Month: June 2023

OCALA, Fla. – A white woman accused of fatally shooting her black neighbor through a front door has a history of harassing local children and using racial slurs against them, neighbors said Wednesday. Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, was arrested Tuesday on charges of involuntary manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, assault and two counts of assault, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. he said in a statement. Homicide with a firearm is a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The arrest came just days after authorities say Lorincz shot Ajike “AJ” Owens, a 35-year-old mother of…

CNN — Dozens of heat records have fallen in Siberia as temperatures soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 degrees Celsius). Despite it only being early June, records are falling in parts of Siberia as extreme heat pushes into unusually high latitudes. Last Saturday, temperatures reached 37.9 degrees Celsius (100.2 Fahrenheit) in Jalturovosk, the hottest day on record, according to climatologist Maximiliano Herrera, who tracks temperature extremes around the world. Since then, many temperature records have fallen in Siberia. Various all-time heat records broke on Wednesday, including in Baevo, which reached 39.6 degrees Celsius (103.3 Fahrenheit), and Barnaul, which reached 38.5…

Dale Wheatley, who makes deliveries for the Illinois Anatomical Gift Association, came into work two weeks ago to find burning sage and three severed heads lying in a plastic container next to his desk. Wheatley, who has worked for AGA for nearly five years, said he had never seen anything like the horror movie-like scene he stumbled upon that Wednesday morning in late May. Wheatley said the heads of AGA donors were placed next to her desk after she informed her supervisors of her concerns about the mishandling and poor conditions of the donated bodies. But AGA executive vice president…

EUR/USD ANALYSIS The PMI data did not help the euro recover overnight losses against the US dollar. ECB and Fed speakers scheduled throughout the day. EUR/USD to test key support. Recommended by Warren Venketas Get your free Euro forecast FUNDAMENTAL CONTEXT OF THE EURO German and Eurozone PMI estimates have lost significantly (see economic calendar below) with manufacturing sectors moving further into contractionary territory. French PMIs released earlier showed a similar trend, adding to an economic slowdown in the region. Services data, while weaker, has managed to boost the overall EZ economy somewhat. ECONOMIC CALENDAR EUR/USD (GMT +02:00) Source: DailyFX…

Two of former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers who had represented him in the classified documents investigation resigned from their legal team the day after he was indicted, according to a statement they released Friday. The lawyers, James Trusty and John Rowley, left the defense team for Mr. Trump in a state of chaos and confusion as he faced the most serious legal threat of his career: a 37-count indictment filed in Miami accusing him of illegally withholding documents after he left office on some of the the country’s most sensitive national security secrets and of engaging in a conspiracy…

WASHINGTON – First-term Florida Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna sponsored the resolution censuring California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff in the House on Wednesday night. What you need to know First-term Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna sponsored a resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff The censure resolution targeted Schiff’s involvement in the investigation of former President Donald Trump The measure was approved along party lines on Wednesday Of the eight laws sponsored de Luna, who was endorsed by Trump and was one of the first members of Congress to endorse him as he runs again for the White House,…

When Gov. Kathy Hochul ran for a full term last year, Republicans repeatedly raised the issue of crime and public safety facing New Yorkers. In January, he pivoted to make another push to change the state’s cashless bond, which had been a flashpoint during the election season. Six months later, Hochul this week said progress has been made to make the state safer. “Public safety — we’re working on it, but we’ve made great strides,” he said. Voters have consistently registered crime as a top concern for them. And Hochul has responded by seeking and winning two sets of bail…

Hunter Biden’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the documents. Democrats on the committee, who voted against releasing the documents, protested that Republicans were misusing their powers for law enforcement purposes and that government watchdogs Justice and the IRS should to be able to investigate separately the complaints of the complainants. Democrats had used the same authority under the tax code to release former President Donald Trump’s taxes last year, to the outrage of Republicans. Ranking member of the commission Richard Neal (D-Mass.) stressed that, unlike Republicans, Democrats considered the ban on releasing private taxpayer…