WorldAssociated PressNo 'provoking': Israeli official vows quieter tone with US
Israel's visiting defense minister said Thursday that it will stay engaged as the U.S. tries to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, sidestepping what's long been an area of open disagreement between the United States and the now-jeopardized government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Benny Gantz told reporters before a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that Iran's nuclear program and other actions were an “existential threat” to Israel. Stopping Iran is certainly a shared strategic need of the United States," Israel and other countries, Gantz said.
PoliticsReuters'Get a shot, have a beer': Biden, Anheuser-Busch push July vaccination goal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -From free beer to free childcare, President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted new efforts to get 70 percent of U.S. adults at least one shot of vaccination against COVID-19 by the July 4 Independence Day holiday. A rollout of vaccines has led to a dramatic drop in the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths nationwide, a trend the White House is eager to extend. The White House touted new initiatives by private companies and public outreach efforts, while Biden encouraged those who are hesitant to get a shot.
U.S.The StateTrooper invited woman back to his home in exchange for dropping DUI charge, SC cops say
A former state trooper in South Carolina is accused of inviting a woman over instead of booking her at the county jail after he arrested on her on suspicion of a DUI. Donovan Jordan Hadley, 25, was arrested Wednesday and charged with misconduct in office, the South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement said in a news release. SLED agents booked Hadley at the Newberry County Detention Center — the same jail where the alleged misconduct occurred.
WorldAssociated PressSatellite photos show hulk of what was biggest Iran warship
Satellite photographs taken Thursday show the burned hulk that remains of Iran's biggest warship after it caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman. The photos from Planet Labs Inc., analyzed by The Associated Press, show the 207-meter (679-foot) Kharg just off the coast of the Iranian port city of Jask, surrounded by a sea of oil-slicked waters. Iranian officials have not acknowledged the pollution left behind by the ship's sinking on Wednesday.
BusinessReutersNew blood at Wall Street's old guard rattles Corporate America
A new generation of executives at the world's biggest asset managers is helping drive an uprising against Corporate America that environmental and social justice activists have long campaigned for. The big mutual fund firms, whose stock holdings amount to trillions of dollars, used to be loyal members of the corporate establishment. This year marks a sea change as top funds throw more of their weight behind investor challenges to companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and put companies on notice by often choosing to publicize how and why they voted, a Reuters review of voting results and fund firms' new disclosures shows.
U.S.Kansas City StarKansas City man sentenced to life in prison for stabbing, killing young woman in 2019
A Kansas City man has been sentenced to prison for the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old woman in her apartment in 2019. Keyon D. Patterson, 29, has been sentenced to life in prison, which in Missouri is 30 years, for the killing of Ladajah Oliver, according to a news release from the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office. On top of the life sentence for his second-degree murder conviction, Patterson also faces 30 years for his armed criminal action conviction and seven years for stealing.
PoliticsTimeJoe Biden Is Chasing a Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal That May Never Materialize
It wasn't that long ago that a go-to joke among insiders was that it once again was Infrastructure Week in President Donald's Trump's Washington. Infrastructure Week came to represent the increasingly distant dream of a bipartisan delivery on a set of concrete projects that are broadly popular services of government, such as roads and bridges. President Joe Biden continues to chase the same list of goals that are popular across the political spectrum.
WorldArchitectural DigestOur Place Expands Its Internet-Famous Product Line
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PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump's 3 Supreme Court appointees joined the 3 liberal justices to limit a landmark federal cybercrime law
The Supreme Court put limits on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in a win for civil liberties groups. An unusual majority of the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act doesn't cover cases in which a person accesses a computer system they are authorized to use. Former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court nominees - Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett - joined liberal Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan to impose limits on the landmark cybercrime law.
U.S.Associated PressOklahoma jury recommends death for alleged serial killer
A jury in Oklahoma has recommended a death sentence for an alleged serial killer who was convicted of kidnapping a woman from a car wash and killing her more than 20 years ago. The jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for William Lewis Reece, who was convicted last week of first-degree murder for the 1997 kidnapping and killing of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston. Reece did not testify at his trial, but the jury heard recordings of his confessions to police in which he admitted killing Johnston and three other people in Texas, The Oklahoman reported.
BusinessBBCPetrol prices at highest in two years, says RAC
Petrol prices have climbed to their highest level in two years, according to the RAC. Retailers may be charging more to make up for lower fuel sales during the pandemic, it said. Pump prices fell in May 2020 to a low of 106p as oil prices plummeted, but motorists had to abide by travel restrictions.
PoliticsThe IndependentBiden won’t appoint commission to investigate Capitol riot – but Pelosi could step in
President Joe Biden will not salvage an attempt to create a bipartisan investigation into the Capitol insurrection by appointing his own presidential commission, after Senate Republicans staged a blockade to prevent Congress from forming a bipartisan probe into the events surrounding the attack on 6 January. Some House Democrats, as well as a former counsel on the 9/11 Commission on which lawmakers modelled a potential riot probe, have pressured the White House to step in after GOP senators largely opposed the investigation. The president believes that “Congress itself has a unique role and ability to carry out that investigation”, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told Axios.
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Iran's largest warship catches fire, sinks
The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank on Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderEx-Treasury official sentenced to 6 months in prison for leaking banking documents related to the Mueller probe
Former Treasury Department official Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday. The banking files were related to figures tied to Robert Mueller's Russia probe, including Paul Manafort. A former Treasury Department official was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday for leaking tens of thousands of pages of confidential financial documents to Buzzfeed News, the media publication reported.
U.S.The StateCheers! DHEC, SC Brewers Guild partner to offer free beer to COVID vaccine recipients
State health officials are encouraging South Carolinians to raise a glass, and a sleeve, in an effort to boost the state's flagging COVID-19 vaccination rate. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Thursday launched its “Shot and a Chaser” campaign in partnership with the South Carolina Brewers Guild. The campaign, which is aimed at increasing vaccine uptake in young adults, will reward anyone who gets a COVID-19 shot at select breweries across the state with a free beer or soda, the agency said.
BusinessBBCUN says cost of food at highest level in over a decade
Global food prices have jumped at their fastest pace in more than a decade, according to the United Nations. The UN uses a broad index of global food costs, which have also climbed for 12 months in a row. On an annual basis food prices were up 39.7% in May - the biggest month-on-month gain since October 2010 - according to the index.
PoliticsThe IndependentTrump-approved July 4th Mount Rushmore firework display blocked by court and Biden
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vowed a protracted legal battle against the "radical left's agenda" to cancel America's history after a court denied her state's bid for Independence Day fireworks. Chief Judge Roberto Lang said in his ruling its improper judicial activism to order the Biden Administration reverse its denial of a fireworks permit, despite the country needing "a good celebration of its foundational principals". The National Parks Service had denied the fireworks permit at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial after Donald Trump's White House allowed it to go forward last year.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramFort Worth man identified as shooter in murder-suicide that left 3 dead, records show
A 39-year-old man has been identified as the suspect in what authorities say was a double murder-suicide that left his estranged wife and her son dead in their west Fort Worth apartment. The man was Timothy Paul Beverly II, of Fort Worth, who died early Tuesday from a gunshot wound to his head, according to a ruling by officials with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. Officials with the medical examiner's office identified the victims as Holly Marlene Beverly, 39, and her 17-year-old son, Titus Akins.
U.S.The IndependentCalifornia begins studying reparations for slavery and racial discrimination
In 1852, just two years after California had been admitted to the US as a “free” state, authorities turned three formerly enslaved people who had launched a prosperous gold mining business — Carter Perkins, Robert Perkins and Sandy Jones — back to their former owner, who reported them as runaways even though he had previously set them free. The California constitution banned slavery, but part of the compromise that allowed the state's admission into the US involved a federal fugitive slave law. Now, nearly 170 years later, the state is embarking on a study of what reparations for the descendants of slavery would look like in California.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderMyPillow's Mike Lindell filed another lawsuit against voting machine companies that includes quotes from '1984,' Shakespeare, and 'Fahrenheit 451'
Mike Lindell filed another lawsuit against voting machine companies involved in the 2020 election. Dominion sued Lindell in February for $1.3 billion over his election-fraud claims. "MyPillow guy" Mike Lindell filed another federal lawsuit Thursday against voting machine companies involved in the 2020 presidential election, Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic.
PoliticsThe IndependentMatt Gaetz now being investigated for obstruction of justice in sex trafficking probe
Embattled Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz now faces additional scrutiny into his response to news that he is being investigated as part of a sex trafficking probe. Two sources familiar with the investigation told Politico in an article published Wednesday that Mr Gaetz now faces inquiries into whether he took steps to obstruct a federal investigation as investigators continue looking into his dealings. A rep for Mr Gaetz fiercely denied any insinuation that Gaetz had obstructed justice, and echoed previous rejections of any wrongdoing.
WorldINSIDERA bride collapsed and died at her wedding. The groom then married the woman's sister with her dead body lying in the next room.
The families agreed the man would marry the woman's younger sister instead, per multiple reports. A wedding in India took a morbid turn when the bride collapsed and died just before completing her wedding rituals. The incident took place May 27 in the village of Samaspur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, per The Times of India.
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Sacramento NAACP president reacts to new report about proposed changes to Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
Sacramento NAACP president reacts to new report about proposed changes to Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump's daughter-in-law Lara tells Fox News there are 'no plans' for him to be reinstated as president in August
Lara Trump pushed back on the theory that Donald Trump could be reinstalled as president in August. "There are no plans for Donald Trump to be in the White House in August," she told Fox News. The election-fraud conspiracists Mike Lindell and Sidney Powell have pushed the baseless theory.
“It may seem desperate at this point, but I can’t be mad at any and all efforts to get people vaccinated.”
“I won’t get rich, but I will get to live my life. That seems like reward enough.”
“Offering incentives may encourage people who are not actively opposed to vaccination but may have put it off.”
“At some point, the government is simply rewarding irresponsible behavior.”
“Sure, people should do it without needing an incentive. But what’s the alternative? Not enough people get vaccinated.”