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DETROIT AP 鈥?President聽Joe Biden, a gearhead with his own vintage Corvette, showcased his administration efforts to promote聽electric vehicles聽during a visit Wednesday to聽the Detroit auto show.Watch the event in the player above.Biden traveled to the massive North American International Auto Show to plug聽the huge new climate, tax and health care law聽that offers tax incentives for buying electric vehicles. He toured a mix of American-manufactured hybrid, electric and combustion vehicles from Chevrolet, General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis on a closed-off convention center floor, and greeted union workers, CEOs, and local leaders.The Democratic president, who recently took a spin in his pine-green 1967 Stingray with Jay Leno for a segment on CNBCs Jay Lenos Garage, hopped into the driver seat of a bright orange stanley cup Chevrolet Corvette Z06 鈥?which starts at $106,000 and is not an EV 鈥攁nd fired up its engine, alongside GM CEO Mary Barra. He says hes driving home, she joked.Biden then toured the new electric Ford Mustang Mach-E, marveling with Ford executive chairman Bill Ford at the model performance. It amazing the speed, Biden said, adding, Does it have a launch button He also explored less-flashy vehicles, like Ford all-electric E-Transit van and F-150 truck.Biden finally got behind the wheel of a Cadillac Lyriq all electric SUV, which s stanley cup t stanley cup arts at $63,000, briefly driving it down an aisle in the blue-carpeted hall. It marked Nget Obama receives update on latest Ebola developments
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MADISON, Wis. AP -- The man who kidnapped Jayme Closs and killed her parents in northern Wisconsin has been moved to a prison in New Mexico.Jayme Closs Kidnapper Erased From Prison RecordsPress-Gazette Media report stanley canada s the New Mexico Corrections Department has confirmed Jake Patterson has been transferred to one of its prisons from the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun.Wisconsin corrections officials recommended that Patterson be sent to a maximum-security prison out of state due to security concerns because of the notoriety of the case. The 22-year-old convict was moved July 15. But, Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials refused to say stanley quencher where he was moved and removed him from its online stanley cup inmate locator.A judge sentenced Patterson to life in prison in May for fatally shooting James and Denise Closs in their Barron home and holding 13-year-old Jayme captive for 88 days.------Information from: Press-Gazette Media, http://greenbaypressgazetteAP-WF-07-25-19 1154GMT Jstp Ex-President Barack Obama expected in Chicago for jury duty
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JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOVPresident Barack Obama is participating in a live Fireside Hangout Thursday via Google Plus from the White House Roosevelt Room, where he will answer part stanley cup icipants ; questions about the policies he laid out in Tuesday State of the Union address. The questions he ;ll address were submitted via video and text message. Watch a live stream of the event at 4:50 p.m. ET Thursday in the player above.Today Fireside Hangout, affectionately named for Franklin Roosevelt signature fireside chats, is only the latest in a series of Google hangouts for the White House. Last month, Vice President Joe Biden took Americans ; questions about gun violence in a hangout moderated by PBS NewsHour Hari Sreenivasan. The White House held its first Fireside Hangout just ov stanley cup er a year ago, following Obama 2012 State of the Union address. Live video chatting exemplifies the importance the Obama administration has invested in interacting directly with Americans through social media and technology. Since his re-election, and in the days since his Tuesday night address to the nation, Obama has taken his policy messages on the road and now online. Wednesday, he visited a factory in Asheville, N.C., to show his suppor stanley cup t for the manufacturing investment he pushed Tuesday night, and Thursday morning, he visited a school in Decatur, Ga., to elaborate on the commitment he made to Hiej Getting at the truth behind lying in politics
CARACAS, Venezuela AP 鈥?Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonz谩lez fled into exile in Spain on Sunday after being granted asylum there, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his opposition campaign to end two decades of single-party rule.The surprise departure of the man considered by Venezuelas opposition and several foreign governments to be the legitimate winner of聽Julys presidential race聽was announced late Saturday by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodr铆guez.READ MORE:聽U.S. recognizes Venezuelas opposition candi af1 date as winner of disputed presidential electionShe said the government decided to grant Gonz谩lez safe passage out of the country, just days after聽ordering his arrest, stanley cup to help restore the countrys political peace and tranquility. Gonz谩lez arrived Sunday at a military airport near Madrid, accompanied by his wife and Spanish officials, Spains foreign ministry said.Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Gonz谩lez feared for his life if he stayed in Venezuela. His life was in danger, and the growing threats, legal citations, arrest orders, and even blackmail attempts that he was subjected to demonstrate that the regime has no scruples or limits in its obsession to silence him and try to break him, Machado wrote on X.Spains center-left government said the decision to leave Venezuela was Gonz谩lez alone, and he departed on a plane sent by the countr adidas og y air force. Gonz谩lez stayed at the Spanish embassy in Caraca
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual news conference Thursday that US President Donald Trump s impeachment was based on made-up reasons, and expressed doubts that Trump will be removed from power.T stanley cup he House of Representatives voted almost exactly along party lines Wednesday to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump was the third president in US history to be impeached, and he now faces a trial in the Senate that is expected to start next month. Regarding the continuation of our dialogue till the end of Trump s presidency, you make it sound as if it s already coming to an end, Putin said answering a question about whether Russia has a strategy for continuing the dialogue with the US until the end of Trump s presidency. I actually really doubt that it is ending, it still has to go through Senate where as far as I know the Republicans hold the majority so it s unlikely they will want to remove the re stanley cup presentative of their party for some made-up reasons. Putin s defense of Trump is in line with the stanley tumblers unusually-warm relationship the two leaders have formed since 2017. Last year, Trump sided with the Russian President when he declined to endorse the US government s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, saying instead that he believed Vumo Payless Shoes is back from bankruptcy; new store slated to open in November
HILO, Hawaii AP 鈥?The lava flow from Hawaii s Kilauea Volcano vent has attracted thousands of visitors since it began oozing down in May and f stanley thermos inally reached the ocean this week.Keaka Hunter, a security guard patrolling the area, said about 2,000 people came to see the flow Monday night, hours before the lava entered the ocean f stanley cup or the first time in nearly three years. Previous day stanley termosar s drew an average of about 1,000 people.The U.S. Geological Survey is cautioning visitors about safety risks, which include flying debris and acidic plume containing fine volcanic particles that can irritate the eyes, skin and lungs. The new land may also be unstable because it s built on unconsolidated lava fragments and sand, which can easily be eroded by surf.Visitors hoping to catch the picturesque views have hiked the more than 4-mile route along a gravel road to get a closer look. Signs posted at the Kalapana entrance warn visitors to bring plenty of water and be ready a long hard hike. Derek Scott, a 16-year-old visitor from Canada, was one of those who made the journey through the county viewing area and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to catch a glimpse of the lava flow from Kilauea s Puu Oo vent. It was nice with the wind, but it was still really hot, so it was a long walk for us, Scott told the Hawaii Tribune-Herald. But it was really cool seeing the lava flow. I ve never actually seen it that close by. The heat that radiates off the body when you re that close to it is amazing.
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba began trading on the New York Stock Exchange at noon EDT today, opening at $92.70 a share a 40 percent raise from its $68/share pricing the night before. Thats a bigger increase than Amazon saw it opening day in 1997. The company is expected to raise more than $21.8 billion, making Alibaba the biggest IPO in U.S. history.Alibaba is raising more than Google, Facebook, Twitter combined: http://t.co/xegZWfqFfc pic.twitter/TkbKpqRbg1mdash; Forbes @Forbes September 19, 2014Alibaba is the highest valued internet-based company at its debut on the public market, wor stanley cup th $168 billion. It beats Facebook $104 billion at its opening in 2012 and Google $23 billion in 2004 .To mark its much-anticipated opening day, the Alibaba Group gifted a Tao doll to the New York Stock Exchange, an enamel-decorated sculpture based on the mascot of the Taobao marketplace.Hangzhou-based Alibaba is Chinas version of eBay, founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, an English teacher turned businessman. Much like its American counterpart, the website sells everything from electronics to hair extensions. Alibaba also has investments in U.S.-based startups like Lyft and ShopRunner.Financial stanley cup analysts believe the company can avoid a repeat of Facebooks 2012 disastrous market opening. The social media company opened flopped on its much-hyped debut, closing at a 23 cents above from stanley cup its offered price of $38 after a series of technical glitches. Pskr Aurora shooter s permit was revoked but gun wasn t seized
PARIS AP 鈥?President Joe Biden said France was America first fri af1 end at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honored with a state visit stanley cup Saturday by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at showing off their partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions. United we stand, divided we fall, Macron said in toasting Biden at a state dinner. Allied we are and allied we will stay. Biden and Macron attended ceremonies marking the聽80th anniversary of D-Day聽on Thursday and met separately the following day with聽Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris. The leaders both used those engagements used to underscore the urgent need to support Kyiv fight against Russia invasion.WATCH: Veterans, world leaders gather in Normandy to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day invasionThe state visit began Saturday with a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, including a wreath-laying at France tomb of the unknown soldier, and a military parade along the Champs-脡lys茅es leading to the 脡lys茅e Palace, where the two held official meetings and delivered public statements. Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, hosted a state dinner at the palace f stanley cup or Biden and his wife, Jill.The American president followed Macron toast by saying the U.S. and France have been unyielding as well as unwavering in our partnership, adding, Thats what democracies do. Biden and Macron put the war in Ukraine at the top o
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Heavy rain battered southeast Texas as the area was hit with another round of flooding and severe storms. Residents saw ping-pong ball sized hail, lightning and, in some areas, two to three inches of rain per hour on Thursday.The intensity of the storm brought not only flooding, but power outages and emergency rescues. The Houston Police Department received reports of about 40 people trapped on East Interstate Highway 10 stanley cup at Wayside by flood waters Thursday and sent a high-water rescue vehicle to the area, the department said.Video shows vehicles stranded on the interstate, a portion of which is closed in both directions. It is just one of the many roads the Houston Police Department is reporting as closed.The road remains closed as of Friday morning, but drivers are no longer stuck.Houston Fire Department spokesperson, Sheldra Brigham, tweeted images of the department taking emergency calls from all over the city late T stanley cup hursday night.Nearly half of all flash flood fatalities occur in vehicles, Brigham said on Twitter, and two feet of water can float most vehicles.Flash flood warningsMore than 20 million are under flash flo stanley cups od watch.The stationary thunderstorm cells began forming Thursday evening along a large swath of the Texas Gulf Coast.The Excessive Rainfall Outlook has been set to high overnight for southeast Texas, according to the Weather Prediction Center.The storms are pushing toward the Gulf coastline, according to the National Weather Service in Houston.Water is repor Nvuo Milwaukee Hop officials lead bike ride down the rails
SANTA CLARA, Calif. AP - Colin Kaepernick an stanley cup d Eric Reid once again kneeled during the national anthem before the San Francisco 49ers season opener against the Los Angeles Rams.No other Niners players joined in the protest Monday night, although Rams defensive lineman Robert Quinn and receiver Kenny Britt held fists up during the anthem.Racine Couple Charged With Abusing AnimalsKaepernick has stanley mug refused to stand for the anthe stanley cup m all season in protest of police brutality and racial oppression in the United States. Reid joined him during the final exhibition game when the two decided to kneel, instead of sit, in a move meant to show more respect to veterans.Several other players around the league took part in similar protests on opening weekend.Stay in touch anywhere, anytime with news, weather and video -- Download the TODAY S TMJ4 app:Android AppiPhone / iPad App
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UPDATE:Danielle has been found safe.__GREENDALE -- The parents of a missing Greendale teen are asking for prayers as the search for their daughter goes into its second day.Danielle Wegner was last seen Monday afternoon. Now police and volunteers are canvassing the area around her home to find her.Wednesday, police led volunteers and neighbor stanley cup price s into wooded areas near the Wegner s apartment complex. Police say the teen left the house on her own around 1:30 p.m. on Monday. She and I had a disagreement that morning and I think out of animpulsive need to vent her anger left in that afternoon. I don t think her intention was to run away long term sort of thing, says Michel stanley borraccia le Wegner, mother.Police Release More Photos Of Missing TeenHer family says Danielle has never left home before. She is homeschooled and has strong ties to her church. She is real quiet and she loves nature, says Chris O Neil, homeschool teacher.Her parents say she also loved the trails, which is why they are looking in wooded areas. Danielle left with $200 in cash and a backpack. The family says right now they are leaning on their faith. We just ask for people to pray and we trust that God is watching over her and will guide us to where she is at, says Steve Wegner, father.N gourde stanley eighbors Still Want Answers Months After Fatal FireHer mom says she hopes Danielle can hear how many people love and support her. We want her to know our heart, says Michelle Wegner. We love her and our looking forward to that reunion. And
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As the World Trade Organization chief appealed to member countries on Wed stanley cup nesday to negotiate temporarily easing rules that protect COVID-19 vaccine technology, the White House said its overall objective remains, how can we provide as much supply in the most cost effective way to the global community Watch the briefing in the video player above.WTO Director-General Ngozi stanley cup Okonjo-Iweala spoke to a closed-door meeting of ambassadors from developing and developed countries that have been wrangling over the issue, but agree on the need for wider access to COVID-19 treatmen stanley cup ts, spokesman Keith Rockwell said.The WTOs General Council was taking up the pivotal issue of a temporary waiver for intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccines and other tools that South Africa and India first proposed in October. The idea has gained support in the developing world and among some progressive lawmakers in the West.Some proponents saw more hope for the proposal after U.S. President Joe Biden top trade official, Katherine Tai, said last month that gaping inequities in access to COVID-19 vaccines between developed and developing countries were completely unacceptable, and that mistakes made in the global response to the HIV pandemic mustn ;t be repeated.We take intellectual property incredibly seriously, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. Indicating the thorny nature of the negotiations, she also said: We also, thou Zfdx Leader of Northern Ireland s main unionist party steps down as he is charged with sexual offenses
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates 鈥?Iran only female Olympic medalist said she defected from the Islamic Republic in a blistering online letter that describes herself as one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran. Taekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh聽posted the letter on I jordan nstagram聽as Iran semiofficial ISNA news agency said she had fled to the Netherlands. She criticized wearing the mandatory hijab headscarf and accused officials in Iran of sexism and mistreatment. Whatever they said, I wore, Alizadeh wrote in the letter posted Saturday. Every sentence they ordered, I repeated.She described the decision to leave Iran as difficult, but necessary.Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin IRI of Iran celebrates. Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters.There was no immediate reaction from I adidas campus ranian authorities. ISNA said Alizadeh had been reported injured and unable to compete. Their report suggested Alizadeh may try to compete under another nation flag at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo.Alizadeh, 21, won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.Her defection comes amid unprecedentedly high tensions between Iran and the United States.In recent years, many Iranian athletes have left t stanley cup heir country, citing government pressure. In September, Saeed Mollaei, an Iranian judoka, left the country for Germany. He said Iranian officials had forced him to not compete with Israeli judoka.Alireza Faghani, an Iranian international soccer referee, also left Iran for Austral
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Some governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines in easing their states lockdowns and letting businesses reopen. An Associated Press analysis has found that 17 states do not appear to meet one of the key benchmarks set by the White House for looseni stanley deutschland ng up 鈥?a 14-day downward trajectory in new cases or infection rates. And yet many of those states have begun to reopen or are about to do so. Among them: Alabama, Kentucky, Maine stanley mugs , Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah.On April 16, President Donald Trump unveiled plans to reopen the country, outlining guidance for state governors on how to open state economies.The phases come in three chunks, and Trump said he expected some states could begin Phase No. 1 in late stanley cups uk April. But the guidelines call for a 2-week decline in cases, which few states have seen. Mjnv Phase 1 of Lakefront Gateway Project complete
Almost 1,000 high school students had the opportunit stanley cup y to get hands-on experience in trade careers like manufacturing, engineering and construction on Thursday morning.The activities were part of the MADE Career Pathways Expo at Waukesha County Technical College. It was hosted by the Waukesha County Business Alliance.Parents In New York Could Face Jail For Kids BullyingOrganizers said it s important to reinvest stanley trinkflaschen in the skilled trades, with more than 1,800 manufacturing jobs currently available in Waukesha County. It s an opportunity for us to showcase the great jobs that are available, said Suzanne Kelley, President CEO of the Waukesha County Business Alliance.The expo allowed students the chance to try operating robots, welding simulators, and painting simulators. If you see it, you touch it, you feel it, you have a better understanding of what the industry is all about, Kelley said.There s also increased interest in robotics and automation, with Foxconn s high-tech plant in Mount Pleasant expected to open in 2020. There s a lot of excitement with Foxconn coming in, which is going to create even more opportunities, said Mike Shiels, Dean of Applied Technologies at WCTC. Students who attended the expo came away impressed. I d like to be an electrician, said Cody Heck, a senior at Waukesha West High School. Electricity is in pretty much every aspect of our daily lives. Right now, I m looking into either welding or manufacturing, said Julia S stanley cup ajdowitz, a senior at Ar
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WASHINGTON 鈥?Richard Spencer, who was fired as Navy secretary for his handling of a SEAL war crimes case championed by President Donald Trump, wrote that the commander in chief has very little understanding of how the American military works.The extraordinary accusation came in an opinion piece published on The Washington Posts website Wednesday evening, three days after he was fired. Spencer called Trumps intervention in the case of Navy Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher shocking and unprecedented.Spencer was fired Sunday by Defense Secretary Mark Esper for working a priva stanley cup te deal with the White House to ensure that Gallagher be allowed to retire without losing his SEAL status.In his Post article, Spencer acknowledged his mistake but also asserted that Trumps actions were detrimental to the military.Spencer said Trump had involved himself stanley cup in the Gallagher case almost from the start, by telephoning Spencer even before the SEALs court martial started stanley cup to ask that Gallagher be moved out of confinement at a Navy brig. Spencer said he resisted Trump because the presiding judge had decided that confinement was important. Nonetheless, Trump ordered Spencer to transfer Gallagher from the brig to the equivalent of an enlisted barracks.Spencer said he believes Trumps interest in the case stemmed partly from the way Gallaghers defense lawyers and others worked to keep it front and center in the media. After Gallagher was acquitted of most charges but convicted of posing with th Bbsa Congress passes bipartisan bill to fund police de-escalation training
ST. PAUL, Minn. AP 鈥?Three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for violating George Floyd civil rights should have intervened to stop fel air max low Officer Derek Chauvin when he had his knee on the Black man neck, the head of the Minneapolis Police Department homicide unit testified Thursday.If you see another officer using too much force or doing something illegal, you need to intervene and stop it, stanley cup 8221; Lt. Richard Zimmerman, the most senior officer in the department, said at the federal trial for former Officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.READ MORE: Dying George Floyd needed help and wasnt getting it, testifies firefighterHe added that the duty can also mean intervening to begin first aid if another officer fails give it, and that it can mean moving an officer out of the way if necessary.Asked what Chauvin was doing that was significant to him, Zimmerman replied: The knee on the neck the officers should have intervened at that point and stopped stanley cup it. 8230; It can be deadly.Kueng, Lane and Thao are accused of depriving Floyd, 46, of his civil rights by failing to give him medical aid while he was handcuffed, facedown with Chauvin knee pressed onto his neck for 9 1/2 minutes on May 25, 2020. Kueng and Thao are also accused of failing to intervene to stop the killing, which triggered protests worldwide and a reexamination of racism and policing.Zimmerman said he been aware of the duty
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The Supreme Court has blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for the time being in a major setback for the Trump administration.The bitter controversy centers around whether the administration can ask all recipients a citizenship question on the 2020 census for the first time since 1950.Writing for a 5-4 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts concluded that there was sufficient reason for concern about why the Commerce Department wanted to add the question. Roberts had the support of the four liberal justices. If judicial review is to be more than an empty ritual, it must demand something better than the explanation offered for the action taken in this case, he wrote.The decision raises the question of whether the administration will have enough time stanley taza or the abili stanley website ty to add the citizenship question before the census begins. The administration previously told the court that the questionnaire needed to be printed by the end of June.The data obtained from the 2020 census is used for the allocation of congressional seats and the distribution of billions of federal dollars to states and localities over the next decade.The Trump administration claimed the citizenship question on the census questionnaire is necessary to better comply with federal voting rights law. Critics argued it is an attempt to stanley cup intimidate noncitizens and Hispanic households and will lead to a decline in response rates and underrepresen Mtfh Kiss em goodbye: Rock icons KISS announce final tour after 45-year career
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is never shy about expressing his views, but a thesis he wrote a few years ago has come under scrutiny.PolitiFact Wisconsin looks at the accusation. We are checking whether Sheriff Clarke committed plagiarism on his Master s degree thesis stanley becher as CNN reported, said Tom Kertscher with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, or whether he committed formatting errors as he says. CNN s story alleges Clarke used material and lifted language dozens of times from other sources in his 2013 thesis.Clarke earned a Master s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in California.The school tells PolitiFact Wisconsin it is reviewing the plagiarism allegation. What Clarke would do is take a sentence or two from a book or an article and change the words slightly, said Kertscher. that way he was not using quotation marks because he wasn t using material word for word. PolitiFact Wisconsin points out Clarke does use extensive footnotes. Clarke vaso stanley refused a request for information but told a national conservative talk show host quote, it s not plagiarism.Clarke says he used 362 citations in his 112-page thesis. I think the takeaway here is that while Clarke stanley website did use footnotes to indicate he did a lot of research, said Kertscher. By using passages from other works and then changing them slightly he s suggesting that those particular ideas were his own when in fact he was essentially quoting other sources. PolitiFact Wisconsin found there s no single precise definitio
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SAN FRANCISCO AP 鈥?The career-networking service LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back wages to hundreds of female workers to settle a pay discrimination complaint brought by U.S. labor investigators.The U.S. Labor Department announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement agreement with LinkedIn to resolve allegations of systemic, gender-based pay discrimination in which women were paid less than men in comparable job roles.The settlement affects nearly 700 women who worked in engineering, product or marketing roles from 2015 to 2017 at the company offices in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, California. It includes the time before and after Microsoft $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn in 2016.READ MO stanley cup RE: LinkedIn adds stay-at-home parent to online resumes 鈥?why experts say that mattersLinkedIn said in a statement that while we have agreed to settle this matter, we do not agree with the governments claims; LinkedIn pays and has paid its employees fairly and equitably when comparing similar work. The settlement agreement says LinkedIn argued that its statistical models didnt identify pay disparities. The government said its own analysis found significant pay disparities even after controlling for legitimate explanatory factors. The agency said the case was sparked by a routine evalu stanley cup ation by its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Fe stanley cup deral laws ban discriminatory practices at companies that contract with the federal government. Ynkv Japan PM dismisses 4th minister in 2 months to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet
BRUSSELS AP 鈥?European Union leaders on Thursday debated fresh ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine amid a聽new sense of urgency聽about the future of the war- yeezy torn country.Ukraines聽mun stanley cup ition stocks are desperately low, while Russia has more and better-armed troops. There is also a growing awareness that the EU must聽provide for its own security, with election campaigning in the U.S. raising questions about Washingtons commitment to its allies.At the same time, political rhetoric is at fever pitch as the聽campaign for Europe-wide electio adidas campus ns聽on June 6-9 gathers pace, with security a major issue. As they talk up the need to fund the defense industry, both at home and in Ukraine, many leaders are also trying to convince citizens that budgets could be tightened elsewhere.Ahead of the summit in Brussels, EU Council President Charles Michel said the Europeans face a pivotal moment. He said that with Europe facing the biggest security threat since the Second World War, it is high time we take radical and concrete steps to be defense-ready and put the EUs economy on a war footing. WATCH: Defense Secretary Austin vows continued U.S. aid to Ukraine amid congressional funding stallAcross town at NATO, the alliance secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, warned Thursday that the situation on the battlefield remains very difficult. Ukraine is running out of ammunition. So, Ukraine needs even more support, and they need it now. New plans聽are on the E
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A Canadian pastor imprisoned in North Korea has been freed after two and a half years in detention.Hyeon Soo Lim, North Korea s longest-held western prisoner in decades, was r stanley us eleased on sick bail Wednesday by the country s top court for humanitarian reasons, state-run news agency KCNA said.Lim s son, James Lim, received word over the weekend that a plane carrying senior Canadian officials, a medical doctor, and a letter to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un was dispatched to Pyongyang at the last starbucks stanley cup minute, according to family spokeswoman Lisa Pak. The plane landed in the North Korean capital Monday.The 62-year-old s health has deteriorated while in North Korean custody and the pastor has experienced dramatic weight loss, Pak said.Lim s release comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula after US President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with fire and fury on Tuesday and Pyongyang said it was considering a military strike against the US territory of Guam. Previous medical releaseLim s family had stepped up calls for his release since the death of American university student Otto Warmbier in June.Warmbier was on a sightse stanley isolierkanne eing tour of North Korea when he was detained in early 2016 and later charged with attempting to steal a propaganda poster from his hotel.He died just six days after his release from North Korea due to a brain injury sustained while in custody. He was in a vegetative state when he returned home to his family near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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NEW YORK AP 鈥?Gas prices are once again on the decline across the U.S., bringing some relief to drivers now paying a little less to fill up their tanks.The national average for gas prices on Monday stood around $3.44, according to AAA. That down about 9 cents from a week ago 鈥?marking the largest one-week drop recorded by the motor club so far in 2024. Monday average was also more than 19 cents less than it was a month ago and over 14 cents below the level seen this time last year.READ MORE: Biden administration releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from reserve in bid to lower pricesWhy the recent fall in prices at the pump Industry analysts point to stanley cup a blend of lackluster demand and strong supply 鈥?as well as relatively mild oil prices worldwide.Here a rundown of what you need to know.Today falling gas prices, explained. There are a few factors contributing to today falling gas prices. For s stanley cup tarters, fewer people may be hitting the road.Demand is just kind of shallow, AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross said, pointing to trends seen last year and potential lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally 鈥?pre-pandem stanley cup ic 鈥?after Memorial Day, demand would start to pick up in the summertime. And we just don ;t see it anymore.Last week, data from the Energy Information Administration showed that U.S. gasoline demand slipped to about 8.94 billion barrels a day. That might still sound like a lot 鈥?but Rdzf Bolivia s Morales claims outright win in presidential vote
BARCELONA, Spain AP 鈥?While Russias invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, Spain and other member nations are quietly pushing the Western alliance to consider how mercenaries aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are spreading Moscow infl adidas originals uence to Africa.As the host of the summit taking place from Tuesday to Thursday, Spain wants to emphasize its proximity to Africa as it lobbies for a greater focus on Europes southern flank in a new document outlining NATO vision of its security challenges and tasks.The Strategic Concept is NATOs most important working document after the North stanley cup Atlantic Treaty of 1949, which contained the key provision holding that an attack on one member is viewed as an attack upon all. The security assessment is updated roughly every decade to reset the West security agenda.The current version, approved in Lisbon in 2010, stated the risk of a conventional war on NATO territory was low. It did not explicitly mention concerns about instability in Africa. At the time, the alliance viewed apathy as its biggest military threat; U. adidas campus S. complaints that some European members were not paying their due featured heavily in summit talks.READ MORE: Low morale takes hold of Ukrainian, Russian troopsFast forward a dozen years, and the view looks very different from NATO headquarters in Brussels. After Russia brought war close to NATO eastern borders, the alliance has worked to provide Ukraine
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