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Greta Thunberg says she’s going ‘net-zero’ on cussing after COP26 sing-along – CNN
Greta Thunberg says she’s going ‘net-zero’ on cussing after COP26 sing-along – CNN

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN

Updated 11:38 AM ET, Wed November 3, 2021

Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/uk/greta-thunberg-net-zero-swearing-cop26-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

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Sheriff’s deputies were "justified" in fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., district attorney says – CBS News
Sheriff’s deputies were "justified" in fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., district attorney says – CBS News

North Carolina sheriff’s deputies were “justified” in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April because the man ignored their commands and drove his car directly at one of them before they fired any shots, a prosecutor said Tuesday. District Attorney Andrew Womble said none of the deputies involved would be criminally charged in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.

“The officers’ actions were consistent with their training and fully supported under the law in protecting their lives and this community,” Womble said during a press conference.

The district attorney said that Brown used his car as a “deadly weapon,” causing Pasquotank County deputies to believe it was necessary to use deadly force. Womble acknowledged Brown wasn’t armed with guns or other weapons as deputies were trying to take him into custody while serving drug-related warrants at his house in Elizabeth City on April 21.

In a statement, the Brown family’s attorneys said Womble was making an “attempt to whitewash this unjustified killing.”

“The bottom line is that Andrew was killed by a shot to the back of the head,” the attorneys said. “Interestingly, none of these issues were appropriately addressed in today’s press conference.”

The prosecutor said he would not release bodycam video of the confrontation between Brown and the law enforcement officers, but he played portions of the video during the news conference. The video came from four body cameras worn by deputies during the shooting.

An image capture from police body camera video shows Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies during the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, April 21, 2021.

In the footage played to reporters, the deputies are seen jumping out of the back of a sheriff’s office pickup truck as it pulls up to Brown’s house. The deputies then rush toward Brown, who was in his car.

As the deputies surround the car, one of them, who Womble identified as Deputy Joel Lunsford, tried to open the driver’s side door.

Womble said Brown was holding his phone when the deputies approached the vehicle and that Brown threw the phone down and began to rapidly back the car away from the deputies. As the car backed away, the door handle came out of Lunsford’s hand, Womble said.

Brown then drove the car forward and to the left between two deputies as he was told to stop the vehicle. As the car was moving, Lunsford appeared to briefly brace his left hand against the passenger side of the hood.

“It was at this moment that the first shot is fired,” Womble said. He said the first shot fired at Brown’s car went through the front windshield, not the back as was previously reported.

As Brown drove away, the deputies opened fire with bullets entering the car through the passenger side of the car, the rear windshield and the trunk, according to Womble. He said the incident lasted a total of 44 seconds.

The three deputies involved in the shooting — Investigator Daniel Meads, Deputy Robert Morgan and Corporal Aaron Lewellyn — have been on leave since it happened. The sheriff’s office said Morgan is Black while Meads and Lewellyn are White.


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Four others who were at the scene were reinstated after the sheriff said they didn’t fire their weapons.

“Clearly they did not feel that their lives were endangered,” the Brown family’s attorneys said of the four deputies who didn’t shoot.

An independent autopsy released by the family found that Brown was hit by bullets five times, including once in the back of the head. Lawyers for Brown’s family who watched body camera footage say that it shows Brown was not armed and that he didn’t drive toward deputies or pose a threat to them. Womble has previously disagreed in court, saying that Brown struck deputies twice with his car before any shots were fired.

The sheriff has said his deputies weren’t injured.

The Brown family’s attorneys called for the release of the full bodycam video and the State Bureau of Investigation’s report on the shooting. The attorneys also called for the U.S. Department of Justice to “intervene immediately.”

The shooting sparked protests over multiple weeks by demonstrators calling for the public release of the footage. While authorities have shown footage to Brown’s family, a judge refused to release the video publicly pending the state investigation.

Separately, the FBI has launched a civil rights probe of the shooting.

Source Article from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-brown-jr-shooting-video-elizabeth-city-district-attorney-justified/

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Ghislaine Maxwell trial: attorneys and judge hash out jury instructions – The Guardian
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: attorneys and judge hash out jury instructions – The Guardian

Prosecutors and lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell convened on Saturday in front of the judge in the Briton’s sex trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court, to discuss how jurors would be instructed.

The attorneys and Judge Alison Nathan hashed out what Nathan will tell jurors before they start deliberating next week, such as which allegations against Maxwell correspond to specific counts against her.

In such proceedings, typical in US jury trials, both sides are able to object or make suggestions about proposed wording for jury instructions. The judge ultimately determines which requests will be met.

Maxwell’s charge conference unfolded without notable incident. Some changes to the proposed jury instructions were agreed.

Changes included referring to the Briton as “Ms Maxwell” rather than “the defendant” and refining when specific age cutoffs would be used instead of “minor”, in references to alleged victims. Maxwell’s lawyers had lobbied for stricter language surrounding descriptions of sex-trafficking.

Maxwell, 59, was apprehended in New Hampshire in July 2020. She is being tried on six counts in relation to alleged involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minor teens. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty. She alluded to this on Friday, telling Nathan she would not take the stand in her own defense.

“Your honor,” she said, “the government has not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, and so there is no need for me to testify.”

Epstein, Maxwell’s long-term boyfriend and a convicted sex offender, counted Prince Andrew and former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump as associates before killing himself in a New York jail in 2019, while awaiting his own sex trafficking trial.

Maxwell’s defense rested on Friday. One of their key witnesses was Eva Dubin, a former Miss Sweden.

Dubin testified that she dated Epstein on and off from 1983 to about 1991, and traveled with him on his private planes. Following her marriage in 1994, she said, they stayed friendly. Dubin also said she and her husband were comfortable with the relationship between their children – two girls and a boy – and Epstein.

“They called him ‘Uncle F’,” she said, adding that she never saw Epstein engage in inappropriate conduct with teenage girls.

Closing arguments are scheduled to begin on Monday. Nathan told attorneys she wanted outstanding legal issues worked out, warning: “I don’t want objections during closings.”

Maxwell’s lawyers have contended that she is a surrogate for Epstein, who cannot be prosecuted in death. On Friday, Nathan told Maxwell’s lawyers: “There will be no argument on the government’s motivations.”

Source Article from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/18/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-jury-instructions-attorneys-judge

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Devin Nunes sues McClatchy for alleged scheme to derail Clinton, Russia investigations – Washington Examiner
Devin Nunes sues McClatchy for alleged scheme to derail Clinton, Russia investigations – Washington Examiner

Rep. Devin Nunes has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the McClatchy Company for allegedly attempting to derail his investigations into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Russia.

A complaint says McClatchy and one its reporters, MacKenzie Mays, “schemed to defame [Nunes] and destroy his reputation.” The central purpose of this alleged scheme was to “interfere with [Nunes]’ Congressional investigation of corruption by the Clinton campaign and alleged ‘collusion’ between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.”

The complaint highlights a story by the Fresno Bee, a California newspaper owned by McClatchy, titled: “A yacht, cocaine, prostitutes: Winery partly owned by Nunes sued after fundraiser event.”

The way the article was written, the lawsuit said, gave the impression that Nunes was somehow involved in a 2015 party aboard a yacht where “25 of the Napa Valley-based [Alpha Omega Winery]’s top investors, all men — [who] were openly using what appeared to be cocaine and ‘drawing straws’ for which sex worker to hire.”

The complaint points to the headline, which describes the event as a fundraiser instead of a charity event, despite McClatchy’s knowledge that Nunes had nothing to do with the event.

“The McClatchy headline intentionally omitted the word ‘charity’ and labeled the event a ‘fundraiser’ in a clear effort to imply it was a political fundraising event that a politician like Congressman Nunes would naturally attend,” the complaint says. “Indeed, the entire purpose of every element of the Yacht/Cocaine/Prostitutes article – the headline, the photo, the film clips, and the text itself – is to link Nunes to an event that McClatchy actually knew before publication he had no involvement with.”

The complaint also alleges McClatchy coordinated in some way with Republican consultant Liz Mair, who is described as an opposition researcher. Mair was referred to in one McClatchy article as only a “political commentator” despite running Mair Strategies, an opposition research firm.

“McClatchy failed to inform readers of Mair’s employment with Mair Strategies, an opposition research company that, in Mair’s own words, ‘smears’ targets for paying clients,” the lawsuit alleges.

May, who was an investigative reporter for the Fresno Bee, is now a reporter for Politico covering education in California.

Appearing on Fox News after he filed the lawsuit Monday, Nunes said some of McClatchy’s reporters there were “the biggest perpetuators of the Russia hoax.”

“I’m serious. I’m coming to clean up all of the mess,” Nunes told host Sean Hannity. “So, if you’re out there and you lied and you defamed, we’re going to come after you.”

The McClatchy lawsuit is Nunes’ second in as many months. He filed a lawsuit last month against Twitter, which also named Mair as a defendant, seeking $250 million in compensatory damages for allegedly “shadow-banning conservatives” to impact the 2018 midterm elections and being defamatory against him.

“Remember, a few weeks ago I filed against Twitter, that they were censoring conservatives,” the California congressman said Monday.

In the March lawsuit, Nunes also listed the people behind the accounts “Devin Nunes’ Mom” and “Devin Nunes’ Cow” as defendants. The cow account went viral, ultimately getting more Twitter followers than Nunes.

Nunes served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee for four years before Democrats took control of the House this year. He is now ranking member of the panel.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-sues-mcclatchy-for-alleged-scheme-to-derail-clinton-russia-investigations

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The workers who keep global supply chains moving are warning of a ‘system collapse’ – CNN
The workers who keep global supply chains moving are warning of a ‘system collapse’ – CNN

By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business

Updated 10:24 AM ET, Wed September 29, 2021

Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/29/business/supply-chain-workers/index.html

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Juez ordena prisión preventiva de Cléver Jiménez y Fernando Villavicencio – El Universo
Juez ordena prisión preventiva de Cléver Jiménez y Fernando Villavicencio – El Universo
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Según el Art. 60 de la Ley Orgánica de Comunicación, los contenidos se identifican y clasifican en:
(I), informativos; (O), de opinión; (F), formativos/educativos/culturales; (E), entretenimiento; y (D), deportivos.

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El Vaticano desmintió la noticia de que el papa Francisco tenga un tumor en el cerebro – LA NACION (Argentina)
El Vaticano desmintió la noticia de que el papa Francisco tenga un tumor en el cerebro – LA NACION (Argentina)

Source Article from http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1838342-vaticano-desmiente-noticia-de-que-el-papa-tiene-tumor-en-cerebro

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Businesses are relieved Trump backed off a trade war with Mexico, but his tariff threat still looms large – CNBC
Businesses are relieved Trump backed off a trade war with Mexico, but his tariff threat still looms large – CNBC

The business community exhaled a collective sigh of relief over the weekend after President Donald Trump took tariffs against Mexico off the table and pulled back from another trade war.

At least for now.

Trump said he has “full confidence” that Mexico will crack down on migration, and the U.S Chamber of Commerce and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers praised the president for suspending the planned tariffs.

Whether or not Trump’s agreement with Mexico will hold, however, is an open question.

The president thanked Mexico’s president and foreign minister and said so long as Mexico tries “very hard” to enforce the deal, “this will be a very successful agreement for both the United States and Mexico.”

But Trump also warned that that tariffs remained an option.

“We can always go back to our previous, very profitable position on tariffs — but I don’t believe that will be necessary” he said in a Twitter post Sunday.

Trump has a record of quickly changing his position if he believes his negotiating partner is not meeting his demands.

The president suspended tariff hikes on China, for example, as the two countries sat down to try to hash out a trade deal. But he ultimately reversed that decision and more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods after trade talks collapsed – despite weeks of signaling from the White House that the two sides were making progress.

In that case, the White House accused China of back tracking on its commitments, while Beijing pointed the finger at the U.S. It’s now unclear if Beijing and Washington can reach a deal. Negotiations have apparently stalled and administration officials have said no concrete plans for talks have been scheduled.

Whether or not a deal is reached now seems to hang on a meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 meeting in Japan this month.

“We’re going to need to see action, and President Trump is going to need to make sure he’s clear that we’re moving in the right direction to a deal,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC‘s Nancy Hungerford. “The president will make a decision after the meeting.”

Mnuchin made clear that Trump will continue to wield tariffs as a negotiating tool.

“If China wants to move forward with the deal, we’re prepared to move forward on the terms we’ve done,” he said. “If China doesn’t want to move forward, then President Trump is perfectly happy to move forward with tariffs to re-balance the relationship.”

In the case of his policy toward Mexico, the president has made cracking down on migration at the southern border a central priority of his administration, but he has often been frustrated by court battles and opposition in Congress, where Democrats control the House.

Indeed, his abrupt decision to threaten 5% tariffs on all Mexican exports seemed to come as an act of frustration, apparently egged on by conservative radio commentary and immigration hawk Stephen Miller.

But it’s unclear if Mexico has the capacity to the stem migration from Central America. The factors pulling people north are strong and Mexico’s enforcement capacity appears weak.

A former U.S. ambassador to Mexico wrote this week that migration from Central America is fueled by the inability of governments there to provide for their citizens, a reality that that “deep-rooted causes that will take years to solve.”

Tony Wayne, now a non-resident fellow at The Atlantic Council, said Mexico simply has not had sufficient resources to stem the flow of migrants.

“Mexico’s immigration and refugee agencies are severely understaffed, under-resourced, and overwhelmed by the increased numbers of Central Americans heading north,” Wayne wrote.

And The New York Times reported on Saturday that terms of the deal mostly consist of actions that the U.S and Mexico actually agreed to months ago — well before Trump’s original decision to threaten tariffs.

While the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers praised Tump’s decision not to pull the trigger on tariffs, the group also warned that any barriers to trade at the border would hurt the economy. 

“Any barrier to the flow of commerce across the U.S.-Mexico border would have a cascading effect – harming U.S. consumers, threatening American jobs and investment and curtailing the economic progress that the administration is working to reignite,” the alliance’s CEO, David Schwietert, said. 

In the case of China, markets were expecting a deal and were blindsided when the opposite happened and the president hiked tariffs.

In the case of Mexico, the two countries may have a signed an agreement in hand right now, but Trump made clear in his announcement Friday and comments over the weekend that the tariff threat is only suspended — and he could wield it again at any time.

Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/09/trump-mexico-tariff-threat-still-looms-over-businesses.html

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Mulvaney: It would take ‘something dramatic’ for Trump not to close border | TheHill – The Hill
Mulvaney: It would take ‘something dramatic’ for Trump not to close border | TheHill – The Hill

Acting White House chief of staff Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyHarris sends letter to Barr demanding answers over ObamaCare repeal efforts Overnight Health Care — Presented by the American Conservative Union — Trump says GOP senators writing ‘spectacular’ ObamaCare replacement | New ObamaCare fight puts spotlight on Mulvaney | NY attorney general sues Sackler family over opioid epidemic The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Pass USMCA Coalition – Trump to return to campaign stage MORE said Sunday that it would take “something dramatic” for President TrumpDonald John TrumpSaudi King ‘absolutely rejects’ Trump measure on Golan Heights Five things to watch as 2020 Dems release their tax returns Baldwin returns to SNL to summarize Mueller report: ‘Daddy won’ MORE to not shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. 

“Something dramatic,” Mulvaney said on ABC’s “This Week” when asked what it would take for Trump not to follow through on his threat of shutting down the southern border entirely.

“When Jeh Johnson said it’s a crisis, I hope people now believe us. A lot of folks in the media… Democrats didn’t believe us a month ago, two months ago, when we said what was happening at the border was a crisis: a humanitarian crisis, a security crisis,” he said.

“One hundred thousand people coming across the border this month… that is a crisis,” he added.

Trump tweeted twice last week that he could close parts of the border unless Mexico’s government immediately stopped illegal crossings.

He also continued blamed Democrats for “weak immigration laws.”

The comments came after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said last Wednesday that immigration enforcement has reached a “breaking point.”

This is not the first time Trump has threatened to close the border. He threatened in November and in December of last year to do the same. 

 

Source Article from https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436619-mulvaney-it-would-take-something-dramatic-for-trump-not-to-close-the

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Amy Coney Barrett an ‘actual handmaid,’ MSNBC host asserts in Texas abortion law segment – Fox News
Amy Coney Barrett an ‘actual handmaid,’ MSNBC host asserts in Texas abortion law segment – Fox News
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A host on liberal network MSNBC took aim at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday, following the court’s recent decision not to block the new Texas abortion law.

Although not mentioning Barrett by name, it was clear that host Tiffany Cross was referring to the justice who was appointed to the nation’s highest court in 2020 by former President Donald Trump.

The insult came after Cross accused Republicans of “hypocrisy” for opposing abortion while supporting Second Amendment rights to gun ownership and rejecting coronavirus restrictions.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Associated Press)

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“It’s the hypocrisy for me, these Republican lawmakers fix their mouths claiming they’re pro-life, but they allow Texans to carry guns with no permit or no training,” Cross said, according to Mediaite.com.

“They’re against the life-saving vaccine and mask mandates,” she added.

MSNBC host Tiffany Cross.

Later, she said, “This entire thing, about protecting the fetus when they care so little for life in this country, is beyond comprehension. If it feels like they really must hate women in Texas and all across the country, how is it possible the Supreme Court allowed this to stand?

“I know that they haven’t ruled on it, but they can rule later,” Cross continued. “But we have an actual handmaid on the court. So I have to tell you, I’m not excited about depending on them to protect me and my right to choose.”

“Handmaid” refers to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a 1985 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood that tells of a future in which the U.S. government has been overthrown and replaced by a society in which women’s only role is to serve men. It subsequently became a TV series starring Elisabeth Moss.

The Washington Post reported in October 2020 that Barrett held the title of “handmaid” as a member of a religious group called People of Praise. At the time, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, criticized the Post article as a “religious smear” directed at Barrett.

Elisabeth Moss plays Offred in “The Handmaid’s Tale.” (MGM)

Late Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling, opting to decline to block a new Texas abortion law that took effect earlier in the day. The law bans most abortions in the state and allows private citizens to sue anyone who’s allegedly involved in an abortion, other than the patient.

Backing the majority decision were justices Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.

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Dissenting were the court’s three liberal justices – Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer – plus Chief Justice John Roberts. Kagan referred to the Texas law as “patently unconstitutional.” 

Then on Friday a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order shielding Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits filed by anti-abortion groups for two weeks, with a hearing on the injunction scheduled for Sept. 13.

Legal observers have claimed that the Texas law could lay the groundwork for overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion throughout the U.S.

Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/media/amy-coney-barrett-handmaid-msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-texas-abortion-law

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Terry McAuliffe concedes to Glenn Youngkin in Virginia governor’s race – 8News
Terry McAuliffe concedes to Glenn Youngkin in Virginia governor’s race – 8News

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe has formally conceded to Glenn Youngkin in a statement Wednesday morning.

The Associated Press projected Youngkin as the Virginia governor’s race winner after midnight. According to election results, Youngkin obtained 1,677,436 votes. McAuliffe received 1,610,142 votes.

“While last night we came up short, I am proud that we spent this campaign fighting for the values we so deeply believe in. We must protect Virginia’s great public schools and invest in our students. We must protect affordable health care coverage, raise the minimum wage faster, and expand paid leave so working families have a fighting shot. We must protect voting rights, protect a woman’s right to choose, and, above all else, we must protect our democracy. While there will be setbacks along the way, I am confident that the long term path of Virginia is toward inclusion, openness and tolerance for all.”

Terry McAuliffe

McAuliffe extended his congratulations to Youngkin on his victory.

“Congratulations to Governor-Elect Glenn Youngkin on his victory. I hope Virginians will join me in wishing the best to him and his family,” McAuliffe said in his statement.

The victory for Youngkin, a first-time candidate, could signal a shift in the commonwealth’s political landscape and lay out a plan for Republicans running in competitive states in the post-Trump era.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Source Article from https://www.wric.com/news/politics/local-election-hq/terry-mcauliffe-concedes-virginia-governors-race-to-glen-youngkin/

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Local officials sound the alarm over another possible wave of Covid-19 infections – CNN
Local officials sound the alarm over another possible wave of Covid-19 infections – CNN

          CNN’s Deidre McPhillips, Carma Hassan, Devon M. Sayers, Jacqueline Howard, Maggie Fox, Cheri Mossburg and Jen Christensen contributed to this report.

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html

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    5 Things Swimmers Can Do to Stay on Track During the Polar Vortex – SwimSwam
    5 Things Swimmers Can Do to Stay on Track During the Polar Vortex – SwimSwam

    This week is projected to be one of the coldest weeks in the continental United States in at least a generation, if not ever. The upper-midwest is the epicenter, with Chicago in reach of its second-coldest day ever and wind chills at least 50 degrees below 0: colder than Antarctica or Mt. Everest are this week, but most of the country will be impacted: an estimated 75% of the United States will see temperatures below zero this week.

    Temperatures in some parts of the country will be cold enough for frostbite to set in in as few 5 or 10 minutes on exposed skin.

    Needless to say, there’s going to be a lot of cancelled swim practices in the coming days, which can be tough timing with the spring championship season just over the horizon. So, if you’re in one of these frigid wonderlands, and are trying to stave off a premature taper, here’s 5 tips for how to keep your season on track:

    1) Drylands – The most obvious thing to do: drylands! There are good routines all over the net, or you can ask your coach to send you one. The key to success here is to approach it like you would a practice. Don’t just haphazardly do some pushups when you’re bored; write down a routine, plan a time to do it in, and finish the entire workout – even if it’s hard. Just be sure that whatever you hook your stretch cord onto is screwed securely into a stud. Don’t rely on a towel rack. Alternatively, if you have a strong metal chair in your house, you can hook the stretch cord onto that – just pile up enough heavy things on the chair to overcome the rating of your stretch cords. Or better yet…stick with body weight. Probably a bad day to get kicked out of the house for putting holes in the walls.

    2) Don’t “Boredom Eat” – You’re not hibernating, but research shows that humans have a natural proclivity to overeat in the winter. The best way to stave off bored eating: don’t get bored (see #1). Come up with a project to entertain you, reorganize your closet, I dunno, you know what makes you bored. Just don’t do it! Soup is a great meal for times like this – lots of vegetables, a good hot meal on a good cold day, and most soups are low in calories, so if you go digging through the fridge for an afternoon snack, it won’t break the caloric bank.

    3) Don’t SnowSwim – Did you read the above? Frostbite in minutes? Just because one of y’all got y’allselves on a T-Mobile commercial doing it (who is this??) doesn’t mean you needa be out SnowSwimming when the windchill is -55. Save that for when it’s 30 and warming back up from the overnight snow. More broadly: don’t do anything stupid. We need everyone back in the water safely when this blows past, and all of that extra energy has to be spent somehow. Revert back to #1 if you find yourself antsy.

    4) Catch up on Schoolwork – I know, studying during a free day off? Sounds super lame. But, you’re not really sacrificing much (probably not many social gatherings going on when it’s that cold out), and you can earn some hours for later in the semester when you’re beat down by the grind. Make an investment in yourself.

    5) Or…just swim! – It’s -53C (-60 Fahrenheit) in Winnipeg, and people still live there! But seriously. Ian Grunewald, head coach of the Sst. James Seals Swim Club in Winnipeg, posted these photos on Tuesday. The temperature (not the windchill) has to be colder than -50C or colder to cancel schools, and the pool never closes because rec centers serve as emergency warming centres (eh).

    Source Article from https://swimswam.com/5-things-swimmers-can-do-to-stay-on-track-during-the-polar-vortex/

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    "Sin noticias": La particular forma con la que en España destacan a Claudio Bravo – El Gráfico Chile
    "Sin noticias": La particular forma con la que en España destacan a Claudio Bravo – El Gráfico Chile

     

    El Gráfico Chile

    “Sin noticias de Claudio Bravo”, una frase que podría llevar a entender que el arquero chileno no ha logrado hacerse un lugar en el Barcelona, sin embargo su intención busca decir todo lo contrario.

    Con aquellas palabras expuestas anteriormente, el diario deportivo catalán Mundo Deportivo tituló una nota en la que destaca el cometido del golero criollo en lo que va de temporada con la camiseta del Barça.

    “Es habitual que en el caso especialmente de los equipos grandes se hable por defecto más de su capacidad de creación y realización que de su habilidad para conservar impoluta su propia portería. El caso del FC Barcelona no es una excepción. Las asistencias de Messi, los goles de Neymar, la aportación ofensiva de Rakitic, el descaro de Sandro y Munir… son elementos que suelen acaparar los comentarios, pero no tienen menos importancia en el resultado final que la solidez defensiva de un conjunto que suma ya cinco partidos oficiales consecutivos (todos los que se han jugado) sin encajar un solo gol”, explica en su primer párrafo el artículo.

    “El FC Barcelona consigue de momento tranquilizar a un entorno muy preocupado en los últimos tiempos tanto por la falta de centrales como por la marcha de Víctor Valdés, quien dejó un listón altísimo en la meta azulgrana. Era la gran asignatura que debían aprobar los encargados de diseñar el nuevo Barça y por ahora lo han logrado con nota”, agrega.

    Y a la hora de hablar específicamente sobre el chileno, el artículo de Mundo Deportivo expone: “La noticia atrás está precisamente en que no hay noticias de momento respecto a Claudio Bravo. Desde aquella desafortunada jugada con la que se presentó en Nápoles como azulgrana en encuentro amistoso, el meta chileno apenas ha tenido que intervenir en acción alguna. Ante el Levante, la más peligrosa de los valencianos fue solventada por Rakitic”.

    “Bravo suma ya cuatro encuentros ligueros (360 minutos) sin recoger la pelota de dentro de su propia portería. Elche, Villarreal, Athletic y Levante han sido incapaces de marcarle un tanto. El secreto no está solo en el portero, sino en un trabajo defensivo general que impide que el rival cree ocasiones”, complementa.

    GRAF/PS

    Source Article from http://www.elgraficochile.cl/sin-noticias-la-particular-forma-con-la-que-en-espana-destacan-a-claudio-bravo/prontus_elgrafico/2014-09-21/204057.html

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    Biden’s soft power has not been enough to stop would-be rivals from grabbing the 2024 spotlight – NBC News
    Biden’s soft power has not been enough to stop would-be rivals from grabbing the 2024 spotlight – NBC News

    WASHINGTON — White House officials are closely tracking the political activity of at least half a dozen Democrats seen as potential alternatives to President Joe Biden in the 2024 election.

    The administration appears to be parsing the words and deeds of the rising Democrats across the nation, deploying a charm offensive in response to those who seem to be getting a bit too ambitious on their own. 

    The strategy — which some Democrats close to the White House say leans too heavily on soft power, and lacks a traditional enforcer — hasn’t been especially effective. Biden hasn’t been able to stop Democrats from raising their national profiles or silence doubts within the party about his inevitability. 

    This article is based on interviews with more than two dozen current and former White House officials, lawmakers, Democratic donors and other sources close to the Biden operation.

    When Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California gained traction by dabbling in national politics, the White House was quick to host them at separate events. 

    In Washington this month, Newsom assured White House chief of staff Ron Klain in a private conversation that he is “not interested” in running for president in 2024, according to a person familiar with the conversation. 

    Days later, Newsom began running political ads in Texas attacking Gov. Greg Abbott on abortion rights and guns.

    On Capitol Hill, Biden and top White House officials have had to spend time co-opting progressive critics who have also spurred talk of 2024 ambitions, including Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., with private praise.

    And inside the West Wing, the Biden press team has compiled a list of quotes from would-be rivals insisting they back the president. (Pritzker, Khanna and Newsom’s remarks are all from the same article in early July.)

    “Nobody likes seeing somebody taking out coffins for you. It’s just like — ‘Not so fast. I’ll make this decision,’” Democratic donor John Morgan said. “It’s like they’re going to the swim meet and Biden is the defending gold medalist. But they all got their swimsuits on underneath the pants. They’re ready to get up there and jump as soon as he says ‘go.’ They can’t be walking around the arena just in a swimsuit because that would really piss Biden off.” 

    The keep-frenemies-close approach is a sign that the White House is more worried about his potential rivals drawing contrasts with him on policy, which they’ve done, according to Biden allies. Several White House officials insisted in interviews that the administration is not concerned with or preoccupied by the possibility of a rare intraparty challenge for an incumbent president. 

    But the tactic also reflects the limits of the White House’s power at a time when Biden’s approval ratings are in the tank and as many as three-quarters of Democrats tell pollsters they would prefer a different nominee in 2024.

    And with the president making a quick recovery from Covid and striking a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to enact more of the White House agenda, the White House is revisiting plans for what it says will be a robust travel schedule this fall on behalf of Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.

    That belies a recognition, sources close to the White House political operation say, that the president is at a weak political moment — including Biden himself. When a reporter asked the president recently what his message was to Democrats who don’t want him to seek a second term, the president snapped back: “Read the polls, Jack. You guys are all the same. That poll showed that 92% of Democrats, if I ran, would vote for me.”

    But in the poll Biden cited, conducted by The New York Times and Siena College, 64% of Democrats reported that they would rather the party nominate someone other than him. That figure was at 75% in a CNN poll published Wednesday. 

    Such polls provide an obvious incentive for other Democrats to start warming the engines of their campaign machines. But White House allies say there’s no opening.

    “This is bordering on stupidity,” said Democratic strategist Philippe Reines, a longtime adviser to Hillary Clinton. “If for any reason Biden’s not at the top of the ticket, good luck to anyone denying Kamala the nomination. Especially a white guy,” he said, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris.

    Still, some Biden allies worry that he isn’t equipped temperamentally to crush potential threats himself, and say that he hasn’t outfitted his political operation with an invaluable tool: a hatchet man. 

    In 2012, then-President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign worked to pre-empt a possible challenge from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager, said in an interview. He used then-Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid as an intermediary to “shut down Bernie” and dissuade him from running.

    “There’s no hammer,” in Biden’s camp, one former Biden White House official lamented. 

    “There’s no one in the administration anyone is afraid of,” a longtime Biden ally added. “They don’t have an enforcer inside the White House that anybody takes seriously.”

    Without that leverage, the White House has struggled to shut down narratives that Biden, at 79, is too old or too politically weak to run for re-election. And that puts him in danger of being viewed as a lame duck in just the second year of his term.

    Biden himself has used more honey than vinegar in approaching the 2024 potential hopefuls. 

    In the wake of the July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, the president invited Pritzker to the Oval Office where they discussed the need for broader gun reform and he again offered the city any federal resources that were needed, according to Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, who was also in the meeting.   

    But Biden then took a moment to heap praise on the governor, who just a week earlier suggested that the president could face a primary and that there is historical precedent for it, though he added that he wasn’t encouraging a challenge.

    “You guys have a great governor in Illinois,” Biden said, according to a person who was briefed on the meeting. “He’s passing what we need to pass in D.C. and across the nation.” 

    Biden then took photos with the group and they sat on the patio before walking out to the event together. 

    Top Pritzker aides had also called the White House’s external affairs team before the governor headed to New Hampshire in June, realizing the optics of the visit. Along with the heads-up, aides shared a video clip of the governor publicly stating he wasn’t interested in running against Biden, according to a person with direct knowledge of the communications. They did the same before Pritzker’s subsequent address to Florida Democrats, during which he lobbed attacks on Gov. Ron DeSantis.

    Those trips only generated more headlines and speculation about 2024.

    While sources close to Newsom say that he could easily change his mind about running in 2024, he has nonetheless made it a point to try to scuttle speculation about presidential ambitions in conversations with party insiders.

    “He said he’s not running,” said Christine Pelosi, a Democratic National Committee member from California and daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who texted Newsom earlier this month to ask about his plans. 

    “He’s just frustrated at the way that Republicans have been able to take over this debate [on certain issues] and how Democrats have to fight harder to take it back and showcase our successes,” she added. “That’s what he said.”

    Biden has recently been drawing sharper contrasts with former President Donald Trump, who could announce a 2024 bid before November’s midterm elections, to signal to Democrats who question his political viability that he’s the one who can beat Trump. 

    In virtual remarks to law enforcement officers Monday — the day before Trump returned to Washington to deliver a “law and order” speech — Biden slammed the former president over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. 

     “You can’t be pro-insurrection and pro-cop,” Biden said. The event was one where he had been scheduled to speak in person, part of a planned two-city swing in the key battleground of Florida that was to also include his first campaign rally of the midterms. The Democratic National Committee said that trip would be rescheduled.

    Trump is the backbone of Biden’s argument to fellow Democrats that he’s their best bet for holding the White House.

    “I maintain that you can’t get into [the] Trump contrast too soon. It’s the best backdrop for us,” one White House official said. “Gavin Newsom has a more compelling argument about why he would beat Trump?”

    In a Yahoo! News/YouGov survey earlier this month, Biden held a 42% to 40% lead over Trump. Newsom edged Trump 40% to 39%, while Harris tied with Trump at 41%.

    Terry McAuliffe, a former governor of Virginia and an ex-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, shot down any notion of a primary challenge.

    “The president has said he’s running for re-election. His staff are preparing for him to run for re-election and we all need to rally behind Joe Biden. With Democrats, there’s this constant state of negativity,” said McAuliffe, who is being considered for a Cabinet or other senior position in the Biden administration. 

    He also noted that elected officials have a lot at stake in taking on a sitting president.

    “Every Democratic governor wants to keep the White House and the president on their good side. They want one of these new [computer] chip plants in their state. They want to make sure they get infrastructure money and they’re not going to do anything that would jeopardize their relationship with the White House.”

    Source Article from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/bidens-soft-power-not-enough-stop-rivals-grabbing-2024-spotlight-rcna40365

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    Deroy Murdock: Mueller report’s release was a model of transparency – Fox News
    Deroy Murdock: Mueller report’s release was a model of transparency – Fox News
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    How will the Mueller report impact the race for the White House?

    Pollster Frank Luntz on whether special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings will shape the 2020 presidential election.

    Under federal law, Attorney General William Barr could have taken Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s long-awaited Russiagate report, shoved it in a drawer, and sent the following letter to Capitol Hill:

    “Dear Congress:

    “No collusion. No obstruction.

    “Love,

    “Bill”

    Beyond that, Barr was obligated to do none of what he did on Thursday morning. He held a press conference at Justice Department headquarters, answered journalists’ questions, sent Congress redacted copies of Mueller’s 448-page “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election” (on CD-ROMs), made a nearly unredacted copy (minus only legally verboten grand jury material) available for top congressional leaders to inspect, posted the document on DOJ’s public website, and freed Mueller to discuss his findings before Congress, as Democrats have demanded. Barr previously agreed to let the Senate and House judiciary committees grill him on, respectively, May 1 and 2.

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    Democrats have suggested that Barr has something to hide. As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York stated Wednesday, “The American people deserve to hear the truth.” In fact, Barr’s behavior has been clearer than a Brooks Brothers storefront window.

    The White House has been equally see-through. While President Donald J. Trump ground his molars through this 22-month-long legal root canal, he let his lawyers hand Mueller some 1.4 million pages of records and allowed administration and campaign personnel to be interrogated. Trump never asserted executive privilege, nor did he request redactions in the report.

    CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS OPINION PIECE IN THE NATIONAL REVIEW

    CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BY DEROY MURDOCK

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    Noticias al desnudo, con clase de yoga incluida – El Universal
    Noticias al desnudo, con clase de yoga incluida – El Universal
    El concepto de Naked News surgió en el año 2000, pero recientemente se agregó un plus al programa, con una clase de yoga.


    La página web de Naked News publica un video de tres mujeres realizando ejercicios de yoga durante más de tres minutos.


    El programa muestra a mujeres desnudas o que se van quitando la ropa mientras presentan noticias.


    De acuerdo con egostastic.com la suscripción por el servicio es de seis dólares al mes, si se contrata por un año, y si es sólo por un mes, el costo es de 15 dólares.


    La práctica de yoga al desnudo va adquiriendo fuerza. En Nueva York las sesiones llegan a costar 25 dólares.


     


     


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    Source Article from http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2014/noticias-desnudo-clase-yoga-1028421.html

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    Selene Fariña, esposa de Carlos Sánchez: "Le costó conquistarme" – Diario El País
    Selene Fariña, esposa de Carlos Sánchez: "Le costó conquistarme" – Diario El País

    Selena Fariña, montevideana de Belvedere, es la pareja de Carlos “Pato” Sánchez, el mediocampista de la selección uruguaya y del Monterrey mexicano. El fin de semana pasado, celebraron 10 años de amor y el primer cumpleaños de Luciana, la hija menor de los tres que tiene con el futbolista.

    Además, son papás de Máximo (7 años) y Juan Manuel (4). Selene, que también es muy activa en el contacto con los hinchas en las redes sociales, cuenta de su vida al lado del ídolo celeste, de los celos y de las múltiples mudanzas y sacrificios que emprenden las familias de los deportistas. Conocé su historia.

    —¿Cómo se conocieron con Carlos?

    —Por medio de un amigo que jugaba en Liverpool y compartían el apartamento. Con mi hermana teníamos un Ciber y ellos iban siempre; él nos presentó. Nos gustábamos desde el comienzo pero le costó conquistarme, siempre me dice que me “hacia la linda” (risas). Ahora, a la distancia, creo que ese cortejo largo fue la clave. Si no, no hubiera durado tanto.

    —Ahora celebran 10 años juntos, ¿por qué decidieron festejarlo?

    —Porque creemos que es importante. Además aprovechamos que es el año de la nena y así festejamos por partida doble.

    —¿Cuál crees que es el secreto de esa permanencia?

    —Además del amor que nos tenemos, todo lo que vivimos juntos en estos 10 años, cosas buenas y malas que nos fueron fortaleciendo como pareja.

    —¿En qué son complementarios y en qué son diferentes?

    —La gran diferencia es el carácter. Como dicen, los polos opuestos se atraen y es lo que nos pasó. Él es muy tranquilo y yo todo lo contrario, tengo un carácter muy fuerte y él me baja a tierra.

    —¿Cómo es tu vida cotidiana en México?

    —Normal como la que tenía en Argentina o Uruguay, la prioridad es atender los niños y la casa. Me gusta que estén siempre impecables, ayudarlos con la tarea y cuando está Carlos tratamos de estar siempre haciendo actividades con ellos. Somos muy familieros.

    —También estuvieron un tiempo en Buenos Aires cuando él jugaba en River. ¿Cómo era la vida allí?

    —Me encantaba vivir en Buenos Aires, sobre todo por la cercanía con Uruguay, lo que hacía que viniera muy seguido y nuestros amigos y familiares nos visitaba con frecuencia. Los argentinos, además, son parecidos a nosotros: la misma cultura y hábitos. No descartamos volver en un futuro. Además hay sentimientos: dejamos muchos amigos y dos de nuestros hijos nacieron allí.

    —Trabajas en las redes sociales con los fans, ¿cómo surgió esa tarea?

    —Sí. A la gente le gusta conocer de la vida cotidiana del jugador y como Carlos es muy reservado, de eso me encargo yo. Hemos organizado sorteos de camisetas y la posibilidad de conocerlo. A mí me gusta también tener ese tipo de relación con los hinchas, responder a los mensajes, mostrarles que tenemos una vida normal. Nos dicen que les sorprende, que es la primera vez que alguien hace esto y la verdad me encanta. Me gusta que vean que somos como cualquier familia.

    —¿Cómo te afectan las críticas que puedan hacerle a Carlos? ¿Eres de enojarte?

    —¡Ufff! Qué tema ese de las críticas. Sí, soy de enojarme y bastante. Carlos se molesta conmigo porque no tendría que responder. Y tiene razón pero en el momento no pienso y respondo. Las redes sociales tienen eso son un arma de doble filo, son buenas para muchas cosas y malas para otras. Pero sí me enojo mucho porque la gente no sabe cómo son las cosas y en algunos casos hablan de más, en algunos casos parte de la prensa también dice cosas que no son y dan manija para perjudicar.

    —Hace unos días compartiste un texto que hablaba de los sacrificios de las parejas de los futbolistas, ¿qué es lo más complicado para ti de esa vida?

    —Sí, ese texto lo copie de Twitter pero no del muro de la persona que lo puso (Wanda Nara) porque no la sigo, no soy su fan. Claro que hacemos sacrificios, solo con estar lejos por meses o años ya es una situación difícil. No ver a la familia, a los amigos, extrañar al país. Porque aunque estés en lugares divinos y la gente te trate de maravillas siempre se extrañan las raíces. También pasamos momentos difíciles. Por muchos momentos estamos solas, con embarazos, cuando los niños se enferman, actividades escolares, cumpleaños, Navidad, Fin de año. Desde afuera a veces la gente cuestiona: ¿qué sacrificios podemos hacer nosotras si tenemos dinero? Pero muchas de esas cosas no las soluciona el dinero, ni hablar de lo afectivo.

    —¿A qué has renunciado en lo personal para llevar esta vida familiar de país en país?

    —No pienso en lo que renuncié, si no en lo que tenemos como familia. Lo importante es que estamos juntos. Este es el trabajo de Carlos y es por el bienestar nuestro y el futuro de nuestros hijos. Ellos sí hacen sacrificios. En estos años cambiaron muchas veces de colegios en distintos países y cada vez que tenemos que irnos sufren mucho, extrañan a sus amigos y eso es lo que más nos duele.

    Selene Fariña y su marido, Carlos Sánchez. Foto: Molina Estudio. 

    —¿Cuán celosa eres de las llamadas “botineras”?

    —Soy celosa.

    —¿Qué es lo que más extrañas de Uruguay?

    —La familia, los amigos, la comida. Por lo menos a mí me pasa que no me imagino en el futuro viviendo fuera de mi país. Nuestra idea es volver siempre. Cuando estás lejos, te das cuenta y valorás más las cosas. Somos un país chiquito pero hermoso.

    —¿Cómo vives los partidos de Carlos en la selección? ¿Tienes alguna cábala?

    —Me encantan los días de partido. Los de la selección cuando no podemos ir nos juntamos a mirarlos con familia y amigos. Me pongo muy nerviosa, pero me encanta verlos y le presto mucha atención al juego de Carlos. Porque si lo hace bien soy la primera en felicitarlo pero si lo hace mal también soy la primera en criticarlo (risas). Él se enoja pero se lo digo porque sé lo que puede dar y por eso lo exijo. Los nenes también cuando él llega le dicen: “Papá, ¿por qué hiciste eso? o “¿por qué no hiciste lo otro?” Como ves, está muy presionado (risas).

    —En la Copa América hubo un episodio algo violento contigo en la tribuna, ¿qué sucedió?

    —No fue personal conmigo. La hinchada mexicana festeja así. Cuando hacen un gol tiran los vasos con refrescos o cerveza. El problema es que ahí vendían latas y una me pegó en la cabeza. Lo peligroso es que podía haber golpeado a uno de los niños y suceder una desgracia. Junto a nosotros también había gente de México que también recibieron latas y vasos. Por suerte fue solo una anécdota.

    —¿Has formado amistad con otras parejas de futbolistas de la selección?

    —Tenemos buena relación entre varias, pero nos vemos solo en algunos partidos o como en la Copa que aprovechamos a hacer actividades juntas. Mantengo contacto también seguido con Sofia (Balbi, la esposa de Suárez) y con Patricia (Callero, la esposa de Muslera).

    —¿Qué planes tienen como familia?

    —Poder darles la mejor educación a nuestros hijos para que estén preparados para su futuro. Y cuando Carlos se retire poder vivir en Uruguay. No tenemos grandes planes. Estamos muy agradecidos de los que nos tocó.

    —¿Alguno de tus hijos quiere ser jugador de fútbol?

    —Sí, los dos. La nena no sé porque todavía no habla (risas). Somos de un país futbolero y todos los niños sueñan con ser jugadores, mucho más en el caso de ellos, por su papá que es su ídolo. A ellos les gusta y tienen condiciones, así que a lo mejor sí pueden hacer carrera. En lo personal, preferiría que no porque el camino es muy largo y sacrificado. A nosotros nos fue muy difícil por muchos años. Como familia pasamos muchas dificultades, hoy estamos en una posición mejor pero no nos olvidamos de lo que pasamos en el pasado. En alguna oportunidad Carlos pensó en no seguir jugando.

    —¿En qué momento?

    —Cuando se lesionó y lo operaron de los ligamentos. Hacía poco que estábamos juntos. La recuperación fue muy larga y jugó mucho tiempo en reserva, en Liverpool. Llegaba a casa y lloraba porque no lo citaban para el partido del fin de semana. Fue dura esa etapa. Pero la remamos y gracias a Dios salimos adelante. Hoy tenemos un presente y una familia hermosas.

    Una década juntos.

    Selene Fariña atendía un Cibercafé, que era frecuentado por un compañero de Liverpool de Carlos “Pato” Sánchez. Él los presentó y desde entonces formaron familia. Tienen tres hijos: Máximo (7), Juan Manuel (4) y Luciana (1). Vivieron en Mendoza, Buenos Aires y ahora residente en México. Él defiende los colores de Monterrey en ese país.

    Source Article from http://www.elpais.com.uy/sabado-show/novia-eterna.html

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    Mexican telenovela star will return to Miami as ordered for court hearing, lawyer says – Miami Herald
    Mexican telenovela star will return to Miami as ordered for court hearing, lawyer says – Miami Herald


    Crime

    Mexican telenovela star will return to Miami as ordered for court hearing, lawyer says


    Telenovela star Pablo Lyle will return to Miami from Mexico as ordered by a Miami-Dade judge for a hearing on Monday that will re-examine Lyle’s bond after the death of a 63-year-old man, who Lyle punched at a Miami intersection March 31.

    “Mr Lyle will appear each and every time required by the court,” Lyle’s attorney, Bruce Lehr of Lehr Levi & Mendez, wrote in a Sunday email to the Miami Herald.

    Lyle, 32, plays Rodrigo Villavicencio, the male lead on the Mexican telenovela “Mi Adorable Maldición” (My Adorable Curse).

    When arrested last Monday, Lyle was charged with battery, a third-degree felony. The last line of Lyle’s arrest report said Juan Ricardo Hernandez, of whom Lyle told police he punched out of fear for his family, was already “unconscious, intubated and suffering from a brain injury.”

    He posted $5,000 bond Monday and, on Tuesday, requested permission to travel. It was granted Tuesday by the judge covering the court for Judge Lisa Walsh.

    Lyle entered a plea of not guilty plea on Thursday. Later Thursday, Hernandez died at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

    Upon reading of Hernandez’s death in the Miami Herald Friday morning, Walsh rescinded the travel order and ordered Lyle, his attorney and his bail bondsman to appear at a Monday 9 a.m. hearing to address Lyle’s bond.

    “The bond contract at issue is vitiated by the victim’s death and the likelihood of enhanced charges.”

    Lehr wrote in his Sunday email he didn’t know what criminal charges would be added and “the state has until May 1 to make that decision.”

    The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office said Friday it would view autopsy results before making any decisions on more charges.

    Former longtime prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney David Weinstein, who isn’t associated with this case, didn’t think it was a certainty that Lyle would appear and said making sure he does is the smart legal move.

    “This will allow them to argue against an increase in amount of bond and additional travel restrictions,” Weinstein Tweeted. “I suspect that the Judge will require him to stay in the U.S. until his arraignment and then revisit the bond again when additional charges are filed.”

    Source Article from https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article228943044.html

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    At-home COVID tests will be covered by insurance starting Saturday : Coronavirus Updates – NPR
    At-home COVID tests will be covered by insurance starting Saturday : Coronavirus Updates – NPR

    A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out last month in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced Monday.

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    A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out last month in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced Monday.

    David Dermer/AP

    The Biden Administration announced Monday new details on how Americans can get free COVID-19 tests – or get reimbursements from their private insurance. This is following up on an announcement the White House made last month.

    Under the new policy announced by the White House, individuals covered by a health insurance plan who purchase an over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic test that has been authorized, cleared, or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be able to have those test costs covered by their insurance beginning this Saturday.

    Insurance companies and health plans will be required to cover eight free over-the-counter at-home tests per covered individual per month, according to White House officials. For instance, a family of four all on the same plan would be able to get up to 32 of these tests covered by their health plan per month.

    “We are requiring insurers and group health plans to make tests free for millions of Americans. This is all part of our overall strategy to ramp-up access to easy-to-use, at-home tests at no cost,” Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a news release Monday.

    During Monday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the administration will start to have free COVID tests “out the door in the coming weeks.”

    “The contracts (for testing companies) are structured in a way to require that significant amounts are delivered on an aggressive timeline, the first of which should be arriving early next week,” Psaki said.

    “We also expect to have details on the website as well as a hotline later this week,” Psaki added.

    The Biden administration says it is “incentivizing” insurers and group health plans to set up programs that will allow Americans to get the over-the-counter tests (PCR and rapid tests) directly through preferred pharmacies, retailers or other entities with no out-of-pocket costs.

    For people whose health care provider has ordered a COVID-19 test, the Biden administration said there will not be a limit on the number of tests that are covered — including at-home tests.

    Currently, State Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs must cover FDA-authorized at-home COVID-19 tests without cost-sharing.

    Americans who are covered by Medicare already have their COVID-19 diagnostic tests performed by a laboratory, such as PCR and antigen tests, “with no beneficiary cost-sharing when the test is ordered by either a physician, non-physician practitioner, pharmacist, or other authorized health care professional,” the Biden administration says.

    Last year, the Biden administration issued guidance saying that both State Medicaid and CHIP programs must cover all types of FDA-authorized COVID-19 tests without cost-sharing.

    Source Article from https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2022/01/10/1071899471/insurance-at-home-covid-tests-white-house

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    Exclusive: Former FBI lawyer under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe – CNN
    Exclusive: Former FBI lawyer under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe – CNN

    Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds.

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/fbi-fisa-russia-investigation/index.html

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