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Mrs May has been criticised by some Conservatives for reaching out to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted she had to reach out to Labour in a bid to deliver Brexit or risk letting it “slip through our fingers”.

In a statement on Saturday night, Mrs May said there was a “stark choice” of either leaving the European Union with a deal or not leaving at all.

Some Conservatives have criticised her for seeking Labour’s help after MPs rejected her Brexit plan three times.

Three days of talks between the parties ended without agreement on Friday.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was “waiting to see the red lines move” and had not “noticed any great change in the government’s position”.

He is coming under pressure from his MPs to demand a referendum on any deal he reaches with the government, with 80 signing a letter saying a public vote should be the “bottom line” in the negotiations.

In the statement, Mrs May said that after doing “everything in my power” to persuade her own party – and their backers in Northern Ireland’s DUP – to approve the deal she agreed with the EU last year, she “had to take a new approach”.

“We have no choice but to reach out across the House of Commons,” the prime minister said.

“The referendum was not fought along party lines and people I speak to on the doorstep tell me they expect their politicians to work together when the national interest demands it.”

Getting a majority of MPs to back a Brexit deal was the only way for the UK to leave the EU, Mrs May said.

“The longer this takes, the greater the risk of the UK never leaving at all.”

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Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott highlighted Labour’s concerns over the political declaration

The UK is due to leave the EU on 12 April and, as yet, no withdrawal deal has been approved by the House of Commons.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Labour had engaged in talks “in good faith” and wanted them to continue.

However, she said there was concern the government has made “no movement” on her party’s demand for changes to the political declaration – the section of Mrs May’s Brexit deal which outlines the basis for future UK-EU relations.

The document declares mutual ambitions in areas such as trade, regulations, security and fishing rights – but does not legally commit either party.

Downing Street has indicated it was “prepared to pursue changes” in order to secure a deal, and Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Saturday that he was “optimistic” the talks could reach “some form of agreement”.

‘Open revolt’

However, Tory Brexiteers have reacted angrily to the prospect of Mrs May accepting Labour’s demands, particularly for a customs union with the EU which would allow tariff-free trade between members but bar them striking their own trade deals.

Leaving the EU’s customs union was a Conservative manifesto commitment, and former party whip Michael Fabricant predicted “open revolt” among Tories and Leave voters if MPs agreed to it.

Former Brexit minister Steve Baker hit out at efforts to recruit MPs to sign a “toxic” letter endorsing the PM’s cross-party efforts, which he said had party members “recoiling in horror”.

And the Sunday Telegraph reported some activists were refusing to campaign for the party, while donations had “dried up”.

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Mrs May has written to European Council President Donald Tusk to request an extension to the Brexit process until 30 June but says if MPs agree a deal, the UK should be able to leave before European parliamentary elections are held on 23 May.

She says the UK would prepare to field candidates in May’s European Parliament elections if MPs failed to back a deal.

But Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi told the Today programme it would be “a suicide note of the Conservative Party if we had to fight the European elections”.

Labour is also split over its Brexit approach.

The letter organised by the Love Socialism Hate Brexit campaign contains the signatures of four shadow ministers and argues that any compromise deal agreed by Parliament will have “no legitimacy if it is not confirmed by the public”.

As the political declaration is not legally binding, and with Mrs May having promised to stand down once a Brexit deal is passed, the letter points out that “any future Tory prime minister could simply rip up” assurances given to Labour over future relations with the EU.

However, a letter signed by 25 Labour MPs on Thursday argued against another public vote.

They warned it would “divide the country further and add uncertainty for business” and could be “exploited by the far-right, damage the trust of many core Labour voters and reduce our chances of winning a general election”.

Source Article from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47842572

Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D’Alesandro PelosiPelosi, Schumer push back on new Trump demand for wall funding: ‘We hope he learned his lesson’ Five things to watch for in Trump’s 2020 budget Democrats hurting themselves with handling of Ilhan Omar controversy MORE (D-Calif.) made her strongest comments to date on impeachment, saying in a new interview that President TrumpDonald John TrumpButtigieg: ‘I have more years of government experience under my belt’ than Trump Tucker Carlson says he won’t apologize for comments in resurfaced radio interview Buttigieg calls Pence ‘cheerleader for the porn star presidency’ MORE is “just not worth it,” unless there’s bipartisan support for going down that road.

“Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country,” Pelosi said in a Washington Post interview published Monday. “And he’s just not worth it.”

Pelosi told the newspaper last week that despite her opposition to impeachment, she does not believe Trump is fit to serve as president.

“Are we talking ethically? Intellectually? Politically? What are we talking here?” she said. “All of the above. No. No. I don’t think he is.”

The California Democrat has set a very high bar for impeachment proceedings, even as the more progressive wing of her caucus clamors to remove Trump from office.

Impeachment has split the caucus since Democrats took control of the House in January, and the topic has gained steam in recent weeks following explosive testimony from Trump’s former lawyer, Michael CohenMichael Dean CohenOversight Dem: ‘I imagine’ chairman will ask for investigation into Cohen for alleged perjury A deal for Trump: Take North Korea’s offer and build upon it The Memo: Team Trump insists Dem probes could ‘boomerang’ MORE.

Rep. Brad ShermanBradley (Brad) James ShermanTlaib to offer impeachment articles against Trump by end of month Democrat vows to move forward with impeachment, dividing his party Trump pick sets up fight over World Bank MORE (D-Calif.) re-introduced articles of impeachment on the first day of the new Congress in January, alleging that Trump had obstructed justice by firing then-FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyConway’s husband: ‘Banana republic’ if Trump got his wish to go after investigators It’s not about collusion; it’s about obstruction … and impeachment Breadth of Trump probe poses challenge for Dems MORE.

Freshman Rep. Rashida TlaibRashida Harbi TlaibDemocrats hurting themselves with handling of Ilhan Omar controversy Democrats allow anti-Semitism to spread with their weak resolution NY Times columnist on CNN: Omar ‘has come to be a bridge destroyer’ MORE (D-Mich.) — who drew national attention on her first day in office by pledging to “impeach the motherf—er” — said last week she will introduce a measure by the end of the month to oust the president.

In an interview with Showtime’s “The Circus” that aired Sunday, interviewer Alex Wagner remarked to Tlaib that “it doesn’t feel like you think he’s any less of a motherf—er today than two months ago.”

“That’s right,” Tlaib replied, smiling.

A third Democrat, Rep. Al GreenAlexander (Al) N. GreenDem to Trump official: ‘White babies would not be treated the way these babies of color are being treated’ Tlaib to offer impeachment articles against Trump by end of month The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by the American Academy of HIV Medicine – Next 24 hours critical for stalled funding talks MORE (Texas), has pledged to force another House floor impeachment vote. He forced two procedural votes on impeachment during the 115th Congress when Republicans were in the majority, but neither effort was successful.

Green is scheduled to discuss his next steps on impeachment in an interview with C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Tuesday morning.

Outside of Congress, liberals agitating for Trump’s impeachment, like billionaire activist Tom Steyer, quickly began pushing back on Pelosi.

Steyer’s group, Need to Impeach, has aired television ads and held town halls to pressure Democratic lawmakers on impeachment.

“Speaker Pelosi thinks ‘he’s just not worth it?’ Well, is defending our legal system ‘worth it?’ Is holding the President accountable for his crimes and cover-ups ‘worth it?’ Is doing what’s right ‘worth it?’ Or shall America just stop fighting for our principles and do what’s politically convenient?” Steyer said in a statement on Monday.

Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have largely sought to tamp down the issue, arguing that lawmakers should take a wait-and-see approach as special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE and congressional committees conduct their investigations.

Pelosi has long attempted to downplay talk of impeachment, calling it a “gift” to Republicans. She has maintained a consistent view on the subject since reclaiming the Speaker’s gavel, arguing it would have to be clear-cut and bipartisan.

“If there’s to be grounds for impeachment of President Trump — and I’m not seeking those grounds — that would have to be so clearly bipartisan in terms of acceptance of it before I think we should go down any impeachment path,” Pelosi told USA Today in an interview published on the first day of the new Congress in early January.

And in an interview around the same time with NBC’s “Today,” Pelosi stressed that “we have to wait and see what happens with the Mueller report.”

“We shouldn’t be impeaching for a political reason,” she added.

Cohen’s hearing late last month before the House Oversight Committee, in which he testified that Trump was directly engaged in bank fraud and involved in a scheme to silence women who alleged they had affairs with Trump more than a decade ago, gave new momentum to impeachment proponents.

Rep. Carolyn MaloneyCarolyn Bosher MaloneyDems feel growing pressure on impeachment Pelosi brushes off impeachment talk after Cohen testimony Dem rep says Cohen hearing ‘could lead to impeachment’ MORE (D-N.Y.), a member of the Oversight panel, said she felt the hearing “ possibly could lead to impeachment.”

But Pelosi declined to wade into the debate, calling it a “divisive issue in our country.”

“I’m not going into that,” she told reporters the day after Cohen’s public testimony.

Instead, she and other party leaders have fixed their attention on ramping up investigations into Trump.

The House Intelligence Committee has spoken with Cohen behind closed doors in recent weeks and is scheduled to interview a Russian-American businessman at the end of the month about plans for a Trump Tower in Moscow.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month launched a sprawling investigation into the president’s administration, campaign and business, sending document requests to 81 individuals and entities.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold NadlerJerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerPresident Trump should not underestimate Jerry Nadler House heads down wrong path to impeachment with investigations Tlaib to join protest calling for Trump impeachment MORE (D-N.Y.), whose committee would oversee any impeachment proceedings, said at the time that the probe is part of congressional oversight responsibilities, adding that Congress remained “far from” impeachment.

“We are going to be the check and the balance,” Nadler told CNN the same day he issued document requests. “We are going to find out, we are going to lay out the facts for the American people.”

Updated at 6:52 p.m.

Source Article from https://thehill.com/homenews/house/433547-pelosi-says-impeaching-trump-just-not-worth-it

Two men have been arrested for assaulting Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after responding to the riots on January 6, the Department of Justice announced Monday. The details surrounding Sicknick’s death remain unclear. 

Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, West Virginia, are accused of spraying police officers with a chemical spray. They face nine counts, including assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.

Prosecutors said surveillance video showed Kater and Tanios working together to assault law enforcement with the chemical spray and tear down bike rack barriers that were guarding the Capitol building.

They also viewed an open-source video of the attacks they said showed Khater approaching Tanios, saying, “Give me that bear s***,” and “They just f*****g sprayed me.” Khater is then shown holding a white can that appears to be chemical spray. Later, they said Khater sprayed the chemical toward three officers.

“The officers immediately retreat from the line, bring their hands to their faces and rush to find water to wash out their eyes,” the affidavit reads. Prosecutors said the officers were temporarily blinded and required medical attention.

Sicknick reported being pepper-sprayed with a substance. The two other officers described the spray as a “substance as strong as, if not stronger than, any version of pepper spray they had been exposed to during their training as law enforcement officers.” 

Later that night, Capitol police said Sicknick, 42, returned to “his division office and collapsed.” He was taken to a local hospital where he died. His cause of death has yet to be determined.

His brother, Ken Sicknick, said Brian wanted to be a police officer his entire life. “Brian is a hero and that is what we would like people to remember,” Ken said in a January statement.

U.S. Capitol Police officers guard the remains of Officer Brian Sicknick on February 3, 2021.

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Prosecutors said a tipster flagged Khater’s LinkedIn page to investigators, who then contacted his former colleague in State College, Pennsylvania. After reviewing old work documents, the ex-colleague confirmed Khater was his last name.

Meanwhile, investigators received two tips including photos of Tanios at the Capitol riot. Prosecutors said Tanios was wearing clothing with “Sandwich University” in his profile photo and in other photos from January 6. The tipster said Tanios is the owner of  Sandwich University, a fast-food restaurant in Morgantown. 

Both men appeared in court Monday. Prosecutors are requesting detention so the men will stay behind bars for the time being. Tanios has a bail hearing scheduled for Thursday.

Federal prosecutors have charged more than 300 people and have arrested over 280 in connection with the Capitol riot on January 6. Officials have called it “the most complex investigation ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.”

Source Article from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-riot-julian-khater-george-tanios-arrested-brian-sicknick-assault/

(WASHINGTON) — The 116th Congress gaveled into session Thursday swathed in history, returning the first woman to the House speaker’s office and ushering in a diverse class of Democratic freshmen ready to confront President Donald Trump in a new era of divided government.

The new Congress is like none other. There are more women than ever before, and a new generation of Muslims, Latinos, Native Americans and African-Americans in the House is creating what academics call a reflective democracy, more aligned with the population of the United States. The Republican side in the House is still made up mostly of white men, and in the Senate Republicans bolstered their ranks in the majority.

In a nod to the moment, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, was broadly pledging to make Congress work for all Americans — addressing kitchen table issues at a time of deep economic churn — even as her party is ready to challenge Trump with investigations and subpoena powers that threaten the White House agenda. It’s the first new Congress to convene amid a partial government shutdown, now in its 13th day over Trump’s demands for money for a wall along the U.S-Mexico border.

“This House will be for the people,” Pelosi was to say in remarks after winning the gavel, according to excerpts released ahead of time, “to lower health costs and prescription drugs prices, and protect people with pre-existing conditions; to increase paychecks by rebuilding America with green and modern infrastructure — from sea to shining sea.”

Pelosi vowed “to restore integrity to government, so that people can have confidence that government works for the public interest, not the special interests.”

The day was unfolding as one of both celebration and impatience. Newly elected lawmakers arrived, often with friends and families in tow, to take the oath of office and pose for ceremonial photos. The Democrats planned to quickly pass legislation to re-open the government, but without the funding Trump is demanding for his promised border wall.

Vice President Mike Pence swore in newly-elected senators, but Senate Republicans under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had no plans to consider the House bills to fund the government unless Trump agrees to sign them into law. That ensures the shutdown will continue, clouding the first days of the new session.

It’s a time of stark national political division that some analysts say is on par with the Civil War era. Battle lines are drawn not just between Democrats and Republicans but within the parties themselves, splintered by their left and right flanks.

Pelosi defied history in returning to the speaker’s office after eight years in the minority, overcoming internal opposition from Democrats demanding a new generation of leaders. She will be the first to regain the gavel since legendary Sam Rayburn of Texas in 1955.

Putting Pelosi’s name forward for nomination, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the incoming Democratic caucus chair, recounted her previous accomplishments — passing the Affordable Care Act, helping the country out of the Great Recession — as preludes to her next ones. He called her leadership “unparalleled in modern American history.”

As speaker, she’ll face an early challenge from the party’s robust wing of liberal newcomers, including 29-year-old New Yorker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has risen to such prominence she is already known around the Capitol — and on her prolific social media accounts — by the nickname “AOC.” She said she’d cast a no vote on a new package of rules to govern the House.

Ocasio-Cortez and other liberals oppose the pay-as-you-go budget provisions in the rules package that would allow restrictive objections to any legislation that would add to federal deficits. They say such restraints would hamstring Democratic efforts to invest in health care, education and develop a Green New Deal of renewable energy infrastructure projects to fight climate change.

Republicans face their own internal battles beyond just the conservative House Freedom Caucus, but as they decide how closely to tie their political fortunes to Trump. GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s name was put into nomination by his party’s caucus chair, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the daughter of the former vice president. She said McCarthy knows “our rights come from God” and “government is not the source of our liberty.”

Many GOP senators are up for re-election in 2020 in states, including Colorado and Maine, where voters have mixed views of Trump’s performance in the White House.

Trump, whose own bid for 2020 already is underway, faces potential challenges from the ranks of Senate Democrats under Chuck Schumer. Trump had little to say early Thursday as the new Congress was convening, but he did tweet an attack on one of his likely presidential challengers, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, mocking her claim to Native American ancestry.

The halls of the Capitol were bustling with arrivals, children in the arms of many new lawmakers. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., opened the House prayer asking at “a time fraught with tribalism at home and turbulence abroad” that lawmakers “become the architects of a kindlier nation.”

Overnight, Democratic Rep-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota tweeted a picture with her family at the airport. She wrote, “23 years ago, from a refugee camp in Kenya, my father and I arrived at an airport in Washington DC. Today, we return to that same airport on the eve of my swearing in as the first Somali-American in Congress.”

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Source Article from http://time.com/5493221/new-congress-starts/

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says that he will revise executive orders to sync up with new CDC guidelines on mask wearing by vaccinated individuals in indoor and outdoor spaces.

The new guidelines, released Thursday, say that masks are no longer recommended for individuals who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus, paving the way for a return to normalcy as summer nears.

“I firmly believe in following the science, and will revise my executive orders in line with CDC guidelines lifting additional mitigations for vaccinated people,” Pritzker said. “The scientists’ message is clear: if you are vaccinated, you can safely do much more.”

The CDC revised its guidelines on Thursday, saying that vaccinated individuals should not be required to wear masks in indoor and outdoor settings, with some exceptions.

The guidance still advises individuals to wear masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, cited evidence and the efficacy of the COVID vaccine, along with decreasing COVID case numbers, as main reasons for the change.

“If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,” she said.

Individuals with compromised immune systems should consult with physicians before removing their masks, and individuals may be required to continue wearing them in certain instances, including at private businesses.

Pritzker’s administration has said it would continue to follow CDC guidance on mask-wearing, even as the state prepares to move into a so-called “Bridge Phase” in its COVID reopening plans. In that phase, capacity at outdoor events will increase dramatically, with Cubs and White Sox games now permitting up to 60% capacity.

If numbers continue to decline, Pritzker says the state could move to Phase Five, a full removal of all remaining COVID mitigations, by June 11.

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Protesters marched in an Indigenous Peoples Day rally in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020, as part of a demonstration to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Boston made that change last week.

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Protesters marched in an Indigenous Peoples Day rally in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020, as part of a demonstration to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Boston made that change last week.

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This year marks the first time a U.S. president has officially recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

President Biden issued a proclamation on Friday to observe this Oct. 11 as a day to honor Native Americans, their resilience and their contributions to American society throughout history, even as they faced assimilation, discrimination and genocide spanning generations. The move shifts focus from Columbus Day, the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus, which shares the same date as Indigenous Peoples’ Day this year.

Dylan Baca, a 19-year-old Arizonan who was instrumental in helping broker the proclamation, is overwhelmed by the gravity of Biden’s action.

“I still don’t think I’ve fully absorbed what that has meant,” he said. “This is a profound thing the president has done, and it’s going to mean a lot to so many people.”

Four years ago, the Native leader started an organization alongside Arizona state Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai, Indigenous Peoples’ Initiative, with a similar mission: to tell a more positive and more accurate tale of Native Americans by replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

What is Indigenous Peoples’ Day?

Indigenous Peoples’ Day advocates say the recognition helps correct a “whitewashed” American history that has glorified Europeans like Italian explorer Christopher Columbus who have committed violence against Indigenous communities. Native Americans have long criticized the inaccuracies and harmful narratives of Columbus’ legacy that credited him with his “discovery” of the Americas when Indigenous people were there first.

“It is difficult to grapple with the complete accomplishments of individuals and also the costs of what those accomplishments came at,” said Mandy Van Heuvelen, the cultural interpreter coordinator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

There are no set rules on how one should appreciate the day, said Van Heuvelen, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe from South Dakota. It’s all about reflection, recognition, celebration and an education.

“It can be a day of reflection of our history in the United States, the role Native people have played in it, the impacts that history has had on native people and communities, and also a day to gain some understanding of the diversity of Indigenous peoples,” she said.

The idea was first proposed by Indigenous peoples at a United Nations conference in 1977 held to address discrimination against Natives, as NPR has reported. But South Dakota became the first state to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples day in 1989, officially celebrating it the following year.

Biden’s proclamation signifies a formal adoption of a day that a growing number of states and cities have come to acknowledge. Last week, Boston joined Arizona, Oregon, Texas, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., and several other states in dedicating a second Monday in October to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Native Americans have borne the brunt of the work to make that happen.

Many state and local governments have gone a step further. More than a dozen states and well over 100 cities celebrate the day, with many of them having altogether dropped the holiday honoring Columbus to replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

What might seem to some like a simple name change can lead to real social progress for Indigenous Americans, said Van Heuvelen.

“What these changes accomplish, piece by piece, is visibility for Native people in the United States,” she said. “Until Native people are or are fully seen in our society and in everyday life, we can’t accomplish those bigger changes. As long as Native people remain invisible, it’s much more easier for people to look past those real issues and those real concerns within those communities.”

What about Columbus Day?

Columbus Day remains a federal holiday that gives federal government employees the day off from work.

The day was first founded as a way to appreciate the mistreatment of Italian Americans, and Congress eventually made it a federal holiday in 1934.

“Italian American culture is important, and I think there are other times and places to recognize that. But I think it’s also important to also recognize the history of Columbus Day itself,” said Baca. “Should we recognize a man whose labors killed children, killed women and decimated the Native American population here? I don’t think that is something that we want to be honored.”

Monday marks Oregon’s first statewide recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in place of Columbus Day, after its legislature passed a bill brought by its Indigenous lawmakers. Rep. Tawna Sanchez, one of those lawmakers, says the movement to recognize the day is an ideal time to capitalize on the momentum of political recognition.

“I don’t know that we’ll ever get to a place where people have their land back or have the recognition of who they are, to the degree that we that we need to or should. But the fact that people are paying attention at this very moment — that’s important, because we will have a greater opportunity to educate people and help them understand why we are where we are right now,” she said.

“History is always written by the conqueror,” said Sanchez. “How do we actually tell the truth about what happened and where we sit this very moment? How do we go forward from here?”

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1044823626/indigenous-peoples-day-native-americans-columbus

Hoy encontraron sin vida a la mujer que era buscada en Cerro Largo desde ayer domingo, que había perdido contacto con su hija sobre las 20:00 horas de ese día.

El cuerpo de la mujer fue hallado luego de que su familia diera aviso a la Policía este lunes. Estaba sin vida en la casa de su pareja, un hombre de 36 años, que vivía en la calle España y Las Tropas, en la ciudad de Melo.
 
El domingo por la noche el agresor invitó a la mujer a su casa, un mono ambiente que alquilaba a la hermana de la víctima, y luego por discusiones del momento el hombre la mató a puñaladas.

El agresor habría dormido en la habitación con la mujer asesinada y este mediodía decidió quitarse la vida ahorcándose con una cuerda en un bosque frente a su casa.

Una vez que la denuncia fue efectuada, la Policía buscó a la mujer en la casa del hombre, al que visitaba generalmente. 

De inmediato comenzaron a recorrer la zona y finalmente encontraron al hombre sin vida en un bosque cercano a la casa, informó La Voz de Melo.

Personal policial de la seccional 15, Policía Científica, el jefe de Policía de Cerro Largo, José Adán Olivera, y autoridades judiciales se hicieron presentes en el lugar.

Source Article from http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/mujer-desaparecida-melo-hallada-muerta.html

La Gran Época le presenta un resumen de las últimas noticias del país azteca. En primer lugar, rescatan a un secuestrado hallado en un campamento del municipio de Zitlala donde, también se encontraron cuatro cabezas humanas y se exhumaron siete cuerpos de fosas clandestinas. Por otro lado,  asaltan las oficinas de Carmen Aristegui, tomando su computadora y dos teléfonos celulares. la Procuraduría General de la República ofrece recompensa de hasta 15 mdp por información que lleve a la captura de Tomás Yarrington, acusado de facilitar las operaciones del cártel del Golfo y Los Zetas y –por último- los alumnos de la Licenciatura en Seguridad Ciudadana de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM) realizan un proyecto enfocado en “la cultura de hacer las cosas bien” donde se propone realizar una sanción informal aquellas personas que cometen actos cívicos erróneos.

Liberan a un secuestrado y hallan fosas clandestinas en Zitlala

Elementos de la Base de Operaciones Mixtas (BOM), destacamentados en Chilapa, rescataron a una persona secuestrada en el campamento del municipio de Zitlala, se exhumaron siete cuerpos de fosas clandestinas y se encontraron también cuatro cabezas humanas, las cuales pueden pertenecer a los cuerpos hallados en Tixtla.

El vocero de seguridad, Roberto Álvarez Heredia informó que en el lugar de los hechos se hallaron cuatro cabezas humanas, así como tres vehículos y varios cargadores para armas de fuego. Por otro lado, los reportes de la Fiscalía General del Estado indican que el hallazgo fue en la comunidad de Tenanchintlán, perteneciente al municipio de Zitlala y se informó que las cabezas encontradas  podrían corresponder a algunos de los cuerpos que fueron hallados la noche del domingo en bolsas que se localizaron en el libramiento de Tixtla, por lo tanto miembros de la Base de Operaciones Mixtas recibieron una denuncia notificando que en “Cerro Boludo” había gente plagiada y, al acudir para verificar los hechos, localizaron a una persona que había sido secuestrada y siete  espacios que fueron utilizados como fosas clandestinas, recuperando, así mismo, los siete cuerpos.

 Asaltan las oficinas de Carmen Aristegui y le roban su computadora

La reconocida reportera Carmen Aristegui, fue víctima de robo el pasado 13 de noviembre, esto sucedió dentro de sus  oficinas de la ciudad de México, se dice que cinco personas ingresaron y sustrajeron una computadora y dos teléfonos celulares. Se informa que el apoderado legal de la reportera presentó una denuncia el lunes 14 de noviembre, por un robo ocurrido un día antes, alrededor de las 14:00 horas. La denuncia fue hecha a nombre de “Saio Servicios”, empresa propiedad de Carmen y su hermana, María Áurea Aristegui y se dice que el vigilante atendió a dos mujeres vendiendo productos “naturistas”, estas le dieron una bebida que lo mareo y así fue como tres sujetos aprovecharon para ingresar a las instalaciones, dejando dañado cerraduras, vidrios, puertas, además, se llevaron una computadora propiedad de Aristegui donde contiene información importante y confidencial

Por el momento  el portal web no ha confirmado y según la información proporcionada por fuentes cercanas al caso, los daños ascienden hasta los 120 mil pesos.

La PGR ofrece 15 mdp por Yarrington

La Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) ofrece hasta 15 millones de pesos a quien de información para localizar al ex gobernador de Tamaulipas, Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, acusado por facilitar las operaciones del cártel del Golfo y Los Zetas.  Yarrington ha sido buscado en los 190 países que integran la Interpol desde 2012, tras emitirse una ficha roja para su captura. El juez segundo de distrito de procesos penales federales, con residencia en Tamaulipas, libró la orden de aprehensión contra el ex mandatario por delitos contra la salud en su modalidad de fomento y por haber adquirido de forma ilícita propiedades por medio de prestanombres en Texas, según el Departamento  de Justicia estadounidense.

Los estadounidenses  presumen que Yarrington facilitó el tráfico de drogas de los cáteles y según las declaraciones de Antonio Peña Argüelles, detenido en San Antonio Texas, éste era su intermediario con los líderes de las organizaciones criminales.

Jóvenes, promueven la mejoría de la ciudad de Cuernavaca

Los alumnos de la Licenciatura en Seguridad Ciudadana de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM) y estudiantes de telesecundaria presentaron su proyecto  “la cultura de hacer las cosas bien” los cuales impulsan la cultura de la legalidad. El secretario de Desarrollo Social municipal, Demetrio Chavira de la Torre, destaco el impulso de los jóvenes para mejorar la ciudad.

El objetivo es realizar una sanción informal a personas que cometen actos cívicos erróneos, como tirar basura, no respetar lugares de estacionamiento para discapacitados o conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol, entre otros. El proyecto consiste en  mostrar tarjetas informativas con mensajes de reflexión y concientización, mientras se está disfrazado de algún personaje representativo de alguna figura de autoridad para tener un mejor impacto social.

Por su parte, los alumnos de la telesecundaria “Lázaro Cárdenas” presentaron el proyecto “Una cancha para todos”, donde se buscan desarrollar actividades de convivencia y participación juvenil en áreas comunes de la colonia Chipitlán. Chavira de la Torre comento que la idea de este tipo de programas es abrir espacios a través del Instituto de la Juventud, para busca la sinergia de trabajo hacia el bienestar de Cuernavaca y tener una mejor participación social desde el Ayuntamiento.

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The announcement on Monday stems from a separate dispute that began in 2004 related to government subsidies that Europe provides to Airbus, which is a rival to America’s Boeing.

Last May, the World Trade Organization found that Airbus had received illegal funding for several of its models. The United States requested the authority to impose retaliatory tariffs of $11.2 billion per year, and the two sides are awaiting a decision on the level of tariffs that America will be authorized to levy on the European Union.

In preparation for that decision, which is expected this summer, the United States announced Monday night that it was beginning to identify a list of European products to tax, so it could impose the duties as soon as the organization makes a ruling. The initial list of American levies would cover $11 billion of trade in products including airplanes, cheese, fish, wine, clothing, nails, pipes and clocks — the same dollar amount of harm that the United States Trade Representative estimates European subsidies cause each year.

“This case has been in litigation for 14 years, and the time has come for action,” Robert Lighthizer, the United States Trade Representative, said in a statement.

“Our ultimate goal is to reach an agreement with the E.U. to end all W.T.O.-inconsistent subsidies to large civil aircraft,” Mr. Lighthizer said. “When the E.U. ends these harmful subsidies, the additional U.S. duties imposed in response can be lifted.”

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/us/politics/boeing-airbus-tariffs.html

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Maduro anuncio también reformas en el sistema de control de precios.

El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunció este miércoles una devaluación de la moneda, una flexibilización del control de cambios y una subida en el precio de la gasolina por primera vez en 20 años.

Maduro dijo en una intervención televisada que el precio del litro de 91 octanos pasará a ser de 1 bolívar y el de 95 octanos, que representa un 70% del mercado, se venderá a 6 bolívares.

Eso equivale a US$0,10 y US$0,60 si se calculan a la tasa de cambio oficial fija, que también el presidente anunció será devaluada para pasar a ser de 10 bolívares por dólar.

Sin embargo, el precio es mucho menor si se toman en cuenta los más de 1.000 bolívares a que se cambia el dólar en el mercado negro.

El nuevo sistema de precios de la gasolina entrará en vigor este viernes 19 de febrero en las 1.600 bombas de gasolina del país.

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En la capital del país, Caracas, los ciudadanos acudieron a comprar gasolina preocupados por la anunciada subida.

La última vez que el gobierno venezolano subió el precio de la gasolina fue en 1996.

Recuerdos del “Caracazo”

El asunto sigue siendo políticamente muy delicado por el recuerdo del “Caracazo”, la ola de protestas contra el alto costo de la vida duramente reprimida en 1989 y que tuvo como uno de sus detonantes la subida del precio de la gasolina.

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El nerviosismo se empieza a sentir en las gasolineras de Caracas.

A pesar de la subida, la gasolina venezolana sigue siendo una de las más baratas del mundo.

Sistema cambiario

Maduro además anunció cambios en el sistema de control de cambios en el que hasta ahora vienen funcionando en paralelo tres tasas oficiales, junto a la del mercado negro.

A partir de ahora, el esquema se manejará bajo dos bandas: una protegida y otra en un sistema complementario flotante.

El mandatario habló del Plan Nacional de Divisas convertibles con el que la tasa del llamado Sistema Marginal de Divisas (Simadi) pasará a ser “flotante”.

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A grandmother from Indiana who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation for her participation in the riot, making her the first person sentenced in the attack.

Anna Morgan-Lloyd, a 49-year-old hair salon owner, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. Washington, D.C., District Judge Royce Lamberth also ordered her to complete 40 hours of community service and pay $500 in restitution.

The sentence is what the defense had asked for, and the government supported.

Prior to sentencing, prosecutors said they found the sentence “appropriate,” despite what they called Morgan-Lloyd’s initial “ill-considered and misguided commentary,” in part because there was no evidence that she preplanned her attack or incited others, and because she worked with investigators, admitted to her actions, and expressed contrition.

Before receiving her sentence, Morgan-Lloyd tearfully apologized to the court for participating in what she called a “disgraceful” day.

“I went there to show support for President Trump peacefully, and I’m ashamed that it became a savage display of violence that day,” Morgan-Lloyd said.

She did not face any major charges for her role.

The sentencing marks a milestone in the Jan. 6 investigation, which enters a new phase after its first seven months. Dozens of accused rioters are in early plea discussions, according to prosecutors, with nearly a dozen rioters having pleaded guilty to charges so far.

To date, roughly 500 individuals have been arrested for participating in the riot in what has become one of the largest investigations ever undertaken by the Department of Justice.

Morgan-Lloyd first came to the attention of authorities in January when she applied for a gun permit just weeks after the riot, and an employee at the local sheriff’s office recognized her while processing the application. A client at her hair salon told FBI investigators that she “regularly spoke supportively of QAnon and other conspiracy theories,” according to court documents.

A friend who accompanied Lloyd to the Capitol later posted multiple photos on Facebook, with one caption reading, “Inside Capitol Building.”

“Best … day ever!! I’ll never forget. We got into the Capitol Building,” Morgan-Lloyd responded in the comments accompanying the photo, according to prosecutors.

In a letter written to the judge in support of probation, Morgan-Lloyd said she “felt ashamed” that the riot had turned violent and apologized for the chaos that day. Morgan-Lloyd said that she is a registered Democrat who “found [herself] supporting Trump” in the 2016 election, which she “found hard to believe because we didn’t like him at all before.”

“But he was standing up for what we believe in. We couldn’t argue with it,” Morgan-Lloyd said in the letter.

“Probation comes once in a lifetime,” Judge Lamberth told Morgan-Lloyd Wednesday in court. “This is your once.”

Source Article from https://abcnews.go.com/US/im-ashamed-woman-breached-capitol-receives-probation-1st/story?id=78445859

Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and until three days ago also the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is adding acting White House chief of staff to his plate.

Mulvaney, one of the few establishment fiscal wonks of the Trump administration, has been in high demand in a White House bleeding mainstream political operatives. The selection of Mulvaney for a job that no one really wants is wise, insofar as the former congressman has demonstrated political skill.

In practice, it’ll probably be a disaster.

For one thing, when the relationship between Trump and Mulvaney blows up (which it inevitably will, as it would with any chief of staff pick), the White House will lose one of its few truly competent fiscal conservatives. Second, placing Mulvaney front and center will render his entire strategy to manage his relationship with Trump impossible.

At the OMB, Mulvaney’s been responsible, perhaps more than anyone else in the administration, for conservative rollbacks of Obama’s regulatory state. Consider this exchange from a Politico magazine piece last year:

“Look, this is my idea on how to reform Social Security,” the former South Carolina congressman began.

“No!” the president replied. “I told people we wouldn’t do that. What’s next?”

“Well, here are some Medicare reforms,” Mulvaney said.

“No!” Trump repeated. “I’m not doing that.”

“OK, disability insurance.”

“Tell me about that,” Trump replied.

“It’s welfare,” Mulvaney said.

“OK, we can fix welfare,” Trump declared.

Sure enough, the Trump budget plan that Mulvaney unveiled a few weeks later would cut about $70 billion in disability benefits over a decade, mostly through unspecified efforts to get recipients back to work.

Mulvaney is an economic wonk, an attorney with a focus in anti-trust law. The self-described “right-wing nutjob” has excelled in both of his posts during this presidency, mainly because of his ability to circumvent Trump on policy minutiae while maintaining an excellent rapport with him. Trump thinks himself a warrior, and Mulvaney is certainly a happy one.

But managing Trump as a person and as his personnel is a different story. If it ends badly with Mulvaney leaving the administration altogether, Trump will have lost a true and increasingly rare talent.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/mick-mulvaney-will-have-the-toughest-job-in-the-white-house-and-trump-better-not-ruin-it

A federal appeals court has called President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses “fatally flawed” and “staggeringly overbroad,” arguing that the requirements likely exceed the authority of the federal government and raise “serious constitutional concerns.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in an opinion issued Friday evening, reaffirmed its decision to press pause on the implementation of the requirements, in another sign that they may not survive judicial scrutiny.

The appellate court, considered one of the most conservative in the country, originally halted the requirements on Nov. 6 pending review, in response to challenges by the Republican attorneys general of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah, as well as several private companies.

While the court has not yet ruled on the constitutionality of the requirements, the three-judge panel made clear that the lawsuits seeking to overturn the mandates “are likely to succeed on the merits.” They criticized the requirements as “a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer that makes hardly any attempt to account for differences in workplaces (and workers).”

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which polices workplace safety for the Labor Department, developed the requirements under emergency authority established by Congress. That authority allows the agency to shortcut the process to issue workplace safety and health standards, which normally years.

OSHA can use its emergency authority if the Labor Secretary determines that a new safety or health standard is necessary to protect workers from a “grave danger” posed by a new hazard. The judges on Friday questioned whether Covid poses a grave danger to all the workers covered by the requirements, and argued that OSHA already has tools it can use short of a sweeping emergency safety standard.

The Biden administration had asked the court on Monday to lift the pause, warning that delaying implementation “would likely cost dozens or even hundreds of lives per day” as the virus spreads. White House officials have repeatedly said that Covid clearly poses a grave danger to workers, pointing to the staggering death toll from the virus and the high levels of transmission in counties across the U.S.

More than 750,000 people have died in the U.S. from the virus since the pandemic began and more than 46 million have been infected, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 1,000 Americans die each day from the virus and nearly 80,000 are infected daily on average, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The White House has told businesses to press ahead with implementing the requirements even as the legal drama plays out in the courts. Companies with 100 or more employees have until Jan. 4 to ensure their staff has received the shots required for full vaccination. After that date, unvaccinated employees must submit negative Covid tests weekly to enter the workplace. Unvaccinated employees must start wearing masks indoors at the workplace starting Dec. 5.

The Biden administration faces a flurry of lawsuits seeking to overturn the mandates. Republican attorneys general in at least 26 states have challenged the requirements in five federal appellate courts. The cases will be consolidated in a single court through random selection among the jurisdictions where lawsuits have been filed. The Justice Department said earlier this week that it expects the random selection to take place on Tuesday at the earliest.

David Vladeck, a professor of law at Georgetown University, told CNBC that there’s a “high probability” the case will ultimately end up in the Supreme Court, where there’s a conservative majority.

“There are justices on the court who want to rein in the administrative state and this is a case in which those concerns are likely to come to the fore,” Vladeck told CNBC on Monday.

Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/13/federal-appeals-court-calls-biden-vaccine-mandate-fatally-flawed-and-staggeringly-overbroad-.html

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy this week set the record for the longest speech made in the House of Representatives in modern history, at eight hours and 32 minutes.

The Republican’s marathon floor speech, which started Thursday night and ended before dawn the next day, eclipsed the previous mark set by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Democrat spoke for eight hours and seven minutes on immigration policy in February 2018.

Here are five key quotes from McCarthy’s speech.

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Immigration

McCarthy didn’t hold back on the House floor when taking aim at President Biden and the Democrats for their leftward-lurching policies.

During his speech, McCarthy torched Biden for ending Trump administration border policies, a decision that he said had incentivized more illegal immigrants to come across the border.

“Biden terminated every successful immigration policy put into place by President Trump, triggering the largest wave of illegal immigration in … history,” McCarthy said.

The U.S. has seen a surge in illegal immigration under the Biden administration.

“What do you think’s going to happen? That border when you hide a billion dollars in amnesty? What do you think’s going to happen when you reward people with $450,000?” McCarthy said in his speech, blasting Democrats over reports of payments to migrants separated at the border, as well as provisions in the bill granting amnesty to some illegal immigrants.

Democrats beefing up the IRS

McCarthy also took aim at Democrats for including a provision in Build Back Better legislation that would hire tens of thousands of Internal Revenue Service agents, asserting that “half” of those agents “are going after Americans who make $75,000 or less.”

“They’re going to have to give more because you’re hiring 87,000 IRS agents to come after them; 1.2 million more audits,” McCarthy said.

“That’s what you base this entire bill on. That’s what you waited for the CBO to tell you,” McCarthy added. The Biden administration lately has placed scrutiny on the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which reviews legislation and assigns them a budget score.

“How much money can we get from them? How is that possible? The payments for illegal immigrants?” McCarthy continued. “It’s just the latest data point in a much larger trend of failures.”

McCarthy later accused Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of presiding over “the greatest series of border security blunders in American history.”

Calling out the Democrats’ zero-dollar price tag claim

Biden and the Democrats have been pushing the talking point that the Build Back Better agenda will cost “zero dollars.”

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, however, projected that the spending bill will add $367 billion to the federal deficit over the next 10 years, without counting potential revenue from an IRS tax enforcement crackdown that White House officials claim will cover the remaining cost.

“The American people obviously know this bill won’t cost zero dollars,” McCarthy pointed out, adding that the “CBO score says in five years it’s going to cost $800 billion.”

“In 10 [years], more than $367 billion,” the top House Republican warned. “That’s what your children’s children will have to pay, and they’ll mark this day that it happened.”

Inflation 

McCarthy also unloaded on Democrats during his speech for economic policies that he claims is driving up inflation and hurting American families.

“You created inflation,” McCarthy said to Democrats. “But the first thing that was said, ‘it’s just temporary.’ Our own president said he doesn’t know of any economist that’s worried about inflation.”

President Biden, with first lady Jill Biden, speaks during a visit at Brookland Middle School in northeast Washington, on Sept. 10. (AP)

McCarthy pointed out that there were warnings to Democrats from both sides of the aisle about the danger of rising inflation.

“But you felt you had to go forward. You felt it was good for the American public to pay more,” McCarthy said. “And it will infringe on our fundamental American rights and liberties.”

Parallels with the Carter administration

McCarthy said there are similarities between former President Jimmy Carter’s administration and the Biden administration, pointing to the current White House’s response to crises facing Americans.

McCarthy recalled that Carter told Americans that “the heater had to go down because the price is going up, and we need to expect less as Americans.”

“Today, the White House laughs if you ask them what their plan is for America to become energy independent, a lower gas price,” McCarthy said, referring to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughing off a question about how she would bring down gas costs.

McCarthy noted that Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a moderate Democrat, said recently that “nobody” voted for Biden to govern like Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

“Just a few weeks ago, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger said, ‘Nobody elected Joe Biden to be FDR,’” McCarthy said. “In response, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shouted, ‘I did!’” 

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Leadership is given special privilege in the House when it comes to floor speeches, which are usually limited to a minute or two per member.

Party leaders on both sides can speak as long as they want to, opening the House up to a filibuster-lite.

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As jury selection continued for a third day Thursday in the trial for ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, one juror was dismissed by the court with cause after explaining that she could not “un-see” what she described as the “traumatizing” bystander video showing a knee pressed to George Floyd’s neck – and stating that the rioting that following his death was necessary to advance the BLM movement.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill dismissed the woman identified as “Juror #37,” expressing doubts that she could reasonably presume Chauvin is innocent until proven guilty. By the end of day Wednesday, five jurors – out of ultimately 14 sought – had been seated, and questioning continues Thursday. 

“I’m going to focus on one issue and that’s the presumption of innocence,” Cahill said, addressing “Juror #37.” “Do you think you could do that — presume that he is innocent as you enter the courtroom?”

“I wouldn’t like that verdict,” she stated, before the judge interjected, “So if it if it was ‘not guilty.'”

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Cahill thanked the woman for his honestly and dismissed her. Addressing the defense and prosecutors after she left, the judge explained, “When I finally gave her the space to say, how do you feel, do you think sitting here right now and it has to be right now, not later, do you can you presume the defendant innocent? She answered unequivocally, no.”

In an earlier line of questioning lead by Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, the woman reiterated that she wrote a lengthy paragraph on her juror questionnaire that she believed that Chauvin had a “hateful look on his face” as he pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck in the bystander video that went viral online last May.

In this image taken from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, listen to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill during pretrial motions, prior to continuing jury selection in the trial of Chauvin, Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is accused in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. (Court TV/Pool via Pool)

She said in the questionnaire that she had a neutral opinion toward Floyd because she did not know him personally, but she saw media reports of family members saying he was a “good guy.” Before filling out the questionnaire, the woman said she watched police body-camera footage showing Chauvin and Floyd’s interactions on May 25, 2020 about three or four times – but she was only able to view the viral bystander video from start to finish once due to her strong emotional response.

“The one where you can hear him crying out for his mom,” she said. “I was only able to watch that one time.”

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The juror wrote in the questionnaire that she cried upon watching to video. Because the bystander video is submitted as evidence in the case, Nelson pointed out that anyone who sits on the jury would need to watch the video again.

The juror wrote in the questionnaire that her community has been both negatively and positively affected. 

“I mean negatively affected because there was a life taken — positively affected because it’s become a movement and the whole world knows about it” she told the court, explaining the response.

Nelson pressed as to whether she considered property damage that occurred during rioting following Floyd’s death a negative impact. 

“I feel like if that was what needed to happen in order for this to be brought to the world’s attention and that’s what needed to happen,” she said.

Nelson read the next question in the questionnaire that asked: “No matter what you have seen or heard about this case and no matter what opinions you might have formed, can you put all of that aside and decide this case only on the evidence you receive in court, follow the law and decide the case in a fair and impartial manner?”

DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL JUROR DISMISSED OVER CONCERNS GEORGE FLOYD RIOTERS COULD ATTACK HIS HOME

The woman wrote, “Yes, I can be fair and follow the law, but I cannot see that video.”

“This is what I’m asking you to do, is looking in your heart and looking in your mind, can you assure us unequivocally that you can set all of that aside? All of that and focus only on the evidence that’s presented in this courtroom?” Nelson asked.

“I can assure you,” she responded. “But like you mentioned earlier, the video is going to be a big part of evidence and there’s no changing my mind about that.”

In this image taken from video, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill speaks during pretrial motions, prior to continuing jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is accused in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. (Court TV/ Pool via AP)

Following the juror’s dismissal, Special Attorney for the State Steven Schleicher objected to that fact that the court moved to dismiss her with cause, arguing that she stated that she could put her opinions aside in the case and if the defense wanted to use their peremptory challenges to remove her, they could have.

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Nelson said the defense made a motion for cause over “several equivocal statements” made by the juror over her ability to be impartial in terms of how the video had impacted her emotionally. Cahill granted that motion and dismissed her with cause over the presumption of innocence question.

“I recognize that this juror said that she could set aside her opinions,” Nelson said. “However, whenever pressed even by the state, she had very difficult, a very difficult time acknowledging that she could apply the presumption of innocence because of her viewing of the video. And then it would be essentially that she was had already made up her mind.”

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Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) – Locally our weather will remain very summer like through Saturday. Tonight, will be warm and muggy with lows only reaching the mid to upper 70s under partly cloudy skies. The next several days we will see highs reach the low 90s, but with the humidity the heat index will range from 100 to 105! Rain chances will be 40% through Saturday, and most likely in the afternoon hours.

Beyond Saturday our forecast is still somewhat uncertain due to Tropical Storm Ida which is currently located southeast of the Cayman Islands. It is expected to continue moving northwestward until landfall sometime late Sunday or early Monday.

Unfortunately, any hope of this missing the United States appears to be gone, and it is growing very likely that someone along the upper Gulf coast may see a major hurricane make landfall! And because it is already farther north landfall will likely occur sooner too.

First Alert Forecast(KPLC)

There is still a fair amount of uncertainty regarding the track, even though today the models have grown very consistent on a landfall over Louisiana or Mississippi. I expect this variability to decrease Friday morning when additional data gets put into the computer models. Right now, the forecast cone includes the entire coast of Louisiana and thus everyone should prepare for a possible hurricane. Though I expect some areas will be removed from said cone as landfall grows near.

First Alert Forecast(KPLC)

As of 10 p.m. Thursday a Hurricane Watch is in effect from Cameron to the Mississippi/Alabama border; this means portions of Cameron parish are included in this watch. That means hurricane force winds are possible within the next 48 hours. Also a Storm Surge Watch has been issued from Sabine Pass to the Florida border; this means a storm surge is possible in these areas. But the greatest surge would be east of the center at landfall. If the eastward trends continue the watch could be trimmed down, but we likely won’t see that until the landfall location becomes more certain.

First Alert Forecast(KPLC)

It is too early to talk any specific impacts to SWLA because of the uncertainty on the track. But for now it would be best to plan for gusty winds and higher seas. So, pick up or secure any loose items you may outside your home, if it could blow away then secure it so it does not. Also make sure you know what your next step is if there is a change in the track toward our area. You need to think about where you would go if you were evacuating; and keep in mind other areas may be in the path too. That call may never come for that depending on the track, and I think we will know that more Friday.

First Alert Forecast(KPLC)

So here is the bottom-line: SWLA is in the forecast cone of a potential major hurricane, and we should be preparing for that now. However model trends have been going in a positive direction for us with tracks farther east. Unfortunately, that is not set in stone just yet, hopefully we get more clarity on that Friday. It looks very likely that someone from Louisiana to Mississippi will see major hurricane as soon as Sunday!

Be sure to stay tuned to KPLC for updates and be very careful about other information you may find on social media. I have seen a lot of disinformation and downright incorrect information posted and then shared. We here at KPLC do not believe in hyping things up and will always tell it to you straight; if we see a problem ahead, we will let you know. Stay calm and we will get through whatever hopefully does not come our way…

Chief Meteorologist Wade Hampton

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Eñigio Rojas.- Por órdenes de la ministra Iris Varela, los tres pranes que el año pasado lideraron el motín dentro de la Penitenciaria General de Venezuela (PGV) fueron recluidos en área de máxima seguridad del Centro Penitenciario de Formación del Hombre Nuevo “El Libertador”, ubicado en Tocuyito (Car). “Estamos ubicándolos en un solo sitio para tenerlos a la orden de las investigaciones; no habrá impunidad con estos crímenes”, dijo Varela a Últimas Noticias.

Los sujetos son Jean Manuel Montilla (El Chimaras), Nelson Barreto (El Ratón) y Franklin Hernández Quezada (Franklin Masacre), quienes estaban presos en el Centro para Procesados “26 de Julio” desde el 28 de octubre de 2016, día en que se entregaron a las autoridades para dar paso al plan de pacificación en la PGV.

Pero tras el desenterramiento de 14 cadáveres que estaban en una fosa común de la PGV, Varela ordenó sacarlos de la “26 de Julio”, que queda en San Juan de los Morros (Guá), y recluirlos en Tocuyito (Car). Sospechan que el trío de pranes son los autores de la fosa común.

Al parecer allí enterraban a los presos que morían torturados por “Franklin Masacre”, quien no toleraba que los reos se atrasaran con el pago de las causas, una especie de “impuesto por vivir” que rondaba los Bs 2.500 cada semana.

El Grupo de Respuesta Inmediata del Ministerio Penitenciario y obreros que trabajaban en la refacción de la PGV dieron con los restos humanos. El Ministerio Público envió un equipo de expertos para la investigación penal abierta, según boletín de prensa.




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