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☆ Kenya floods: Maasai Mara visitors stranded as death toll nears 200
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Larry Madowo | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Staff and visitors have been left stranded and buildings submerged at Kenya’s famous Maasai Mara nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding in the country’s southwest rose to at least 188 people. Local authorities ordered some tourist facilities in the National Reserve to close after River Talek, one of the tributaries of the Mara River, burst its banks and swept through more than a dozen riverside tourist lodges and camps. In Maasai Mara, camp owners were told to leave the affected properties and “move to higher ground further away from River Talek,” governor of Narok county Patrick Ole Ntutu said on Wednesday. Parts of Maasai Mara National Reserve were left submerged by the flooding. Authorities said they had deployed two helicopters to rescue stranded tourists and local staff around the national reserve after receiving distress calls.

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☆ Biden administration forgives $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 former Art Institute students
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A general view of the atmosphere during The Art Institute of Atlanta commencement ceremony at Riverside EpiCenter on June 17, 2022 in Austell, Georgia. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that it would forgive more than $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 former students of The Art Institutes, the once giant chain of for-profit schools. The relief will go to borrowers who enrolled at any of the dozens of Art Institute campuses across the country between Jan. 1, 2004 and Oct. 16, 2017. "We must continue to protect borrowers from predatory institutions — and work toward a higher education system that is affordable to students and taxpayers," Cardona added. said The Art Institutes falsified average salaries among graduates, among other abuses.

Persons: Biden, Education Miguel Cardona, Cardona, Serena Williams Organizations: Art Institute, Atlanta, Wednesday, The Art Institutes, U.S . Department of Education, Education Management Corporation, Art Institutes, Education, Finance, Treasury Department, Art Locations: Riverside, Austell , Georgia, Iowa , Massachusetts, Pennsylvania

☆ Where Reena Virk's attackers, the 'Shoreline Six,' are 30 years after her murder depicted in 'Under the Bridge'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nicole Cook started the assault, which ended in two others killing Virk. Nicole Cook started the attack by putting a cigarette out on Virk's faceChloe Guidry as Josephine Bell and Lily Gladstone as Cam Bentland in "Under the Bridge." In 2011, she told "Dateline" that she was the ringleader of the attack, which she started by putting out her cigarette on Virk's face. In the 2017 Vice article about the murder, Godfrey also claimed Virk told several boys that Cook had AIDs. The Shoreline Six were charged with assaultViritka Gupta as Reena Virk in "Under the Bridge."

Persons: Virk, Nicole Cook, —, Rebecca Godfrey, Riley Keough, Reena Virk, Viritka Gupta, Warren Glowatski, Javon Walton, Kelly Ellard, Izzy G, Nicole Patterson, Courtney Keith, Gail Ooms, Missy Grace Pleich, Chloe Guidry, Josephine Bell, Lily Gladstone, Cam Bentland, Darko Sikman, Cook —, Cook, Godfrey, Patterson, Keith, I'm, it's, Pleich Organizations: Service, Hulu, Vancouver Sun Locations: Saanich, British Columbia, Victoria, Hulu, Ellard, Vancouver

California Coast Credit Union is currently offering a 5-month CD with a rate of 9.50% annual percentage yield (APY). For a limited time, the California Coast Credit Union is offering 9.50% APY on its 5-month "Celebration Certificate" CD in honor of its 95th anniversary. While some credit unions offer membership to anyone in the nation, California Coast Credit Union isn't one of them. You also can't have previously opened a Celebration Certificate CD, as it's limited to one per social security number. You can't withdraw your money early or add any additional money to the CD after you've funded it.

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☆ Where Reena Virk's killers are now almost 30 years on from her murder that inspired 'Under the Bridge'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hulu's "Under the Bridge" looks at the 1997 murder of Canadian teen Reena Virk. The show is led by Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone as an unlikely duo investigating Virk's murder. Glowatski was granted parole in 2010Javon Walton as Warren Glowatski in "Under the Bridge." AdvertisementCTV reported in 2006 that Glowatski hugged Virk's parents when he was granted unescorted temporary passes in 2006, aged 25. He was later granted full parole at a hearing in 2010, where he told the parole board how much he regretted his actions.

Persons: Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, —, Reena Virk, Rebecca Godfrey's, Godfrey, Cam Bentland, Nicole Cook, Virk, Warren Glowatski, Kelly Ellard, Javon Walton, Izzy G, Glowatski, Hulu Glowatski, Virk's, Suman Virk, Hulu Ellard, Ellard, Patrick Storey, Kerry Sim Organizations: Service, CTV, CBC, Victoria

California Coast Credit Union's 9.50% APY CD comes with strict requirements. miniseries/Getty ImagesCalifornia Coast Credit Union gives 9.50% APY (annual percentage yield) on its 5-month CD special. AdvertisementCalifornia Coast Credit Union, a local credit union in San Diego and Riverside counties, is currently offering a 5-month Celebration Certificate with a 9.50% APY, or annual percentage yield. How to get 9.50% APY on a California Coast Credit Union CDCalifornia Coast Credit Union is a credit union, which means that you'll need to be eligible for membership before you can open any account with it. California Coast Credit Union currently offers the best CD rate of any bank or credit union, with a 9.50% APY on its Celebration Certificate.

Persons: you'll, You'll, they're Organizations: California Coast, Getty, California Coast Credit Union, Credit, Credit Union, Coast Credit, California Coast Credit, California Coast Credit Union FDIC Locations: California, San Diego, Riverside, California Coast

☆ Jawbone in Child’s Rock Collection Linked to Marine Who Died in 1951
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Amanda Holpuch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A jawbone found in a child’s rock collection in Arizona more than two decades ago belonged to a Marine who died in California in 1951 and was buried in Missouri, the authorities said on Friday. Everett Leland Yager, a U.S. Marine Corps captain, was 30 years old when his plane crashed during a military training exercise on July 31, 1951, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona said in a statement. Captain Yager’s remains were recovered in Riverside County, Calif., and he was buried in Palmyra, Mo. More than 50 years later, a mother, who was not named by the authorities, found what she believed to be human remains in her son’s old rock collection, the sheriff’s office said. Her son had been an avid rock collector as a child and had inherited the collection from his grandfather.

Persons: Everett Leland Yager, Yager’s Organizations: U.S . Marine Corps Locations: Arizona, California, Missouri, U.S, Yavapai County, Riverside County, Calif, Palmyra, Mo

☆ A mom found a jawbone in her son’s rock collection. 22 years later, genealogy researchers ID’d the remains of a US Marine
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ashley Williams | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —More than 20 years after a mother found a human jawbone hidden in her son’s rock collection, genetic genealogy experts have unraveled the discovery and identified the partial remains of a US Marine Corps captain. In 2002, his mother found the collection, came across what looked to be human remains and contacted the sheriff’s office, authorities said in a statement. In January 2023, the sheriff’s office and the Yavapai County Medical Examiner referred the case to the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center. The college partnered with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office to work on the case for free, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “I think it shows how investigative genetic genealogy has stepped in and become the most really incredible investigative tool since the advent of DNA.”

Persons: Everett Leland Yager, John Doe, ”, ” Cairenn Binder, Binder, Bootcamp, Ethan Schwartz, Yager, ” Binder, “, he’d, Yager’s, ” Gurney Organizations: CNN, US Marine Corps, Ramapo College of New, Office, Ramapo College, Genetic, GEDmatch Locations: Riverside County , California, Palmyra , Missouri, Yager, Yavapai County, Northern Arizona, Arizona, California, Yavapai, Ramapo, Salt Lake City , Utah, Salt Lake City

☆ Fake Priest Who Targeted Churches Across U.S. Is Arrested, Sheriff Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Johnny Diaz | More About Johnny Diaz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A man who impersonated a priest and called himself Father Martin to steal from churches around the United States was arrested in California this month, the authorities in Riverside County said. The man, Malin Rostas, 45, of New York, was taken into custody on April 10 after sheriff’s deputies found a vehicle matching the description of one associated with the burglaries, according to the county sheriff in Riverside, Calif.Mr. Rostas, the driver of the black sedan, was arrested. Investigators determined that he was the man posing as Father Martin and that he had tried to steal from a church in Moreno Valley, a city about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, the sheriff’s office said. Mr. Rostas was booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on an outstanding burglary warrant from Pennsylvania. Additional charges were expected to be filed for the attempted church burglary in Moreno Valley, the authorities said.

Persons: Father Martin, Malin Rostas, Rostas Organizations: Mr, Robert Presley Detention Locations: United States, California, Riverside County, New York, Riverside , Calif, Moreno Valley, Los Angeles, Riverside, Pennsylvania

☆ Leaked presentation reveals Microsoft's astounding plan to ramp up data center capacity for the AI boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Since July 2023, the start of Microsoft's latest fiscal year, the company delivered more than 500 megawatts of new data center capacity, the document revealed. The rise of generative AI and huge foundation models is fueling a new data center boom. Microsoft's 5 gigawatts of installed data center capacity is equivalent to Hong Kong or Portugal's annual energy consumption, according to Shaolei Ren, an electrical and computer engineering professor at UC Riverside. This will require Microsoft to deliver more than 200 megawatts in data center capacity every month. "This is a very large data center capacity."

Persons: Shaolei Ren, Ren Organizations: Microsoft, Business, OpenAI, UC Riverside, BI Locations: Hong Kong

☆ Leaked presentation reveals Microsoft's astounding plan to ramp up data-center capacity for the AI boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft significantly expanded its data-center capacity recently and plans to ramp up growth to astounding levels going forward, according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider. Since July 2023, the start of Microsoft's latest fiscal year, the company delivered more than 500 megawatts of new data-center capacity, the document disclosed. This requires Microsoft to deliver more than 200 megawatts in data-center capacity every month. "This is a very large data-center capacity." Microsoft's GPU footprint expanded into 39 additional data centers in this period, and the company now has "AI clusters" live in 98 locations globally.

Persons: Shaolei Ren, Ren Organizations: Microsoft, Business, Operations, Innovation, OpenAI, University of California, BI Locations: Riverside, Hong Kong

☆ I'm a conservative who was born and raised in California. I moved to Arizona for political reasons but only lasted 3 months.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She only stayed in Arizona for three months before realizing she wanted to return home to California. When you say you're from California, they think of LA, San Francisco, and San Diego. I'm a retired police dispatcher and believe crime needs to be punished, and I don't think it is here in California. But I don't live politics every day, and they did. When you're born and raised in California, you need to be in California.

Persons: —, Jayne Ashton, I'm, Benson, You've, Paul Harris, It's, I've, Ashton, Matt Blank, shouldn't Organizations: Service, Business, Walmart, Safeway, Foods, California Locations: Homeland , California, Benson , Arizona, Arizona, California, Bloomington, San Bernadino County, San Francisco, San Diego, But California, Tennessee, Tuscon, Tucson, Hemet, Riverside County, Tehachapi, Southern California, Clovis, LA, Los Angeles

☆ China Had a ‘Special Place’ in Modi’s Heart. Now It’s a Thorn in His Side.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Mujib Mashal | Sameer Yasir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Narendra Modi once looked up to China. As a business-friendly Indian state leader, he traveled there repeatedly to attract investment and see how his country could learn from its neighbor’s economic transformation. China, he said, has a “special place in my heart.” Chinese officials cheered on his march to national power as that of “a political star.”But not long after Mr. Modi became prime minister in 2014, China made clear that the relationship would not be so easy. Continued border incursions flared into a ferocious clash in 2020 that threatened to lead to all-out war. Mr. Modi, a strongman who controls every lever of power in India and has expanded its relations with many other countries, appears uncharacteristically powerless in the face of the rupture with China.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Xi Jinping — Locations: China, India

☆ Congress cut funds cities need to handle the migrant surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Congress last month approved the fiscal year 2024 funding level for FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program in the federal funding package, nearly six months into the fiscal year. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat who represents San Antonio, said that immigration is a federal responsibility. “Funding from the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) has helped Catholic Charities and other groups in my city of San Antonio offer basic migrant services without straining local resources. “Due to the substantial demand that exceeds the limited SSP program funding authorized by Congress, not all requests can be fulfilled,” a DHS spokesperson told CNN. The Migrant Resource Center opened in July 2022 as a temporary place for migrants traveling through San Antonio.

Persons: of San Antonio doesn’t, Biden, Joaquin Castro, ”, of San Antonio, Antonio Fernandez, Fernandez, Greg Abbott, Mark Ritacco, John Giles, Giles, Ron Nirenberg, he’s, Joe Biden, Carlos Kosienski, Priscilla Alvarez Organizations: CNN, of San, Resource Center, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Democrat, “, Shelter, Services, Catholic Charities, Catholic, San, FEMA, GOP Texas Gov, Democratic, Republicans, Department of Homeland Security, Congress, National Association of Counties, US Customs, Protection, US, Mayors, Migrant Resource Center Locations: San Antonio, Washington, DC, Cities, Mexico, Atlanta ; Chicago ; New York City, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Laredo , Texas, Riverside County , California, Pima County , Arizona, Mesa , Arizona, Texas

☆ It took an Austin developer 4 years to build 4 small homes that he made no money on as the city struggles to bridge the gap between tiny apartments and pricy houses
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementFor decades, the city's restrictive zoning and land-use policies have made missing-middle housing almost impossible to build. But there aren't many options, particularly for homeownership, between mostly high-end apartments and prohibitively expensive single-family homes. But he's concerned the law won't do enough to shorten the permitting process for missing-middle housing construction. The HOME Act will encourage the construction of smaller single-family homes and promote density, making housing — particularly homeownership — more affordable. Turner just wants the city to "level the playing field" for developers who are willing to build missing-middle housing.

Persons: —, Scott Turner, Turner, Austin's, Austin, Eliza Relman, that's, he's, Brennan Griffin, Joe Sohm, Brandon Bell, Greg Anderson, Anderson, there's, It's, Nicole Nabulsi Nosek, I've, townhomes Organizations: Service, Business, Riverside Homes, Austin, Austin Business, Texas, HOME, Austin Habitat, Humanity, Texans, Reasonable, Democrats Locations: Austin, Austin , Texas, Texas, Manor, Georgetown, City Hall

☆ John Eastman wants to keep practicing law, representing Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene – and paying his own bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Eastman is asking a judge in California to reactivate his license following a disciplinary decision last month that rendered him unable to practice law for now. That decision prompted his law license to be made inactive over the weekend, meaning he can’t have legal clients while he appeals the decision. Until his law license was made inactive, Eastman represented about a half-dozen clients on constitutional issues, including relating to elections. Those prominent clients are now going to bat for him in his request to continue his legal work. Greene’s campaign committee and the joint fundraising committee “Put America First” have paid Eastman’s law partnership about $25,000 for legal services since 2021, according to campaign finance records.

Persons: John Eastman, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, –, Eastman, ”, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Yvette Roland, Disbarment, United States …, Trump, Gaetz, Greene, “, ” Gaetz, they’d Organizations: Washington CNN —, Trump, Eastman, California Supreme, United, Republican Party of Colorado, Colorado Republican Party, State Bar of Locations: California, Georgia, Trump, United States, Fulton County, Fulton County , Georgia, Gaetz, Anaheim, Riverside , California, State Bar of California, Greene’s, Gadsden

☆ A new ultra-luxury river cruise line wants to entice affluent travelers with suites, walk-in closets, and butlers — for up to $59,520 per person
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Riverside is operated by Seaside Collection, a European hotelier. Seaside Collection owns 11 properties and five cruise ships. Its vessels' open-air Vista Deck has a "lounge feel" with couches, music, a bar, and high-end meals like grilled lobster. Riverside Luxury CruisesThe firm had its sights set on a river cruise venture since 2018, Jen Halboth, CEO of Riverside Luxury Cruises, told Business Insider. The other two are being leased to competitor Uniworld River Cruises.

Persons: Jen Halboth Organizations: Riverside, Seaside Collection, Seaside, Luxury Cruises, Riverside Luxury Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Cruises Locations: European, COVID

☆ Here are the 6 California Republicans up for reelection whose competitive districts could determine the House majority in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( John L. Dorman | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And it is in these districts, from the Central Valley to the outskirts of Los Angeles and down to Orange County, where the House majority will likely be won or lost in 2024. Republicans currently hold a slim 218-seat majority, a precarious position for the party as the 213-member House Democratic Caucus works to flip the chamber this year. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesKen Calvert, 41st DistrictFirst elected to the House: 1992AdvertisementCalvert is the longest-serving California Republican in Congress. Calvert won most of his races by large margins before redistricting, and he last faced a truly competitive reelection fight in 2008. Valadao's return to Congress was overshadowed by his decision to become one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the Capitol riot.

Persons: —, Kevin McCarthy —, Joe Biden, Young Kim, Bill Clark, Kim, Ed Royce, Gil Cisneros, McCarthy, Cisneros, Biden, She'll, Joe Kerr, Michelle Steel, Harley Rouda, Rouda, Dana Rohrabacher, Steel, Jay Chen, Derek Tran, Mike Garcia, Tom Williams, Garcia, Katie Hill, Christy Smith, Smith, George Whitesides, Ken Calvert, Calvert, he's, Will Rollins, Rollins, John Duarte, Duarte isn't, Duarte, Jim Jordan's, Jordan, Mike Johnson of, Democrat Adam Gray, Gray, David Valadao, Valadao, TJ Cox, Valadao's, Donald Trump, Rudy Salas, Salas Organizations: Service, Golden State, Business, Republicans, Democratic Caucus, Inc, Getty, California State Assembly, GOP, Democratic, Navy, Biden, NASA, onetime Virgin Galactic, District, California Republican, Republican, House Democrats, Democrat, Trump, Democratic Rep, Capitol Locations: California, Bakersfield, Golden, Los Angeles, Orange County, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Steel, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, Congress, Inland, Corona, Mike Johnson of Louisiana

☆ Amazon launches same-day prescription delivery in New York and Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Amazon Pharmacy home screen is displayed on a laptop in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 17, 2020. The e-commerce giant said on Tuesday that it's rolling out same-day delivery of prescription medications in New York City and the greater Los Angeles area. To speed up deliveries, Amazon said it's using new, smaller facilities, stocked with the most common prescription medications for acute conditions. San Bernardino, Riverside and Anaheim, which are all in the LA area, are eligible for same-day prescription deliveries starting Tuesday. In October, Amazon began offering same-day prescription medication delivery in Seattle, Miami, Indianapolis, Phoenix and Austin, Texas.

Persons: Doug Herrington Organizations: Amazon Pharmacy, Amazon, Worldwide Amazon Stores, Station , Locations: Brooklyn , New York, New York City, Los Angeles, Bernardino, Riverside, Anaheim, LA, Seattle , Miami, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Austin , Texas, Station, Station , Texas, New York

☆ Let’s Call Our Present Moment on Earth What It Is: Obscene - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Dominique Browning | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In my case, love of this world, love of nature, love of our life in and as part of it. New York City’s winter leaf cover has been blown away and stuffed into large, shiny, pristine black plastic bags. That’s just what I spotted in the first mile of a recent walk along Riverside Drive heading south from the 150s. It was an unseasonably warm winter, a concept that could be rendered meaningless within a decade, as memories of snowfall fade. Of course, by the time we have done so, we will be way past the point of drawing such lines in the rock.

Locations: New York, Riverside, Earth’s

☆ I was a first-time homebuyer and got scammed out of $167,000 of my life savings
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Pat and Marisa Lawlor were the victims of real estate wire fraud in 2022. The realizationThe real email came exactly one week after the scammers made off with Lawlor's money, he said. The methodIt turns out that the scammers hacked into the escrow office's email server through a process called business email compromise. With real estate wire fraud, they target mom-and-pop independent brokers, escrow, or title companies like the one we used. We've started a GoFundMe fundraiser to get that money back and raise awareness about real estate wire fraud.

Persons: Pat, Marisa Lawlor, They've, —, Pat Lawlor, Marisa, We'd, San Fernando Valley, Lawlor, That's, it's, It's, we've, We've Organizations: Service, California Association of Realtors, Riverside, States Secret Services Locations: Los Angeles, San Fernando, Riverside County

☆ California Prosecutors Filing Murder Charges in More Fentanyl Deaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Michael Corkery | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just about every state in America has cracked down on fentanyl distribution, by stepping up arrests and increasing prison sentences. But few places are as aggressive as Riverside County, Calif., in prosecuting people who supply fatal does of fentanyl. Since late 2021, the Riverside County district attorney, Mike Hestrin, has charged 34 suspected fentanyl suppliers with murder and is said to be the first prosecutor in California to achieve a guilty verdict from a jury in a fentanyl-related homicide trial. Riverside County has a reputation for aggressively prosecuting crimes (a “prosecutor’s paradise,” one local defense lawyer calls it). And like Riverside, some other counties — like San Diego and Placer, near Sacramento — that have also brought murder charges against fentanyl suppliers have sizable numbers of conservative-minded voters who tend to favor more punitive approaches to crime.

Persons: Mike Hestrin, ”, Hestrin Organizations: “ Locations: America, Riverside County, Calif, California, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Placer, Sacramento

☆ Refund fraud schemes promoted on TikTok, Telegram are costing Amazon and other retailers billions of dollars
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

The following month, 10 men were indicted in Oklahoma, charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud for allegedly operating a refund fraud service named Artemis Refund Group. A thriving refund fraud marketFor every refund fraud service shut down by law enforcement, swarms of similar groups remain open for business. CNBC viewed several active refund fraud services on encrypted messaging app Telegram, each with thousands of followers. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards A Google form from an active refund fraud service explaining which stores it targets and how much it charges customers. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards A refund fraud service claims to have access to Amazon insiders in a Telegram post.

Persons: Stephanie Keith, Noah Page, Page, he'd, Ralph, —, Rick Owens, Sajed Al, Ralph Lauren, Uber, Maarej, Chris Black, Amazon, Al, they'd, Rekk, Cyril Noel, Tagoe, Noel, Louis Vuitton, scammers, Reddit, Brittany Allen, Allen, Remi Vaughn, Vaughn, she's, David Johnston, Johnston Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, National Retail Federation, Appriss, Amazon, Page, Riverside Press, Medianews, PayPal, Retailers, Artemis, Walmart, Apple, Nike, eBay, Saks Fifth, DoorDash, Google, MacBook, Mail, UPS, U.S . Postal Service, Al, Rekk, Gucci Locations: New York, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Reddit, TikTok, Eastvale, Michigan, Oklahoma, Chattanooga

☆ Charmed by a City Off Thailand’s Beaten Path
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Patrick Scott | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Thailand is renowned among hard-charging tourists for nightlife in Bangkok, full moon parties on Koh Phangan island and hedonistic walking streets in Pattaya. It’s also a magnet for the bohemian and wellness crowds who flock to the mountain destinations of Chiang Mai and Pai. But mostly ignored by foreign tourists is Lampang, in Northern Thailand. This utterly charming, riverside city of about 90,000 people has preserved the historic architecture and stately squares from its days as a major city in the ancient Lanna kingdom and a hub in the teak lumber trade. Wooden temples from centuries ago and two-story teak mansions from the late 1800s and early 1900s still stand, and alongside the Wang River, the streets in the Kat Kong Ta enclave are like an open-air museum of well-preserved Chinese shophouses and European gingerbread-style buildings.

Persons: Koh, Chiang Mai, Pai Locations: Thailand, Bangkok, Pattaya, It’s, Lampang, Northern Thailand

Ukraine announced a withdrawal from Avdiivka on February 17 to a series of positions to the town’s west. Yet three tiny villages have since fallen to Russian forces, with Kyiv insisting they never intended to defend them. Fierce clashes have persisted around the other two villages near Avdiivka, Tonenke and Berdychi. A Ukrainian soldier prepares a shell for a drone on the front line near Avdiivka on February 20, 2024. Inna Varenytsia/ReutersDrone footage of Russian forces has repeatedly revealed a military unafraid of sending troops at speed into indefensible positions where they will likely be killed.

Persons: Gen, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, ” Syrskyi, Valery Zaluzhny, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, ”, Zelensky, Inna Varenytsia Organizations: CNN, Presidential Press Service, demilitarize, Soldiers, Reuters, Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, Bradley Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, ”, Russia, Col, Kyiv, Orlivka, Berdychi, Ukrainian, Ukraine’s

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