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☆ Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The defense lawyer minced no words as he addressed a room full of plastic-industry executives. Prepare for a wave of lawsuits with potentially “astronomical” costs. Gross was referring to PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that have emerged as one of the major pollution issues of our time. Used for decades in countless everyday objects — cosmetics, takeout containers, frying pans — PFAS have been linked to serious health risks including cancer. “Weed out people and find the right witness to represent your company.”A spokesman for Mr. Gross’s employer, MG+M The Law Firm, which defends companies in high-stakes litigation, didn’t respond to questions about Mr. Gross’s remarks and said he was unavailable to discuss them.

Persons: Brian Gross, Gross, ” Mr, ”, “ Weed, Gross’s Organizations: The New York Times, “, Law Locations: United States

☆ How Hudson Yards Went From Ghost Town to Office Success Story
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Matthew Haag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was March 2019, and 13,000 people were on Manhattan’s West Side at a star-studded opening ceremony for the largest private real estate project in United States history: Hudson Yards. A year later, the development was a ghost town. The roughly $30 billion planned neighborhood looked like it had fizzled before it ever got started. But now, five years after that grand opening, Hudson Yards has not only survived, but it has also emerged as perhaps the most dominant office market in New York City, a bright spot as companies across the country cut space in the shift to remote and hybrid work. Skeptics had also predicted that area — bounded by Eighth and 12th Avenues from West 30th to West 42nd Street — was too out of the way for New Yorkers.

Persons: Young —, — Organizations: Hudson, Shops, Hudson Yards, BlackRock, Pfizer, Ernst, Eighth, West, New Yorkers Locations: United States, New York City, West, New

☆ Opinion | My Joe Biden Fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I slipped away from this nightmarish election campaign into a delicious dream the other evening. I dreamed that, when Joe Biden gets up to reset his beleaguered presidency at the State of the Union address, he gives this astonishing speech:Mr. Speaker. Man, Mike Johnson was a nobody just weeks ago — now he’s Neville Chamberlain. I remember how to lift people up, not tear them down and pit them against one another. Donald Trump wants to yank us back on women’s rights, the environment, mail-in voting — actually, all voting.

Persons: Joe Biden, Mike Johnson, Neville Chamberlain, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, yank, — Organizations: State, NATO Locations: United States, Vegas, L.A

☆ Opinion: Fani Willis and Nathan Wade need to step aside for the sake of the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Opinion William Cooper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The optics are horrific,” Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney said about the fundraiser before disqualifying Willis and her staff from pursuing charges against Jones in July 2022. More recently, Willis admitted to having a “personal relationship” with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired to help with Trump’s prosecution. Wade hasn’t just billed Fulton County over $650,000 under Willis’ supervision; he’s done so in irregular fashion. Combined with his personal relationship with Willis, they raise significant questions, including whether any of his outsized earnings have benefited Willis. If Willis and Wade step aside, other competent lawyers can make the case that Trump violated the law.

Persons: William Cooper, Substack, Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Sen, Burt Jones, Willis, Robert McBurney, disqualifying Willis, Jones, Nathan Wade, Michael Roman’s, Wade, Attorney Willis, Trump’s, Brad Raffensperger, “, ” Trump, Raffensperger, team’s misjudgments, Wade’s, Wade hasn’t, Willis ’, ”, Scott McAfee, Trump, it’s Organizations: CNN, District, Republican, Trump, Attorney, Fulton County prosecutorial Locations: California, Fulton County , Georgia, Republican Georgia, Fulton County, United States, Georgia, Fulton

☆ Modern US earthquakes could be century-old aftershocks, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Allison Chinchar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Earthquakes vs. aftershocksThe modern seismic activity the researchers studied is likely a mixture of aftershocks from the big quakes from the 1800s and background seismicity, Chen said. “Are small earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone aftershocks of 1811-1812 or not?” Hough said in an email. “The new study considers the question from a different angle, considering how tightly clustered earthquakes are, and concluding that some of the events are ongoing aftershocks,” Hough said. Aftershocks might still be continuing, but once the normal seismic rate for the area returns, she said, you can no longer identify them as aftershocks. “For this reason, we seismologists sometimes disagree about which earthquakes are foreshocks or aftershocks,” Ebel said, “and I think those disagreements are inherently unresolvable.”

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☆ 5 Books to Read About Sandra Day O’Connor
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Wilson Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Readers see a justice who was aware of the significance of her position, and who knew what she wanted her legacy to be. “For anyone interested in the court, women’s history or both, the story of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, their separate routes to the Supreme Court and what they accomplished during the more than 12 years they spent together is irresistible,” Greenhouse wrote in her review. “Did Justices O’Connor and Ginsburg really change the world? As David Margolick wrote in the Book Review, “O’Connor was clearly Toobin’s most important source. She’s also — readers can decide if it’s coincidental — his hero: the justice, he argues, who through her pragmatic, seat-of-the-pants jurisprudence single-handedly kept the court close to the American mainstream, particularly on matters like reproductive freedom and affirmative action.” (2007)

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Just this week, the SEC sued Kraken, another crypto exchange, alleging that it is operating as an unregistered securities exchange. Binance is exiting the US as part of the agreement the crypto exchange made with law enforcement agencies. That also includes the Justice Department, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission , and the Treasury Department. There is even a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team within the Justice Department actively identifying and investigating criminal cases involving digital assets. That is precisely how the feds secured the first ever corporate settlement with a crypto exchange.

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☆ Bird Flu Raced Through South America. Antarctica Could Be Next.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Emily Anthes | More About Emily Anthes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last fall, the virus, known as H5N1, finally arrived in South America. It raced quickly down the Pacific coast and killed wild birds and marine mammals in staggering numbers. “The negative impact of this virus on Antarctic wildlife could be immense — likely worse than that on South American wildlife,” the report warns. More than 100 million birds breed in Antarctica and on the islands nearby, and many marine mammals swim in the surrounding waters. Some of those species, including the distinctive emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal, crowd together in large colonies.

Persons: OFFLU, ”, Ralph Vanstreels, Davis Organizations: University of California Locations: Europe, Africa, Asia, United States, South America, Peru, Chile, Antarctica, Australia, American

☆ DNA of enslaved iron workers illuminates African American history
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A view of the site of the Catoctin Furnace, an iron forge where enslaved people of African descent once worked, in Cunningham Falls State Park in Maryland, U.S., in this undated photograph. The site now also is providing unique insight into African American history thanks to research involving DNA obtained from the remains of 27 individuals buried in a cemetery for enslaved people at Catoctin Furnace. For African American and United States history, revealing these stories and family legacies is important to understanding and acknowledging who we are, where we came from and how we are connected to each other today," Bruwelheide added. Enslaved people of African descent were forced to work in agricultural, industrial and domestic settings in parts of the United States. In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the researchers examined historical DNA alongside genetic testing company 23andMe's personal ancestry database to identify 41,799 Americans related to the 27 individuals, including 2,975 close relatives.

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Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted on Tuesday in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn the 2020 election following a sprawling federal investigation into his attempts to cling to power after losing the presidency. The indictment, filed by the special counsel Jack Smith in Federal District Court in Washington, accuses Mr. Trump of three conspiracies: one to defraud the United States; a second to obstruct an official government proceeding, the certification of the Electoral College vote; and a third to deprive people of a civil right, the right to have their votes counted. Mr. Trump was also charged with a fourth count of obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. “Each of these conspiracies — which built on the widespread mistrust the defendant was creating through pervasive and destabilizing lies about election fraud — targeted a bedrock function of the United States federal government: the nation’s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election,” the indictment said. The charges signify an extraordinary moment in United States history: a former president, in the midst of a campaign to return to the White House, being charged over attempts to use the levers of government power to subvert democracy and remain in office against the will of voters.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Jack Smith, — Organizations: Federal, Court, Electoral, United, White Locations: Washington, United States

CNN —Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, was released from a California prison on Tuesday, a prison spokesperson told CNN. Van Houten was released to parole supervision, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Mary Xjimenez said. Van Houten will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year, Xjimenez said. In 1994, Van Houten described her part in the killings in a prison interview with CNN’s Larry King. “I went in and Mrs. LaBianca was laying on the floor and I stabbed her,” said Van Houten, who was 19 at the time of the murders.

Persons: Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson, Van Houten, Mary Xjimenez, Xjimenez, Manson, ”, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary, Gavin Newsom’s, Van, Newsom, Van Houten’s, Erin Mellon, “, ” Melton, Jay Sebring, Governor Newsom, ” Sebring’s, Anthony DiMaria, CNN’s Laura Coates, ” DiMaria, rampages, Nancy Tetreault, CNN’s John Berman, that’s, ” Tetreault, Berman, she’s, Tetreault, –, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, CNN’s Larry King, LaBianca Organizations: CNN, California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, California Gov, California Supreme, Gov Locations: California, Los Angeles, Van Houten, United States

☆ Opinion | The Trump Case and the Bathroom Files
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Justice System Put on Trial as Trump Denounces the Rule of Law” (news analysis, front page, June 11):Contrary to this analysis of the documents case against former President Donald Trump, what is being tested is not the credibility of the justice system. Mr. Trump’s completely predictable efforts to undermine confidence in the legal process are pure bluster. What is actually at stake is the credibility of the political system. Instead, early indications are that Mr. Trump’s base remains staunchly loyal to him. American democracy is imperiled if a significant segment of the voting public cannot see through dangerous, self-serving posturing.

Persons: ”, Donald Trump, Trump’s, Abraham Lincoln’s Organizations: U.S, Trump Locations: United States

☆ How the Case Against Ted Kaczynski, the ‘Unabomber,’ Unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ted Kaczynski, the confessed killer who attacked academics, business officials and others over nearly 20 years and became known as the Unabomber, died by suicide on Saturday at a federal prison in Butner, N.C., according to three people familiar with the situation. Here are the key facts about his life, the attacks and the long manhunt that led to his capture. Who Was Ted Kaczynski? Two years later, he pleaded guilty to the bombings and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. Image This composite sketch, based on a 1987 spotting of the Unabomber, was the only lead nine years into the bombing spree.

Persons: Ted Kaczynski, Theodore J, Kaczynski, Mr Locations: Butner, N.C, F.B.I, United States

☆ Credit Suisse whistleblowers say Swiss bank has been helping wealthy Americans dodge U.S. taxes for years
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Eamon Javers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

In this article CSCSG.N-CH Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTA sign of Credit Suisse bank is seen at their headquarters in Zurich on March 20, 2023. "To date, no Credit Suisse employees involved in the scheme have faced any consequences from the United States government for their participation." "It's not a question of whether Swiss banks continue to do this, it's a question of which Swiss banks still do this." In a statement to CNBC, a Credit Suisse spokeswoman said it does not tolerate tax evasion. "DOJ must correct its lax oversight of Credit Suisse and hold Credit Suisse accountable for any violations of its plea agreement," he said.

☆ Biden administration set to propose largest Defense budget in US history as GOP pushes for spending cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Biden administration is close to asking Congress for the largest-ever US defense budget, per Politico. Lawmakers in December authorized $858 billion in defense spending, more than what President Biden had requested. Lawmakers in December authorized $858 billion in national defense spending, a number that was $45 billion higher than what President Joe Biden had requested. While Biden has called for a clean debt limit increase, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California and his GOP conference are insistent on spending cuts. GOP leaders have not ruled out curtailing some Pentagon spending, but the more hawkish members of the Republican conference will be apt to push back against major defense cuts.

☆ Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes in El Paso Massacre That Killed 23
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Emily Schmall | More About Emily Schmall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Texas man who fatally shot 23 people and injured dozens more at a Walmart store in El Paso in 2019 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crimes and weapons charges in connection with the deadliest anti-Latino attack in modern United States history. Lawyers for the gunman, Patrick Crusius, said last month that he would change his plea to guilty days after federal prosecutors notified the court that they would not seek the death penalty. He has agreed to accept a sentence of 90 consecutive life terms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. Mr. Crusius, 24, still faces trial on state capital murder charges, for which he could receive the death penalty. He appeared in U.S. District Court in El Paso on Wednesday afternoon, where he pleaded guilty to all 90 federal charges that he faced, including 45 hate crimes.

Persons: Patrick Crusius, Crusius Organizations: Walmart, Attorney’s, Western, Western District of, Mr Locations: Texas, El Paso, United States, Western District, Western District of Texas, U.S

☆ Goran Gogic: Former heavyweight boxer charged with trafficking over $1 billion worth of cocaine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic was charged with the maritime trafficking of over $1 billion worth of cocaine through US ports, the US Department of Justice said on Monday. The 43-year-old Montenegrin was arrested on Sunday night as he tried to board an international flight from Miami, the DOJ said in a news release. Gogic has been charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act and three counts of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, according to court documents. The DOJ says US law enforcement officers seized three shipments of cocaine. It was “one of the largest seizures of cocaine in United States history” and worth over $1 billion, the DOJ said.

☆ RNC chair Ronna McDaniel says it's 'unfair' to link GOP criticism of Nancy Pelosi to her husband being attacked by an intruder at their California home
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ronna McDaniel said it was "unfair" to link GOP messaging to the attack on Paul Pelosi on Sunday. Nancy Pelosi, who has led House Democrats since 2003, has long been a political foil for the GOP. McDaniel pushed back against any allegations that GOP messaging was problematic or incited violence and instead flipped the narrative to lambast Democrats. "But I think the other thing to remember is, if this weren't Paul Pelosi, this criminal would probably be out on the street tomorrow." "But of course we wish Paul Pelosi a recovery.

☆ Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says people approach her with 'a profound sense of pride' over her appointment to the high court
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ketanji Brown Jackson says people approach her with "a profound sense of pride" over her SCOTUS appointment. Jackson, the first Black woman to sit on the court, made the remarks after her investiture ceremony. "People from all walks of life approach me with what I can only describe as a profound sense of pride. The ramifications of the decision has been stark, with many states instituted near-total abortion bans, while some have expanded abortion rights. In joining the court, Jackson has succeeded Stephen Breyer, who sat on the court from 1994 until his formal retirement in June.

☆ Lawsuit filed after FBI agents raided 1,400 deposit boxes at a US Private Vaults branch claims owners' items have still not been returned
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The agency raided US Private Vaults and seized the contents of 1,400 safety deposit boxes. A lawyer involved in the class-action said the FBI raid was the "largest armed robbery in US history." The FBI requested and obtained warrants to seize US Private Vaults' business property. US Private Vaults has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money, and the investigation was continuing, Eimiller added. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit have asked for the FBI raid to be deemed unconstitutional by a district judge, the LA Times reported.

☆ Raphael Warnock has a 5-point lead over Herschel Walker in high-stakes Georgia Senate contest, while Brian Kemp is ahead 6 points against Stacey Abrams in the governor's race: poll
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Warnock has a 47%-42% lead over Walker in the Georgia Senate race, per a new Marist Poll. In the poll, Warnock was backed by 94% of Democrats, while Walker earned 83% support among the GOP. Warnock performed strongly in the Atlanta metropolitan area; in the Atlanta suburbs, he edged out Walker by three-percentage points (47%-44%). (A recent CBS News/YouGov poll showed Warnock with a narrower 51%-49% edge over Walker.) Brian Kemp holds a six-point lead (50%-44%) over Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams among registered voters in a rematch of their 2018 contest.

☆ Eric Trump calls Letitia James 'most corrupt Attorney General in United States History' after she files fraud lawsuit against his family
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The NY attorney general filed a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump, his business, and three of his children. Trump's son Eric, who was also named in the AG suit, immediately lashed out at the attorney geernal. "Letitia James is the most corrupt Attorney General in United States History," he wrote on Truth Social. "Letitia James is the most corrupt Attorney General in United States History - she campaigned on the promised to sue my father… watch for yourself!" During James' campaign for attorney general in 2018, she said she would investigate Donald Trump and his business.

☆ Fondul de carte al Bibliotecii tehnico-științifice a UTM a fost completat cu un nou lot donat de poporul american
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Fondul de carte al Bibliotecii tehnico-științifice a UTM a fost completat cu un nou lot donat de poporul americanFondul de carte al Bibliotecii tehnico-științifice a Universității Tehnice a Moldovei a fost completat astăzi cu un lot important de carte donat de poporul american. Viorel BOSTAN, au exprimat sincere mulțumiri pentru acest gest impresionant, menționând că această donație va oferi suportul necesar în asigurarea resurselor educaționale pentru viitorii absolvenți ai UTM. De asemenea, dl rector a adus sincere mulțumiri poporului american pentru această inițiativă, menționând că în data de 9 octombrie, dna Rusanovschi a oferit prin aceiași parteneri circa 200 exemplare de carte în domeniile inginerești, donate, de asemenea, Bibliotecii UTM. Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa UTM. Informațiile prezentate în acest material nu reflectă nici într-un mod opiniile echipei #diez.

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