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AASUM, Denmark — In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons. “This is such an exciting find because we found these skeletons that are so very, very well preserved,” said archeologist Michael Borre Lundø, who led the six-month dig. The site was discovered last year during a routine survey, ahead of power line renovation work on the outskirts of the village of Aasum, 3 miles northeast of Odense, Denmark’s third-largest city. Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as look into social patterns in the Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more. “This opens a whole new toolbox for scientific discovery,” said Borre Lundø as he stood on the muddy, wind-swept excavation site.

Persons: ”, Michael Borre Lundø, Borre Lundø Organizations: Museum Odense, ”, Vikings Locations: AASUM, Denmark, Aasum, Odense, Denmark’s, Europe, North America

☆ Billionaire founder of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers: One 'stupid' strategy nearly cost me my business
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Natalie Wu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Todd Graves' high-risk funding strategy for Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers was a bold gamble that almost cost him his dream. Today, the co-CEO and founder of Raising Cane's is worth an estimated $9.5 billion, according to Forbes, thanks to his over 90% ownership stake in the company. When he was growing the chain, Graves said he took out loans with private investors at a 15% interest rate. "I tell entrepreneurs, 'Don't do that,' because my dream almost just went away," Graves told the "Trading Secrets" podcast in May. Today, Graves makes sure his company has less than three dollars of debt for every dollar it owns, he told "Trading Secrets."

Persons: Todd Graves, Forbes, Graves Organizations: Hurricane Locations: Alaska, Baton Rouge

☆ How Sabrina Ionescu went from ‘dark days’ of injury to the brink of a WNBA championship
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Ben Pickman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Follow live coverage of Lynx vs. Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals todayNEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu could barely walk during last season’s WNBA Finals. AdvertisementThe Liberty and Aces were billed as the WNBA’s super-teams last year because of their star power, including Ionescu. 1 pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft, but she suffered a severe ankle sprain in her third WNBA game and she missed the remainder of her rookie season. By her 14th game, Ionescu had made more floaters than she did in all of 2023. “As of late, she lets it come to her.”As Sopak watches Ionescu throughout New York’s postseason run, he has had constant flashbacks.

Persons: Sabrina Ionescu, Ionescu, Vegas, “, ”, “ It’s, ” Ionescu, Breen Weeks, ” Weeks, ” Said Ionescu, ” Sabrina Ionescu, —, elly S, elly, hird, eason, ange, ike, ecky, ammon, ake, allen Organizations: Lynx, Liberty, WNBA, New York Liberty, Las Vegas Aces, Aces, New, ust Locations: California

☆ Judge to gag Diddy lawyers and feds after courtroom argument about 'racist prosecution'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A judge said he'd impose a gag order on the lawyers in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking case. AdvertisementThe judge overseeing Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal sex-trafficking case said he plans to impose a gag order on its lawyers after a heated courtroom argument over a defense attorney's remarks that the prosecution is "racist." Advertisement"Our investigation is very much ongoing, and there is a possibility that there could be a superseding indictment that could affect the length of the trial," Johnson said. Ahead of trial, Combs has been incarcerated in the Metropolitan Detention Center, a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn. Advertisement"That material is important for our case," Johnson said.

Persons: he'd, Sean, Diddy, Combs, they're, —, Arun Subramanian, Marc Agnifilo's, Emily Johnson, Johnson, Agnifilo, baselessly, Damian Williams, Subramanian, he'll, Cassandra Ventura, Ventura, Alexandra Shapiro, Sam Bankman, Anthony Ricco, Anna Estevao, Gloria Allred, Thalia Graves, Allred, Emily Anne Johnson, haven't Organizations: feds, Service, TMZ, Southern, of, Prosecutors, Metropolitan Detention Locations: Manhattan, of New York, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Combs ' Manhattan, Miami, Florida

☆ 52-year-old worked 90-hour weeks in an oil refinery to save money for his business—now he's worth $9.5 billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Natalie Wu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Yet the concept, which eventually became Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, propelled Graves to his debut Tuesday on the Forbes 400, a ranking of America's richest people. He's reportedly the country's 107th-richest person, with an estimated net worth of $9.5 billion, largely driven by his ownership stake in Raising Cane's. Graves owns more than 90 percent of the company, and has no plans to take it public or sell his stake to private investors, he said. "I want my kids in the business to be able to carry our values on after their mom and I are gone," said Graves. "They can turn this into a worldwide business and continue to grow."

Persons: Todd Graves, Craig Silvey, Graves, He's, Cane's —, Cane — Organizations: LSU, Forbes, Nicholls State University, Small Business Administration, CNBC Locations: Louisiana, Cane's, California, Baton Rouge , Louisiana, Alaska —

The idea behind a high-risk pool was to provide a safety net for people with pre-existing conditions struggling to find coverage. The high-risk pools, however, were critically underfunded, making monthly premiums for some patients double what they would be for a healthy individual, Cox said. “If you got into a high-risk pool, you might have had an exclusion on your coverage for six to 12 months,” Cox said. “When it doesn’t, it collapses.”Graves said that the U.S. could move back to a high-risk pool model but it would require “a massive amount of government subsidies to work.”“They would basically have to infuse the high-risk pool with enough subsidies to keep premiums affordable for people,” he said. “We had isolated pre-existing pools for the past 25 years, and they don’t work.”

Persons: Sen, JD Vance, Ohio, “, ”, Arthur Caplan, Cynthia Cox, ” Cox, Cox, John A . Graves, Tim Walz, ” Walz, ” Graves, Caplan, ” Caplan Organizations: Republican, NYU Langone Medical, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Democratic, Minnesota Gov Locations: New York City, Nashville , Tennessee, U.S

The longtime elected coroner in Hinds County, Mississippi, who faced withering criticism last year for burying men in pauper's graves without notifying their families, is stepping down early. Sharon Grisham-Stewart, a Democrat, announced Monday that she would retire Dec. 31, three years before the end of her current term. The mother of one of those men, Jonathan Hankins, confronted Grisham-Stewart in February at the county's pauper's field. And the Justice Department stepped in, saying it would help authorities in Hinds County and Jackson improve their death notification procedures. Grisham-Stewart was first elected as Hinds County coroner in 1999 and last won re-election in 2023.

Persons: Sharon Grisham, Stewart, Grisham, Jonathan Hankins, Gretchen Hankins, Jackson, Robert Graham, Graham, She's, Dexter Wade, Marrio Moore, Hankins Organizations: Democrat, NBC, WLBT, Supervisors, Police, Justice Department, of Supervisors, NBC News Locations: Hinds County , Mississippi, Hinds, Jackson, Hinds County

☆ Archaeologists unearth more than 50 Viking skeletons at huge burial site
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed more than 50 “exceptionally well preserved” skeletons in a large Viking-era burial ground in the east of the country. The skeletons were buried alongside artifacts from far beyond Denmark’s borders, suggesting Vikings traveled extensively for trade, according to the team from the museum. The conditions at the site are what helped keep the skeletons in such good shape, he said. “We had no clue that there was going to be a burial ground with Viking skeletons there,” Lundø said. A conservator at Museum Odense displays a brooch found in a Viking-age burial site during an interview with journalists in Odense, Denmark, September 25, 2024.

Persons: Michael Borre Lundø, ”, Tom Little, ” Lundø, Tom Little Tom Little, Reuters Lundø, “, Åsum, Lundø, “ That’s Organizations: CNN, Archaeologists, Museum, Vikings, Reuters Archaeologists, Odense, REUTERS, Reuters Locations: Denmark, Museum Odense, Denmark’s, Åsum, Odense, Norway, Asum, Copenhagen, Danish

☆ America's absurd war on 'organized retail crime'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Amy Martyn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

Organized retail crime "is not shoplifting," the agency says on its website, "and these crimes are not victimless." AdvertisementOne homeless woman in jail who pleaded guilty to felony organized retail theft tells me she steals out of desperation. Gavin Newsom sent $267 million to cities across California to increase arrests of organized retail crime — and the crackdown has escalated dramatically. Even the guy who says he coined the term "organized retail crime" can't say how much is lost to it. Gavin Newsom has provided California cities with $267 million and signed 10 new bills into law to bolster the prosecution of organized retail crime.

Persons: Veronica Lumbreras, Deysi Ramirez, Brooke Jenkins, Lumbreras, Villanueva, Ramirez, Louis Vuitton, Sen, Chuck Grassley, Gavin Newsom, Chanel, ANGELA WEISS, David Johnston, shoplifters, Shalia Brown, she's, Brown, Thomas Riddle, Riddle, Elizabeth Camacho, That's, Jeff Loftin, they're, Eric Risberg, Aziza Graves, Miss Graves, Graves, Jenkins, Maury Povich's, Jeffrey Ross, Ross, there's, Read Hayes, Jeffrey Epstein, San Francisco Bloomingdale's, Alto, Bloomingdale's, Cuauhtemoc Ramirez, Amy Martyn Organizations: San Francisco's Mission, San Francisco Police Department, CVS, Target, National Retail Federation, of Homeland Security, San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Newspapers, Getty, San Francisco, Walgreens, Retailers, Gov, Patrol, Saks, Retail Federation, Kroger, San, Nvidia, Employees, Hall of Justice, ABC News, Prevention, Body, Alto, Mental Health, Anadolu, Walmart, Safeway Locations: San Francisco's, Arriba Juntos, Villanueva, Bay, Walnut, San Francisco, Hayward, California, Mission, Napa County, America, Los Angeles, San Francisco's County, Oakland, Bath

Garza first became interested in genealogy when he and his father were migrant workers in Texas, listening to his father’s family stories during long hours picking carrots. “I’m not going to say I’m embarrassed or going to apologize for what they did, because I have ancestors on both sides,” Garza said. Courtesy Teresa Vega“Enslavement [and] genocide were designed to cut the ties that bind,” said Teresa Vega, an African American and Puerto Rican genealogist and public educator based in New York. “I had been to Puerto Rico before, but I reconnected with my Taíno and Afro Indigenous side,” Vega said. At that time she was like, ‘There’s no way I’m going to own a store selling candles,’” Garcia said.

Persons: Colombia —, South America —, Moises Garza, Garza, “ I’m, ” Garza, ” Gates, ”, Teresa Vega, George Graves, Sampson, “, ” Vega, ” Giselle Rivera, Flores, Giselle Rivera Flores Giselle Rivera, ” Rivera, Alexis Garcia, Princess Nokia, Garcia, Jerusalén Morales, ” Garcia, —, Selina Morales, “ Selina, ’ ” Garcia Organizations: Vega, Latina, Rivera, Botánica Locations: Cartagena, Colombia, South America, Colombian, New York, Texas, Mexican, Mexico, Ghana, Toronto, African American, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Worcester , Massachusetts, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Benin, Latin America, Bronx, …

☆ Arrowheads carried by Bronze Age warriors reveal who fought on Europe’s oldest battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But to archaeologists, the Tollense Valley is considered Europe’s oldest battlefield. The biggest mysteries that researchers aim to uncover are why the battle occurred and who fought in it. A long time agoYears of excavations in the Tollense Valley have uncovered evidence that the site was the scene of Europe's oldest battlefield 3,250 years ago. S. SauerDozens of bronze and flint arrowheads recovered from the Tollense Valley are revealing details about the able-bodied warriors who fought in the Bronze Age battle. The research team analyzed and compared the arrowheads, some of which were still embedded in the remains of the fallen.

Persons: Sauer, Al Hadid, ”, Martijn Oei, carolinus, Grearson, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN —, United Arab Emirates, ., California Institute of Technology, Grearson Harvard, Stanford, CNN Space, Science Locations: Germany, Bavaria, Moravia, Dubai, United Arab, China —, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Falkland, Antarctica

☆ Maggie Smith, 2-time Oscar winner and 'Harry Potter' star, dead at 89
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Smith was well known for roles in the television series "Downton Abbey" and the "Harry Potter" films. Smith later became well known for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" films, a role she said helped her bond with her grandchildren. Related storiesBut her most prolific TV role was as Violet Crawley on "Downton Abbey," which earned her three Emmy awards. The series ran for six seasons, and Smith returned for two subsequent "Downton Abbey" films, which were released in 2019 and 2022. She was later diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and went through chemotherapy while filming "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

Persons: Dame Maggie Smith, Tony, Oscar, Smith, Downton, Harry Potter, —, Maggie Smith, Toby Stephens, Chris Larkin, Miss Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Delahunty, Violet Crawley, dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, Sir Christopher Hampton's, Brunhilde Pomsel, Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, Graves, Prince, Sir Robert Stephens, Stephens, Alan Beverley Cross, Anjelica Oswald Organizations: Service, Business, Oxford Playhouse, Broadway, British Academy of Film, Television Arts, HBO, dames, Nazi Locations: British, Umbria, Nazi Germany

☆ Appeals court hears arguments in fight between 2 tribes over Alabama casino built on ‘sacred’ land
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The dispute involves land, known as Hickory Ground, that was home to the Muscogee Nation before removal to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. The Muscogee Nation is appealing a federal judge’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit over the casino construction. “Hickory Ground is sacred,” Mary Kathryn Nagle, an attorney representing the Muscogee Nation told the three-judge panel. The Poarch Band, which maintains their work preserved much of Hickory Ground, depicted the case as an attack on their sovereignty. Members of the Muscogee Nation marched to the Atlanta courthouse ahead of the arguments.

Persons: ” Mary Kathryn Nagle, Mark Reeves, ” Reeves, Bill Pryor, Nagle, Robert J, Luck, David Hill Organizations: Alabama’s Poarch, Alabama, Muscogee Nation, Protection, Poarch, Chief Locations: ATLANTA, Alabama, Muscogee, Oklahoma, Hickory, Atlanta, United States

☆ DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese sequenced by scientists
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A decade after the dairy discovery on strikingly intact remains mummified by the Taklamakan Desert’s arid conditions, scientists have extracted and sequenced DNA from the 3,600-year-old cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record. Fu is director of the ancient DNA laboratory at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. The researchers recovered animal and microbe DNA from the kefir cheese discovered on the Tarim Basin mummies. Fu and her colleagues also sequenced the bacterial genes in the ancient kefir cheese, revealing insights into how probiotic bacteria evolved over the past 3,600 years. “Ancient DNA analysis, especially on microbes, is fraught with technical problems, mostly stemming from contamination by modern bacteria,” he added.

Persons: ”, Christina Warinner, John L, Loeb, Warinner wasn’t, Qiaomei Fu, Fu, Yang, it’s, Taylor Hermes, ” Hermes, Pichia kudriavzevii, kefir, we’ve, ” Fu, Hermes, Warinner, William Taylor, Taylor, wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Cell, Social Sciences, Harvard University, Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Arkansas, University of Colorado, school’s Locations: what’s, China, ”, Beijing, Tarim, China’s Xinjiang, Asia, Russia, Tibet, United States, Japan, Caucasus, Anatolia, University of Colorado Boulder

The singer, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, settled the suit with Combs in a day without disclosing the terms. In addition to Combs, Graves’ suit names Joseph Sherman, who, according to the suit, was known as “Big Joe,” and was for a time, Combs’ bodyguard and head of security. The suit alleges Combs led her to a couch in a private room in the studio, where she lost consciousness. Combs applied lubricant to himself and then raped her as she screamed out in pain, the suit alleges. When she regained consciousness, the suit alleges Sherman slapped her in the face and sexually assaulted her.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, “, ”, Combs, Thalia Graves, Cassie, Casandra Ventura, Graves, Joseph Sherman, Big Joe, Sherman, Plaintiff, hysterically, ” Sherman, Carl Thomas, hasn’t, Gloria Allred, R, ” Graves, Allred, Ventura Organizations: New York City, Bad, Combs Locations: New York, New York City, Queens, Manhattan

☆ Woman accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming it
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A woman accused music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and his bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her in 2001 and filming the attack, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a federal court in New York. Thalia Graves alleged that she met Combs when she was 25 through her boyfriend, who worked at Combs’ record label Bad Boy. CNN has reached out to representatives of Combs and Sherman for comment. In addition, Diddy has been accused in 10 civil lawsuits alleging a range of sexual misconduct and other illegal activity. The suit accuses Combs, Sherman and businesses associated with Combs of violating New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, and it accuses Combs and Sherman of violating state civil rights law and city administrative code.

Persons: CNN —, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, drugging, Thalia Graves, Combs, Joseph Sherman, “, Sherman, Graves, Gloria Allred, Diddy, hysterically, Sam Bankman, Juan Orlando Hernandez, don’t Organizations: CNN, Metropolitan Detention Locations: New York, Manhattan, Sherman, Brooklyn, Honduras

For decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs presented the image of a wealthy, Black music mogul, one who broke business barriers, threw lavish parties and even created iconic TV moments. But behind the scenes, prosecutors say, was a more sinister picture, with allegations of violence, sex trafficking and severe abuses of power. Sean "Diddy" Combs during a photo shoot to promote a Sean John fragrance in 2016. Casandra Ventura and Sean "Diddy" Combs attend the the Met Gala in New York City on May 7, 2018. Designer Donna Karan, musician Tommy Lee, singer Mariah Carey, host Sean "Diddy" Combs, Star Jones and rapper Reverend Run at "The Real White Party" presented by Combs at his East Hampton, N.Y., estate on Sept. 2, 2007.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Combs, Tupac, Al Yankovich, Jennifer Lopez, Versace, “, Sean, Diddy, Sean John, Damian Williams, ” Fatima Goss Graves, ” “ Combs, ”, Goss Graves, ” Combs, Casandra, Cassie ” Ventura, Ventura, Dawn Richard, Rodney “, Rod ” Jones, Derrick Lee Cardello, Smith, Casandra Ventura, John Shearer, Oronike Odeleye, Kelly, Odeleye, ’ ” Odeleye, Combs ’, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, ” Richard, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Sean Combs, Forbes, Laurieann Gibson, ’, Paris Hilton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mariah Carey, Jay, Oprah, ” Carson, Carson, Black, Donna Karan, Tommy Lee, Star Jones, Bryan Bedder, he’s, Mase, Aubrey O’Day, Danity Kane, O’Day, I’ve Organizations: Bad Boy Records, Penske Media, Getty, U.S, Metropolitan Detention, National Women’s Law, Legal Defense Fund, Hollywood, “, Uptown Records, Bad Boy Entertainment, MTV, University of Virginia, Labor, Paris, White Party, White, Bad, TMZ Locations: New York, Michigan, New York City, Carson, East Hampton, N.Y

☆ South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

His last chance to avoid death was for Republican South Carolina Gov. South Carolina first tried to add the firing squad to restart executions after its supply of lethal injection drugs expired and no company was willing to publicly sell them more. South Carolina law allows condemned people to choose lethal injection, the new firing squad or the electric chair built in 1912. South Carolina restarts the death penaltySouth Carolina’s last execution was in May 2011. South Carolina has put 43 people to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.

Persons: Freddie Owens, couldn’t, Owens, Hillary Taylor, Freddie Eugene Owens, Chris Carlson, gurney, ”, Owens ’, Henry McMaster, thoughtfully, ” Owens, Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, Irene Graves, Graves ’, Christopher Lee, Lee, Graves, Steven Golden, Prosecutors, “ Mr, Owens’s, Gerald “ Bo ” King Organizations: COLUMBIA, U.S, Supreme, Republican South Carolina Gov, McMaster, Correctional Institution, South Carolina, Prosecutors Locations: —, Carolina, Greenville, Columbia, Carolina’s, Broad, . South Carolina, U.S

I said, I think you’re better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two.”Given Robinson’s documented history of bombastic comments, King’s oldest child, Martin Luther King III, said in a statement Thursday that he was not surprised by the reported comments allegedly made about his father. “We won’t glorify anyone or anything that comes against the work and the legacy of Dr. King. “It is an affront to the legacy and the ministry of Dr. King, but also to the Black church, and to humankind in general,” Scott said. “I think that what he did as well as what Donald Trump did in calling Mark Robinson ‘Martin Luther King on steroids’ is really a misappropriation of the work that King has done.

Persons: Mark Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr, Robinson, Josh Stein, Michael Lonergan, ” Robinson, King, ”, “ I’m, “ Martin Lucifer Koon, Donald Trump, “ Martin Luther King, “, Mark, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters, Stein “, Robinson’s, Bishop Sir Walter Mack of, ” Mack, . King, ” Mycal, Martin Luther King Day, Robert C, Scott, Dr, ” Scott, Mark Robinson ‘ Martin Luther King, Dr . King, Trump, Karoline Leavitt, Biden, Harris, Henry P, Davis II, “ I’ve, ” Davis, Eric Vickers, ” Vickers Organizations: North, CNN, Nazi, Republican Party, NBC, Blacks, Bishop Sir Walter Mack of Union Baptist Church, Baptist, Baptist Grove Church, Saint Paul Baptist Church, NBC News, White, Trump, Facebook, Civil, Baptist Church, Fairfield Baptist Church Locations: North Carolina, Winston, Salem , North Carolina, Baptist Grove, Raleigh, Charlotte, Highland Park, Landover , Maryland, Fairfield, Lithonia, Atlanta, America

In early 2024, before he was arrested, a photo of Oliva-Lopez pepper-spraying officers was featured in both a Joe Biden campaign and a presentation on the Capitol attack caseload by U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves. Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "Both officers report that the orange spray went under their face shields and contacted their faces directly," the statement of offense notes. At least 140 officers were assaulted during the attack, and several officers died in the aftermath: one of natural causes, others by suicide. Trump has pleaded not guilty, and a potential trial would only move forward if he loses the presidential election again this year.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Andy Steven Oliva, Lopez —, sleuths, Capitol —, Oliva, Lopez, Matthew Graves, Weeks, Lopez's, Olivia, Trump, Jan, “ Trump Organizations: Capitol, U.S . Capitol, U.S, NBC, FBI, Trump, pitchfork, Boys, New York Times Locations: United States, Oregon

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

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

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

☆ House may force vote on bill to eliminate rules that reduce pensioners' Social Security benefits
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

House lawmakers in Washington have the signatures they need to force a vote on a bill to eliminate rules that reduce Social Security benefits for certain retirees who also receive pension income. On Thursday morning, Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Garret Graves, R-La., marked the 206 signatures a discharge petition had thus far collected with a press conference outside the Capitol building alongside organizations representing police, firefighters, postal workers, teachers and other government employees often affected by those rules. By Thursday afternoon, the number of signatures had climbed to 218, enough to force a vote on the bill. The bipartisan bill — the Social Security Fairness Act — would repeal rules known as the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP, and the Government Pension Offset, or GPO, that currently reduce Social Security benefits for almost 3 million Americans. "This is a situation where you have some of the most important occupations, some of the most important contributors to our community, that are being discriminated against," he said.

Persons: Abigail Spanberger, Garret Graves, Graves Organizations: Social, Finance Locations: Washington

“I’m here to support my wife and everybody else that deserves the right to have freedom of their reproductive rights,” said Goldberg, a 70-year-old retired computer software developer. Women clearly feel the impact of abortion restrictions, said Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez. At the same time, he argued, there’s no precedent for reproductive rights being a driving issue for men. The couple has become surrogates for the Harris campaign on reproductive rights, including at last month’s Democratic National Convention. “I’m here because the fight for reproductive rights isn’t just a women’s fight,” Josh Zurawski said at the Chicago convention.

Persons: Marcia Ruberg, ”, Kamala Harris, Gary Goldberg, “, Goldberg, Dobbs, —, Harris, Tim Walz, Doug Emhoff, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Michael Cook, Ayres, Republican pollster, ’, ” Ayres, –, Samuel Chen, there’s, Chen, Pennsylvania Sen, Pat Toomey, Mike Mikus, Josh Shapiro, ” Shapiro, she’s, Joe Biden, Trump, Biden, Hadley Duvall, Duvall, Roe, surrogates, Morgan Mohr, Harris ’, Governor Shapiro, ” Mohr, Tony Goldwyn, Zachary Quinto, Josh Zurawski, Amanda Zurawski, isn’t, ” Josh Zurawski, ” Alexis McGill Johnson, ” Johnson, Fatima Goss Graves, ” Graves, Shapiro, ” Duvall, Andy Beshear, “ That’s, it’s, Chris Scholding, Larry Padersky Organizations: Philadelphia CNN, Trump, Democratic, CNN, Philadelphia, Republican, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Democratic Gov, Reproductive, Pittsburgh, Democratic National Convention, National Women’s Law, Fund, GOP, Harris Locations: Pennsylvania, Yardley , Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Florida, Philadelphia, Scranton, Allentown, Harrisburg, Chicago, Kentucky, New Jersey

“If you could find us,“ she asked, “why didn’t they?”Do you have a story to share about the use of unclaimed bodies for research? Dr. Douglas Hampers, the CEO of National Bioskills Laboratories — which had leased Honey’s torso — said he was disturbed to learn his company had received unclaimed bodies. He said his company would ensure that it no longer accepted unclaimed bodies and would adopt policies to make certain future specimens were donated with families’ permission. To curb this ghastly 19th-century practice, states adopted laws giving schools authority to use unclaimed bodies for student training and experiments. Each of the 44 that answered said they don’t use unclaimed bodies — and some condemned doing so.

Persons: Fran Moore, Carl Yenner, “, —, Victor Honey —, ”, Brenda Cloud, didn’t, DePuy, Johnson, Medsystems, Medical Sciences —, Douglas Hampers, Thomas Champney, Tim O’Hare Organizations: NBC, Army, University of North Texas Health Science, Health Science Center, Health Science, NBC News, Health, Dallas, U.S . Army, Johnson, Boston Scientific, University of Arkansas, Medical Sciences, University of North, National Bioskills Laboratories, American Association for Anatomy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Locations: Texas, Dallas, Tarrant, Fort Worth, North Texas, University of North Texas, Dallas County, Tarrant County

☆ Disneyland half marathon runner dies after voicing concern about the heat
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Graves’ death may ultimately be part of a disturbing jump in the number of heat-related deaths, which have doubled across the country in recent years. Another child, a 10-year-old, died of a “heat-related medical event” in July while hiking in an Arizona park. ‘Attempted to save his life for about an hour’The Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon started at 5 a.m. last Sunday. “We’re sort of entering a new era of risk perhaps associated with these increasing temperatures,” Howard said. Before Sunday’s half marathon, Graves posted another TikTok video under his popular @calebtravels user name about the arrival of Disney race weekend.

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