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☆ Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' shouldn't win album of the year at the 2024 Grammys. Here's who should win instead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Midnights" by Taylor Swift"Midnights" was released on October 21, 2022. 1 for six weeksTaylor Swift's 10th studio album (not including rerecords) is nothing short of a sensation. "Midnights" sold over 1 million copies in its debut week, the first album to achieve the feat since Swift's own "Reputation." After experimenting with folk and indie-rock during the pandemic, "Midnights" marked Swift's return to radio-primed pop. Since its release in late 2022, Swift's fame and reach have expanded to unprecedented levels.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift's, Swift, Jack Antonoff, Midnights, Kaur, — Organizations: Recording Academy, Harvard

☆ Epstein’s Longtime Accountant Sheds Light on Disgraced Financier’s Businesses
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Matthew Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

His accountant for 14 years, Richard Kahn, said in a confidential deposition that he had learned about the worst of Mr. Epstein’s activities only after his death. Richard Kahn, who was Mr. Epstein’s accountant for 14 years, said in a confidential deposition that he had learned about the worst of Mr. Epstein’s activities only after his death, the people said. Mr. Epstein killed himself while being held in a federal jail on sex trafficking charges after his July 2019 arrest. Why the Deposition Testimony MattersThe deposition was taken in connection with a class-action lawsuit that accused JPMorgan Chase of having facilitated Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking during the years he was a customer. JPMorgan agreed last year to pay $290 million to nearly 200 victims in a settlement.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein’s, Epstein, JPMorgan Chase, Mr, Kahn, Kahn’s Organizations: Mr, . New York, Offender, Associated Press, JPMorgan Locations: .

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden again asked a judge to dismiss the federal gun case against him on Tuesday, arguing it is politically motivated and key evidence was tested after charges were filed. Cocaine residue found on the pouch the president’s son used to hold his gun was only identified last year, after a scuttled plea deal and subsequent indictment, Hunter Biden’s defense attorney said in court documents. Prosecutors, meanwhile, have said there’s no evidence the case is politically motivated, while “the strength of the evidence against him is overwhelming." The charges were "brought in spite of, not because of, any outside noise made by politicians,” they said in court documents this month. Hunter was indicted in Delaware after the plea deal broke down following a hearing where a judge who was supposed to approve it instead raised a series of questions.

Persons: — Hunter Biden, Hunter, Abbe Lowell, Lowell, Donald Trump, Prosecutors, ”, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden Organizations: WASHINGTON, Prosecutors, Republicans Locations: Delaware, Los Angeles

☆ She says she gave birth to a child after a Lyft driver raped her in 2019. Now she’s suing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Clare Duffy | Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Orlando, Florida CNN —A Florida woman sued Lyft earlier this month, alleging that she was raped by her Lyft driver in 2019 and that the assault resulted in the birth of her third child. Separately, at least a handful of Lyft drivers accused of sexual assault have been convicted in criminal cases. Genetic testing later confirmed with “99.9999999998%” certainty that the Lyft driver is the child’s father, according to the complaint. The Lyft driver rolled down the passenger side window, and Plaintiff confirmed the Lyft driver was there for her,” the complaint states. Lyft’s continuous criminal record monitoring began in April 2019, the month of Means’ alleged rape.

Persons: Lyft, Tabatha Means, “, Uber —, Uber, ” Lyft, ” Means, Means, she’d, ” Tabatha, John General, Deborah Brunswick, ” Rachel Abrams, Peiffer Wolf, ” Abrams, wouldn’t, … I’ve, ”, Abrams, ’ Organizations: Florida CNN, CNN, Court, ADT, Social, US, Department, RAINN Locations: Orlando, Florida, California

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has joined a nascent nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing. More than 18,000 people are released annually from the dozens of North Carolina adult correctional facilities, the order says, facing obstacles to a fresh start from their criminal record. The council said that North Carolina is the third state to officially join Reentry 2030, after Missouri and Alabama. And Greg Singleton, a continuing-education dean at Central Carolina Community College in Sanford, is himself an ex-offender, having served four years in prison in the 1990s. “What if God didn’t give second chances — where would any of us be?” Singleton asked.

Persons: Roy Cooper, ” Cooper, “, Todd Ishee, Cooper, Joe Gibbs, Greg Singleton, didn’t, ” Singleton, ” Organizations: —, Gov, Council of State Governments, Transportation Department, of Health, Human Services, Republican, Assembly, NASCAR, Super Bowl, Life, Central Carolina Community College Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, — North Carolina, North Carolina, Missouri, Alabama, Carolina, Sanford

☆ Nicki Minaj fans say they're losing respect for the rapper amid her 'embarrassing' attacks on Megan Thee Stallion
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Nicki Minaj recently released a new diss track, "Big Foot," aimed at Megan Thee Stallion. lied on yo DEAD @theestallion — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 28, 2024Minaj has continued to post incessantly about Megan on X (formerly Twitter). "Big foot but you still a small fry / Swearing on your dead mother when you lie," she raps. "There are myriad of ways that Nicki Minaj has come for other women, just point-blank period," the TikToker said. Nicki Minaj allowed her own bitter jealousy to take her crown."

Persons: Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, —, Megan Thee, Megan, Megan didn't, Minaj, Kenneth Petty, Petty, Tory Lanez, Ben Shapiro, Shapiro, Cardi, it's, Pardison, Fontaine, who's, Pardi, Minaj's, she's, @lawyerbae, Gerrick Kennedy, Piggy ”, — Gerrick Kennedy, @GerrickKennedy, Piggy, Kennedy, nicki, meg rn pic.twitter.com, megan, QmThqEbkOC Organizations: Service, Megan's, Houston Locations: New York

☆ Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion's feud has hip-hop experts weighing in on who won
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion have released diss tracks about each other. The latest celebrity feud is between Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj, and hip-hop experts are already weighing in on who won — so far. It all started on Friday when Megan dissed Nicki in her new single, "Hiss," prompting Nicki to reply with her own track. Although Megan didn't name anyone while taking a bevy of pointed jabs in the lyrics, many fans believed one line targeted Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty. "I don't think Megan thee Stallion is in the same breath as Nicki Minaj," Budden said.

Persons: Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee, Joe Budden, Hiss, Minaj, —, Megan dissed Nicki, Nicki, Megan didn't, Kenneth Petty, Megan, Petty, Tory Lanez, Lanez, God, Nicki Minaj's, Charlamagne, which's, Budden, " Budden, Megan doesn't, Megan Thee Stallion, David Crotty, Patrick McMullan, Nicki Cardi, Drake, Meek, Jason Koerner, Getty, It's, we'll Organizations: Service, Megan's, who's, Getty, Navy, Apple iTunes Locations: Miami

Page Walley on Tuesday stopped short of fully removing the law and instead introduced legislation that would remove those convicted of aggravated prostitution of having to register as a violent sex offender. “But removes the sex offender registration.”Prostitution has long been criminalized as a misdemeanor in Tennessee. Nearly 20 years later, the state legislature revised the law once more by requiring lifetime sex offender registration for those convicted under the controversial statute. Instead, the GOP-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday agreed to advance a proposal that would drop the lifetime sex offender registration requirement. The plaintiffs challenging the law in federal court, all named Jane Doe, have described years of harassment and hardships in finding housing and employment that complies with Tennessee's violent sex offender registry.

Persons: ”, Republican Sen, Page, ” Walley, Walley, Jane Doe, Bill Lee's, It's Organizations: The U.S . Department of Justice, Republican, for Disease Control, GOP, Gov Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, The, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Shelby County, Memphis

TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — Four people were fatally shot in a community outside Chicago on Sunday in what suburban officials described as a “domestic-related shooting.”A suspect was taken into custody Sunday, according to a Tinley Park Public Safety Department social media post. The village of roughly 55,000 people is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. Police officers were investigating at the scene of the shooting in a residential area Sunday afternoon, officials said. “The offender is in custody and scene is secure,” the statement said. “Due to ongoing investigation, we are asking residents to stay out of the area.”Further details were not immediately released.

Persons: “ Organizations: Public, Department, Chicago . Police Locations: TINLEY, Chicago

☆ A 13-year-old used a ‘Help Me!’ sign to escape after being abducted. A Texas man has now pleaded guilty to kidnapping
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Taylor Romine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Steven Robert Sablan, 62, abducted the girl at gunpoint on or about July 6, 2023, in San Antonio and “engaged in sexual activity” with her while driving her to Long Beach, California, the plea agreement states. The child was rescued on July 9, 2023, after Sablan went into a laundromat in Long Beach, California, and the girl held up a “Help Me!” sign from inside Sablan’s parked vehicle. A good Samaritan called 911 after spotting the sign, and Long Beach police officers said at the time the girl was “visibly emotional and distressed” when they arrived. Sablan faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, the US Attorney’s office said in the news release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender when released from prison, the plea agreement says.

Persons: CNN —, Steven Robert Sablan, “, Sablan Organizations: CNN, US, Office, Central, Central District of, “, Long Beach Locations: Texas, San Antonio, Southern California, Central District, Central District of California, Long Beach , California

His knowledge came in handy for a 2023 meeting at the Vatican between Francis and Microsoft President Brad Smith that focused on how AI could help or hurt humanity. Microsoft first reached out to Benanti several years ago for his thoughts on technology, the friar said. “It is a problem not of using (AI) but it is a problem of governance,'' the friar said. The European Union became a trailblazer late last year when negotiators secured a deal that paves the way for legal oversight of AI technology. For his part, Benanti said that regulating artificial intelligence shouldn't mean limiting its development.

Persons: — Friar Paolo Benanti, Benanti, Pope Francis, Francis, ”, “, Brad Smith, Smith, ″, . Francis of Assisi, —, Giorgia Meloni Organizations: ROME, Associated Press, Pontifical Gregoriana University, United Nations, Intelligence, Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, Microsoft, Rome's Sapienza University, European Union, trailblazer Locations: Italian, Rome, West, Italy

CNN —It was supposed to be a routine court appearance this week for Nicholas Rossi, who is facing a rape charge in Utah. After he was arrested in 2021 in Scotland, Rossi described himself as an Irish orphan who had never visited the United States. He denied being a rape suspect and gave his name as "Arthur Knight Brown." In Scotland, Rossi often appeared in court via video, saying he was not well enough to attend in person. “He appears today as Arthur Knight but has previously been identified by medical professionals and civilians as Nicholas Rossi,” the prosecutor told the court.

Persons: Nicholas Rossi, Rossi, ”, Arthur Knight Brown, Rossi “, ” Rossi, Nicholas Alahverdian, Scotland ater, He’s, Weeks, “, David Leavitt, ” He’s, Norman McFadyen, coronavirus, McFadyen, ” Nicholas Rossi, Jeff J Mitchell, ” Leavitt, —, Nicholas Brown, Arthur Winston Brown, Arthur Knight, That’s, Rossi’s Organizations: CNN, Scotland, Alahverdian, Rhode, Police, FBI, Providence Journal, Interpol, Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Edinburgh Locations: Utah, Scotland, United States, Ireland, Orem, Salt Lake City, He’s, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake, Ohio, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Dublin, Europe, Rhode, Eastern Europe, Rhode Island, Glasgow, Edinburgh

☆ Opinion: Trump’s behavior in E. Jean Carroll trial is a chilling trigger for sexual assault survivors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Opinion Danielle Campoamor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

While a victim of sexual assault receives death threats, her assailant receives endorsements and secures the Iowa caucus. Like so many sexual assault victims and survivors, Carroll’s ongoing pursuit of justice, the court proceedings and the response of her alleged abuser have been re-traumatizing. The US Department of Veterans reports that one in three victims of sexual assault will experience post-traumatic stress disorder sometime during their lives. Like so many survivors, Carroll likely knew what was coming when she chose to bring a case against the former president not once but twice. I couldn’t remember all the details, which is common among sexual assault survivors.

Persons: Danielle Campoamor, Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, “, ” Danielle Campoamor Ashley Batz, Carroll, —, Trump, she’s, Shawn Crowley, ”, Judge Lewis Kaplan, RAINN —, assaulter, Chanel Miller, Emily Doe, Brock Turner, RAINN, ” Carroll, It’s Organizations: NBC, CNN, GOP, US Department of Veterans Locations: Manhattan, Iowa, reoffending

CNN —Josef Fritzl, the infamous Austrian rapist and sex offender, is seeking to be transferred from prison to a nursing home due to his deteriorating health and a recent psychiatric assessment that deemed him to be no longer a danger to society, according to his lawyer. Fritzl’s lawyer Astrid Wagner told CNN that “expert opinion suggests that his illness has reached a point where the likelihood of committing serious offenses with significant consequences has diminished,” citing the assessment. Fritzl kept four of those children captive in the cellar with his daughter, while allowing the others to live upstairs with his wife. Wagner is hoping that Fritzl will be released into an open prison and subsequently a nursing home. A three-judge panel will now decide whether he should be conditionally released to a regular prison.

Persons: CNN — Josef Fritzl, Astrid Wagner, Fritzl, Wagner, ”, Ferdinand Schuster, Krems, Schuster Organizations: CNN, ” CNN Locations: Austria, Fritzl, Krems

☆ Tech CEO Pava LaPere's rape and murder has spurred lawmakers to curb early-release credits for violent sex offenders
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Glynis Kazanjian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Pava LaPere, 26, the founder and CEO of EcoMap Technologies, was raped and murdered in 2023. Her death has spurred Maryland legislators to introduce a law to stop violent offenders from accruing early release credits. Her father, Frank LaPere, told Business Insider that it was time to change the justice system. The Pava Marie LaPere Act would require the Maryland Parole Commission to approve an offender's early release. "This bill is a little different because of Frank [Pava LaPere's father], to be honest," Bates said.

Persons: Pava LaPere, Frank LaPere, —, Jason Dean Billingsley, LaPere, Billingsley, Marilyn Mosby, Ivan Bates, Marie LaPere, Del, Elizabeth Embry, Embry, you've, Bates, Frank, Pava, Jason Billingsley, State's, Mayor Scott, Moore Organizations: EcoMap Technologies, Service, Authorities, State's, Baltimore City, Maryland Attorney General's, EcoMap, Maryland Division, Probation, Baltimore City Police Department, Police, Associated Press, Business, Gov Locations: Maryland, Baltimore, West Baltimore

☆ Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre said she was trafficked to billionaire Glenn Dubin when his pregnant wife was asleep in the next room
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Lauren Steussy | Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre said Dubin had sex with her while his wife was sleeping nearby. A 2016 deposition in a Florida case involving attorney Alan Dershowitz was unsealed Tuesday, including questioning of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. In the 2016 deposition, Dershowitz's attorney asked Giuffre whether Dubin was "the powerful business executive whose pregnant wife was asleep in the next room," to which Giuffre responded "Yes." Related storiesGiuffre was also asked whether she'd ever been trafficked to Glenn Dubin's wife Eva Andersson Dubin. The couple also have a daughter, Celina Dubin, whom Epstein previously joked about marrying, a source close to Epstein told Business Insider in 2019.

Persons: Glenn Dubin's, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Virginia Giuffre, Dubin, —, Glenn Dubin, Alan Dershowitz, Ghislaine Maxwell, Giuffre, she'd, Eva Andersson Dubin, Eva Dubin, Johanna Sjoberg, Glenn, Sjoberg, Business Insider's, Celina Dubin, Jeff Organizations: Giuffre, Service, Business, Securities and Exchange Commission Locations: Dubin, Florida

☆ A model suspected of recruiting for Epstein was asked whether Bill Clinton's security advisor tipped him off about search warrant
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former model with ties to Jeffrey Epstein was questioned about Bill Clinton's security advisor, court docs show. Adriana Ross was asked in a deposition whether Clinton's security advisor tipped Epstein off about a raid. Did he tip off Jeffrey Epstein?" Did he tip off Jeffrey Epstein?" AdvertisementIn the 2010 deposition, Ross repeatedly invoked her 5th Amendment right and declined to answer questions.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton's, Adriana Ross, Epstein, Ross, —, Jeffrey Epstein's, Virginia Giuffre, Samuel Richard, Sandy, Berger, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton didn't, Giuffre, Ghislaine Maxwell Organizations: Service Locations: Poland, Florida

☆ What the unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents say — and don't say — about Stephen Hawking
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stephen Hawking's name came up in the newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents. In 2015, Epstein offered to pay people to disprove an allegation that Hawking was in an "underage orgy." AdvertisementThere's been a lot of chatter about Stephen Hawking's name appearing in the newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents — but has the renowned physicist been accused of anything? And the unsealed documents, from a civil lawsuit Giuffre filed against Maxwell in 2016, do not include any such allegations from Giuffre. The release involving Hawking was the first batch of documents unsealed.

Persons: Stephen Hawking's, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Hawking, —, There's, Ghislaine Maxwell, Maxwell, Virginia Giuffre, clinton, hawking, ted, Epstein bankrolled, Hawking hasn't, Giuffre, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Stephen Hawking Organizations: Service, New, Independent Locations: New York, Giuffre

☆ The Violent Homecoming of Russian Convicts Freed to Fight in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In early August, police in Russia’s rural northwest were called to the scene of a mass murder. In the charred remains of two homes set ablaze hours earlier, they found the burned, mutilated bodies of six local residents. News of the massacre shook Derevyannoye, a village of 1,200 people, where sailing boats bob in Onega Lake and the border with Finland is a three-hour drive away. What was most shocking was the identity of one of the two suspects: a repeat offender freed from a maximum-security prison to fight in Ukraine.

Locations: Onega Lake, Finland, Ukraine

☆ What to know about the controversial real-life relationship between Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau that loosely inspired 'May December'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Aspects of the story are similar to the real-life scandal involving Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau. AdvertisementTodd Haynes' latest film "May December" is now streaming on Netflix, and its similarities to the real-life sexual abuse scandal between Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau are evident. AdvertisementIn the years since the scandal, Letourneau had insisted that she was unaware that her and Fualaau's relationship was illegal. In a TV special that aired on A&E in 2018 titled "Mary Kay Letourneau: Autobiography," she said that there was "nothing going on at all when he was a student of mine." Mary Kay Letourneau in February 1998.

Persons: Mary Kay Letourneau, Letourneau, —, Todd Haynes, Elizabeth Berry, Natalie Portman, Gracie Atherton, Yoo, Julianne Moore, Joe Atherton, Charles Melton, Gracie, Elizabeth pries, Fualaau, Joe Yoo, Joe, Mary, Charlie, It's, Ron Wurzer, Steve Letourneau, Audrey, Alan Berner, Vili Fualaau, Haynes, Samy Burch's, Burch Organizations: Service, Netflix, Fualaau, Columbia, Daily, New York Film, Business Locations: Savannah , Georgia, Letourneau, Georgia, Washington, Ocotber, Woodinville , Washington

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's decades-old aggravated prostitution statute violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday after an investigation, warning that the state could face a lawsuit if officials don't immediately cease enforcement. LGBTQ+ and civil rights advocates have long criticized the measure as discriminatory, making it almost impossible to find housing and employment due to the restrictions for violent sex offenders. The DOJ letter details several of the struggles of those with aggravated prostitution convictions. A lifetime sex offender registration can stop people from visiting with their grandchildren, revoke job offers, and severely limit housing options. Plaintiffs who had filed a lawsuit seeking to block the aggravated prostitution law in October said the DOJ's letter only further supports their efforts.

Persons: —, ”, Bill Lee, “, Kristen Clarke, Jonathan Skrmetti, David Rausch, Steven Mulroy, it's, Mulroy, ” Brandon James Smith, Skrmetti, “ OUTMemphis, Molly Quinn, OUTMemphis, Adrian Sainz Organizations: U.S . Department of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Law Center, Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, of, DOJ, Associated Press Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, United States, Shelby County, Memphis, Memphis , Tennessee

☆ Forbes built a hall of shame for all the questionable people on its 30 Under 30 lists
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Plenty of people on the Forbes 30 Under 30 lists have turned out to be not quite so shiny. AdvertisementThe Forbes "30 Under 30" lists celebrate the achievements of young people making a mark in a range of sectors. Its "hall of shame" starts – appropriately enough – with Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX cofounder who was on the 30 Under 30 finance list in 2021. Caroline Ellison was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list last year. Outside the 30 Under 30 finance class, the gun rights activist Cody Wilson also makes the hall of shame.

Persons: Forbes, Sam Bankman, Martin Shkreli, —, Mark Zuckerberg, FTX, Fried, Caroline Ellison, Eduardo Munoz Alvarez Martin Shkreli, Craig Ruttle, Charlie Javice, Frank, JP Morgan Chase, Javice, Morgan, She's, Nate Paul, Lucas Duplan Clinkle, Lucas Duplan, Peter Thiel, Andreesen Horowitz, Cody Wilson, Kelly West, Steph Korey, James O'Keefe, Prendergrast, she's Organizations: Forbes, Service, Prosecutors, Justice, TechCrunch, Business, Reuters, Project Veritas, The City Magazine Locations: Alameda

☆ Oscar Pistorius, Olympic Athlete Convicted of Murder, Will Be Released on Parole
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Lynsey Chutel | More About Lynsey Chutel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Oscar Pistorius, a once inspirational figure who gained international fame as an Olympic sprinter for South Africa before he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, will be released on parole, the authorities said on Friday. A parole board granted Mr. Pistorius’s petition on the basis that he had served half of his 15-year sentence he received for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home a decade ago, making him eligible for parole according to South African law. The Department of Correctional Services said in a statement that Mr. Pistorius was a “first-time offender, with a positive support system” and therefore met the requirements for parole, after a hearing at the Atteridgeville Correctional Center outside South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria. Before his downfall, Mr. Pistorius was celebrated in South Africa and around the world as an athlete who had overcome personal adversity as a double amputee and fought for the right to compete in the Olympics, earning the nickname the Blade Runner for the carbon-fiber prosthetic blades that he used to race.

Persons: Oscar Pistorius, Pistorius’s, Reeva Steenkamp, Pistorius Organizations: of Correctional Services, Atteridgeville Correctional Center Locations: South Africa, Africa’s, Pretoria

☆ How Walmart, Kroger, and other major retailers are ramping up self-checkout tech to combat theft
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Retailers and tech firms are developing new ways to detect — and prevent — theft. Companies like Walmart and Kroger are using cameras, AI sensors, and other tech at self-checkouts. These days, companies like Walmart, Kroger, and more are outfitting their self-checkouts with cameras, AI-enabled sensors, and other high-tech tools to tamp down theft at self-checkout stations. They previously said, "As with other retailers, theft is always a challenge, and we're always looking for better ways to tackle this issue. The presence of a person is one of several low-tech ways retailers have managed to curb shoplifting at self-checkout lanes.

Persons: —, Craig Szklany, Dominick Reuter, we're, Sensormatic, Kroger, Abhinai Srivastava, haven't, Srivastava, Sensormatic's Szklany Organizations: Companies, Walmart, Kroger, Service, Business, BP

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius could be granted parole on Friday after spending nearly 10 years in prison for murder. Serious offenders in South Africa must serve at least half their sentence to be eligible for parole, which Pistorius has done. Prosecutors argued that Steenkamp had fled to the toilet cubicle during a late-night argument and Pistorius killed her in a rage. Steenkamp’s mother, June Steenkamp, will not oppose Pistorius’ parole, her lawyer said in a message to The Associated Press. June Steenkamp attended Pistorius’ first parole hearing in March to oppose Pistorius' release but will not attend on Friday, said her lawyer, Tania Koen.

Persons: — Oscar Pistorius, Pistorius, he'd, Reeva Steenkamp, Steenkamp, Steenkamp’s, Barry Steenkamp, Pistorius ’, Tania Koen, Koen, It's, ” Pistorius Organizations: Prosecutors, Associated Press, British, of Corrections, Correctional, AP Locations: CAPE, South Africa, Pretoria, africa

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