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☆ Trump loses bid to delay rape accuser's lawsuit ahead of deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to delay a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied having raped her, ahead of a deposition of the former U.S. president scheduled for Oct. 19. Carroll sued Trump in November 2019, five months after he denied raping her in the mid-1990s in a Manhattan department store dressing room. More recently, Trump also claimed that he was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law immunizing government employees from defamation claims. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan left it to a Washington, D.C., appeals court to decide whether Trump acted as president when he branded Carroll a liar in 2019. Separate from the defamation lawsuit, Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, plans to sue Trump on Nov. 24 for battery and inflicting emotional distress.

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☆ Warren Buffett gambled on our future online and won $2 million, but what exactly is Long Bets website and why are Gen Z TikTokers suddenly paying attention?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Long Bets launched in 2002 as a project of the nonprofit Long Now Foundation. In 2018, Warren Buffett won a $2 million wager he placed in 2008. Notable businessman Warren Buffett won a bet in 2017 that he'd placed on the website nearly 10 years prior. Although the Long Bets site has been open to anyone for several years to make scientific or societal predictions, Gen Z TikTokers are just now finding out about it. Long BetsThe buzz started with a viral video about a 10,000-year clock being built by Jeff Bezos and the Long Now Foundation, of which Long Bets is a part.

☆ Donald Trump seeks end to rape accuser's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Donald Trump is seeking a quick end to the defamation lawsuit by an author who claims he raped her more than a quarter century ago. Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, said "nothing has changed" and the case should proceed. The former Elle magazine columnist still plans to sue Trump for battery and inflicting emotional distress in a separate lawsuit in November. Tuesday's decision set aside Kaplan's ruling that Trump was neither acting as president when discussing Carroll, nor a federal employee for purposes of her case. The case is Carroll v Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

☆ Donald Trump wins ruling in rape accuser Carroll's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan asked an appeals court in Washington to weigh in on whether the laws of that district shielded Trump from liability. Carroll sued Trump in November 2019, and had been hoping to go to trial as soon as next February. On Sept. 20, Kaplan said Carroll planned to sue Trump for battery and inflicting emotional distress even if the defamation claims were thrown out. 'WE DO NOT PASS JUDGMENT'Trump claimed he was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law immunizing government employees from defamation claims. That would have ended Carroll's case, because the United States had not waived its immunity from defamation claims.

☆ Appeals court stops short of declaring Donald Trump immune from rape accuser claim
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump rallies with his supporters at Wilmington International Airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoNEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday stopped short of declaring Donald Trump immune from author E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit, saying it needed guidance on whether Trump was acting as U.S. president when he denied raping her. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan asked an appeals court in Washington to weigh in on whether the laws of that district shielded Trump from liability. The Manhattan court also handed Trump a victory in declaring he was a U.S. government "employee" when he allegedly defamed Carroll, a condition underlying his immunity claim. Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, said in a statement she was "confident" the District of Columbia court would let the case proceed.

CNN —Louise Fletcher, the actress who won an Academy Award for playing the villainous Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died Friday in France, according to her agent David Shaul. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” starred Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution, where Mildred Ratched – played by Fletcher – reigns as an authoritarian, controlling nurse. In her Oscar speech, Fletcher sweetly thanked her “Cuckoo’s Nest” colleagues and then, using sign language, acknowledged her deaf parents watching at home. Louise Fletcher Wins Best Actress: 1976 Oscars“I want to say thank you for teaching me to have a dream. The film swept the top five Oscars for 1975 – for Best Picture, director Milos Forman, adapted screenplay, actor Nicholson and actress Fletcher.

☆ Former Elle columnist, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s, plans to sue under New York law that opens up statute of limitations for abuse cases
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The writer sued Trump for defamation after he denied sexually assaulting her in a dressing room in the 1990s. Carroll's lawyer is asking to combine the defamation trial with a civil sexual battery suit. The writer was unable to pursue a case against Trump due to the state's statute of limitations on certain sexual offenses. Carroll previously made the accusation against Trump public in her 2019 memoir, "What Do We Need Men For?" "To date, discovery in the above-referenced defamation case has been entirely one way," Kaplan wrote.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll departs from her hearing at federal court during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriNEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A onetime Elle magazine columnist who accused Donald Trump of raping her more than a quarter-century ago plans to file a new lawsuit against the former U.S. president over the incident, her lawyer said. E. Jean Carroll plans to bring claims of battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress under a New York law giving adult survivors of sexual misconduct a one-year window to bring civil claims that would otherwise be time-barred, Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan said in a letter filed on Tuesday. Trump has denied raping Carroll and accused her of concocting the rape claim to sell her book. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ DOLIU în lumea muzicii. Cântăreața Raffaella Carra a murit
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Cântăreaţa, prezentatoarea şi realizatoarea de televiziune Raffaella Carra a murit luni la vârsta de 78 de ani, potrivit El Pais, potrivit News.ro. Anunţul a fost făcut agenţiei de presă Ansa de către Sergio Japino, care i-a fost partener mai mulţi ani. Raffaella Carra a anunţat în decembrie 2016 că se retrage din televiziune, pentru că, spunea ea atunci, este timpul să facă loc noilor generaţii. Una dintre ultimele sale colaborări cu televiziunea a fost rolul de jurat în varianta italiana a emisiunii „The Voice”. Între emisiunile de televiziune pe care le-a găzduit se numără „Carràmba che sorpresa!”, „¡Hola Raffaella!”, „Canzonissima”, „En casa con Raffaella”, „Pronto... Raffaella?”, „A las 8 con Raffaella”, „Ma che sera”, „La hora de Raffaella Carrà” şi „Domenica in”.

Persons: Carra, Anunţul, Sergio Japino, RAI . Artista, Raffaella, Roberta Pelloni, Gianni Boncompagni, Tiziano Ferro Organizations: RAI ., RAI Locations: Italia, Bologna, Spania, America Latină, Grecia

☆ TRAGEDIA din Italia. Poveștile celor care au murit, după ce o cabină de teleferic s-a prăbușit de la înălțime
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Serena Costantino, în vârstă de 27 de ani, și iubitul ei iranian Mohammadreza Shahaisavandi, în vârstă de 23 de ani, plănuiseră pentru acest weekend o întâlnire romantică. Roberta și Angelo au crescut în Bari și de câțiva ani se mutaseră în provincia Piacenza. Printre victime s-au aflat și trei membri ai unei familii: Vittorio Zorloni, în vârstă de 54 de ani, soția sa Elisabetta Persanini (38 de ani) și fiul lor Mattia (5 ani), din Vedano Olona. Nu au supraviețuit accidentului nici Itshak Cohen, de 82 de ani, nici soția sa Barbara Cohen Konisky, de 70 de ani. Singurul supraviețuitor este copilul mai mare, de cinci ani, care a ajuns în stare gravă la spitalul pentru copii din Torino.

Persons: Silvia Malnati, Alessandro, Silvia, Serena Costantino, Roberta Pistolato, Angelo Vito Gasparro, Roberta, Angelo, Vittorio Zorloni, Amit, Tal Peleg, Tom, Cohen, Barbara Cohen Locations: Varese, Milano, Verbania, Roma, Iran, Bari, Piacenza, Pavia, Israel, Torino

☆ Brexitul schimbă intens condițiile în care studenții români pot studia în Marea Britanie
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-03 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Perioada de tranziție se încheie, iar Marea Britanie nu va mai aplica niciuna dintre regulile europene. Pentru tinerii din România, acest lucru înseamnă dublarea taxelor de studii la universitățile din Regat. În ultimii ani, Marea Britanie a fost destinația favorită a celor care au plecat să studieze în străinătate, relatează Digi24. Despărțirea Marii Britanii de Uniunea Europeană schimbă dramatic condițiile în care tinerii români pot studia în Regat. Noi nu plătim nimic momentan, doar după ce ne angajăm”, explică Roberta Ciuvăț, studentă în Marea Britanie.

Persons: Robert Stredie, Bogdan Ghiță, Roberta Ciuvăț, Gelu Duminică Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Liga, Liga Studenților Locations: Brexitul, România, Regat, străinătate, UK, Străinătate, Anglia, Olanda, Franța, României

☆ These journalists gave Democrats money, federal records say. But the records are wrong.
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-30 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Notable journalists from The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic were surprised to learn from Insider that federal records showed they had made political contributions. Federal records indicate they made political donations. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to refund his political contributions. Goldberg is one of several prominent journalists who say federal records incorrectly show they've contributed money to politicians. "This must be a case of mistaken identity," said Chang, whose newsroom generally prohibits staff members from making political contributions.

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