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☆ Texas maintenance worker fatally shot by apartment resident on Christmas Eve who mistook him for burglar, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A maintenance worker in Texas was checking for frozen and burst pipes at an apartment complex on Christmas Eve when he was fatally shot by a resident who mistook him for a burglar, police said. Cesar Montelongo, center, a maintenance worker, was fatally shot while at his job, on the day before his 29th wedding anniversary. Montelongo Jr. said his father was on call on Christmas Eve, which was the day before his 29th wedding anniversary. Montelongo Jr. is the oldest of five male children his father leaves behind. Montelongo Jr. described his dad as “selfless” and said he preferred to live life smiling.

☆ Former Texas officer sentenced for killing Black woman in her home
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 20 (Reuters) - A former Texas police officer was sentenced to over 11 years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and killing a Black woman in her home in 2019. Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer, was sentenced in a Tarrant County court to 11 years, 10 months in prison, a court clerk said. Dean and his partner had gone to Jefferson's home after a concerned neighbor called police to say her front door was open. Jefferson's death took place about seven months before the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for over eight minutes. Reporting by Brad Brooks in Lubbock, Texas; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Former officer Aaron Dean found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Daniella Silva | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean attends the first day of his murder trial on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Fort Worth. Dean fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in 2019 during a police call at her home. Aaron Dean, a white Fort Worth police officer, fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who had been playing video games at home with her 8-year-old nephew before she was shot. During his testimony, Dean said that after he shot Jefferson, he was briefly blinded by muzzle flash. Prosecutors have also argued that Dean shot Jefferson "not a second" after shouting for her to put up her hands, without giving her time to process and follow his commands.

☆ At least 5 tornadoes confirmed in Texas as storms roll through southwestern US and blizzard conditions mount in the northern Plains
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Amir Vera Jason Hanna Monica Garrett | Amir Vera | Jason Hanna | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

More than 18 million people from Texas to Mississippi are under threat of severe storms Tuesday, including tornadoes. In Mississippi, the Meridian Public School District – which serves over 4,900 students – announced they will be closed Wednesday due to the threat of severe weather. The Lawrence County and McComb School Districts also announced they were closing Wednesday due to the threat of severe weather. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency also noted the severe weather expected in the state and asked residents to prepare. “With severe weather expected throughout Mississippi tonight and tomorrow, please review your severe weather preparedness checklist to make sure you are ready for the storms,” the agency said in a message on Twitter.

☆ Why extremism experts say it's worth discussing the Colorado shooting suspect's pronouns
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Attorneys for the alleged gunman in the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado said in court filings the suspect is nonbinary and uses “they” and “them” pronouns. In court appearances this week, Aldrich’s lawyers and District Attorney Michael Allen used he/him pronouns for Aldrich, but Aldrich’s attorneys referred to their client as “Mx. It’s unclear whether the public defenders were accidentally using he/him pronouns for Aldrich, and their office has not returned a request for comment. A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office said, regarding the suspect’s pronouns, “The defendant will be identified as the defendant throughout proceedings,” but declined to comment further on both legal teams using he/him pronouns for Aldrich in court. Holt said the response from Carlson is another part of why he believes it’s worth questioning the suspect’s claim.

☆ F.B.I. asking about videos and racist website in connection with Colorado shooting
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The former neighbor, Xavier Kraus, said an FBI agent asked him about the two websites at an FBI field office in Colorado Springs last Thursday afternoon after an agent called him earlier that day. The website allegedly created by Aldrich is a forum-type “free speech” site where people have anonymously posted racist and antisemitic memes, language and videos. The videos appear to have gone up from 9:28 p.m. to 11:43 p.m. local time on the night of the shooting. Kraus said the agents asked whether Aldrich posted the “Wrong Targets” video on the homepage. After listening to the voice in the videos, Kraus said it “sounds very, very similar” to Aldrich, but he could not confirm this with certainty.

Aaron Dean, a white former Fort Worth police officer, is on trial in the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who was playing video games at home with her 8-year-old nephew. Dean fatally shot Jefferson after a concerned neighbor noticed a door had been left ajar and called a nonemergency police line. During opening arguments, prosecutors said Dean shot Jefferson through the window into her chest “not a second” after shouting, “Put your hands up! At issue in the trial is whether Dean saw Jefferson's gun and whether he believed it was pointed at him. Jefferson's death echoes that of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in March 2020 in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment.

CNN —Lawyers for Amber Heard officially appealed her loss in a defamation case brought by Johnny Depp, arguing there were several errors in the trial, according to reporting from the Los Angeles Times. The case will now go to a three-judge court of appeals panel for a decision, according the LA Times. CNN has reached out to attorneys representing Heard and Depp for comment and to obtain a copy of the appeals. The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million dollars in punitive damages. Heard filed the appeal with the Court of Appeals in Virginia on November 23, according to the LA Times.

☆ Man sentenced up to three years in prison for fatal hit-and-run of ‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Tavleen Tarrant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Brian Boyd, the 27-year-old man who killed ‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes in a hit-and-run incident, has been sentenced to up to three years in prison Wednesday, according to Douglas Cohen from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Boyd pleaded guilty in September to manslaughter in the second degree and leaving the scene of an incident resulting in death without reporting, according to the DA. “Lisa Banes was a beloved friend, family and community member whose life was tragically cut short. Banes seen here with Ben Affleck in 2014's 'Gone Girl.' Banes was known for starring as Marybeth Elliot in the 2014 film “Gone Girl,” but has also starred alongside Tom Cruise in the 1988 film “Cocktail” and has appeared in TV shows like “Nashville,” “Masters of Sex,” and “Royal Pains.”

When the United States' national men's team faces England at the Qatar World Cup later on Friday, one thing will be missing: medieval knights. Soccer’s governing body FIFA has told English soccer fans to ditch imitation chain mail, shields and swords or miss the game, according to the Times of London. England fans have worn similar outfits at previous tournaments while watching other sports. Press photos and social media footage show that England fans wearing Crusader gear were allowed into the stadium to watch their team's match against Iran. "As soon as you know anything about crusading history, you know it would produce a reaction like this in the Islamic world," he said.

☆ Qatar World Cup bans English soccer fans from dressing as medieval Crusaders
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Patrick Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

England fans pose for a picture with English footballer Trevor Sinclair at 4TheFans Fan Park ahead of the match. When the United States' national men's team faces England at the Qatar World Cup later on Friday, one thing will be missing: medieval knights. Soccer's governing body FIFA has told English soccer fans to ditch imitation chain mail, shields and swords or miss the game, according to the Times of London. England fans have worn similar outfits at previous tournaments while watching other sports. Press photos and social media footage show that England fans wearing Crusader gear were allowed into the stadium to watch their team's match against Iran.

☆ Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker set to receive 2022 tax exemption on Texas home meant for a 'principal residence': report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Walker is set to receive a tax break for his Texas home meant for a "primary residence," per CNN. The Georgia Republican is expected to save $1,500 from the homestead tax exemption in Texas. Walker is locked in a tight runoff contest with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia. In 2021, Walker registered to vote in Georgia after living in Texas for about 20 years. Texas homeowner guidelines stipulate that individuals can qualify for the exemption if it's used for their "principal residence."

CNN —Republican Herschel Walker is getting a tax break intended only for a primary residence this year on his home in the Dallas, Texas, area, despite running for Senate in Georgia. Walker registered to vote in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2021 after living in Texas for two decades and voting infrequently. 11Alive News, a local Georgia station, first reported that Walker took the homestead exemption on his Texas home in 2020. The county tax office in Texas where Walker maintains his home confirmed the exemption. Homeowners in many states are able to apply for a tax exemption by declaring their home to be their primary residence and the exemption lowers their tax bill by removing part of their home’s value on paper.

☆ What Are You Supposed to Call Your In-Laws These Days?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

This year could approach a record for weddings in the U.S. Quite a few newlyweds have no clue what to call the in-laws. Mom and Dad? Bill and Judy? Advice columns have tackled this etiquette puzzle for years, and it is still popping up in households to a surprising degree.

The investigation Abbott wants would be on top of an ongoing audit of the county’s election system, begun before Election Day. Texas Democratic Party leaders and the Harris County Democratic Party chair issued criticized Ogg’s planned investigation, calling on her to “stop enabling Texas Republicans' insidious efforts to silence Black and Brown Houstonians. “In 2021, Texas Republicans moved mountains to make it harder for Black and Brown residents of Harris County to vote. It has not gone unnoticed that Democrat-voting Harris County is the target of the state's urgent response. The law Abbott signed last year banned those Harris County initiatives.

☆ New Zealand mosque shooter files appeal against life sentence
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 8 (Reuters) - A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at mosques in Christchurch in March 2019, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand's history, has filed an appeal against his life sentence, a court spokesperson said on Tuesday. No hearing date has been set at this stage, Chris Abraham, a spokesperson for the Court of Appeal, told Reuters. It was the first time a New Zealand court had sentenced a person to prison for the rest of their life. In November 2021, Tarrant's then lawyer, Tony Ellis, said Tarrant was considering appealing the verdict, adding his guilty plea was obtained under duress. Ellis in an emailed response on Tuesday told Reuters he does not represent Tarrant anymore.

Of the roughly 200 songs Taylor Swift has released since the start of her recording career, “All Too Well” has long been a fan favorite—it’s the song, Ms. Swift has said, that concertgoers request more than any other. But what do other listeners think? A national poll conducted by Ipsos for The Wall Street Journal posed the open-ended question “What is your favorite Taylor Swift song?” to a nationally representative sample of 1,024 people. Though their selections may not reflect the tastes of die-hard Swifties, they show the enduring power of Ms. Swift’s catchy chart toppers, dating back to her first album.

☆ Texas secretary of state to send inspectors to observe vote counting in Harris County
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Summer Concepcion | Summer Concepcion Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The Texas Secretary of State's Office has told the state’s most populous county that it will send inspectors there to observe vote counting during the November election. Harris County is home to Houston and leans Democratic. In a statement to NBC News, the Secretary of State's Office said it sends inspectors to many counties during state elections, including Harris County, citing Chapter 34 of the Texas Election Code. NBC News reached out to Tatum, the Harris County election administrator, for comment. The secretary of state’s office announced hours later that it had begun reviews in Dallas and Harris counties, the two largest Democratic counties, and Tarrant and Collin counties, the two largest Republican ones.

☆ One Thing Americans Can Agree On? Pickleball
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Gretchen Tarrant | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

From TikTok dances to sourdough bread to DIY home decor, many pandemic hobbies were abandoned as quickly as they spread. But that’s not the case with pickleball, a favorite that has not only endured but become the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. The game serves as a source of community for many, including WSJ readers of all locations and ages. When we asked them to comment on their love of the sport, the feedback was notable. Below, a lightly edited version of nine readers’ responses.

☆ 'Rings of Power' series reveals another underdiscussed aspect of representation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Polynesian scholars are pointing out “Lord of the Rings” productions have traditionally been filmed on their land, but with Pacific Islander actors relegated to the background. The new prequel on Amazon Prime did slightly better with representation, but experts stopped short of declaring it true progress. Na'puti pointed out that the Māori community experienced significant land loss, now holding just roughly 5% of all land there. McCartney also said that indigenous, Polynesian representation means incorporating the culture into the writing, given the Māori displacement in the country. And so if you’re on it, you have a responsibility.”Ultimately, Young questioned the necessity to continuously adapt the work of Tolkien, who wrote the “Lord of The Rings” series in the early 1900s.

☆ Former Los Angeles Angels executive sentenced to 22 years in overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A former Los Angeles Angels baseball executive was sentenced to 22 years in prison Tuesday after he was convicted of providing fentanyl-laced pills that contributed to the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. "We are very grateful to everyone who worked so hard to investigate and prosecute Eric Kay," Skaggs' family said in a statement. Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws during the second inning of the game against the Oakland Athletics on June 6, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. Mark J. Terrill / AP fileCody L. Cofer, Kay's attorney, said the former Major League Baseball executive will appeal. They said the executive dealt pills, including the "blue boys" that contributed to Skaggs' death, to multiple players at Angel Stadium. "One fentanyl pill can kill," the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Chad E. Meacham, said in a statement.

☆ Potential mass shooting at Texas homecoming football game thwarted after police receive tip
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Police said a tip helped them stop a potential mass shooting at a Texas high school homecoming football game and led to the arrests of two 18-year-old men. An AR pistol and a 60-round magazine were found in the vehicle, Everman Emergency Services said in a Facebook statement. A Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office deputy received a tip about a "credible and potentially imminent threat" at the game. Gipson and Cooper are in the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff's office said the two suspects face several felony charges, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

☆ Meet Matt Krause, the man who critics say helped make Texas a national leader in book bans
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Texas now has the highest number of book bans in the US. Texas is now a leader in book bans, and one influential politician — along with pressure from the GOP — may have been the driving force, a Houston Chronicle investigation found. By April 2022, a PEN America analysis found that Texas had 713 bans, nearly half of all book bans in the US. Some politicians and parent groups disagreed with the inquiryKrause denies any political motivations behind the book list, but critics disagree. For Foote, the book bans represent GOP political motivations, citing school board officials and lawmakers who have begun their own book challenges.

☆ Clopotul păcii mondiale din Christchurch a bătut de 51 de ori, în memoria victimelor atacurilor din 2019
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-15 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Clopotul inaugurat în 2006, situat în grădina botanică a oraşului, a fost tras într-o scurtă ceremonie organizată luni după-amiaza, iar la cele două moschei unde au avut loc atacurile armate din 2019, Al Noor şi Linwood, s-au desfăşurat rugăciuni în cadru privat.O festivitate naţională de comemorare a avut loc sâmbătă.În ziua împlinirii a doi ani de la masacru, preşedintele american Joe Biden a transmis un mesaj în care a asigurat că SUA condamnă, la unison cu Noua Zeelandă, toate formele de terorism, indiferent de ideologie. "Gândurile şi rugăciunile noastre rămân alături de victime şi familiile lor. Ca societate democratică, respingem orice încercare a unor indivizi sau grupuri de a instiga la intoleranţă şi ură", a spus Biden într-un comunicat.Liderul de la Casa Albă a menţionat că lupta împotriva "extremismului cu motivaţie rasială sau etnică", inclusiv a ideologiei "supremaţiei albe", reprezintă o prioritate pentru preşedinţia sa.Washingtonul "se angajează să coopereze cu parteneri internaţionali pentru a împiedica terorismului sub toate formele sale", a subliniat Biden în comunicatul său, adăugând că SUA "încurajează companiile de tehnologie să aplice condiţii şi standarde ferme pentru a-i opri pe terorişti să le utilizeze platformele ca mijloc de incitare la violenţă".Cei ucişi în atacurile de la 15 martie de la Christchurch au fost omagiaţi într-un eveniment desfăşurat sâmbătă la care portretele lor au fost proiectate pe un ecran în timp ce membri ai familiilor îndoliate le citeau numele.La evenimentul difuzat live online au luat parte între alţii membri ai comunităţii musulmane locale, ai guvernului, dar şi ai tribului indigen local Ngai Tuahuriri, scrie agerpres.ro. Anul trecut, comemorarea la nivel naţional a fost anulată din cauza pandemiei de coronavirus.Autorul masacrului, australianul Brenton Tarrant (30 de ani), adept al supremaţiei albilor, a fost condamnat în august anul trecut la închisoare pe viaţă, pedeapsa maximă în Noua Zeelandă.

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