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The infant son of a California tech honcho overdosed on fentanyl he found while crawling around a playground in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood, according to his frightened father and nanny. The 10-month-old twin, Sena, was playing with his brother at George Moscone Park in the Marina District on Tuesday afternoon when he began struggling to breathe and turned blue, his nanny Wendy Marroqui said.“I shook him, and I’m like, something’s wrong,” Marroqui told wral.com. “I saw his face and he was dizzy. I thought he was not breathing.”She said the baby had

December 2, 2022

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom lied about being raped by Harvey Weinstein because she can’t “square away” the fact she had “transactional” sex with the former movie mogul, his lawyers charged Thursday. The wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom — referred to throughout Weinstein’s current sexual assault trial as Jane Doe 4 — gave an “overly dramatized” performance on the stand to cover up the shame she felt for having consensual sex with Weinstein, defense attorney Alan Jackson said. In his closing argument at Los Angeles Superior Court, Jackson said despite all

December 2, 2022

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On Thursday night, the youngest-ever French president and the oldest-ever American president toasted each other during the White House’s first state dinner in more than three years, since before the pandemic swept away millions of lives and froze Washington’s fancy rituals. Emmanuel Macron, three weeks from turning 45, raised a slender crystal Baccarat flute of California brut rosé to President Biden, freshly 80, whose vessel reportedly contained the divine elixir of the teetotaler: ginger ale.“To the history that binds and the values that still unite us,” Biden said on a

December 2, 2022

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A judge in Arizona on Thursday ordered the governing board of a ruby-red county in the southeastern corner of the state to certify the results of the Nov. 8 election, finding that its members had no authority to shirk a duty required under state law.“You will meet today,” Superior Court Judge Casey F. McGinley told the three members of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors. “You will canvass the election no later than 5 o’clock.”When the board convened at 3:30 p.m., with one Republican absent, the two remaining supervisors, one Republican and one Democrat voted to

December 2, 2022

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A federal appeals court panel has scrapped former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit aimed at derailing the FBI’s investigation of classified records stashed at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left the White House.The three-judge panel’s unsparing ruling moves to shut down an outside review of the Justice Department’s use of nearly 3,000 documents the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in August. And it deals Trump a devastating legal setback as he seeks to block the criminal probe into his purported retention of national security information, theft

December 2, 2022

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After making antisemitic comments and praising Hitler on Thursday, the rapper Ye has been suspended from Twitter. The account for Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, read as “account suspended” early Friday.Twitter owner Elon Musk said it would be suspended after a post on Ye’s account Thursday night showed an image that appeared to show a swastika inside a Star of David. The post was then blocked by Twitter for violating its rules. Musk wrote on the platform that the suspension was “for incitement to violence.” The length of the suspension was not

December 2, 2022

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A federal judge has ordered former top Trump White House lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s privilege claims in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of his effort to overturn the 2020 election, people briefed on the matter said. Pat Cipollone, the Trump White House counsel, and his deputy, Patrick Philbin, appeared in September before the grand jury in Washington, DC, as part of the Justice Department probe, which is now being overseen by newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith.Cipollone and

December 1, 2022

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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in 2020 -‘The more you submit, the more we get paid: How fintech fueled covid aid fraud – “The faster the better,” the workers were told at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, as the little-known financial technology company Blueacorn raced to review small businesses that sought federal loans.Speeding through applications, Blueacorn employees and contractors allegedly began to overlook possible signs of fraud, according to interviews and communications later amassed by investigators on Capitol Hill. The company weighed whether to

December 1, 2022

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CNN’s sister news station HLN will stop producing live programming starting next week as part of the cable network’s plan to cut costs. Longtime HLN anchor Robin Meade will be leaving amid the shake-up. “I want to take a moment to thank Robin Meade,” Chris Licht, chief executive at CNN, wrote in a memo to staff Thursday that was viewed by The Wall Street Journal. “She is not only an exceptionally popular anchor but also one of the longest-running morning hosts in history. I know the HLN audience will miss her and the other HLN talent.”Mr. Licht warned staff on Wednesday

December 1, 2022

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LastPass, a major password manager, says it has suffered its second breach in three months by the same unauthorized party.LastPass CEO Karim Toubba announced Wednesday that the company detected “unusual activity” within a third-party cloud storage service but that customers’ passwords remain safely encrypted.”We immediately launched an investigation, engaged Mandiant, a leading security firm, and alerted law enforcement,” Toubba wrote in a statement. An unauthorized party gained access to parts of the LastPass development environment during a four-day

December 1, 2022

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The Senate reached an agreement Thursday to hold votes aimed at avoiding an economically catastrophic rail strike, one day after the House approved such a measure. The chamber decided to hold three votes in succession, all requiring 60 votes for approval. The Senate typically takes days of procedural votes to pass a bill, but lawmakers reached a unanimous agreement, in this case, to vote within minutes. The first vote was an amendment by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, that would extend the “cooling off period” giving the relevant parties an extra 60 days beyond the Dec. 8 deadline to

December 1, 2022

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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether the Biden administration can cancel student-loan debt for millions of Americans, putting the matter on a fast-track timeline that should produce a final ruling by the end of June. The court, in an unsigned order, didn’t act on the administration’s emergency request that it be allowed to move forward with the debt relief immediately. But the justices set arguments on the matter for this winter, agreeing to the White House’s alternative request that the court takes up the case now to decide whether the debt forgiveness is a

December 1, 2022

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pulled a whopping $2billion worth of its assets from woke manager BlackRock, Inc. — the largest such divestment by a state opposed to the asset manager’s environmental, social and corporate governance policies state’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced on Thursday that the state’s Treasury, which he oversees, would remove BlackRock as a manager of about $600million in short-term investments, and have its custodian freeze another $1.43billion in long-term securities with the firm.The goal, he says, is to reallocate

December 1, 2022

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Spanish security forces are investigating a spate of letter bombs sent to political, military, and diplomatic targets. Devices were sent to the U.S. embassy and the prime minister’s office, as well as four other destinations, triggering a security alert. On Thursday, security personnel at the U.S. embassy in central Madrid discovered an incendiary device sent by mail. The surrounding area was cordoned off as police entered the building. Nobody was hurt as the device was deactivated. That was only the latest in five similar cases, which included the Ukrainian embassy, the Spanish prime

December 1, 2022

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Salvadoran digital newspaper El Faro’s employees filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday against NSO Group, alleging the Israeli firm’s controversial Pegasus software was used to spy on them. The lawsuit was filed in California by 13 El Faro journalists and two administrative staff, represented by lawyers from the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Pegasus was used to breach the phones of at least 22 people associated with El Faro, including the plaintiffs, compromising their communications and data, according to the complaint — a copy of which was

December 1, 2022

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Antonio Brown is wanted for battery in Florida, where an arrest warrant has been issued for the former NFL star. Details of the allegations against Brown have not been disclosed, and Tampa police have not responded to DailyMail. for further information. It is not clear if Brown has legal representation at this time. Likewise, Brown’s current whereabouts remain unknown as Florida police seek to detain the 34-year-old. Brown has previously been accused of sexual assault, ultimately settling with his accuser last year for an undisclosed amount. He was also arrested

December 1, 2022

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Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector who sources say agreed to cooperate in the federal probe into his one-time close associate, Rep. Matt Gaetz, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to crimes ranging from wire fraud to sex trafficking a minor. Greenberg pleaded guilty last May to six of the 33 federal charges he was facing, including charges of stalking, identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy to bribe a public official, as well as one charge of sex trafficking.The case grabbed national attention in the spring of 2021 after news broke that the

December 1, 2022

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A doctor in Florida who was accused of drugging and raping his patients has been found dead, according to local authorities. Investigators could not immediately determine how Eric Salata, 54, died when his body was discovered in woodland on Monday. But they said he had a gunshot wound to the head, was lying next to a pistol, and that they did not suspect he had been the victim of a crime. Police in the city of Naples had arrested Salata on 21 November on allegations that he raped two patients at his cosmetic surgery clinic after incapacitating them with laughing, the anti

December 1, 2022

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President Biden will host a joint press conference with Emmanuel Macron on Thursday as a part of the French president’s three-day state visit. The joint press conference is set to begin at 11:45 a.m. ET. Watch it live: Traditionally leaders have answered two questions each at joint press conferences; topics that could come up include trade issues — especially as they relate to electric car provisions in the infrastructure legislation — as well as China, Russia’s war with Ukraine; and lingering concerns about AUKUS, a new defense partnership with the U.K., U.S., and Australia. That

December 1, 2022

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Tesla is poised to deliver its first all-electric semitrailer truck Thursday, marking the company’s long-delayed expansion beyond the passenger vehicle market. Food and beverage maker PepsiCo Inc. PEP 0.84%increase; green up pointing triangle is expected to take delivery of the Semi, five years after Elon Musk revealed the model. The Semi, originally due out in 2019, would be the first new model Tesla is putting in customers’ hands since early 2020 when the company began delivering its Model Y crossover. Tesla is slated to host an event to mark the occasion in the Reno, Nev.,

December 1, 2022

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Closing statements are beginning Thursday in the criminal tax fraud trial of former President Donald Trump’s family business, the outcome of which could turn on the vagaries and nuances of a part of New York criminal law that even the presiding judge has called “confusing.”The Trump Organization is accused of partially compensating certain executives by paying their rent, covering their car lease payments, and providing other under-the-table perks never declared on their income taxes.Prosecutors plan to remind the jury about the August guilty plea of Allen Weisselberg,

December 1, 2022

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A potential battle between Apple and Twitter appears to have been averted after a meeting between Elon Musk and Tim Cook. Mr. Musk, the new owner of Twitter, said in a set of tweets Wednesday that he had met with the Apple chief executive.“Good conversation,” Mr. Musk wrote. “Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so.”The suggestion of detente was first raised when Mr. Musk tweeted a video that appeared to be taken in a parklike setting on the

December 1, 2022

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The owners of one of the longest-running gambling operations in Florida are selling Magic City Casino in Miami to an Alabama-based Native American tribe for an undisclosed price and on Thursday will ask the state to transfer its lucrative gambling permit. The transfer of the gambling permit from Miami’s Havenick family to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians would allow the tribe to own and operate Magic City Casino and retain control of the casino’s greyhound permit, which was first issued by the state in 1931 when racing was

December 1, 2022

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has been a rush of spending on TV ads for the pivotal Georgia U.S. Senate runoff, which is just a shortened four-week campaign. In that period, some $79 million has been poured in to buy airtime. And spending by groups supporting Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock has more than doubled contributions from groups backing Republican challenger Herschel Walker, according to data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact and analyzed by NPR. The contest, which will be decided Tuesday, went to a runoff because no candidate got above the 50% threshold in last month’s general

December 1, 2022

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Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna, the son of retired NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child abuse images. Gainesville police said the 19-year-old Kitna shared the images via a social media platform. Kitna was booked into a local jail, where he was awaiting the first appearance before a judge on Thursday morning. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf. The Gators suspended Kitna indefinitely

December 1, 2022

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Authorities investigating the slayings of four University of Idaho students walked back a key detail in the grisly case — revealing Wednesday that detectives actually aren’t sure if the quadruple homicide was a targeted attack. The stunning revelation came after local police told the public from early on in their investigation that they believe a killer or killers targeted the victims in the brutal knife attack last month at an off-campus house in the college city of Moscow. In a news release posted to their website and Facebook, the Moscow Police Department blamed the apparent change

December 1, 2022

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Elon Musk has announced that a wireless device developed by his brain chip company Neuralink is expected to begin human clinical trials in six months, and one of its first targeted applications is restoring vision. The new Twitter CEO held a ‘Show and Tell event on Wednesday where he spoke about how the brain chip interfaces could enable disabled patients to move and communicate again.’It’s like replacing a piece of the skull with a smartwatch,’ he said. The first two human applications targeted by the Neuralink device will be in restoring vision and enabling movement of

December 1, 2022

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Sam Bankman-Fried, the once-celebrated crypto entrepreneur whose empire now faces bankruptcy, said Wednesday at his first public appearance since he stepped down as CEO of FTX that he did not “try to commit fraud on anyone.”Bankman-Fried, appearing at the New York Times DealBook Summit, insisted in an interview with CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin over a video call that he was “shocked” by his firm’s collapse.”I was excited about FTX a month ago. … I was shocked by what happened,” Bankman-Fried said, adding, “I substantially underestimated what the scale of

December 1, 2022

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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said in a tweet on Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.The 76-year-old said is ‘doing fine overall’ and is ‘grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, which has kept my case mild’.Clinton was last seen on the campaign trail in late October ..His wife, former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary, tested positive in March and said she experienced cold-like symptoms. In October 2021, he was diagnosed with sepsis and spent a week in hospital in California. In 2004 he had a quadruple

November 30, 2022

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Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company. There’s a “show-and-tell” event coming at 6PM PT / 9PM ET today, November 30th, and ordinarily I would be providing you with the service of telling you where to watch it. But frankly, I don’t know, and like most Musk companies, Neuralink does not have a PR department.One thing to keep in mind during the presentation is that the Food and Drug Administration specifically regulates medical devices — not just brain implants. That means clinical trials to get the agency’s approval. Now, I see that Neuralink has a job

November 30, 2022

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A Democratic-led House committee is now in possession of six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns after a multiyear court fight. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it has complied with last week’s Supreme Court decision that paved the way for the disclosure of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee. The House panel didn’t immediately return a request for comment.CNN first reported that the committee had received the tax returns. Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., evaded questions

November 30, 2022

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The House Jan. 6 committee will release transcripts of interviews investigators conducted in the course of their investigation into the attack on the Capitol, the panel’s chairman, Bennie Thompson, said Wednesday.”We plan to make available transcripts and other materials,” Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters on Capitol Hill. The transcripts will be made public at the same time as the committee’s long-awaited report summarizing and detailing the probe, Thompson said, adding that he expects they would be released before the Christmas holiday. Thompson indicated transcripts

November 30, 2022

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Christine McVie, the co-lead vocalist, and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac has died aged 79 following a ‘short illness, her family revealed. In a statement, McVie’s family said she was a revered musician who was loved universally’. ‘She passed away peacefully at the hospital this morning, Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, following a short illness. She was in the company of her family.’We kindly ask that you respect the family’s privacy at this harrowing time and we would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being.’Her

November 30, 2022

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Al Roker was rushed back to the hospital via ambulance the day after Thanksgiving amid his ongoing health scare due to blood clots. The beloved “Today” anchor fell ill on Friday — just a day after he missed hosting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in 27 years due to having just been released from the hospital. The popular weatherman, 68, was taken away by ambulance as his frantic wife, Deborah Roberts, attempted to break into their malfunctioned Tesla to retrieve her mobile phone to follow her husband to the uptown Manhattan hospital, sources

November 30, 2022

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The House voted Wednesday to head off a nationwide freight rail strike by imposing a contract opposed by tens of thousands of unionized workers — just days before the threatened work stoppage is likely to begin affecting the economy. The action, which still needs a vote in the Senate, is meant to prevent a freight shutdown that would cost the U.S. an estimated $2 billion per day. But the deal doesn’t address sick leave policies, a disappointment for unions that form one of the Democrats’ core constituencies. The bill, H.J.Res 100, passed 290-137. Despite broad support,

November 30, 2022

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Kraken, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, is laying off about 30% of its headcount, or 1,100 people, “in order to adapt to current market conditions,” co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell said Wednesday. Powell wrote in a blog post that slowing growth, prompted by “macroeconomic and geopolitical factors,” had muted customer demand, lowered trading volumes, and cut sign-ups.“We had to grow fast, more than tripling our workforce, in order to provide those clients with the quality and service they expect of us,” Powell said. “This reduction takes our team size back to where

November 30, 2022

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Airbnb Inc. is launching a listing service for rental apartments with some of the biggest landlords and property managers in the country, a bid to expand its business in multifamily buildings where owners often shun short-term rentals. The new service will feature more than 175 buildings managed by Equity Residential, Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, and 10 other companies, Airbnb said on Wednesday. The site will act as a listing platform for rental apartments, similar to Zillow or Apartments.com, but it will only include units where short-term sublets are allowed. Tenants who sign a

November 30, 2022

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Democrats elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as their leader, making him the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress. The New Yorker succeeds House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who has led the Democrats for two decades. Jeffries will carry the title of minority leader when Congress returns in January with Republicans in control of the House as a result of the midterm elections. Approved by acclamation, Jeffries, 52, and two other lawmakers in leadership — Reps. Katherine M. Clark (Mass.), 59, and Pete Aguilar (Calif.), 43 — will represent a generational change for

November 30, 2022

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Cristiano Ronaldo agreed on a record-breaking £172.9million-a-year contract with Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia.The 37-year-old had his Manchester United contract terminated earlier this month, following a tumultuous relationship with club chiefs that only worsened when he made a number of controversial statements in a TV interview with Piers Morgan.And now Ronaldo is said to have sensationally agreed to a two-and-a-half year deal with Al Nassr – worth an eye-watering £172.9million per year – that will see him play until the age of 40, according to Spanish newspaper outlet

November 30, 2022

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Gov. Ron DeSantis put his weight behind dozens of conservative school board candidates across Florida during the midterms. Now they’re in the office — and are purging some educational leaders who enforced Covid-19 mandates.New board members in two GOP-leaning counties essentially sacked their school superintendents over the span of one week. The ousters were spurred by how the superintendents carried out local policies like efforts to support the rights of parents, an issue inflamed by schools imposing student mask mandates last fall in defiance of DeSantis.And while

November 30, 2022

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West finalized their controversial divorce Monday, ironing out their custody and property issues, according to court documents obtained by The Post. The proposed 58-page settlement reveals Kardashian and West will get joint custody of their four children, though a source reportedly told TMZ Kardashian will have the kids most of the time. The Atlanta-born rapper will pay Kardashian $200,000 a month in child support starting Thursday, per the court filing. He will also be responsible for half of their kids’ healthcare expenses not covered

November 30, 2022

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A male warden is on trial for allegedly running a “rape club” at the California women’s prison where Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, and Allison Mack all have served time. In a shocking abuse of power, Ray J. Garcia, 55, was the top official at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin when the FBI caught him with naked pictures of inmates in their cells on his government-issued phone in 2021. At the opening of his trial on seven counts of sexual abuse conduct involving three female inmates, the court heard how the alleged incidents by Garcia and his staff were so open

November 30, 2022

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Genting Malaysia Bhd., the Southeast Asia casino operator, is marketing 15.5 acres of waterfront land in downtown Miami with an asking price of about $1 billion, according to the brokerage firm handling the sales process. “There’s never been a property of this size ever available, at this kind of location,” said Michael T. Fay, the principal and managing director of Avison Young‘s Miami office, which is marketing the parcel. Recent parcel sales in the area show that land can command a high price. Ken Griffin, chief executive of the hedge fund firm Citadel, paid $363 million for

November 30, 2022

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A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and a top deputy of seditious conspiracy for leading a months-long plot to unleash political violence to prevent the inauguration of President Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.The panel of seven men and five women deliberated for three days before finding Rhodes and lead Florida Oath Keeper Kelly Meggs guilty of conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transition of presidential power. But three other associates were not convicted of the historically rare and politically freighted

November 30, 2022

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Chinese authorities warned of a sweeping crackdown on “zero covid” protesters and security forces conducted random spot-checks on the streets of major cities, amid widespread confusion over whether Beijing was making a serious attempt to relax its harshest coronavirus measures.Communist Party leaders, who had otherwise avoided directly mentioning the mass rallies challenging their zero covid policy, said for the first time that they would “resolutely crack down” on the demonstrations.Chen Wenqing, a former intelligence officer who is head of the Central

November 30, 2022

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The former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who led his country out of isolation after the crushing of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, has died aged 96. Jiang died from leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12.13 pm local time, the official Xinhua news agency said. A surprise choice to lead a divided Communist party after the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang saw China through a revival of market-oriented reforms, the return of Hong Kong from British rule in 1997, and

November 30, 2022

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Suspended prosecutor Andrew Warren took his battle against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a federal court on Tuesday on the first day of a trial that’s exposing the machinations in how the governor’s office operates. Gov. DeSantis suspended the Hillsborough County state attorney in August over a handful of moves the Democratic elected official made, including signing a pledge in June that he would not enforce the state’s abortion laws. Florida recently enacted a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy without exceptions for rape or incest.Warren contends that DeSantis’

November 30, 2022

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South Carolina’s Supreme Court has unanimously ordered former White House Chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify to an Atlanta-area grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election in Georgia.“We have reviewed the arguments raised by [Meadows] and find them to be manifestly without merit,” South Carolina’s Supreme Court justices wrote in a brief opinion. The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling requiring Meadows to testify to the Fulton County grand jury investigation led by District Attorney Fani Willis. Meadows was initially scheduled to appear for

November 30, 2022

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The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to enshrine same-sex marriage protections in federal law, bringing the bill a critical step closer to President Joe Biden’s desk. Senators spent months negotiating adding language to the bill related to religious liberty, a bid to attract the necessary 10 GOP votes to break a filibuster. The legislation still needs to clear the House, a likely easy lift since a previous version was approved by nearly 50 House Republicans and all Democrats.A total of 12 Republicans voted with all Democrats in support of the bill. House Majority Leader Steny indicated

November 30, 2022

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Two members of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration were named Tuesday in a lawsuit related to the flying of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in September. Attorneys from Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) based in Boston filed an amended complaint in their federal class action suit against DeSantis and others, claiming the migrants were lured onto the flights under false pretenses. The new complaint added multiple defendants to the case including Lawrence Keefe, known as Florida’s “public safety czar,” and James Uthmeier,

November 29, 2022

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A federal jury in Washington has reached a verdict in the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the right-wing Oath Keepers organization charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was on trial alongside Jessica Watkins, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell; Caldwell was the only one of the five who was not detained while awaiting trial. All five defendants faced felony counts of seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and

November 29, 2022

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The United States beat Iran, 1-0, on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, to secure a spot in the World Cup’s round of 16. The Americans needed to win their Group B finale to move on, and they got the result to avoid elimination after surviving some incredibly tense moments in second-half stoppage time and injuries to Christian Pulisic and Josh Sargent. The U.S. squad finished second in the group behind England and will face Group A winner Netherlands on Saturday at 10 a.m. Eastern. Continue reading for highlights from the game. The United States got the only result that would

November 29, 2022

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Attorneys for former NFL star Brett Favre filed court papers in Mississippi on Monday seeking to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him tied to a state welfare fraud scandal. Favre was sued in May by the state welfare agency after he received $1.1 million in federal welfare funds intended to lift children out of poverty in the poorest state in America. Instead of helping families, the state says, Favre was paid to “speak at three different public events and one keynote address.” But it says no speeches ever occurred. Favre’s attorneys say that he and his organization, Favre Enterprises LLC, repaid the

November 29, 2022

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A Walmart employee who survived last week’s mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter — a store supervisor — “who had known propensities for violence, threats and strange behavior.”The lawsuit, which appears to be the first to stem from the shooting, was filed Tuesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court by Donya Prioleau. Walmart, which is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, did not immediately respond to a written request seeking comment on the litigation. Prioleau’s suit alleges

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