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☆ Kenya confronts trail of rape accusations and abandoned children against UK soldiers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Marian is among a group of mixed-race children whose mothers say they were conceived after rape by British soldiers training in Kenya. Mixed-race children continue to be born in the remote villages where the British Army trains its soldiers in Kenya. One of the more contentious accusations against British soldiers involves the case of Agnes Wanjiru. Allegations of rape and other crimes, including murder, by British soldiers deployed there date back to the 1950s. The UK investigators did not conduct DNA tests on any of the 69 mixed-race children alleged to have been born from rape by British soldiers.

Persons: Marian Pannalossy, “, ”, You’re, ’ ” Marian, Marian, Lydia Juma, ” Juma, ’ Marian, ’, Generica, Nicole, Namoru, Festo Lang, CNN Juma, BATUK, Agnes Wanjiru, hasn’t, Wanjiru’s, King, Marian Mutugi, Martyn Day, Ntoyie Lenkanan, CNN “, Saitet, nosedived, Kelvin Kubai, ” Kubai, Generica Namoru, “ I’m, It’s, “ It’s, We’re, ” Mutugi Organizations: Kenya CNN, CNN, British Army, British Army Training Unit, Defense, Intelligence, Foreign Relations, National, British, Kenyan, British High Commission, The Defense, Kenya National Commission, Human Rights, Britain’s Ministry of Defense, Royal Military Police, Reconciliation, Human Rights Commission Locations: Archer’s, Kenya, Archer’s Post, Nairobi, British, Samburu, Nanyuki, Britain, East, Laikipia, London, DolDol

☆ Why a 3-Legged Lion and His Brother Swam Across a Crocodile-Filled River
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Anthony Ham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Barely 12 hours earlier, the two males had lost a battle for territory and were lucky to still be alive. Remaining on this side of the channel was dangerous, and they could probably hear the roars of female lions in the distance. And one of the lions, known as Jacob by researchers, has only three legs. The two big cats set out for what the researchers call the longest-recorded swim ever taken by lions. The scientists describe their findings in a paper that has been accepted for publication in the journal Ecology and Evolution.

Persons: Jacob, Tibu Organizations: Queen Locations: Queen Elizabeth, Uganda

☆ Pamela Smart case timeline
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Christina Zdanowicz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Pamela Smart, then 22, was a high school media director when she began an affair with 15-year-old Billy Flynn. In her trial, prosecutors said Smart then coaxed Flynn into carrying out the murder plot with two teenage friends. Here’s a timeline of Pamela Smart’s murder conspiracy plot, the resulting legal cases and convictions. March 4, 1991: Oral arguments began in Smart’s murder conspiracy trial in the Rockingham County Superior Court in Exeter, New Hampshire. William Flynn, 17, is shown the gun he used at Pamela Smart's trial on March 12, 1991.

Persons: Pamela Smart, Billy Flynn, Smart, Flynn, Gregg Smart, Pamela Smart’s, Joyce Maynard’s, Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Linda Wojas, CNN’s Larry King, Pamela Smart's, Patrick Randall, Vance Lattime Jr, Gregory Smart, Raymond Fowler, Gregory Smart’s, couldn’t, William Flynn, Jim Cole, Randall, WMUR, Fowler, Chris Sununu, Smart’s, Lattime, CNN’s Hayley Wilson, Gary Tuchman Organizations: CNN, Police, Associated Press, AP . Police, Court, Prosecutors, WMUR, . New, . New Hampshire Gov, AP, Sununu, Smart, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Locations: Derry , New Hampshire, Rockingham, Exeter , New Hampshire, WMUR, ., . New Hampshire, Bedford Hills, Westchester County , New York

☆ Amanda Knox returns to Italian court for slander trial linked to Meredith Kercher’s murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Knox, Sollecito and Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede, whose DNA was present in the murder room, were all convicted of the murder in 2009. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters/FileKnox and Sollecito’s murder convictions were overturned by a Perugia appellate court in 2011 after an independent review of key forensic evidence, only to have that acquittal overturned by Italy’s supreme court in 2013. The 36-year-old Seattle native, now a mother of two, along with Sollecito, were definitively cleared in 2015 of Kercher’s murder after Italy’s supreme court voided the 2013 re-conviction. After being cleared of murder, Knox remained convicted of slander against Lumumba, a ruling upheld by Italy’s supreme court in 2015. The decision will then have to go to Italy’s supreme court once more.

Persons: Rome, Amanda Knox, Knox, Patrick Lumumba, Meredith Kercher, Lumumba, Raffaele Sollecito, Rudy Guede, Guede, Sollecito, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Italy’s, ” Knox, Monica Lewinsky Organizations: Rome CNN, Democratic, Ivory Coast, of Human, CNN, White House, Hulu Locations: Italy, Italian, Perugia, Kercher’s, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sollecito, Ivory, Seattle, Florence

☆ How AI could supercharge the Vision Pro
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It could also boost sales of the pricey Vision Pro, which has reportedly and unexpectedly received a production cut. During its most recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said more than half of the Fortune 100 companies have already bought an Apple Vision Pro. But while it’s unclear when generative AI will come to the Vision Pro, Nygugen said: “It’s only a matter of time.”That’s because the Vision Pro is merely just another interface – much like a tablet, laptop, or watch, that touches Apple’s ecosystem. The Vision Pro, the tech giant's $3,499 headset, is its first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago. “Vision Pro just came out a few months ago and it needs to get its feet under it before it really starts to take off,” Llamas said.

Persons: it’s, Tim Cook, It’s, Siri, “, Tuong, ”, Nygugen, ” Nygugen, Angela Weiss, Ming Chi, Kuo, Jeremy Bailenson, Bailenson, Ramon Llamas, Apple, ChatGPT – Organizations: CNN, Developers, Google, Samsung, Vision, Fortune, Apple Vision, Gartner, Apple, Apple Watch, Getty, Vision Pro, Stanford, VR, IDC, Microsoft, “ Locations: Cupertino , California, New York City

☆ ‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld:’ A flattering sketch of the controversial designer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Caitlin Chatterton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” he is brooding, combative and ambitious, sure — but we are equally encouraged to root for him. Despite Dietrich’s protestations, the creators of “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” seem to side with their muse. Parisian fashion in the 1970s was, “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” suggests, a scene broadly gatekept by a handful of squabbling men. "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld" intends to plunge the viewer into the heart of 1970s Paris, Monaco and Rome, to "follow the formidable blossoming of this complex and iconic personality," say the show notes. “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” is, stylistically, a luxurious tribute to ‘70s flair: gorgeous to look at and offering an aggressively humanized look at some of fashion’s biggest names.

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☆ Here’s what to expect as the Supreme Court enters the final stretch
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The Supreme Court is turning toward the final, frenzied weeks of its term, readying potential blockbuster decisions on abortion, guns and former President Donald Trump’s claims of absolute immunity. Trump claims ‘absolute’ immunityTrump’s appeal for immunity from special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion charges landed at the Supreme Court late in the term and instantly overshadowed most of the docket. The Supreme Court then put that ruling on hold last year, maintaining the status quo while it decided the case. Government regulation of FacebookThe Supreme Court is confronting a series of cases at the intersection of the First Amendment and social media. The Republican governors who signed the laws said they were needed to keep the social media platforms from discriminating against conservatives.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, –, Roe, Samuel Alito, Trump, Jack Smith’s, Biden, Wade, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Kacsmaryk, Joseph Fischer, ”, Joe Biden’s, Zackey Rahimi, Bruen, Moody, Washington, Raimondo Organizations: CNN, Wade, Conservative, Supreme, White, Trump ., Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Alliance for Hippocratic, US, Pennsylvania, Capitol, Trump, Prosecutors, New York, Rahimi, Facebook, Florida, Biden, Republican, Atlantic, of Commerce, Chevron, Natural Resources Defense, Conservatives, Bright Enterprises, . Department of Commerce Locations: Virginia, New Jersey, Washington, Idaho, Moyle v, Amarillo , Texas, ”, Texas, New, Louisiana, Florida, Atlanta, New Orleans, Paxton, – Missouri, . Missouri

☆ Sam Butcher, Who Gave the World Precious Moments, Dies at 85
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Butcher was the Michelangelo of Missouri, and his adorable snub-nosed Precious Moments characters were “the Beanie Babies of porcelain,” as The Wall Street Journal once put it. Their zealous collectors, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands, built rooms for their Precious Moments figurines, convened in regional clubs and made pilgrimages to Carthage, where they slept in the Precious Moments motel or the R.V. park, marveled at the Precious Moments Fountain of the Angels, dined in the Precious Moments food courts and wandered the 30-acre grounds. (Carthage also hosted Precious Moments weddings.) There were hundreds and hundreds of Precious Moments licensees, which made hats, keychains, watches, greeting cards, books and a children’s Bible.

Persons: Sam Butcher, Jon, Mr, Butcher, Michelangelo, Missouri, marveled, Van —, —, . Butcher Organizations: Wall Street, Angels Locations: Carthage, Mo

☆ Teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction, using N-word in 5th-grade class
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Paradise Afshar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Massachusetts teacher who staged a mock slave auction and used the N-word in a 5th-grade class has been placed on leave, according to a letter sent to parents by the school’s superintendent. The school district is about 30 miles west of Boston. In January, the teacher – who is not named in the letter – held an “impromptu mock slave auction” during a lesson on the Atlantic triangle slave trade, during which slave auctions were discussed, the letter said. “It was later brought to the District’s attention that the ‘N-word’ does not appear in the book,” Martineau said. CNN has reached out to the school and to the school district for further comment.

Persons: CNN —, Margaret, Gregory Martineau, –, ” Martineau, “, Martineau Organizations: CNN, Margaret Neary Elementary, WCVB, Public Schools of Northborough Locations: Massachusetts, Boston

☆ After a string of safety issues, Boeing is about to release a plan to fix its quality problems
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Gregory Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Boeing is expected to release a plan this week to fix its endless string of safety issues that have been under federal investigation following a midflight fuselage blowout in January. Since then, the FAA and Boeing have met multiple times about the company’s progress and the plan’s scope. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said last week he sees the plan as only the “beginning” of a process for Boeing. Boeing later agreed to financial penalties and a deferred prosecution agreement to settle a criminal charge of defrauding US regulators. Its marching orders for the plan include addressing the audit and expert panel findings and explaining how it will integrate safety and quality assurance policies into practice.

Persons: Mike Whitaker, “ It’s, ” Whitaker, Max, Dave Calhoun, David Ryder, Whitaker, AeroSystems, Brian West, “ We’re, we’ll Organizations: Washington CNN, Boeing, Aviation Administration, FAA, ABC, Air Force, Alaska Airlines, Transportation Safety, Department of Justice, CNN, Employees, “ Locations: Portland , Oregon, Wichita , Kansas, Renton , Washington

☆ Welcome to the AI dystopia no one asked for, courtesy of Silicon Valley
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

AI skeptics — who are legion, and not necessarily part of the fringe tin foil hat crowd — are begging Silicon Valley to take a beat before unleashing AI to the world. Then, the big reveal: It’s all contained in Apple’s new iPad, its thinnest and most powerful ever, thanks to its brand new AI chip. Meanwhile, is anyone else getting inundated with Google’s Pixel ads, which show people giddily using the smartphone’s AI photo-editing software to deceive their online followers? Apple is expected to announce its own ChatGPT-like tools that could be a game changer for your internet searches. The Jeff Goldblums of the AI debate — who include some of the industry’s own pioneers — are not necessarily saying we have to smother AI and pretend it never existed.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Jeff Goldblum’s, “, John, that’s, —, Cher’s, Asif Kapadia, ”, Luke Barnett, Apple, Tim Cook, Apple’s, Siri, I’ll, We’re, Jeff Goldblums, weren’t Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Google, Apple, Space Invaders Locations: New York

☆ ‘La Chimera’: Alice Rohrwacher and Isabella Rossellini discuss their intoxicating tale of Italy’s tomb raiders
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —In Alice Rohrwacher’s latest movie, the gently hypnotic “La Chimera,” a rakish Josh O’Connor navigates the Italian countryside with a dowsing rod in hand, searching for ancient treasure. “My job is very close to what an archaeologist does: giving meaning to things that happened in the past.”A still from "La Chimera," which was shot on three types of film stock. To approach “La Chimera” with dense history and sharp facts threatens to tear at its ethereal qualities — a hallmark of Rohrwacher’s filmmaking. Isabella Rossellini as Senora Flora in "La Chimera." “La Chimera” is released in UK cinemas on May 10 and is available to stream in the US.

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☆ Kyle Larson wins by 0.001 seconds in closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Capping off a weekend of photo finishes, Kyle Larson won NASCAR’s AdventHealth 400 by a staggering 0.001 seconds in Kansas on Sunday. The RFK team could be seen on the broadcast jubilantly celebrating before the official result was finalized. Eventually, Hendrick Motorsports’ Larson was declared winner in the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history, per NASCAR. “I didn’t know if I won or not, I was pumped for the finish,” Larson added as he explained his spotter said it was a second-place finish before celebrating wildly down the radio when he found out Larson had won. I haven’t seen a replay other than just a picture and I sure can’t see it in that picture,” a dejected Buescher told FS1.

Persons: Kyle Larson, NASCAR’s, Mystik Dan, Larson, Chris Buescher, Buescher, ’ Larson, ” Larson, Logan Riely, “, ”, FS1, ” Buescher Organizations: CNN, Kentucky Derby, Roush Fenway, Racing, RFK Racing, RFK, Hendrick, NASCAR Locations: Kansas

☆ How evangelical leader Jim Wallis uses the Bible to expose the ‘False White Gospel’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Some may already be tired of the debate over White Christian nationalism, whose followers blend sexism, racism and hostility to non-White immigrants in a quest to create a White Christian America. But Wallis has been warning people about the dangers of White Christian nationalist beliefs long before the term became popular. You write that White Christian nationalism is not new, and that it’s a form of heresy. This [White Christian nationalism] is an old idea from the Doctrine of Discovery, which says that this country was for people who were White Americans. Tom Brenner/ReutersWhat’s the difference between patriotism — believing that the US is an exceptional country — and White Christian nationalism?

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☆ 460 Years Ago, Shakespeare Was Born Here. Or Somewhere.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Elizabeth Winkler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sometime in the late 18th century, a sign appeared outside a shambly butcher’s hut in the English town of Stratford-upon-Avon: “The Immortal Shakspeare was born in this house,” it announced, using a then common spelling of his name. Devotees began making pilgrimages — dropping to their knees, weeping, singing odes: “Untouched and sacred be thy shrine, Avonian Willy, bard Divine!”A tradesman grew rich selling carvings from a local mulberry tree, like pieces of the true cross. Some skeptics suspected that the sign was part of a scheme to bring visitors to Stratford; others wondered if it had been hung by the property’s occupant. About 250 years after its break from the Catholic Church, England had its own Bethlehem and manger. The problem: No one really knows where Shakespeare was born.

Persons: Shakspeare, Avonian Willy, Shakespeare Organizations: Avon, Catholic Church Locations: Stratford, ”, England, Bethlehem

☆ Opinion | Jan. 6 Rioters Should Not Catch a Break From the Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Randall D. Eliason | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Imagine that during a Supreme Court argument, protesters angry about the case storm the court building. Has the court proceeding been obstructed or impeded? Prosecutors charge that by participating in the Capitol riot, Mr. Fischer corruptly obstructed and impeded the joint congressional proceeding to certify the election, in violation of 1512(c)(2). More than 300 other Jan. 6 rioters have faced the same charge. Because Mr. Fischer wasn’t charged with impairing the availability or integrity of any physical evidence, Judge Nichols dismissed the charge.

Persons: Fischer, Donald Trump, Joseph Fischer, Fischer corruptly, Mr, Trump, Carl Nichols, Fischer wasn’t, Judge Nichols Organizations: Capitol, Prosecutors Locations: United States, Washington

☆ Legendary Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher’s watch collection is going on sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Eight of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher’s luxury and personalized watches are going up for auction – and they could sell for more than $4.8 million in total. The Rolex stainless steel Paul Newman Daytona watch was named after the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, according to auction house Christie's head of Watches Remi Guillemin. Christie's Images LTD. 2024The collection will form part of Christie’s traditional rare watches auction, consisting of vintage and modern pieces of high-caliber watchmaking from brands such as Audemars Piguet, F.P. Christie's Images LTD. 2024The platinum Vagabondage 1 watch was also a gift from Todt, but for the following Christmas. “These watches (are) for people who are following Formula One, who have followed, like I have, Michael Schumacher when he was racing.

Persons: Michael Schumacher’s, ”, Remi Guillemin, “ We’re, Paul Newman Daytona, Journe, Paul Newman, Guillemin, Jean Todt, chronograph, Schumacher, Christie’s, Michael Schumacher, Todt, Ferrari, ” Guillemin, Corinna, Michael Organizations: CNN, Miami Grand Prix, Daytona, Rolex, Paris Brain Institute, Foundation, Netflix Locations: New York, Geneva, Switzerland, Florida

☆ January 6 rioters want the Supreme Court to let them off the hook from obstruction charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( John Fritze | Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Now, the Supreme Court will consider whether the prosecutors’ interpretation of the law can be used against the rioters and whether the convictions already secured will stick. The charge at issue in the Supreme Court case stems from a law Congress enacted in response to a series of corporate accounting scandals, including the 2001 Enron debacle. The case before the Supreme Court involves only that last charge. All three defendants appealed to the Supreme Court, but the justices granted only Fischer’s case. In a filing last week at the Supreme Court in Trump’s immunity case, Smith argued the obstruction charge should stick against Trump even if Fischer wins.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Trump, ”, Claire Finkelstein, ” Trump, Fischer, Stormy Daniels, “, Joe Biden’s, Critics, Joseph Fischer, texted, ” Fischer, Nicholas Smith, Smith, Randall Eliason, Clarence Thomas, Ginni Thomas, Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Eliason, Antonin Scalia, ” Eliason Organizations: CNN, Capitol, ” Prosecutors, Trump, Justice Department, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Enron, Prosecutors, Appeals, DC Circuit, George Washington University, White Locations: Pennsylvania, New York, ”, Colorado

The high court’s ruling could also affect the federal election subversion criminal case pending against former President Donald Trump, who was also charged with the obstruction crime. The law, Justice Elena Kagan said, could have been written by Congress to limit its prohibition to evidence tampering. Unless the court rules broadly in a way that undermines the charge entirely, the case against Trump may still stick even if Fischer wins his case. The Fischer case has prompted some liberal critics of the court to demand that Thomas recuse himself. “There have been many violent protests that have interfered with proceedings,” Thomas asked Prelogar, pressing on a theme he returned to repeatedly during the arguments.

Persons: Critics, ”, Donald Trump, Joseph Fischer, Trump, “, Fischer, Brett Kavanaugh, Elizabeth Prelogar, John Roberts, ’ ” Roberts, it’s, Prelogar, Kavanaugh, ‘, ” Prelogar, Neil Gorsuch, Jamaal Bowman, Bowman, Samuel Alito, ” Alito, rioter, Elena Kagan, ” Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jeffrey Green, Jackson, Jack Smith, Department’s, Smith, Clarence Thomas, Thomas, That’s, Thomas ’, Ginni Thomas, ” Thomas, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, Justice, Capitol, Court, Department, Riot, ”, New York Democrat, House, Hamas, Trump Locations: Pennsylvania, Gaza, Virginia, DC, Colorado, ”

☆ Live Updates: Justices to Hear Obstruction Case That Could Bar Charges Against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Still, in an earlier case involving a different provision of the law, the Supreme Court said it should be tethered to its original purpose. Mr. Fischer is accused of entering the Capitol around 3:24 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, with the counting of electoral ballots having been suspended after the initial assault. But the question for the justices is legal, not factual: Does the 2002 law cover what Mr. Fischer is accused of? Indeed, the judges in the majority in an appeals court ruling against Mr. Fischer could not agree on just what the word meant. By a 5-to-4 vote, the Supreme Court agreed.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Joseph W, Fischer, Trump’s, “, Mr, Judge Florence Y, Pan, Fischer’s, Justin R, Walker, Judge Walker, corruptly ’, ”, Judge Gregory G, Katsas, ” Judge Katsas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Kagan, Seuss Organizations: Sarbanes, Oxley, Enron, Capitol, Mr, ” Prosecutors, Yates, Supreme Locations: United States

☆ Jan. 6 Obstruction Case at Supreme Court Could Help Trump and Many Others
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At first blush, the case the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday seems technical, requiring the justices to parse a decades-old statute mainly concerned with the destruction of business records. But the case has the potential to knock out half of the federal charges against former President Donald J. Trump for plotting to subvert the 2020 election, entangle hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions and help adjudicate the very meaning of the attack on the Capitol. The immediate question for the justices is whether a federal law aimed primarily at white-collar crime, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, can be used to prosecute members of the mob who stormed the Capitol, including the defendant in the case, Joseph W. Fischer, a former Pennsylvania police officer. More than 300 people have been prosecuted under the law, which makes it a crime to obstruct an official proceeding. But its language is broad, and prosecutors say its plain terms cover Mr. Fischer’s conduct.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Joseph W, Fischer, Fischer’s Organizations: Capitol, Sarbanes, Oxley, Enron Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ This solo traveler drove from London to Lagos in a Peugeot 107
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —On January 24, content creator Pelumi Nubi, who grew up in London, set off on a solo drive from the UK capital to Lagos, Nigeria in her beloved purple Peugeot 107. In order to ensure that her vehicle would be suitable for the 10,000-kilometer journey, Nubi had it specially modified, adding a bed and a kitchen facility inside. However, the journey wasn’t without its challenges, some more serious than others. Bigger pictureNubi, seen in Kenya before undertaking her London to Lagos challenge, hopes that her travels will inspire us to pursue their dreams. While she believes that she’s now the first Black solo female traveler to have driven from London to Lagos, Nubi isn’t hugely interested in such titles and says that this was never her goal.

Persons: Pelumi Nubi, “ It’s, ”, Nubi, Omololu Olurinde, Kunle, she’d, Omololu, I’ve, ‘ Lumi, “ She’s, she’s, “, it’s, ” Nubi, It’s, Lumi, Nubi isn’t Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Peugeot, Osprey Locations: London, Lagos, Nigeria, France, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Nigerian, West Africa, Namibia, Ghana, Lake Como, Italy, Spain, Paris, Mauritania, ”, Gambia, Guinea, Bissau, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Kenya, Yamoussoukro, South Africa

☆ Can Minor League Baseball Survive Its Real Estate Problems?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Mary Pilon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ed Willson has a jar filled with dirt sitting on his desk. For more than 40 years, Mr. Willson has been a fan of the minor league baseball team in Eugene, Ore., the Emeralds, and a season-ticket holder for 22 seasons. “It was a serious heartbreak,” Mr. Willson said. After the fire, Mr. Willson made a pilgrimage to the scorched diamond, where he filled a plastic bag with dirt from the pitcher’s mound that he considered sacred. Nine years later, the dirt is still on Mr. Willson’s desk.

Persons: Ed Willson, Willson, ” Mr Organizations: Emeralds, Civic, Major League Baseball’s Locations: Eugene ,

☆ Music Teacher Is Charged With Taking Teenagers on Trips to Abuse Them
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Michael Wilson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The music teacher’s classes at the strict, no-nonsense reform school in the woods of upstate New York would seem to be a teenager’s respite amid all the rules, a place for expression and discovery. But a criminal indictment unsealed Thursday portrayed that teacher as a domineering and abusive tyrant who, during one-on-one trips away from school and outside the state, raped his teenage students or forced them into sexual activity. The indictment follows years of lawsuits that have portrayed the Family Foundation School, a small boarding academy in rural Delaware County, as something closer to an unsupervised, violent prison. The teacher, Paul Geer, 56, was arrested Wednesday evening in Hancock, N.Y., where he lives a short distance from the site of the school, which closed in 2014. He was charged with six counts related to bringing three different children across state lines to engage in unlawful sexual activity.

Persons: Paul Geer Organizations: Family Foundation Locations: New York, Delaware County, Hancock, N.Y

Gail Collins: Hey, Bret, we just hit April Fools’ Day. Lake isn’t even bothering to defend herself on the substance of the suit and has asked the court to move directly to the damages phase. I hope the court takes the Fake out of Lake with a whopping judgment in Richer’s favor. Current subject is the business dealings of Joe’s son Hunter, a road we’ve been down a trillion times before. Bret: Hey, think of all the fun we’ll have when Democrats return the favor by investigating Javanka, Don Jr. and Eric when Donald Trump is — gulp — back in office.

Persons: Gail Collins, Bret, Bret Stephens, Kari Lake, Kyrsten, Stephen Richer, Richer, isn’t, Richer’s, Gail, James Comer, who’s, Joe Biden, Joe’s, Hunter, Javanka, Don Jr, Eric, Donald Trump Organizations: Trump, U.S, Senate, Republican Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County

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