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President Donald Trump and his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in Quantico, Va., on Dec. 15, 2017. “Please beware that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials." Since leaving the Trump administration, Clark has argued that the attorney general should not be independent. Davis told NBC News that he does not expect he would fill the role of acting attorney general but that another Trump ally could. Donald Trump, left, and Attorney General William Barr at the White House on May 22, 2019.

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☆ Walmart is taking dollar stores’ customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Dollar Tree also owns the long-struggling Family Dollar chain. While dollar stores once expanded to reach a growing number of financially strapped Americans, they underestimated just how financially strapped many Americans would become. “They missed the fact in tough times the consumer would be looking for consumables.”Meanwhile, Dollar Tree has been weighed down by its purchase of Family Dollar. Earlier this year, Dollar Tree announced that Family Dollar will close more than 900 stores, and it subsequently said it will explore a sale or spinoff of Family Dollar. In previous times of financial stress, Dollar General has seen middle-income and slightly more affluent households trade down into Dollar General to save money.

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☆ Utah woman gets plea deal after pulling teen's skirt down in viral TikTok video
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A Utah woman who went viral and was dubbed a "Karen" after she allegedly pulled down a young woman's skirt that she found to be too short and revealing in public has entered into a plea deal on a misdemeanor sexual battery charge. Ida Lorenzo, 49, confronted a young woman on April 20 at a St. George, Utah, eatery in a spat partially caught on camera. In the video, posted April 21, she appears to brag that she works for the state as she admonished the young woman for her skirt. She told police that she confronted a young woman at a restaurant who was wearing “explicit clothing” that exposed her private parts with children present. The female victim said she was wearing underwear and shorts under her skirt, making it impossible to have been exposing herself.

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☆ Ex-Colorado clerk Tina Peters, one-time hero to election deniers, convicted in computer breach
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | 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: +6 min

DENVER — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020 election as unfounded conspiracy theories swirled, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday. Peters, a one-time hero to election deniers, was accused of using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County election system and deceiving other officials about that person’s identity. Lindell is a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Donald Trump. Peters stood next to one of her attorneys at the defense table as the verdict was read in a quiet courtroom. In a post on the social media platform X after the verdict, Peters accused Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems, which made her county’s election system, as well as lawyers for state election officials of stealing votes.

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☆ Texas Sues G.M. Over Collection and Selling of Driver Data
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Stacy Cowley | More About Stacy Cowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The state of Texas sued General Motors on Tuesday, accusing the automaker of collecting detailed driving data on 16 million drivers and selling it to insurance companies without their consent. “Millions of American drivers wanted to buy a car, not a comprehensive surveillance system that unlawfully records information about every drive they take and sells their data to any company willing to pay for it,” said Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general. spokeswoman said the company had been “in discussions” with the attorney general’s office and was reviewing the complaint. “We share the desire to protect consumers’ privacy,” she said. Many customers’ insurance premiums soared because of the data contained in those reports.

Persons: ”, Ken Paxton, Paxton Organizations: General Motors, The New York Times, Motors Locations: Texas

☆ Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +34 min

Here is a fact check:CrimeTrump claimed, “Our crime rate’s going through the roof.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. Facts First: Trump did express uncertainty about the number, but his “like 60 million or something” claim is false. They take ‘em out, and they bring them to the United States.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is baseless. He said, “With Ukraine, so we’re in for $250 billion and they’re in for about $71 billion.”Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. But Trump’s claim that the US has committed or provided far more aid than Europe is not true regardless.

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☆ Texas sues General Motors, alleging illegal selling of driver data
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued General Motors Tuesday, alleging the carmaker illegally collected and sold drivers’ data to insurance companies without their consent or knowledge, according to a release from the AG’s office. The suit said those two companies then sold these scores to insurance companies. Insurance companies can use data to see how many times people exceeded a speed limit or obeyed other traffic laws. But the attorney general’s office claimed GM “deceived” its Texan customers by encouraging them to enroll in programs such as OnStar Smart Driver. But by agreeing to join these programs, customers also unknowingly agreed to the collection and sale of their data, the attorney general’s office said.

Persons: Ken Paxton, “, ”, Smart, General Motors Organizations: New, New York CNN, Texas, Motors, General Motors, Insurance, General, CNN Locations: New York, Detroit

The FBI said Monday afternoon that it is investigating what the Trump campaign has characterized as a successful effort to hack into its campaign and steal private documents. A Trump campaign spokesperson said Saturday that it had been hacked in June. The claim from the Trump campaign adds to what had already been a deeply antagonistic relationship between Iran and the former president. The apparent hack of Trump campaign files echoes the 2016 Russian campaign against Hillary Clinton, but so far seems notably less elaborate in distributing the hacked files. There is no apparent similar distribution system for the hacked Trump files, at least so far.

Persons: Trump, Hillary, Hillary Clinton’s, Donald Trump, Chris Krebs, SentinelOne, ”, Krebs, Qassem Soleimani, Adam Schiff, ” Schiff, Schiff, Hillary Clinton, Simin Kargar Organizations: FBI, Politico, The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC News, Microsoft, United Nations, Democratic National Committee, U.S, Republican, Infrastructure Security Agency, Biden, Iran’s, Former U.S, Rep, House Intelligence Committee, Intelligence, Democratic, Trump, WikiLeaks, Atlantic, Forensic Research Locations: Russia, China, Iran, Tehran, U.S, Romanian

☆ Trump says he will be interviewed by Elon Musk on Monday
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | Dan Mangan Is A Reporter Covering Politics For Cnbc.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will be interviewed on Monday night by Elon Musk, the billionaire who runs Tesla, SpaceX and social media site X. “ON MONDAY NIGHT I’LL BE DOING A MAJOR INTERVIEW WITH ELON MUSK — Details to follow!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. Musk is also the owner of the social media company X, which was previously known as Twitter when the company was publicly owned. Despite that, Trump uses Truth Social for his social media messages. The company is owned by Trump Media, a publicly traded company whose majority shareholder is the former president.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Musk, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, I’LL, ” Trump, Trump Organizations: SpaceX, Democratic, Minnesota Gov, Trump, ELON, Social, CNBC, North Carolina Board, Elections, America PAC, North Carolina Attorney General’s, U.S, Capitol, Trump Media

☆ Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Stephanie Becker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The judge’s ruling, at the request of California Attorney General Rob Bonta, gives the Alameda County prosecutor’s office 60 days to retry 71-year-old Curtis Lee Ervin or let him go free. Bonta conceded the Alameda prosecutors in the Ervin case illegally excluded Black jurors. Alameda County now must make a decision by September 30. Last month, she announced plans for the resentencing of Dykes and one other death row inmate for Batson violations. Those notes showed a bias against potential Jewish and Black jurors, according to the DA’s office.

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CNN —Alleged Sinaloa cartel cofounder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared Thursday in federal court in Texas for his latest hearing since his arrest a week ago in an intrigue-packed case centered on one of the world’s most powerful and deadly drug trafficking organizations. He was arrested the prior day in El Paso alongside Joaquín Guzmán López, the 38-year-old son of infamous cartel boss and founder Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The scene outside the courthouse in El Paso showed a heavy security presence, with federal agents and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling the perimeter. Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman’s assertion raised new questions about why Guzmán López flew to Texas if he had no cooperation agreement with American authorities. “Joaquín Guzmán López forcibly kidnapped my client,” attorney Frank Pérez said in a statement.

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☆ Drones Target Sudan Army Base During Top General’s Visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Abdi Latif Dahir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Sudanese army spokesman, Nabil Abdallah, told the BBC that General al-Burhan had survived an assassination attempt, and blamed it on the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group that has been battling the army for power for 15 months. A military spokesman could not be reached for comment. In statements posted on social media, the military did not say whether General al-Burhan had been hurt or where he was during the attack. But it posted videos showing him interacting with the soldiers and members of the public before and after the graduation ceremony. The paramilitary group’s media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, Nabil Abdallah, al Organizations: Sudanese, BBC, Rapid Support Forces Locations: Gebeit, Port Sudan

☆ StubHub tricks people with ‘bait-and-switch’ pricing scheme, DC attorney general alleges
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Millions of sports fans and concertgoers are being duped by a deceptive pricing scheme at StubHub that hides the true cost of tickets until the very last moment, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb. The lawsuit accuses StubHub of deploying pricing tactics that “trick” consumers into overpaying for tickets and are designed to boost profits. “StubHub uses a classic bait-and-switch scheme,” the lawsuit said, describing what’s known as “drip pricing” where only part of the product’s price is advertised initially. “We strongly support federal and state solutions that enhance existing laws to empower consumers, such as requiring all-in pricing uniformly across platforms.”According to the lawsuit, StubHub did use an “all-in pricing” model from 2014 to 2015 where the advertised prices included the mandatory fees. However, the company abandoned that more transparent model after testing found that customers were more likely to ultimately buy tickets when those fees are only shown at the end, the lawsuit said.

Persons: Brian Schwalb, StubHub, “, ” Schwalb, John Lawrence, ”, ” Lawrence Organizations: New, New York CNN, DC Locations: New York, Washington, DC

☆ Political Violence and Division Aren’t Worse Than Ever - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Zeynep Tufekci | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Don’t Tell My Friends, But… is a seriesin which we asked Times columnistswhateveryone else is wrong about. And research showing big partisan divides over a wide range of issues, with political violence on the rise. However, there have been many periods in U.S. history when things were worse — and we could end up there again. To see how bad it could get, there’s no need to go all the way back to the Civil War. Studying the history of violent political division is the opposite of resignation or nihilism: It’s a hopeful call to action!

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☆ William Calley, officer convicted for his role in My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, dead at 80
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Chelsea Bailey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While multiple officers were charged in connection with the massacre, Calley was the only one convicted. “Calley and his men rounded up these civilians and then Calley ordered his men to kill them.”The massacre lasted for hours. A ditch in My Lai village, Vietnam, where US troops killed Vietnamese civilians on March 16, 1968. Kham/ReutersThe fragile lineThousands of miles away and 30 years later, those who lost loved ones in the My Lai massacre would tell CNN they were never truly able to move on. “There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai,” Calley said, according to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.

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☆ Opinion | Venezuela’s Election Gives a Boost to the Autocrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Michael Albertus | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In what appears to be a deeply unfair election riddled with irregularities, Venezuelan’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, seems to have survived once again. The election was a crucial test of the durability of the new brand of authoritarianism gripping the Americas — and it has proved that the movement may not fade away anytime soon. Guatemala had a close call last year, with the attorney general’s office attempting to prevent a peaceful transition of power. Venezuela’s election is a fulcrum moment for the Americas. Despite high turnout, there were numerous reports of voting irregularities, voter intimidation and problems at voting centers.

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, Mexico’s, Claudia Sheinbaum, It’s, Maduro Organizations: United Locations: Venezuela, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, United States, Americas

☆ The alleged Mexican drug cartel bosses arrested or extradited in recent years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Karol Suárez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Federal agents arrested two Mexican alleged cartel bosses on Thursday, including Joaquin Guzmán López, the son of infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in one of the biggest victories for US law enforcement in recent years. Zambada is a co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel. He faces charges in the US for conspiracy to import and distribute drugs, along with his brother Joaquín Guzmán López. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López (July 2024)Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was arrested on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in El Paso, Texas, alongside Joaquín Guzmán López, 38, son of El Chapo. Zambada is considered by US authorities to be the current leader of the Sinaloa cartel.

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“The award of $464 million in a case with no victims, no proven injuries, and no losses is not remotely defensible,” Trump’s lawyers wrote. According to Trump’s attorneys, Trump personally should have been dismissed as a defendant. The Trump attorneys accused Engoron of enacting a “punitive” penalty against the former president that was unconstitutional. Just like at trial, Trump’s lawyers in particular took issue with a reference in Engoron’s summary judgment opinion that Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort was valued at $18 million. During the trial, Engoron said that he was not trying to assess the value of the property when he referenced the tax assessor value.

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☆ Venezuela’s Maduro says he needs to win reelection to avoid possible ‘bloodbath’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Mauricio Torres | Sahar Akbarzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Only a win for his party would ensure “peace” in the country, Maduro said, adding that he expects “irreversible results” in his favor. Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attend a rally in Caracas on July 16, 2024. Two days after Laboratorio’s report came out, the barred opposition leader Machado said in a post on X that her security chief had also been arrested. CNN has reached out to Venezuela’s Attorney General’s Office for comment on Ávila’s arrest and to determine whether he has legal representation. Maduro is one of 10 candidates vying for the presidency, however, several of them have minimal support and are viewed by the main opposition as government allies.

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☆ Trea Ellinger: A Baltimore man died after being sedated and restrained by medics. His mom wants answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

BALTIMORE AP —When Trea Ellinger left a Baltimore drug rehab facility last summer, he assured his anxious mother that everything was fine. His mother, Lori Ellinger, questions the autopsy’s findings and wants to know why paramedics decided to use an injectable sedative. “As long as he’s not lying face down, that would be great,” one of the medics says. Four minutes later, the medics discussed getting Ellinger repositioned, but they didn’t act immediately. Ellinger was unhandcuffed and placed on his back as medics began performing chest compressions, according to the report.

Persons: Trea Ellinger, —, Ellinger, Lori Ellinger, ”, hasn’t, handcuffing Ellinger, flailing, Eric Jaeger, ” Jaeger, midazolam, Gail Van Norman, ” Ellinger, Lori Ellinger’s, “ Organizations: BALTIMORE AP, The Associated Press, ”, Baltimore City Fire Department, Police, anesthesiology, University of Washington Locations: Baltimore, Ellinger, overdosing, Maryland, New Hampshire

☆ Five jailed for up to 34 years for murdering Ecuador’s presidential candidate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —A court in Ecuador on Friday handed down prison sentences for five people found guilty of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Journalist and former legislator Villavicencio was shot while leaving a rally in August 2023, becoming the most prominent victim of Ecuador’s spiraling violence. Both Angulo and Castillo were sentenced to 34 years and eight months. One of the hitmen died at the scene of Villavicencio’s murder and seven other suspects - mostly Colombian citizens - were murdered in October while being held in prisons on pre-trial detention. Villavicencio’s friends and family have decried multiple delays and urged investigation into who ordered the killing.

Persons: Reuters —, Fernando Villavicencio, Villavicencio, Milton Maroto, Daniel Noboa, Carlos Edwin Angulo Lara, Laura Dayanara Castillo, Angulo, Castillo, Erick Ramirez, Victor Flores, Alexandra Chimbo, Veronica Sarauz Organizations: Reuters, Prosecutors, Los Locations: Ecuador, Los Lobos

☆ At least 200 crocodiles crawl into cities as heavy rains hit northern Mexico near Texas
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Mexico City CNN —Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, state and federal authorities said this week. So far, authorities say they have captured and relocated around 200 of the big reptiles since Alberto pelted the region with rain in June. Beryl brushed the same area before making landfall in south Texas earlier this week. Authorities said the heavy rains raised water levels in coastal lagoons, leading the animals to crawl into cities like Tampico and the nearby cities of Ciudad Madero and Altamira, where at least 165 crocodiles have been captured and relocated. Firefighters with captured crocodiles after the El Carpintero lagoon overflowed.

Persons: Hurricane Beryl, Alberto, Beryl, Karina Lizeth Saldívar, “ Organizations: Mexico City CNN, Authorities, Firefighters, Environmental Protection Locations: Mexico, Mexican, Tamaulipas, Texas, Tampico, Ciudad Madero, Altamira, El, Stringer

☆ State Farm again is seeking huge increases in home insurance rates in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —State Farm is seeking increases of as much as 52% for some of its residential insurance rates in California, which could ramp up the financial burden for many homeowners and renters in the state’s troubled insurance market. It’s the third major change for State Farm in California within the last year. “State Farm General’s latest rate filings raise serious questions about its financial condition,” California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement. A few months following State Farm’s decision to stop offering new home insurance, Farmers Insurance also started limiting new homeowners insurance policies in California, citing high costs and wildfire risks. Farmers is the second-largest provider of homeowners insurance in the state, after State Farm.

Persons: Ricardo Lara, ” Lara, “, Farmer’s, – CNN’s Cheri Mossburg Organizations: New, New York CNN, State Farm, Farm, California Department of Insurance, Farmers Insurance, Farmers Locations: New York, California, ”, Florida

☆ ‘We will not enlist:’ Ultra-Orthodox in Israel vow to defy orders to serve in the military
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Jo Shelley | Mike Schwartz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

An arrangement made during Israel’s founding exempted several hundred Haredi men from conscription. However, the community has since grown exponentially, allowing tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men to now avoid the draft. We will die rather than be enlisted.”Israeli security forces deploy in Jerusalem's Mea Sharim neighborhood on Saturday ahead of a protest by ultra-Orthodox men. Some lawmakers in Netanyahu’s own coalition have joined the opposition in pushing for the Haredi community to enlist. “So it could be that we see that sort of process for a large number of ultra-Orthodox men.

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☆ Drug store chains pushed out independent pharmacies. Here’s why they’re now closing too
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The latest closures are part of a larger downturn, not just for Walgreens, but for other drug store chains, too, after years of expansion. Shifting trendsDrug store chains are struggling because of falling reimbursement rates for prescription drugs, according to analysts who cover the industry. But their profits from that business have dropped in recent years because of lower reimbursement rates for prescription drugs and higher fees. Dollar General’s growth has also hurt drug store chains in rural areas. When pharmacies close, some patients have to travel farther to get the medications they need.

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