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CNN —An FBI special weapons and tactics team stormed a Southern California motel Friday morning, rescuing a kidnapped 17-year-old boy who was being held for ransom, a law enforcement source familiar with the operation told CNN. Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez and Ezequiel Felix López were arrested during the operation in Santa Maria and charged with kidnapping, according to a federal criminal complaint. Alleged abduction caught on cameraThe criminal complaint alleges that last Monday, someone in Highland, California, heard a loud bang outside their home and then reviewed their Ring camera footage. According to the criminal complaint, the FBI located the phone at a motel in Santa Maria and conducted surveillance from outside the room where the suspect’s device was located. All three defendants admitted to playing a role in abducting or confining the victim, according to the criminal complaint.

Persons: Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez, Ezequiel Felix López, ’ Jeep, “ Organizations: CNN, FBI, US, Office, Central, Central District of, Cherokee, Facebook, Angeles Field Office Locations: Southern California, Santa Maria, Central District, Central District of California, Highland , California, Nogales , Mexico, Yonkers , New York

☆ Budweiser says it has stopped chopping the tails of the iconic Clydesdale horses used in its commercials and promotions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Budweiser's famous horses will have longer tails now that the company has stopped clipping them. Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of the beer brand, said in a press release on Wednesday that it no longer clips its Clydesdales' tails, a procedure known as docking. Budweiser Clydesdales handler John Fink walks the horses prior to bathing them at Houston Polo Club. In its campaign, PETA noted that horses use their tails to communicate and swat away flies, which can carry diseases. The Clydesdale breed of horses originated in Scotland and are synonymous with the Budweiser brand .

Persons: John Fink, They've, Amy Trout Organizations: Anheuser, Busch, Budweiser, PETA, Service, Veterinary Medical Association, Houston Polo Club, Houston Chronicle, Hearst Newspapers, Getty, American, Clydesdale, Super, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Empire State Locations: Wall, Silicon, Scotland, Missouri, New England

When Mark Capps, 54, fell asleep several hours later, and Acuff and her mother Tara Capps, Mark Capps' wife, were able to leave the house and file a police report. Police later shot and killed Mark Capps when he pointed a gun at an officer after they tried to arrest him at his home. In a video call with Jeff Capps three weeks earlier, Mark Capps had put a gun to his own head. Meanwhile, Colleen Walters, who was a family friend, spoke with Mark Capps the day before his death. In the hours before Mark Capps began threatening his family, he had been drinking and taking pills, Tara Capps and Acuff told investigators.

Persons: Mark Capps, Zachery Silva, McKenzie Acuff, Silva, Acuff, Tara Capps, Jan, Jeff Capps, Juanita Copeland, Tracey West, Colleen Walters, Walters, Josh Swift, ” Swift, Swift, “, David Dyer, ‘, Dyer, Capps, Glenn Funk, Josh DeVine Organizations: Tennessee Bureau of, Police, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Associated Press, Partners, Mental Health Cooperative, Metro Nashville Police, Tennessee Bureau, Investigation, AP Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, Nashville

☆ Keys thrives on home support to reach US Open semis.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

She next faces second seed Aryna Sabalenka, who dispatched China's Zheng Qinwen 6-1 6-4 earlier on Wednesday to reach her fifth Grand Slam semi-final in a row. In front of a home crowd you can never feel like you can't get out of any situation," said Keys, who fended off all nine break points she faced during the match. Keys broke her opponent in the ninth game and let out a cheer as she forced Vondrousova into a backhand error on match point. Vondrousova, who served up five double faults in the match, made no excuses for her defeat and told reporters that Keys was simply too good. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Kim Coghill, Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Madison Keys, Marketa Vondrousova, Shannon Stapleton, Arthur Ashe, Marketa, Aryna Sabalenka, China's Zheng Qinwen, Keys, Vondrousova, Peyton Stearns, Sabalenka, Amy Tennery, Kim Coghill, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Tennis, Madison, Czech, Marketa Vondrousova REUTERS, Arthur, Wimbledon, U.S, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Flushing Meadows, Czech, New York

☆ Has New York City Reached Peak Lanternfly?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Claire Fahy | More About Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There are many ways to kill a spotted lanternfly. One is the classic stomp: raising a foot high before hammering it into the sidewalk and hopefully flattening one of the distinctive bugs. Another is the shoe-swinging method, in which New Yorkers sacrificially tread barefoot on city streets so as to use their footwear as killing instruments. hero.”People across all five boroughs have dutifully followed the city’s directive to kill the invasive insects on sight. So far this year, the bugs have been documented riding the subway, littering streets and even infiltrating apartments, evidence of a trend that experts anticipated: New York City’s lanternfly problem is getting worse.

Persons: Kieran Culkin, Roman Roy, ” Locations: “, Brooklyn, York

☆ Synagogues in 12 States Targeted in Hoax Calls to Police
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The hoax calls to police departments or suicide hotlines around the country say that a man is considering killing himself and others or that a bomb has been placed in a building. In some cases, the callers watch in real time as police interrupt frightened worshipers. The incidents are part of a string of 26 “swatting” calls aimed at synagogues in 12 states across the country that the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy organization, has tracked for the last month, including at least five in New York City and state. In New York, police officers have showed up at synagogues with bomb-sniffing dogs. In California, callers said there was a backpack bomb hidden under a bench.

Organizations: Defamation League, SWAT Locations: New York City, New York, North Carolina, California

CNN —FBI special agents shot and killed a Utah man Wednesday while attempting to arrest him for allegedly making threats against President Joe Biden ahead of the president’s trip to the state. The case comes amid heightened vitriol aimed at national and local leaders in the lead-up to the 2024 election and what FBI Director Christopher Wray has called an “unprecedented” level of threats against FBI agents. “The Secret Service is aware of the FBI investigation involving an individual in Utah who has exhibited threats to a Secret Service protectee,” a Secret Service spokesperson said. !”FBI agents approached Robertson at his house in March about a social media post, investigators wrote in an affidavit. Don’t return without a warrant.”After the interaction, Robertson allegedly repeatedly threatened FBI agents online.

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☆ Ukraine is 3D printing bombs to keep up with its battlefield demands, says report, with some costing as little as $3.85
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine is using 3D-printed "candy bombs" against Russian forces, The Economist reported. The Economist reported that Ukraine has turned to "candy bombs" amid weapons and ammunition shortages, with the publication speaking to several different amateur groups involved in the task. Bigger 3D-printed bombs are also reportedly in use in Ukraine. Ukraine has reported shortages of key ammunition as it pushes back against Russia's full-scale invasion, which started in February 2022. But Ukraine's stocks of raw explosives remain high, The Economist reported, allowing for battlefield innovation like the 3D-printed candy bombs.

Persons: Janis Ozols Organizations: Russian, Service, Economist, Washington Post, Russia's Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Kyiv, Latvia, Europe, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Ukrainian

☆ Ford's Kansas City plant evacuated after possible shooter situation, authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 18 (Reuters) - Ford's Kansas City assembly plant in Claycomo, Missouri was evacuated on Tuesday evening after a report of a possible active shooter in the premises, the county sheriff's office and the plant's union said. Ford has ceased all production, including for Tuesday's night shift, and has evacuated the plant, the sheriff added. The Kansas City assembly plant employs about 7,250 workers, according to Ford's website. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said it was closely monitoring the possible active shooter situation. "It's our understanding that one individual is heavily armed inside the assembly plant, but swift action by union and plant leadership cleared the building," the union said in its statement.

Persons: Ford, Jyoti Narayan, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Ford, United Auto Workers, UAW, Thomson Locations: Kansas City, Claycomo , Missouri, Clay County, Shubham, Bengaluru

CNN —House Republicans unloaded a barrage of criticism directed toward FBI Director Christopher Wray Wednesday, outlining a litany of complaints while Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Jim Jordan opened the hearing launching into a wide array of attacks on the FBI. “House Republicans will attack the FBI for having had the audacity to treat Donald Trump like any other citizen. FBI Director Christopher Wray is sworn in prior to testifying before a House Judiciary Committee hearing. “We did stand up a whole dedicated unit to focus on threats to FBI, individuals, FBI employees and FBI facilities because of the uptick that we saw over that time period,” Wray said.

Persons: Christopher Wray, Wray, Jim Jordan, Hunter Biden, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, “, ”, Matt Gaetz, ” Wray, ” Gaetz, Edgar Hoover, Gaetz, Jonathan Ernst, ’ Wray, Trump . Jordan, Jordan, Jerry Nadler, ” Nadler, Saul Loeb, –, John Durham, Biden, Hunter, ” that’s, ” Jordan, Thomas Massie, Massie, Nadler, Jack Smith’s, – Wray Organizations: CNN — House Republicans, FBI, Catholic Church, Florida Republican, Reuters, GOP, Foreign Intelligence, Republican, Trump ., Ohio Republican, Republicans, Trump, DOJ, FISA, “, White, ” New York Rep, ”, Committee, Getty, CNN, US State Department, Biden, White House, Democratic National Committee, Capitol, Trump’s Locations: Richmond, Florida, Washington , DC, Ohio, United States, Russia, Durham, Ukrainian, Louisiana, Kentucky, Lago, Mar

Their tormentors have also called in false bomb threats to venues using their names in three states. To combat the growing problem, the FBI has begun taking formal measures to get a comprehensive picture of the problem on a national level. Chief Scott Schubert with the bureau's Criminal Justice Information Services headquarters in Clarksburg, West Virginia, told NBC News that the agency formed a national online database in May to facilitate information sharing between hundreds of police departments and law enforcement agencies across the country pertaining to swatting incidents. No central agency has tracked swatting incidents or suspects in the U.S., so official statistics are not available. The couple was mostly recently swatted at their home on Tuesday, bringing the total of swatting incidents to 43.

Persons: Patrick Tomlinson, Niki Robinson, hasn't, Scott Schubert, Schubert, Lauren R, Shapiro, Mark Herring, Niki Robinson.NBC, —, Andrew Finch —, Finch, Swatting, he'd, Norm Macdonald, Tomlinson, It's, impersonators, Swatters, Patti Labelle, Robinson Organizations: Las Vegas, Tribune, Service, Getty, Clemson, Harvard, Cornell, Rutgers, Middlebury College, swatters, FBI, bureau's, Information Services, NBC News, NBC, Google, John Jay College of Criminal, Defamation League, Twitter, Daily, YouTube, Police, Irish, Milwaukee Brewers, Riverside Theater Locations: Milwaukee, U.S, Clemson , Florida, Boston, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, Clarksburg , West Virginia, Texas, China, Taiwan, Tennessee, Wichita, Wisconsin, Marquette

CNN —Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was convicted by a federal jury Friday on all 63 charges against him. Bowers was also convicted of 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death. The shooting unfolded on a day when the synagogue was hosting three congregations, Tree of Life, Dor Hadash and New Light, for weekly Shabbat services. In addition to the 11 killed, two worshippers and four responding police officers were wounded. Before the shooting, Bowers spent years posting about attacks on immigrants and Jewish people on Gab, a small social media platform used by far-right extremists.

Persons: Robert Bowers, Bowers, David Klug Diane Rosenthal, Cecil, David Rosenthal, ‘, ’, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, ” Myers, ” “, ”, Jonathan Greenblatt, that’s, ” Greenblatt, Dan Frankel, “, Frankel, ” Bowers, Robert Bowers David Klug, Robert Colville, Elisa Long, ” Long, Eric Olshan, ” Olshan, Dor Hadash, Andrea Wedner, Rose Mallinger, ’ ”, Mary Hahn, – Organizations: CNN, U.S, Attorney, Defamation League, Pennsylvania, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Police, Immigrant Aid Society Locations: Maryland, New York

☆ Without climate change, these extreme weather events would not have happened
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

People often want to know if an extreme weather event happened because of climate change, said Friederike Otto, climate scientist and co-lead of the World Weather Attribution initiative. And, more often than not, they are finding the clear fingerprints of climate change on extreme weather events. “We’re always going to have extreme weather, but if we keep driving in this direction, we’re gonna have a lot of extreme weather,” said Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty ImagesSiberian heat wave, 2020In 2020, a prolonged, unprecedented heat wave seared one of the coldest places on Earth, triggering widespread wildfires. A study from the journal Nature Climate Change found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest the West has ever been in 1,200 years, noting human-caused climate change made the megadrought 72% worse.

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☆ One of the most dangerous hours in America is now 11 o’clock on Sunday morning
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

It would also foreshadow a disturbing trend that has only worsened in subsequent years: 11 o’clock on Sunday morning is now one of the most dangerous hours of the week in America, pastors and church security officials say. Brady Boyd, senior pastor of New Life Church, the same church where Assam confronted a gunman 16 years ago. And in 2018, a gunman killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. But his church security does not have a monopoly on Sunday morning firepower. Consider this sobering Sunday morning scenario:A spiritual seeker visits a church and finds it filled with metal detectors and armed security guards carrying walkie-talkies.

Persons: Jeanne Assam, He’s, Beretta, Jake Stephens, Brian Snyder, ”, Brady Boyd, Boyd, “ That’s, Scott Olson, Rabbi Hillel Norry, Beth David, Norry, “, Kwon, Jeff Swensen, ” Norry, that’s, Shaukat Warraich, Dwayne Harris, Harris, Hope, ” Harris, Darren Hauck, Tim Russell, ‘ I’m, David Swanson, Pastors, Jesus ’, ” Boyd, Jesus, Tommy Mason, Mason, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Saint Joseph, Beau Biden, Brendan Smialowski, Jerilee Bennett, George W . Bush, “ You’re Organizations: CNN, New, Church, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Reuters Churches, New Life, White, Texas Church of Christ, Baptist, Security, Police, House Church, Geneva Presbyterian, Colorado Springs, Marion County Baptist Association, Service, Brandywine Catholic, “ Police, AP, Minneapolis Police Department Locations: Colorado, Assam, Colorado Springs, America, Charleston , South Carolina, Sutherland Springs , Texas, Texas, Orange County , California, Oak Creek , Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Georgia, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, That’s, New Zealand, Missouri, ”, Geneva, Laguna Woods , California, Marion, Alabama, Saint, Brandywine, Brandywine Catholic Church, Wilmington , Delaware, AFP, AP Assam

☆ The Maestro’s Latest Opus: A Video Game to Save Classical Music
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Simi Horwitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Asked which of his many roles most defines him, Mr. Dubal responded with some drama: “I never want to define myself.” His eyes grew wide. Nietzsche said that.” Like a judge pounding a gavel, he slapped his palm onto his coffee table. Every day.”Mr. Dubal was born around 1944 (he would prefer not to say exactly) and was raised in Cleveland. One day, while sitting in the dentist’s chair, he learned about an opening for the job of music director at WNCN, a classical music station. Despite his dire cultural predictions, Mr. Dubal expresses a quirky optimism and a healthy dose of irony.

☆ Opinion | Was CNN Right to Air the Trump Town Hall?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:In the past week several journalists have weighed in defending CNN’s decision to hold a town hall with Donald Trump. These include Maureen Dowd’s May 14 column (“No Playing Ostrich With Trump”), Anderson Cooper’s commentary on CNN and Bill Sammon, a former managing editor at Fox News, in an Opinion guest essay (“We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About the Trump Town Hall,” nytimes.com, May 13). They all make the point that the media has an obligation to cover Mr. Trump given his political prominence. But there is a difference between covering Mr. Trump and giving him his own TV special, which is exactly what it was. It’s been Trump, Trump, Trump for eight years now.

☆ Steve Bannon 'swatted' again. The right-wing commentator was live-broadcasting his 'War Room' podcast when the police raided his home.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Steve Bannon's podcast studio in Washington, DC, was raided live on air by police. Bannon said that this is not the first time he has been raided as a result of a "swatting" call. Listeners of Bannon's "War Room" podcast on Thursday heard a scuffle in the background before the host switched to an ad break. Speaking on his podcast, Bannon said that this is not the first time he has been raided due to a false call. A major study, in February, by the Brookings Institute reviewing the top US political podcasts found that conservative-leaning shows are vastly more likely to include misinformation — with Steve Bannon's "War Room" coming way ahead.

☆ I left Miami for a remote village in Pakistan. I have no running hot water and limited electricity — but my quality of life here is infinitely better.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Samantha Shea | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

She moved to Hunza Valley in Northern Pakistan in 2021, where she's lived ever since. I live in Hunza Valley, 8,500 feet above sea level on the border with Western China, where I work as a digital nomad. A drone shot of Hunza Valley in early May. A Hunza Valley local drying apricots. Though my solo journey to Pakistan started as a trip, Hunza Valley is now my home.

☆ Two Creative Directors on Sports, Hip-Hop and Faith
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Justin Baek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Everybody has a story, and you can tell it through A.I., pictures, music, all the creative elements. It came, and though it’s not gone, the whole time, I was like, I’m still going to go with touchable, feel-able art. A lot of things are happening through technology, and a lot of things are going to happen, but I don’t know anything that is bigger than the Mona Lisa. No matter what happens in technology, the root of creativity will always be around. It’s the reason we still hear Fleetwood Mac and Marvin Gaye songs in the same rotation that you hear Drake.

☆ Shooting at Atlanta medical building leaves at least one dead, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ATLANTA, May 3 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed in a lunchtime shooting at a medical building in a busy commercial area of Atlanta, and the suspected gunman was still at large, police said on Wednesday. ET in the Midtown section of the city, the Atlanta Police Department said in a tweet. Authorities identified the suspected shooter as 24-year-old Deion Patterson and said he was armed and dangerous. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens advised people in the area to shelter in place, and police cordoned off some streets in Midtown. Atlanta Public Schools said several schools in the area would operate on external lockdown for the rest of the day as a precaution.

☆ Meet Citadel X: The team of engineers at Ken Griffin's $57 billion hedge fund giving it a competitive edge by streamlining and designing its tools
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Citadel X is a team of about 20 engineers that leads user-interface design on the fund's tech tools. Citadel X leader Kristofer Baxter walked Insider through the future of UI at Citadel. Citadel X works with various engineering and investment teams across the company with a goal of making sure the hedge fund's high-powered tools are easy to use. Some Citadel X engineers are now embedded onto desk teams to learn the ins and outs of the business and build new tech for them. Ross McKay, a front-end software developer within Citadel's equities business, put his team's 30 applications into the Citadel X platform.

☆ Cleveland, Texas, shooting: Search continues for man suspected of killing his neighbors after being asked to stop firing his rifle outdoors
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The FBI is helping in the manhunt for a gunman accused of shooting and killing five people – including a child – at a Cleveland, Texas, home after neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle outdoors, officials said. After declining their request, the suspect at some point was seen in footage from a doorbell camera approaching the neighbors’ front door with a rifle, according to Capers. Exterior of a crime scene where five people, including an 8-year-old child, were killed after a shooting inside a home on Friday in Cleveland, Texas. The suspect was known to shoot a .223 rifle, according to Capers. “The tracking dogs from Texas Department of Corrections picked up the scent, and then they lost that scent,” the sheriff said.

☆ Ashley Judd marks first birthday since death of mom Naomi Judd
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ashley Judd has marked her 55th birthday, the first without her late mother Naomi Judd, with a reflective Instagram post. “My birthday. Everyone who loves me is making it as soft (cake in bed) and precious as they can, as my mind can’t help but calculate that on my last birthday, Mom was a scant 11 days from her death by crushing suicide,” she wrote. And this is how she saw and loved me, first awake, hair never brushed, ready to share our dreams,” she concluded. “For you, Mom.

☆ Analysis: 21-year-old's arrest exposes larger classified documents problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

If the many earlier and ongoing scandals regarding classified information aren’t a wakeup call that the US government has a problem, maybe the arrest of Jack Teixeira will do the trick. Classified material scandals aplentyOne thing that should be abundantly clear from the string of leaks and improperly handled pieces of classified information beyond this story is that the system has problems. The New York Times reported Wednesday that witnesses questioned as part of the Trump investigation have been asked if he was showing off a map with sensitive intelligence information. There are additional people who have security clearance but don’t currently have access to information. Gen. Pat Ryder, compared the method by which classified information is stored to a locked house where people with clearance can get a key.

☆ Meet Blake Resnick, a 23-year-old college dropout who went on to win a Peter Thiel-backed fellowship, supplies drones to Ukraine, and is now worth over $100 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Blake Resnick, the founder and CEO of Brinc Drones, is now worth $100 million, per Bloomberg. After the shooting, he cold-called the lieutenant in charge of the Las Vegas SWAT team to ask about technology that could've helped the police identify and stop an active shooter. Born in Las Vegas to a doctor and a special education teacher, Resnick's adventures with science began early on in his childhood. At 14, he built a nuclear fusion reaction in his parent's garage in Las Vegas, according to a bio on his website. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Resnick features among the Forbes 30 under 30 list of achievers in the age group in 2021 and 2022.

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