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☆ Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox News hosts lied about the 2020 election. Here's why it wasn't a misstep.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Rupert Murdoch admitted Fox News hosts endorsed falsehoods about the 2020 election. Murdoch chairs Fox Corporation, which argues it isn't responsible for claims made on subsidiary Fox News. Here was the chair of Fox Corporation, a 91-year-old mogul atop a conservative media empire, admitting to lies that damaged democracy. When asked by Dominion's lawyers in a January deposition whether he thought Fox hosts were truthful about the election, Murdoch was candid. Fox Corporation also manages subsidiaries like Fox Sports, a large number of local TV stations, TMZ, Tubi, and a blockchain company.

☆ Amazon HQ2 Delay Isn’t a Concern, Northern Virginia Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The site of Amazon’s project in Arlington, Va., on Friday. Officials in Northern Virginia largely played down Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to pause plans for a second phase of its corporate campus in Arlington, Va., describing it as an understandable speed bump on a project already benefiting the local economy. “It really doesn’t concern me. In fact, I’m quite understanding,” said Christian Dorsey , chair of the Arlington County Board, in a call with reporters. “I think that we are still going to see all of the benefits that we envisioned…It’s just going to take a little longer to realize.”

☆ Get income and feel good about it: ESG-focused bond funds saw greater inflows than stock funds last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Socially conscious investors favored bond funds more than stocks for the first time, new Morningstar data shows. Sustainable bond funds amounted to three-fourths of overall net flows within sustainable funds, up from 16% in 2021. That jump helped fixed income funds overtake equity-focused peers in holding the lion's share of net inflows last year. Sustainable bond funds posted a $2.4 billion net annual inflow, compared with a loss of $335 billion seen among non-sustainable taxable- and municipal-bond funds. Still, the top fixed sustainable income funds held up better than the broader stock market last year.

Cassie Gibson was teaching a unit on slavery last spring to her sixth-grade U.S. history class in Polk County, Fla., when she noticed a paragraph in a textbook that gave her pause. The passage struck her as potentially violating a 2022 law signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis —which he dubbed “Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act”—that prohibits, among other things, teaching that people should feel guilt over past actions by members of their racial group. She said she worried what her students might say about the passage at home and how their parents might react.

☆ North Carolina Town Spends Nearly a Decade Fighting Over a Traffic Circle
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PINEHURST, N. C.—Local road projects are often contentious affairs that drag on. But perhaps no town has gone round and round—and round and round—with as much verve as this community has over a traffic circle. Some 50,000 cars a day motor around the big roundabout on the edge of Pinehurst, a pleasant village shaded by tall pines and best known for hosting the U.S. Open golf championship.

☆ Morgan Stanley's first ETFs come with an ESG focus despite political pushback
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The six new offerings of U.S. and international stock funds and a short-term bond fund from Calvert, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), is built with ESG considerations in mind. The last three quarters of 2022 were very difficult," said Anthony Rochte, global head of ETFs at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. While the number of ESG funds is growing rapidly, Calvert distinguishes itself by conducting its own ESG scoring rather than relying on an index provider's system, Rochte said. And it goes back to the differentiation and the active process they employ in designing the Calvert principles," Rochte said. Over time, Morgan Stanley will look at launching ETFs beyond the Calvert brand, Rochte said.

☆ D.C. Pushes Housing Makeover of Its Office-Heavy Downtown
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Scott Calvert | Photographs Michael A. Mccoy For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—District of Columbia officials want to give their downtown a makeover by converting many of its stodgy low-rise office buildings into residential space, though the effort might be complicated by uncertainty around the federal government’s plans for its workers. Cities across the U.S. have struggled to rebound from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, when a shift to working from home hollowed out many downtown cores.

Police in California are searching for a motive after a man killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in a mass shooting east of Los Angeles late Saturday. The incident sparked an hourslong manhunt that ended with the suspect taking his own life. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the man as Huu Can Tran, 72 years old. Tran took his own life early Sunday morning after law-enforcement surrounded his vehicle in a shopping-plaza parking lot about 30 miles from where the shooting took place in Monterey Park, Calif.

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.—The man police said killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in a mass shooting east of Los Angeles late Saturday fatally shot himself Sunday following an hourslong manhunt, according to the Los Angeles County sheriff. Sheriff Robert Luna identified the man as Huu Can Tran, 72 years old. Tran took his own life in a van in Torrance, Calif., about 30 miles from Monterey Park on Sunday morning after law-enforcement vehicles surrounded the van within a shopping-plaza parking lot.

☆ Police Hunt for Monterey Park, California, Dance-Club Shooter
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Scott Calvert | Alicia A. Caldwell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

MONTEREY PARK, CALIF.—Police on Sunday were searching for a gunman after at least 10 people were killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., east of Los Angeles, late Saturday. At least 10 others were taken to hospitals with injuries, some in critical condition, Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau said at a news briefing on Sunday morning.

☆ Police Hunt Gunman After 10 Killed in Shooting in Monterey Park
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Scott Calvert | Michael Wright | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Police were searching for a gunman after at least 10 people were killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., east of Los Angeles, late Saturday. At least 10 others were taken to hospitals with injuries, some in critical condition, Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau said at a news briefing.

☆ Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Gives Democrats Full Control Over State’s Government
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will preside over a new Democratic trifecta—control of the state’s House of Delegates, Senate and governor’s office. BALTIMORE— Wes Moore , the new governor of Maryland, said he wants to fast-track a minimum-wage increase, replenish the ranks of short-handed state agencies and boost education funding in the heavily Democratic state, which for the past eight years was led by a highly popular Republican. Mr. Moore, a 44-year-old Democrat, has been a Rhodes scholar, an Army officer deployed to Afghanistan, a Wall Street banker, a bestselling author and the chief executive of an antipoverty foundation. Mr. Hogan left office with a 77% approval rating and the backing of 81% of Democratic voters, which Maryland pollster Patrick Gonzales, a Democrat, attributed at least in part to Mr. Hogan’s relatively moderate political profile and personal connection with voters.

Biden repeatedly tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) last year to manage rising gasoline prices and disruptions to supply caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. McMorris Rodgers now chairs the House Energy & Commerce Committee, after Republicans took over the chamber this month from Democrats. "This bill would significantly weaken this critical energy security tool, resulting in more oil supply shortages in times of crisis and higher gasoline prices for Americans," Granholm said in the letter to the House energy panel, first seen by Reuters. Rodgers said in an email the committee was still reviewing the letter, but that the bill would have "absolutely no effect" on the department's emergency authorities regarding the oil reserve. The White House has criticized the legislation, calling it "backwards" and an attempt by House Republicans to help oil companies make more profits.

☆ Burger King franchise owner ordered to pay $2.2 million to 230 workers for unpaid overtime, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Burger King franchise owner was ordered to $2.2 million to workers, per the San Francisco Chronicle. Workers from six Burger King stores say they worked overtime without pay and were denied breaks. An investigation was opened into Golden Gate's Burger King franchises in 2019 and a decision reached the following year that was appealed. A group of workers at a Burger King restaurant in Nebraska resigned in July 2021 over working conditions. Calvert and Burger King did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

☆ Impeachment Trial of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Is Delayed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has framed the impeachment move as an effort to nullify the will of voters. The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday indefinitely postponed the impeachment trial of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner , adding new uncertainty to an effort by Republicans in the state legislature to remove the city prosecutor. The House in November voted 107-85 to impeach Mr. Krasner, a twice-elected Democrat whose liberal policies Republicans blame for fueling record levels of violent crime in Philadelphia since the start of the pandemic. The Senate trial had been set to start Jan. 18.

☆ Washington, D.C. to Overhaul Criminal Code Despite Mayor’s Objections, Council Member Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser objects to a proposed overhaul of the city’s criminal code, saying it wouldn’t make the city safer. A Washington, D.C. council member says officials plan to push through an overhaul of the district’s criminal code despite a veto issued Wednesday by Mayor Muriel Bowser, who said the proposed changes would weaken public safety at a time of heightened concern about crime. Council member Charles Allen, who led the public-safety committee when the district council passed the overhaul bill in November, indicated that the council would vote to override the veto. The body’s next legislative meeting is scheduled for Feb. 7, but a representative for Mr. Allen said it is possible a meeting could happen sooner.

☆ High Rates of Chronic Absenteeism Persist at U.S. Schools
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A problem with chronic absenteeism comes as schools see sharp declines in math and reading scores. Schools nationwide continue to grapple with a soaring number of students who are chronically absent, state and national data show, prompting efforts to lure kids back to help reverse plummeting test scores. The problem, which came to light earlier in the pandemic, is hitting districts regardless of size and income levels more than a year after the full return to in-person learning. In many poorer communities that for years have fought high absenteeism often related to poverty, rates rose even higher during the pandemic.

☆ Glenn Youngkin, Floated as Potential 2024 Contender, First Faces Tests in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Baltimore Wants to Ban the Solicitors Who Offer to Squeegee Windshields
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The city will prohibit squeegee work in six zones beginning Jan. 10 and push incentives such as job training. BALTIMORE—Ty Walker strode up to a Toyota 4Runner idling at a red light on a busy downtown street. Within seconds, he spritzed some window cleaner on the windshield, glided a squeegee tool over the glass and pocketed a $5 tip from the driver. The 23-year-old high school dropout, wearing a hoodie and a puffy coat in the December cold, said he had amassed about $60 in two hours on a recent day. That is fairly typical for a gig he said can yield $400 on good days—and far more than the $13.50 an hour he earns as a cashier at a carryout restaurant.

☆ Morocco’s historic World Cup achievement hailed worldwide
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Moroccan flag was displayed in cities all around the world on Saturday, as fans celebrated the Atlas Lions’ historic 1-0 victory over Portugal. The qualification of the Atlas Lions for the semi-final of the 2022 world is that of all Africa. Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah tweeted: “Congratulations to the Moroccan national team for their historic qualification to the World Cup semi-finals,” alongside an emoji of the Moroccan flag. “CONTINENTAL HISTORY!… What an achievement by the Atlas Lions,” the Confederation of African Football tweeted. !” in reference to her song used as during the 2010 World Cup, with a clapping emoji and a Moroccan flag.

☆ Philadelphia’s ‘Boy in the Box’ Has a Name 65 Years After His Death
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The identity of a boy found dead in a cardboard box in Philadelphia has gone undetermined since his body was found in the winter of 1957. For the past 65 years, he was known variously as “the Boy in the Box” and “America’s Unknown Child,” a homicide victim whose identity remained a mystery despite the efforts of investigators over the decades to figure out who he was. On Thursday, police in Philadelphia revealed his name, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, and said he was 4 years old.

☆ Philadelphia’s Center City Sees Resurgence in Housing, Economic Activity
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PHILADELPHIA—This city’s downtown is showing fresh signs of renewed economic vitality, buoyed by strong housing demand, hospitality-sector growth and a return-to-work push led by employers such as Comcast Corp., despite ongoing concerns about crime. Cities across the country have struggled to rebound from the affects of the Covid-19 pandemic, when a shift to working from home hollowed out many downtown cores. Residents, business owners, workers and local commerce officials say they see clear improvement in Philadelphia’s Center City as the pandemic begins to turn a corner into its fourth year.

☆ McCarthy's struggle to lock down House Speaker roils GOP caucus, delays key committee assignments
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

A spokesman for McCarthy did not respond to questions from CNBC about the committee vote schedule. Instead, both sides have dug in over the past week, telling reporters they're ready to take the fight all the way to the House floor on Jan. 3. "Oh yeah, I'll take the speaker's fight to the floor," McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol recently. "The goal was never to embarrass Kevin McCarthy on the [House] floor, no one wants that," she said. It also prompted McCarthy to issue a long statement condemning her prior remarks, which he said "do not represent the values or beliefs of House Republicans."

☆ Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Asks Court to Halt Impeachment
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, re-elected last year to a second four-year term, is one of several liberal prosecutors who have taken office around the U.S. in recent years. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner asked a state court to halt the impeachment proceedings that could result in his removal from office, as the Republican-led Pennsylvania Senate prepares to put the twice-elected prosecutor on trial next month. Mr. Krasner, a Democrat, claimed in a lawsuit filed Friday that none of the seven impeachment articles approved by the House last month allege “misbehavior in office” within the meaning of the state Constitution, and that the legislature lacks authority to impeach him. The suit also said the Nov. 16 House vote is void because it came during a two-year session that ended Nov. 30.

In video broadcast of the event, at least two police officials could be seen similarly spurning McConnell and McCarthy. The decision by multiple attendees to spurn Republican leaders illustrates how emotions are still running high over the 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, who initially declined to call off the rioters. "They're just two-faced," Gladys Sicknick told CNN. Washington's chief medical examiner ruled that Sicknick died of natural causes following multiple strokes after the attack on the Capitol. Asked about the incident on Tuesday, McConnell did not address the ceremony directly.

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