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The Trump Organization’s criminal trial began Monday with arguments over whether longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg directed a fraud scheme to help reduce the company’s tax bill or instead was motivated by securing personal benefits, including a rent-free Manhattan apartment and paid leases for luxury cars. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has brought tax-fraud charges against two companies—Trump Corp. and Trump Payroll Corp.—that are part of a group of entities collectively referred to as the Trump Organization. The companies were owned by Donald

October 31, 2022

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The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul was formally charged Monday with federal counts of assault on the immediate family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official.Those are the federal charges against David Wayne DePape, who is scheduled to be arranged in court in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon.The 42-year-old suspect was booked Friday on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, elder abuse and several other felony offenses.According to sources

October 31, 2022

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Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a congressional committee from accessing his tax records as a long-running legal battle reaches its final stage. Trump, who, unlike other recent presidents, refused to make his tax returns public amid scrutiny of his business affairs, turned to the justices after an appeals court in Washington refused to intervene. The court has recently rejected similar requests made by Trump. Trump’s lawyers say the committee’s stated purpose that it needed the information to probe how the Internal Revenue Service conducts the

October 31, 2022

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A six-year-old Miami boy with autism who vanished two months ago, reportedly kidnapped by his father and grandmother, has been found safe 2,000 miles away in Canada. Jorge ‘Jojo’ Morales has been missing since August 27 after his father failed to return the child to his mother at their Miami home as part of their custody agreement. Jorge Morales, 45, and his paternal grandmother, Lilliam Morales, 68, were arrested by Royal Canadian Mounted Police after a tipster spotted Jojo at a Walmart in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He was said to be in ‘good health and

October 31, 2022

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The Supreme Court is now hearing arguments from lawyers defending the University of North Carolina’s policy of considering race as a factor in admissions, with conservative justices posing tough questions about the legality of affirmative action and when — if ever — the lawyers believe the policy would no longer be necessary. The evidence, North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park said, shows that UNC is “able to meet what we feel is an inclusive, diverse environment through minimal consideration of race. And I think that we will get there based on this quality of the process. But

October 31, 2022

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Cormac Roth, the musician and son of actor Tim Roth has died at the age of 25. The guitarist and composer had been diagnosed with stage 3 germ cell cancer in November 2021. He died on 16 October 2022.“He was a wild and electric ball of energy, and his spirit was filled with light and goodness,” a statement from his family reads. “As wild as he was, Cormac was also the embodiment of kindness. A gentle soul who brought so much happiness and hope to those around him. The grief comes in waves, as do the tears and laughter, when we think of that beautiful boy across the 25

October 31, 2022

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Miami-Dade County ex-Vice City Proud Boys leader Gabriel Garcia “That’s right, you heard it right, I’m working the poll. -Miami-Dade County requires that poll volunteers during elections pledge to be “respectful of all voters” and to “remain nonpartisan,” but at least one high-profile volunteer has cast some doubt on his desire to follow those rules.”That’s right, you heard it right, I’m working the poll. Cry some more, liberals. Enjoy your day,” said ex-Vice City Proud Boys leader Gabriel Garcia while wearing a “Fuck Biden” hat in a video shared on the “Floridians FIRST” Telegram channel

October 31, 2022

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A California man and his 22-year-old daughter have been stabbed to death by a homeless man while they were working on their car outside a Kohl’s, police said. Ken Evans, 54, and McKenna Evans were spending time together around noon Thursday by tinkering on their sedan in Palmdale, just north of Los Angeles when the man attacked them for no apparent reason, the LA Times reported. Ken was rushed to a hospital, where he died, while his daughter was pronounced dead at the scene.LA County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a suspect, who they said may be a transient

October 31, 2022

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Miami-Dade County – Surfside -Police are investigating a suspected arson just feet away from Gisele Bündchen’s new home-Police are investigating a suspected arson just feet away from Gisele Bündchen’s new Miami home – days after she and husband Tom Brady confirmed their divorce after 13 years of marriage. The home that went up in flames early Sunday morning is set in Miami’s Surfside neighborhood, down the block from the newly single supermodel’s recently purchased $1.25 million, three-bedroom property. Upon arriving to the scene of the fire, officials

October 31, 2022

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Jury for the Trump Organization Case -“Mr. Trump has no morals,” he said. “He thinks only of himself. I think he’s a criminal.- On the second day of jury selection for the trial of Donald J. Trump’s company, a prospective juror signaled that he had strong feelings about Mr. Trump. One of the company’s lawyers, Susan R. Necheles, asked him to elaborate. The man obliged.“Mr. Trump has no morals,” he said. “He thinks only of himself. I think he’s a criminal. I think he’s done irreparable damage to this country.”Yet, the juror said, he could be impartial: The issues in the trial were “trivial

October 31, 2022

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Voters in five states, including four that are among the most conservative in the country, are deciding on whether to legalize recreational marijuana this election. If passed in each state, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota would join 19 other states and the District of Columbia, where cannabis has already been legalized for personal use.All except Maryland backed Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, underscoring that the legalization effort increasingly spans the political spectrum and is even gaining support in some of the most overwhelmingly

October 31, 2022

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Strikes hit critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital and other key cities on Monday morning, with officials warning of power outages and water shortages.“Another batch of Russian missiles hits Ukraine’s critical infrastructure,” Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, tweeted. “Instead of fighting on the battlefield, Russia fights civilians.” The strikes come two days after drone strikes damaged Russian warships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Ukraine has not taken responsibility for the attack. In addition to strikes in the capital, Kyiv, officials from at least three

October 31, 2022

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The Haitian ambassador to Washington has appealed to the international community to accelerate talks on deploying an armed intervention, warning that criminal gangs were in danger of taking over the country. Bocchit Edmond made his appeal as efforts to agree to a UN resolution backing such a force appear to have stalled, and as the US and Canada have been holding urgent talks looking for ways to break the impasse.“It is important to see how we can go fast and make sure that we take those armed gangs out of business because if we don’t do that urgently, it’s a matter of time

October 31, 2022

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Brazil’s veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged for ‘peace and unity’ after being elected president on Sunday by a hair’s breadth, beating his far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro in a down-to-the-wire poll that split the country in two.The former president, who won a third term in office, stood neck and neck with incumbent Bolsonaro throughout a nail-biting count, however, he emerged victorious with 50.83 percent of the vote to 49.17 percent for his rival, according to election authorities who declared him the victor.All eyes are now on Bolsonaro and whether he will accept

October 31, 2022

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Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country’s deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot five years ago killed more than 500. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at the site of the explosions in Mogadishu, told journalists that nearly 300 other people were wounded. “We ask our international partners and Muslims around the world to send their medical doctors here since we can’t send all the victims outside the country for treatment,” he said.The al-Qaida

October 30, 2022

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Live Updates – polls closed – Brazil Election Polls Close in Pivotal Presidential Contest Between Bolsonaro and Lula -Brazil on Sunday faces a crossroads. After months of pitches to voters, the nation will decide one of Latin America’s most important elections in decades, picking between the two biggest names in modern Brazilian politics and their polar visions for the country. The choice for Brazilians is whether to give President Jair Bolsonaro a second term, emboldening and empowering him to carry out a far-right mandate for the nation, or whether to bring back former

October 30, 2022

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At least 140 people were killed after a century-old bridge collapsed in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging into the Machchhu River, officials said. About 350 people were on and around the bridge, a major tourist attraction, at the time of the collapse, said Brijesh Merja, a minister in the Gujarat government. A majority of those who died were children, women, and older people, according to officials. The bridge collapsed four days after it was reopened to the public and seven months after renovation work. Built-in 1880,

October 30, 2022

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Donald Trump’s aide Stephen Miller – radio ads accuses Biden of ‘racism’ towards white Americans -A group launched by longtime Donald Trump aide Stephen Miller has been quietly running radio ads warning white voters that the Biden administration is pursuing a host of policies designed to hurt them because of their race.A recording of the ad, obtained by POLITICO, represents one of the most openly race-based spots of the cycle, amplifying tropes that have historically been used to generate backlash to minority groups.“When did racism against white people become

October 30, 2022

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Two senior Republicans pushed back Sunday at Democratic assertions that heated GOP political rhetoric contributed to the brutal assault of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul.Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel called it “unfair” that Democrats would draw a direct line between her party’s villainizing of Pelosi and the Friday home invasion that left the speaker’s husband hospitalized. And National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), who posted a video last week of himself firing a gun with the hashtag #FirePelosi,

October 30, 2022

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted New York Democrats for “coddling” criminals at a campaign event on Long Island Saturday – and blamed their leadership for sending residents packing for the Sunshine State.DeSantis, appearing alongside New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, even took a swipe at former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for the migration.“When de Blasio got elected mayor of New York, you know how much real estate in South Florida spiked when he got elected Mayor of New York City?” DeSantis quipped.DeSantis — believed to be a favorite to run on

October 30, 2022

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Chris Cuomo is demanding that his bosses at NewsNation move his new show to a different time slot — his latest, desperate bid to improve his sagging viewership on the fledging cable-TV network, The Post has learned. Cuomo — who joined NewsNation on Oct. 3 after getting fired from CNN for secretly helping his older brother, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, navigating a slew of sex scandals — is fuming about the lackluster performance of his nightly broadcast, which currently airs at 8 p.m., Monday to Friday, sources said.In response, Cuomo recently

October 30, 2022

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Oklahoma family ‘killed in murder suicide’ Six children were found dead in a burning home in Broken Arrow,- An Oklahoma mother has told how she watched in horror as neighbors pulled two parents out of their burning home, only to later learn that their six children were dead inside, in what is now believed to be a murder-suicide. Brian Nelson, 34, and his wife Brittney, 32, died on Thursday at their Broken Arrow home. Their six children, aged from one to 13, were found dead inside the burning home – but police do not believe they died from the fireBrian’s father, Danny, who lives five miles

October 30, 2022

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Voters in Brazil are going to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff between current right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro and former leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The first round of the election in an 11-member field earlier this month was closer than had been expected, with da Silva winning 48% of the ballots and Bolsonaro not far behind with 43%. Speculation has risen that Bolsonaro might not accept the results of Sunday’s vote if he does not win. He claims the country’s electronic voting machines are faulty, a claim that has not been substantiated. Bolsonaro tenure

October 30, 2022

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Four times a week on average, an e-bike or e-scooter battery catches fire in New York City.Sometimes, it does so on the street, but more often, it happens when the owner is recharging the lithium ion battery. A mismatched charger won’t always turn off automatically when the battery’s fully charged, and keeps heating up. Or, the highly flammable electrolyte inside the battery’s cells leaks out of its casing and ignites, setting off a chain reaction.”These bikes when they fail, they fail like a blowtorch,” said Dan Flynn, the chief fire marshal at the New York

October 30, 2022

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U.S. security agencies have issued a heightened threat advisory, warning of a potential attacks on political candidates, election officials and others. The alert came Friday, the same day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked in their San Francisco home.NPR has obtained the bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the U.S. Capitol Police.Attacks conducted by lone actors pose the most plausible threat to potential targets, the bulletin warned. The risk of violence is fueled by an increase in domestic

October 30, 2022

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No winning tickets were drawn for the massive Powerball jackpot worth $825 million on Saturday night. Saturday’s winning numbers were 19, 31, 40, 46, 57, and Powerball 23. The pot for Monday’s drawing increased to an estimated historical mark of $1 billion and a cash value of $497.3 million. It would be one of the largest Powerball jackpots in the history of the game, second only to the $1.586 billion drawing in 2016, which is also a record for the largest jackpot in the lottery. Although there were no grand prize winners, four tickets won $1 million after matching all five

October 30, 2022

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A boat off northern Cuba traveling toward the United States sank Saturday after a collision with a Cuban coastguard ship, and at least five people died, Cuban state media reported on Saturday. The craft reportedly flipped over after the crash near Bahía Honda, about two hours from the capital, Havana. Among the five known dead were a minor and three women, while 23 people were rescued, the Cubadebate report said. Further details were not released. Cuban officials told the state channel that an investigation was under way.The incident comes amid the biggest migratory flight from the

October 30, 2022

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New York City Trump Tower protest lawsuit -Efrain Galicia, Trump’s security guard roughed him up – Efrain Galicia, an activist of Mexican origin, claims that Donald Trump’s security guards roughed him up outside Trump Tower during a peaceful protest in September 2015, will have an opportunity to bring these allegations before a jury this week. On Monday, jury selection will start in the New York City civil trial over Galicia’s allegations that Trump’s security guard roughed him up at “the express or implied direction” of Trump. Galicia and several other activists filed a suit against

October 30, 2022

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Seoul Halloween party stampede -At least 19 foreigners are among more than 151 dead – A massive stampede in Seoul, South Korea, left at least 151 people dead and hundreds more injured on Saturday with emergency services overwhelmed after a fatal crush amongst a 100,000-strong crowd on a narrow street during Halloween festivities. An official from the National Fire Agency initially said around 100 people were injured during the deadly crowd surge on Saturday night, but the figure rapidly grew. It is believed that 100,000 people had gathered in Itaewon to attend the city’s

October 30, 2022

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Nancy Pelosi on Saturday evening said she was ‘heartbroken and traumatized by the pre-dawn attack on her husband Paul inside their San Francisco home, but said his ‘condition continues to improve.’Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of the Speaker of the House, was violently assaulted by a hammer-wielding intruder in the early hours of Friday. Nancy Pelosi was in Washington DC at the time and flew to California on Friday to be by his bedside. On Saturday, she issued a statement thanking well-wishers for their support and praising the first responders who came to his aid

October 30, 2022

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Russia said Saturday that it would suspend participation in the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports, in response to an attack on the occupied Black Sea port of Sevastopol that it blamed on the government of Ukraine.The Defense Ministry said in a statement published on Telegram that ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian ships involved in ensuring the security of the so-called grain corridor had come under attack. As a result, “the Russian side suspends participation in the implementation of agreements on the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports,” the

October 29, 2022

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Saifullah Paracha, a 75-year-old man from Pakistan who was held in the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, without charge for 18 years, has returned home, the Department of Defense announced on Saturday. In 2003, Paracha, a former businessman, and TV producer was arrested by U.S. authorities on suspicion of affiliation with al-Qaida. Last year, Guantánamo’s Periodic Review Board determined that Paracha was no longer a significant threat to the U.S.On Saturday, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Paracha’s arrival, adding that it was glad to see him “finally

October 29, 2022

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Seoul Halloween celebrations – At least 146 dead after being crushed by a large crowd -A massive stampede has left dozens in cardiac arrest, with at least 20 people feared to have died after being crushed by a large crowd on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the South Korean capital Seoul. An official from the National Fire Agency said around 100 people were injured during the deadly crowd surge on Saturday night in the Itaewon leisure district of Seoul. Reports suggest as many as 50 could have gone into cardiac arrest, with multiple others

October 29, 2022

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The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has told protesters that Saturday would be their last day of taking to the streets,in a sign that security forces may intensify their crackdown on unrest sweeping the country. Iran has been gripped by protests since the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, in the custody of the morality police last month, posing one of the boldest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution.“Do not come to the streets. Today is the last day of riots,” commander Hossein Salami said in some of the toughest language used in

October 29, 2022

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The Biden administration has revised a program that protected from deportation hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children in hopes of satisfying one of the arguments made by Republican-led states in federal courts that the program was not created properly.Biden officials issued the new version of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA, in late August, and it takes effect Monday. It went through a period of public comments as part of a formal rulemaking process to increase its odds of surviving an

October 29, 2022

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Brazil’s right-wing President, Jair Bolsonaro, and his leftist election rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, traded barbs late on Friday in their final televised debate ahead of Sunday’s tense runoff vote. Polls suggest Lula is the slight favorite to come back for a third term, capping a remarkable political renaissance after his jailing on graft convictions that were overturned. But Bolsonaro outperformed opinion polls in the first-round vote this month, and many analysts say the election could go either way. During Friday’s free-wheeling debate, the deeply polarizing figures attacked each other’s

October 29, 2022

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Trump Mar-a-Lago Top national security prosecutor joins investigation – One of the Justice Department’s most experienced national security prosecutors has joined the team overseeing the intensifying investigation of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and private club, people familiar with the matter said.National security law experts interviewed by The Washington Post say prosecutors appear to have amassed evidence in the case that would meet some of the criteria for bringing charges against the former president — an unprecedented action

October 29, 2022

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Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars is done rockin’ with the legendary band on tour.“Mick Mars, co-founder and lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe for the past 41 years, has announced today that due to his ongoing painful struggle with Ankylosing Spondylitis (A.S.), he will no longer be able to tour with the band,” a rep for the 71-year-old musician told Variety on Wednesday about Mars’ degenerative disease.“Mick will continue as a member of the band but can no longer handle the rigors of the road. A.S. is an extremely painful and crippling degenerative

October 29, 2022

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Paul Pelosi managed to call 911 and alert the dispatcher to his dire situation without his eventual attacker even knowing. Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, discreetly called the emergency line when a hammer-wielding maniac broke into his San Francisco home at 2 a.m. Friday. The alleged attacker, David DePape, didn’t realize Pelosi had dialed his phone or understand that Pelosi was speaking in code.“What’s going on? Why are you here? What are you going to do to me?” Pelosi allegedly said in order to alert 911 to the emergency

October 29, 2022

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Inti Gonzalez, the daughter of Paul Pelosi’s attacker, says her father abused her and her two brothers- The daughter of the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer early Friday morning says that her father is ‘consumed by darkness’ and sexually abused her and her brothers when they were children.Inti Gonzalez blogged about David DePape, 42, on Friday after it was reported that he broke into Pelosi’s $ 6 million San Francisco home at 2.27 am in his underwear and beat 82-year-old Paul Pelosi with a hammer while shouting ‘where’s Nancy?’ Gonzalez

October 29, 2022

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Barack Obama is reportedly part of a group interested in buying the NBA team, the Phoenix Suns. Disgraced Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver announced his decision to sell the teams in September after several sponsors, including Verizon Wireless and PayPal, were intending to cut sponsorship deals with both franchises.Sarver was handed a one-year ban and a $10million fine by the NBA following a league investigation into allegations that he engaged in racism, sexism, and bullying.The NBA revealed it found that Sarver used the N-word on at least five occasions

October 29, 2022

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The Rev Calvin O Butts III, Abyssinian Baptist Church Harlem, died -The Rev Calvin O Butts III, who fought poverty and racism and skillfully navigated New York’s power structure as pastor of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, died on Friday at the age 73, the church announced.“The Butts family and entire Abyssinian Baptist church membership solicit your prayers for us in our bereavement,” the church said on its website. No cause of death was given. Butts began serving as a youth minister at Abyssinian in 1972 and was senior pastor there for

October 28, 2022

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David DePape, 42, was identified by police Friday as the suspect in the assault on Paul Pelosi at the speaker’s San Francisco home.-The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed “out of touch with reality.”David DePape, 42, was identified by police Friday as the suspect in the assault on Paul Pelosi at the speaker’s

October 28, 2022

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Kanye West has returned to Twitter after Elon Musk took control of the platform – Kanye West’s Twitter profile, which was locked for posting anti-Semitic remarks, is back a day after Elon Musk took ownership of the social media company. The rapper, now known as Ye, was barred from Twitter and Meta Platforms’ Instagram last month, and the platforms removed some of his online posts that users condemned as anti-Semitic. While West’s account is back in his hands, the rapper has yet to write a new tweet, and his anti-Semitic post remains deleted

October 28, 2022

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Rock ‘n’ roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee; representative Zach Farnum told the Associated Press. He was 87.TMZ reported on Oct. 26 that Lewis had died but then retracted the report and blamed a bad tip. Nicknamed “The Killer,” the electric showman was one of the first stars inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He was known for his boogie-woogie style with 1957 hits “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire.”The rock pioneer was born in Ferriday, Louisiana, on Sept. 29, 1935. In his biography, he recalled learning to tickle the ivories at age

October 28, 2022

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‘Where’s Nancy?’ What attacker shouted at Paul Pelosi, before attacking him with a hammer -The assailant who violently assaulted Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer on early Friday morning was looking for the speaker herself when he broke into their San Francisco home shouting ‘Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy?’Speaker Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., when Paul Pelosi, 82, was brutally attacked. He was left with significant injuries in the assault but is expected to recover.The suspect entered the Pelosi residence through a sliding glass door at the back of the house

October 28, 2022

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Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen “finalized” divorce after 13 years-The NFL star and supermodel announced in statements posted to their Instagram stories Friday that they had “finalized” their divorce after 13 years of marriage.“We arrived at this decision to end our marriage after much consideration,” wrote Brady, the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “Doing so is, of course, painful and difficult, like it is for many people who go through the same thing every day around the world. However, we wish only the best for each other as we pursue

October 28, 2022

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” early Friday morning by an assailant who broke into their home in San Francisco, according to a statement from her office.” Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi,” the California Democrat’s spokesman, Drew Hammill, said. “The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation,””Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, where he is receiving excellent medical care and is expected to make

October 28, 2022

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Brazilians head to the polls Sunday – President Jair Bolsonaro faces Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva- Brazilians head to the polls Sunday to vote in a crucial presidential election that is testing the world’s fourth-largest democracy and could have a critical impact on the fight against climate change. On the far right is current President Jair Bolsonaro, a brash Christian nationalist widely criticized for escalating destruction of the Amazon, mishandling Brazil’s COVID-19 response, and casting doubts on the country’s electoral system. He faces a tough fight from a former president

October 28, 2022

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Miami Beach’s unsafe structure Port Royale Condominium residents given two hours to evacuate -Residents of a 14-story condo tower in Miami Beach were given two hours to evacuate their homes Thursday after engineers flagged concerning structural damage at the base of the building. The city posted an unsafe structure notice at the oceanfront 164-unit Port Royale Condominium, and shortly before 5 p.m., the condo board sent residents a mandatory order to vacate the building by 7 p.m., the Miami Herald reported. An engineer discovered that a concrete beam in

October 28, 2022

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Credit-card debt recently reached a new milestone: It returned to where it was before the pandemic. Total card balances in the U.S. hit $916 billion in September, nearly identical to December 2019 levels, according to the credit-reporting firm Equifax Inc. EFX 0.95%increase; green up pointing triangle Balances are up 9% from January and about 23% higher than their pandemic low in April 2021. Card balances fell sharply in the early months of the pandemic after Americans, out of work and stuck at home, cut back on spending. Stimulus checks later padded savings accounts and allowed many

October 28, 2022

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NFL star Tom Brady suffered the first straight three-game loss in the last 20 years of his career as his father watched from the stands. The hits keep coming for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback amid reports he and his supermodel wife, Gisele Bündchen, have hired divorce lawyers 13 years after saying, ‘I do.’The tough loss comes as news emerged this week that Bündchen, 42, reportedly gave Brady an ultimatum that threatened to end their marriage. Brady, 45, and his team returned home Thursday to play the Baltimore Ravens after a tough loss to the Carolina

October 28, 2022

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Trump Organization’s Manhattan criminal trial – jury selection -A quarter of the jury selected to hear a tax-fraud trial of Donald Trump’s real-estate company told the court they don’t like the former president, and one labeled him a ‘narcissist’.On Thursday, the third day of jury selection for the criminal trial, which will be heard in the New York Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan, four women and eight men were chosen to serve on the panel.During questioning by prosecutors and defense attorneys, three of the twelve jurors who were eventually selected to serve expressed that

October 28, 2022

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Atlanta-area prosecutors urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to reject Sen. Lindsey Graham’s effort to avoid testifying in their investigation of Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told the high court that granting Graham’s request to block a subpoena for his testimony would undermine the grand jury’s work by either delaying it or forcing it to draw conclusions about the election-related pressure campaign without having the senator’s account. The grand jury’s term is due to expire in April 2023.“If the Senator receives his

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