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☆ William Friedkin, acclaimed 'Exorcist' director, dead at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] Director William Friedkin attends a walking tour around Georgetown that focused on some of the film locations from the original Exorcist in Washington D.C., U.S. April 17, 2018. "The French Connection" won five Academy Awards, including best picture, best director for Friedkin and best actor for Gene Hackman, who Friedkin initially did not want in the memorable role of New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle. "The Exorcist" was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for Friedkin. In "The French Connection," cops played by Hackman and Roy Scheider in the decaying New York City of the early 1970s track a French heroin smuggler. William David Friedkin was born on Aug. 29, 1935, and grew up in Chicago, the son of poor Ukrainian immigrants.

Persons: William Friedkin, Carlos Barria, ", Friedkin, Sonny, Cher, Gene Hackman, Popeye Doyle, Linda Blair, Tom Huddleston, they're, William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Ashley Judd, Joe, Matthew McConaughey, Billy, Hackman, Roy Scheider, William Peter Blatty's, Blair, Oscar, levitates, Mercedes McCambridge, Al Pacino, Gay, William David Friedkin, Sherry Lansing, Jeanne Moreau, Lesley, Anne Down, Kelly Lange, Will Dunham, Danielle Broadway, Bill Trott, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Washington D.C, REUTERS, Creative Artists Agency, Chicago TV, Thomson Locations: Georgetown, Washington, York, L.A, New York City, Chicago, Hollywood, Los Angeles

☆ A TikTok creator made a video that went viral. A few months later, she had a 6-figure contract for a mystery book series.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Katie Siegel is the author of newly published mystery novel, "Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective." Siegel didn't originally envision the story as a novel, but as a video series for TikTok. An editor at Kensington Books saw her videos, and Siegel ended up with a six-figure book deal. "When it came up on my feed, I thought, 'This would be such a great mystery series,'" Plackis said. The two decided to work together on a proposal, and a few months later, Siegel had a six-figure, two-book contract with Kensington Books.

Persons: Katie Siegel, Charlotte Illes, Siegel, Katie Siegel didn't, she'd, TikTok, Shannon Plackis, Plackis, perusing, Vida Engstrand, Siegel's, BookTok, Barnes, Noble, Michelle Schusterman, that's, preneurs, I've, creatives Organizations: Kensington Books, The New York Times Locations: Kensington, The

☆ This Is The Best Debit Card for Teens Who Want to Try Their Hand at Investing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Kerri Anne Renzulli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

With Fidelity’s Youth Account, teens can experience firsthand the risks and rewards of investing. There are other debit card accounts available to under 18-year-olds that also offer investing services, but most charge a subscription or other fee to take advantage. Greenlight, our pick for best overall debit card for kids, for example, costs $9.98 a month if you want access to its investing platform. Chase’s First Banking debit card, our pick for best free debit card for younger children, also offers a range of spending controls. How we pickedTo pick Buy Side from WSJ’s Best Debit Cards for Kids, we looked at card options available to those under the age of 18, including prepaid debit cards, checking account-linked debit cards, secured credit cards and brokerage account-linked debit cards.

Persons: Kerri Anne Renzulli, Roth Organizations: Fidelity, Learning, Fidelity ZERO

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy decries 'revolting' practices at recruitment centres
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy awards a Ukrainian service member during a ceremony marking the Day of Ukrainian Statehood, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 28, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File PhotoAug 3 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday decried "revolting" practices exposed during an audit of Ukraine's military recruitment centres and pledged to fix the system by placing in charge people who understood the meaning of war. "The conclusion is clear: the recruitment system needs people who understand the value of protecting Ukraine," he said. "Recruitment centres must be staffed with people who have seen the war, experienced it," he added. The head of a military recruitment centre in Odesa accused of corruption and embezzlement was ordered held in pre-trial detention last month.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Ihor Klymenko, Vasyl Maliuk, Ron Popeski, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Ukrainian, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, NATO, European Union, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Black, Odesa, Spain

☆ LinkedIn seems to be planning an AI 'coach' to assist you with job searching, applications, and researching a company's culture
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

LinkedIn may be developing an AI-powered job coach, according to web developer Nima Owji. Microsoft, which owns LinkedIn, has been focusing on the development of AI tools. LinkedIn seems to be planning the release of an AI "coach" to assist users with job searching, applications, and researching things like a company's culture. "Introducing LinkedIn Coach," the page reads. LinkedIn did not comment specifically on the development of the Coach tool.

Persons: Nima Owji, Owji, Grace Dean, Bing, Amanda Purvis Organizations: Microsoft, Twitter, LinkedIn, KPMG Locations: OpenAI

The Circleville Police Department fired officer Ryan Speakman last week. His termination came after a July 4 incident where he released his police dog on Jadarrius Rose following a lengthy vehicle pursuit. The report details Speakman returning to Baer and adding more names to the two-page list, including his family members. The documents detail an incident where Speakman unloaded bullets from the magazine of a fellow officer’s firearm. According to the report, Speakman took full responsibility for his actions.

Persons: Ryan Speakman, Jadarrius, Speakman, Shawn Baer, Baer, ” Baer, “, “ Ryan, ” Speakman, he’d, ”, Benjamin Crump, Rose Organizations: CNN, Circleville Police Department, Benevolent Association, Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Guardian, Circleville Police, Force, Police Department, Circleville’s Department of Human Resources Locations: Ohio, Scioto, Rose

☆ Richard E. Grant Fights Grief With ‘A Pocketful of Happiness’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Amy Bloom | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One is Joan Washington, whom we get to know as passionate and commanding, a great teacher, a wonderful mother, a smartass and a woman who understood and loved her husband, deeply. To be clear, I make no complaints about her, and neither Grant nor I criticize anything she does in this book. It is not her fault that Richard E. Grant has adored her since he wrote her a fan letter when he was 14. I could have done without all of that, because, like Richard E. Grant, I just wanted more of the feisty, unvarnished, irritable, generous, wise, unimpressed Joan Washington. Amy Bloom’s most recent books are “Flower Girl” and “In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss.”A POCKETFUL OF HAPPINESS | By Richard E. Grant | 336 pp.

Persons: Joan Washington, ” Olivia, Grant, Barbra Streisand, Richard E, ”, —, Amy Bloom’s, Simon Organizations: Schuster

☆ U.S. sanctions four Bosnian Serb top officials for undermining peace deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Daria Sito-Sucic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SARAJEVO, July 31 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against four top Bosnian Serb officials, including the Serb member of the country's presidency, for undermining a U.S.-sponsored peace deal that ended the Balkan country's war in the 1990s. The constitution is part of the Dayton peace accords that ended the 1992-1995 Bosnian war in which 100,000 were killed, dividing the country into two autonomous regions, the Serb Republic and the Bosniak-Croat Federation, linked via a weak central government. Late in June, lawmakers in the Serb Republic voted to suspend rulings by Bosnia's constitutional court, a vote initiated by the region's separatist pro-Russian President Milorad Dodik who is already under U.S. and UK sanctions. "This action threatens the stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the hard-won peace underpinned by the Dayton Peace Agreement," said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. They stepped up activities undermining state institutions in recent months, including suspension of decisions by an international peace envoy.

Persons: Bosnia's, Zeljka Cvijanovic, Matthew Miller, Milorad Dodik, Radovan Viskovic, Milos Bukejlovic, Nenad Stevandic, Brian E, Nelson, Cvijanovic, Stevandic, Radovan Kovacevic, Dodik, Daria Sito, Nick Macfie Organizations: Bosnian, U.S . State Department, - Croat Federation, Russian, U.S . Department of, Treasury, Terrorism, Financial, Dodik, Thomson Locations: SARAJEVO, United States, U.S, Serb Republic, Bosnian, Dayton, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia

☆ Bangladesh police clash with opposition supporters calling on PM to resign
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Ruma Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

DHAKA, July 29 (Reuters) - Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing opposition party supporters blocking major roads in the capital Dhaka on Saturday to demand the prime minister’s resignation. The main opposition party, in disarray since its leader Khaleda Zia was jailed in 2018 on graft charges, has held bigger protest rallies in recent months, including one on Friday, drawing tens of thousands of supporters amid anger over the cost of living. They were only trying to ease the traffic flow,” said Faruq Ahmed, a spokesman for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. [1/5]Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) attack armed vehicles of police at Shonir Akhra area, during their sit-in rallies on the main entry points of the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 29, 2023. Concern flared after accusations of vote-rigging and suppressing the opposition marred elections in 2014 and 2018.

Persons: Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina, ”, Faruq Ahmed, “, Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Hasina, jailing, Ruma Paul, Giles Elgood Organizations: Bangladesh, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Police, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: DHAKA, Dhaka, Shonir, Bangladesh, United States

☆ Ex-Twitter safety exec slams Elon Musk's move to reinstate account that shared obscured image of child being tortured: 'This guy blew up my life by saying I condone pedophilia and then he turns around
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Yoel Roth slammed Elon Musk's decision to reinstate a user that posted a child torture image. Yoel Roth, Twitter's former head of trust and safety, took a dig at Elon Musk's decision to reinstate an account that had posted an obscured image of a toddler being tortured. "For now, we will delete those posts and reinstate the account," Musk wrote on X, after McGee's suspension brought backlash from his right-wing supporters and a number of "Free Dom" posts. Roth, the site's former head of trust and safety, wrote on BlueSky that he found Musk's decision to be confusing. But after resigning from the role two weeks into Musk's ownership, Roth changed his tune.

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☆ Bangladesh opposition holds protests to demand resignation of PM
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Ruma Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir HossainDHAKA, July 28 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party rallied in the capital on Friday to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and call for general elections to be held under a caretaker government. This can only be achieved through a free and fair election, which is not possible under the current regime," senior BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan told Reuters. BNP supporters joined the rally in Dhaka from different parts of the country amid allegations of obstructions by police. The opposition and rights groups have criticised the government for cracking down on anti-government protests. Concern flared after accusations of vote-rigging and the targeting of the political opposition marred national elections in 2014 and 2018.

Persons: Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Sheikh Hasina’s, Khaleda Zia, Hasina, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Sana Ullah, Mirza Abbas, Khaleda, Sheikh Hasina, Ruma Paul, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP, Bangladesh Awami League, REUTERS, Reuters, Hasina’s Awami League, Thomson Locations: Naya Palton, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mohammad Ponir Hossain DHAKA, Chittagong, United States

☆ Opinion | Every American City Needs a Richard Ravitch
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Nicole Gelinas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Much of Midtown was still empty, but Mr. Ravitch was not the type to work from home. Until the end, even as a younger generation of business people viewed the full-time office as optional — along with Manhattan itself — Mr. Ravitch remained moored to a physical place. Mr. Ravitch’s office is now empty, too. Many American cities find themselves without patrons who feel their own worth and purpose tied to their hometowns’ fortunes. Mr. Ravitch’s death was not just the end of an era in New York — it also laid bare the vacuum that American cities have to fill.

Persons: Richard Ravitch, Ravitch, —, Ravitch’s Locations: Manhattan, Midtown, New York City, New York

☆ The founder of fallen adtech startup MediaMath is trying to buy back the bankrupt company's assets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MediaMath Cofounder and CEO Joe Zawadzki is assembling a syndicate to buy back the company. MediaMath cofounder Joe Zawadzki is looking to assemble a syndicate of adtech industry investors to attempt to buy back the company's assets at its upcoming bankruptcy auction, according to people familiar with the matter. Former employees and industry observers have said Zawadzki's MediaMath was also ahead of its time developing tools to demystify how digital ad dollars were being spent. MediaMath's supply chain optimization assets could become the backbone of FxM's "SCF+" supply chain financing product, the adtech industry sources suggested. Zawadzki is also a general partner at the venture capital firm AperiamVentures, which has invested in dozens of adtech startups.

Persons: Joe Zawadzki, MediaMath, Zawadzki, Joe, Zawadzki's, —, Neil Nguyen, MGI, hadn't Organizations: IBM, Bain Capital, Google, Media, Games Locations: MediaMath, Delaware, —, AperiamVentures

☆ Police officer fired after unleashing dog on Black man in Ohio traffic stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 26 (Reuters) - Police in Circleville, Ohio, on Wednesday fired an officer who unleashed his dog on a Black man during a highway traffic stop and ordered the animal to attack even though the man had his hands raised, according to video of the incident. "Officer (Ryan) Speakman did not meet the standards and expectations we hold for our police officers. Officer Speakman has been terminated from the department, effective immediately," police in a statement. The vehicle was missing a mud flap and it had failed to stop for an inspection, a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said. Moments later, an officer with the Circleville Police Department unleashed a police dog on Rose even though a state trooper told the local officer not to release the dog.

Persons: Ryan, Speakman, Jadarrius Rose, Rose, Shawn Baer, Daniel Trotta, Jamie Freed Organizations: Police, Wednesday, Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, Highway Patrol, Circleville Police Department, Circleville Police, Thomson Locations: Circleville , Ohio, Ohio, Columbus, Rose

☆ Reactions to the death of singer Sinead O'Connor
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

IRISH-AMERICAN DANCER MICHAEL FLATLEY"Dear Sinead, I pray your troubled soul is at peace. IRISH PRIME MINISTER LEO VARADKAR"Really sorry to hear of the passing of Sinead O'Connor. Her music was loved around the world and her talent was unmatched and beyond compare. IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER MICHEAL MARTIN"Devastated to hear of the passing of Sinead O'Connor. Rest In Peace, Sinead you are home with your son I am sure."

Persons: Sinead O'Connor, MICHAEL D, HIGGINS, MICHAEL FLATLEY, Sinead, TIM BURGESS, MICHEAL MARTIN, HUMZA YOUSAF, Shuhada, CONOR MCGREGOR, MARIAN KEYES, Kylie MacLellan, Suban Abdulla, Padraic Halpin, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Irish, RTE, LEO, AMERICAN, ICE, SCOTTISH FIRST, UFC, Thomson Locations: Ireland

In their details, the judicial changes that Israel’s Parliament passed yesterday sound like something that liberals in the U.S. and democracy advocates around the world might support. Going forward, democratically elected leaders will have more power, and unelected judges will have less. But the reaction from political progressives, moderates and even some conservatives — in Israel and elsewhere — has instead been one of extreme alarm. And that alarm stems from worries among many observers that Israel is using the mechanics of democracy to transform itself into an undemocratic country. Freed from judicial oversight, it will have the ability to push Israel further toward becoming a religiously conservative country.

Persons: —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Freed Locations: U.S, Israel

☆ Opinion: Don’t expect history to be kind to Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —There is no question that history books will dedicate considerable space to the impact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had on the fate of his embattled nation. But in Israel’s parliamentary system, the prime minister controls not just the executive but also the legislature through his majority coalition in parliament. Without judiciary oversight, the prime minister and his bloc have little to stop them as they push their agenda. Frida GhitisTo become prime minister, Netanyahu had to enlist the support of enough parties to have 61 votes out of the 120 seats in the Knesset. When asked whom they would prefer as prime minister, just 34% said Netanyahu over the center-right Benny Gantz, with opposition leader Yair Lapid also beating the Israeli leader.

Persons: Frida Ghitis, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, “ Bibi, ”, –, it’s, Itamar Ben Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis, Biden, Facebook Netanyahu, Donald Trump’s politicization, toying Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Politics, Frida Ghitis CNN, West Bank, Florida Gov, Twitter, Facebook, Israel Locations: Israel’s, United States, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Israel

☆ FedEx pilots reject 30% pay hike proposal, but a strike isn’t imminent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The FedEx pilots who belong to the Air Line Pilots Association voted 57% against the proposed contract, which was reached in May and endorsed by union leadership. But even with the “no” vote, the 5,200 FedEx pilots won’t be able to go on strike any time soon. FedEx pilots are covered by the Railway Labor Act, which despite the name, covers both rail workers and airline employees. The FedEx pilots, who unlike most FedEx employees count as airline employees when it comes to which labor law they work under, have not cleared any of those hurdles so far. There have been numerous examples in recent years of union rank-and-file voting no on deals that were recommended by union leadership.

Persons: won’t, ”, “, John Deere Organizations: New, New York CNN — Pilots, FedEx, Air Line Pilots, Teamsters, UPS, Railway Labor Act, United Airlines, American Airlines, United, United Auto Workers Locations: New York, United States

☆ US pauses some aid, imposes visa bans after 'neither free nor fair' Cambodia election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Simon Lewis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The United States said it was pausing some foreign assistance programs in Cambodia and imposing visa bans on individuals it says undermined democracy after the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) declared a landslide victory in elections on Sunday. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that Washington was "troubled" that the elections, in which Prime Minister Hun Sen's CPP faced no viable opponent were "neither free nor fair." "Ahead of the elections, Cambodian authorities engaged in a pattern of threats and harassment against the political opposition, media, and civil society that undermined the spirit of the country’s constitution and Cambodia’s international obligations," Miller said. "In response, the United States has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on individuals who undermined democracy and implemented a pause of certain foreign assistance programs," he added. Reporting by Simon Lewis; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Matthew Miller, Washington, Hun Sen's, Miller, Hun Sen, Hun Manet, Simon Lewis, Michael Perry Organizations: United, Cambodian People's Party, Sunday . State Department, Thomson Locations: United States, Cambodia

CNN —The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. These birth certificates belong to 33 children of Italian women who underwent artificial insemination abroad and then registered their children under the city’s center-left government, led by Sergio Giordani, in 2017. The prosecutor’s office in Padua confirmed to CNN that, as of Thursday, 27 mothers had been removed from 27 birth certificates. Mauro Ujetto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesThe measure means that only the biological parent of a child can be named on a birth certificate. The measure also stops men in a same-sex relationship from registering the birth of their child with both fathers’ names.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Sergio Giordani, Giordani, ”, Mauro Ujetto, aren’t, Eugenia Roccella, “, Meloni’s, Meloni Organizations: CNN, Families, Family Association Locations: Italian, Padua, Torino, Italy, ” Padua, Padua’s

☆ A historic settlement could bring environmental justice to a Chicago neighborhood that's been filled with polluting industries
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"If you take away our health, you take away our wealth," Sanchez, a community planning manager at the Southeast Environmental Task Force, told Insider. The first-of-its-kind settlement with HUD could be a model for environmental justice advocates in other cities. If the city didn't agree to address environmental harms, it risked losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal housing money. "Now all levels of city government have to listen to us and develop policies that are protective of public health." Sanchez said the case underscored the importance of updating city policies, because administrations come and go.

Persons: Oscar Sanchez, Sanchez, polluters, Robert Weinstock, who's, he's, Cheryl Johnson, Johnson, Jamie Kelter Davis, Weinstock, Brandon Johnson, Charles Rex Arbogast, Angela Tovar Organizations: Service, Environmental, Force, US Department of Housing, Urban Development, Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law, Urban, Community, Factories, Washington, Getty, Chicago AP Locations: Chicago's, Chicago, Lincoln Park, Black, Calumet

☆ AI talent is in high demand even at non-tech companies. And jobs are paying way over six figures — up to $300,000.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The law firm Husch Blackwell and insurer Travelers are among those seeking AI skills. The law firm Husch Blackwell has built a data science team, and is hiring an AI solutions strategist. For its AI role, Husch Blackwell has looked for trained lawyers who understand AI and large language models, and ideally also have some business consulting experience, said Blake Rooney, chief information officer at Husch Blackwell. The law firm Husch Blackwell has been looking to hire an AI solutions strategist as it expands its use of AI. The law firm already built a data science team over the past three years, and automated some routine tasks.

Persons: Husch Blackwell, Jane Street, Aaron Sines, Sines, There's, Alan Schnitzer, Alo, CoCounsel, Valerie McConnell, Blake Rooney, It's, Rooney, it's Organizations: Morning, Jane, Austin, Travelers, Interactive, LinkedIn Locations: New York

☆ What we know about the 16 fake electors charged in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Some of the GOP electors in Michigan were local activists who were recruited to serve as “fake electors,” all while inaccurately believing there was still a chance that then-President Donald Trump might secure a second consecutive term. CNN has reached out to the 16 fake electors for comment about the criminal charges. Here’s what we know about the 16 fake electors facing state charges. Meshawn Maddock, 55, was co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party during the 2020 campaign and is married to a GOP member of the Michigan House of Representatives. James Renner, 76, was also brought in later in the process to replace one of the original GOP electors.

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☆ Insight: The meds they bought were toxic. Now Gambian parents seek justice
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Edward Mcallister | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Three Gambian lawyers said this is the highest profile case of its kind against the nation's health ministry and the drug regulator, as well as against Maiden itself. It adds that the regulator and the health ministry failed to ensure that drugs were prescribed "with the expected standard of care." Gambia's health ministry did not respond to requests for comment. By this stage, the Gambian health ministry had sent samples of the Maiden syrups abroad for testing. The drugs regulator, the Medicines Control Agency, which is part of the health ministry, did not respond to a request for comment for this story.

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☆ Greek migrant boat tragedy: Pakistani boy's fateful journey exposes impossible choice faced by millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Anna Coren Azaz Syed Sophia Saifi Jadyn Sham Helen Regan Rhea Mogul | Anna Coren | Azaz Syed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“It will all be OK,” Muhammad Abuzar told him. The boat was carrying up to 750 Pakistani, Syrian, Egyptian and Palestinian refugees and migrants. His uncle had decided to try and make it to Europe and Abuzar saw his chance. More than 600 people drowned on June 14 in what would become one of the deadliest migrant boat tragedies. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty ImagesSpeaking to CNN in Pakistan, Mohammad Tahir said his brother Mubasher Sahzad, 29, was also on the boat.

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