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☆ Lisa Lane, Chess Champion Whose Reign Was Meteoric, Dies at 90
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Dylan Loeb Mcclain | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lisa Lane, an early star of American chess who was a two-time United States women’s champion and the first chess player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died on Feb. 28 at her home in Carmel, N.Y., in Putnam County. Her death was confirmed by the town clerk’s office in nearby Kent, N.Y., which registered her death. Ms. Lane was a late bloomer in chess. Within two years, she had won the United States women’s championship. Wherever she went, people commented on her looks as much as on her chess ability, if not more so.

Persons: Lisa Lane, Lane, bloomer Organizations: Sports Illustrated, Temple University, United, United States women’s Locations: States, Carmel , N.Y, Putnam County, Kent, N.Y, Philadelphia, United States

☆ Tex McIver — an Atlanta attorney sentenced to life — may walk out of prison after admitting he killed his wife
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Behind Diane sat her husband, Claud Lee “Tex” McIver, an attorney with powerful political connections, with a gun in his lap. Claud "Tex" McIver enters the courtroom holding a bible filled with papers before his sentencing at the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta in May 2018. A family photo of Tex McIver and his wife, Diane. “There is no doubt that Tex McIver depended on his wife’s money,” defense attorney Bruce Harvey said in trial. Tex McIver pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife, Diane, on Friday, January 26, 2024.

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NEW YORK (AP) — It has been 25 years since the body of Matthew Shepard was discovered in Laramie, Wyoming. “The Laramie Project” is a poignant mix of real news reports, and actors portraying friends, family, police officers, killers and other Laramie residents. “The Laramie Project,” one of the most frequently performed plays in high schools, has been performed in more than 20 countries and translated into more than 13 languages. “Precisely because it wasn’t about Matthew Shepard, precisely because it was about the town of Laramie is why it continues to resonate,” says Kaufman. Hate crimes all over our nation are at much higher rates than they were when Matthew Shepard was killed."

Persons: Matthew Shepard, Moisés Kaufman, Kaufman, Shepard, ” Kaufman, “, ”, James Byrd Jr, Barack Obama, ___ Mark Kennedy Organizations: Laramie, University of Wyoming, Cardinal High School, Putnam, Lansing Board of Education Locations: Laramie , Wyoming, York, Laramie, America, Florida, Middlefield , Ohio, Kansas

REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried will prepare for his fraud trial from a Brooklyn jail where inmates ranging from convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Honduras' former president have complained of subpar conditions. In recent years, MDC has been plagued by persistent staffing shortages, power outages and maggots in inmates' food. Earlier this year, a guard pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to smuggle in drugs. It is now the jail housing detainees awaiting federal trials in New York City, after the Manhattan Correctional Center closed in 2021 for improvements. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, David Dee Delgado, Fried, Ghislaine Maxwell, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Hannibal Lecter's, Epstein, Kaplan, Juan Orlando Hernandez, Guo Wengui, Hernandez, Luc Cohen, Noeleen Walder, Daniel Wallis Organizations: FTX, REUTERS, District, Detention, MDC, The U.S . Bureau of Prisons, Manhattan Correctional Center, MCC, Fox, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Brooklyn, Honduras, Palo Alto , California, Brooklyn's, United States, Florida, The, Putnam County, Bahamas, Chinese, New York

He had a blank expression as he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs by members of the U.S. A July 20 article in the New York Times contained excerpts from Ellison's personal Google documents prior to FTX's collapse. She described being "unhappy and overwhelmed" with her job and feeling "hurt/rejected" from her personal break-up with Bankman-Fried. Sassoon said the defendant would be able to access an internet-enabled laptop there to review evidence to prepare for trial. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Noeleen Walder and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan announced the decision at a hearing in federal court in Manhattan, less than two months before the scheduled October fraud trial. He rejected a defense request to delay Bankman-Fried's detention pending appeal of the bail revocation. Bankman-Fried has been largely confined to his parents' Palo Alto, California, home on $250 million bond since his December 2022 arrest. Kaplan said he was concerned that Bankman-Fried showed the writings to the reporter during an in-person meeting at his parents' home. Bankman-Fried sat with his shoulders hunched, leaning forward on the table and fidgeting with a Post-It note as he heard the judge order him detained.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Fried, Barbara Fried, nodded, Joseph Bankman, Palo, Caroline Ellison's, Ellison, Kaplan, Donald Trump, Britain's Prince Andrew . Bankman, Mark Cohen, Cohen, Danielle Sassoon, Sassoon, Luc Cohen, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Eduardo Munoz NEW YORK, U.S, District, Alameda Research, U.S . Marshals, Stanford University, Alameda, New York Times, Attorney's, Times, Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention, Correctional, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan, Alameda, Palo Alto , California, New York City, Brooklyn's, Putnam

☆ Fact Check-Marjorie Taylor Greene did not include a ‘pornography ban’ in US debt ceiling bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene did not include a “nationwide pornography ban” in the debt ceiling bill, contrary to claims circulating online. Reuters found no evidence that Greene is currently taking steps to remove the Miller Test or establish a pornography ban. No major news outlets covering the debt ceiling negotiations (tinyurl.com/2kmmynxa) reported on this. On June 3, President Joe Biden signed a bill that suspends the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been its first-ever default (here). There is no evidence that Greene is planning to include a “nationwide pornography ban” in the debt ceiling bill.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nick Dyer, Greene, “ Miller, Donald Trump, “ Trump, Joe Biden, Read Organizations: Republican, Putnam County Ohio Republican Party, Reuters Locations: Putnam, Russian

☆ Amazon delivery driver found dead after an apparent dog attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Joe Studley | Joe Studley Is An Assignment Editor For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A delivery driver for Amazon was found dead after an apparent animal attack Monday in Missouri, and deputies shot and killed two aggressive dogs, the Ray County sheriff said. Deputies were called to a home in Excelsior Springs, a town of around 10,000, around 7 p.m. after neighbors reported that an Amazon van had been parked there for several hours, Sheriff Ray Childers said. A man's body was found in a yard, as were two highly aggressive dogs, he said. The owners of the residence were not home, and it appears they are out of town, Childers said. In Florida in August, a U.S. postal worker died after having been attacked by five dogs, officials there said.

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