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A former NFL Media journalist is accusing the league of refusing to address what he calls long-standing institutional discrimination and said his contract was not renewed because he repeatedly voiced concerns regarding equity and racial injustice. Trotter said the concerns he raised with league executives, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, regarding those comments and the lack of diversity among NFL Media employees fell on deaf ears. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“We share Jim Trotter’s passion for quality journalism created in and supported by a diverse and inclusive environment,” the NFL said. The lawsuit said NFL Media did not have a single Black person in a managerial position or on its news desk. Though Trotter wasn’t present, he said the comments were raised by one of his colleagues during an NFL Media Zoom call in 2020.

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☆ Georgia DA urges judge to reject Mark Meadows bid for stay, says he failed to meet his ‘heavy burden’ of evidence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Meadows has failed to show he can "carry the heavy burden" required to pause a judge's order rejecting his bid to move his Georgia criminal election interference case to federal court, Atlanta's district attorney argued Tuesday. On Monday, Meadows' attorneys asked Jones to stay his own ruling pending an appeal in a federal appellate court. They argued that without a stay, Meadows could be "irreparably injured" as his prosecution barrels ahead in Fulton County Superior Court. The prosecutor, on Tuesday, urged Jones to deny the motion for a stay, arguing that Meadows has not shown he is likely to prevail in an appeal. Meadows' arguments attempt to "talk around" the federal judge's reasoning and fail to cite "any pertinent public interest weighing in his favor," the DA wrote.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Fani Willis, Donald Trump's, Steve Jones, Meadows, Jones, Willis Organizations: U.S, District, Fulton County Superior Court Locations: Georgia, Atlanta's, Atlanta, Meadows, Fulton County

Shroyer hosts a daily show called “The War Room With Owen Shroyer” for the website operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Shroyer didn't need to set foot inside the Capitol because many of his followers did, prosecutors argued. Political Cartoons View All 1154 Images“Shroyer helped create January 6,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing. Outside the Capitol, Shroyer stood in front of a crowd with a megaphone and yelled, “The Democrats are posing as communists, but we know what they really are: they’re just tyrants, they’re tyrants. Shroyer is one of two Infowars employees arrested on Capitol riot charges.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed Chris Jones to a new one-year contract Monday, which should end the All-Pro defensive tackle's holdout and could mean he will be back on the field when they visit the Jacksonville Jaguars for Week 2. The Chiefs did not disclose terms, but a source told The Associated Press no years were added to his four-year, $80 million deal, which was due to expire. In his only public statement, Jones said: "Hopefully it gets worked out. It's always been my goal to be a Kansas City Chief for life.

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☆ Trump aide Mark Meadows loses bid to move Georgia election case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's lawyer on Thursday told a Fulton County judge in a filing that the former president might soon seek to have his own case transferred to federal court. Four other defendants besides Meadows already have made such requests. A judge on Friday rejected a request by Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election conspiracy criminal case to federal court in Atlanta. Other than Trump, Meadows was seen by experts as having the best shot at transferring the case to federal court because he held a federal post and lived in Washington, D.C. at the time of the alleged crimes. The federal court in Atlanta is seen as a potentially more favorable venue for the defendants than the state court because its jury pool is drawn from a larger area, and thus is likely to include more Republicans.

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☆ Fact Check-The Guardian columnist’s headline on use of word homosexual is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An op-ed headline likening the use of the word homosexual to a hate crime is being falsely attributed online to The Guardian columnist Owen Jones. The fabricated headline reads: “Addressing me as homosexual is a homophobic hate crime.” It is shared within an image that copies the layout, formatting and typeface used by The Guardian and includes a headshot of Jones. Reuters also did not find an op-ed by the headline elsewhere online (rb.gy/4jsep). A spokesperson for The Guardian told Reuters in an email that the screenshot has “never been a published Guardian headline or story”. Jones regularly writes opinion columns for The Guardian on topics encompassing politics, LGBTQ+ rights and workers’ rights among others.

Persons: Owen Jones, Jones, “, “ I’ve, ”, Read Organizations: Guardian, Facebook, Reuters, The Guardian

☆ Asia markets largely set to rise ahead of central bank decisions in South Korea and Indonesia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The Seoul city skyline early on December 16, 2020. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)Asia-Pacific markets are largely set to rise ahead of central bank rate decisions from South Korea and Indonesia, although both central banks are expected to hold their benchmark policy rates unchanged at 3.5% and 5.75% respectively. South Korea's producer price index climb 0.2% year-on-year, the 13th straight month that growth in the PPI has slowed. Investors will also be assessing chipmaker's Nvidia's earnings that were released early Thursday. The company beat estimates for the fiscal second quarter and issued optimistic guidance for the current period.

Persons: Ed JONES, ED JONES Organizations: Getty Images, PPI Locations: Seoul, AFP, Asia, Pacific, South Korea, Indonesia

☆ Kenneth Chesebro, alleged architect of fake electors’ plot, followed Alex Jones around Capitol grounds on January 6th
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski Em Steck Yahya Abou-Ghazala | Andrew Kaczynski | Em Steck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But a CNN investigation has placed him outside of the Capitol at the same time as his alleged plot to keep Trump in office unraveled inside it. CNN was able to place Chesebro at the protest through publicly available databases with photos and videos from that day. Shroyer, who had previously signed a deferred prosecution agreement in another case saying he would not engage in disorderly conduct on the Capitol grounds, was charged with four misdemeanors. Later, the group, including Chesebro, make their way halfway up the steps of the Capitol Building before heading down. Chesebro follows members of the group as they depart the Capitol grounds close to 3 p.m.Later, Chesebro can be seen walking near the Peace Monument at the front of the Capitol.

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(Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)Asia-Pacific markets largely fell ahead of Australia's central bank rate decision. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 opened close to the flatline on Tuesday. South Korea's Kospi fell marginally, while the Kosdaq bucked the trend and climbed 0.13%. The country's consumer price index grew at a slower rate of 2.7% in June, marking a fifth straight month of decline. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index is set to fall after gaining over 2% on Monday, with futures at 19,176 compared to the HSI's last close of 19,306.59.

Persons: Ed JONES, ED JONES, Australia's, Korea's Kospi Organizations: Getty Images, Reuters, Bank of Australia, Nikkei Locations: Seoul, AFP, Asia, Pacific, Australia's, Japan

Seoul, South Korea CNN —South Korea is getting older – and its care facilities are changing to match. Elderly facilities include senior care homes, specialized hospitals, and welfare agencies that help the elderly navigate social services or protections. The shift illustrates a years-long problem South Korea has thus far failed to reverse. Young students pictured in Seoul, South Korea, on November 23, 2021. The rapid rise in elderly facilities in recent years may help alleviate some of these problems.

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☆ Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Massive fires burning in remote areas – like some of those currently burning in northwestern Quebec – are often too out of control to do anything about. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images Smoke from wildfires in Canada shrouds the view of the Statue of Liberty on Friday in New York. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Smoke and haze is seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 27. Matt McClain/The Washington Post/Getty Images Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the visibility in Pittsburgh on June 8. Another issue is the increase in the wildfires are caused by climate change, and are simultaneously making climate change worse.

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This gives room for the Federal Reserve to pause and skip a rate hike when they meet later this week. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 popped 1.05% on its open, inching closer to the Nikkei's all time high is just under 39,000 points in December 1989. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.32%, while South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.22% and the Kosdaq traded close to the flatline. South Korea's unemployment rate came in at 2.5% for May, falling for the second straight month and lower than the 2.6% recorded in April. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index is also set for a strong open, with futures at 19,535 compared to the HSI's close of 19,521.42.

Persons: Ed JONES, ED JONES, Kospi, Hong Organizations: Getty Images, Federal Reserve, Nikkei Locations: Seoul, AFP, Asia, Pacific, U.S, Japan, Australia, South

☆ Inside Infowars' crumbling empire: Ex-Staffers reveal the 'volatile' and 'unhinged' atmosphere working for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Tom Porter | Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

One afternoon in the spring of 2017 Alex Jones furiously lunged at his video producer. According to Jacobson, Jones had to be restrained by another Infowars staffer lest he actually hurt him. Alex Jones did not respond to Insider's request for comment. Owens also said he felt guilty about his complicity in promoting the Sandy Hook conspiracy theories during his time working there. "People hearing the words Sandy Hook, they automatically think Alex Jones," she added.

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☆ As Republican contenders start to line up for the White House in 2024, Social Security may be key issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Proposal for 'modern version' of Social SecurityThe Social Security plan Laffey would implement throws out the traditional approaches of tax increases or benefit cuts. Currently, workers and employers each pay 6.2% on up to $160,200 in wages toward Social Security. "It's a modern version of Social Security," Kotlikoff said. The idea of rethinking the way Social Security funds are invested has come up before. Andrew Biggs, who worked in the White House on Social Security reform at the time and who is now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, remembers the proposal did not come close to succeeding, even as Social Security still had surpluses and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress.

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(Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)Hong Kong's Hang Seng index led losses in Asia on Thursday, falling about 2% to close at 18,746.92 — the lowest level this year. Mainland Chinese markets also fell, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.11% to finish at 3,201.26, its lowest close in over four months. The Shenzhen Component closed 0.22% lower at 10,896.48 in its third straight day of losses. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.07% to end at 7,136.9 and record its fourth straight day of losses. The index also hit its lowest level in about two months.

Persons: Ed JONES, Hong, Australia's Organizations: Lotte, Shenzhen Component, Bank of Korea, Nikkei Locations: Seoul, AFP, Asia, Shanghai, Pacific, Japan

NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - The families of Sandy Hook victims are preparing to sue Alex Jones' wife and other family members to help satisfy $1.5 billion in judgments they won from lawsuits against the bankrupt right wing conspiracy theorist over his lies about the deadly 2012 U.S. school massacre. The families have a "very strong case" to claw back certain payments to Jones' family, including a $1 million payment from Jones to his wife, Zensky said. "You can imagine that if someone was to sue their wife over transfers, that's a little hard in the home," Driver said. The families have accused Jones and FSS of profiting off lies about the shooting for years and sued him for defamation. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, who is overseeing the bankruptcies, said Jones and the Sandy Hook families should make one last effort to reach a settlement.

☆ China weighs giving single women IVF access to stem population decline
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Crucially, Chen could access in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatment legally in a private clinic. We have liberalized the policies here and I know a lot of single women are doing IVF." watch nowLiberalizing IVF nationwide could unleash more demand for fertility treatment in what is already the world's biggest market, straining limited fertility services. The NHC's Sichuan branch did not address questions from Reuters about whether it would offer IVF treatment to all women in public hospitals. Shanghai and the southern Guangdong province have also permitted unmarried women to register their children but IVF services for single women remain banned.

☆ Wage Growth, Inflation Data to Inform Fed Before Rate Decision
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Gabriel T. Rubin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Job openings for workers have decreased this year but remain historically high Photo: Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA Labor Department report will show whether worker-pay gains continued to slow from last year’s rapid pace, a data point closely watched by Federal Reserve policy makers seeking to tame inflation. Fed officials will also see their preferred gauge of consumer inflation along with details on household income and spending in a separate Commerce Department report. The reports are among the last major releases before the Fed’s monetary policy committee meeting next week.

☆ Wage Gains Pick Up as Fed Contemplates Next Rate Decision
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Gabriel T. Rubin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Construction workers claimed some of the fastest pay increases over the latest quarter. Photo: Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWage growth stayed elevated to start the year and inflation remained high, likely keeping Federal Reserve policy makers on track to raise rates again next week. Employers spent 1.2% more on wages and benefits in the first quarter from the prior three months, a slight uptick from an upwardly revised 1.1% increase in the fourth quarter, the Labor Department said Friday.

☆ Drop in Transportation Stocks Foreshadows Weakening Economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Vicky Ge Huang | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Delta posted a quarterly loss and said consumers’ behavior is shifting in ways that can be hard to predict. Photo: ed jones/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesEconomically sensitive stocks, like those of transportation and small-cap companies, are trailing the broader market, reflecting growing investor concern about a potential recession. The Dow Jones Transportation Average, which tracks 20 large U.S. companies ranging from airlines to railroads to truckers, has underperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average by about 8.3 percentage points since early February. Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp., American Airlines Group Inc. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. have dropped at least 10% over the same period.

☆ Fighting in trenches at Ukraine's front line
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones returned to the state House on Monday, pumping his fist and declaring "power to the people" as a Nashville-area council restored him to office following his expulsion over a gun protest. Republican lawmakers ousted Jones and another young, Black legislator last week over their gun control protest on the House floor.

☆ Thailand's Songkran Water Festival washes away bad luck
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Justin Jones pumped his fist and declared "power to the people" as he returned to the state House of Representatives after being restored by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County. His colleague Justin Pearson, the other young Black legislator who was expelled, could get a similar vote for reinstatement on Wednesday when the Shelby County Board of Commissioners will consider reappointing him to his Memphis district. The conflict has captured national attention and served as a rallying cry for Democrats over the issues of democracy, gun violence and racial inequality. Republican lawmakers have remained largely silent since voting to oust Jones and Pearson. Reporting by Sandra Stojanovic and Omar Younis; Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 10 (Reuters) - Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones returned to the state House on Monday, pumping his fist and declaring "power to the people" as a Nashville-area council restored him to office following his expulsion over a gun protest. The Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County voted 36-0 on Monday to make Jones, 27, the interim representative. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 1 2 3 4 5"I want to welcome the people back to the people's house," Jones said in brief remarks upon being reseated. Addressing supporters before the vote, Jones accused the Republicans of operating "plantation politics" and abuse of power. Before the vote, the spokesperson said the House would seat whomever the county legislatures appoint "as the constitution requires."

☆ Nashville board reinstates Black lawmaker expelled from Tennessee House
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Omar Younis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 10 (Reuters) - A Nashville-area county council on Monday voted to reinstate Representative Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives, reversing Republican lawmakers who ousted Jones and another young, Black legislator last week for staging a gun control protest on the House floor. The Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County voted 36-0 to make Jones, 27, the interim representative. Before the vote, the spokesperson said the House would seat whomever the county legislatures appoint "as the constitution requires." Jones and Pearson, 28, have both said they hoped to be reappointed and that they would run again in special elections. Republicans also targeted Gloria Johnson, who is white, for expulsion, as she joined Jones and Pearson in the floor protest.

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