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☆ Trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon refuses to recuse from attempted assassination case
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Defendant cites a series of factors which he believes, when viewed in their totality, create an appearance of partiality," Cannon wrote. "Accordingly, the Constitution and the federal recusal statute require Your Honor to recuse herself from this case." She also wrote that Routh's case, like two other ones involving Trump that she presided over, "were randomly assigned to me through the Clerk's random assignment system. "I will not be guided by highly inaccurate, uninformed, or speculative opinions to the contrary," Cannon wrote. Cannon brushed aside the speculation that Trump would elevate her to a higher judicial seat or to the U.S. Attorney General's Office.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Aileen Cannon, Ryan Routh, recusing, Cannon, Routh, Kamala Harris, Attorney General's Organizations: Trump, Federal, Office, ABC, U.S, Secret Service, Attorney Locations: Florida, U.S, West Palm

☆ California's attorney general is investigating a school district over its handling of Rosemead High sex abuse claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The California attorney general is investigating the El Monte Union High School District in Southern California. The action follows Business Insider's reporting on a pattern of sexual misconduct at one district school, Rosemead High. Investigators are looking at compliance failures related to "suspected child abuse, sexual abuse, assault." AdvertisementThe California attorney general is investigating a Southern California school district over whether it properly handled claims of educator sexual abuse and misconduct, records reviewed by Business Insider show. Investigating a local school district is a rare step for the top law enforcement office in the state.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Rob Bonta, Robin Torres, Torres, Edward Zuniga, Mark Abramson, Zuniga, Michael Carrillo, Carrillo, Edwin Reyes, Villegas, Jane Doe, Reyes, Stewart, Jenny Louro, Credentialing, Reyes Villegas, Herbert Ortiznmonroy, Ortizmonroy, Coach Ortiz, Jane, Alex Rai, Rai, Dominique Boubion, Matt Drange Organizations: El Monte Union High School District, Service, Business, BI, Redlands Unified, Redlands, El, Children's, Rosemead, US Department of Education, Manly, California Bureau Locations: California, Southern California, Redlands, El Monte Union, El Monte, Rosemead, El Monte district

Robert Roberson, 57, was set to become the first person in the U.S. executed in a "shaken baby" case until members of the state House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee issued a subpoena to have him testify at a legislative hearing this week. Despite efforts by the attorney general's office to appeal, as the execution was scheduled to get underway on the evening of Oct. 17, the Texas Supreme Court, in an 11th-hour decision, sided with the lawmakers, handing Roberson a temporary reprieve. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 23. The attorney general's office also described alleged sexual abuse. The attorney general's office said Wednesday that state lawmakers have "attempted to mislead the public by falsely claiming that Roberson was unfairly convicted through 'junk science' concerning 'shaken baby syndrome.'"

Persons: Ken Paxton, Robert Roberson, Roberson, Paxton, Nikki, Mandel Ngan, Paxton's, Doug Deason, Greg Abbott, Joe Moody, untruths, general's, Robert, Brian Wharton, Wharton, Gretchen Sween Organizations: Texas Supreme, Conservative Political, Getty, Texas GOP, Gov Locations: Texas, U.S, National Harbor, Md, AFP

But even some who managed to escape Israel’s offensive in the north and head farther south toward Gaza City did not survive. The Jerusalem-based human rights group B'Tselem echoed the accusation Tuesday, calling on the international community to "stop the ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza." He also said the "General's plan," a proposal calling for Israel to force the evacuation of residents from northern Gaza through starvation, had not been adopted as Israeli policy. Images released by the IDF of Monday show what it says is a crowd of civilians fleeing the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Images published by the Israel Defense Forces over the weekend, showing dozens of men being detained in northern Gaza as thousands of people fled the area en masse, have also sparked alarm.

Persons: Kamal Adwan, Mahmoud Ouda, Israel, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shin Organizations: Gaza’s Civil Defense, NBC, Ismail Amro, Arabi, UNICEF, Wednesday, World Health, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Security Agency Locations: Beit Lahia, Gaza, Al, Ahli, Gaza City, Israel, Jerusalem, U.S

A Republican county supervisor in Arizona pleaded guilty Monday after she tried to delay certification of the 2022 midterm election results, state Attorney General Kris Mayes announced. Peggy Judd, a Cochise County supervisor, pleaded guilty to failing to perform duties as an election officer, a misdemeanor. She acknowledged that she failed to canvass the election as required by law, the attorney general's office said. Judd was originally charged by a state grand jury in November 2023 along with another Cochise County supervisor, Tom Crosby, who also tried to delay the certification of the 2022 election results. They were charged with two felonies, conspiring to delay the certification of the election results and interfering with the secretary of state’s statewide canvass.

Persons: Kris Mayes, Peggy Judd, Judd, ” Mayes, Mayes, “, Tom Crosby, Crosby, Donald Trump's Organizations: Republican, NBC News, Democrat, Tucson Sentinel Locations: Arizona, Cochise County, Washington ,

A highly anticipated legislative hearing began Monday but without its key witness: a Texas inmate whose execution for his daughter's "shaken baby" death was narrowly averted last week. The high court, however, said Sunday it would not rule on the manner in which Roberson must testify. Roberson, 57, has maintained his innocence in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, based on "shaken baby syndrome." But hours later, Roberson said, he woke up and realized Nikki was not breathing and her lips looked blue. Wharton, the lead detective in the case, has also voiced his support for Roberson, telling House committee members at a hearing last week: "This is an innocent man, beyond question."

Persons: Robert Roberson, Joe Moody, Roberson, Moody, Robert, Nikki, Greg Abbott, Lester Holt, Brian Wharton, Wharton, Anderson Organizations: Texas Supreme, Texas Department, Criminal, of Criminal, Texas Gov, NBC News, Prosecutors, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Texas, Austin, Houston, United States

☆ TikTok once planned to use content posted by its users to influence Mitch McConnell, lawsuit reveals
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Attorneys general from 14 states are suing TikTok over claims it harms children's mental health. One document shows how the company planned to influence Sen. Mitch McConnell. Now, internal TikTok documents included in the state lawsuits are shedding new light on how TikTok tried to influence Congress during its debate on a potential ban. One of those documents revealed that TikTok planned to use content from its users to sway lawmakers, including influential Sen. Mitch McConnell, who supported the TikTok ban. Advertisement"As is standard practice at other companies, we also monitor public sentiment on issues that relate to the company," TikTok said.

Persons: TikTok, Sen, Mitch McConnell, —, McConnell Organizations: TikTok, Service, Purdue Pharma, Congress, United States, Lawmakers, Kentucky Public Radio, NPR, Kentucky Public Locations: United, Kentucky

☆ North Korea's new drones use a 'reverse-engineered copy' of Hellfire missiles from the MQ-9 Reaper, US Army general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

North Korea is copying the American Hellfire missile, US Army Brig. Pyongyang previously unveiled two drones that looked suspiciously like the MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-4 Global Hawk. AdvertisementThe US military is closely watching a new North Korean drone that uses a "reverse-engineered copy" of the Hellfire missile for the MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-4 Global Hawk, a US Army general said on Tuesday. "North Korea recently unveiled a reconnaissance and multirole UAV that employ a reverse-engineered copy of a Hellfire missile, similar to an RQ-4 and MQ-9," Brig. If the North Korean missiles are, indeed, guided, it's also unknown what system they employ.

Persons: Patrick Costello, —, United States Army Conference . Costello, Costello, Kim Il, it's, general's, David Stewart, Palmer Organizations: missile, US, Service, Hellfire, US Army, of, United States Army Conference, North Korean, Korean Central News Agency, Korea News Service, Korean, The Defense Department, US Special, Command, Pentagon, Business Locations: Korea, Pyongyang, Brig, North Korea, West, Ukraine

☆ My homeowner nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Vishal Persaud | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The moment I saw I had an email from my solar company, I knew my nightmare was about to take another unsettling turn. But he didn't know any more than I did about how much longer my solar panels would remain useless. Meanwhile, my solar panels have been sitting on my roof for four months, entirely unused, taunting me from above. AdvertisementI also reached out to California's Contractors State License Board, which regulates solar companies, asking what recourse SunPower's customers had. But it seems ludicrous to buy a solar system that I had no intention of buying in the first place.

Persons: I'd, SunPower, it's, —, Severin Borenstein, Ernst & Young, Gordon Johnson, Johnson, Forbes, David F, Larcker, Brian Tayan, Pavel Molchanov, Raymond James, There's, haven't, I'm, Vishal Persaud Organizations: Pacific Gas and, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Nasdaq, GLJ Research, Stock, Industry, Sun Solar, California's Contractors, Board, Business Locations: Fresno , California, New York City, California, America, Fresno, —

☆ White House 'in touch' with airlines as hurricanes Helene, Milton spark price-gouging fears
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Price gouging is the practice of retailers artificially inflating prices dramatically when the retailer's costs have not increased. In times of crisis, when urgent demand vastly outpaces supply, consumers can be especially vulnerable to price gouging. Florida is preparing for Hurricane Milton to make landfall on its western coast Wednesday, deepening the wounds left by the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which ravaged the southeastern U.S. about a week earlier. The attorney general's office has received more than 450 consumer contacts alleging price gouging related to Helene, which "mostly concern fuel," a spokesperson told CNBC. Though the price-gouging panic is normal during natural disasters, just the term "price gouging" has political implications, less than a month out from a presidential election that is extremely close.

Persons: Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Milton, Helene, Kamala Harris, Harris, Howard Stern, — CNBC's Leslie Josephs Organizations: White, The Department of Transportation, Hurricane, CNBC, Transportation, —, Tampa International, Orlando International Airport, . American Airlines and United Airlines, Florida Attorney General's, Democratic Locations: Washington ,, Florida, Hurricane, U.S, Tampa, Milton

☆ Mexican mayor assassinated days after taking office
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY — The mayor of the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday less than a week after he took office, the state’s governor confirmed. Alejandro Arcos was killed just six days after he took office as mayor of the city of Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in southwestern Mexico. Arcos' death comes just three days after the new city government’s secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot to death. At least six candidates for public office were killed in the state in the run-up to Mexico's June 2 elections. Arcos' social media posts show the mayor in recent days had been supervising disaster relief efforts following the impact of Hurricane John last month, which caused severe flooding in beach resort Acapulco and surrounding towns.

Persons: Alejandro Arcos, Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, Arcos, Francisco Tapia, Alejandro Moreno, Moreno, Hurricane John Organizations: MEXICO CITY —, Reuters, PRI Locations: MEXICO, Guerrero, Chilpancingo, Mexico, Arcos, ungovernability, Acapulco

☆ 'Easy money': Trump backer Elon Musk claims PAC will pay $47 for swing state voter information
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Instead, the petition seeks the personal contact information of swing-state voters. "This program is exclusively open to registered voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina," the PAC said. The petition is not the America PAC's first time trying to collect valuable swing-state voter contact information online. But it is the first effort which includes an offer of money to people who help the PAC locate registered voters. Musk says he is the founder of the America PAC, which has received donations from people connected to him.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Trump, Musk Organizations: Republican, Trump, Sunday, Musk's America PAC, PAC, America PAC's, America PAC, North Carolina Attorney, Michigan, CNBC Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, U.S, United States, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina , Nevada , Arizona , Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania , Georgia, Nevada , Arizona , Michigan, North Carolina, spokespeople, Butler, America

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the state's criminal investigation agency, said Wednesday it is looking into allegations against an Erwin plastics factory where several workers died and some went missing after they were swept away by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene. Relatives of the missing and deceased workers and factory employees who survived have alleged they were made to show up to work despite the hurricane moving through the area. Fernando Ruiz, the son of Lidia Verdugo, one of the plant workers, also confirmed to NBC News that his mother had died. Impact Plastics has expressed sympathy for the missing and deceased workers but said in a statement that workers were given time to leave the factory. The company said five workers and a contractor were on a truck that was tipped over in the floodwaters.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Steve Finney, Leslie Earhart, Finney, Robbie Jarvis, Jarvis, Brianna Paciorka, Network Bertha Mendoza, Guillermo Mendoza, Fernando Ruiz, Lidia Verdugo Organizations: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Erwin, Judicial, Impact Plastics, NBC News, Attorney General's, NBC, Plastics, Impact Plastics Inc, Sentinel, USA, Network Locations: Hurricane, Erwin, Tenn

☆ Price-gouging complaints about the cost of fuel, water, and hotels are surging in states hit by Hurricane Helene
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

South Carolina and North Carolina saw a rise in complaints, mostly about hotels and fuel. AdvertisementAs Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc across southeastern US states, complaints of price gouging have surged. Related storiesIn neighboring North Carolina, which experienced the highest death toll of about 56, there were also dozens of price-gouging complaints. A spokesperson for the North Carolina Attorney General's Office said the state's Department of Justice had received 64 complaints alleging price gouging in western North Carolina. Kylie Mason, communications director for Attorney General Ashley Moody, told BI they had received complaints "mostly about fuel and water."

Persons: Helene, Price, —, Virginia —, Hurricane Helene, Robert Kittle, Alan Wilson, Kittle, Wilson, Josh Stein, Stein, Kylie Mason, General Ashley Moody, Moody, Jonathan Skrmetti, Shaun Kenney, Jason Miyares, Kenney, Kamala Harris, Harris Organizations: Service, Business, South Carolina, AG, North Carolina Attorney General's, state's Department of Justice, North, Consumer, Division, Tennessee Division, Consumer Affairs, Virginia Locations: South Carolina, North Carolina, South Carolina , Georgia, Florida , Tennessee, Virginia, Hurricane, Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia

☆ NATO is planning for mass medical evacuations in case of a war with Russia: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NATO is planning for the mass transport of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia. NATO could use hospital trains and buses to move injured troops in such an event, a German general told Reuters. The general's comments come amid increasing tension between NATO and Russia. AdvertisementNATO is developing plans to manage the evacuation of large numbers of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia, a senior military officer told Reuters. Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said in an interview published in January that Russia could attack NATO within the next decade.

Persons: —, General Alexander Sollfrank, Sollfrank, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Putin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Volodin, Boris Pistorius, Pistorius, Der Tagesspiegel Organizations: NATO, Reuters, Service, Command, British Storm Shadow, New York Times, Russia's Duma, Business Locations: Russia, Western, warzones, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russian, Moscow, United States

☆ 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday including a bullish call on Best Buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

We raised our price target on the stock. Best Buy was added to JPMorgan's analyst focus list after a meeting with the electronics and appliance retailer's management team. Deutsche Bank restarted coverage of Dell Technologies with a buy rating and price target of $144 a share. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: Bristol Myers, Morgan Stanley, Wynn, Jim Cramer, Dan Ives, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: Club, Costco, Drug Administration, Bristol, Bristol Myers Squibb, Wynn Resorts, United Arab, Citigroup, Analysts, Walmart, Deutsche Bank, Dell Technologies, PepsiCo, HP Inc, Bank of America, HP, Wedbush Securities, Jim's, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: what's, New Jersey, Las Vegas, United Arab Emirates, China, Macau

Two years after an Alabama prisoner was spared when staff members struggled to execute him by lethal injection, officials plan to try again Thursday — using the rare method of nitrogen gas. He filed a federal lawsuit in March seeking to halt his execution, citing the state's past execution failures and concerns that the method of nitrogen hypoxia would add pain and prolong death. "The resolution of this case confirms that Alabama's nitrogen hypoxia system is reliable and humane," Marshall said in a previous statement. Alabama officials have insisted in court filings that nitrogen hypoxia is "painless because it causes unconsciousness in seconds" and death within minutes. "Whether by lethal injection or nitrogen suffocation, the myth of the 'humane execution' is a lie fewer and fewer people believe," Foa said in a statement.

Persons: Alan Eugene Miller, Miller, Kenneth Smith, gurney, Steve Marshall, I've, " Miller, Marshall, Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Scott Yancy, Terry Lee Jarvis, Smith's heaving, Maya Foa, Foa Organizations: Alabama, NBC News, Alabama Department of Corrections, Prosecutors Locations: Alabama, Atmore, South Carolina, Missouri, Birmingham, U.S, London

☆ NY appellate judges voice serious doubts about Trump's $454M civil fraud verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump's arguments for overturning his $454M civil fraud verdict received a warm reception Thursday. Trump attorney D. John Sauer has made this line drawing a central point of his appeal. The appeal argues that James' fraud case wrongly interfered in the decisions of "sophisticated" banks that had been happy to loan Trump money regardless of any exaggerations. Deutsche Bank relied on Trump's financial statements in loaning him $400 million to develop his Chicago skyscraper, his Washington, DC hotel, and his Miami golf resort. Advertisement"And I will stress, your honor, that this does have harm to the public and the markets," she said of Trump's persistent financial frauds.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Peter H, Moulton, Letitia James, James, John Higgitt, Judith Vale, Higgitt, Vale, Lehman, Dianne T, Renwick, John Sauer, Sauer, E, Jean Carroll, Trump's, Arthur Engoron Organizations: Trump Org, Service, New York, General's, New York's AG, Lehman Brothers, Trump, Deutsche Bank, Supreme Court, Mazars USA, New Locations: Manhattan, York, Chicago, Washington, Miami, DC

☆ Putin reveals new rules on nuclear weapons in Russia's latest warning to the West
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin at an expanded Prosecutor General's Office meeting on March 26, 2024, in Moscow. In opening remarks before a meeting with senior officials on Russia's nuclear deterrence on Wednesday, which were released by the Kremlin and translated by NBC News, Putin said that "a number of clarifications ... defining the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons" are being made to the document that defines Russia's nuclear doctrine. Russia's latest comments on changing its nuclear doctrine are not a surprise — Moscow has hinted for months that it was making changes to its official stance on the use of nuclear weapons. In its 2020 policy, Russia nonetheless described nuclear weapons as "a means of deterrence," the use of which would be "an extreme and necessary measure." Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko shake hands during a press briefing following their talks in Minsk, Belarus, May 24, 2024.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, —, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mike Segar, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden, Zelenskyy, Sergei Ryabkov, Yulia Morozova, Alexander Lukashenko, Mikhail Metzel Organizations: General's, Getty, Kremlin, NBC News, Russian Federation, —, Ukraine's, United Nations General Assembly, Reuters, Kyiv, West, Nazi, Belarusian Locations: Moscow, Kyiv, Ukraine, Russia, U.S, U.N, New York, Washington, America, Great Britain, Russia's Kursk, Kursk, Russian, Nazi Germany, Minsk, Belarus

☆ Trump's already massive New York civil fraud penalty has grown by $24M in interest ahead of a Thursday court showdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

(For perspective, Trump's 2016 settlements in three Trump University fraud cases totaled $25 million.) AdvertisementTrump has denied any fraud, and his lawyers argue in their appeal that the judgment is unjustified, legally flawed, and excessive. By winning his appeal, Trump would also dodge the judgment's non-monetary punishments, which are many. Winning would mean Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump would no longer face being banned for two years from running Trump Org or any other business in New York state. By appealing, Trump has kept all of these fraud punishments on ice, with the exception of the Trump Org monitoring, which is ongoing.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, John Sauer, ometer, Trump, Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump's, Letitia James, Engoron, He'd, Donald Trump , Jr, Eric Trump, Read Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Trump University, D, New, Trump Organization, Trump's, Trump Org Locations: New York, Manhattan, Trump's Manhattan

☆ 'They knew and they lied': California sues ExxonMobil, alleging deception about plastics recycling
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Evan Bush | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

California's attorney general sued ExxonMobil on Monday, alleging that the company had waged a "campaign of deception" for decades to mislead consumers and convince them that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste. I hope this is going to open the floodgates," said Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics, a nationwide project seeking to end plastic pollution. In 1973, industry leaders called those concerned about plastic waste "enemies," according to internal communications from the Society of the Plastics Industry (now known as the Plastics Industry Association), which are cited in the lawsuit. "They were having problems with plastic pollution — people being concerned about it — and they have internal discussions where they say, 'What are we going to do about this?'" In the U.S., the plastic recycling rate has never exceeded 9%, the lawsuit says.

Persons: Rob Bonta, Bonta, Judith Enck, Enck, Leehi, Yona Organizations: ExxonMobil, Superior Court of, Exxon Mobil, Beyond Plastics, Exxon, Mobil, Boy Scouts, Society of, Plastics Industry, Plastics Industry Association, Council, Waste Solutions, Cornell University, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation Locations: Superior Court, Superior Court of California, San Francisco, California, U.S, Antarctica, Everest

☆ Texas lawsuits keep challenging guaranteed basic income programs, calling no-strings-attached cash 'unconstitutional'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling guaranteed basic income "unlawful." This new lawsuit comes after Paxton sued the county in April over another guaranteed basic income pilot called Uplift Harris. Some Texas lawmakers have called guaranteed basic income socialist, or a means to "hand out money like popcorn." Related storiesPaxton's lawsuit could impact the livelihoods of GBI participantsFor many participants, guaranteed basic income is a financial safety net. Have you participated in a guaranteed basic income program?

Persons: —, Ken Paxton, Paxton, Harris, St . Louis, Harris County Attorney Christian D, Menefee, Delwin Sutton, Sutton, Rodney Ellis, Ellis Organizations: Service, Prosperity, Texas Supreme, Business, Attorney's, General's, Texas, Republican, Harris County Attorney, Community Prosperity Locations: Texas, Harris County, Harris, Houston, America, Arizona , South Dakota, Iowa, St .

☆ Former CIA officer jailed for 30 years for drugging and sexually assaulting women
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A former CIA officer was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually abusing and filming multiple women without their consent, in one of the most serious misconduct cases in the agency's history. Former CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond FBI / AP fileRaymond had pleaded guilty in Nov. 2023 to one count each of sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, coercion and enticement, and transportation of obscene material. He also pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually abusing four women, as well as engaging in nonconsensual sexual contact with six women, as part of a plea agreement. "After drugging these women, he stripped, sexually abused, and photographed them. Raymond read out a statement in court in which he expressed remorse for his actions, according to the AP.

Persons: Brian Jeffrey Raymond, Brian Jeffrey Raymond FBI, Raymond, drugging, Matthew M, Graves, David Sundberg, Sundberg, That’s, Howard Katzoff, Colleen Kollar, Kotelly Organizations: CIA, United States Attorney's, U.S, FBI, Washington Field Office, Associated Press, AP Locations: La Mesa , California, United, U.S, Mexico City

Lawyers for Washington state will have past grocery chain mergers – and their negative consequences – in mind when they go to court to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger. Albertsons and Kroger own more than 300 grocery stores in the state and control more than half of grocery sales there. They are trying to get the case dismissed, arguing a state court isn’t the proper venue to consider a nationwide ban. Albertsons and Kroger insist that their plan, including the sale of stores to C&S, will lower grocery prices and preserve competition. In 2016, Albertsons acquired a Haggen supermarket and then promptly closed an Albertsons store about a mile away in Birchwood.

Persons: general's, Haggen, ”, Tina McKim, Bob Ferguson, Kroger, Brad Weber, Locke, Judge Marshall Ferguson, Ferguson, Weber, McKim, ” McKim, “, She’s Organizations: Albertsons, Kroger, Federal Trade Commission, S Wholesale Grocers, Safeway, Fighters, Democrat, King County Superior Court, Walmart, Costco, U.S, FTC, Associated Press Locations: Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Bellingham , Washington, Washington —, Bellingham's Birchwood, King County, Seattle , Washington, Dallas, Birchwood

☆ Auto parts and dollar store execs warn that low-income Americans are stretched thin and running on borrowed time
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementBut Americans are not a monolith, as Jefferies consumer strategist Carey Kaufman pointed out in a note to clients Tuesday. Heading into the autumn, a considerable number of those in the bottom quintile appear to be running on borrowed time. Dollar Tree, which owns Family Dollar, reported similar consumer headwinds during its quarterly earnings this month. "What we noticed was an even tighter core consumer at the very last week of each of the months in Q2," he said. "While that's always a tighter week of the month for our core consumer, it was by far the weakest."

Persons: —, Carey Kaufman, Ted Vasos, Vasos, David Bellinger, Ryan Grimsland, Will Stengel, Ally, Russell Hutchinson, paychecks aren't, that's, Bellinger Organizations: Service, Walmart, Costco, Business, Jefferies, Goldman, Global Retailing, Mizuho, Reuters, Federal Reserve Locations: U.S

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