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☆ Watch the Dateline episode “Deadly Dance” now
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Dateline Nbc | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

The caller was a neighbor who told the operator Ashley had shown up at his house, frantic. Detective Dan Dickerman with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office raced to the scene. Ashley was taken to the sheriff’s office. You can also watch on the NBC app or listen to it on our podcast. After you’ve finished the episode, listen to this week’s Talking Dateline with Andrea Canning and Blayne Alexander in which they take you behind the scenes of the episode.

Persons: Grace, Ashley, Doug Benefield, Doug, Dan Dickerman, you’ve, Andrea Canning, Blayne Alexander Organizations: Manatee County Sheriff’s, NBC Locations: Lakewood, Sarasota , Florida, Manatee County

☆ Why Citadel's longest-running equities unit is focused on shorting stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Justin Lubell, Citadel's Global Equities head, said shorting has been a big driver of returns. There's less competition in the space compared to going long on stocks, he said. Anthony Bozza, the founder of Lakewood Capital, called those who know who to short stocks a "dying breed." AdvertisementWhile some big bets against specific stocks have blown up in hedge funds' faces in recent years, there's still a focus on shorting at Citadel's longest-running equities unit. Related storiesEven investors known for bold short bets have moved away from the practice.

Persons: Justin Lubell, shorting, Anthony Bozza, —, there's, Ken Griffin's, Lubell, Robin, Gavin Baker, Lee Ainslie, Steve Cohen's Point72, Gabe Plotkin's Melvin Capital, Pershing, Bill Ackman, Bozza Organizations: Citadel's Global, Service, Citadel's, Citadel Global, Robin Hood Investors Conference, Business, Management, Lakewood Capital, Maverick Capital, GameStop, Lakewood Locations: Lakewood Capital, New York

☆ Milton: Florida woman unwittingly saves lives from deadly St. Lucie tornado
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Emma Tucker | Taylor Romine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

At that moment, a couple heard Westfield’s screams as they were outside taking videos of water pooling on the road. “I hear her scream ‘get in your house!’ and I was like, oh my God, this is bad,” Brandi Clarke told CNN affiliate WPEC. Westfield’s house was left intact, though she lost the carport and shed roof, but she’s just grateful to be alive. After hearing Westfield’s warning, Clarke told WPEC she and her husband quickly ran inside and grabbed their children. I panicked, but my panic alerted people to go inside, and that’s a blessing,” Westfield told CNN.

Persons: Michelle Westfield’s, Westfield’s, ‘, ” Brandi Clarke, Hurricane Milton, she’s, Clarke, WPEC, ”, “, Brandi Clarke’s, WPEC “, ‘ don’t, don’t, , ” Westfield, ” Clarke, Westfield didn’t, –, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, WPEC, Hurricane, Westfield, Facebook, ” Westfield Locations: St, Lucie County , Florida, Lakewood Park, Florida, Spanish, Clarke’s, Brandi, Westfield, ”

County election officials in Florida, meanwhile, are facing a potential new challenge after Hurricane Milton made landfall on its western coast late Wednesday. Other county election offices in the state similarly said this week that that they would perform fresh assessments of their election infrastructure following Milton. Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool in Fort Myers to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP A man in Progreso boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton on Monday. “We should have the most poll workers we’ve ever had here in Oconee County,” said Ryan Nowland, assistant director of Oconee County elections.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, “ I’ve, ”, Mary Beth Tipton, “ We’ve, ” Tipton, Yancey County, Hurricane Milton, “, ” Brian Corley, Milton, Robert Inman, Inman, Cliff Marr, Marr, ” Marr, Helene, Karen Brinson Bell, Bell, Corinne Duncan, Duncan, ” Duncan, Christopher Heath, Ron DeSantis, Corley, Bill Nye, CNN Kari Ewalt, Osceola, ” Ewalt, they’re, Conway Belangia, I’ve, Belangia, Connie Gore, Cecelia Smith, Crystal Vander, Miguel J, Rodriguez Carrillo, Robert Turick, Turick, Rebecca Blackwell, Cristobal Herrera, Julio Cortez, Giorgio Viera, Ricardo Arduengo, Liz Kelly, Matt, Andrew West, Chandan Khanna, Nadia Zomorodian, Austin, Joe Raedle, Sean Rayford, Marta Lavandier, Jefferee Woo, Bryan R, Smith, Chris Urso, Marco Bello, Brandon Marlow, Marie Cook, Bill Ingram, Reuters Stephen Lundgren, Doug Engle, Ron Rook, Paul Hennessy, Saul Martinez, Payton Wyse, Andrew Goncharsky, Christian Burke, Lee, Connor Ferran, Fort Myers, Nicolette Mariano, Kaila Jones, Damon Higgins, Ted Carlson, McKenzie, Evan Purcell, Purcell's, Anna Maria Island, Carlson, Yamil Lage, Matthew Dominick, NASA Aurelio Ortiz, Lorenzo Hernandez, Mike Carlson, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters John Fedor, Chris O'Meara, David Jalving, Pete, Octavio Jones, Tristan Wheelock, Gerald, Martin Zetina, Gregg Newton, ” Belangia, we’ve, Ryan Nowland, “ We’re, everyone’s Organizations: CNN, Trump, Hurricane, “ Communications, Republican, Republican Gov, Voters, Osceola County’s, South, USA, AFP, Getty, AP, Daytona, Network, Reuters, Bradenton, Tropicana, Major League, Tampa Bay Rays, Celtic Ray Public, Tampa Bay Times, NOAA, Vanguard, School, Ocala, Orlando International Airport, Anadolu, Disney, Fort, Palm Beach Daily, Florida Army National Guard, Tampa General Hospital, NASA, International, Milton, Tampa International Airport, Bloomberg, AP Contractors, New Port Richey, AP Tropicana Locations: Carolina, Hurricane, North Carolina’s Yancey County, Yancey, Florida, Florida’s Pasco County, North Carolina, North Carolina’s, Haywood County, North Carolina’s Polk County, ”, Buncombe County, Asheville, Covid, Orange County, Milton, Pasco County, South Carolina, Greenville County, ” County, Martin County , Florida, Port St Lucie , Florida, Englewood , Florida, Manasota Key, Hurricane Milton, Venice , Florida, Riverview , Florida, Lakewood Park , Florida, Siesta Key, Punta Gorda , Florida, North Fort Myers , Florida, Siesta, Volusia, South Daytona , Florida, Bradenton Beach, St . Petersburg, Punta Gorda, Odessa , Florida, Venice, Matlacha , Florida, Palmetto Beach, Tampa, Bradenton , Florida, St . Petersburg , Florida, Clearwater, AFP, Sarasota , Florida, Segundo, Davis, Fort Myers , Florida, Wellington , Florida, Palm, Ocala , Florida, County, Wellington, Orlando, Gulfport , Florida, Lee County, Fort Myers, Sebastian , Florida, Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach, Havana, Cuba, Celestún, Mexico, Port Richey , Florida, Tampa Bay, Treasure Island , Florida, St, Pete Beach , Florida, Treasure, Fort Myers Beach, Progreso, New Port, Kissimmee , Florida, Pickens County, Oconee County, Oconee

The Summary The tornado outbreak that Hurricane Milton spawned in Florida was a leading cause of death and damage from the storm. Hurricane Milton brought an earlier-than-expected dose of chaos before it made landfall this week, as supercell thunderstorms — which feature rotating updrafts and can produce tornadoes — raced across the state. From 1995 through 2023, just five tornadoes produced by tropical storms were rated that high. “With the initial tornadoes, that particular band of showers and storms from Milton seemed to really eject pretty far out in front of the hurricane,” Gallus said. That’s how it played out during Milton, Gallus said: The twisters “occurred right where we see most tornadoes happen.”But in Milton’s case, he noted, the tornadoes were particularly concentrated.

Persons: Milton, Hurricane Milton, “, ”, Donal Harrigan, Harrigan, Giorgio Viera, Ivan, Rita, Harvey, Bill Gallus, Milton “, ” Gallus, we’ve, Gallus, —, Helene Organizations: National Weather Service, Prediction, NWS, Getty, Iowa State University Locations: Florida, South Florida, U.S, Hurricane, Lucie County, Hurricane Milton, Palm Beach, Lake Okeechobee, Miami, Lakewood Park, Fla, Kansas, Milton

☆ Florida’s home insurer of last resort is in serious trouble. Will Milton put it over the edge?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Flood waters inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on October 10 in Punta Gorda, Florida. Andrew West/The News-Press/USA Today Network/Imagn Images A vehicle drives though a flooded street after Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key on Thursday. Rebecca Blackwell/AP The roof of Tropicana Field, destroyed by Hurricane Milton, is seen in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool in Fort Myers to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP A man in Progreso boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton on Monday.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Ron DeSantis, Joe Raedle, Milton, Helene, ” Mark Friedlander, ”, ’, Hurricane Ian, Giorgio Viera, Rebecca Blackwell, Ricardo Arduengo, Liz Kelly, Matt, Andrew West, Chandan Khanna, Nadia Zomorodian, Julio Cortez, Austin, Sean Rayford, Marta Lavandier, Jefferee Woo, Cristobal Herrera, Bryan R, Smith, Chris Urso, Marco Bello, Brandon Marlow, Marie Cook, Bill Ingram, Reuters Stephen Lundgren, Doug Engle, Ron Rook, Paul Hennessy, Saul Martinez, Payton Wyse, Andrew Goncharsky, Christian Burke, Lee, Connor Ferran, Fort Myers, Nicolette Mariano, Kaila Jones, Damon Higgins, Ted Carlson, McKenzie, Evan Purcell, Purcell's, Anna Maria Island, Carlson, Yamil Lage, Matthew Dominick, NASA Aurelio Ortiz, Lorenzo Hernandez, Mike Carlson, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters John Fedor, Chris O'Meara, David Jalving, Pete, Octavio Jones, Tristan Wheelock, Gerald, Martin Zetina, Gregg Newton, Floridians ’, Denise Rappmund, Rappmund, Bobby Atwood, Atwood, won’t, isn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, Property Insurance Corp, Citizens, Dade, “, Insurance Information Institute, CNN, DeSantis, Republican, CNBC, Hurricane, Getty, AP, USA, Daytona, Network, Reuters, Bradenton, Tropicana, Major League, Tampa Bay Rays, Celtic Ray Public, Tampa Bay Times, NOAA, Vanguard, School, Ocala, Orlando International Airport, Anadolu, Disney, Fort, Palm Beach Daily, Florida Army National Guard, Tampa General Hospital, NASA, International, Milton, Tampa International Airport, Bloomberg, AP Contractors, New Port Richey, AP Tropicana, Moody’s Investors Service Locations: New York, Florida, Miami, Monroe, Hurricane, Punta Gorda , Florida, Central Florida, Lakewood Park , Florida, Siesta Key, North Fort Myers , Florida, Siesta, Volusia, South Daytona , Florida, Bradenton Beach, St . Petersburg, Punta Gorda, Odessa , Florida, Venice , Florida, Matlacha , Florida, Palmetto Beach, Tampa, Bradenton , Florida, Venice, St . Petersburg , Florida, Clearwater, AFP, Sarasota , Florida, Segundo, Davis, Fort Myers , Florida, Wellington , Florida, Palm, Ocala , Florida, County, Wellington, Orlando, Gulfport , Florida, Lee County, Fort Myers, Sebastian , Florida, Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach, Havana, Cuba, Celestún, Mexico, Port Richey , Florida, Tampa Bay, Treasure Island , Florida, St, Pete Beach , Florida, Treasure, Fort Myers Beach, Progreso, New Port, Kissimmee , Florida, Milton

Sean Rayford/Getty Images Cars move slowly through Matlacha, Florida, on Thursday after Hurricane Milton damaged power lines. Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times/AP A satellite image captures Hurricane Milton reaching the coast of Florida on Wednesday, October 9. Chris O'Meara/AP David Jalving throws outdoor furniture into his father's pool in Fort Myers to prepare for Hurricane Milton. Marta Lavandier/AP A man in Progreso boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton on Monday. “Many areas in the county have incurred severe property damage because of back-to-back impacts from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton,” Pinellas County Consumer Protection said in a public advisory Thursday.

Persons: Milton, Floridians, ”, Ron DeSantis, Walt, Aquatica, Connie Gore, Cecelia Smith, Hurricane Milton, Crystal Vander, Miguel J, Rodriguez Carrillo, Robert Turick, Turick, Helene, Rebecca Blackwell, Cristobal Herrera, Julio Cortez, Giorgio Viera, Ricardo Arduengo, Liz Kelly, Matt, Andrew West, Chandan Khanna, Nadia Zomorodian, Austin, Joe Raedle, Sean Rayford, Marta Lavandier, Jefferee Woo, Bryan R, Smith, Chris Urso, Marco Bello, Brandon Marlow, Marie Cook, Bill Ingram, Reuters Stephen Lundgren, Doug Engle, Ron Rook, Paul Hennessy, Saul Martinez, Payton Wyse, Andrew Goncharsky, Christian Burke, Lee, Connor Ferran, Fort Myers, Nicolette Mariano, Kaila Jones, Damon Higgins, Ted Carlson, McKenzie, Evan Purcell, Purcell's, Anna Maria Island, Carlson, Hurricane Helene, Yamil Lage, Matthew Dominick, NASA Aurelio Ortiz, Lorenzo Hernandez, Mike Carlson, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters John Fedor, Chris O'Meara, David Jalving, Pete, Octavio Jones, Tristan Wheelock, Gerald, Martin Zetina, Gregg Newton, ” DeSantis, “, ” Crews, Melissa Seixas, CNN’s Kate Bolduan, Joe Biden, Deanne Criswell, ” Criswell, Hurricane, it’s, CNN’s Andy Rose Organizations: CNN, St, Daytona, Tampa International, Sarasota Bradenton International, Coast Guard, Walt Disney, SeaWorld, USA, AFP, Getty, AP, Hurricane, Network, Reuters, Bradenton, Tropicana, Major League, Tampa Bay Rays, Celtic Ray Public, Tampa Bay Times, NOAA, Vanguard, School, Ocala, Orlando International Airport, Anadolu, Disney, Fort, Palm Beach Daily, Florida Army National Guard, Tampa General Hospital, NASA, International, Milton, Tampa International Airport, Bloomberg, AP Contractors, New Port Richey, AP Tropicana, Duke Energy, Pinellas County Consumer Protection, “, Government, FEMA, Cross Locations: Florida, Tampa, Hillsborough, Lithia, Clearwater, Johns, Orlando, Sanibel , Florida, St, Petersburg, Georgia, South Carolina, Aquatica Orlando, Discovery Cove, SeaWorld Orlando, Martin County , Florida, Port St Lucie , Florida, Hurricane, Englewood , Florida, Manasota Key, Hurricane Milton, Venice , Florida, Riverview , Florida, Lakewood Park , Florida, Siesta Key, Punta Gorda , Florida, North Fort Myers , Florida, Siesta, Volusia, South Daytona , Florida, Bradenton Beach, Milton, St . Petersburg, Punta Gorda, Odessa , Florida, Venice, Matlacha , Florida, Palmetto Beach, Bradenton , Florida, St . Petersburg , Florida, AFP, Sarasota , Florida, Segundo, Davis, Fort Myers , Florida, Wellington , Florida, Palm, Ocala , Florida, County, Wellington, Gulfport , Florida, Lee County, Fort Myers, Sebastian , Florida, Palm Beach , Florida, Palm Beach, Havana, Cuba, Celestún, Mexico, Port Richey , Florida, Tampa Bay, Treasure Island , Florida, Pete Beach , Florida, Treasure, Fort Myers Beach, Progreso, New Port, Kissimmee , Florida, Melissa Seixas , Florida, Pinellas County, Georgia , Tennessee, Carolinas

But residents in St. Lucie County faced an entirely different threat: fatal tornadoes that were “supercharged” compared to typical hurricane-spawned tornadoes, National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan told CNN Thursday. “Their whole homes with them inside were lifted up, moved, destroyed,” St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office was damaged in Fort Pierce as Hurricane Milton crossed into Florida. “There’s no way we could have predicted this type of activity because this is just not precedented,” Port St. Lucie Mayor Shannon Martin told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Thursday morning. Julene Martin-Morganelli, board of directors president at Sunnier Palms Park and Campgrounds, was in her house when a tornado hit the area, she told CNN Thursday.

Persons: Milton, Lucie County, Michael Brennan, Keith Pearson, Hurricane Milton, Eric Hasert, Hurricane Irma, “, Lucie Mayor Shannon Martin, CNN’s Jim Acosta, I’ve, Lucie, Julene Martin, Martin, Morganelli, ”, ‘, Laura Gabriel, Gabriel Organizations: Lucie County , Florida CNN, CNN, National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, Spanish Lakes Country Club, South Florida Logistics, Sheriff's, USA, Prestige Storage Locations: Lucie County , Florida, Siesta Key, Florida, St . Petersburg, St, Lucie, South Florida, Spanish, Portofino Shores, Holiday Pines, Lakewood Park, South, ” St, Fort Pierce, Hurricane, ” Port St

☆ Three years ago, this Florida high school started a skilled trades program — now there's a waiting list to get in
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Angela Ramirez-Riojas, 18, is enrolled in Riverview High School's construction academy. Courtesy: Riverview High SchoolFor Angela Ramirez-Riojas, 18, going to college was always plan B. Ramirez-Riojas, who is a senior at Riverview High School in Riverview, Florida, enrolled in her school's recently opened vocational program in construction. "Construction trades is not just the physical part, there's other parts of it that encompass the whole industry," Lahdenpera said. In fact, new construction hires earn more than new hires in the professional services, according to payroll-services provider ADP.

Persons: Angela Ramirez, Ramirez, Riojas, I've, isn't, Erin Haughey, Riverview's, Haughey, Jeff Lahdenpera, It's, Lahdenpera, Katie Alderman, Ted Jenkin, Gen, There's Organizations: Riverview, Riverview High School, Finance, Teens, Neal Communities, Associated Builders and Contractors, Junior Achievement, Citizens Bank Locations: Riverview, Riverview , Florida, Lakewood Ranch , Florida, Atlanta

☆ When Do Women Have the Right to Kill in Self-Defense? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Rachel Louise Snyder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +45 min

Mr. Ford kept their daughter at home to ensure Ms. Ford wouldn’t tell anyone in the emergency room how Robert’s injury happened. Ms. Ford, now 65, is serving a sentence of life without parole at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. Leigh Goodmark, the author of the book “Imperfect Victims,” said that self-defense law imagines two parties of equal strength, size, weight and physical capability. But where self-defense law really fails to capture a woman’s experience is around the question of imminence. For women like Ms. Ford, Ms. Ayobi and many others, killing their way out of a relationship was an act of salvation — for themselves, for their children.

Persons: Anita Ford, Barry Ford, They’d, Robert, they’d, she’d, didn’t, wouldn’t, Ford, Ford’s, ” Mr, Debra Gomes, “ It’s, ”, I’m, —, George Wright, Wright, — Lionel Cashman, John Aldridge —, Aldridge, Cashman, Ms, “, Theresa Jones, Caroline Light, Michal Goldstein, Agatha Nyarko, they’ve, Cynthia Gillespie, doggedly, Gillespie, Leigh Goodmark, Nancy Grigsby, She’s, ” Ms, Grigsby, she’s, Shajia Ayobi, Ghulam Ayobi, Ayobi, Masiula, he’d, Debbie Mukamal, Andrea Cimino, what’s, proctors, proctor, we’d, Weeks, Miranda Gallegos, Janeen Snyder, Debby Saravia, Jamie Monroe, Malinda Jones, Mukamal, We’re, Lenore Walker, Walker, Karla Porter, Porter, It’s, Michal Buchhandler, Raphael, Mary Anne Franks, shouldn’t, Angelique Lyn Lavallee, Kevin Rust, Bertha Wilson, ’, Justice Wilson, Elizabeth Sheehy, George Zimmerman, Kyle Rittenhouse Organizations: Defense, Fords, Stanford, School’s Criminal, Center, Central, Central California Women’s, National Commission, An Ohio Supreme, Northwest Women’s Law Center, Violence Network, Ford, Stanford Criminal Justice Center, California Institution, Women, Research, Widener University, George Washington University, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Locations: United States, Central California, Chowchilla, Mexico, Huntington Beach, Calif, Lakewood, An Ohio, Florida, Seattle, Ohio, Afghanistan, Sacramento, Canada, California, manila, Chino Hills, Los Angeles, D.U.I.s, San Jose, Maryland, New York , California, Oklahoma

☆ Red Lobster closings: These are the locations it wants to shut down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Red Lobster wants to close several dozen more restaurants following its bankruptcy, and it has identified which ones are in danger of shutting down if the court approves its plan. The chain, which brought affordable shrimp and lobster to middle-class America and grew to become the largest seafood restaurant chain in the world, filed for bankruptcy last month. Red Lobster said that it had more than $1 billion in debt and less than $30 million in cash on hand. Part of its plan is to close some locations of its nearly 600 restaurants in the meantime. A few weeks prior to its bankruptcy, it abruptly closed around 50 locations across the United States.

Persons: Fort Smith, Callaghan Lane, Fort, Elizabeth, Merritt, Port Richey, Dale Mabry, Ames, Charles Rock, Noland, Pike, Miller, Monroe, King of Prussia, Knox Abbott, Sam Rittenburg, Anderson Lane, Michael, Van Dorn, Murdock Organizations: New, New York CNN, Beulah, Bell, Oracle, Yuma Palms, Hospitality, College, Run, Fort Myers, Fort Walton, Biscayne, , Michigan City, Charles, Bartow, Pittsburgh, Lamar, Fairfax Locations: New York, America, United States, . Alabama, E, Tuscaloosa Arizona, Flagstaff, Peoria, Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma Arkansas, Shiloh, Fayetteville, Springs, Little Rock California, Citrus Heights, Calaveras, Milpitas, Ave, Monrovia, Pittsburg, Salinas, Hospitality Lane, San Bernardino, San Jose, Lane, Stockton, Vallejo Colorado, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Greeley, Pueblo Connecticut, North Haven Delaware, Talleyville Florida, Altamonte Springs, Clermont, North, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Fort, Fort Walton Beach, Hwy, Kissimmee, Worth, Lake Worth, Lakeland, Leesburg, Haven Ave, Melbourne, Merritt, St, Miami, North Miami, Orange, Alafaya, Orlando, Pensacola, Port, Petersburg, Tampa, The, West Palm Beach Georgia, Columbus, Jonesboro, Rome, Smyrna Illinois, Bourbonnais, Champaign Indiana, Kokomo, , Michigan, Richmond Iowa, Ames Kansas, Topeka Kentucky, Louisville, Paducah Maryland, Salisbury, Salisbury Michigan, Bay City, Waterford Minnesota, West, Bloomington, Golden Valley Mississippi, Tupelo Missouri, Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, Independence, Joplin New Jersey, Delran, Paramus New York, Bartow Ave ., Bronx, Copiague, Lakewood, Manhattan, Glen Street, Queensbury, Stony Brook North Carolina, Cary, Jacksonville Ohio, Dayton, Findlay, Maumee, S.E, , New Philadelphia, Parma, Strongsville, Monroe St, Toledo Pennsylvania, Chambersburg, DeKalb Pike, Pittsburgh South Carolina, Cayce, Charleston Tennessee, Chattanooga Texas, Austin, Padre, Corpus Christi, Duncanville, Frisco, Houston, Lubbock, Bedford, Richland Hills, San Antonio, San Marcos, Shenandoah, Texarkana, Wichita Falls Virginia, Alexandria, Blvd, Chesapeake, Fairfax, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Broad, Virginia Beach, Pkwy, Virginia Beach Washington, Lynwood, Randall Way, Silverdale West Virginia, Parkersburg

☆ After a gunman tried to shoot him, this Pennsylvania pastor wants to make his church safer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Germany, a full-time bus driver and full-time pastor, knows how important this church is to its community. And now, it seems there’s another critical expense, though one this small church hardly could afford: security. Now, Germany wants to hire security experts to assess his church’s vulnerability and see how they can secure it. Pastor Glenn Germany in an undated image in his church in Pennsylvania. And it’s really dangerous.”In Tennessee, Lori Morrison has long been talking about the importance of church security, on both her website and her podcast.

Persons: Glenn Germany, It’s, ”, Chuck Schumer, Pastor Glenn Germany, Kevin Nelson’s, televangelist Joel Osteen, Nelson, I’m, ” Nelson, Schumer, Donell, what’s, “, Charlie Cytron, Walker, Beth Israel, Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Christ, McKenzie, it’s, Schumer’s, ” Schumer, Pastor Kevin Nelson, Rico Reed, ” Reed, Lori Morrison, Morrison, there’s Organizations: CNN, Police, Kevin Nelson’s Calvary Baptist Church, Lakewood Church, Calvary Baptist, Baptist, Calvary, Training, Beth, National Council of, Jewish, FEMA, New, Calvary Baptist Church . Calvary Baptist Church, SecureTek Service, Inc Locations: Pennsylvania, Germany, North Braddock, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Lakewood, Houston, ” Germany, San Antonio, Nelson’s, Sutherland Springs, Maryland, Baltimore, …, Texas, USA, New York, Calvary Baptist Church . Calvary Baptist Church Florida, In Tennessee, ”

☆ Trump Media hires new auditor after previous accounting firm charged with 'massive fraud'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Trump Media hired a new auditor over the weekend, after its previous public accounting firm was accused Friday of perpetrating a massive fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump Media said it had engaged Semple, Marchal & Cooper LLP on Saturday to replace BF Borgers. The ban required Trump Media and other public companies that had used BF Borgers to find new auditors. CNBC also requested comment from Phoenix-based Semple, Marchal, whose website said the firm in its four decades of operation it has "become a preeminent, and highly respected, certified public accounting firm." Trump Media was not yet publicly traded at the time of the alleged conduct by BF Borgers.

Persons: BF, Semple, Cooper, Donald Trump, BF Borgers, Marchal, Benjamin Borgers, Borgers Organizations: Trump Media, Securities and Exchange Commission, CPA, SEC, Marchal, BF, Company, Trump, CNBC Locations: Phoenix, Lakewood , Colorado

The auditing firm for Trump Media and the auditor's owner were charged Friday with "massive fraud" by the Securities and Exchange Commission for work that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings, the federal regulator announced. The auditor, BF Borgers CPA and its owner Benjamin Borgers have agreed to be permanently suspended from practicing as accountants before the SEC, and also agreed to pay a combined $14 million in civil penalties, without admitting or denying the allegations, the SEC said. The agency, calling BF Borgers a "sham audit mill," said the company and its owner engaged in "deliberate and systemic failures to comply with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ... standards in its audits and reviews incorporated in more than 1,500 SEC filings from January 2021 through June 2023," according to a press release. BF Borgers during that same time acted as the auditor for Trump Media, which was then privately held and moving toward a planned merger with the publicly traded shell company Digital World Acquisition Corp.Trump Media and DWAC finalized that merger in late March 2024, leading to Trump Media becoming publicly traded under the DJT ticker. The SEC said the Lakewood, Colorado-based BF Borgers and its owner were charged with falsely telling clients that the auditor's work would comply with PCAOB standards, fabricating audit documents to make it seem that the work did comply with those standards, and "falsely stating in audit reports included in more than 500 public company SEC filings that the firm's audits complied with PCAOB standards," the release said.

Persons: Benjamin Borgers, BF Borgers, DWAC Organizations: Trump Media, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, BF, CPA, Company, Corp Locations: Lakewood , Colorado

☆ Miles Russell: The US 15-year-old golfer who’s making history – and then some
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But Miles Russell is no ordinary 15-year-old. In doing so, high school freshman Russell became the youngest player on record (since 1983) to notch a top-25 finish on the PGA Tour or the Korn Ferry Tour. Before turning 18, players are not eligible for non-member Korn Ferry Tour Points toward Special Temporary Membership. As the youngest player at the tournament by far, there was plenty of pressure on Russell throughout. “But good play is always good, and [it’s] definitely confidence-boosting to finish where we’re going to finish today.”

Persons: Miles Russell, Gipper Finau, Russell wasn’t, Russell, Korn, ” Russell, “, Douglas P, ”, ” Russell –, – Organizations: CNN, Lakewood, Jacksonville Beach, PGA Tour, Veritex Bank, Texas Rangers Golf Club, American Junior Locations: Utah, Saturday’s, Arlington

☆ Her Art Is at Odds With Museums, and Museums Can’t Get Enough
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Karen Rosenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Inside the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, little pieces of Antarctica were melting: cross-sections of an ice core from the continent’s Newall Glacier, each one about the size of a beverage coaster and encased in a vacuum-sealed plastic bag. The artist Gala Porras-Kim watched approvingly during a visit in March, pointing out the air pockets that had started to form. “The ice cores are an archive of ancient air, because the air gets stuck in the layers of ice,” she said, pointing at the display during an interview at the museum. This particular core, which Porras-Kim had obtained from the National Science Foundation’s Ice Core Facility in nearby Lakewood, Colo., contained ice that had formed some 10,000 years ago, around the beginning of the Holocene period, in geological terms. “The ancient air will get released into this room — a reunion of this old air with the new air, mixing together,” she said, describing it as an “organic de-accession process.”

Persons: Porras, Kim, ” Organizations: of Contemporary Art, National Science Locations: Denver, Antarctica, Lakewood, Colo

☆ These are the best—and worst—U.S. metro areas for first-time homebuyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Creditnews ranked the10 best and 10 worst U.S. metro areas for first-time homebuyers in 2024. Creditnews Research analyzed America's 50 largest metro areas to find the best and worst housing markets for first-time buyers. The best metro area for first-time buyers: PittsburghPittsburgh is the No. 2 best metro area for first-time buyers, according to Creditnews. 10 worst metro areas for first-time homebuyers: San JoseThe San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area was ranked the worst for first-time buyers in 2024.

Persons: Creditnews, Motley, Sir Francis Canker, Austin, Martin Vargas, Jose Organizations: Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Hoover, AL Jacksonville, FL New, Fort, West Palm Beach , FL Dallas, Austin, U.S . Austin, , Texas, Fortune, Jose, eBay, PayPal, Jose , CA San, San Bernardino -, CA San, Hillsboro , WA Salt Lake, UT, San Diego Locations: U.S, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Austin, , TX, Antonio, New Braunfels , TX Birmingham, AL, FL, FL New Orleans, Metairie , LA Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach ,, Fort Worth - Arlington , TX Cleveland, Elyria ,, Raleigh, NC, The Texas, ,, Texas, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Jose , CA, Jose , CA San Diego, Carlsbad, CA Los Angeles, Long, Anaheim , CA Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Bernardino - Ontario, CA, CA San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward , CA, Warwick , RI Sacramento, Roseville, Arden, CA Portland, Vancouver, Hillsboro , WA Salt, Hillsboro , WA Salt Lake City, San Diego, Carlsbad , California, Los Angeles, San Diego , California

☆ Opinion: Alexey Navalny, one man who stood up to a dictatorship
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “In his courageous and too short life,” wrote Russia scholar Daniel Treisman, “Navalny became a symbol of hope for the younger generations of his compatriots. “He never gave up on the prospect of what he called ‘the beautiful Russia of the future,’” Treisman noted. “For a ‘beautiful Russia of the future’ to emerge in coming years, Putin must lose the war he started. Navalny understood this.”“Navalny’s death represents the extinguishing of all hope for Russia’s turnaround,” wrote Sasha Vasilyuk.

Persons: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Stalin “, “, ”, you’ve, Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s, Navalny, fearlessly, Putin, Daniel Treisman, “ Navalny, Navalny’s, ’ ” Treisman, Sasha Vasilyuk, Alexey Navalny’s, Peter Bergen, Andrei Sakharov, ” Putin, Bergen, Nick Anderson, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, authoritarians, Bill Bramhall, James Mattis, ” Peter Bergen, Frida Ghitis, Fidel Castro’s playbook, Patrick Mahomes, Andy “, Amy Bass, New York Democrat Tom Suozzi, George Santos, ” Suozzi, CNN Suozzi didn’t, Biden, isn’t, Long, Max Burns, ” “, Alejandro Mayorkas, ” “ Suozzi, Burns, Robert Hur’s, Norm Eisen, Richard Painter, Joshua Kolb, Hur, ” Joel Pett, Lawrence C, Levy, Julian Zelizer, Dean Obeidallah, Mark Dent, Dent, Saw, Clay Jones, David Orentlicher, ” Orentlicher, Will Cooper, Fani, Willis, Nathan, Wade, ” “ Willis, Antony Blinken, Batniji, Blinken, Fatah, Hussein, Don’t, David Horsey, Agency Jill Filipovic, Lynda Gorov, Taylor Swift, Jim Parrott, Mark Zandi, Brigid Schulte, Yuliya, Kara Alaimo, Frankie de la, Jackie Robinson’s, Jon Stewart’s, Jon Stewart, Matt Wilson, Jon Stewart skewered Trump, Bill Carter, Stewart, ” “ Stewart Organizations: CNN, IK, Moscow Times, Kremlin, Twitter, Facebook, Soviet, Tribune, Agency, Republican, Senate, Agency Former US Defense, Trump, , Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, nab, New, New York Democrat, Democratic, GOP, Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, Super Bowl, Kansas, West Bank Locations: Soviet, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, New York, Washington, Georgia, ,, York, Glen Cove, Joel Osteen’s, Houston, Kansas City, America, ”, Kansas, Gaza, San Francisco, Israel, Iran

☆ 7-Year-Old Son of Houston Church Shooter Still Struggling to Survive
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The surgeries included removal of part of the frontal lobe of the brain and a portion of the skull, the grandmother, Walli Carranza, said in a post on Facebook. It included a jarring photo of the child from his hospital bed, where officials said he remained in critical condition. She said the boy was engaged in a “fight for life.”Authorities said the boy, Samuel, was with his mother on Sunday when she entered the Lakewood Church in Houston, just after a service led by the televangelist Joel Osteen. The mother, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, opened fire with an AR-15 and was killed in a gunfight with two security guards, officials said. It is still unknown who fired the shots that struck Ms. Moreno’s son and injured a bystander, a 57-year-old man who has since been released from the hospital.

Persons: “, Walli Carranza, Samuel, Joel Osteen, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, Moreno’s Organizations: Houston, Facebook, Authorities, Lakewood Church Locations: Lakewood, Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — The former mother-in-law of the woman who opened fire at a Houston megachurch tried for years to alert authorities and others, including church staff, about her ex-daughter-in-law’s mental health struggles, she said Wednesday. Two people were wounded in the shooting, including Moreno's son, who was shot in the head. Various questions about the shooting remained unanswered on Wednesday, including Moreno’s motive and details about how she obtained the AR-style rifle she used. Carranza also said that in 2020 and 2021, her attorney sent emails to Lakewood Church asking for assistance with intervening in Moreno's struggles, believing that Moreno's mother attended the church. Iloff said they were still looking but had not found any records showing Moreno's mother attended the church.

Persons: Houston megachurch, Walli Carranza, Carranza, Joel, Genesse Moreno, Moreno, can’t, ” Carranza, Samuel, Enrique Carranza, “, Sam, Melissa Landford, Moreno's, Don Iloff, Moreno “, ”, Iloff, ” Iloff, Osteen, ” Osteen, Jim Vertuno, Juan, Lozano Organizations: HOUSTON, Lakewood, Associated Press, University of Houston, Services, CPS, of Family and Protective Services, Lakewood Church Locations: Houston, Florida, Colorado, Lakewood, Texas, Austin

☆ Joel Osteen Lakewood Church shooting: Houston police search for motive as new details emerge about shooter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Steve Almasy | Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

One federal law enforcement source told CNN she fired around 30 bullets. “That’s why federal authorities were executing search warrants,” he said, noting they are “looking for computers, any written documents, thumb drives, social media, online. But in her 30s, she described herself on social media as the founder of a real-estate and financial services firm. By her own account on social media pages, she is involved in sales of everything from new condos to shopping malls. Attorney William Capasso said he represented Moreno in 2021-2022 and told CNN Genesse Ivone Moreno went by the name Jeffrey Moreno Carranza at the time.

Persons: Genesse Ivonne Moreno, Joel Osteen, Troy Finner, Christopher Hassig, Moreno’s, Finner, Moreno, Douglas Williams, “, ”, “ We’re, Joel Osteen's, John Miller, Hassig, Genesse Ivonne, ” Hassig, William Capasso, CNN Genesse Ivone Moreno, Jeffrey Moreno Carranza, Capasso, Miller, Osteen, ” Osteen, “ We’ve, Callaghan O'Hare, ” CNN’s Raja Razek, Andy Rose, Ashley Killough, Jamiel Lynch, Lauren Mascarenhas, Zoe Sottile Organizations: CNN —, Houston, Lakewood Church, Investigators, Houston Police, CNN, Houston Police Department, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Police, US, of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Houston Fire Department, CNN CNN, Houston police, Records, Texas Department of Public, Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, Reuters Locations: Lakewood, Conroe –, Lakewood Church, Palestine, Genesse Ivonne Moreno Fort Bend County, Fort Bend County, Houston

☆ Before Houston Megachurch Shooting, a Series of Warning Signs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Those who knew the woman who opened fire on Sunday with an AR-15 rifle inside Lakewood Church in Houston said the warning signs had been flashing, off and on, for years. Her neighbors said the woman, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, sometimes displayed aggressive behavior that frightened them. She directed antisemitic rants at her Jewish in-laws during a protracted and bitter divorce and custody dispute. At one point in the summer of 2022, her angry outbursts became so vitriolic that the police in Conroe, Texas, were asked to check on the well-being of her young son. The officers found firearms in the home but did not remove them, according to Rabbi Walli Carranza, the boy’s paternal grandmother, who had requested the welfare check.

Persons: Genesse Ivonne Moreno, Rabbi Walli Carranza Locations: Lakewood, Houston, Conroe , Texas

HOUSTON (AP) — A motive for why a woman in a trenchcoat opened fire in celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's megachurch in Texas remained unclear Monday after the shooting sent worshippers rushing for safety in between busy Sunday services. Police say two off-duty officers working security at Osteen's church, one of the largest megachurches in the U.S., shot and killed the suspect. Osteen said the violence could have been worse if the shooting had happened during the earlier and larger late Sunday morning service. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner did not identify the suspect at a news conference Sunday while standing near Osteen. The woman began shooting and was confronted by two off-duty officers, a Houston police officer and an agent with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, who returned fire.

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As afternoon services were beginning at Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday, a woman arrived in a trench coat and carrying a backpack, her 7-year-old son at her side. She brought two rifles and had a piece of yellow rope resembling a detonation cord, law enforcement officials said on Monday. The woman pointed an AR-15 at an unarmed security guard, officials said, and then made her way inside the church, which is led by the televangelist Joel Osteen. The officers — a Houston police officer and an agent from the state alcoholic beverage commission — confronted the woman, exchanged fire with her and killed her. Her son was also struck in the head by gunfire, officials said.

Persons: Joel Osteen, — Organizations: Lakewood Church Locations: Houston, United States

HOUSTON (AP) — Police in Texas said Sunday that they were responding to a possible shooting at the Houston megachurch run by prominent pastor Joel Osteen. In a tweet on X, formerly known as Twitter, Lakewood Church said there was “an active situation involving shots fired” at the church. “That is all the information we have at this time. Please pray for Lakewood and our community,” the church said. Jodi Silva, a Houston police spokeswoman, said officers were responding to the church but she did not have any additional information.

Persons: Joel Osteen, ”, Jodi Silva, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, “ Organizations: HOUSTON, — Police, Houston, Twitter, Lakewood, Harris County Sheriff Locations: Texas, Lakewood, Harris County

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