the first episode” – and was already fed up with their antics.“It’s been painful,” Stern said. “I wouldn’t stay with it, but my wife wants to watch it, so, we have shows we watch, but they come off like such whiny bitches. Igotta tell you, man, I just don’t get it. Prince

December 13, 2022

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A 77-year-old grandmother was found stabbed to death in her own garage inside a gated community in an Atlanta suburb on Saturday.Eleanor Bowles was discovered dead by her son around 5:30 p.m. — hours after Antonio Brown, 23, allegedly broke into her Buckhead home and stabbed her in a carjacking gone wrong, officials said.Police believe Brown broke into Bowles’s garage around 11:30 a.m. and was trying to steal her 2021 Lexus RS350 when she walked in and interrupted the alleged theft.He then allegedly stabbed her multiple times and took off in her car, police said. The vehicle was tracked and recovered by police Saturday

December 13, 2022

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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said Tuesday it is pausing withdrawals of the stablecoin USDC while it carries out a “token swap.”The move comes as investor concerns grow about Binance’s stability following the collapse of rival exchange FTX as well as a report of a potential criminal investigation from the U.S. government. Binance said that it has “temporarily paused” USDC withdrawals while it does a “token swap.” This involves swapping one cryptocurrency for another without the need for fiat currency. Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, tweeted on Tuesday that the exchange is seeing an increase in withdrawals of USDC

December 13, 2022

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Hardly anybody remembers much of anything about the first of the four World Cup matches of Nov. 23, seemingly about 10 years ago. This opener of Group F play happened on a cloudless midday with some mild chatter about heat — which sounds odd by now, the tolerable heat long since yielding to light-sweater air and cool Arabian nights.It sure is funny now, though, because after the original 32 were reduced to the final four, with the semifinals set for Tuesday and Wednesday, both participants from that scoreless draw remain. They remain with their little engines and big guts. They remain in the cherished role of dreamers. Croatia, the 2018

December 13, 2022

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Twitter on Monday night abruptly dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the latest sign that Elon Musk is unraveling years of work and institutions created to make the social network safer and more civil.Members of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council received an email with the subject line, “Thank You,” that informed them the council was no longer “the best structure” to bring “external insights into our product and policy development work.”The email dissolution arrived less than an hour before members of the council were expecting to meet with Twitter executives via Zoom to discuss recent developments, according to people familiar with the

December 13, 2022

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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro clashed with police Monday, setting fire to several vehicles and allegedly attempting to invade the federal police’s headquarters in the capital city of Brasilia. Images of chaos as a small number of protesters, many wearing the yellow and green of Brazil’s flag that has come to symbolize Bolsonarismo, roamed the city, circulated on local television channels and social media. Brasilia’s public security secretariat said in a statement that clashes broke out after police carried out an arrest warrant. Earlier that day, Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes had ordered the temporary arrest of José Acácio

December 13, 2022

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Roger García Ordaz makes no secret of his many attempts to flee.He has tried to leave Cuba 11 times on boats made of wood, Styrofoam, and resin, and has a tattoo for each failed attempt, including three boat mishaps and eight times picked up at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard and sent home.Hundreds of homemade, rickety boats have left this year from the shores of Baracoa, a fishing village west of Havana where Mr. García, 34, lives — so many that locals call the town “Terminal Three.” Of course, I am going to keep on throwing myself into the sea until I get there,” he said. “Or if the sea wants to take my life, so be it.”Living conditions

December 13, 2022

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FTX founder and former Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday in the Bahamas after the U.S. filed criminal charges, the authorities in the two countries said. Mr. Bankman-Fried, 30 years old, was arrested without incident shortly after 6 p.m. EST at his apartment in Nassau, the Bahamas, said the Royal Bahamas Police Force in a statement.The arrest was made based on a sealed indictment filed by the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, the U.S. attorney said. The charges in the indictment include wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and money laundering, according

December 13, 2022

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The de facto capital of the European Union is being rocked by explosive allegations that World Cup host Qatar bribed current and former European Parliament officials to try to influence decisions at the highest levels. After at least 20 raids across Brussels since Friday morning, including within the offices of the European Parliament, Belgian authorities have confiscated more than $1 million in cash, frozen the technology access of 10 parliamentary officials to preserve data for the investigation, and held six people for questioning. On Sunday, a Belgian judge charged four of them, saying they are suspected of money laundering, corruption, and

December 12, 2022

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A prominent donor to Florida governor Ron DeSantis died in a suspected suicide amid a police probe into allegations of sexual misconduct, it has emerged. Kent Stermon, 50, who was found dead last Thursday, was the subject of an ‘active investigation’ that began a few weeks earlier. Stermon was a prominent political donor in Jacksonville and had given thousands of dollars to DeSantis and other Republican politicians in the city in recent years.DeSantis’s office has paid tribute to Stermon but insisted the governor had ‘no knowledge of the police investigation. The mystery surrounding Stermon’s death is further compounded by revelations that

December 12, 2022

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The law professor’s parents of disgraced – FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly fear the family will go broke while paying for his defense against mounting litigation. Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried — both well-known figures at Stanford University — have stayed with their ex-billionaire son in the Bahamas for more than a month as he faces a firestorm over FTX’s sudden collapse. The parents “have told friends that their son’s legal bills will likely wipe them out financially,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources close to the family.“We hope this gives us some wisdom,” Bankman recently said, according to those

December 12, 2022

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The Wall Street Journal on Monday said Emma Tucker will become its next editor-in-chief, the first woman to lead the 133-year-old business publication. Tucker, 56, a veteran journalist from the UK, will succeed Matt Murray, who has held the job since 2018. She will grab the reins from Murray on Feb. 1. Murray, also 56, will work with Tucker during a transition period until March 1, The Journal said.“Emma is a brilliant, inspiring editor, with digital nous and the highest standards of integrity,” said News Corp Chief Executive Robert Thomson. “Her global vision and experience will be particularly important at a time of immense international opportunity

December 12, 2022

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Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach suffered a ‘massive’ heart attack Sunday and was transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, according to reports. The 61-year-old collapsed at his Starkville home but did not receive medical attention for between ten to 15 minutes, according to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger. The situation is said to be dire and Leach may have suffered seizures with the possibility of brain damage. On Monday morning, the university’s football team released a statement confirming the coach remains in critical condition. ‘Mississippi State University head football coach Mike Leach

December 12, 2022

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a second bid to revive President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which will be heard in February alongside a case the justices have already agreed to hear. In both cases, lower courts blocked the plan, meaning the Supreme Court will have the final say on whether it ever goes into effect. The case the court said Monday that it would take up involves two holders of student loan debt, Myra Brown and Alexander Taylor, who claimed the administration had failed to follow the correct procedure in announcing the plan. A federal judge in Texas invalided it nationwide, prompting the

December 12, 2022

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A South Florida federal judge officially dismissed former President Donald Trump’s request for a third party to examine documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort in August after an appeals court found she lacked jurisdiction in the case earlier this month. US. District Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the matter closed in a one-page order filed Monday — 11 days after a three-judge appeals panel ruled Cannon had erred in ordering Brooklyn federal judge Raymond Dearie to scrutinize papers taken from the Palm Beach residence on Aug. 8 to determine whether were covered by executive, attorney-client or other privileges. Cannon’s Sept. 5

December 12, 2022

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Police in China arrested 63 people accused of laundering as much as 12 billion Chinese yuan ($1.7 billion) via cryptocurrency amid Beijing’s intense crackdown on the trading of digital coins.Starting from May 2021, the criminal gang allegedly used the proceeds from illicit sources including pyramid schemes, fraud, and gambling, and converted it into the cryptocurrency tether, a stablecoin that is pegged one-to-one with the U.S. dollar, the Public Security Bureau of Inner Mongolia’s Tongliao city in northern China, said in a statement over the weekend.The gang is said to have used various different cryptocurrency trading accounts to convert the money

December 12, 2022

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A second journalist has died suddenly at the Qatar World Cup – 48 hours after a US reporter who made headlines for wearing an LGBT T-shirt died from a ‘heart attack’. Khalid al-Misslam, a Qatari photojournalist working for Al Kass TV, died on Sunday. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear at this stage. Qatar news outlet Gulf Times tweeted: ‘Al-Misslam, a Qatari, died suddenly while covering the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. We believe in Allah’s mercy and forgiveness for him, and send our deepest condolences to his family.’The news was confirmed by Al Kass TV, who only briefly mentioned his passing away in a live

December 12, 2022

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Florida lawmakers are set to begin a special legislative session Monday to address the state’s deepening property-insurance crisis, which is raising premiums for homeowners, driving some carriers to insolvency, and threatening to stifle the housing market. Among the issues the Republican-led legislature plans to address are a highly litigious environment in Florida, the availability of reinsurance—backup coverage insurers buy—and the ballooning size of the state’s insurer of last resort, according to a proposed bill released late Friday.It is the second special session on the issue called this year by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is

December 12, 2022

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Microsoft will buy 4% of the London Stock Exchange as part of a multibillion-pound deal to work together on data analytics and cloud technology. The US tech company will buy the stake from a consortium of Blackstone and Thomson Reuters and will take a seat on the board of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). The consortium previously sold the financial data company Refinitiv to LSEG in a £22bn takeover. The latest deal will unite the London Stock Exchange with one of the world’s most powerful tech companies. The LSEG, a member of the FTSE 100 stock market index which it itself runs, has tight links to the UK government and

December 12, 2022

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A friend of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and two other women were shot dead Sunday after a man opened fire at a Rome coffee shop. The women were holding a board meeting for their condominium in Rome’s Fidene district when the 57-year-old gunman stormed in and opened fire, according to Italian authorities. The suspect was overpowered and detained by other residents at the meeting. Police arrested the man when they arrived at the scene.“He came into the room, closed the door, and shouted “I’ll kill you all” and then started to shoot,” one witness said, according to Italian news agency Ansa. The suspect was known to board

December 12, 2022

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The Department of Energy plans to announce Tuesday that scientists have been able for the first time to produce a fusion reaction that creates a net energy gain — a major milestone in the decades-long, multibillion-dollar quest to develop a technology that provides unlimited, cheap, clean power. The aim of fusion research is to replicate the nuclear reaction through which energy is created on the sun. It is a “holy grail” of carbon-free power that scientists have been chasing since the 1950s. It is still at least a decade — maybe decades — away from commercial use, but the latest development is likely to be touted by the Biden administration as

December 12, 2022

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Iran says it has executed its second prisoner detained amid the nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy. The executed man was identified as Majidreza Rahnavard by the Mizan news agency, which is run by Iran’s judiciary. He had been accused of fatally stabbing two security force members and injuring four others on 17 November in the city of Mashhad, and wounding four others. The Mizan report identified the dead as “student” Basij, paramilitary volunteers under Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The Basij have deployed in major cities, attacking and detaining protesters, who in many cases have fought back. Mashhad, a

December 12, 2022

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Peru’s new president Dina Boluarte has announced in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move forward with the general elections in the wake of widespread protests. Boluarte said early on Monday that she would submit a bill to bring general elections forward two years, to April 2024. Her decision comes after two young people died and four were injured during Sunday’s protests demanding elections following the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo over his attempt to dissolve Congress. A 15-year-old and an 18-year-old died “possibly as a result of gunshot wounds” during clashes with

December 12, 2022

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NASA completed a significant step Sunday toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface with the successful completion of a test mission that sent a capsule designed for human spaceflight to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth. The Orion spacecraft, which had no astronauts on board, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:40 p.m. Eastern off the Baja California peninsula of Mexico under a trio of billowing parachutes. Orion’s homecoming came 50 years to the day after the Apollo 17 spacecraft landing on the lunar surface in 1972 at the Taurus-Littrow valley, the last human mission to the moon. And it heralded, the space agency

December 11, 2022

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Paul Silas, the longtime NBA coach who won two championships as a player with Boston and another with Seattle in the 1970s, has died. He was 79. Silas was a two-time All-Star and five-time All-Defensive team selection over 16 NBA seasons as a rugged power forward with the Hawks, Celtics, Supersonics, Suns, and Nuggets. A three-time All-American at Creighton, Silas was elected to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.“I am very sad to report that the great Paul Silas has died at age 79. To watch him play was a joy. To be his friend was an honor,” longtime Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan tweeted on Sunday morning. Silas was

December 11, 2022

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Cher has seemingly announced that her mother, Georgia Holt, has passed away at the age of 96.The legendary singer, 76, published a brief tweet that prompted many of her 4million Twitter followers to send her condolences’Mom is gone,’ penned Cher, followed by a frowning emoji.Back in early September, Cher revealed in a Twitter post that Georgia had been hospitalized with pneumonia and had been suffering from recurring health issues.’Sorry I’ve Been Mia. Mom’s Been Sick Off & On. She Just Got Out Of Hosp. She Had Pneumonia,’ wrote the star, who followed up with: ‘She’s Getting Better’The following day, Cher

December 11, 2022

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A Libyan man accused of being the bombmaker behind the Lockerbie bombing is in custody in the US. Abu Agila Masud was today being held by the Americans on suspicion of playing the key role in destroying the Pan Am flight 103 34 years ago. The explosion on board the Boeing 747 left 270 people dead and is still the deadliest terror attack to have ever happened in Britain. It was announced by the Scottish authorities in a statement from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, which said: ‘The families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have been told that the suspect Abu Agila Mohammad

December 11, 2022

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A man accused of making a bomb that killed hundreds of people aboard a plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, is in U.S. custody, Scottish authorities said Sunday. Abu Agila Masud is accused of making a bomb that destroyed a Pan Am plane on Dec. 21, 1988, killing all 259 people aboard the Pan Am Boeing 747 and 11 people on the ground. A spokesman for the Scottish Crown Office said Scottish prosecutors and police, working alongside colleagues from the United States and the United Kingdom, “will continue to pursue this investigation.” The office said it would not comment further, citing the ongoing investigation. In

December 11, 2022

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This weekend NASA’s Orion spacecraft will return to Earth, following its 25 day mission around the Moon. The uncrewed spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, December 11th. Since its launch on November 16th, Orion has traveled through Earth’s atmosphere and out into space, making a close flyby of the Moon and heading into a distant orbit, reaching a distance of over 43,000 miles from the Moon at its furthest point. Orion traveled around the Moon and made a second close flyby on the return journey and is now on its way back to Earth. The biggest challenge that

December 11, 2022

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Twitter’s relaunching its Blue subscription on Monday, one month after abandoning a chaotic first attempt that spurred hoax accounts and general mayhem. As reported previously, the subscription will cost $8 per month to purchase on the web or $11 per month via the iOS App Store to make up for the up to 30 percent commission Apple takes off of in-app purchases. This time, anyone paying for Blue who wants to display a “verified” checkmark on their profile will need to register a phone number first, and changing your “handle, display name, or profile photo” will remove the label until your account is reviewed

December 11, 2022

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Los Angeles police are investigating an altercation between activists and an embattled City Council member that became physical Friday evening. Kevin de León, the council member, has been facing calls to resign since October, when an audio recording was released in which he and two other council members, all Democrats, discuss how to redraw districts in a way that would be politically advantageous to Latinos while sidelining other groups, including Black Angelenos. Mr. de León was participating in a tree-lighting ceremony and toy giveaway at a recreation center Friday in the Lincoln Heights

December 11, 2022

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez unveiled an 11 foot 300-pound black fiberglass reproduction of the Wall Street bull last spring, he hailed it as a symbol of the city’s arrival as the “capital of crypto.”“Welcome to the future,” he said, calling for digital currencies like bitcoin to be “integrated into every aspect of society” before the end of the year.But eight months later, the Republican mayor’s dream of turning Miami into a hub for the digital currency industry has hit a speed bump.The value of bitcoin has plummeted, a blow to Miami residents who bought into Suarez’s call to invest in digital currencies. MiamiCoin

December 11, 2022

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Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams was named the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Saturday, providing a measure of consolation for the sophomore signal caller whose Trojans missed out on the College Football Playoff after losing the Pac-12 title game last week. Williams was one of four finalists for college football’s most coveted individual honor alongside Georgia’s Stetson Bennett, TCU’s Max Duggan, and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud.“This is really awesome to be up here,” Williams said during an acceptance speech in which

December 11, 2022

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A GOP congresswoman went viral Thursday for tearfully begging her colleagues to vote against a bill that would protect same-sex marriage nationwide. Now, her gay nephew is going viral as well.In a video he posted on TikTok — which had been viewed over 556,000 times as of Friday afternoon — Andrew Hartzler slammed his aunt, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., for her tearful rebuke of the Respect for Marriage Act.“Today, my aunt Vicky started crying because gay people like me can get married,” Andrew, 24, said in the video, which was shared Thursday. “So despite coming out to my aunt this past February, I guess

December 10, 2022

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Perhaps the most telling detail of Pedro Castillo’s botched coup attempt this week was the fact that the high-stakes gamble may have been completely unnecessary. The now-former president of Peru made his power grab during an abrupt televised address to the nation on Wednesday morning in which he announced that he was shuttering Congress, “reorganizing” the judiciary, and would rule by decree.He had no constitutional authority to do so and, as swiftly became clear, zero support from the armed forces. The chaos of CastilloThe move was intended to preempt an impeachment debate on corruption

December 10, 2022

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Kari Lake, the Republican who lost her bid to be Arizona’s governor last month, filed a lawsuit alleging that the results of the midterm elections are false and she should be declared the winner. Katie Hobbs, the current Democratic secretary of state, defeated Ms. Lake by just over 17,000 votes, or less than 1 percentage point. State officials including the Republican governor certified the election results Monday. Ms. Hobbs in her role as secretary of state oversaw certification but had no role in vote counting. Arizona’s 15 counties had to certify their results for the state to complete all election results.

December 10, 2022

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For the past year and a half, an American citizen has been languishing in a series of Russian prisons, serving a lengthy sentence for attempting to enter the country with a small quantity of medical marijuana — but that American is not Brittney Griner. That prisoner’s name is Marc Fogel, and unlike Griner — who returned to the United States this week after the Biden administration secured her release in a high-profile prisoner swap — Fogel’s prospects for getting home remain far from certain. Fogel’s case bears a striking similarity to Griner’s, which has captured national headlines since the WNBA

December 10, 2022

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A mail carrier was shot to death Friday evening in Milwaukee, police said. Police said the 44-year-old man had worked for the US Postal Service for 18 years. They did not release his name.“The Milwaukee Police Department sends our sincere condolences to the victim’s family and to the USPS for the loss of their member,” the department said in a statement.Investigators did not provide any information about suspects or motives. The US Postal Inspection Service is leading the investigation.“The safety and security of Postal employees is a top priority,” the agency said in a statement

December 10, 2022

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Violent and disrespectful classroom behavior has led to a staggering 50 teachers and bus drivers to quit a Florida school district in the last two years. Brevard County School District, the state’s 10th-largest, held a heated meeting Thursday that offered an unvarnished and often disturbing glimpse into the state of its classrooms.“On an everyday basis, I am deflecting being attacked, scratched, headbutted, pushed, hit,” teacher Alicia Kelderhouse said as her voice choked with emotion. “I’ve had my hair pulled, and pulled down to the ground. I’ve had my throat gone on

December 10, 2022

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Gary Friedkin — who played an Ewok in “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” — has died at age 70 from COVID-19 complications, according to an online obituary. The actor passed away peacefully on Dec. 2 at a hospice after “enduring a difficult” three-and-a-half weeks in the intensive care unit of a Youngstown, Ohio, hospital, per the tribute in the Tribune Chronicle. Born Nov. 23, 1952, in Youngstown, Friedkin is being remembered as a “gift to all who knew him.”“Gary was a light of joy and inspiration that will be evergreen to all who see his work for generations to come. Garry

December 10, 2022

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A judge has summoned Ricardo Martinelli, the former president of Panama, to stand trial for money laundering, investigators have said. Martinelli, who was in office from 2009 to 2014, is accused of laundering public funds through the purchase of a news outlet during his term. Nearly 20 others are charged in connection with what is known as the “New Business” case. On Friday, Panama’s judiciary said arguments presented in a preliminary case in November showed the funds used in the purchase were of illegal origin. This is the second trial against Martinelli announced in 2022

December 10, 2022

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Vice-president of the EU Parliament Eva Kaili was suspended from her party and Parliament group after being arrested in Brussels on Friday by police investigating alleged lobbying by World Cup hosts Qatar. Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili, 44, is being questioned after the arrests of four other people as officers searched 16 properties earlier on Friday. This is said to include Ms. Kaili’s partner as well as Luca Visentini, 53, who is the current General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC. The ITUC said it was ‘aware’ of the media reports,

December 10, 2022

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Grant Wahl, a longtime soccer sportswriter, died Friday in Qatar while covering the World Cup.NPR national supervising editor Russell Lewis tweeted that Wahl was covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match when he died. Wahl was 48. Multiple news organizations reported Wahl collapsed in the press tribune and was tended to by paramedics. The cause of death was not immediately available. U.S. Soccer said in its statement that the team was “heartbroken” over Wahl’s death.” Fans of soccer and journalism of the highest quality knew we could always count on Grant to deliver

December 10, 2022

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as a political independent; she told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive TV interview.“I’ve registered as an Arizona independent. I know some people might be a little bit surprised by this, but actually, I think it makes a lot of sense,” Sinema said in a Thursday interview with Tapper in her Senate office.“I’ve never fit neatly into any party box. I’ve never really tried. I don’t want to,” she added. “Removing myself from the partisan structure – not only is it true to who I am and how I operate, but I also think it’ll provide a place of

December 9, 2022

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ABC will no longer be airing the Backstreet Boys’ Holiday special “A Very Backstreet Holiday.”The special, which was set to air on Dec. 14, was pulled after singer Nick Carter was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl during the boy band’s 2001 tour, according to Variety. Carter, along with fellow bandmates AJ McLean, Kevin Richarson, Brain Littrell, and Howie Dorough, had filmed the special earlier this month in Los Angeles, filled with songs from their 10th studio album, “A Very Backstreet Christmas,” to celebrate the holiday season.The special was also set to feature

December 9, 2022

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And just like that, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” is a thing of the past.Noah hosted Comedy Central’s satirical news program for the final time on Thursday, an hour-long episode that was introduced to viewers as “a celebration of the fact that we fixed America.” When I started the show,” he said at the beginning of the episode, “I had three clear goals: ‘I’m going to make sure Hilary gets elected, I’m going to make sure I prevent a global pandemic from starting and I’m going to become best friends with Kanye West.’ I think it’s time to move on.”Most of Noah’s farewell adopted the same

December 9, 2022

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Prosecutors have urged a federal judge to hold Donald Trump’s office in contempt of court for failing to fully comply with a May subpoena to return all classified documents in his possession, according to people familiar with the matter — a sign of how contentious the private talks have become over whether the former president still holds any secret papers.In recent days, Justice Department lawyers have asked U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell to hold Trump’s office in contempt, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sealed

December 9, 2022

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After over half a century of production, the last Boeing 747 plane rolled off an assembly line in Washington state on Tuesday evening. The machine will head to Atlas Air to become a cargo plane, as the Chicago-based company retires the model that was known as the Queen of the Skies. The 747 model, distinctive for its massive size and prominent second-floor bulge, became Boeing’s most popular plane. Its size allowed it to be part of many iconic and revolutionary space-related projects over the years, including ferrying the Space Shuttle from a landing strip in California to a launch site

December 9, 2022

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Maxwell Alejandro Frost, the first Gen-Z member, elected to Congress, said he was turned down for an apartment in Washington DC, because of his poor credit score. Frost, 25, expressed his frustration on Twitter, writing: ‘Just applied to an apartment in DC where I told the guy that my credit was really bad. He said I’d be fine. ‘Got denied, lost the apartment, and the application fee. This ain’t meant for people who don’t already have money.’ The Democrat, who is set to make $174,000 a year as a freshman in Congress, noted that his credit troubles stemmed from quitting

December 9, 2022

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Donald Trump shot down Russian attempts to trade former Marine Paul Whelan for “Merchant of Death” arms dealer Viktor Bout, former national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday — as Trump ripped his successor for agreeing to send Bout home in exchange for the return of WNBA star Brittney Griner. Bolton recalled in an interview with CBS that he was in the midst of his 17-month tenure at the White House when Whelan was detained on concocted espionage charges in December 2018.“The possibility of a Bout-for-Whelan trade existed back then,” said Bolton, 74,

December 9, 2022

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Former US Marine Paul Whelan has spoken out from Russian prison after four years behind bars, slamming the Biden administration for failing to secure his release in the prisoner swap that freed WNBA star, Brittney Griner. Whelan said he was being held as a ‘hostage’ of Russia, and pleaded for the White House to ‘do everything they could to get me home as he faces another 12 years in a Russian penal colony on spying charges he says are bogus. Thursday’s controversial prisoner swap saw Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman help broker Griner’s release in

December 9, 2022

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Amazon is the latest tech company to take a page out of TikTok’s playbook. The e-commerce giant announced it was launching a new feed in the Amazon app with photos and videos of items users can purchase, first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The feed, which Amazon is calling Inspire, is the company’s attempt at getting app users to make purchases as they’re seeing products in online content — something other tech companies are also attempting to do. TikTok has long been working on its own in-app shopping features, including Livestream shopping, and YouTube added affiliate

December 8, 2022

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House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters told the panel’s Democrats she doesn’t plan to subpoena former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to testify at a Dec. 13 hearing about the crypto exchange’s rapid demise, according to people with direct knowledge of the conversation. Waters informed committee members of her decision at a private meeting Tuesday with Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on Capitol Hill, these people said, declining to be named in order to speak freely about the private discussion. Waters said she wants committee staff to try

December 8, 2022

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