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Australia News LIVE: PM Calls On Optus To Pay For Fresh Customer Passports; Labor Says Federal Budget Set To Face $32b Deficit https://digitalarizonanews.com/australia-news-live-pm-calls-on-optus-to-pay-for-fresh-customer-passports-labor-says-federal-budget-set-to-face-32b-deficit/ Key posts 1 of 4 2.46pm Welfare minister blasts pensioner ‘stunt’ By Dominic Giannini Aged pensioners have been dragged into an ugly political brawl over how much they can earn before impacting their payments. The partisan fight erupted after a late-night manoeuvre in the Senate, when a non-controversial government bill to make it easier for seniors to get cheaper access to everyday items was amended. The income threshold for seniors health cards will soon be increased to $90,000 for singles and $144,000 for couples. Minister for Social Services, Amanda Rishworth says the coalition is delaying relief for pensioners.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen But in a surprise move, the coalition and Greens joined forces to tack on an amendment to double the pension work bonus to $600 a fortnight, meaning older Australians could earn an extra $7800 a year. The amended legislation passed the Senate but appears unlikely to clear the lower house when parliament returns in late October. Loading That means older Australians will have to wait longer for cheaper medicines and trips to the doctor. Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth confirmed the government would strip out the amendment about work bonuses. “The Liberal-National coalition attached an unrelated amendment to the legislation as a political stunt,” Rishworth told AAP on Thursday. “We want to ease cost of living pressures for older Australians and it is disappointing the coalition is delaying this much-needed relief.” The government has already introduced its own work bonus bill to the lower house, which would allow pensioners to earn $4000 a year before having their payments cut. Labor’s proposal equates to about $150 extra a fortnight while the coalition and Greens pushed for $300. AAP 2.36pm New free Brisbane bus loop rolls out as roadwork ramps up By Tony Moore A new free bus will from early 2023 run for 12 months through inner-city Brisbane to tempt people out of their cars as big construction projects ramp up. The free bus will run a triangular “loop” at South Brisbane, along Vulture Street past Brisbane State High School as far as Tribune Street, around to Grey Street and back towards Kurilpa Point, then down Montague Road until it meets Vulture Street again. A new free bus will run through the major arts, retail and residential areas of South Brisbane and West End from 2023 as a 12-month trial.Credit:Brisbane City Council It will allow residents, students and workers to get to local primary and secondary schools, to the popular West End Markets, Queensland Museum, the State Library of Queensland, the Queensland Performing Arts Complex and South Bank Parklands. The 10-minute loop also runs past West End’s main retail centre on Boundary Street. Brisbane City Council will introduce a free bus service around South Brisbane that will run through Grey Street, Montague Road and Vulture streets from 2023 as roadworks intensify.Credit:Tony Moore The free bus service coincides with major work for the Brisbane Metro project around the Queensland Cultural Centre and extra traffic along Montague Road, a major thoroughfare between South Brisbane and West End. Brisbane City Council transport committee chair Ryan Murphy said the free bus trial was introduced to ease traffic congestion as construction on big projects increased. Read more here. 2.25pm US influence will decline, China will rise and ‘Trump trauma will linger’ By Farrah Tomazin Washington: Countries from around the world have virtually no appetite to send troops or weapons to Taiwan if China invades, in apparent contrast to US President Joe Biden’s recent pledge to intervene militarily if the island nation was attacked. A new report on global trends has also found that people from both sides of the Atlantic predict that America’s influence will drop significantly in the next five years while China rises, partly due to what researchers suggest could be “Trump trauma” in Europe – the lingering effect of Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi JinpingCredit:AP “Europeans are looking to what could happen in the US in 2024 [if Trump runs for office and is re-elected],” said Gesine Weber, a policy analyst at the German Marshall Fund, the think-tank that conducted the study. “That is something that would be very problematic for them, particularly for a country like Germany, which is always reliant on the US as a security guarantee.” Loading The findings are contained in the latest Transatlantic Trends polling project, an annual survey of US and European public opinion on a range of issues, from foreign policy challenges and the economy, to support for NATO and the rise of other world powers. According to the report, respondents from the 14 countries surveyed were particularly cautious when asked what actions their country should take should China invade Taiwan, with people from the US among several other nations who wanted their country to only take diplomatic steps. Over 4 per cent of respondents said they would support sending arms to Taiwan and only 2 per cent supported sending in troops. Democracy is also perceived to be declining, according to the research, particularly in Turkey (where 46 per cent of respondents felt it was in danger); Italy and Poland (both 32 per cent) and the US (30 per cent – 10 points higher than last year). Read more here. 2.15pm Five Melbourne University employees leave after sexual misconduct allegations By Caroline Schelle and Nicole Precel Five University of Melbourne staff members left the organisation in 2021 due to sexual misconduct allegations as part of the university’s new approach to tackling harassment. The university’s first Sexual Misconduct Annual Report showed there were nine sexual complaints filed against staff, which led to five leaving the university, most accused of “serious misconduct”. The University of Melbourne released a report into sexual harassment. One resigned, two were sacked without notice, one’s contract was not renewed, and another departure came in 2021 because of a complaint lodged in December 2020. Two staff members accused of wrongdoing who left the university tried to fight the claims at the Fair Work Commission but withdrew the action, according to the report. “It was made clear at conciliation that the University would not settle (either on a monetary or non-monetary basis) and was prepared to invest in defending the matter,” the report states. An internationally renowned academic at the university was found to have sexually harassed a young female colleague in 2019, according to an independent investigation. That report found that “on the balance of probabilities”, Professor Alan Lopez groped his colleague in a lift, attempted to kiss her, and called her “sexy” and a “distraction for all the men”. However, he kept his role as a Laureate Professor and Rowden-White chair. Lopez denies the accusations which were levelled at him but the report found his conduct was in breach of the university’s policy. Read more here. 2.01pm Albanese government backs creation of federal judicial watchdog By Michaela Whitbourn The federal government has given its in-principle support to establishing a federal judicial commission to handle complaints about federal judges. NSW and Victoria have independent Judicial Commissions to investigate complaints about state-based judges and magistrates, but there is no federal equivalent. Complaints about federal judges must be made to the court, and may then be referred to the Attorney-General. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will begin consultations to establish a federal judicial watchdog.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen In a statement on Thursday, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said he was a “longstanding supporter of a federal judicial commission to deal with complaints against judges”. “The government will now consult closely with the federal courts and other key stakeholders on the recommended establishment of a federal judicial commission.” Creating a federal judicial commission was among the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report on judicial impartiality and the law on bias. 1.50pm ‘One of the biggest environmental scandals’: Govt probes into coal mine prompt external review By Zach Hope The Queensland government has commissioned a retired judge to lead an external review into its environmental powers and penalty regime following a much-criticised investigation into operations at a controversial coal mine. Australian-owned New Hope Group has long been accused of illegal mining and noise disturbances at its New Acland Coal business, about 50 kilometres north-west of Toowoomba, and investigations by the Department of Environment and Science have dragged on for years or ended with minor punishment. The New Acland coal mine, near Oakey, in Queensland’s Darling Downs.Credit:New Hope Group Anti-fossil fuel lobby group Lock the Gate Alliance lodged a complaint with the department in February and received a response this month, seen by the Brisbane Times, which acknowledged it was appropriate to review the government’s enforcement capabilities. It has picked Richard Jones, who served a five-year stint at the Land Court in the late 2000s and for more than a decade on Queensland’s District Court and the Planning and Environment Court, to lead the probe. Jones is expected to hand down his findings this year. Loading The review will pay attention to the government’s ability to target “nuisances”, pollution and waste management, according to a government statement. It is not clear if it will be made public. Among the criticisms and allega...

Fourth Leak Found On Nord Stream Pipelines, Swedish Coast Guard Says https://digitalarizonanews.com/fourth-leak-found-on-nord-stream-pipelines-swedish-coast-guard-says/ OSLO, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Sweden’s coast guard discovered a fourth gas leak on the damaged Nord Stream pipelines earlier this week, a spokesperson told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. The European Union suspects sabotage was behind the gas leaks on the subsea Russian pipelines to Europe and has promised a “robust” response to any intentional disruption of its energy infrastructure. “Two of these four are in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone,” coast guard spokesperson Jenny Larsson told the paper late on Wednesday. The other two breaches are in the Danish exclusive economic zone. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com The coast guard did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on Thursday. While neither pipeline was in use at the time of the suspected blasts, they were filled with gas that has been spewing out in the Baltic Sea since Monday’s ruptures. The fourth leak was on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, in close proximity to a larger hole found on the nearby Nord Stream 1, the Swedish coast guard said. This week, Danish authorities reported one hole in each of the two pipeline sections in their waters. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Terje Solsvik; Editing by Stine Jacobsen and Clarence Fernandez Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read More Here

Trump Nearly Expelled Ivanka, Jared Kushner From White House With A Tweet, New Book Says – Digital World Acq (NASDAQ:DWAC), Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) https://digitalarizonanews.com/trump-nearly-expelled-ivanka-jared-kushner-from-white-house-with-a-tweet-new-book-says-digital-world-acq-nasdaqdwac-twitter-nysetwtr/ Donald Trump came close to sending his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner out of the White House once, a new book by New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman said, according to CNN. Both had served as senior White House aides when he was in office. What Happened: The matter came up for discussion between Trump, and his then chief-of-staff John Kelly and then-White House counsel Don McGahn, Haberman said in the book entitled “Confidence Man: The Making Of Donald Trump and the Breaking Of America.” Trump was about to tweet that Ivanka and Kushner would leave the White House, according to the book. He stopped short of doing it out because of Kelly, who suggested that the former president should speak with them in person before deciding. Ivanka, and Kushner, who runs private equity fund Affinity Partner which derives much of its funding from the Saudi government’s sovereign wealth fund, continued to remain in the White House until Trump’s term expired. The excerpts of the book carried by CNN did not shed details on the reason why Trump’s considered such a move. See also: Trump Disregards Hurricane Ian Risks, Refuses To Reschedule Florida Deposition In Video-Phone Fraud Case Despite the patch-up, Trump always took potshots at his son-in-law, mocking him as “effete,” Haberman reportedly said in the book. Referring to Kushner’s 2017 Congressional testimony, Trump said, “He sounds like a child,” the book said. Incidentally, Trump’s niece Mary once brought up the possibility of Kushner having tipped off the FBI regarding government documents at his Florida home, calling him the “Mar-a-Lago mole.” Trump was later banned from Twitter Inc TWTR in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection for the glorification of violence. He has since taken to posting his thoughts on Truth Social, a part of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which is set to go public through a merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp DWAC. © 2022 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. Read More Here

US Influence Will Decline, China Will Rise And ‘Trump Trauma Will Linger’ https://digitalarizonanews.com/us-influence-will-decline-china-will-rise-and-trump-trauma-will-linger/ Washington: Countries from around the world have virtually no appetite to send troops or weapons to Taiwan if China invades, in apparent contrast to US President Joe Biden’s recent pledge to intervene militarily if the island nation was attacked. A new report on global trends has also found that people from both sides of the Atlantic predict that America’s influence will drop significantly in the next five years while China rises, partly due to what researchers suggest could be “Trump trauma” in Europe – the lingering effect of Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi JinpingCredit:AP “Europeans are looking to what could happen in the US in 2024 [if Trump runs for office and is re-elected],” said Gesine Weber, a policy analyst at the German Marshall Fund, the think-tank that conducted the study. “That is something that would be very problematic for them, particularly for a country like Germany, which is always reliant on the US as a security guarantee.” The findings are contained in the latest Transatlantic Trends polling project, an annual survey of US and European public opinion on a range of issues, from foreign policy challenges and the economy, to support for NATO and the rise of other world powers. Loading According to the report, respondents from the 14 countries surveyed were particularly cautious when asked what actions their country should take should China invade Taiwan, with people from the US among several other nations who wanted their country to only take diplomatic steps. Only 4 per cent of respondents said they would support sending arms to Taiwan, and just 2 per cent supported sending in troops. Democracy is also perceived to be declining, according to the research, particularly in Turkey (where 46 per cent of respondents felt it was in danger); Italy and Poland (both 32 per cent) and the US (30 per cent – 10 points higher than last year). The findings come less than two weeks after US President Joe Biden told 60 Minutes that the US would commit military forces in the event of an “unprecedented attack” by China – a move that would draw Australia into an unwanted future conflict. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen watches soldiers operate equipment during a visit to a naval station on Penghu, an archipelago of several dozen islands off Taiwan’s western coast.Credit:AP Pressed if that would involve US men and women – unlike in Ukraine, where the president has ruled out sending American troops – Biden answered: “Yes”. While Biden sought to walk back his comments at the United National General Assembly last week, his sentiments, which he has made before, deviate from the traditional strategy used in Washington: to remain ambiguous about the sensitive issue of defending Taiwan. Weber said the lack of appetite to assist Taiwan militarily could simply be geography. “It’s pretty far away for some respondents and they don’t regard it as their conflict, whereas Ukraine is right in their neighbourhood,” she said. The Transatlantic Trends annual polling project takes in the views of people from 14 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the US. Loading Most countries had about 1500 respondents, who were predominantly surveyed between late June and early July 2022. The report found that while most nations view the influence of the US in global affairs as positive, only 37 per cent expect the country to be the most influential in five years’ time compared to 64 per cent now. China’s influence, on the other hand, was predicted to nearly double (from 13 per cent to 25 per cent), and the EU’s would remain relatively steady (from 17 per cent to 15 per cent). In somewhat better news for America – and set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine – most respondents believe that the relationship between the US and Europe will remain stable in the next five years, while more than a quarter believe they will get closer. Most Viewed in World Loading Read More Here

Hurricane Ian Slams Southwest Florida With “catastrophic” Storm Surge https://digitalarizonanews.com/hurricane-ian-slams-southwest-florida-with-catastrophic-storm-surge/ Hurricane Ian was flooding some areas of Florida’s west coast with storm surges as high as 18 feet above ground level as it moved across the peninsula after making landfall Wednesday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Why it matters: Surge numbers that high — 12 to 18 ft — would be unprecedented for the region and some of the highest on record in the U.S. “Ian battering the Florida peninsula with catastrophic storm surge, winds, and flooding,” the NHC said in a 5pm ET update. Although the hurricane weakened after making landfall near Pirate Harbor in the afternoon, becoming a Category 1 storm by 11pm, storm surge and flooding threats remained on Thursday — as power outages hit more than 2 million customers in the state. What they’re saying: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) warned at a briefing Wednesday evening there would be damage throughout the entire state. “Overwhelmingly it’s been that surge that’s been the biggest issue and the flooding … as a result,” he said. “In some areas, we think it’s hit 12 feet.” The big picture: Storm surge was battering Florida’s west coast throughout Wednesday, and 8 to 12 ft was expected between Bonita Beach and the small island of Chokoloskee in southern Florida, and 6 to 10 ft from Englewood to Longboat Key. The storm surge was occurring along with high winds, heavy rainfall and considerable flooding. Zoom in: Ian caused over 9 ft of surge in Naples, Collier County, by 1pm ET Wednesday — a new record for the city, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitoring station. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said officers were “getting a significant number of calls of people trapped by water in their homes,” and the Naples fire station was inundated with about three feet of floodwater. In Fort Myers, the city saw a peak 7.26 ft of surge — a record high, per NOAA. Homes in Fort Myers Beach were damaged or destroyed from the surge, while boats were seen floating through streets in Fort Myers. Meanwhile, the Caloosahatchee River, which flows into the San Carlos Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, was experiencing 7.2 ft of “moderate flooding” as of around 6:10pm ET, according to a National Weather Service gauge in Fort Myers. Surge-related flooding was reported on the island of Sanibel and seen on public cameras broadcasting footage of the storm. A National Ocean Service station near Ft. Myers reported a water level greater than 7 ft, per a 7pm EST NHC update. Threat level: The NHC considers storm surge, or an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, to be the most deadly and destructive aspect of hurricanes. The surge is the result of water being thrust toward the shoreline by the winds moving cyclonically around the storm and can cause “extreme” flooding in coastal areas, especially when it coincides with high tides. Photo: National Weather Service Miami/Twitter Go deeper: Universal Studios, Disney, stores, schools and more closing for Hurricane Ian Axios’ Andrew Freedman contributed to this story. Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional details. Read More Here

Popular Deli And Phoenix Hotel Cited For Multiple Health Code Violations https://digitalarizonanews.com/popular-deli-and-phoenix-hotel-cited-for-multiple-health-code-violations/ PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Every week, Arizona’s Family looks up restaurants that have been recently been inspected by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department. Restaurants with some of the highest numbers of “risk factors,” considered as major health code violations by inspectors, are selected for our Dirty Dining Report. For more details on the restaurant inspection scoring system, visit Maricopa County’s website. Here are the Valley restaurants that did not make the grade for September 28, 2022: Lychee Kitchen 23450 N. 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 4 violations Cook grabbed crab wontons with bare hands Raw chicken and beef stored above vegetables NY Bagels ‘N Bialys 1455 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 4 violations Bacon, cheese and salmon not kept at proper temperatures Employee cracking eggs, then not washing hands properly The Creek Patio Grill 28244 N. Tatum Boulevard, Cave Creek, AZ 4 violations Lobster chili not cooling properly No hand drying towels at hand wash sink Hue Gourmet Kitchen 66 S. Dobson Road, Mesa, AZ 4 violations Two employees bussing dirty dishes then handling food Raw eggs stored above noodles Four Points by Sheraton South Phoenix 10831 S. 51st Street, Phoenix, AZ 5 violations No paper towels at hand wash sink Raw eggs, cheese and ham thrown out for being for being out of temperature Worker handling dirty dishes then touching clean dishes without washing up Dean’s List – Valley restaurants with perfect health inspection scores: Someburros Restaurant – 1335 E. Baseline Road, Gilbert, AZ Bruno’s Pizza – 6750 W. Olive Avenue, Peoria, AZ Cindy’s II – 15444 N. Greasewood Street, Surprise, AZ Bo Bo China Restaurant – 8738 W. Cholla Street Peoria, AZ Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant – Arizona Mills Mall, Tempe, AZ Papa Johns Pizza – 4840 N. 83rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ Copyright 2022 KTVK/KPHO. All rights reserved. Read More…

Trump Disregards Hurricane Ian Risks, Refuses To Reschedule Florida Deposition In Video-Phone Fraud Case – Digital World Acq (NASDAQ:DWAC) https://digitalarizonanews.com/trump-disregards-hurricane-ian-risks-refuses-to-reschedule-florida-deposition-in-video-phone-fraud-case-digital-world-acq-nasdaqdwac/ Donald Trump refused to delay deposition in a class-action fraud lawsuit related to video phones even as opposing lawyers sought a deferral due to a category 4 hurricane that hit Florida’s west coast on Wednesday. What Happened: While Trump’s lawyers opposed delaying the deposition, the lawyers for the investors said questioning the former president under oath was perilous given the hurricane, reported Bloomberg. The two sides reportedly shot letters to the court Wednesday, with the judge finally ordering both to settle for a new date of deposition, adding that it must take place before Oct. 31. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave wrote that Hurricane Ian was “battering the Florida peninsula with catastrophic storm surge, winds, and flooding.” “Under these conditions, whether the deposition could occur on Friday, even remotely, is uncertain,” she said. The investors’ lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, told the judge that she offered to reschedule the deposition or move it from Mar-a-Lago to Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, but was turned down by the former leader’s lawyers, as per the report. Trump’s lawyers proposed holding the deposition via videoconferencing, but that was refused by Kaplan on account of the volume of documents and videos that she planned to use. See Also: How To Buy TMTG IPO Stock  Why It Matters: In 2018, Trump and three of his oldest children were sued by four investors who said they were cheated into paying thousands of dollars to become independent sellers with ACN Opportunity LLC, which sold a videophone promoted by Trump but was made obsolete by smartphones, according to Bloomberg. Trump reportedly avoided deposing for years but agreed this year to do so after he attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed failed. The lawsuit alleges that Trump promoted the video phone company on “Celebrity Apprentice,” and starred in promotions and appeared in-person at events for ACN, according to Bloomberg. Trump is engaged in numerous legal fights, including one involving classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. These legal wranglings could delay the announcement of his 2024 presidential bid, according to a previous report.  Recently, Trump said on Truth Social that he was ahead of President Joe Biden in three states, citing a poll. The platform is a part of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) — a company set to go public through a merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp. DWAC. Read Next: Trump Lawyers Make Move To Swiftly End Journalist’s Rape-Related Defamation Lawsuit © 2022 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. Read More Here

Trump Lashed Out At George Stephanopoulos In Profanity-Laced Tirade After 2016 Interview, New Book Says | News Channel 3-12 https://digitalarizonanews.com/trump-lashed-out-at-george-stephanopoulos-in-profanity-laced-tirade-after-2016-interview-new-book-says-news-channel-3-12/ CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Donald Trump berated ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, descending into a profanity-laced tirade after the journalist asked him in a 2016 interview about Russia, according to a forthcoming book set for release next week. The book, “Confidence Man” by Maggie Haberman of The New York Times, details the stunning behind-the-scenes episode that transpired after Stephanopoulos conducted a sit-down interview with Trump, who at the time was a presidential candidate. Haberman’s book is set to be released on Tuesday, but CNN obtained an excerpt detailing the incident between Stephanopoulos and Trump. Haberman wrote in the book that when the cameras turned off, “storm clouds came over Trump’s face.” “Trump summoned an ABC producer into a small area away from the cameras, where Trump was surrounded by Secret Service agents, and snarled, ‘That was bulls–t,’” Haberman wrote. The ABC News producer, John Santucci, asked what specific part of the interview Trump was referring to. “Russia,” Trump replied, according to Haberman. “Eight f–king follow-ups—are you f–king kidding me? It’s like asking me if I beat my wife. You ask me once, I say ‘F–k no,’ and we move on. You don’t then ask if I hit her with a f–king baseball bat or a f–king golf club! That was bulls–t and you better f–king fix it in the edit.’” Haberman reported that after he scolded Santucci, Trump called for Stephanopoulos. Trump, Haberman wrote, mentioned Russia and Stephanopoulos chuckled and said, “I know, my team says I didn’t ask you enough about it.” That set Trump off. “Are you f–king kidding me! Eighteen f–king follow-ups—how many different ways do I have to say I don’t know the guy?” Trump said, according to Haberman. Trump then walked away, Haberman wrote. ABC News declined to comment when asked Wednesday about the matter. While the incident is years old, it offers an extraordinary behind-the-camera view at how Trump treated the press, particularly after a contentious television interview. Asked for comment, Taylor Budowich, a Trump spokesperson, dismissed the reporting in broad terms. Budowich said that “coastal elites” are obsessed with “boring books” from “unreliable sources.” Haberman, however, has one of the most impressive records reporting on Trump. She has consistently broken news about Trump during his campaign for office and when he was in the White House. And she has continued to do so in the aftermath of his presidency. The-CNN-Wire & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved. Read More Here

Today In History: September 29, Pope John Paul I Found Dead https://digitalarizonanews.com/today-in-history-september-29-pope-john-paul-i-found-dead/ Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2022. There are 93 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 29, 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. On this date: In 1789, the U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. In 1829, London’s reorganized police force, which became known as Scotland Yard, went on duty. In 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship HMS Nelson off Malta. In 1962, Canada joined the space age as it launched the Alouette 1 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The musical “My Fair Lady” closed on Broadway after 2,717 performances. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, creating the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1982, Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with deadly cyanide claimed the first of seven victims in the Chicago area. (To date, the case remains unsolved.) In 1986, the Soviet Union released Nicholas Daniloff, an American journalist confined on spying charges. In 1989, actor Zsa Zsa Gabor was convicted of battery for slapping Beverly Hills police officer Paul Kramer after he’d pulled over her Rolls-Royce for expired license plates. (As part of her sentence, Gabor ended up serving three days in jail.) In 2000, Israeli riot police stormed a major Jerusalem shrine and opened fire on stone-throwing Muslim worshippers, killing four Palestinians and wounding 175. In 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in as the nation’s 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation. In 2020, the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos, as Trump repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry and personal jabs and the two men talked over each other. Trump refused to condemn white supremacists who had supported him, telling one such group known as Proud Boys to “stand back, stand by.” Ten years ago: Omar Khadr, the last Western detainee held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returned to Canada after a decade in custody. Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger died at the age of 86. Five years ago: Tom Price resigned as President Donald Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services amid investigations into his use of costly charter flights for official travel at taxpayer expense. The United States warned Americans to stay away from Cuba, and ordered home more than half of the American diplomatic corps there; the administration began referring to the mysterious health ailments affecting Americans there as “attacks” rather than “incidents” but acknowledged that neither Cuban nor US investigators could figure out who or what was responsible. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz accused the Trump administration of “killing us with the inefficiency” after Hurricane Maria. One year ago: In a major victory for pop star Britney Spears, a judge in Los Angeles suspended the singer’s father from the conservatorship that had controlled her life and money for 13 years, saying the arrangement reflected a “toxic environment.” (The judge would end the conservatorship weeks later.) Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won Japan’s governing party’s leadership election, putting him in line to become the country’s next prime minister. Today’s Birthdays: Conductor Richard Bonynge is 92. Writer-director Robert Benton is 90. Singer Jerry Lee Lewis is 87. Soul-blues-gospel singer Sherman Holmes is 83. NASA administrator and former Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is 80. Actor Ian McShane is 80. Jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty is 80. Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa (lehk vah-WEN’-sah) is 79. Television-film composer Mike Post is 78. Actor Patricia Hodge is 76. TV personality Bryant Gumbel is 74. Rock singer-musician Mark Farner is 74. Rock singer-musician Mike Pinera is 74. Country singer Alvin Crow is 72. Actor Drake Hogestyn is 69. Olympic gold medal runner Sebastian Coe is 66. Singer Suzzy Roche (The Roches) is 66. Comedian-actor Andrew “Dice” Clay is 65. Rock singer John Payne (Asia) is 64. Actor Roger Bart is 60. Singer-musician Les Claypool is 59. Actor Jill Whelan is 56. Actor Ben Miles is 56. Actor Luke Goss is 54. Actor Erika Eleniak is 53. R&B singer Devante Swing (Jodeci) is 53. Country singer Brad Cotter (TV: “Nashville Star”) is 52. Actor Emily Lloyd is 52. Actor Natasha Gregson Wagner is 52. Actor Rachel Cronin is 51. Country musician Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive) is 49. Actor Alexis Cruz is 48. Actor Zachary Levi is 42. Actor Chrissy Metz (TV: “This Is Us”) is 42. Actor Kelly McCreary (TV: “Grey’s Anatomy”) is 41. Rock musician Josh Farro is 35. NBA All-Star Kevin Durant is 34. Actor Doug Brochu is 32. Singer Phillip Phillips is 32. Pop singer Halsey is 28. Actor Clara Mamet is 28. Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Read More Here

McConnell Backs Bipartisan Revisions To Elections Law https://digitalarizonanews.com/mcconnell-backs-bipartisan-revisions-to-elections-law/ WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he will “proudly support” legislation to overhaul rules for certifying presidential elections, bolstering a bipartisan effort to revise a 19th century law and avoid another Jan. 6 insurrection. The legislation would clarify and expand parts of the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential winners. The changes in the certification process are in response to unsuccessful efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to exploit loopholes in the law to overturn his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden, and the violent attack on the Capitol by his supporters as Congress counted the votes. “Congress’ process for counting the presidential electors’ votes was written 135 years ago,” McConnell said. “The chaos that came to a head on Jan. 6 of last year certainly underscored the need for an update.” McConnell made the remarks just before the Senate Rules Committee voted 14-1 to approve the bill and send it to the Senate floor, where a vote is expected after the November election. The only senator to vote against the legislation was Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, one of two senators to stand and object to Biden’s certification last year. The GOP leader’s endorsement gave the legislation a major boost as the bipartisan group pushes to pass the bill before the end of the year and ahead of the next election cycle. Trump is still pushing false claims of election fraud and saying he won the election as he considers another run in 2024. McConnell’s support for the law could put him even more at odds with Trump, who frequently berates the GOP leader and has encouraged Republicans to vote against it. The House has already passed a more expansive bill overhauling the electoral rules, but it has far less Republican support. While the House bill received a handful of GOP votes, the Senate version already has the backing of at least 12 Republicans — more than enough to break a filibuster and pass the legislation in the 50-50 Senate. As he announced his support, McConnell noted that Democrats also objected to legitimate election results the last three times that Republicans won the presidency. “The situation obviously called for careful, methodical and bipartisan work,” he said, noting that the bipartisan group that negotiated the bill worked on the language for months. Today’s breaking news and more in your inbox Read More Here

Glenn Greenwald: Nord Stream Pipeline Provides 'enormous' Leverage To Russia https://digitalarizonanews.com/glenn-greenwald-nord-stream-pipeline-provides-enormous-leverage-to-russia/ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald said the Nord Stream pipeline gave Russia “enormous amounts of leverage” Wednesday on “The Ingraham Angle.”  GLENN GREENWALD: How many things have been blamed on Russia over the past five or six years by the western media, by the EU, by neoliberals and deep state operatives that turned out to be completely false? They even invented a conspiracy theory. You probably remember that Russia had some super-secret hypersonic weapon that was causing brain damage in American diplomats that nobody had ever heard of before, and it turned out to be debunked even by the CIA. Why would Russia explode their own pipeline that gives them enormous amounts of leverage?  NORD STREAM PIPELINE BLASTS WERE LIKELY FROM EXPLOSIONS, NOT EARTHQUAKES, SEISMOLOGIST SAYS They can turn off that pipeline any time that they want, which gives them exactly the power that they most want. I don’t know who did this, but what I do know is that a state could only do this, but also the U.S. has been obsessed for years going back to the Bush administration with trying to bully and coerce and persuade the Europeans not to buy natural gas from Moscow, but to instead buy it from the United States. Donald Trump, while he was being called a Putin asset or blackmailed by the Kremlin, was one of the leaders in badgering the Germans saying we pay you for your defense, you should be buying natural gas from us, and now suddenly the pipeline blows up in the middle of this war, and we’re going to blame Russia for that?   CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE:  This article was written by Fox News staff. Read More Here

Trump Is Offering To 'head Up' A Group To Negotiate Peace Between Russia And Ukraine https://digitalarizonanews.com/trump-is-offering-to-head-up-a-group-to-negotiate-peace-between-russia-and-ukraine/ Trump suggested heading up a team to arrange a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia. Referencing the leak in the Nord Stream pipeline, Trump said it’s time to “get a negotiated deal.” “The entire World is at stake,” the former president wrote on Truth Social. Loading Something is loading. Former President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that he could lead a team to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. In several posts on Truth Social, Trump referenced the unprecedented leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines while offering ideas on what he could contribute to the situation. In his first post, Trump claimed the pipeline had been sabotaged, which “could lead to major escalation, or War!” “U.S. ‘Leadership’ should remain ‘cool, calm, and dry’ on the SABOTAGE of the Nord Stream Pipelines. This is a big event that should not entail a big solution, at least not yet,” the former president wrote. Trump also repeated his claim that the Ukraine war would never have happened if he had been president and offered solutions to the situation. “Do not make matters worse with the pipeline blowup. Be strategic, be smart (brilliant!), get a negotiated deal done NOW,” Trump wrote. “Both sides need and want it. The entire World is at stake. I will head up group???” A representative at Trump’s post-presidential press office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. Trump’s suggestion that he head up a team to de-escalate tensions with Russia stands in stark contrast to some statements he made in the early days of the Ukraine war. In March, Trump said he would send nuclear submarines to go “up and down” Russia’s coast to pressure Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Trump also suggested that the US put Chinese flags on its fighter jets and use them to “bomb the shit” out of Russia. Trump’s saber-rattling came after he commended Russian President Vladimir Putin for the latter’s actions in relation to Ukraine. In February, Trump lauded Putin’s justification for invading Ukraine as “savvy” and “genius.” Later that month, Trump called Putin “smart” for supposedly “playing” President Joe Biden “like a drum.” Trump’s comments on Wednesday were not the first time he has called for Russia and Ukraine to “figure out” a solution. In April, he said the two countries should negotiate peace “now — not later — when everyone will be DEAD!” That same month, a 2019 clip surfaced of Trump suggesting to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he “get together” with Putin to solve their “problem,” which prompted a look of shock and disgust from the Ukrainian leader. It is unclear how effective Trump would be as a negotiator, but he is known to have had significant ties with Russia. The former president spent decades trying to break ground in Moscow with his business. Last June, Putin praised Trump for being an “extraordinary” and “talented” individual last June. Special counsel Robert Mueller probed Trump’s ties with Russia following accusations that the Russian government, under Putin’s direction, had helped Trump win the presidency in 2016 by waging an “influence campaign” against his rival, Hillary Clinton. For his part, Trump has denied any wrongdoing, calling the probe a hoax. Read More Here

Old Pueblo Abuelo: A Sad Goodbye To Wings Over Broadway | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com https://digitalarizonanews.com/old-pueblo-abuelo-a-sad-goodbye-to-wings-over-broadway-allsportstucson-com/ Wings over Broadway at 8838 E Broadway Blvd. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson) This is the 29th installment of “Old Pueblo Abuelo,” a thought on positive things happening in the Old Pueblo from a sometimes cranky and often times humorous grandfather actually born in Tucson and writing from my desk in Tucson, the Old Pueblo.… It was called Long Wong’s from 1994 to 2002 and then Wings over Broadway. 20 years. Come Sunday, it will be no more. The 5004 E Broadway Blvd. location changed hands from the Almada family to the Esquibel family in 2007 and those wings started to really fly. The second location opened at 8838 E. Broadway in 2017 in the former location of BZ’s Pizza Company. BZ’s had a short run of three years and it suffered from the closure of Safeway, which anchored the strip mall by Camino Seco. The 5004 E. Broadway location closed in 2020 and spot is now an open lot. Safeway moving out may have been a sign of things to come along with the overly drawn out Broadway improvement project that stopped customers from coming in, and then COVID, but I prefer to think about the good things that happened inside where customers became friends. Where bartenders, servers and cooks became friends. Where strangers became friends. Lemon Pepper and Blue Cheese. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson) It became a hangout for former and current high school football coaches and youth teams crowded around the tables. NFL Sundays were a must. Wings over Broadway earned 11 out of 15 awards for the Best Wings in Tucson including the last 10 awards in a row. That doesn’t happen by accident. Dozens of restaurants have closed in the Old Pueblo in recent years and many more are struggling. Each has its own collection of stories and memories, especially local restaurants. The owners and employees are our neighbors, their money and goodwill stays in our neighborhoods, not in an office in another state. Wings over Broadway has been a constant supporter of youth and high school sports and many of our AllSportsTucson shows have been recorded there. Personally, I have probably eaten well over 1,000 wings, 10 at a time. My favorite is lemon pepper with blue cheese and a michelada and my friends there all know it. Soon, they will forget what I like but I will remember how I felt every time I walked through those doors. It’s been said Wings over Broadway resembled the TV show “Cheers” and I guess that’s a good way to remember it. Everybody knew your name. More “Old Pueblo Abuelo” can be found here. Owner JJ Esquibel making me one of my last drinks at his bar. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson) “I just wanted to tell everyone thank you and from the bottom of my heart I appreciate all the overwhelming love and support we received yesterday in posts and in person. I truly do love all our customers and all the support we’ve gotten over the years and in our last few days. Yesterday was the business post but today is the heartfelt personal one. Over the years we have built the business, but most importantly we have built a community!! Those who know and come here as regulars know exactly what I’m talking about. We have customers who come to WOB not just for the food but also the interactions with our employees. We know customers by name and orders. We have customers that became friends and friends that became family. We’ve seen couples come in while dating who now bring their families in. That’s WOB… that’s who we are!! Those are things that you can only get at a small locally owned business. So please come in this week, get some great food while you can. Have a few drinks and share your memories with us. Thank you and we love our WOB community.” JJ Esquibel. The original location. (Tucson Citizen/June 4, 2008) FOLLOW @ANDYMORALES8 ON TWITTER Named one of “Arizona’s Heart & Sol” by KOLD and Casino del Sol, Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017 and a 2019 AZ Education News recognition. He was a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. He was the first in Arizona to write about high school beach volleyball and high school girls wrestling and his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is a Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Andy was named an Honorary Flowing Wells Caballero in 2019, became a member of the Sunnyside Los Mezquites Cross Country Hall of Fame in 2021 and he was a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee. He earned a Distinguished Service Award from Amphitheater and he was recognized by the Sunnyside School District and by Tucson City Councilman Richard Fimbres. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com Read More Here

Arizona Softball Announces 2022 Fall Ball Schedule https://digitalarizonanews.com/arizona-softball-announces-2022-fall-ball-schedule/ After an offseason full of comings and goings, fans will finally get to see the 2022-23 Arizona softball team take the field. The Wildcats announced their fall ball schedule which features seven games against Arizona junior colleges in late October and early November at Hillenbrand Stadium. Arizona will kick off the fall season against Pima Community College on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. MST. After that, the Wildcats take a week off before playing a doubleheader against South Mountain and Central Arizona on Thursday, Oct. 27 beginning at 4:30 p.m. MST. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Arizona will start another doubleheader by facing Phoenix College at 4:30 p.m. MST. It will be an opportunity for transfers Brianna Hardy and Ali Ashner to face their former squad. The pitcher and outfielder joined the Wildcats after helping the Bears win a second straight NJCAA Division II title last season. Hardy was crowned the NJCAA DII Pitcher of the Year, while Ashner was honored as the NJCAA DII Player of the Year. The nightcap on Nov. 4 will feature Arizona hosting Eastern Arizona at 6:30 p.m. MST. The Wildcats will wrap things up with games against Arizona Western and Chandler-Gilbert on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., respectively. The Wildcats are preparing to make another run at the Women’s College World Series after appearing in the last three tournaments. After an up-and-down year last season, they made a final push through the regionals and super regionals to make their 25th appearance in the WCWS. Arizona returns eight players from the group that made the trip to Oklahoma City. All eight were starters for the Wildcats last season. They added six freshmen and three transfers to the group. Read More Here

Live Updates: Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall In Florida https://digitalarizonanews.com/live-updates-hurricane-ian-makes-landfall-in-florida/ 10 min ago Jacksonville International Airport cancels all flights Thursday From CNN’s Dave Alsup All flights through Jacksonville International Airport are canceled Thursday and the terminal is closed, the airport announced in a tweet. JAX joins Orlando International Airport and Tampa International Airport in discontinuing flights due to Hurricane Ian. The Tampa airport announced that no flights would depart from the airstrip Thursday and has not provided a reopening date. Orlando International said in a Wednesday update that its commercial operations are “expected to resume sometime Friday.” 35 min ago Photo shows damage to theatre in Venice, Florida From CNN’s Elizabeth Wolfe and Amy Simonson Damage to Venice Theater is seen on September 28. (City of Venice, Florida) The city of Venice, Florida, posted a picture of the storm damage to its award-winning Venice Theatre, which has operated since the 1950s, according to the theatre website. The performing arts facility hosts two stages, a 432-seat main venue and a 90-seat theatre. The theatre canceled show performances, rehearsals and classes through Thursday due to the storm, according to its website. 48 min ago “We will hunt you down,” sheriff says to those thinking of looting during storm From CNN’s Amy Simonson Any individual who is thinking of looting a business or residence will be caught by police and sent to jail, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno warned Wednesday night. “The one thing I do have is absolute, and that is a message that’s very clear for any of those individuals that think they’re going to go out there and loot or prey on people during this horrific event: you better think twice,” Marceno said at a news conference. “When I say zero tolerance, zero tolerance means we will hunt you down, track you down and you’re going to jail if you’re lucky,” he said. An incident of someone trying to loot a gas station was reported and police will not tolerate such behavior, the sheriff said. Calls are also coming in for people to rescue them, but officers will not be able to go out until the winds die down to less than 45 mph, Marceno said. “Obviously, there are a lot of challenges that we face. We don’t even know exactly what we face just yet. We know we’ve been hit very hard,” he said. Reports are coming in of damaged buildings as well as vehicles floating to the ocean, but until deputies can get out to assess they are unable to give specific details, he said. “We don’t know exactly what’s out there. There are residents that are desperate for help. Their homes are compromised, businesses are compromised. We have water issues,” he said. Officials are asking residents to stay off the roadways in the meantime, he said. 58 min ago Sarasota first responders will clear emergency routes once winds decrease to under 45 mph From CNN’s Amy Simonson Once winds decrease to under 45 mph, Sarasota County’s Tactical First-In teams will begin clearing emergency routes so that authorized staff can begin conducting damage assessments, the county said in a statement. “We will also be evaluating our county infrastructure, like water and wastewater systems. Please be patient with this process as we do not know how long this will take,” the statement said. Residents are urged to stay off the roadways until local officials say they are clear. Sarasota schools are also closed through Friday and schools will be assessed for any damage, the county said in a separate statement. 1 hr 7 min ago Charlotte County hopes to start answering emergency calls Thursday morning, official says From CNN’s Jamiel Lynch Emergency crews in Charlotte County are not able to respond to 911 calls due to dangerous storm conditions, the county emergency director told CNN. “Unfortunately our dispatch continues to receive calls – our 911 center – and just like every other county, our emergency response agencies cannot safely operate,” Charlotte County Emergency Management Director Patrick Fuller told CNN’s Anderson’s Cooper Wednesday night. “We are receiving calls about water in homes, other situations, but until the hazards conditions end, they won’t be able to answer those calls,” he added. Overnight damage and storm surge levels are still unclear, but the department hopes to resume emergency services Thursday morning, Fuller said. “We do fear that there is some catastrophic damage out there that we are going to see come morning time and come when the winds abate,” he said, adding, “I hope it did not reach that catastrophic worst-case scenario. I fear, we are preparing for that regardless.” The majority of the county is without power, Fuller said.   1 hr 10 min ago Hurricane Ian weakens to a Category 1 storm From CNN’s Taylor Ward Hurricane Ian has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane as it moves across central Florida, the National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday. The storm’s sustained winds are down to 90 mph.  Ian is now centered about 70 miles south of Orlando. East-central Florida, including Orlando, is also under a tornado watch through 1 a.m. ET Thursday. Overnight, widespread tropical storm-force winds with gusts above hurricane force will continue to impact central Florida, the hurricane center said.  “Hurricane conditions are expected along the east-central Florida coast overnight through early Thursday,” the hurricane center said. The storm will also bring a continued threat of heavy rain into Thursday. “Widespread, life-threatening catastrophic flooding, with major to record river flooding, will continue across portions of central Florida tonight,” the hurricane center said, also warning of “considerable flooding in northern Florida, southeastern Georgia and eastern South Carolina” through the end of the week. 1 hr 26 min ago More than a foot of rainfall has been recorded in some areas, preliminary totals show From CNN’s Gene Norman As Hurricane Ian continues to cross the Florida peninsula, some areas are reporting more than a foot of rainfall. Here are some preliminary rainfall totals from Ian, as reported by the National Weather Service in Tampa as of Wednesday night: Lehigh Acres – 14.42” Warm Mineral Springs – 11.05” Ding Darling – 8.71” Frostproof – 8.34” North Port – 8.24” 1 min ago Roof of ICU in hospital housing 160 patients blew off mid-storm, doctor says From CNN’s Jamiel Lynch In a photo provided by Dr. Birgit Bodine, a staff member stands in a flooded hallway at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 28. (Dr. Birgit Bodine/AP) The roof above an ICU at a hospital in Port Charlotte was torn off by the storm, Dr. Birgit Bodine, an internal medicine specialist at the facility, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “Unfortunately, today we had about 160 patients in-house and our roof blew off, part of the roof above the ICU. So, of course, we had torrential rains coming in which then went down the stairwell, which then went onto other floors,” Bodine said. The staff worked together to move patients to a safe place but they can’t evacuate yet because of the conditions outside, the doctor said. Some rooms that are built for two people are now housing three and four patients, she said. “It’s actually pretty terrible. I’m actually still in the hospital. We still have not been able to leave,” she said. They hope to be able to evacuate patients in the morning, she said. While the air conditioner is not working, the hospital is running on backup generators and all other vital systems are working, Bodine said. 1 hr 48 min ago More than 2 million customers are without power across Florida From CNN’s Virginia Langmaid More than 2 million energy customers were in the dark Wednesday night, according to the tracker PowerOutage.us. In the hardest-hit southwestern region, 10 counties reported that more than 50% of tracked customers were without power. Eight more counties in southwest, central and northeast Florida reported more than 10,000 customers had no electricity. Read More Here

Nord Stream Gas Leaks Pose “no Health Risk” To Nearby Island Of Bornholm, Says Danish Emergency Management Agency https://digitalarizonanews.com/nord-stream-gas-leaks-pose-no-health-risk-to-nearby-island-of-bornholm-says-danish-emergency-management-agency/ 16 hr 30 min ago Nord Stream gas leaks pose “no health risk” to nearby island of Bornholm, says Danish emergency management agency  From CNN’s Arnaud Siad and Allegra Goodwin This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a large disturbance in the sea off the Danish island of Bornholm, on September 26. (Planet Labs PBC/AP) The leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic sea pose “no health risk,” according to Denmark’s Energy Management Agency. “The prognoses show that the concentration of gas that could potentially reach Bornholm are very small and far below the threshold to pose any health risk,” the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. The agency assessed “no risk outside the safety zones established at sea,” the statement added. In addition to running prognoses, the agency said it had sent specialized equipment and crew to Bornholm to measure concentrations in the air. “The crew has been working since Tuesday morning and the measurements confirm that there is no health risk,” the statement said. Some context: Earlier this week, European countries raced to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, infrastructure at the heart of an energy crisis since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The incident has scuppered expectations that Europe could receive gas via Nord Stream 1 before the winter, as gas prices soar and countries search for alternative energy supplies. Russia ceased all gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream 1 in August, condemning Western sanctions for causing technical difficulties — which European politicians say is a ploy to stop dispensing gas. The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had not yet entered commercial operation, and Germany abandoned the plan to use it to supply gas just days before Moscow launched its invasion in February. CNN’s Jessie Yeung and Chris Liakos contributed reporting to this post. 16 hr 30 min ago Authorities in occupied Ukraine regions declare huge majorities in favor of joining Russia after “sham” referendums From CNN’s Olga Voitovych in Kyiv and Jo Shelley in London Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin, left, and Secretary of the United Russia Party’s General Council Andrey Turchak attend a news conference on preliminary results of a referendum on the joining of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to Russia, in Donetsk, Ukraine, on September 27. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters) Authorities in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine that held so-called referendums say that all votes have now been counted and each saw a huge majority in favor of joining Russia. The head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said on his Telegram channel that 99.23% of votes cast were for “joining the Donetsk People’s Republic to the Russian Federation.” Elena Kravchenko, the head of the election commission of the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), said 98.42% of voters cast their ballots in favor of the motion. As CNN previously reported, in Kherson, the Telegram channel of the pro-Russian administration said that with all votes counted, 87.05% were in favor of joining Russia. In Zaporizhzhia, the head of the election commission said the final tally was 93.11% in favor. The referendums — announced at short notice by pro-Russian authorities in the four regions — were widely condemned by Western governments as a sham and against international law. They were not observed by independent monitors. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said the referendum process was a “sham” that showed Russia’s “contempt for all those who have been calling for diplomacy”. Ukrainian officials say that turnout has been extremely low and claimed that people had been bussed in from Crimea to vote.   16 hr 29 min ago Facebook removes “two covert influence operations from China and Russia” on war in Ukraine  From CNN’s Hannah Ritchie Two covert “influence operations from China and Russia” spreading political narratives about the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine were removed from Facebook for violating the platform’s policy on “inauthentic behavior,” Meta said Tuesday.   The Russian network was the “largest of its kind we’ve disrupted since the war in Ukraine began,” Meta said, targeting audiences in Germany, France, Italy and Ukraine with “narratives focused on the war and its impact through a sprawling network of over 60 websites impersonating legitimate news organizations.”  Narratives pushed by the Russian network centered on the war in Ukraine, parroting Kremlin talking points about the impact of sanctions, and spreading stories critical of Ukrainian refugees.  The sprawling network — which began in May of this year — comprised over 60 websites which carefully impersonated news organizations across Europe, including The Guardian, Bild and Der Spiegel. The disinformation effort revolved around fake news articles, original memes and YouTube videos which were shared across Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Twitter, Change.org, Avaaz, and LiveJournal, according to Meta.  The content was shared in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian, and in some cases amplified by the Facebook pages of Russian embassies in Europe and Asia.  “This is the largest and most complex Russian-origin operation that we’ve disrupted since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. It presented an unusual combination of sophistication and brute force,” Meta said.  The network that originated in China was smaller in its scope and targeted people in the United States, Czech Republic and to a lesser extent Chinese and French speaking audiences globally in four “largely separate and short-lived efforts” between 2021 and mid-September 2022.   In the US the operation focused on “domestic politics ahead of the midterm elections,” while in the Czech Republic the narratives concerned the country’s “foreign policy toward China and Ukraine,” Meta said.  16 hr 29 min ago EU vows to increase energy security after “deliberate” Nord Stream interference  From CNN’s Sharon Braithwaite Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reach the surface of the Baltic Sea near Bornholm, Denmark, on September 27. (Danish Defence Command/Reuters) The European Union is “deeply concerned” about damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that has resulted in leaks in the international waters of the Baltic Sea, calling it a “deliberate act.” “All available information indicates those leaks are the result of a deliberate act,” the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday, while promising to increase energy security efforts.  The bloc “will support any investigation aimed at getting full clarity on what happened and why and will take further steps to increase our resilience in energy security,” he said.  16 hr 29 min ago EU foreign policy chief denounces “illegal” referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine From CNN’s Allegra Goodwin  Press briefing by Josep Borrell, on the situation in Ukraine at UN Headquarters, New York, on September 21. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images) The European Union “denounces” the holding of illegal referendums by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday. The referendums – condemned by Western countries as a sham – have seen four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine vote on whether to join Russia via polls which are contrary to international law.  “The EU denounces holding of illegal “referenda” and their falsified outcome,” Borrell said in a tweet, adding, “This is another violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, amidst systematic abuses of human rights.” “We commend the courage of Ukrainians, who continue to oppose and resist Russian invasion,” he added.  21 hr 53 min ago Ukrainian military claims untrained Russian soldiers arriving in combat areas following mobilization effort  From CNN’s Olga Voitovych and Hannah Ritchie Untrained Russian forces are arriving in combat zones across Ukraine following the Kremlin’s mobilization effort, the Ukrainian military claimed Wednesday in its daily situational update.  “In the Russian occupation forces, the recruitment of personnel called up for partial mobilization has begun. Thus, reinforcements arrived for the units of the 1st tank regiment of the 2nd motor rifle division of the 1st tank army, which are deployed to the combat zone. They were not trained at all,” the statement said, adding that persons “convicted of criminal offenses” were also joining the fighting.  CNN is unable to verify the Ukrainian Armed Forces claims. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens, in an effort to bolster the Kremlin’s faltering invasion, following Ukraine’s gains in its ongoing counteroffensive.  Experts have previously expressed concerns about the state of Russian forces in Ukraine and their ability to get new recruits sufficiently trained. 20 hr 51 min ago European leaders express concerns of sabotage over Nord Stream pipeline leaks Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde, left, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, center and Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist speak with the media about the Nord Stream gas leak in the Baltic Sea on September 27. (Fredrik Persson/TT News Agency/Reuters) Several European leaders have suggested three leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea were caused deliberately. On Tuesday the Danish Prime Minister said she sees the ...

Trial Begins Monday For Suspect In Phoenix Canal Murders https://digitalarizonanews.com/trial-begins-monday-for-suspect-in-phoenix-canal-murders/ PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — It took 22 years for investigators to make an arrest in the Phoenix canal murders case. The victim’s family members have waited seven years since then, but the case is finally set to go to trial Monday, October 3. Bryan Patrick Miller faces murder and sexual assault charges in the deaths of Angela Brasso and Melanie Bernas. The murders shocked and haunted the Phoenix area. The victims were riding their bikes when they were attacked and killed. Brasso, who was 22 years old, disappeared while taking a bike ride on a Sunday night in November 1992. The following morning, police discovered her naked and mutilated body near a bike trail at Cactus Road and Interstate 17. “There are multiple injuries, which our homicide detectives do not want to discuss at this point. Well, the body is decapitated,” said Phoenix Police Detective Leo Speliopoulos, who was at the scene that day. Police believe the killer knocked Brasso off her bicycle, stabbed her, and dragged her off the trail. He removed her clothes and cut her head off. “I mean, this was extraordinary in its horror, you know. Who would do a thing like this? Do what he did to the body?” said William Hermann, a crime reporter with the Arizona Republic Newspaper who covered the case. Hermann remembers looking through the viewfinder of a TV news camera with a telephoto lens and seeing the crime scene. “Her breasts had fallen to the side of her body. So she was completely cut open. And her head gone, and by accounts — quickly with an extraordinarily sharp blade,” said Hermann. Brasso’s head was missing. So was her bicycle. Several days later, someone spotted Brasso’s head in the Arizona Canal, about a mile from the crime scene. “I quickly found out that the head was in amazingly good shape. So what does that mean? It was in a refrigerator. It had been cooled and preserved during that time,” said Hermann. Police interviewed dozens of people who lived in or were in the area at the time of the murder. In addition, they looked into possible connections to decapitation murders in other parts of the country. But they could not identify a suspect. And then, ten months later, 17-year-old Melanie Bernas failed to come home after riding her bike at night along the Arizona Canal. The following morning, police found her body. Bernas had also been killed similarly with a knife. Bernas was not decapitated, but her bicycle was missing. Hermann says he believed the killer was taking trophies from the crime scenes. “A talisman. A thing that symbolizes it. And in the case of Angela it was her head, for God’s sake, as well as her bicycle,” said Hermann. Police developed theories and followed leads. They looked at a surgeon from Europe. They thought the killer might be a special forces operative who visited the Valley, but they still had no witnesses and no suspect. What they did have was DNA. But at that time, the DNA from the crime scene did not match anyone who was or had been in the criminal justice system. “I was sure they were going to solve it,” said Hermann. But months turned into years. The killer did not appear to strike again. At least no subsequent murders in the area matched the Canal Killer’s signature. “For kind of self-preservation for people in the news, when you’re at homicides you’ve got to kind of wash your brain out a little bit. Because if you take it home with you, you’re not going to last long. But this one got to me. These two innocent decent human beings who, out of the blue, were taken away. They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time where a crazy man was,” said Hermann. It wasn’t until 2015, 22 years later, that Phoenix police made an arrest. The DNA at the crime scene matched Miller’s. He was known to many in Phoenix’s sci-fi and horror convention crowd as The Zombie Hunter. Copyright 2022 KTVK/KPHO. All rights reserved. Read More…

No Biden? Here’s Who Experts Say Could Run For The Democrats Instead https://digitalarizonanews.com/no-biden-heres-who-experts-say-could-run-for-the-democrats-instead/ The next presidential election is still two years away, but with a strong majority of voters saying they don’t want President Joe Biden to run again, there is a very real possibility that Biden becomes only the fourth sitting president in history not to run for a second term. This has led to some speculation about who might replace him on the Democratic ticket. Earlier this month, the president told “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley that “it’s much too early” to confirm a reelection bid. “My intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again. But it’s just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen,” Biden said.  The president’s indecision has brought renewed focus to the question, “If not Biden, then who?” Though no clear consensus figure has yet to emerge, several prospective Democratic candidates are already vying for the public’s attention.   Biden’s comments come after a summer where numerous polls highlighted his unpopularity among the general population and among Democratic voters. In July, Biden’s job approval rating hit 38%, according to Gallup, earning him the worst sixth-quarter job approval rating of any president in recent history.  Though his job approval rating among Democrats has remained much higher, closer to 80%, a New York Times/Siena College poll and a CNN poll, both conducted in July, found that only one-quarter of Democratic voters want Biden to run for reelection. For the other three-quarters, the president’s age and job performance, followed by a desire for someone new and more progressive, were primary reasons for preferring someone other than Biden as the party’s 2024 nominee. This sentiment is shared by independents, 80% of whom do not want Biden to run for reelection, according to a recent Deseret News/HarrisX poll. Public opinion might play a central role in Biden’s decision whether to run for reelection, said John Hudak, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution.  “If over the course of the next year you start to see his approval rating begin to tick back into the 30s, it really becomes difficult then for the president to believe that he would have a serious chance at winning reelection, and that perhaps passing the baton onto someone else would be more useful,” Hudak said.  Another determining factor for Biden will be his opponent, according to Hudak.  “I think there are probably a handful of candidates for whom the president believes it would be important for him to run against; chief among them would be Donald Trump,” he said, explaining that Biden sees himself as the only candidate who could beat Donald Trump in 2020 and might feel an obligation to run against him again if he is the 2024 Republican nominee.  In that case, if Trump declares his candidacy, and poor health or low job approval don’t rule out a presidential run, Biden would likely face little to no opposition in the Democratic primaries, according to Nathaniel Rakich, a senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight.  “I think that having that kind of clear and present danger for Democrats of a Trump candidacy could be an incentive for them to rally around their party’s standard bearer once again,” Rakich said.  But absent the threat of Trump, or if a low approval rating and old-age force Biden to bow out of the race (Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term), the party’s preferred nominee is far from certain. Though history might give us a clue. “The list has to start with Vice President Kamala Harris,” Rakich said.  Rakich’s claim is backed up by historical precedent. There have been 14 vice presidents since the end of World War II, and eight of them have gone on to become their party’s presidential nominee, making it the most predictive factor in party nomination and, subsequently, the presidency.   Harris would enter the 2024 primary season with the name recognition of vice president, just as Biden did in 2020, and could be seen as his natural successor by the coalition who voted for him in the 2020 primary, Rakich said, citing her ability to straddle the liberal and progressive camps and her appeal to Black voters.  Polls are split on whether Harris is the frontrunner for a 2024 presidential bid if Biden decides not to run again. But with an approval rating even lower than Biden’s, hovering around 37%, precedent might not hold in the case of Harris.  Besides the vice president, we should expect other familiar faces from the 2020 Democratic primary to return in the 2024 race, Rakich said. First among them is Pete Buttigieg, whose spot in Biden’s cabinet and focus on policy could make him a popular candidate for the moderate and technocratic wings of the party, Rakich said, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who experienced early success as a moderate candidate in 2020.  On the progressive end of the 2020, and potential 2024, primary candidates is Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has made a name for herself by proposing blanket student debt relief and higher taxes on businesses and the rich. Then there’s Bernie Sanders, who briefly led the race in 2020 and remains one of the most popular and recognizable politicians in America. However, at 81, and with two failed presidential attempts behind him, a Sanders’ nomination seems unlikely, Hudak said There are also some newer political figures who appear to be gearing up for 2024 presidential runs, according to Hudak. These include Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and California Gov. Gavin Newsom — both with significant fundraising capacity and executive experience as governors that could give them momentum in a presidential run, Hudak said. Newsom, especially, has gained national recognition for speaking out on culture war issues, such as gun policy and abortion, and for his willingness to go head to head with Republican governors like Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.  The list could go on. But when considering who could replace Biden as the Democrat’s presidential nominee we should keep one thing in mind, according to Rakich.  “Democrats are probably looking for someone who they feel can beat a Republican, regardless of whether that’s Donald Trump or not,” he said. For Rakich, this means a more moderate candidate. “I think that a progressive candidate will have a harder time making their case to voters for that reason.” Read More Here

Georgia Election Officials Discuss Breach, Security Measures https://digitalarizonanews.com/georgia-election-officials-discuss-breach-security-measures-2/ ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia State Election Board held a meeting Wednesday meant to reassure board members and the general public that the state’s elections remain secure following the revelation of a breach of voting equipment in one county. The meeting included a presentation on state election law, an explanation of how the state’s voting machines work and a description of post-election audits. It also included a report on the breach of voting equipment in rural Coffee County. “I think what happened in Coffee County was despicable,” board Chairman William Duffey, a retired federal judge, said after the meeting. If the investigation finds evidence of crimes, the penalties should be significant “to let people there and in other counties know that we are not going to put up with that,” he said. While acknowledging the serious concerns raised by that breach, the board members said they remain confident in the state’s election system. Sara Tindall Ghazal, the state Democratic Party’s appointee to the board, said elections have to balance three “sometimes-competing interests” — security, accessibility and efficient administration. “Georgia’s system reflects an attempt to balance these issues and interests,” she said. “I have trust in our election officials and in our voters to ensure that our elections will proceed smoothly and securely and that the outcome will reflect the will of the voters.” A computer forensics team hired by allies of then-President Donald Trump traveled to the elections office in Coffee County, about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta, on Jan. 7, 2021, and made complete copies of data and software on elections equipment, according to documents and deposition testimony produced in response to subpoenas in a long-running lawsuit challenging the security of the state’s voting machines. Security camera video from the elections office shows that local Republican Party and county election officials were present when the copying took place. The video also shows that two men who have participated in efforts to question the results of the 2020 election in several states repeatedly visited the Coffee County elections office later that month, spending hours inside. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the secretary of state’s office are looking into the breach. Since similar activity has happened in other states, the FBI has also been contacted, Duffey said. An Atlanta-based prosecutor looking into attempts by Trump to overturn his loss in the state is also seeking to question the people involved. A group of computer and election security experts earlier this month sent a letter to the State Election Board saying the breach poses “serious threats” to the state’s voting system. The experts include academics and former state election officials who aren’t associated with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. They urged the board to replace the state’s Dominion Voting Systems touchscreen voting machines with hand-marked paper ballots. During a presentation on state election law, Republican election board member Matt Mashburn said the board can only mandate such an emergency measure in cases of “imminent peril to public health, safety, or welfare.” The ballots printed by Georgia’s voting machines include a QR code — a barcode that is read and tabulated by a scanner — and a human-readable list representing the voter’s selections. Dominion CEO John Poulos appeared by videoconference and described how the voting system works. He highlighted various security measures, including encryption, passwords, scanned backups of paper ballots, physical seals and testing publicly before elections. He said it’s very important for voters to verify that the list on the ballot reflects their selections. Blake Evans, elections director for the secretary of state’s office, walked board members through the process for the audits that Georgia now uses to check one statewide race during even-year general elections. The “risk-limiting audits” rely on statistics, mathematics and a hand count of a sample of ballots to ensure that the machine-tabulated result is accurate. Critics of the voting machines have said studies show voters rarely check their ballots. They say that means there’s no guarantee the ballots accurately reflect voter intent, making any audit meaningless. University of Michigan computer science professor J. Alex Halderman, an expert witness in the voting machines lawsuit that exposed the breach in Coffee County, identified what he says are security vulnerabilities in Georgia’s voting machines. The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in June issued an advisory based on Halderman’s findings that includes measures to mitigate the risks. Dominion commissioned its own review of Halderman’s findings by the MITRE Corporation. An executive summary of that report deems the potential attacks identified “operationally infeasible.” The Halderman and MITRE reports were filed under seal in federal court. The election board unanimously endorsed a motion to urge the judge overseeing the case to release the reports with necessary redactions. Board member Ed Lindsey, a former Republican state lawmaker, said that would allow the public to “evaluate and have confidence in our election system.” Read More Here

Trump's Legal Team Says That Vendors Don't Want To Work With Them For Special-Master Review Because 'seasoned IT Professionals' Can't Handle The Government's 11,000 Files And Strict Deadlines https://digitalarizonanews.com/trumps-legal-team-says-that-vendors-dont-want-to-work-with-them-for-special-master-review-because-seasoned-it-professionals-cant-handle-the-governments-11000-files/ Following the Mar-a-Lago raid, Trump asked for (and was granted) a special master to review government docs.  In a new filing, his attorneys argued that vendors don’t want to work with them because of the volume of documents. In the filing, they said that “seasoned IT professionals” can’t meet the DOJ’s rigid deadlines. Loading Something is loading. Trump’s legal team in a new filing is arguing that they can’t retain a vendor to digitize the documents to be handed over to a special master for review because there are simply too many files, and too tight of a deadline. The filing was in response to the government’s filing on Tuesday, where the Department of Justice said that the vendors simply refused to be engaged by Trump’s team. But in their filing asking special master Raymond Dearie to consider new, longer deadlines in the digitization and turnover of the documents, Trump’s legal team said it was more complex — and that they needed until mid-October to get the job done. In August, the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and retrieved close to 11,000 White House documents that he had taken with him. The Justice Department is looking into whether Trump broke several laws by holding onto White House documents, including classified documents. Trump had denied wrongdoing. Following the raid, Trump’s team sued the DOJ asking for a third party, or special master, to review the documents. Dearie, a retired senior federal judge, was chosen on September 16 and has a deadline of November 30. The first step is to digitize the documents retrieved by the FBI for Dearie, but there are already delays. “The problem is compounded by the fact that when Plaintiff’s counsel referred to either 11,000 pages or even 11,000 documents during the status conference (we are still awaiting the transcript), the Government chose not to interject with an accurate number,” Trump’s counsel wrote. “In conversations between Plaintiff’s counsel and the Government regarding a data vendor, the Government mentioned that the 11,000 documents contain closer to 200,000 pages.” The former president’s legal team said that the number of pages and the timeframe to scan them was too short, claiming that was the uniform reason why all vendors declined to work with Trump. “That estimated volume, with a need to operate under the accelerated timeframes supported by the Government, is the reason why so many of the Government’s selected vendors have declined the potential engagement,” Trump’s lawyers wrote. “In short, seasoned IT professionals who routinely work on large-scale document productions with the Government cannot meet the Government’s proposed schedule.” On Tuesday, the DOJ asked special master Raymond Dearie for an additional day to turn over nonclassified documents in the investigation. Federal prosecutors said they needed until Wednesday because none of the five vendors they suggested to digitize the cache of documents “were willing to be engaged by Plaintiff.” Dearie, so far, has pushed back on several of Trump’s legal team’s claims in the case. Recently, Dearie appointed an aide whom Trump is set to pay $500 an hour and has asked the Trump team to provide proof that the FBI planted evidence during its search of Mar-a-Lago, which Trump has claimed. Read More Here

6 Deals For National Coffee Day In Phoenix – AZ Big Media https://digitalarizonanews.com/6-deals-for-national-coffee-day-in-phoenix-az-big-media/ It’s referred to by many names — java, cup of Joe, morning juice, magic — it’s responsible for the happiness of many early risers and its absence can (in some) even spur extreme malcontent (not speaking from experience or anything). For the 66% of coffee imbibers in the U.S., every day is coffee day. Officially, however, National Coffee Day is Sept. 29 and International Coffee Day is Oct. 1. In celebration of one of the world’s most beloved beverages, our very own Valley shops and breakfast stops are offering some special deals on any number of coffee drinks and beans — from lattes to cold brews (and more). Ebb + Flow The West Valley’s premier coffee stop, Ebb + Flow is offering not one, but two deals: $1 for any size hot or iced coffee and buy two bagged coffees get one free. Both offers are available all day on Sept. 29. at both the Main Street and Indian School locations. Black Rock Coffee Bar Black Rock is serving up $2 medium-sized coffees all day. Terms: limit one per customer, per visit. Offer valid during business hours on Oct. 1. Offer is void where prohibited and may not be combined with any other offers. Speedway Motors  As part of Speedway Motor’s 70th Anniversary in Arizona, they’re inviting customers for a coffee celebration during their Cars & Coffee event at the Tolleson retail store on Oct. 1 from 9 a.m. to Noon. The celebration will include free coffee, donuts as well as giveaways.  Customers can enjoy their free cup of coffee by scanning the Scooter’s Coffee Mobile App. Scooter’s Coffee® Scooter’s Coffee is brewing up smiles this National Coffee Day with a free, small cup of fresh-brewed coffee on Thursday, Sept. 29. Customers can enjoy their free cup of coffee by scanning the Scooter’s Coffee Mobile App at their local Scooter’s Coffee. The free brewed coffee offer is valid one per customer at participating Scooter’s Coffee locations (while supplies last).  Caffe Vita On Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, Cafe Vita, formerly Easley’s Fun Shop, invites coffee lovers to $1 cold brews as well as 20% off whole bean coffee. U.S. Egg Coffee sippers will swoon in eggcitement about U.S. Egg’s buy one get one free special for its very own Guatemalan Sunrise coffee (that also helps support the local restaurant chain). The Guatemalan Sunrise is made with Arabica beans that are French roasted with a mild and nutty flavor. These are sold in 12-ounce bags for $10 each.  Read More…

6 Injured In Oakland School Shooting, Police Say https://digitalarizonanews.com/6-injured-in-oakland-school-shooting-police-say/ Two of the victims were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, the authorities said. The shooting occurred at a campus in the Bay Area that houses multiple schools. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Video The authorities said that six adults had been shot at a campus that houses several schools in Oakland, Calif.CreditCredit…Peter Dasilva/EPA, via Shutterstock Sept. 28, 2022Updated 10:14 p.m. ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Six people were shot on Wednesday at a campus in Oakland that houses four different school programs, prompting lockdowns and evacuations as the police descended on the scene, the authorities said. Two of the victims were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries on Wednesday afternoon; the other four were either released or soon to be released from hospitals, said Darren Allison, the assistant chief of the Oakland Police Department. All of the victims were adults who had “some affiliation with the school,” Chief Allison said, though he did not specify their ages or if they were students or workers. The authorities were searching for one shooter on Wednesday, Chief Allison said, but he noted that there may be “other individuals involved” in the shooting, which began at about 12:45 p.m. He added that the Police Department was still investigating whether the shooting was targeted or random. Chief Allison said that officers found “victims inside the school,” but he did not specify which one. The shooting was among more than 130 to occur this year at schools across the nation, including more than 30 that resulted in injuries or deaths, according to a New York Times analysis of databases compiled by Education Week and the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The deadliest was the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the lives of two adults and 19 children in May. Oakland has already had a shooting this school year, in August, in which a 13-year-old boy was injured by the accidental discharge of a gun a 12-year-old student brought to campus. Libby Schaaf, the Oakland mayor, said Wednesday afternoon on Twitter that what occurred on the campus “shocks the soul — our schools are sanctuaries for our children.” “The unbridled access to firearms in our country is inexcusable,” she added. How we fight misinformation during a breaking news event. Because law enforcement officials control crime scenes, The Times initially relies on the information they provide. We work aggressively to verify it through interviews with witnesses and victims, and we report any discrepancies between what officials are saying and what we have found. The Oakland Police Department asked parents to meet their children at a church close to the school complex. There, dozens of teachers mingled with law enforcement and reporters while waiting to return to campus after being evacuated. Image Tonyia Carter, right, comforts a city aide at St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church, where students and school staff gathered after a shooting at a campus in Oakland on Wednesday.Credit…Peter Dasilva/EPA, via Shutterstock The shooting occurred at the King Estate complex, where four different school programs are. They include the headquarters for Sojourner Truth Independent Study; Bay Area Technology School, a charter program that serves students in grades 6 through 12; Rudsdale Continuation High School; and Rudsdale Newcomer High School. John Sasaki, the spokesman for the Oakland Unified School District, said at a news conference that “what happened today was wrong. It was very traumatic. It was devastating to our school community.” He added that counseling would be available for students. Seth Feldman, the executive director at Bay Area Technology School, said of his teachers, “I cannot believe how quickly our folks jumped into action.” In an interview, Mr. Feldman said the shooting occurred just minutes before school let out for the day, when the hallways would have been flooded with students. “Five minutes later,” he said, “and this would have been tragic.” He added that the charter school’s campus security officer had been shot in the leg, and that one of his administrators, Ryan Hughes, had pressed on a student’s wound to try to stem the bleeding. “He pressed,” Mr. Feldman said. “He put his hands on him to make sure that he could be OK.” Matthew Benjamin, a high school teacher at Bay Area Technology School, said he was walking down a hallway when he heard what sounded like gunshots, one after another, right around the corner. “It was a blur,” Mr. Benjamin said. “I just instinctively turned around. I jumped back into the classroom; I told everyone get down. Kids were starting to flip out, and I grabbed hold of the door.” He said he yelled at students to “get down.” Mr. Benjamin’s class locked the windows and hunkered down for about an hour. “You’re scared for the kids,” he said. Across the hallway, Sherman Moore, a science teacher, heard what he thought were fireworks. But he told his students to stay quiet, just in case. Then a voice came on the intercom that the school was being locked down. The students pushed tables and chairs up against the doors and waited, hoping for the best. About an hour later, police officers knocked on the door and evacuated everyone. “Once we started walking up the hallway, I knew it was really serious, because they had us do this,” Mr. Moore said, putting his hands above his head. At about 4 p.m., teachers were allowed to return to their campus and collect their belongings and cars. There were hugs and tears as they reunited and swapped stories of evacuating. Shawn Hubler contributed reporting. 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MacKenzie Scott, Billionaire Philanthropist, Files For Divorce https://digitalarizonanews.com/mackenzie-scott-billionaire-philanthropist-files-for-divorce/ Less than two years after announcing the marriage and their intent to give money away together, Ms. Scott has parted ways with her second husband, a teacher. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. MacKenzie Scott married Dan Jewett early last year.Credit…Evan Agostini/Invision, via AP Sept. 28, 2022Updated 10:08 p.m. ET Less than two years after announcing their intention to give away a vast fortune together, the billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett, a former science teacher, are parting ways. Ms. Scott filed a petition for divorce in the King County Superior Court in Washington State on Monday, according to a copy of the filing. The breakup punctuates an eventful period for Ms. Scott, who in less than four years got divorced from her longtime husband, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gave away more than $12 billion to nonprofits and married an instructor at the prestigious school attended by her children. Court records show Mr. Jewett did not contest the divorce. The petition says any division of property is laid out in a separation contract, agreed to by the couple, which is not public. Both still live in King County, the filing says, which includes the city of Seattle. Their marriage, which garnered significant public attention after Ms. Scott’s divorce from the world’s richest man, had also been a philanthropic partnership, with Mr. Jewett publicly promising to join her in donating their enormous fortune to good causes. But there were recent signs that the partnership was no more. Previously, grateful nonprofits that had received grants from Ms. Scott and Mr. Jewett thanked them both, but recent recipients thank her alone. In the past week his name vanished from her philanthropic endeavors. On the site for the Giving Pledge, where billionaires promise to give away half of their wealth before they die, his letter no longer appeared with hers. Without fanfare, his name was recently edited out of a Medium post Ms. Scott had written last year about their gifts. Ms. Scott, a novelist, also deleted Mr. Jewett from her author bio on Amazon, the online retailer that is the source of her vast wealth. She rocketed to global attention as she began giving away money at a pace rarely seen in the philanthropic world. After her divorce from Mr. Bezos, Ms. Scott assembled a team of advisers and began quietly making multimillion-dollar donations to nonprofit groups that totaled more than $12 billion in just three years. In her May 2019 letter on the Giving Pledge, Ms. Scott promised to “keep at it until the safe is empty.” Bloomberg has estimated her net worth as high as $62 billion, but between her billions of dollars in contributions and the decline in the stock market, it now gauges her fortune at $27.8 billion. Two years later, in his own Giving Pledge letter, Mr. Jewett sounded full of enthusiasm. “I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know — and joining her in a commitment to pass on an enormous financial wealth to serve others,” he wrote. Yet he also noted that he had not previously considered making any kind of public statement about his charitable priorities because he had “never sought to gather the kind of wealth required to feel like saying such a thing would have particular meaning.” As recently as last week, according to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which preserves old versions of web pages, his letter was still twinned with hers on the site, accompanied by a photo of the two of them looking as though they were out for a hike together. Today there is just a headshot of Ms. Scott, along with her letter. Ms. Scott has refused to speak publicly about her giving, declining repeated interview requests from news organizations including The New York Times. Her lawyer did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday. Attempts to reach Mr. Jewett through friends, family and former colleagues and at an address associated with him in Seattle were unsuccessful. His lawyer declined, through a legal assistant, to comment on the divorce. Ms. Scott made her charitable announcements in long posts on Medium that listed the names of organizations that received billions of dollars cumulatively. Last month, Ms. Scott gave two homes in Beverly Hills, valued at a combined $55 million, to the California Community Foundation. The foundation’s affordable housing grant-making functions will receive 90 percent of the value of the properties. Mr. Jewett’s name, which had been in recent gift announcements, was nowhere in the news release. The Health Forward Foundation in Kansas City, Mo., announced on Tuesday that it had received a $15 million gift from Ms. Scott. The Episcopal Health Foundation in Houston also recently announced that it had received a $20 million grant from Ms. Scott. Neither announcement mentioned Mr. Jewett. Mr. Jewett taught at the Lakeside School, the prestigious Seattle private school attended by the Bezos children, where he was popular among students and fellow teachers alike. “He’s earnest, not very edgy,” said Angela Loihl, who met Mr. Jewett through a mutual friend. Ms. Loihl, who spent weeks in 2014 with Mr. Jewett driving in a small-motored car from London to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, recalled how that mutual friend had told her years later, after he married Ms. Scott, “He’s the perfect person to end up with this money to give away — no sense of greed at all.” According to the divorce filing, the couple married in California in 2021. The news of their marriage took even Mr. Jewett’s friends and colleagues by surprise — producing a whirlwind of news coverage far beyond his expectations, as reporters even appeared on the Lakeside campus. Though he finished the term there, Mr. Jewett felt his presence on campus was a distraction. His new wife had become arguably the most influential philanthropist in the world with an approach that emphasized huge grants — often the largest single gift a group had received — with no strings attached. In his Giving Pledge letter published in March 2021, Mr. Jewett wrote that he was “grateful for the exceptional privilege it will be to partner in giving away assets with the potential to do so much good when shared.” In June 2021, Ms. Scott posted about her giving on Medium, where she wrote: “Me, Dan, a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisers — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change.” Sometime in the past week, searches on the Internet Archive showed, the post was edited, and Mr. Jewett’s name removed from there as well. Kitty Bennett contributed research. Read More Here

Six Migrants Found In Semitruck Near Sahuarita https://digitalarizonanews.com/six-migrants-found-in-semitruck-near-sahuarita/ U.S. Border Patrol Tucson Sector Migrants found in a semitruck Posted at 6:22 PM, Sep 28, 2022 and last updated 2022-09-28 21:22:42-04 TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Agents found a group of migrants during a vehicle stop near Sahuarita, according to Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin. Tucson Station agents helped the Arizona Department of Safety during a stop on Interstate 10 near Sahuarita last week. The stopped semitruck was holding six Mexican citizens in the sleeper cab, says Chief Modlin. Last week, Tucson Station agents assisted @Arizona_DPS with a stopped semitruck on I-10 near Sahuarita, AZ. Agents determined the U.S. citizen driver was smuggling six Mexican citizens in the sleeper cab. We are grateful for our law enforcement partners. #HonorFirst pic.twitter.com/ERh6gi872F — John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) September 29, 2022 ——- Marcos Icahuate is a digital content producer for KGUN 9. Marcos joined the KGUN team in September 2022. He previously worked on digital content in Southern California’s Imperial County where he was raised. Share your story ideas and important issues with Marcos by emailing marcos.icahuate@kgun9.com. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Headlines Newsletter and receive up to date information. Read More Here

First On CNN: European Security Officials Observed Russian Navy Ships In Vicinity Of Nord Stream Pipeline Leaks | CNN Politics https://digitalarizonanews.com/first-on-cnn-european-security-officials-observed-russian-navy-ships-in-vicinity-of-nord-stream-pipeline-leaks-cnn-politics/ CNN  —  European security officials on Monday and Tuesday observed Russian Navy support ships in the vicinity of leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines likely caused by underwater explosions, according two Western intelligence officials and one other source familiar with the matter. It’s unclear whether the ships had anything to do with those explosions, these sources and others said – but it’s one of the many factors that investigators will be looking into. Russian submarines were also observed not far from those areas last week, one of the intelligence officials said. Three US officials said that the US has no thorough explanation yet for what happened, days after the explosions appeared to cause three separate and simultaneous leaks in the two pipelines on Monday. Russian ships routinely operate in the area, according to one Danish military official, who emphasized that the presence of the ships doesn’t necessarily indicate that Russia caused the damage. “We see them every week,” this person said. “Russian activities in the Baltic Sea have increased in recent years. They’re quite often testing our awareness – both at sea and in the air.” But the sightings still cast further suspicion on Russia, which has drawn the most attention from both European and US officials as the only actor in the region believed to have both the capability and motivation to deliberately damage the pipelines. US officials declined to comment on the intelligence about the ships on Wednesday. Both Denmark and Sweden are investigating, but a site inspection has yet to be done and details on exactly what caused the explosions remains sketchy. One European official said that there is a Danish government assessment underway and it could take up to two weeks for an investigation to properly begin because the pressure in the pipes makes it difficult to approach the site of the leaks — although another source familiar with the matter said the probe could begin as soon as Sunday. The prime ministers for both Denmark and Sweden said publicly on Tuesday that the leaks were likely the result of deliberate actions, not accidents, and Sweden’s security service said in a statement Wednesday that it cannot be ruled out “that a foreign power is behind it.” US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday evening also called the leaks “apparent sabotage” in a tweet. But senior Western officials have so far stopped short of attributing the attack to Russia or any other nation. The Kremlin has publicly denied striking the pipelines. A spokesman called the allegation “predictably stupid and absurd.” CNN has reached out to the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment on the presence of the ships. The Danish government is taking the lead on the investigation and has put in place an exclusion area of five nautical miles and a 1 kilometer no-fly-zone, according to European sources familiar with the matter. Other than Sullivan, US officials have been far more circumspect than their European counterparts in drawing conclusions about the leaks. “I think many of our partners have determined or believe it is sabotage. I’m not at the point where I can tell you one way or the other,” a senior military official said Wednesday. “The only thing I know there is that we think the water is between 80 and 100 meters [deep] at that location where the pipeline is. Other than that, I don’t know anything more.” But one senior US official and a US military official both said Russia is still the leading suspect – assuming that the European assessment of deliberate sabotage is borne out – because there are no other plausible suspects with the ability and will to carry out the operation. “It’s hard to imagine any other actor in the region with the capabilities and interest to carry out such an operation,” the Danish military official said. Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting on the damaged pipeline this week – something the senior US official said is also suspicious. Typically, the official said, Russia isn’t organized enough to move so quickly, suggesting that the maneuver was pre-planned. If Russia did deliberately cause the explosions, it would be effectively sabotaging its own pipelines: Russian state company Gazprom is the majority shareholder in Nord Stream 1 and the sole owner of Nord Stream 2. But officials familiar with the latest intelligence say that Moscow would likely view such a step as worth the price if it helped raise the costs of supporting Ukraine for Europe. US and western intelligence officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is gambling that as electricity costs rise and winter approaches, European publics could turn against the Western strategy of isolating Russia economically. Sabotaging the pipelines could “show what Russia is capable of,” one US official said. Russia has already taken steps to manipulate energy flows in ways that caused itself economic pain, but also hurt Europe. Russia slashed gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream 1 before suspending flows altogether in August, blaming Western sanctions for causing technical difficulties. European politicians say that was a pretext to stop supplying gas. “They’ve already shown they’re perfectly happy to do that,” one of the sources said. “They weight their economic pain against Europe’s.” The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had yet to enter commercial operations. The plan to use it to supply gas was scrapped by Germany days before Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February. US, European and Ukrainian officials have been warning for months, however, that critical infrastructure – not only in Ukraine but also in the US and Europe – could be targeted by Russia as part of its war on Ukraine. The US warned several European allies over the summer, including Germany, that the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines could face threats and even be attacked, according to two people familiar with the intelligence and the warnings. The warnings were based on US intelligence assessments, but they were vague, the people said – it was not clear from the warnings who might be responsible for any attacks on the pipelines or when they might occur. The CIA declined to comment. Der Spiegel was the first to report on the intelligence warnings. Read More Here

New Book Claims Trump Almost Fired Jared And Ivanka Via Twitter – Lee Daily https://digitalarizonanews.com/new-book-claims-trump-almost-fired-jared-and-ivanka-via-twitter-lee-daily/ A new book says that when Donald Trump was in the White House, he almost fired his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. However, former chief of staff John Kelly talked him out of tweeting about their firings. Maggie Haberman, a journalist, says in her new book Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America that the former president talked about firing his daughter and son-in-law, who were both senior White House staffers, in meetings with White House chief of staff John Kelly and former White House counsel Don McGahn. Haberman says that Trump even said he could tweet that he and his daughter were leaving, but Kelly stopped him. In the end, both of them stayed in their jobs at the White House for the rest of Trump’s term and were never fired. CNN got a copy of the book before it came out on October 4 and in another part, Haberman writes that Trump would sometimes make fun of his son-in-law in private by saying that he “sounds like a child.” This happened in 2017, sources says. There have been similar claims in the past that Trump wanted to fire Ivanka and Jared. In her 2019 book, Kushner Inc., which is mostly based on anonymous interviews, author Vicky Ward says that Trump once told Kelly, “Get rid of my kids. Send them back to New York.” Trump Almost Fired Jared and Ivanka At the time, the White House said that this claim was “based on shady anonymous sources and false information.” But the story was similar to ones that had already been told. For example, in a 2018 article, the Washington Post said that Trump had told Kelly that he thought Ivanka and her husband might want to move back to New York, where they would be safer from the “blood sport” of Washington and less of a target for negative media attention. In his own book, Kushner talks about how he, his wife and Kelly, the former chief of staff, had a tense relationship. In Breaking History: A White House Memoir, Kushner says that Kelly “shoved” Ivanka after a tense White House meeting. “One day he had just marched out of a contentious meeting in the Oval Office,” Kushner writes. “Ivanka was walking down the main hallway in the West Wing when she passed him. Unaware of his heated state of mind, she said, ‘Hello, chief.’ Kelly shoved her out of the way and stormed by. She wasn’t hurt, and didn’t make a big deal about the altercation, but in his rage Kelly had shown his true character.” Kushner also said that Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general, apologized to Ivanka in her West Wing office about an hour after the meeting. There has been a lot of talk about how tense Kelly’s relationship is with Trump’s daughter and son-in-law. In February 2018, Kelly reportedly lowered Kushner’s security clearance from top secret to secret. In an interview in 2019, after Kelly had quit being chief of staff, he said of the couple, “They were an influence that has to be dealt with.” Follow us only on Lee Daily for more news like this. Read More Here

Watch Live Streams From Florida As Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall https://digitalarizonanews.com/watch-live-streams-from-florida-as-hurricane-ian-makes-landfall/ The Washington Post Democracy Dies in Darkness Updated September 28, 2022 at 5:48 p.m. EDT|Published September 28, 2022 at 5:06 p.m. EDT Hurricane Ian, a storm of nearly Category 5 strength with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, is barreling across Florida after making landfall just after 3 p.m. Wednesday. The storm is expected to to cause historic damage and will impact nearly all of the state, including several major cities. Here’s what live cameras captured throughout Florida — from strong winds to growing waves and deserted highways — as Ian hit the state. Read More Here

Donald Trump Seeks End To Assault Accuser's Defamation Lawsuit https://digitalarizonanews.com/donald-trump-seeks-end-to-assault-accusers-defamation-lawsuit/ Washington appeals court must decide if former president was a federal employee when he called E Jean Carroll a liar Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally last week in Youngstown, Ohio. Reuters Beta V.1.0 – Powered by automated translation Donald Trump is seeking a quick end to the defamation lawsuit by an author who claimed that he raped her. A lawyer for the former US president asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to substitute the US as the defendant in E Jean Carroll’s lawsuit, a move that would end her case because the government cannot be sued for defamation. The request came one day after the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals said Mr Trump was a federal employee when he called Ms Carroll a liar, but left it to a Washington appeals court to decide whether he acted as president when he spoke. In a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, Mr Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba said the decision meant the government “must be substituted as a defendant”. She also asked to put the case on hold, saying it would be “highly prejudicial” for Mr Trump to spend time and money preparing for trial if the Washington court ruled in his favour. Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, said “nothing has changed” and the case should proceed. “The parties have been co-operatively engaged in discovery at Donald Trump’s request, and nothing has happened that should change that,” she said. “There has been no final determination by an appellate court that the government should be substituted in.” Ms Carroll sued Mr Trump in November 2019, five months after he denied raping her in a dressing room of department store Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s and said “she’s not my type”. The former Elle magazine columnist still plans to sue Mr Trump for battery and inflicting emotional distress, in a separate lawsuit in November. Ms Carroll plans to invoke a new state law giving accusers a one-year window to sue over alleged sexual misconduct even if the statute of limitations expired long ago. Tuesday’s decision set aside Ms Kaplan’s ruling that Mr Trump was neither acting as president when discussing Ms Carroll, nor a federal employee for purposes of her case. Updated: September 29, 2022, 12:24 AM Read More Here

Donald Trump Often Used To Taunt His Ex-Girlfriend Cara Young's Black Mother, Big Disclosure In New Book https://digitalarizonanews.com/donald-trump-often-used-to-taunt-his-ex-girlfriend-cara-youngs-black-mother-big-disclosure-in-new-book/ New YorkFormer US President Donald Trump used to make a lot of apartheid comments when he was dating former model Cara Young. At times, whatever he said about Kara, he was very sensitive. Maggie Haberman, a New York Times report, has claimed this and many such things in one of her books. Maggie has written a book about Trump, titled ‘Confidence Man’. The book will hit the market in October but its copy has been handed over to Rolling Stone magazine. The magazine has revealed many things about Trump quoting this new book. commented about mother The book also revealed a lot about the relationship between Trump and Cara Young. The former US President and Kara were in a relationship in the 1990s. Trump dated Cara for two years. A section of the book describes how Trump used to make fun of his girlfriend’s parents. Kara Young’s mother was black and her father was white. Trump often joked that Kara’s looks are on her mother, so she got intelligence from her father. Kara felt bad about Trump When Trump was meeting Cara’s parents for the first time, he laughed at one of his own jokes. According to the book, Cara did not like Trump’s joke in the slightest and this was told to him. However, in 2017, Cara said in an interview to the New York Times that she never thought Trump was an apartheid. But Trump believed in the stereotype on apartheid. Cara explained this by giving an example that Trump once went to see the match of Venus and Serena Williams at the US Open. Williams was surprised to see black people in the crowd at the Sisters’ match. Earlier, Trump believed that blacks did not like tennis. White House staff misbehavior In this book, he was surprised to see the black staff in the White House. When he reached the White House as President after taking oath in January 2017, he met top Congress leaders. Trump turned to that line and he asked black Democratic staff to even bring snacks back. Trump asked Senators Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to bring snacks. His words were, ‘Why don’t you bring snacks?’ On this the then White House Chief of Staff Rhines Priebus corrected his mistake. He told Trump that he had actually ordered Congressional colleagues instead of White House waiters. Trump’s comment was considered a mistake on his part. Read More Here

Obituaries In Phoenix, AZ | The Arizona Republic https://digitalarizonanews.com/obituaries-in-phoenix-az-the-arizona-republic-36/ David Eugene Chapman, 54 of Phoenix, AZ passed away on 09/05/2022. If you have any information regarding this person, please call Maricopa County Indigent Decedent Services at 602-372-0535, select option #5. Posted online on September 28, 2022 Published in The Arizona Republic Read More…