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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who oversaw Iraq war, dies at 88

Amanda Macias
CNBC
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:01 UTC
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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has died at the age of 88, according to a statement released Wednesday by his family.

"It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. At 88, he was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico," the statement read, without specifying when Rumsfeld died.

"History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will remember his unwavering love for his wife Joyce, his family and friends, and the integrity he brought to a life dedicated to country."

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'Critical Pace Theory': Air Force mocked for creating walking instead of running test, allowing easier push-ups

Ben Zeisloft
The Daily Wire
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:01 UTC
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The United States Air Force announced modifications to its aerobic test that would allow airmen to choose walking instead of running.

On Monday, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass and Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly revealed during a live chat that the new test will begin a six-month trial period next year.

As military news company Task & Purpose reports:
The new test, which the service will begin to experiment with in January 2022, will allow airmen to choose between running, shuttle run sprints, and walking for the aerobic portion of the test. Shuttle run sprints involve sprinting back and forth between two markers about 25 meters apart. They could then choose between planks and sit-ups for the core strength measure.

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Allison Mack cries in court as she's sentenced to three years in jail over sex cult case: 'I made choices I will forever regret'

Clémence Michallon
Independent
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:37 UTC
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Allison Mack has been sentenced to three years in prison for her involvement in the NXIVM sex cult.

The former Smallville actor appeared in court on Wednesday for her sentencing hearing. She had pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy.

"I made choices I will forever regret," she said during the hearing at a Brooklyn federal court, also telling the judge she was filled with "remorse and guilt".

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18 people confirmed dead in Florida condo collapse


CBS News
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:33 UTC
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People stand near a make-shift memorial outside St. Joseph Catholic Church near the Champlain Towers South residential condo on June 29, 2021, in Surfside, Florida.
The death toll in the condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, climbed to 18 on Wednesday after additional victims were recovered. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the two bodies recovered Wednesday afternoon were those of a 4- and 10-year-old child.

No one has been pulled alive from the rubble since last Thursday, hours after the condominium crumbled in the middle of the night. More than 140 people remain unaccounted for.

The collapse is not only one of the worst disasters in South Florida, but also in the country's history.

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British Columbia First Nation says remains of 182 found near former school


Toronto Sun
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:00 UTC
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Dried flowers rest inside a pair of child's running shoes at a memorial for the 215 children whose remains were found at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School at Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 4, 2021.
The Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school.

In a news release, the band says the community of aq'am began using the technology last year to search a site near Cranbrook that is close to the former St. Eugene's Mission School, which was operated by the Catholic Church from 1912 until the early 1970s.

It says the search found the remains in unmarked graves, some as shallow as 90 centimetres to 1.2 metres.

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Taiwanese boy, 7, dies after judo instructor, classmates body-slam him nearly 30 times

Edmund DeMarche , Stephanie Pagones
Fox News
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:42 UTC
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A 7-year-old boy in Taiwan who was allegedly body-slammed 27 times during judo practice — by both his classmates and coach — suffered a brain hemorrhage and was ultimately removed from life support, a report Tuesday said.

The BBC, citing the Taipei Times, reported that the coach has been charged with assault and using a minor to commit a crime, but his charges would likely be upgraded to include or be replaced by "injury causing death."

The boy reportedly attended a judo practice in April and suffered a brain hemorrhage after the repeated injuries. He slipped into a coma and was on life support for 70 days, according to the reports.
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Robinhood hit with $70M record FINRA fine for misleading customers

Suzanne O'Halloran
Fox Business
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:59 UTC
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Robinhood will pay a record $70 million fine, the largest ever slapped down by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

The regulator found the popular trading platform misled millions of customers, allowed unqualified accounts to trade options and mishandled a widespread outage in March of 2020.

The penalty sends a "clear message" about breaking the brokerage industry's rules.

"The fine imposed in this matter, the highest ever levied by FINRA, reflects the scope and seriousness of Robinhood's violations, including FINRA's finding that Robinhood communicated false and misleading information to millions of its customers," said Jessica Hopper, executive vice president and head of FINRA's Department of Enforcement in the disclosure.
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CNN's 'The Lead with Jake Tapper' has shed 75% of its audience since January

Brian Flood
Fox News
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:47 UTC
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CNN’s "The Lead with Jake Tapper" has shed a staggering 75 percent of its audience since the liberal network experienced a January spike in viewers
CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" has shed a staggering 75% of its audience since the liberal network experienced a January spike in viewers.

Tapper's program averaged 2.8 million viewers in January but settled for only 706,000 in the 4 p.m. ET timeslot from May 31 through June 23, losing three-quarters of its audience in the process. Tapper's second-quarter viewership is down 49% compared to the first quarter.

CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" has shed a staggering 75 percent of its audience since the liberal network experienced a January spike in viewers.

While January featured a historic news cycle with the Capitol riot, the inauguration of President Biden and the lead-up to former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, his direct timeslot competition on Fox News has lost a fraction of the viewers that "The Lead" has. "Your World with Neil Cavuto" has kept 1.1 million of the 1.5 million that tuned in during the jam-packed first month of 2021.
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California university offers faculty $1,200 stipends for course on CRT, eradicating 'whiteness'

Sam Dorman
Fox News
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:42 UTC
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California State University East Bay (CSUEB) is reportedly offering $1,200 for faculty to attend a professional development program that seeks to understand how Whiteness can be "eradicated."

The College Fix reported Tuesday on the program, which is set for July and will involve multiple sessions on "critical race theory," "becoming an anti-racist educator" and other topics. The university had issued a "call for self-nominations" that was due on May 21, according to the document obtained and published by the Fix.

The introductory section reads in part: "So how do we counter the stories we have been told and that we might even (re)tell to ourselves about how teaching and learning should be? How do we equip ourselves with the knowledge, tools, resources and beloved community to counter the systems of oppression, particularly racism, that saturates us? How can our vigilant work in countering racism also aim toward liberatory conditions where whiteness has been eradicated?"
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Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned by Pennsylvania court

Sasha Savitsky
Fox News
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:41 UTC
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Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction was overturned by Pennsylvania's highest court.

The court said Wednesday that it found an agreement with a previous prosecutor that prevented him from being charged in the case.

The disgraced actor has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia. He had vowed to serve all 10 years rather than acknowledge any remorse over the 2004 encounter with accuser Andrea Constand.

Cosby, 83, who was once beloved as "America's Dad," was convicted of drugging and molesting the Temple University employee at his suburban estate.

Comment: Cosby admitted drugging women in pursuit of sex, and there is a rather large number of accounts from women who describe being drugged and sexually assaulted. In this age, polarization has made people to think in only black and white terms. It's is likely that Cosby is guilty, but it is also likely he and his victims, have been used to further an agenda that manipulates compassion in the pursuit of wreckless power and control.

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