U.S.Washington ExaminerNYPD hunting for man involved in apparent broad daylight sexual assault of woman: Video
The New York City Police Department is hunting for a suspect captured on video groping a woman in broad daylight on a borough sidewalk, authorities said. An unidentified man was captured on surveillance footage running up to a 35-year-old female and tackling her from behind before he "reached into her shorts and forcibly grabbed her buttocks," a spokesperson for the NYPD told the Washington Examiner. The incident occurred around 8 a.m.
WorldThe TelegraphSir Keir Starmer has earned a reprieve - but for how long?
The storm clouds that had gathered over Sir Keir Starmer have lifted, for now, with Labour's narrow victory in Batley and Spen, but the danger of being ousted before the next general election remains. Many Labour MPs believe the moment of maximum danger for Sir Keir will come next year, when rivals will make their move if he has failed to make significant headway against the Tories. Kim Leadbeater may have achieved a Labour hold in Batley, but the fact remains that a seat with a near-9,000 Labour majority just four years ago is now a hyper-marginal with a majority of just 323.
WorldAssociated PressBrazil's Bolsonaro fires health official after graft claims
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has fired a Health Ministry official after a newspaper reported his alleged participation in a graft scheme to secure COVID-19 vaccines, further straining the government's defense of its pandemic response. The order firing Roberto Dias, head of the Health Ministry's logistics department, was signed on Tuesday night by Bolsonaro's chief of staff, Luiz Eduardo Ramos, and published in Wednesday's official gazette. Newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported shortly before the decision that Dias allegedly asked a vaccine provider to inflate the prices of its doses by $1 each in order for the mark-up to be siphoned off.
U.S.Idaho StatesmanBundy was found guilty of trespassing at Idaho Capitol. Here’s what some Idahoans said.
After a four-day trial and brief deliberations, an Ada County jury on Thursday evening found Ammon Bundy guilty of misdemeanor trespassing and resisting or obstructing officers. Bundy, an Emmett resident known for standoffs with federal officials in Malheur, Oregon, and at his father's ranch in Nevada, faced charges after an August arrest at the Idaho Capitol during the Legislature's special session. Idahoans' reactions to the verdict were mixed, with some pleased to see Bundy face consequences — community service and a $750 fine — for refusing to leave the Statehouse as tensions roiled over COVID-19 measures.
U.S.Kansas City StarBill Cosby’s not free on a technicality. He’s free because his prosecutors cheated
Bill Cosby did not walk free because he wasn't guilty of drugging and then sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004 — or as he preferred to see it, of “dancing outside” of his marriage. That turned out to be a death sentence, since by the time Coones was freed last November, the cancer that had gone undetected behind bars was so advanced that he died in February, at age 64, after just 108 days of freedom.
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PoliticsMiami HeraldBiden’s small gesture toward DeSantis highlighted the president’s human touch | Editorial
The president called it “remarkable.” President Biden came to Florida on Thursday, Surfside, specifically, to see for himself the incredible aftermath of an unimaginable event — the collapse of the Champlain Towers South. After almost 18 months of a highly politicized response — or maybe non-response — to the deadly coronavirus, in this state and others across the nation, it is breathtaking to see Florida's Republican Gov. DeSantis standing shoulder to shoulder with political rival, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz one day, and Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on another — both Democrats.
WorldAxiosIndigenous groups in Canada report 182 human remains found in unmarked graves
An Indigenous group in the Canadian province of British Columbia has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves near a former residential school, the Lower Kootenay Band said in a release Wednesday, per AP. The big picture: The discovery follows two other reports with similar findings at church-run schools. Last week's discovery of 751 people, mainly Indigenous children, found in unmarked graves was the largest in Canada to date — and came less than one month after the remains 215 children were found on the grounds of another former boarding school in British Columbia.
U.S.Associated PressWyoming man accused of torching toddler has bail set at $1M
Athian went missing on Feb. 19, triggering a search that ended about two hours later with the discovery of his body wrapped in a sheet, blanket and five trash bags in a dumpster near the apartment where he lived, according to a police investigative affidavit filed in court. The boy's injuries included numerous abrasions and bruises on his head, back, chest, belly and arms — and burns to his groin consistent with a butane torch found in the apartment where the boy lived, according to a summary of the coroner's findings in the affidavit. The details about the boy's injuries and cause of death were not revealed until this week, when the police affidavit was made public in court.
PoliticsWashington Examiner'Repeat problem': Fingers point at Kamala Harris as history of staff unrest continues
A toxic work environment that is alleged to be inside the office of Vice President Kamala Harris stems from the top, with complicating “power centers” plaguing her road to the White House. President Joe Biden handed Harris a politically fraught portfolio of issues, which could cause some strife within any official's staff, but the complaints are not new. This source called the office discord a “repeat problem” for Harris, adding that the troubles are "not surprising."
U.S.Kansas City StarGirl plays dead then FaceTimes grandma after parents, sister killed, Texas family says
A Texas girl played dead then called for help after a shooter killed her parents and 6-year-old sister, her family said. The 10-year-old's relatives said she was shot in the arm at a Houston apartment Wednesday night then called her grandma on FaceTime when it was safe, KTRK reported. “She FaceTimed her grandmother...showed her everything,” Tamera Denton told the news outlet.
CelebrityMiami HeraldOld and blind, Bill Cosby was freed from prison on a technicality. Part of me is happy | Opinion
Part of me is secretly happy that Bill Cosby is out of prison. Other women also got to share what Cosby did to them. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday that District Attorney Kevin Steele had to abide by his predecessor's handshake agreement not to charge Cosby changed the game for him.
U.S.The StateElsa now a Category 1 hurricane with Florida in its forecast. Hurricane watch for Haiti
Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened into a hurricane early Friday, and it still has Florida in sight for early next week, although the National Hurricane Center stressed that the forecast is uncertain this far out. In South Florida, officials overseeing the search-and-rescue effort at Champlain Towers South are keeping an eye on Elsa as a possible disruption. How strong is Elsa?
WorldReutersBritain starts planning for vaccine booster shots from September
Britain is starting to plan for a COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign starting later this year after top vaccine advisers said it might be necessary to give third shots to the elderly and most vulnerable from September. The government said that a final decision on whether a vaccine booster campaign was needed had not been made, but officials had advised that preparations should begin on a precautionary basis. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that there should be a plan to offer COVID-19 booster vaccines from September, starting with people 70 years old, care home residents and those who are immunosuppressed or vulnerable.
U.S.Miami HeraldTrip to the Dominican Republic turns into a vacation from hell: ‘We’ve lost everything’
It was supposed to be an eight-day getaway, a chance for three South Florida brothers to reconnect with family living in the Dominican Republic amid coronavirus lockdowns and quarantine. The Nalus brothers — three Haitian émigrés who live in Delray Beach — have lost jobs and maybe even a college scholarship. There seems to have been little official public push to help the South Florida brothers, despite the fact that one is a U.S. citizen.
U.S.The StateDriver dies after SUV flips over on Midlands road, SC Highway Patrol says
One person was killed when an SUV ran off a Midlands road and flipped over, South Carolina Highway Patrol said. Rosie Lynn Perdue is the driver who died in Tuesday' wreck, according to Kershaw County Coroner David West. The 47-year-old Kershaw resident died at the scene, West said Wednesday.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderThe Trump Organization kept 'internal spreadsheets' documenting its alleged criminal conduct, prosecutors say
Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday accused the Trump Organization of illegally labeling cash it paid to its CFO as "Holiday Entertainment" in its official books while also keeping spreadsheets showing the money was in fact part of the executive's compensation. It was one of several instances that the district attorney's office points to as showing that the company and its CFO, Allen Weisselberg, evaded paying taxes. In a sweeping 25-page indictment against Weisselberg and the Trump Organization, prosecutors charged them with 15 felony counts including scheme to defraud, conspiracy, grand larceny, tax fraud, and falsifying business records.
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All 6 SF Targets reducing operating hours due to spike in crime
The company says that for more than a month their stores have experienced an alarming rise in theft and security incidents.
PoliticsThe IndependentDonald Rumsfeld’s policies have consequences that still reverberate
Donald Rumsfeld was one of the key figures in shaping the geopolitics of our time — playing a prominent role in taking the US into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and pursuing policies that created bitter divisions at home and abroad. The defence secretary under two US presidents, he was heavily influenced by neo-con ideologues in the George W Bush administration and helped to lay out a blueprint for America's approach to defence and foreign affairs whose consequences reverberate to this day. Rumsfeld, who died on Wednesday at the age of 88, was a veteran politician, a counsellor to Richard Nixon in the 1960s, a senior member of Gerald Ford's administration and Middle-East envoy under Ronald Reagan.
U.S.BuzzFeed NewsA Former Cop Charged In The Capitol Attack Has Amassed An Arsenal Of Weapons Since Jan. 6
While some people charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol have shown remorse for their actions and taken plea deals, Thomas Robertson has posted defiant messages on social media and, according to court records, defied a judge's order to amass an arsenal of weapons. The former Rocky Mount, Virginia, police officer who stormed the Capitol with his cop buddy and posted a photograph of them inside the building on Instagram was arrested Jan. 13 and released on several conditions, one of which was not to possess firearms. The search came after the FBI reviewed emails in Robertson's Yahoo account that led to records from Gunbroker.com.
SportsTheGrioBlack America defends Sha’Carri Richardson over Olympics suspension for marijuana
U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is being shown love and support from many in the Black community on various social media platforms after news broke that she tested positive for marijuana and may miss the Tokyo Olympic Games. It remains unclear if Richardson will be suspended, how long the suspension could be, if she will appeal and how it will affect the 21-year-old's track star's dreams, but the entire situation sent Twitter into a tizzy Thursday night. If you're afraid of Sha'Carri smoking the brakes off y'all, just say that but suspending people for using marijuana — a billion-dollar industry at this point — is ridiculous,” journalist Evette Dionne wrote.
WorldBusiness InsiderUS allies want to spend more time practicing to hunt Russian and Chinese subs, top Navy admiral says
US allies want to spend more time and resources on training with the US, the Navy's top admiral said. An area of focus is anti-submarine warfare, which has gained attention as Russia's and China's sub fleets grow. US allies and partners want to spend more time training with the US to hunt Russian and Chinese submarines, the US Navy's top officer said Wednesday.
U.S.USA TODAY'What can you do?' He was in Paris. His wife was 4,500 miles away in a Surfside, Florida, condo that had started to collapse.
Philippe Naïm was in his Paris apartment when he got a call early June 24 from his wife who was at the couple's beachside condo. It was the middle of the night in Surfside, Florida, but Margarita Champin had heard a noise that had shaken her – like an explosion. Naïm said he's not the scared type; he travels for work and knows how to take care of himself.
PoliticsThe IndependentQAnon spreads Biden photo online claiming it shows Trump is secretly in the White House
Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory believe an image of Joe Biden shows that Donald Trump was recently in the White House, and was in fact US president. The image, which shows the Democrat taking a phone call in the Oval Office, features a figure reflected in a window to the right of the US president, Mr Biden. It was shared to Mr Biden's Instagram account last week, from where it was taken and shared to Telegram, a messaging platform favoured by the far right and followers of QAnon.
U.S.The IndependentWoman who left phone in cab and accused Black teen of stealing it is charged with hate crimes
A 22-year-old California woman who accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone after she left it in the back of a taxi has been charged with hate crimes. On 26 December last year, at Arlo Hotel in New York City, Miya Ponsetto accused Keyon Harrold Jr - the 14-year-old son of Jazz musician Keyon Harrold - of stealing her phone. A viral video of the incident also appeared to show her attacking him.
“Obamacare is getting stronger every time the Republicans try to kill it.”
“It is far from certain the Supreme Court will safeguard the Affordable Care Act the next time the law reaches the court’s chambers.”
“Although ACA cost Obama an enormous amount, it’s become clear that he will have the last laugh.”
“Even the feistiest Republicans have given up talking seriously about repeal.”
“Current and future cases will largely concern the administration and enforcement of the ACA, not its underlying architecture.”