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American basketball player Brittney Griner, jailed in Russia in what the United States calls a wrongful detention, is being moved to a penal colony, her attorneys said Wednesday. “Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long,” Jean-Pierre said in a statement Wednesday. Griner pleaded guilty in July, but said that she'd packed hurriedly for a flight and brought the canisters to Russia unintentionally. Griner treated injuries with medical cannabis, her attorneys argued at the trial. She had been in Russia to play with a Russian Premier League women’s team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, which she has done since 2014.

A Washington state man who called Buffalo, New York, grocery stores threatening to shoot Black people a month after a racist mass shooting pleaded guilty to a hate crime Monday, prosecutors said. George called multiple grocery stores on June 19, June 20 and June 21 and threatened to shoot Black customers, the U.S. attorney’s office for Western Washington said in a statement. George pleaded guilty Monday to a count of interstate threats and a count of interference with a federally protected activity, which is a hate crime, prosecutors said. In the calls to the Buffalo stores, George said he was nearby and had assault rifles, and he threatened to shoot Black people, according to a plea agreement. In one of the calls, George said he could "pick people off" from a parking lot.

☆ Nike cancels Kyrie Irving shoe release, suspends relationship with Nets star in antisemitism fallout
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Nike said Friday it was suspending its relationship with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving and will not release a new shoe named after him following controversy over a post linking to an antisemitic movie. Nike said the suspension is effectively immediately and the company will no longer launch the Kyrie 8 shoe. “At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism,” Nike said in a statement. Irving, 30, has had several Nike shoes that bear his name, including the Kyrie 7, which launched in 2020. “Accordingly, we are of the view that he is currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.”

A lawsuit was filed against Twitter on Thursday alleging the social media company now headed by Elon Musk violated federal and state law that requires 60 days' notice of mass layoffs, according to a court document. But Twitter told employees it will continue to provide pay and benefits, even though they are no longer working. The suit seeks a court to declare that Twitter is violating the WARN Act and to prevent it from doing so. It also seeks to prevent Twitter from trying to obtain releases from workers without informing them of their rights and the lawsuit, according to the document. A Twitter employee told NBC News that Thursday’s email was the first communication staff members had received from the company since the acquisition Oct. 27.

☆ Massachusetts man accused of killing woman dies after ingesting battery acid, DA says
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A Massachusetts man who was suspected of fatally stabbing a woman has died after telling authorities he ingested battery acid, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Joao Correia, 56, was taken into custody Wednesday after the woman was found stabbed to death in her driveway in Brockton around 1 p.m., the district attorney’s office said. When police found Correia in an apartment, he “told investigators that he had ingested battery acid and suffered a medical episode,” the office said in a statement. Her nephew said Goncalves was a mother of two and grandmother of a 2-year-old child, NBC Boston reported. Brockton is a city of around 105,000 residents around 20 miles south of downtown Boston.

☆ Nets suspend Kyrie Irving after he failed to say he has no antisemitic beliefs
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The Brooklyn Nets on Thursday suspended star player Kyrie Irving as the controversy grows over his tweet with a link to an antisemitic movie. The Nets said that during a media appearance earlier in the day, Irving failed to declare that he has no antisemitic beliefs or acknowledge the content of the film. "We were dismayed today, when given an opportunity in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film," the Nets said in a statement. Some points made in there that were unfortunate.”When he was asked if he had antisemitic beliefs he said: "I respect all walks of life and embrace all walks of life. Pressed for a yes or no, Irving responded: "I cannot be antisemitic if I know where I come from."

☆ Car buried in Silicon Valley in the '90s may have been put there for insurance fraud, police say
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A Mercedes-Benz found buried in the backyard of a home in an affluent San Francisco-area community may have been put there for insurance fraud, Atherton police said Thursday. The 1991 500 SL car was found buried beneath 4 to 5 feet of earth as landscapers were doing a project at the home on Oct. 20. Law enforcement personnel investigate a car found buried in a San Francisco area backyard, on Oct. 21, 2022. “Detectives are still investigating this incident and it is believed the vehicle was possibly buried for insurance fraud purposes,” Atherton Police Chief Steven D. McCulley said in Thursday’s statement. Lew was convicted in 2000 of insurance fraud after he paid undercover agents $50,000 in cash and jewelry to sink his 56-foot yacht — worth $1.2 million, NBC Bay Area has reported.

☆ With no Powerball winner, jackpot grows to $1.5 billion and closes in on record
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Once again, there was no Powerball jackpot winner, and Wednesday’s $1.2 billion prize grew to an estimated $1.5 billion for the next drawing. That closes in on the biggest prize ever won in the 30-year history of the game, which was the $1.586 billion jackpot won by people in three states in 2016. No one on Wednesday matched all five numbers — 02-11-22-35-60 with the Powerball of 23 — game officials announced. The prize has grown so large because the last time someone won the jackpot was Aug. 3, three months ago. The game crossed the $1 billion mark over the weekend, which was the second time it has ever done so.

☆ Kyrie Irving: 'I oppose all forms of hatred' and take responsibility for post about antisemitic film
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Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving and his team will each donate $500,000 to fight hate in the wake of backlash from Irving’s tweet about a movie that has been described as antisemitic, they said in a statement Wednesday. “I oppose all forms of hatred and oppression and stand strong with communities that are marginalized and impacted every day,” Irving said. “I am aware of the negative impact of my post towards the Jewish community and I take responsibility. The NBA on Friday and the National Basketball Players Association on Tuesday issued statements condemning antisemitism and other hate speech. Irving has denied he is antisemitic, and on Saturday, he described himself as an “OMNIST,” a person who believes in all religions.

New Twitter leader Elon Musk suggested that people “de-platformed” will not be allowed back for at least weeks, appearing to rule out the return of figures like former President Donald Trump before the midterm elections. Musk tweeted about the process in response to a post from Twitter's head of safety and integrity, regarding attempts to manipulate conversations about the 2022 midterms, which will be held next week. “Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks,” Musk tweeted early Wednesday. Musk said in May that he would allow Trump back on Twitter if he completed his plan to buy the company. “If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, Twitter would be minting money!” he wrote.

☆ Calls from Uvalde show pleas for help from inside school long before police confronted shooter
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The disturbing audio released by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica include 911 calls from a hiding teacher and a child who was trapped, calling with muffled voices. At 11:33 a.m., a man called 911 and yelled, “He’s inside the school shooting at the kids!” according to the audio released by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica. More coverage of the Uvalde school massacre Newly released Uvalde video shows officers discussing need to confront gunman, concerns about being shotBlistering report finds 'systemic failures' by authorities in the wake of Uvalde school shootingThe officer husband of slain Uvalde teacher tried to save her. Uvalde school district superintendent will resign after outrage over response to school massacreArredondo has testified that he thought of the situation as a “barricaded subject,” state legislators said in their report released in June. Last month, the school board approved the terms of district superintendent's retirement, the Texas Tribune reported.

☆ Former Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid sentenced to 3 years in DWI crash that injured girl
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Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a young girl. Reid, 37, who is the son of head coach Andy Reid, crashed his truck into two stopped vehicles near Arrowhead Stadium on Feb. 4, 2021, according to police. The crash left Ariel Young, who was 5 at the time, with a traumatic brain injury. Britt Reid on the sideline before a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Dec. 21, 2014. Reid, who was the outside linebackers coach, was placed on leave after the crash, and then his contract expired.

DNA from under the fingernails of a Las Vegas woman killed in 1980 has led to the arrest of a suspect in the long-cold murder case, police said Monday. Sandra DiFelice, 25, was “brutally raped and murdered” in a home she shared with a roommate on Dec. 26, 1980, Las Vegas Police Lt. Jason Johansson said. DNA collected from under her fingernails was tested using new technology after detectives took another look at her case, and the suspect, Paul Nuttall, was arrested Thursday, police said. After police and the DNA lab looked at the case again, “they were able to determine that there was additional evidence that could be submitted for processing using new DNA technology,” Johansson said. He was arrested on charges of murder, sexual assault and burglary, police said, and was still living in Las Vegas.

Someone could get a Halloween treat of a lifetime Monday when Powerball draws for a jackpot worth $1 billion. The jackpot broke $1 billion after no one won Saturday, game officials said. It’s the second time that a jackpot has passed the $1 billion mark. Winners in California, Florida and Tennessee won the other one — a $1.5 billion jackpot — in 2016. The odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 292.2 million.

☆ 84 migrants found in dump truck in Texas human smuggling attempt, officials say
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Texas state police say 84 migrants were found in a dump truck Tuesday in what authorities are calling a human smuggling attempt. The driver, of Poteet, south of San Antonio, faces 84 counts of human smuggling, according to the DPS. The truck was stopped for an inspection around 8 a.m. During the stop people got out of the dump truck and ran into the brush, the DPS said. It was not clear whether the alleged driver has been formally charged. The truck appeared to be open at the top, allowing for airflow, but some other human smuggling attempts have been deadly.

☆ Several hurt after train derails at Missouri’s Silver Dollar City amusement park
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Seven people were hospitalized after a popular steam-powered train derailed at Missouri’s Silver Dollar City amusement park Wednesday, officials said. Six park-goers and an employee were taken to hospitals after the Frisco Silver Dollar Line Stream Train derailed, the park said in a statement. People walk near a derailed train at Missouri’s Silver Dollar City amusement park Wednesday. “Fortunately, it wasn’t.”The steam-powered train runs within Silver Dollar City, which is an 1880s-themed amusement park west of Branson. The train that derailed runs a 30-minute course and features an old-fashioned stickup attempt, according to its website.

☆ Los Angeles police investigating whether council members were recorded illegally
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are investigating whether audio of members of the City Council making racist comments was recorded illegally, the police chief said Tuesday. The recording from 2021 was leaked online and published by the Los Angeles Times this month. The 2021 meeting was attended by Martinez, council members Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, and Ron Herrera, the president of the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Protesters shouted over council members at their meeting Tuesday, demanding that de León and Cedillo resign, NBC Los Angeles reported. Martinez resigned as a City Council member Oct. 12, two days after she stepped down as council president.

A Russian appeals court is due on Tuesday to hear the case of WNBA star Brittney Griner, sentenced to nine years in prison in what the United States has called a wrongful detention. Griner, 32, “is quite pessimistic about the outcome” of the appeal, one of her attorneys, Maria Blagovolina, said Monday on MSNBC. Medical cannabis is illegal in Russia, but it is legal in most of the U.S.United States officials say Griner is being wrongfully detained. “It is our goal to see them home as soon as we can.”Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, has said that Brittney Griner is being held hostage. When she was detained, Griner had been in Russia to play for a Russian Premier League women’s team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, which she had since 2014.

A Michigan family of four who were reported missing after the father displayed what officials called paranoid behavior were spotted this week at a gas station, police said Friday. Family members last had contact with the Ciriglianos on Sunday, officials said. Missing Cirigliano family members, from top left, Suzette, Anthony, bottom left, Noah and Brandon. Earlier Sunday, Anthony Cirigliano called 911 and reported he had information about Sept. 11. Gulliver, where the family stopped at a gas station, is around 170 miles north of Fremont, which is a city of around 4,100 north of Grand Rapids.

A federal appeals court on Friday halted implementation of President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program, dealing a blow to the administration just days after it began accepting applications from borrowers to have as much as $20,000 in loans canceled. In its one-page ruling, the court prohibited any student loan debt to be discharged under the program until the court rules on the appeal. The court said that the Biden administration had until Monday to respond. In announcing the program, Biden said the cost of education has increased and that “an entire generation is now saddled with unsustainable debt.”The program began officially accepting applications this week. As of the end of June, 43 million borrowers held $1.6 trillion in federal student loans, it said.

☆ Landscapers find car buried decades ago in the yard of San Francisco Bay Area home
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A car was found buried Thursday in the yard of a home in the affluent town of Atherton in the San Francisco Bay Area, police said. Landscapers working in the yard discovered the car around 8:50 a.m. Cadaver dogs were brought in and “made a slight notification of possible human remains,” police said in a statement. No human remains have been found, Atherton police Commander Dan Larsen said late Thursday. Teams are working to excavate a vehicle that was found buried Thursday in the yard of a home in Atherton, California.

☆ A Michigan family of 4 has been missing for 4 days in ‘abnormal’ disappearance, police say
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A Michigan family of four hasn’t been seen or heard from for days after the father called 911 and exhibited paranoid behavior, police said. But he told NBC affiliate WOOD of Grand Rapids that everyone who knows the family is shocked by the disappearance. Missing Cirigliano family members, from top left, Suzette, Anthony, bottom left, Noah and Brandon. The officers made sure everyone was safe and OK, spending about an hour with Anthony Cirigliano, and also talked to Suzette, Rodwell told WOOD. The family has lived there for four years, Rodwell told the station.

A former Denver Lyft driver has been charged with sexually assaulting multiple women over the course of almost four years, the district attorney said Wednesday. John Pastor-Mendoza, 41, of Denver, allegedly assaulted or attempted to assault 10 women who had requested rides, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann said in a statement. “The behavior described is absolutely appalling, and the driver has been permanently removed from the Lyft community,” a Lyft spokesperson said Wednesday. In one case, a woman from Boulder requested a ride and the app showed a woman driver would be arriving. People there recognized the description as a regular patron who was a Lyft driver and said they would report sightings to police, the affidavit says.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection firearms instructor was fatally shot at a Miami area gun range Wednesday, officials said. Police were called to the gun range west of Miami shortly before 10:30 a.m. and found an officer shot. Details about how the shooting occurred were not released at an afternoon news conference, and the officer was not immediately identified. Law enforcement officers investigate the death of a Customs and Border Protection officer who was shot Wednesday at a gun range in Miami-Dade County. The officer was on duty at the weapons range when the shooting occurred, the agency said in a statement.

☆ Captain indicted on new charge in boat fire that killed 34 off Southern California
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The captain of a California dive boat that caught fire in 2019, killing 34 people on board, was indicted Tuesday on a new count of negligence in the disaster. Jerry Nehl Boylan, 68, was indicted by a grand jury on one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles said. The NTSB also faulted the Coast Guard for not enforcing roving patrols and said the Coast Guard needs to verify that boat operators are conducting patrols as required. After the fire, Congress in 2020 required that the Coast Guard adopt NTSB regulations as part of a federal law that dealt in part with authorization of funding, according to the transportation agency. The Coast Guard announced new safety rules in January, The Associated Press reported at the time.

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