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PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Two people have been arrested on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse after the discovery of a girl's body encased in concrete and a boy's remains in a suitcase in Colorado, according to police and public jail records. Police found the girl's remains in a metal container filled with concrete in a storage unit last month, according to authorities. As part of the investigation, police began searching for two children last seen in the summer of 2018, Jesus Dominguez Jr. and Yesenia Dominguez. The children hadn't been reported missing, according to the police department's news release. Available court records did not identify attorneys for Minjarez and Dominguez who could comment on their behalf.

Persons: Corena Rose Minjarez, Jesus Dominguez, Jesus Dominguez Jr, Yesenia Dominguez, hadn't, Dominguez Organizations: City of, City of Pueblo Police Department, . Police, Minjarez, Police Locations: Colo, Colorado, City, City of Pueblo

☆ Frustration Grows in Search for Acapulco Sailors Lost in Hurricane
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Troy MeridaACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Families of Mexican sailors missing since Hurricane Otis last month devastated the seaside resort of Acapulco are pleading for more help in the search for loved ones, frustrated by a lack of progress and government assistance. In Acapulco, many sailors jumped on their moored boats to sail them to what they believed were safer parts of the bay as storms move in. Susana Ramos Villa, 32, said people who cannot afford to go out to sea to search for relatives need government assistance. Alejandro Alexander González, an Acapulco Port official, said between 30-40 people are looking for missing sailors. "Before we begin to remove the larger vessels, the yachts, we're doing an intense search to locate bodies," he said.

Persons: Troy Merida, Hurricane Otis, Otis, Yesenia Soriano, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Susana Ramos Villa, Villa, Alejandro Alexander González, Drazen Jorgic, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Hurricane, Mexican Navy, Acapulco Port, Mexican Association of Insurance Companies Locations: Troy Merida ACAPULCO, Mexico, Acapulco, Mexican

☆ Frustration grows in search for Acapulco sailors lost in hurricane
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Troy Merida | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Families of Mexican sailors missing since Hurricane Otis last month devastated the seaside resort of Acapulco are pleading for more help in the search for loved ones, frustrated by a lack of progress and government assistance. In Acapulco, many sailors jumped on their moored boats to sail them to what they believed were safer parts of the bay as storms move in. Susana Ramos Villa, 32, said people who cannot afford to go out to sea to search for relatives need government assistance. Alejandro Alexander González, an Acapulco Port official, said between 30-40 people are looking for missing sailors. "Before we begin to remove the larger vessels, the yachts, we're doing an intense search to locate bodies," he said.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Otis, Yesenia Soriano, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Susana Ramos Villa, Villa, Alejandro Alexander González, Troy Merida, Drazen Jorgic, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Hurricane, Mexican Navy, Acapulco Port, Mexican Association of Insurance Companies, Thomson Locations: ACAPULCO, Mexico, Acapulco, Mexican

☆ Russia and Ukraine are fighting the kind of drone war the US military has been worrying about, and it's scrambling to prepare for a future that's already here
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Christopher Woody | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

The scale of the drone war in Ukraine is one of the most striking features of the conflict. "ISIS figured out how to arm their drones and attack us either with 'kamikaze' explosive-laden drones or drones that dropped" modified munitions, Townsend said. Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment train on an Avenger air-defense system in in July. In 2018, the Army reactivated the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, returning a short-range-air-defense capability to Europe. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The war is showing how much [drones are] here and are affecting the war every day.

Persons: Ukraine isn't, Mara Karlin, wasn't, Karlin, that's, John Moore, Stephen Townsend, Townsend, Frank McKenzie, MAHMOUD TAHA, I've, Syria —, Richard Clarke, Clarke, Tom Karako, " McKenzie, McKenzie, Maj, Sean Gainey, Gainey, FADEL SENNA, Douglas Bush, Bush, they've, Col, Michael Parent, Narciso Contreras, Parent Organizations: Pentagon, Service, Defense Writers, US Marine, US Army, US Africa Command, ISIS, Getty, Army, US Special, Command, Aspen Security Conference, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Patriot, —, US Air Force, Congressional Research Service, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Spc, Yesenia, Asymmetric Warfare Group, Battalion, Stryker, Washington DC, Marine Corps, US Army Yuma, US, Anadolu Agency, Pacific . The Defense Department Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mosul, Syria, Homs, Europe, Washington, Russian, Kyiv, Russia, Lviv Oblast, China, Pacific

☆ Bodycam footage shows cops forcefully arresting a Black family at a Starbucks car park. A jury awarded them $8.25 million in damages.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Black mother and her two daughters were detained at a Starbucks car park in California in 2019. A California jury awarded the family more than $8 million on Wednesday, court documents show. After an altercation, Holland ordered all three family members out of the car and detained them, the video shows. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Insider's for comment. It happened in a Starbucks car park, not in the actual shop.

☆ Bodycam footage shows cops forcefully arresting a Black family at Starbucks. A jury awarded them $8.25 million in damages.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Black mother and her two daughters were detained at a Starbucks in California in September 2019. Bodycam footage shows the family were handcuffed after the mother refused to show her ID. A California jury awarded the family more than $8 million on Wednesday, court documents show. After an altercation, Holland ordered all three family members out of the car and detained them, the video shows. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Insider's for comment.

☆ CHART: All the ways Instagram influencers can make money from the platform and how it's changed in the last year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Instagram has launched more than 10 money-making tools for creators since 2020. From subscriptions to NFTs, the Meta-owned platform is testing many ways for creators to make money. Insider made a timeline to show all of Instagram's monetization features — and which ones are gone. "I'm always a little cautious because Instagram changes all the time," Yesenia Hudson, a content creator with 40,000 Instagram followers, told Insider. Meanwhile, this past year has been focused on ways creators can earn money from their followers with tools like Subscriptions or Digital Collectibles (Meta's NFT feature).

☆ Creators are getting whiplash from Instagram's unpredictable changes in how they can make money — and some are leaning away from the platform
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Creators said the many changes have left them exhausted, with some leaning away from the platform. Instagram creators are tired. "As we build a suite of creator monetization tools, we're constantly learning and testing remains crucial in understanding what offers the best experience. Whether or not ad-rev share will come to Instagram Reels (as is the case on Facebook), however, has not been announced. Instagram isn't the only social platform making sweeping changes to creator monetization tools, either.

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