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Boeing plane makes emergency landing after Virgin Airlines flight catches fire and ‘loud bangs’ heard– www.gbnews.com

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A Virgin Airlines flight has been forced to make an emergency landing after flames were spotted coming from its engine.

Witnesses reported hearing “loud bangs” as the Boeing aircraft flew over Queenstown, New Zealand.

The plane was diverted to Invercargill Airport and made an emergency landing with “no visible flames”.

The Virgin Airlines VA148 flight to Melbourne took off from Queenstown airport around 6pm.

A Virgin Airlines flight has been forced to make an emergency landing after flames were spotted coming from its engineX/ Getty

A number of passengers onboard claim the Boeing 737 aircraft hit a bird just after takeoff.

Witnesses claims the plane “sounded like it was coming apart” before flames erupted.

A Queenstown Airport spokeswoman said: “Virgin Australia flight VA148 departed Queenstown Airport at 5.59pm, bound for Melbourne.

“It experienced an issue just after takeoff and has been diverted to Invercargill Airport.”

Kenyans relocate to the US at the fastest rate in 10 years– www.businessdailyafrica.com

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The number of Kenyans relocating to the US grew at the fastest pace in a decade in 2022, signalling growing opportunities for skilled and semi-skilled labour in the world’s largest economy.

Data from the American liberal think-tank Migration Policy Institute (MPI) indicates that Kenyan immigrants to the US in 2022 stood at 168,915, a 9.6 percent jump from the 154,062 recorded in 2021 when global economies were recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The jump was the highest since the 15.9 percent recorded in 2011 when the number stood at 102,561 up from the 88,519 that had relocated in 2010.

The drift also comes as a result of a shrinking job market in the local economy, which has compelled labour providers to seek openings abroad.

 

Clemson University earns top rating for free speech– www.thefire.org

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CLEMSON, S.C., June 17, 2024 — It’s a one-two punch for students’ ability to speak out. Another leading South Carolina university has earned the top rating for free speech from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

Clemson University is one of only two schools in South Carolina, and one of only 67 nationwide, that earns a “green light” rating from FIRE. Green light ratings are reserved for institutions with no written policies that seriously imperil student free speech rights.

“We are proud to be recognized by FIRE for our commitment to freedom of expression, individual rights and meaningful dialogue here at Clemson University,” said Clemson President Jim Clements. “Our dedication to ensuring our students, and all of our Tigers, have freedom of expression is a part of who we are and represents our University values and our culture.”

Biden Plays Chess, Trump Plays ‘Hungry Hungry Hippos’– www.newsbusters.org

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Can you imagine Joe Biden playing chess? Could he beat, say, an average seventh-grader? C’mon, man: I’m serious! Not a joke!

But on MSNBC’s Saturday edition of The Weekend, co-anchor Alicia Menendez claimed that whereas Biden is playing chess, Donald Trump is — at best — playing Hungry Hungry Hippos [billed as a game for “preschoolers.”] The daughter of Sen. Bob “Gold Bars” Menendez should describe what game he was playing. She’s not in the right place to swagger.

Co-host Symone Sanders Townsend chimed in to suggest that the better game analogy for Trump might be the card game Uno.

The comments came in the context of Biden’s participation in various recent events, including the G7 summit. Sanders-Townsend suggested that Biden’s performance counters any notion that he might be “a little too old.”

Whuh? Surely Sanders and the rest of the panel have seen this video from the G7 of a dazed and confused Biden doddering away until Italian PM Giorgia Meloni gently rescues him.

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Disney, DeSantis Appear in Agreement over new Special District

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Deal sealed between Disney and Disney World governing district with approval by DeSantis reps

Orlando, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees on Wednesday gave final approval to an agreement that buries the hatchet between Disney and the governing district for Walt Disney World, which the Florida governor took over after the company two years ago publicly opposed a state law critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.”

The five DeSantis-appointed board members to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District unanimously voted to approve a 15-year development deal in which the district committed to making infrastructure improvements in exchange for Disney investing up to $17 billion into Disney World over the next two decades.

The agreement followed a detente in March in which both sides agreed to stop litigating against each other in state court and work toward negotiating a new development agreement and a new comprehensive plan no later than next year. The district provides municipal services such as firefighting, planning and mosquito control, among other things, and was controlled by Disney supporters before the takeover by the DeSantis appointees.

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Will Farage Stop What Appears to be a Record Labor Majority from Happening?

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Labour could win ‘freak majority’ bigger than Blair’s and Thatcher’s combined

Boris Johnson has warned Britain faces a Labour “freak majority” bigger than that of Sir Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher combined unless Tories turn out to vote at the election.

The former prime minister also claimed that Sir Keir Starmer gaining a supermajority would be “dangerous” and lead to “the least-merited election triumph in history”.

His remarks in his Daily Mail column came as he intervened in the general election campaign for the first time by starting to produce video endorsements for Tories standing for re-election.

There was some criticism that Mr Johnson appeared to be choosing to support those former MPs who had been most loyal to him.

But a source close to him told The Telegraph: “Every Conservative MP who has asked for a digital endorsement from him will get one.”

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Team Trump Continues to Fight Kangaroo Court Gag Order

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Trump ridicules special counsel’s gag order request in new filing in classified documents case

The attorneys continued, comparing the request to the gag order Trump is under in a separate case in New York, adding, “Like Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Smith seeks to restrict President Trump’s campaign speech as the first presidential debate approaches at the end of this month.”

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Male Swimmer Larping as Woman Cannot Race them in the Olympics

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Biological cheater William Thomas, who declared he was a woman so he could go from the bottom 100 in college swimming to the top in college swimming, was informed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland that his petition to cheat against women in the Olympics was not going to happen.

Thomas was hoping to have a court overturn a policy from World Aquatics banning men from participating against women in swimming even if the man is now larping as a woman. The organization said. “A biological female athlete cannot overcome that advantage through training or nutrition. Nor can they take additional testosterone to obtain the same advantage, because testosterone is a prohibited substance under the World Anti-Doping Code… World Aquatics should remain committed to the separation of athletes in sport into men’s and women’s categories based on biological sex.”

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The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected a challenge on Wednesday brought by Lia Thomas against World Aquatics’ ban on transgender athletes participating in the women’s category at elite swimming competitions, thus barring him from participating in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The court’s rejection is a massive win for women’s sports and a major defeat for transgender athletes’ attempts to subvert biological reality.

World Aquatics’ transgender policy prohibits male athletes from competing against women, stating male-to-female transgender athletes are only granted permission to compete in the women’s category “if they can establish to World Aquatics’ comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later.”

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SCOTUS Rules Gun Stock Ban Regulation Unconstitutional

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The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (AFT) regulation that effectively bans bump stocks by declaring them a machine gun. Even the wording of the regulation suggested that far more than bump stocks could be banned, as it considered anything that improves the trigger performance to be the same as a making the gun a machine gun.

The Supreme Court disagreed, with 6 Americans voting to strike down the measure and the 3 die-hard anti-Americanist judges predictably voting for it, given their awareness of the fact that without an unarmed population, their dystopian leftist nightmares can never full take hold in these STILL American lands. It goes without saying that an American congress would long have removed these anti-American judges, not just on SCOTUS, but throughout our infested court system.

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he Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the latest opinion from the conservative court rolling back firearm regulations.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for a 6-3 court. The court’s liberal wing, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissented.

Trump had pushed for the ban in response to a 2017 mass shooting that killed 58 people at an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas. Bump stocks allow a shooter to convert a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire at a rate of hundreds of rounds a minute.

“A bump stock does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun any more than a shooter with a lightning-fast trigger finger does,” Thomas wrote in his opinion. “Even with a bump stock, a semiautomatic rifle will fire only one shot for every ‘function of the trigger.’”

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Appeals Court Panel Stikes Down Racist Job Offer from Fearless Fund Management

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The financial company Fearless Fund Management decided to announce a contest for business funding that would not be open to anyone but black women. They were sued by The American Alliance for Equal Rights on behalf of three people who were not black women.

The 11th Circuit panel struck down the racist policy 2-1, with the far-left judge on the panel dissenting based on the claim these potential candidates were “flopping,” and they never intended on applying in the first place. That judge was Robin Rosenbaum, who made it clear in the dissent this she has no business being in any government office. She was nominated by the far-left anti-American president, Barack Hussein Obama.

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A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently threw a wrench into the blatantly discriminatory practices of big money corporate interests. In American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, over a bizarre dissent by Judge Robin Rosenbaum, Judges Kevin Newsom and Robert Luck upheld an injunction against a venture capital fund with tens of millions of dollars in assets that gives money only to businesses owned by black women. Nobody else is eligible to even apply.

The plaintiff, The American Alliance for Equal Rights, sued on behalf of three of its members—business owners who are not black women and who are, therefore, not allowed to compete in Fearless Fund Management’s funding process. Fearless Fund was apparently fearless about violating anti-discrimination laws.

The threshold question was whether the Alliance had standing to sue on behalf of its members. Each member provided an affidavit showing that they are “able and ready” to participate in Fearless Fund’s competition, meet all prerequisites but the racial one, and have concrete plans to use the funds they would get to build up their businesses if they weren’t racially excluded.

That is all that is required to establish standing according to Judges Newsom and Luck, and they are correct – these business owners have an obvious claim since they are explicitly excluded from even applying for the $20,000 in venture capital offered by Fearless in its grant contest.

Yes, Fearless Fund discriminates against Alliance members because of their race, but that isn’t enough to establish standing, according to Judge Rosenbaum, an Obama appointee. In her dissent, Rosenbaum accused the Alliance of “flopping”—that is, faking an injury the way soccer players do by flopping on the field– “to manipulate the referee into inappropriately exercising his power to award a penalty kick in the box.”

That’s a strange position to take in the 21st century because, by Rosenbaum’s illogic, members of the NAACP who during Jim Crow avoided hotels, restaurants, and buses where they knew they’d be turned away would be “flopping” because they didn’t go in and get turned away. This retrograde view of civil rights ignores that, as Justice Brett Kavanaugh put it recently, “discrimination is harm.” It would also force victims of discrimination into humiliating and even potentially dangerous situations before letting them seek justice.

Tesla Shareholders Award Musk with $56 billion Payday, but Leftist Judge Stands in His Way

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An anti-American, anti-capitalist foreign judge could defy the people and deny Tesla CEO Elon Musk a bonus of $56 billion even though 75 percent of the shareholders voted for it. Delaware Judge Kathaleen McCormick, the one who originally nixed the 2018 deal that led to this payoff, called the amount “an unfathomable sum,” a phrase that could only be used by a Marxist.

The Judge’s argument for nixing the deal was that the board had vested interests in Musk’s success and thus were not voting for the company, but for Musk. Now that the shareholders have voted 75 percent to 25 percent, the anti-Capitalist judge’s faulty logic has even less credibility than it did before. The shareholders also voted to move the company out of the now-Marxist-controlled state of Delaware to an American one, Texas.

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Tesla boss Elon Musk let Delaware know it can eat cake as the company reportedly put in paperwork to shift its incorporation from the First State to the Lone Star State.

Nearly 90% of shareholders on Thursday voted in favor of the move, leading Musk to quip on his social media site X that he was sending a cake to Delaware “as a parting gift.”

The post included an image of a vanilla-frosted sheet cake with the words “Vox Populi, Vox Dei” – Latin for “the voice of the people is the voice of God” – written in red letters, along with a big heart.

Nearly 90% of shareholders on Thursday voted in favor of the move, leading Elon Musk to quip on his social media site X that he was sending a cake to Delaware “as a parting gift.” 

Musk initiated the move from Delaware to Texas in January after Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick struck down his $56 billion pay package that was approved in 2018, calling the  massive compensation “an unfathomable sum.”

In a separate vote Thursday, nearly three-quarters of shareholders – excluding Musk and his brother, Kimbal Musk – gave the green light to the largest-ever corporate pay package, overcoming opposition from a number of institutional investors and proxy advisory firms.

The decisive vote confirms the company’s commitment to the 2018 deal, Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm said in a letter to shareholders on Friday.

Johnson to Force Garland Contempt Issue through Courts

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Speaker Johnson has stated he will be taking his case to the courts to force the DOJ to comply with both the subpoena Garland ordered and the House’s resolution calling for Garland to be prosecuted for contempt.

“It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s Justice Department will not prosecute Garland for defying congressional subpoenas even though the department aggressively prosecuted Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for the same thing,” the Speaker declared.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden’s special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge.

“It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s Justice Department will not prosecute Garland for defying congressional subpoenas even though the department aggressively prosecuted Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for the same thing,” Johnson said in a statement. “This is yet another example of the two-tiered system of justice brought to us by the Biden Administration.”

In a letter to Johnson earlier Friday, a Justice Department official cited the agency’s “longstanding position and uniform practice” to not prosecute officials who don’t comply with subpoenas because of a president’s claim of executive privilege.

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Is Faulty Chinese Titanium Putting Boeing, Airbus Planes at Risk?

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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is claiming American plane manufacturer Boeing and European plane manufacturer Airbus may have fault planes that are flying ticking time bombs thanks to the defective titanium they purchased from China.

The FAA is claiming the faulty titanium came from Spirit AeroSystems, who built plane parts using titanium bought from China. They possess faked certification documents that show the company was sending out titanium parts that had not been properly certified as being up to industry standards. The FAA stated it has begun an investigation to determine the scope of the problem. The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 door that came off during flight had parts on that door manufactured by the same company.

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Airliners manufactured by Boeing and Airbus have components made from titanium that was sold with fake documentation.

The Federal Aviation Administration revealed the problem after Boeing reported it to the agency when it was notified by parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems.

Spirit is the same company that made the door on the 737 Max plane that suffered a door blowout on January 5 and began Boeing’s recent spate of problems.

Faked documentation certifying the authenticity of the titanium could mean it was not up to standard or tested to withstand the rigors of air travel.

The FAA said it was ‘investigating the scope and impact of the issue’ and how it could affect the safety of the unknown number of planes using the parts.

… Sources told the New York Times that the issue dates to 2019 when material supplier Turkish Aerospace Industries bought the batch of titanium from a Chinese supplier, and sold it to several other suppliers.

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China Builds Massive New Port in U.S.’ Backyard

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The South American nation of Peru is allowing China to build a massive new port in its country that creates a significant security risk to the United States of America. The $3.5 billion port will be built in Chancay, Peru by China’s state-owned shipping giant, Cosco Shipping. The port is scheduled to be complete by the end of this year, 2024.

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A $3.5 billion deep-water port in Chancay, Peru, primarily owned by China’s state-owned Cosco Shipping and part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. The port will facilitate direct shipping routes between South America and Asia, significantly reducing transit times for commodities like soy, corn and copper to China.

The U.S. is worried the port’s ability to handle megaships directly between Peru and China could shift trade dynamics, making it easier for China to extract and control South American resources. The U.S. is also concerned about China’s growing economic leverage in the region.

There are also fears the port could be used for military purposes. General Laura Richardson of the U.S. Southern Command has highlighted concerns about the dual-use nature of such infrastructure, where commercial ports could potentially serve military functions. This includes worries about data security and the control over cargo scanning and logistics.

The Chancay port is expected to transform Peru into a strategic commercial hub, facilitating the export of commodities not only from Peru but also from other South American countries like Brazil. This development is seen as a significant step in China’s strategy to deepen its economic ties with Latin America, which has become a new battleground for resources among global powers.

Peruvian officials have downplayed U.S. concerns, suggesting that if the U.S. is worried about China’s growing presence, it should increase its own investments in the region. This stance reflects a broader trend in Latin America, where countries are increasingly looking to China for financing and development projects due to a significant gap in infrastructure funding.

Facing relentless setbacks, junta forces intensify attacks on residential places’– www.narinjara.com

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The Arakan Army (AA) claims that the military junta forces, after facing
relentless setbacks in various fronts, develop grudges and start
attacking residential villages every day.

“The junta forces are continuously conducting
aerial bombardments and drone attacks on the villages of Rakhine State
including towns and villages under the AA’s control. The villages under
Maungdaw, Thandwe and Ann townships are under relentless attacks,” said a
statement issued by the AA on 11 June.

The junta soldiers have targeted almost everything
like  hospitals, clinics, markets, schools, monasteries, etc and they are
supported by the navy personnel with artillery shelling.

Niger court strips ousted president of immunity – www.voanews.com

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Niger’s highest court on Friday lifted immunity from prosecution for ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, clearing the way for the military junta that removed him from office to try him for treason.

The ruling was made by Niger’s State Court, which has become the country’s highest judicial authority since it was created last year by the military officers who orchestrated the coup that overthrew Bazoum and his government last July. Shortly after the coup, the junta had announced plans to prosecute the president for high treason and undermining national security.

Bazoum, the nation’s democratically elected president, has been held under house arrest in the presidential palace along with his wife, Hadiza, since the July 26, 2023, coup despite protests and demands for his reinstatement from the Economic Community of West African States as well as Western nations.

How Boeing’s latest scandal could leave NASA astronauts ‘stranded in space’ on the ISS– www.dailymail.co.uk

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Boeing’s latest potential scandal is out of this world – literally.

Its Starliner spacecraft – which carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) last week – is unable to undock after several faults were found on the ship.

Teams have discovered five different leaks in the craft’s propulsion system which would navigate the craft through space as it returns to Earth.

The astronauts were set to return on June 14, but that has been delayed until June 22 while Boeing and NASA scramble to fix issues, leaving the astronauts stranded until then.

Now, experts have said that NASA could be forced to launch a rescue mission that would be a highly embarrassing blow for the embattled Boeing which is dealing with spate of issues plaguing its commercial jets.

Its Starliner spacecraft – which carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) last week – is unable to undock after several faults were found on the ship
Teams have discovered five different leaks in the craft’s thruster systems which would allow it to navigate through space as it returns to Earth

Hunter Biden to drop lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani– www.aol.com

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Hunter Biden is agreeing to drop a civil lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani’s former lawyer Robert Costello, according to a court filing Thursday.

The president’s son last year formally accused Giuliani and Costello of violating computer fraud and data access laws, alleging they manipulated data from his “devices or storage platforms.”

Attorneys for all three parties filed the agreement, which stipulates that Biden agrees to drop the lawsuit and that each man will pay his own legal fees.

The lawsuit initially sought more than $75,000 in damages, as well as attorneys’ fees and other penalties.

“As Giuliani is in bankruptcy and agreed to have the case waiting for when he is done, it made no sense to continue it in a non-bankruptcy court until that happens,” a person familiar with the filing told NBC News on Thursday.

Anti-Israel protesters trap California university administrators, take over and vandalize campus building– www.foxnews.com

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A large group of anti-Israel protesters took over and barricaded a campus building at the California State University, Los Angeles, on Wednesday night, trapping school employees inside.

Between 50 and 100 protesters blocked off entrances and exits at the student services building, according to KTLA 5. Video footage showed protesters wearing kaffiyehs and face coverings using golf carts, picnic tables and umbrellas to create a makeshift wall along the building’s perimeter.

Some of the protesters, who had reportedly come from a nearby encampment, sat in chairs chained to columns at the base of the building.

Hundreds Of Protestors Gather In Los Angeles Over Lack Of Charges In Murdered General Hospital Actor Case– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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Since Los Angeles County has a progressive prosecutor who does not like to prosecute, brazen crimes are becoming increasingly frequent. Murdered General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor fell victim to the culture of criminality that District Attorney George Gascón condones.

More than 200 protestors rallied in Downtown Los Angeles near the scene of the crime where Wactor was murdered to call for safer streets as well as to put pressure on officials to prosecute the suspect in the case.

According to KTLA:

A march demanding justice was held on Wednesday in honor of slain “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor, who was shot and killed while trying to stop catalytic converter thieves last month.

The suspects were in the process of stealing Wactor’s vehicle’s catalytic converter when “without provocation, [he] was shot by one of the individuals,” LAPD added.

Friends and family of the late actor, who was known for his role as Brando Corbin in the popular soap opera “General Hospital” and appeared in “Westworld” and “Criminal Minds,” held a rally in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday morning and marched towards city hall, calling for local leaders to take action against the violence.

Director defends casting Kevin Spacey in first lead role since trial– www.nydailynews.com

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Kevin Spacey is back on the screen in his first lead role since sexual assault allegations derailed his career — and director Michael Zaiko Hall has no qualms about the casting decision.

The two-time Academy Award winner was tapped to portray the titular character in the indie thriller “Peter Five Eight,” which is currently available for purchase on demand.

“Of course, this is a controversial choice, if you will,” Hall told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Friday. “We were very cognizant about what we were embarking on by bringing this to Kevin, but we knew it would be in the interest of the film. The film would be far more compelling with Kevin as Peter.”

Fani Willis Appears to Fire Back at Rudy Giuliani’s “Ho” Attack – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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Last Friday, my colleague Stephanie Mencimer had the distinct honor—or misfortune—of witnessing Rudy Giuliani’s apparent attempt to convince the Christian right to help him amid his dire financial troubles. That effort saw Giuliani airing crude, conspiratorial rhetoric before the faithful which at one point, saw Giuliani calling Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney in Donald Trump’s Georgia case, a “ho.”

Now Willis is responding, condemning the conservative critics who have relentlessly targeted her since she took on Trump’s Georgia election interference case. While speaking to leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgia, Willis appeared to single out the former New York City mayor’s denigrating remarks. She declined to call out Giuliani by name, but the subject of her remarks was evident.

The illegality committed by Mark Zuckerberg’s imposing yacht in Mallorca– www.lavanguardia.com

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Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in history. The creator of Facebook and owner of Meta (the company that also includes the social network Instagram) has managed to establish himself as one of the wealthiest men of our time, which is why he indulges in luxuries that most mortals can only dream of.

To celebrate his 40th birthday, the American has decided to give himself a luxury yacht called “Launchpad”, which is valued at 300 million euros. With this vessel, Zuckerberg plans to sail around much of the world while enjoying extreme comfort and glamour within reach of a few.

A 58-year-old Canadian man stole trade secrets from Tesla and tried to sell them on YouTube, authorities say– fortune.com

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A Canadian national who lives in China pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to sell secrets he stole from Tesla to market battery assembly technology vital to electric vehicles, authorities say. He was caught in a sting operation after undercover agents posed as Long Island businesspeople looking to buy an assembly line at a trade show in Las Vegas.

Klaus Pflugbeil, 58, is now facing a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and he’ll be sentenced in October. His co-defendant, Yilong Shao, is still at large. Prosecutors said Pflugbeil and Shao were employees of a Canada-based manufacturing company that made and sold battery assembly lines for clients that needed alkaline and lithium-ion batteries. The Canada manufacturing firm was purchased by a company—identified in reports as Tesla—which gave the Elon Musk-led electric vehicle maker a leg up in continuous motion battery manufacturing.

“Despite Pflugbeil’s agreement to protect what he knew was proprietary, sensitive technology, he chose to abscond with these trade secrets to China, where he sought an unfair and illegal advantage in critical industries such as electric vehicle manufacturing,” assistant attorney general Matthew Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division said in a statement. The conduct jeopardized national security, said Olsen.

A Quarter of All Americans Still Believe The Biggest Vaccine Lie : ScienceAlert– www.sciencealert.com

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Head to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, and it’s written in bold text: vaccines do not cause autism.

Even so, an incredible 24 percent of US adults think the opposite when it comes to the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. Another 3 percent aren’t sure.

The stats are based on a survey of 1,522 people carried out by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) at the University of Pennsylvania last April, fuelling concerns that the false beliefs will lead to fewer vaccinations and put a far greater percentage of the population at risk of preventable diseases.

More than a quarter of a century has passed since the former physician Andew Wakefield famously published a fraudulent study linking autism spectrum disorder with MMR vaccines. Though the paper has since been retracted, the APPC team suggests the echoes of the ensuing debate continue to sow concern and confusion.

Electric vehicles chargers are getting stolen, threatening U.S. consumer appetite for the cars– fortune.com

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DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot.

Two men, one with a light strapped to his head, got out. A security camera recorded them pulling out bolt cutters. One man snipped several charging cables; the other loaded them into the truck. In under 2½ minutes, they were gone.

The scene that night has become part of a troubling pattern across the country: Thieves have been targeting EV charging stations, intent on stealing the cables, which contain copper wiring. The price of copper is near a record high on global markets, which means criminals stand to collect rising sums of cash from selling the material.