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The eventual ruling could cripple the Voting Rights Act, whose passage was fueled by historic marches for Black voting rights and the violent response by local authorities in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery. Democratic President Joe Biden's administration and a number of voting rights groups are supporting the plaintiffs. The case centers on a Voting Rights Act provision, called Section 2, aimed at countering voting laws that result in racial bias even absent racist intent. Conservative states and groups already have successfully prodded the Supreme Court to limit the Voting Rights Act's scope. In a major 2019 ruling, the Supreme Court barred federal judges from curbing the practice, known as partisan gerrymandering.

☆ NFL replaces Pro Bowl with weeklong skills competitions and a flag football game
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Signage for the NFL Pro Bowl is seen at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)The NFL said it is eliminating the Pro Bowl in favor of a week's worth of skill competitions and a flag football game. In what's now called "The Pro Bowl Games," players from both conferences will showcase their football and non-football talents in a weeklong series of competitive events, replacing the full-contact Pro Bowl game that started in 1951. The multiday event will be held in Las Vegas in February, and will culminate with a flag football game to take place at Allegiant Stadium, where the Las Vegas Raiders play. Manning will also take part in the coaching staff for the flag football game.

Videos show the moment two American veterans touched down on U.S. soil and were reunited with their families after being held hostage for three months by Russian forces. The two men were among ten foreign fighters captured by Russian forces in June after they traveled to Ukraine to aid in the war. They were held by Russian proxies in the contested Donbas region that remains at the center of the war. Dianna Shaw and Bunny Drueke, the aunt and mom of Drueke, said they were "thrilled" that he was finally free. The 10 foreign fighters included Drueke and Huynh, five British fighters, and one Moroccan, Swede and Croatian, according to the Saudi Ministry of Media.

☆ 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' star Louise Fletcher dies at 88
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88. Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent David Shaul told The Associated Press on Friday. Fletcher had moved to Los Angeles to launch her acting career soon after graduating from North Carolina State University. Estelle Louise Fletcher was born the second of four children on July 22, 1934, in Birmingham. The Fletcher children were helped by their aunt, with whom they lived in Bryant, Texas, for a year.

☆ The pandemic's real estate jobs boom is turning into a bust as layoffs hit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Shannon-Pettypiece-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Some of the biggest players in the real estate industry, including RE/MAX, Redfin and Wells Fargo, have announced layoffs in recent months totaling thousands of jobs. Over that period, 200,000 people became real estate agents, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Workers in the mortgage industry have been among the hardest hit as demand for refinancing and home sales tumble. Real estate brokers have also been affected, said Ken H. Johnson, a former real estate broker who is now an associate dean at Florida Atlantic University, where he studies the real estate industry. Even in the best of times, it can be a struggle for new brokers to be able to make a full-time living selling real estate.

☆ Fact Check-Biden and Obama did win states that required photo ID to vote
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It shows that in 2020, six states strictly required a photo identification to vote: Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wisconsin. OBAMA WON THREE OF 10 PHOTO-ID STATES IN 2012According to the NCSL, four states required strict photo ID to vote in 2012: Georgia, Indiana, Kansas and Tennessee. An election map from 2008 shows that among states requesting photo ID, Obama won in Indiana, Hawaii, Florida and Michigan (here). Obama won in some states that had photo identification laws in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, and Biden won the 2020 vote in five states that required photo ID. Both lost in several states that had no photo ID laws at the time in all three of these elections.

☆ I made $178,000 after flipping a website I bought for $52,000 last year. Here are the SEO strategy and tools I used to increase its value.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Pollyanna Brown | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Money wasn't my motivator, but I was monetizing themOnce I sold those businesses, I realized I needed a new source of consistent monthly income. To replace my monthly income, I dove deeper into content marketing by becoming more knowledgeable about certain topics and creating helpful content for people searching the internet. For the most part, I taught myself content marketing. The website was generating income, but it was clear to me that the seller was leaving money on the table. I knew that with minimal work, I could increase the income the site generated, so it made sense to buy it.

Today, there are 56 Hispanic American banks and credit unions that are FDIC or NCUA insured around the US. We selected Hispanic American-owned credit unions from the National Credit Union Administration's list of minority depository institutions which was also updated on June 30, 2022. In our list of Hispanic American-owned banks and credit unions, many of the institutions listed offer customer support in Spanish and English. You can open up savings accounts, checking accounts, CDs, and money market accounts in most of the institutions listed. To help you learn more about a specific Hispanic American-owned bank or credit union, we've included links to reviews of individual institutions.

☆ My family and I got $10,000 to move from Portland, Oregon, to a small town in Alabama, and it was worth it: 'The grant gave us this vessel to help make our dreams come true'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-05 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Shannon Milliman, 42, and her family moved from Portland, Oregon, to Florence, Alabama, in 2021. The Remote Shoals program paid Milliman and other remote workers $10,000 to help them relocate. Moving from Portland, Oregon, to Florence, Alabama, during the pandemic pushed me in ways that I didn't expect. Portland, Oregon. Because I said yes to the improvisation of moving with the Remote Shoals program, it's caused other parts of my life to open up as well.

U.S. News & World Report releases a list of the best places to live in America every year. Its 2022 ranking for the best places to live looked at five metrics: job market, value, quality of life, desirability, and net migration. The best place to live in America is Huntsville, Alabama, followed by Colorado Springs, Colorado. In its ranking of the best places to live in America for 2022, U.S. News & World Report gathered data on these crucial components for more than 100 US cities. Keep reading to discover the 50 best places to live in America.

☆ Top-ranked technology company Akamai has more than 380 open roles. Its senior director of talent offers tips on how candidates can stand out.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-30 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Akamai Technologies is a $15 billion internet-delivery, security, and cloud provider. Here, Akamai's senior director of talent shares what the firm is looking for in candidates. That's certainly the case at Akamai Technologies, a $15 billion internet-delivery, security, and cloud provider. "The war for talent has been intense, especially in the last few years," Deji Mabogunje, the senior director of global talent acquisition at Akamai, said. "We want to hear about your journey," Deji Mabogunje, the senior director of global talent acquisition, said.

☆ Sky-high rents hit the aircraft market as Boeing jets top $300,000 a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The world's largest aircraft leasing firms, like Air Lease , Avolon and AerCap , which acquired GE 's airplane leasing business last year, are reaping the benefits. A tight supply of aircraft is driving up the price airlines pay to rent planes, just as travel demand returns. This year's surge in oil prices make newer, fuel-efficient planes more attractive than older ones, and higher interest rates could also drive up lease rates. "That will push lease rates higher through the rest of the year." Cronin said lease rates for Boeing Maxes and Airbus A320neos have risen by 10%-15% so far this year.

[1/4] A Hyundai auto plant is seen from inside a Greyhound bus outside of Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonLUVERNE, Alabama, July 22 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers, and eight former and current employees of the factory. Underage workers, in some cases as young as 12, have recently worked at a metal stamping plant operated by SMART Alabama LLC, these people said. In a "human rights policy" posted online, Hyundai says it forbids child labor throughout its workforce, including suppliers. Many of the minors at the plant were hired through recruitment agencies, according to current and former SMART workers and local labor recruiters.

☆ A lumber manufacturer faces a near-$54,000 fine after a worker was struck by a forklift and died
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-24 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A worker died after a forklift struck her at a shipping yard in Alabama in November, the DOL said. Sunbelt Forest Products failed to follow safety standards and faces a $54,000 fine, the DOL said. Sunbelt Forest Products is owned by UFP Industries. Sunbelt Forest Products and UFP didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment made outside of regular working hours. At the time of the incident, Sunbelt Forest Products President Ken Dell Donne told News 19 that the company was investigating.

☆ 1,000 year-old Native American carvings of mysterious giant humanoids discovered on the ceiling of an Alabama cave
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-08 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A study found large humanoid figures carved on the ceiling of an Alabama cave more than 1000 years ago. Hi-tech technology was needed to see them in the low ceiling cave. It was still a grueling, month-long task to capture more than 16,000 pictures that very slightly overlap to map out the entire cave ceiling. Anthropomorph in regalia (6.8 ft tall) from 19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama. SimekThe style of the drawings in the Alabama cave is reminiscent of figures seen in the midwest and the western US.

News centered on the trans community is often dominated by such trends, but across the country, grassroots nonprofit groups led by transgender people are creating spaces for their communities to find safety and joy. Here are 11 grassroots groups that do just that by providing their communities with home-cooked meals, health care, space for creativity and other services. Transgender Education Network of Texas — Austin, TexasThe Transgender Education Network of Texas at a protest last year. Jamil-Jack AbreuThe group provides free chest binders to transmasculine people nationwide and Thanksgiving meals to those who need them. The Black trans-led LGBTQ organization provides low-barrier shelter to those experiencing homelessness, transitional housing, middle-age housing and senior housing.

☆ Workforce at Alabama chicken plants includes migrant teens
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +20 min

At Amelia’s request, Reuters agreed not to identify her hometown, the chicken plant where she now works, or the exact job she performs there. She said she was determined to get here because Rosa told her she could find work quickly. Amelia provided her new credentials to a staffing firm that supplies laborers to a local chicken plant, she said. Some firms deduct as much as $40 a week from employees’ paychecks for the service, four workers told Reuters. She rarely leaves Rosa’s trailer except to head to and from the chicken plant.

☆ Un porumbel a supraviețuit unei călătorii de 13.000 de km. Motivul pentru care autoritățile din Australia vor să-l omoare
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Dar autoritățile de aici consideră că pasărea reprezintă risc de carantină și intenționează să o omoare, relatează Euronews, citat de digi24.ro. Călătoria lui Joe a atras atenția presei australiene, dar și a Serviciului australian de Carantină și Inspecție, care are reguli stricte. Celli-Bird a spus că autoritățile l-au sunat joi pentru a-i cere să prindă pasărea. „Au spus că, dacă vine din America, sunt îngrijorați că ar putea răspândi boli ale păsărilor”, a spus el. Celli-Bird a spus că a încercat să contacteze proprietarul, dar până acum nu a reușit să dea de el.

Persons: Kevin Celli, Joe, SUA Joe Biden, Bird, Brad Turner, Joe . Turner, Turner Organizations: Pasărea, Pigeon, Naționale Locations: SUA, Pacific, Australia, Melbourne, american Oregon, Pacificul, America, Australiei, Oklahoma, Montgomery, Alabama, Brad, China, Statele Unite

Călătoria lui Joe a atras atenția presei australiene, dar și a Serviciului australian de Carantină și Inspecție, care are reguli stricte. Celli-Bird a spus că autoritățile l-au sunat joi pentru a-i cere să prindă pasărea. Celli-Bird a spus că a încercat să contacteze proprietarul, dar până acum nu a reușit să dea de el. Turner a spus că există riscul ca porumbeii din Statele Unite să fie purtători de boli exotice și a fost de acord că Joe ar trebui să fie omorât. „Deși sună dur pentru un om normal - ar spune că e o cruzime – Serviciul pentru carantină ar sprijini această idee”, a spus Turner.

Persons: Kevin Celli, Joe, SUA Joe Biden, Bird, Brad Turner, Joe . Turner, Turner Organizations: Pasărea, Pigeon, Naționale Locations: Melbourne, american Oregon, SUA, Pacificul, America, Australia, Australiei, Oklahoma, Montgomery, Alabama, Brad, China, Statele Unite

☆ Un porumbel a supraviețuit unei călătorii extraordinare de 13.000 de km; Autoritățile din Australia vor să-l omoare
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Călătoria lui Joe a atras atenția presei australiene, dar și a Serviciului australian de Carantină și Inspecție, care are reguli stricte. Celli-Bird a spus că autoritățile l-au sunat joi pentru a-i cere să prindă pasărea. „Au spus că, dacă vine din America, sunt îngrijorați că ar putea răspândi boli ale păsărilor”, a spus el. Celli-Bird a spus că a încercat să contacteze proprietarul, dar până acum nu a reușit să dea de el, relatează digi24.ro. „Deși sună dur pentru un om normal - ar spune că e o cruzime – Serviciul pentru carantină ar sprijini această idee”, a spus Turner.

Persons: Kevin Celli, Joe, SUA Joe Biden, Bird, Brad Turner, Turner Organizations: Pasărea, Pigeon, Naționale Locations: Melbourne, american Oregon, SUA, Pacificul, America, Australia, Australiei, Oklahoma, Montgomery, Alabama, Brad, China, Statele Unite

☆ Cine sunt cei patru manifestanţi care au murit în timpul asaltului de la Capitoliu
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Despre prima persoană identificată a fost femeia ucisă când încerca să pătrundă pe holul Camerei Reprezentanţilor. Fosta soţie a lui Benjamin Philips a declarat pentru New York Daily News că, după divorţul lor din 2004, a mai discutat doar ocazional cu acesta despre cei doi copii, care acum sunt adolescenţi. Fiul lui Kevin Greeson, Kyler Greeson, a postat joi pe Facebook că tatăl său a suferit un atac de cord. „Ieri tatăl meu a avut un atac de cord şi din păcate a murit. Despre Roseanne Boyland poliţia nu a precizat în ce circumstanţe a murit.

Persons: Benjamin Philips, Kevin Greeson, Robert Contee, Inquirer, El, Mereu, Ne, circumstanţe Organizations: Agerpres, New York Daily News, Philips Locations: Huntington, Maryland, Ringtown, Pennsylvania, Athens, Alabama, Kennesaw, Georgia, New York, New, Washington

☆ Cine este Ashli Babbitt, femeia împușcată la Capitoliu; „Nimic nu ne mai oprește”, a scris ea înainte să fie ucisă
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

în mai puțin de 24 de ore”, scria Ashli Babbitt pe rețelele sociale, potrivit BBC. Ashli Babbitt a fost dusă la spital cu o rană de glonț și a murit în aceeași zi. Polițistul care a împușcat-o a fost pus sub control administrativ, dar identitatea sa nu a fost făcută publică. Una dintre victime este Ashli Babbitt. A concea victimă este un ofiţer de poliție, care a murit joi noapte din cauza rănilor suferite în urma atacului suporterilor lui Donald Trump, a anunțat un reprezentant al poliţiei americane la Capitoliu.

Persons: Timothy McEntee, Ea, Donald Trump, Ashli, . Ea, Joe Biden, Benjamin Philips, Kevin Greeson, Robert Contee Organizations: BBC, Forțelor Aeriene, Washington DC, Congresul, Camera Locations: Capitoliu, Ashli, Statelor Unite, Forțelor Aeriene SUA, Afganistan, Irak, Kuweit, Qatar, San Diego, America, SUA, Washington, Ringtown, Pennsylvania, Athens, Alabama, Kennesaw, Georgia

☆ VIDEO/ Donald Trump își joacă ultima carte. Congresul american a început procesul de validare a rezultatului alegerilor prezidențiale și mandatului lui Joe Biden
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-06 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Vicepreședintele Mike Pence a început procesul de numărare a voturilor. Cu puțin timp înainte de începutul sesiunii comune a Congresului, vicepreședintele Mike Pence a anunțat că nu își va încălca rolul constituțional pentru a îl ajuta pe Trump. Cele două camere ale Congresului s-au retras pentru a dezbate obiecția, înainte de a vota și a reveni în sesiune reunită pentru a stabili felul în care va continua procedura. După studierea atentă a Constituției noastre, a legilor și istoriei, cred că niciuna dintre ele nu este corectă. Învestirea vicepreședintelui cu autoritate unilaterală de a decide cine a câștigat alegerile prezidențiale este complet contradictorie cu această filosofie”, a scris Mike Pence în comunicat.

Persons: Mike, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, Paul Gosar, Ted Cruz Organizations: Congresul Statelor Unite, BBC, Colegiului Electoral, Congresului, Constituția, Congres Locations: Congres, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Constituția Statelor Unite

☆ Naşterea Domnului, primul praznic împărătesc: Creștinii ortodocși sărbătoresc astăzi Crăciunul pe stil nou
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +13 min

Crăciun a aflat, s-a supărat și i-a tăiat bătrânei mâinile, apoi, de frică, a fugit de acasă. Motivând că este sărac, el a refuzat-o, dar i-a îndrumat paşii spre fratele lui mai mic şi mai bogat, Moş Crăciun. Abia pe la mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea spiriduşii au devenit prieteni ai lui Moş Crăciun. Într-o vreme se credea că Moş Crăciun şi spiriduşii săi se simt foarte bine în casa lor de la Polul Nord. Pepper Minstix, unul dintre spiriduşi, este paznicul credincios al satului lui Moş Crăciun.

Persons: Iisus, Aurelian, Soare, Iuliu I, Constantin cel Mare, creştinii, Crăciun, Petru cel Mare, Fecioara Maria, Dumnezeu, Iosif, Maria, Crăciunoaia, Hristos, Mesia, - lea, Daniel, Ignat, Moș Crăciun, Oliver Cromwell, St . Hilary, Poitiers, austriac Joseph Mohr, Treime, Moş, Ajun, El, Spiriduşii, Clement Clark, Nicholas, Thomas Nast, Markus Rautio, Rusia . Pepper, Rudolph Organizations: Crăciunului Locations: Franţa, Rusia, Statele Unite, Alabama, Oklahoma, american, oraşe, Babilon, sarmalele, austriac, Crăciun, Paradis, alţii, Nord, Finlanda, finlandez, Laponia, Korvatunturi, graniţa, Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Donder

☆ Un băiat de 14 ani și-a ucis toată familia, părinții și trei frați mai mici, când a aflat că mama lui e de fapt mamă vitregă
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un băiat de 14 ani și-a ucis toată familia, părinții și trei frați mai mici, când a aflat că mama lui e de fapt mamă vitregă, dar va scăpa de pedeapsa cu moartea, scrie site-ul televizunii americane de știri WSFA12, afiliată NBC, citat de libertatea.ro. Un adolescent american își va petrece, foarte probabil, întreaga viață în închisoare și va primi mai multe condamnări pe viață, după ce anul trecut și-a ucis întreaga familie și nu dă semne că regretă crimele. Tara Pressnell, ofițerul de probațiune juvenilă din Limestone, a declarat, citată de Decatur Daily: „Mason nu pare deranjat de faptul că este acuzat că și-a ucis familia. Imediat după crimă, un văr al lui Mason a dezvăluit poliției că el tocmai aflase că Mary e mama lui vitregă și asta l-a înfuriat foarte tare. Mason și-a împușcat părinții și frații în casa în care locuiau, iar când a venit poliția a spus inițial că au fost atacați și el a scăpat ascunzându-se la subsol.

Persons: vitregă, Mason Sisk, Tara Pressnell, Mason, Sisk, John Sisk, Mary Sisk, Mary Organizations: NBC, americană Locations: american, Limestone County, Alabama, Tara

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