Man punches and slaps girlfriend's daughter after he misses birth of his child

Frustrated about missing the birth of his child, a man punched and slapped his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter who was left in his care. The 24-year-old on Monday (25 October) pleaded guilty to ill-treating the girl, now five, with another two charges of causing hurt to be considered when he is sentenced on 10 December. He was aware that the girl has slow mental development.

Buyer of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gulfstream Jet Regrets His Purchase

A Georgia man has filed a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein's estate, claiming the late sex-trafficker sold him a Gulfstream jet in the weeks before his 2019 arrest without disclosing that the aircraft was used in a “criminal enterprise.” Thomas Huff claims that JEGE LLC, the company Epstein once controlled and which owns the plane, has been “damaged by the stigma” connected to sex offender. “JEGE's customers, some of which are very well known to the public, are tracked, surveilled, and reported to the press for using, what they believed to be Jeffrey Epstein's company,” states the federal suit filed in Atlanta last week.

‘Thirsty’ snakes filled water well in Iowa — then unsuspecting maintenance man arrives

A worker performing maintenance on a faulty water well unknowingly disturbed what was apparently a popular watering hole for snakes, Iowa photos show. The worker, an employee of Mort's Water Company based in Latimer, went out to check on a well earlier this month, the business told McClatchy News. When he arrived at the site, he pulled a pipe up from the underground well and was greeted by a slithering bundle of serpents.

Two high schoolers found dead in car parked outside NC elementary school, police say

North Carolina authorities are investigating the deaths of two teens found in a car parked outside an elementary school over the weekend, multiple news outlets report. Authorities responded Sunday to a report of a “suspicious” vehicle parked on the Don Steed Elementary School campus, WNCN reported. Inside they found the bodies of Britany Carolina Munoz Ramirez and Ailton Sebastian Tirado-Martinez, Hoke County Schools confirmed.

‘Rust’ Shooting: Gun That Killed Halyna Hutchins Was Used That Morning for Live-Ammo Target Practice

The gun that killed “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last Thursday was used by crew members that morning for live-ammunition target practice, an individual with knowledge of the set told TheWrap. A number of crew members had taken prop guns from the New Mexico set of the indie Western — including the gun that killed Hutchins — to go “plinking,” a hobby in which people shoot at beer cans with live ammunition to pass the time, the insider said. The shooting happened just a few hours later, when lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin discharged a revolver after first assistant director David Halls confirmed that it was a “cold gun,” meaning that the gun did not have any live ammunition in it.

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  Alec Baldwin was practicing drawing and pointing gun when it discharged on 'Rust' set

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  New Mexico, site of Baldwin set shooting, plays key role for Hollywood

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Colombia's most wanted drug lord captured in jungle raid

Colombian security forces have captured the country's most wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right. President Iván Duque likened the arrest Saturday of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades ago of Pablo Escobar. Colombia's military presented Úsuga to the media in handcuffs and wearing rubber boots preferred by rural farmers.

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  Colombia's most-wanted drug lord told armed forces: 'You beat me' when caught -government

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  Colombia's most-wanted drug lord to be extradited

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‘Come on, buddy! Breathe!’ Texas officers plead while saving toddler who fell in pond

A Colleyville woman is scheduled to be recognized Monday evening for her efforts in saving the life of a 2-year-old boy who had fallen into a pond at a North Richland Hills park in June. Brandi Rowntree pulled the child from the pond on June 9 at Linda Spurlock Park, 6400 Glenview Drive in North Richland Hills, according to a news release from police. After seeing that the child was blue and not breathing, Rowntree began CPR until North Richland Hills first responders arrived and continued efforts to save the boy.

Trump Has Weekend Freakout Over 'Horrible' Fox News Ads

Donald Trump spent at least part of his weekend yelling at the TV, releasing a new rant calling out Fox News for running ads critical of him. “What good is it if FOX News speaks well of me when they continually allow horrible and untruthful anti-Trump commercials to be run — and plenty of them,” Trump said in a statement. It's not clear which ad triggered the former president, but several anti-Trump groups have been running spots critical of him and his supporters in Congress, often airing them on Fox News in hopes he'll see them.

Why this financial advisor has found that some clients save too much money

Pennington said she's “often had a harder time convincing people that they really could spend the money that they had saved for all those years. That's “another part of what a good financial advisor does,” she added. Pennington says that reassessment of priorities and even more focus on saving has been a fundamental change that has come out of the pandemic, where people have “gotten in touch with what's really important in their lives and the legacies that they want to leave to their children, to community organizations, to things that they're passionate about."

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  Here are ways to save more money for retirement: Edward Jones Managing Partner Penny Pennington

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  Why a good financial adviser helps people figure out how to spend their money — not just save it

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Autopsy of Brian Laundrie's remains came back inconclusive, attorney says

Human remains were found in Florida's Carlton Reserve on Wednesday after more than a month of searching for Laundrie, who was a person of interest in the disappearance of his fiancée, Gabby Petito, before her body was discovered in Wyoming. The remains, described as "skeletal" by the North Port Police Department, were confirmed to be Laundrie's after a review of dental records, officials said Thursday. According to the FBI, the remains were found alongside personal items, such as a backpack and a notebook, belonging to Laundrie.

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  Lawyer: Initial autopsy inconclusive on Laundrie death cause

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  Brian Laundrie's parents won't have a funeral for their son, a producer said the family's attorney told her

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Stimulus News: Latest Round of Golden State Payments Worth Up to $1,100 Set to Hit On October 31

The California Franchise Tax Board recently stated that for qualifying residents, the next round of state stimulus money is set to hit bank accounts by Halloween. The payments hitting bank accounts by October 31 are part of the Golden State Stimulus II payments, which are part of the overall Golden State Stimulus. “If you qualify, you will receive your payment by either direct deposit or check in the mail and, typically, you'll receive this payment using the refund option you selected on your tax return,” the California Franchise Tax Board stated.

Remote-sensing reveals details of ancient Olmec site in Mexico

Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec culture that is known for its colossal stone heads. The remote-sensing method, called lidar, pinpointed 478 ceremonial centers in areas that were home to the ancient Olmec and Maya cultures dating to roughly 1100-400 BC, researchers said on Monday. The study was the largest such survey involving ancient Mesoamerica, covering all of the state of Tabasco, southern Veracruz and bits of Chiapas, Campeche and Oaxaca.

At 56, Elizabeth Hurley's Toned Abs Rule The Beach In A New Bikini Pic

Elizabeth Hurley practically lives in a bikini (seriously, peep her Instagrams). And she just dropped a new pic of herself soaking up the sun in one. It's been six weeks since the 56-year-old's last bikini photo, so this is kind of a BFD for her.

Kyrie Irving's silence on Barclays Center lockdown speaks volumes

When you are an NBA star whose season is ripped from ex-President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 playbook, you are doing something wrong. Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving should reconsider the company he is keeping. In a scene reminiscent of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol nine months earlier, protesters chanting "no vaccine mandate" and "let Kyrie play" pushed past a barricaded Barclays Center entrance before Sunday's game against the Charlotte Hornets, forcing security to lock down the arena.

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  Nets briefly put Barclays Center on lockdown after protest for Kyrie Irving turns ugly

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  Demonstrators support Irving vs vaccine mandate at Nets game

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EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff

As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C., have begun communicating with congressional investigators and sharing new information about what happened when the former president's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Two of these people have spoken to Rolling Stone extensively in recent weeks and detailed explosive allegations that multiple members of Congress were intimately involved in planning both Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss and the Jan. 6 events that turned violent. Rolling Stone separately confirmed a third person involved in the main Jan. 6 rally in D.C. has communicated with the committee.

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  2 Jan. 6 rally organizers say they will implicate GOP members of Congress in plot to overturn Trump's loss

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  Trump's chief of staff was warned that a Jan. 6 rally could turn violent but did nothing about it, report says. Then the Capitol riot happened.

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‘Poses Real Problems’: Ex Minneapolis Cop Has Murder Conviction Reversed and Sentencing Reduced; New Precedence Draws Concern as Derek Chauvin Seeks to Appeal His Conviction

Minneapolis' first cop to be convicted of murder may regain his freedom sooner than anticipated. In an unprecedented turn of events, a Minnesota judge re-sentenced former cop Mohamed Noor to five years in prison for manslaughter. Noor has already served 29 months behind bars, making him eligible for early release, contingent upon good behavior, as soon as June 2022.

In major ocean polluter Philippines, group turns plastic waste into planks

A group of recyclers in the Philippines is trying to ease the country's worsening plastic waste crisis by turning bottles, single-use sachets and snack food wrappers that clog rivers and spoil beaches into building materials. The Plastic Flamingo, or "The Plaf", as they are commonly known, collect the waste, shred it and then mould it into posts and planks called "eco-lumber" that can be used for fencing, decking or even to make disaster-relief shelters. It) is 100% upcycled material, 100% made from plastic waste materials, we also include some additives and colorants and it is rot-free, maintenance-free, and splinter-free, said Erica Reyes, The Plaf's chief operating officer.

People Are Calling Out Scams That Are So Normalized, You Don't Even Notice Them, And There Are No Lies Detected

When I told them I would not be renewing, they listed my apartment for the same monthly rate I had been paying all along." u/Firedown31 "I just quit my gym membership because of this. They had big posters advertising the new low rate, but they wouldn't switch me to that without paying an exorbitant fee.

63-year-old fishing with wife dies after they’re thrown overboard, Michigan cops say

A man fishing with his wife Saturday in a Michigan lake drowned after they both were tossed from the boat, authorities say. Deputies in Leelanau County were dispatched to Little Glen Lake around 12:20 p.m. Saturday for a report of an unoccupied boat that had crashed ashore. Authorities continued to search for the man, identified as Kevin Donovan Herman, until 6 p.m. when his body was pulled out of the water, the sheriff said.

Biden 'positive' on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax

Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden's scaled-back social services and climate change package. Biden said Monday he felt “very positive” about reaching agreement on his big domestic policy bill, aiming for votes in Congress as soon as this week — though that is far from certain. Democrats are working intensely to try again to wrap up talks, scaling back what had been what had been a sweeping $3.5 trillion plan so the president can spotlight his administration's achievements to world leaders at two overseas summits on the economy and climate change that get underway later this week.

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  Report: Manchin agreeable to Biden's wealth tax plan

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  Biden hopeful Democrats can reach spending deal this week

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A mom told Jeff Bezos that Amazon was underpaying her $90 a month, sparking an internal probe that found the company was shortchanging some workers, a report says

An Amazon worker on leave emailed Jeff Bezos to say she'd been underpaid, The New York Times said. A subsequent investigation found that Amazon was systematically underpaying some workers on leave. A spokesperson told The Times that Amazon was still identifying underpaid workers.

New York store clerks beat up would-be burglar with fists in shocking security footage

New York City store clerks teamed up to thwart a would-be robbery, beating the suspect to the ground with their fists in an incident that was captured by security cameras in the store. The footage, released by NYPD Crime Stoppers, shows the suspect wearing a hoodie jump over the counter at Convenience Smoke Shop in the Bronx at around 11:20 pm Saturday, according to police. WANTED for Attempted Robbery: On Saturday 10/23/21 inside of 1364 Webster Avenue (Convenience Smoke Shop) @npd44pct a unknown individual entered located demanded money and fled location.