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☆ New Jersey Democratic power broker pleads not guilty to state racketeering charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

New Jersey businessman and co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, George Norcross walks to Judge Patricia McInerney's courtroom at City Hall in Philadelphia. The New Jersey Democratic power broker charged with racketeering by the state attorney general pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he threatened people whose properties he sought to take over and orchestrated tax incentive legislation to benefit organizations he controlled. "My client emphatically states that he is not guilty," Norcross' attorney Michael Critchley told Judge Peter Warshaw. A longtime kingmaker in southern New Jersey, Norcross often wielded influence through back channels. His brothers are lobbyist and co-defendant Philip Norcross — who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday as well — and U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, a former state legislator who is not charged.

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☆ Piety and Profanity: The Raunchy Christians Are Here
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The “Conservative Dad’s Real Women of America” 2024 pinup calendar features old-school images of sexiness — bikinis, a red sports car, a bubble bath. The models are influencers and aspiring politicians familiar to the very online pro-Trump right. In one image, a BlazeTV host in a short skirt lights a copy of The New York Times on fire with a cigar. Published by a “woke-free beer” company hastily launched last year as an alternative to Bud Light, the calendar was clearly meant to provoke liberals. Instead, it sparked a heated squabble on the right over whether “conservative dads” who happen to be Christians should reject the calendar on moral grounds, or embrace it as an irreverent win for the good guys.

Persons: Dana Loesch, “, Bud Light, Allie Beth Stuckey, podcaster Organizations: Conservative Dad’s Real, Trump, New York Times Locations: America

☆ Three hours to guilty: How the government nailed Sam Bankman-Fried
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

David Dee Delgado | ReutersIn Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial, prosecutors won quickly by keeping it simple. "While the cryptocurrency industry might be new and the players like Sam Bankman-Fried might be new, this kind of corruption is as old as time," Williams said. Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, seated to the left, react to the verdict. "Sam Bankman-Fried will be remembered as one of the biggest fraudsters of our lifetimes," Mariotti said. WATCH: Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven counts

Persons: Sam Bankman, David Dee Delgado, CNBC they'd, Yesha Yadav, Fried, Nicolas Roos, Danielle Sassoon, Crypto, Roos, Sassoon, Marc, Antoine Julliard, Renato Mariotti, who's, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Damian Williams, Williams, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Sorkin, that's, It's, SBF, Mariotti, Paul Tuchmann, Wiggin, Dana, Tuchmann, Elizabeth Williams, Caroline Ellison, Bankman, Ellison, James Koutoulas, Koutoulas, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, FTX coder Adam Yedidia, FTX's, Sun, Kevin J, O'Brien, Mark Cohen Organizations: FTX, Manhattan, Reuters, CNBC, Vanderbilt University ., U.S . Justice Department's Securities, Commodities, Southern, of, Prosecutors, Stanford, Alameda Research, New York Times DealBook, Washington , D.C, U.S, Justice Department, Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission Locations: New York City, London, Chicago, U.S, of New York, Alameda, Washington ,, Bankman, New York

CNN —A 10-year-old boy has been rescued near Madrid after spending the night clinging to a tree to escape severe flooding as Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rains in recent days, killing at least three people. The Pedrera Bridge over the Alberche River in Aldea del Fresno, Spain, on September 4, 2023. The storm follows a summer of extreme weather for Spain, which has grappled with searing heatwaves and devastating wildfires. Scientists are clear that extreme weather will only get more intense and more frequent as the human-caused climate crisis accelerates. The severe rainfall eased on Tuesday, with the country’s national weather service AEMET downgrading alerts for the region from red to yellow.

Persons: Storm Dana, Alejandro Martínez Vélez, Emiliano García, Garcia, Page Organizations: CNN, RTVE, Europa Press Locations: Madrid, Aldea del Fresno, Spain, Toledo, Castilla, La Mancha

☆ Man Gets 2 Years in Prison for Spending Pandemic Money on Alpaca Farm
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the coronavirus pandemic slowed business at Dana L. McIntyre’s already flailing Boston-area pizzeria in early 2020, he, like millions of other Americans, applied for pandemic relief. But instead of spending it on the pizzeria, he used the majority of the money to buy a farm in Vermont, eight alpacas, a pickup truck and a vintage car. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Massachusetts sentenced him to two years in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $680,000, the Justice Department said. Mr. McIntyre, 59, pleaded guilty in April to four counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering. “This was no momentary lapse in the fog of the pandemic,” Joshua S. Levy, the acting U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, said in a statement.

Persons: Dana L, McIntyre, Joshua S, Levy, “, ” Organizations: Dana, Justice Department Locations: Boston, Vermont, Massachusetts

June 16 (Reuters) - Iowa's highest court did not revive a 2018 ban on most abortions on Friday, meaning that abortion will remain legal in the state up to 20 weeks of pregnancy for now. Iowa passed a law banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually around six weeks, in 2018. The law was blocked because of the U.S. Supreme Court's longstanding 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed abortion rights nationwide. The Supreme Court overturned Roe last year, and Reynolds immediately sought to revive the 2018 law. The trial court judge said there was no legal mechanism for doing that, and three Supreme Court justices agreed.

Persons: Kim Reynolds, Roe, Wade, Alexis McGill Johnson, Chris Schandevel, today's, Reynolds, Thomas Waterman, Christopher McDonald, inequitable, Waterman, McDonald, Dana Leanne Oxley, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Republican, Planned, U.S, Thomson Locations: Iowa, U.S ., Roe, New York

☆ Republicans are lashing out at DirecTV for supposedly ‘censoring’ conservative voices. Here’s what’s really going on
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Several Republican senators unleashed on the satellite carrier Wednesday over its move to drop the right-wing channel Newsmax from its lineup, adding to mounting pressure DirecTV has faced over the matter. The senators suggested DirecTV’s move was all part of a nefarious plot to “censor” conservative viewpoints. DirecTV also balked at paying for the same content that streams to users for free on other platforms, such as Roku. But the right-wing channel, led by Chris Ruddy, who is well-connected in GOP circles, has sought to leverage its political power to pressure DirecTV into paying up. Last week, it added to its lineup the right-wing channel The First, which features hosts such as Bill O’Reilly, Dana Loesch, Liz Wheeler, and Jesse Kelly.

☆ Instagram’s Notes Feature Leaves Millennials Nostalgic, Gen Z Confused
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When Dana Lu recently logged on to Instagram she felt like she had traveled back in time 20 years. At the top of her direct messages, she saw her friends’ avatars had funny little phrases hovering above them. They had notes like “w0rk fl0w” or “Wth is this instagram?

☆ The 13 Best Winter Hats for Women, According to Style Insiders
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

By Leah Melby ClintonNecessary essential or fashion statement, a winter hat is a wardrobe must, period. Below, a breakdown of the four big winter hat trends this year, with the pros’ specific picks that combine warmth and sartorial elan. The perfect wool beanieAcne Studios Appliquéd Ribbed Wool Beanie $170 at Net-A-PorterA knit beanie is a wardrobe staple, and this 100% wool version from Acne was mentioned by multiple style pros. Retro-modern bucket hatA ’90s throwback moment enveloped the fashion industry this year, with the return of the bucket hat. Chic cashmere beanieThis warm all-cashmere style was a constant in Sanford’s wardrobe when she lived in the Northeast.

Weike WangJoan, the hero of this novel, is a 36-year-old attending physician in an I.C.U. on the Upper West Side of New York. Pressures from her family, H.R. and her neighbor throw her in a rage that Wang leaves bubbling beneath the surface. “Wang has given us a character so unusual and unapologetically herself that you can’t help wanting to hang out with her, knowing full well that she wants nothing more than to be left alone,” our reviewer wrote.

☆ The GOP dealt conservative Georgia voters a dud with Herschel Walker
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Arick Wierson | Arick Wierson Is A Six-Time Emmy Award-Winning Television Producer | A Former Senior Aide To Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He Advises Political | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The bold way that the GOP — the pro-life party — continues to support Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who allegedly urged an ex-girlfriend to have an abortion and paid for the procedure, is eyebrow-raising to say the least. However, it’s not the first time Walker has been involved in a deal in which he has failed to live up to expectations. If you are an ardent Vikings fan, the Walker trade was a raw deal that still stings to this day. In this lopsided trade, it’s former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party attempting to present Walker as a Senate candidate with deeply held anti-abortion convictions to conservative Georgia voters. According to a Survey USA poll of likely voters, conducted Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, Warnock leads Walker 50% to 38%.

Walker spoke of getting his start playing football in Johnson County and then making his way to the University of Georgia and pro football. He said that if he is re-elected he will fight to expand Medicaid in Georgia. And I think the people of Georgia have a real choice about who they think is ready to represent them in the United States Senate," Warnock told reporters Thursday, without directly addressing the abortion story. Warnock's allies, meanwhile, see the question more as a battle between Walker and Georgia voters — why give his opponent a chance to bring him into the story? What’s “very important” to her is Democrats’ holding the Senate and fighting GOP "extremism."

☆ Dispensaries selling illegal magic mushrooms in Vancouver could lead to the legalization of the substance, like they did with cannabis, shop keeper says
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-05 | by ( Gabrielle Bienasz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He's trying to push Vancouver to manage or legalize it, as cannabis sellers did in 2015. Larsen told the Vancouver Sun that Canada would not have legalized cannabis without store owners like himself, who sold cannabis before it was legal. Now, he's betting that selling the substance will push the government to go ahead and make it legal. Canada legalized cannabis in October 2018, but the illegal or semi-illegal market in Vancouver persisted, especially because of licensing issues. As of November, there were multiple stores openly selling mushrooms in the city, in one case as a way of making up lost pandemic revenue, according to the Daily Hive Vancouver.

☆ La Bălți, a fost dat start proiectului „Împreună pentru integrarea educațională mai bună a copiilor cu nevoi speciale”
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

La Bălți, a fost dat start proiectului „Împreună pentru integrarea educațională mai bună a copiilor cu nevoi speciale”Direcția Învățământ, Tineret și Sport din municipiul Bălți, Republica Moldova, în calitate de beneficiară a proiectului „Împreună pentru integrarea educațională mai bună a copiilor cu nevoi speciale” informează că, la 26 mai 2021, a organizat, în regim online, conferința de deschidere a proiectului. De asemenea, un mesaj de salut au adresat și dr. Virginia Rusnac, directoare a Centrului Republican de Asistență Psihopedagogică, Ministerul Educației, Culturii și Cercetării al Republicii Moldova; Conf. În cadrul evenimentului a fost desfășurată o sesiune plenară cu participarea reprezentanților Direcției Învățământ, Tineret și Sport mun. Proiectul „Together for a better educational integration of children with special educational need” – „Împreună pentru integrarea educațională mai bună a copiilor cu nevoi speciale”, realizat de către Direcția Învățământ, Tineret și Sport mun. Bălți în parteneriat cu Inspectoratul Școlar Județean Botoșani este finanțat prin Programul Operaţional Comun România-Republica Moldova, proiect de tip SOFT.

Persons: Tatiana, Prof . dr . Daniel Botezatu, univ, dr Valentina Prițcan, Alecu Russo, Dana, . dr, Ada Alexandrina Macovei Organizations: Sport, Conferința, ., Ministerul Educației, Culturii, Cercetării, Universitatea de Stat, Școlar Locations: Bălți, Republica Moldova, . Virginia, Republicii Moldova, Sport mun, Botoșani, municipale, România

Sezonul de toamnă: 11 cele mai decisive întrebări de la al 27-lea Maraton de Ce? Câștigătoarea maratonului a fost echipa Pokerface. Faptul că în secvența din carte este vorba anume despre malus domestica nu a fost încă demonstrat. Una dintre metodele economice de luptă ale britanicilor contra americanilor în Războiul de Independenţă a fost invadarea pieţei americane cu un anumit produs. Î: Care a fost motivul?

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