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☆ Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones won’t face charges in 2020 election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A special prosecutor announced Friday that Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones will not be charged over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s electoral defeat in the 2020 presidential election. Jones had denied wrongdoing in the case and blasted Willis in a statement Friday. Trump and more than a dozen other people were indicted in August 2023 on state felony charges in Georgia tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The case remains on hold over efforts to disqualify Willis in her role as prosecutor.

Persons: Burt Jones, Donald, Peter Skandalakis, Jones, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, ” Skandalakis, Fani Willis, Skandalakis, Willis, “, ” Jones, Trump Organizations: Gov, ’, of, Trump, College, Atlanta Judicial, Attorney’s Office, Futon, Attorney’s Locations: Georgia, of Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones won’t be charged in Trump election subversion case, prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Jason Morris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Burt Jones’ role as a fake elector after the 2020 election announced he will not move forward with criminal charges against the former state senator. “The evidence also indicates Senator Jones did not act with criminal intent, which is an essential element of committing any crime.”A Georgia judge blocked Willis from investigating Jones in July 2022. Jones was then a Republican state senator, and Willis was reprimanded by the judge for hosting a fundraiser for the Democratic candidate who was running against Jones to be Georgia’s next lieutenant governor. In his four-page written statement on Friday, Skandalakis said that Jones “fully cooperated” with the lengthy investigation over the course of four interviews. Gov Burt Jones told CNN in a written statement.

Persons: Burt Jones, Jones, Fani Willis, Donald Trump, “, Pete Skandalakis, ” Skandalakis, ”, Willis, Skandalakis, Brian Kemp, Jones “, Gov Burt Jones, ” Willis ’ Organizations: Atlanta CNN, Gov, Republican, Trump, Electoral College, Democratic, CNN Locations: Georgia, Georgia’s, Fulton County

☆ Chipotle and Spirit Halloween are launching a costume collection
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Chipotle is already getting into the Halloween spirit. The fast-casual chain announced a costume collection with Spirit Halloween Wednesday, the seasonal Halloween costume store that pops up every year in abandoned storefronts. Two years ago, it posted a fake “Chipotle Fork” bodysuit with the caption “Found ur costume.” Then last year, another fake “Chipotle Napkin” costume showed up on its Instagram. The Chipotle Fork costume, for example, is just a plain black, polyester bodysuit. “Our popular Halloween tradition, Boorito, began with a burrito-themed costume contest and now we’re taking it to the next level with the launch of our first-ever costume collection in collaboration with Spirit Halloween,” said Chris Brandt, chief brand officer at Chipotle in a statement.

Persons: New York CNN — Chipotle, Chipotle, ”, Chris Brandt, Brian Niccol, Taco, Scott Boatwright Organizations: New, New York CNN, Burt’s, Retailers, Taco Bell Locations: New York, Canada, Chicago, Denver, Egg Harbor Township, N.J, Los Angeles

☆ CrowdStrike beats quarterly consensus but lowers full-year guidance
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Annual recurring revenue was $3.86 billion, just above the StreetAccount consensus of $3.85 billion. With respect to guidance, CrowdStrike called for adjusted net earnings of 80 cents to 81 cents per share on $979.2 million to $984.7 million in revenue. For the 2025 fiscal year, CrowdStrike now sees $3.61 to $3.65 in adjusted earnings per share and $3.89 billion to $3.90 billion in revenue. That is down from management's June forecast for adjusted earnings per share of $3.93 to $4.03 and revenue between $3.98 billion to $4.01 billion. The adjusted guidance excludes costs tied to the outage.

Persons: George Kurtz, Burt Podbere, Gray Powell, Trevor Rambo, BTIG, CrowdStrike, Podbere, Kurtz Organizations: Delta Air Lines, Travelers, CrowdStrike Locations: management's

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Persons: Ilona Casellini, Matt Messina, you’ve, ”, Messina, TikTok Organizations: Colgate, Burt's Bees, NBC, ADA, Apple, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Arlington Dentistry, Facebook, Twitter Locations: Los Angeles , California, Ohio, Arlington, Messina, “

Stars from Hollywood's golden age are being reborn through celebrity estate AI voice cloning deals, a sign of how some of the "Wild West" concerns about unauthorized AI impersonation are being addressed by new business models. Safeguards include active moderation of content, accountability enforceable with bans, and special provisions for safeguarding the impact of AI voice on the 2024 election. Among the current generation of actors, there remains significant anxiety surrounding the use of AI in generating voice content. Voice actors for video games have raised concerns, and last year's film and television strike had significant roots in anxieties over the use of AI. AI voice licensing could alleviate workload for voice actors, he added, without supplanting them, as they "intercede in the process by focusing on offering correction or enhancement to ineffable aspects such as intonation, warmth, and emphasis, which still present challenges."

Persons: Burt Reynolds, Andreessen Horowitz, Judy Garland, James Dean, Sir Laurence Olivier, ElevenLabs, Sam Sklar, Scarlett Johansson, " Sklar, Frito, Tom Waits soundalike, Waits, Lovo, Steve Cohen, Pollock, Cohen, Bette Davis, Sklar, Nauman Dawalatabad, Dawalatabad, Michele Cobb Organizations: Golden Globe, Beverly Hilton Hotel, Sequoia, New York Times, Washington Post, Disney, Google, Apple, MIT Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Audio Publishers Association, CNBC

☆ Florida residents should flee to these 2 popular states before climate change decimates home values
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Although steadily rising global temperatures and their effects are increasingly hard to ignore, Burt believes they're not yet factored into property values. Flood insurance costs will skyrocket since they're severely underpriced to climate risk, his research indicates. Related stories"I think that there's a lot of pent-up supply from folks, particularly who are being exposed to these ownership cost increases away from mortgage rates," Burt said. They'll then be prepared to either bear the burden of higher insurance costs, or sell. AdvertisementUnlike Ivy Zelman, who's another analyst with a knack for spying issues in the housing market, Burt doesn't think the Midwest is the best region for beach-dwellers to flee to.

Persons: David Burt, who's, Burt, they're, Ivy Zelman, Burt doesn't Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Georgia, Florida, New York

☆ 'There's a reckoning happening': An underrated risk will crater property values in high-risk markets by up to 60%
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That's made Burt even more confident about his long-held thesis, which many property owners are ignoring. For example, flood insurance costs in coastal cities could rise from $5,000 per year to $15,000 under the updated national flood insurance pricing set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Burt said. And that's assuming flood risk doesn't continue to rise over time, which Burt believes is unlikely. That would be disastrous for all property owners in those markets, even those not trying to sell. Homeowners in cities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change should be sweating, if they aren't already.

Persons: David Burt, Michael Lewis, Burt, That's, I'm, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA Locations: Lee County , Florida, Fort Myers, Paris, that's

☆ CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CrowdStrike has been sued by shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its inadequate software testing could cause the July 19 global outage that crashed more than 8 million computers. The complaint cites statements including from a March 5 conference call where Kurtz characterized CrowdStrike's software as "validated, tested and certified." Delta Chief Executive Ed Bastian told CNBC on Wednesday that the outage cost his airline $500 million, including lost revenue and compensation and hotels for stranded fliers. CrowdStrike shares closed on Wednesday down $1.69 at $231.96. The case is Plymouth County Retirement Association v CrowdStrike Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, No.

Persons: George Kurtz, CrowdStrike, David Boies, Kurtz, " Kurtz, Burt Podbere, Ed Bastian Organizations: Crowdstrike Holdings Inc, Bloomberg Technology, RSA Conference, U.S . Congress, Delta Air Line, Retirement Association of, Delta, CNBC, Retirement, Western District of Locations: San Francisco , California, Austin , Texas, Austin, Plymouth, Retirement Association of Plymouth , Massachusetts, U.S, Western District, Western District of Texas

☆ Martin S. Indyk, Diplomat Who Sought Middle East Peace, Dies at 73
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Martin S. Indyk, a diplomat, author and foreign-policy thinker who spent decades trying to solve the riddle of Middle East peace, twice as the United States ambassador to Israel and later as a special envoy for President Barack Obama, died on Thursday at his home in New Fairfield, Conn. An Australian-bred academic with a quick wit, blunt manner and pro-Israel pedigree, Mr. Indyk cut an unconventional figure in the State Department of the 1990s. But he propelled himself to the heart of America’s efforts to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. In 2013, he shuttled from one side to the other as Mr. Obama’s emissary. Fifteen years earlier, he helped craft an agreement between them at the Wye Plantation in Maryland on behalf of President Bill Clinton.

Persons: Martin S, Barack Obama, Gahl Hodges Burt, Indyk, Obama’s, Bill Clinton Organizations: State Department of Locations: East, United States, Israel, New Fairfield, Conn, Australian, Wye, Maryland, Jerusalem, Kippur

☆ AI resurrects deceased actors’ voices to read audiobooks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Earlier this week, AI company ElevenLabs said it is bringing digitally produced celebrity voice-overs of deceased actors, including Garland, James Dean and Burt Reynolds, to its newly launched Reader app. “We deeply respect their legacy and are honored to have their voices as part of our platform,” said Dustin Blank, head of partnerships at ElevenLabs. The AI is trained on old recordings and those recordings are under copyright. It’s not unlike a company negotiating a copyright deal to use a popular song by Queen in an ad. It’s unclear, however, how AI versions of well-known voices will be received by mass audiences and if it will raise concerns around authenticity.

Persons: Judy Garland, Oz, you’ll, ElevenLabs, Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds, ”, Dustin Blank, Joe Biden, OpenAI, Scarlett Johansson’s, ” Johansson, David Gunkel, “, Queen, they’re, ” Bern Elliot, Al Michaels, Michaels, Gunkel Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, New, Northern Illinois University, Gartner, Media, NBC Locations: ElevenLabs

☆ The sneaky, smart reasons malls have no windows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The birth of the American mall ushered in an era of “windowless” shopping that’s largely still here. But the sneakiest reason why malls limit windows could be to make shoppers lose track of time. Windowless shopping creates an environment of consumption without distractions,” Flickinger said. The Southdale mall was functional and drab to look at and that is the blueprint that all traditional enclosed malls have continued to follow. Some of these adaptive uses of traditional malls might be creating a practical need for windows after all, she said.

Persons: mallgoers, Burt Flickinger, Bill Peters, ” Flickinger, “, Victor Gruen, Gruen, Larry Salzman, Stephanie Cegielski, ”, Cegielski, ” Alexandra Lange, Lange, Thomas McMillan, ” Lange, Kristin Mueller, Kena Betancur Organizations: New, New York CNN, Strategic Resource Group, CNN, Shoppers, Denver, Getty, Denver Post, ”, Southdale, Minneapolis –, Gruen Associates, International Council of Shopping Centers, “, Sears, Roebuck, of Retailing Studies, Texas, Mays Business School, Energy, Customers, North Locations: New York, Northglenn, Northglenn , Colorado, Minneapolis, Austria, Los Angeles, Edina , Minneapolis, ”, Framingham , Massachusetts, United States, America, American, East Rutherford , New Jersey, North America

☆ For the Price of a Police Helicopter, New York Could Save the Arts
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The multiplier effect of culture in New York is huge both in economic and human terms. But arts funding does not consistently rise to meet it. From one vantage, the city’s cultural funding can look robust. Over the past decade, the money allocated to the Department of Cultural Affairs has increased considerably, as City Hall officials will point out. And at any rate, between 2023 and 2024, the overall budget decreased by $7 million to $241 million, as the migrant crisis required cuts across municipal divisions.

Persons: Mark Morris’s, Burt Bacharach, Shakespeare, Kathleen Chalfant Organizations: Broadway, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Department of Cultural Affairs, City Locations: New York, America, Forest Hills, Queens

☆ These corporate insiders have bought and sold millions of their own stock in May
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Corporate insiders have been actively buying and selling their own stock in May, with one recent weeklong stretch showing higher ups at five different companies spent at least $1 million, according to VerityData. A similar situation happened at Akamai Technologies , where CEO Tom Leighton bought about $2 million worth of stock last Tuesday. Insider sales The dollar figures attached to major insider sales during the same time period were even larger than the buys. Meanwhile, Crowdstrike CFO Burt Podbere sold about $8 million of stock, with chief security officer Shawn Henry also selling shares. The CEOs of Squarespace and T-Mobile each sold more than $6.5 million worth of stock.

Persons: VerityData, Jared Isaacman, Isaacman, Nancy Disman, Tom Leighton, Anthony Williams, John Childs, Childs, Gregory Bailey, Vlad Coric, Jayshree Ullal, Burt Podbere, Shawn Henry, Anthony Casalena's, Jonathan Neman, —, Nick Wells Organizations: Shift4, Akamai Technologies, VerityData, Arista Networks, Mobile Locations: Biohaven

☆ Ryan Gosling recalls Burt Reynolds taking a ‘shine’ to his mom
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ryan Gosling says Burt Reynolds once had a crush on his mom. ‘Frankenstein and Me,’” as Kimmel mentioned the movie role that Gosling took at around “13 or 14” years old. “It’s complicated,” Gosling told Kimmel of his time with Reynolds. It was like I was getting like a secondary shine. Kimmel joked back, “You could have been Ryan Reynolds had that worked out.”“This close,” Gosling laughed.

Persons: CNN — Ryan Gosling, Burt Reynolds, “, Guy ”, Jimmy Kimmel, Reynolds, ” Gosling, Donna, ” Ryan Gosling, Mandi Gosling, Donna Gosling, Valerio Attanasio, Mike Coppola, “ I’m, ’ ”, Kimmel, Gosling, ”, ’ ” Kimmel, Ryan Reynolds Organizations: CNN

☆ Harvard’s Taylor Swift Scholars Have Thoughts on ‘Tortured Poets’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Madison Malone Kircher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fans of Taylor Swift often study up for a new album, revisiting the singer’s older works to prepare to analyze lyrics and song titles for secret messages and meanings. “The Tortured Poets Department” is getting much the same treatment, and perhaps no group of listeners was better prepared than the students at Harvard University currently studying Ms. Swift’s works in an English class devoted entirely to the artist. The undergraduate course, “Taylor Swift and Her World,” is taught by Stephanie Burt, who has her students comparing Ms. Swift’s songs to works by poets and writers including Willa Cather, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. On Thursday night, about 50 students from the class gathered in a lecture hall on campus to listen to Ms. Swift’s new album. Mary Pankowski, a 22-year-old senior studying history of art and architecture, wore a cream sweatshirt she bought at Ms. Swift’s Eras tour last year.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Department ”, Swift’s, “ Taylor Swift, ”, Stephanie Burt, Willa Cather, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Mary Pankowski Organizations: Department, Harvard University

☆ Massive genocide trial reopens old wounds in Guatemala, 40 years after indigenous slaughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Tara John | Ivonne Valdés | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In 2018, a Guatemalan court ruled that the army committed acts of genocide, but no one was convicted. Lucas García, 91, was meant to face trial this year with former military intelligence chief Manuel Callejas y Callejas. Robert Nickelsberg/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesBurt said this “expression of racism is extremely profound,” and its knock-on effects are evident in Guatemala today. Survivors from the civil war gather outside the Supreme Court, prior to a hearing in the Ixil Genocide trial, in Guatemala City, Guatemala March 25, 2024. When the trial was due to start at the end of March, Lucas García’s lawyers announced their resignation.

Persons: CNN — Juan Brito López, Brito López, Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, Lucas García, Benedicto Lucas Garcia, Johan Ordonez, Lucas García’s, AJR, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, “ Lucas García, Manuel Callejas y, Callejas, Jesús Silvio, Romeo Lucas García’s, ” Jo, Marie Burt, ”, Robert Nickelsberg, Burt, Efrain Rios Montt, Tiziano Breda, Claudia Paz y Paz, CICIG, ” Silvio, ” Will Freeman, Cristina Chiquin, Bernardo Arévalo, Public Ministry –, Consuelo Porras , hasn’t, Michelle Liang, “, Brito López’s, Catarina Chel, tormenter, Silvia, ” CNN’s Tara John, Ivonne Valdés Organizations: CNN, United, Getty, Association for Justice, Reconciliation, Human, Washington Office, UN, Guatemalan Army, “, Central American, International, Commission, Council, Foreign Relations, Reuters CNN, Public Ministry, US, Network, Solidarity, ” CNN Locations: Pexla, Guatemala City, United Nations, Guatemalan, Guatemala, America, ”, Santa Cruz de Quiche, of Guatemala, New York, Mexico City

☆ State prosecutor to investigate Georgia Lt. Gov. Jones and his role as Trump fake elector
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Sara Murray | Jason Morris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A state prosecutor will investigate whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones violated criminal law in his efforts to help former President Donald Trump subvert the 2020 election results in the state. Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to investigate the matter, according to a news release. It took nearly two years for Skandalakis to announce his decision that he would appoint himself to spearhead a potential case against Jones. Jones told CNN in a written statement: “I’m happy to see this process move forward and look forward to the opportunity to get this charade behind me.

Persons: Burt Jones, Donald Trump, Peter Skandalakis, Jones, Fani Willis, Trump, Willis, Skandalakis, “ Organizations: CNN, Gov, ’, of, Republican, Trump, Peach State, Electoral College, Democrat Locations: Georgia, of Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton

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Persons: we've, Eileen Fisher, Shop's Women's Burt Organizations: Business

☆ What Advice Would Nancy Reagan Give to Jill Biden? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Gahl Hodges Burt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The choice she faces — promoting her husband’s political ambitions or protecting his legacy — can no longer be avoided. Having worked closely with Nancy Reagan during her husband’s first term, and seeing how she weighed choices like this one, I’ve found myself wondering if Mrs. Reagan were in Dr. Biden’s position, what advice would she have given to Ronald Reagan? Mr. Reagan and Mr. Biden’s legacies hung in the balance because of issues related to age. Mr. Biden’s age has clearly become a burden for his re-election prospects. Mrs. Reagan’s backing extended even to urging her husband to stand up to his powerful ideological advisers.

Persons: Lady Jill Biden, Nancy Reagan, I’ve, Reagan, Biden’s, Ronald Reagan, Nancy, Reagan’s, Walter Mondale, ”, Biden Organizations: ABC Locations: Soviet Union

☆ CrowdStrike shares surge on earnings beat, strong full-year guidance
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CrowdStrike shares surged as much as 21% in after-hours trading Tuesday, after the cybersecurity company reported a beat on the top and bottom lines, and issued stronger than expected guidance for the upcoming quarter and full year. CrowdStrike has now reported GAAP net income for the last four quarters, CFO Burt Podbere said in the earnings release. "CrowdStrike is cybersecurity's consolidator of choice, innovator of choice, and platform of choice to stop breaches," co-founder and CEO George Kurtz said in a release. The company also guided to fiscal first-quarter revenues between $902 million and $906 million, better than a consensus estimate of $899 million. CrowdStrike also expects EPS for the period between 89 to 90 cents, better than the 82 cent consensus estimate.

Persons: George Kurtz, CrowdStrike, Burt Podbere, Podbere Organizations: Crowdstrike Holdings Inc, Bloomberg Technology, RSA Conference, Security Locations: San Francisco , California

☆ Five moves Walmart is making to overhaul its business for the future
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —Walmart, the global mega-retailer that began in Arkansas in 1962, is making huge moves in 2024. It’s making investments in technology and inventory that move it into new businesses and which will alter the Walmart experience of many customers. Stock splitThe mega-retailer announced a 3-for-1 stock split that takes effect this week. A stock split means a single share gets split into multiple shares. Under the plan Walmart announced, people who own shares by close of business on February 22 will get two additional new shares of Walmart for every share they own.

Persons: Doug McMillon, Jeffries, “, ”, McMillon, Burt Flickinger, Blake Droesch, CNN’s Parija Kavilanz, Nathaniel Meyersohn, Elisabeth Buchwald, Alicia Wallace Organizations: New, New York CNN, Walmart, ”, Labor, Consumer, Microsoft, Strategic Resource, CNN, Costco, Telsey Group, Target, Intelligence, FactSet Locations: New York, Arkansas, Las Vegas

In an interview on Wednesday, Mr. Skandalakis said that he could ask a prosecutor to take on the Trump case voluntarily. Mr. Skandalakis said he could also try to find a lawyer in private practice to replace Ms. Willis. Mr. Skandalakis, a Republican, could also theoretically choose to appoint himself as the new prosecutor. No replacement prosecutor has been named. This week, Mr. Skandalakis declined to say how quickly he would be able to find a replacement for Ms. Willis in the Trump case, if it were necessary.

Persons: Fani, Willis, Donald J, Trump, Scott McAfee, Pete Skandalakis, Skandalakis, Burt Jones, Jones Organizations: ’, of, Republican, Georgia Democrats, Trump Locations: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, of Georgia, United States, DeKalb, Cobb

☆ Opinion: Fani Willis and Nathan Wade need to step aside for the sake of the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Opinion William Cooper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The optics are horrific,” Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney said about the fundraiser before disqualifying Willis and her staff from pursuing charges against Jones in July 2022. More recently, Willis admitted to having a “personal relationship” with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired to help with Trump’s prosecution. Wade hasn’t just billed Fulton County over $650,000 under Willis’ supervision; he’s done so in irregular fashion. Combined with his personal relationship with Willis, they raise significant questions, including whether any of his outsized earnings have benefited Willis. If Willis and Wade step aside, other competent lawyers can make the case that Trump violated the law.

Persons: William Cooper, Substack, Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Sen, Burt Jones, Willis, Robert McBurney, disqualifying Willis, Jones, Nathan Wade, Michael Roman’s, Wade, Attorney Willis, Trump’s, Brad Raffensperger, “, ” Trump, Raffensperger, team’s misjudgments, Wade’s, Wade hasn’t, Willis ’, ”, Scott McAfee, Trump, it’s Organizations: CNN, District, Republican, Trump, Attorney, Fulton County prosecutorial Locations: California, Fulton County , Georgia, Republican Georgia, Fulton County, United States, Georgia, Fulton

These are among the reasons why there was alarm this week over reports that Russia may be pursuing nuclear weapons in space. So much of the country's infrastructure is now dependent on U.S. satellite communications — and those satellites have become increasingly vulnerable. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesTHE PAST: STARFISH PRIME AND PROJECT KBoth Russia and the U.S. have detonated nuclear warheads in space. The U.S. and the Soviet Union signed a nuclear test ban treaty a year later, in 1963, which prohibited further testing of nuclear weapons in space. The creation of the Space Force elevated spending on satellite systems and defenses.

Persons: Stephen Schwartz, Ariel, Hans Kristensen, ” Kristensen, John Kirby, John Ferrari, DeAnna Burt, Pat Ryder, Ferrari, ” Ferrari Organizations: WASHINGTON, Aviation, Russia, U.S, of Atomic Scientists, Starfish Prime, of Defense, Radio, Federation of American Scientists, Soviet Union, House, American Enterprise Institute, U.S . Space Force, NRO, National Reconnaissance Office, Pentagon, Space Force, Defense Department Locations: Russia, China, U.S, Hawaii, British, Ukraine

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