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Trump political committee has spent more than $40 million on lawyers’ fees as his legal peril mounts
1Aug By AdminsNo Comments

Trump political committee has spent more than $40 million on lawyers’ fees as his legal peril mounts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump ‘s mounting legal woes are growing more expensive, leading his political operation to shell out tens of millions of dollars for attorneys’ fees, request a large refund from a supportive super PAC and launch a new legal defense fund. Since the beginning of this year, Save America, Trump’s political action committee, has spent more than $40 million on legal fees for costs related to defending the former president, his aides and other allies, according to a person familiar with the spending who spoke on the condition of anonymity before Monday’s campaign finance reporting deadline. The group also received a $12.2 million “refund” from Make America Great Again Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC that it had previously donated money to, records show. The...
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A ‘help me’ sign leads to the rescue of a kidnapped Texas girl in Southern California
30Jul By AdminsNo Comments

A ‘help me’ sign leads to the rescue of a kidnapped Texas girl in Southern California

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas and sexually assaulted was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me” sign in a parked car, police and federal authorities said. The rescue occurred July 9 in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, when officers responded to a trouble call and found the “visibly emotional and distressed girl,” police said in a press release Thursday. “Through their investigation, officers learned the Good Samaritans were in a parking lot when they saw the victim in a parked vehicle holding up a piece of paper with ‘help me’ written on it. They acknowledged the note and immediately called 9-1-1,” police said. Steven Robert Sablan, 61, of Cleburne, Texas, was arrested and on Thursday was indicted by a federal g...
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‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
30Jul By AdminsNo Comments

‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant “X” sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform. City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons. The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand’s iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn’t taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell. Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure “consistency with the historic nature of the building” ...
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Film review: ‘The Beanie Bubble,’ with Zach Galifianakis, plunges into a plush toy ‘90s craze
27Jul By AdminsNo Comments

Film review: ‘The Beanie Bubble,’ with Zach Galifianakis, plunges into a plush toy ‘90s craze

(AP) — Who knew so many movie ideas could be found while rummaging through your attic? This year we’ve had movies on Tetris ( “Tetris” ), Nike ( “Air” ), Blackberry ( “Blackberry” ) and Cheetos ( “Flamin’ Hot” ). The latest is “The Beanie Bubble,” a comic drama about the Beanie Baby craze of the 1990s. We once debated the ethics of product placement in movies — now the product IS the movie. It may not say entirely wonderful things about our capitalistic society that we’re pumping out big-screen movies and streaming-service content that exalts the stories behind snacks, sneaks and stuffies. “The Beanie Bubble,” which lands on Apple TV+ Friday, may be part of a ‘20s trend but its interest is unpacking a late-20th century phenomenon and the some of the women exploited along the way...
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Trump wants to see Biden impeached, and other Republicans are quick to pile on
27Jul By AdminsNo Comments

Trump wants to see Biden impeached, and other Republicans are quick to pile on

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wants to see President Joe Biden impeached, and the former president’s allies in Congress and his 2024 GOP presidential rivals are eager to join that fight as his own legal challenges mount. Trump’s chief opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, this week said the House Republicans “are absolutely within their rights” to consider an impeachment inquiry against Biden. Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, also running for president, said Republicans would be “justified to do it.” And House GOP leaders aligned with Trump are foreshadowing what’s ahead. “House Republicans will leave no stone unturned,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the fourth-ranking House GOP leader and a top Trump ally, who is sometimes mentioned as a potential vice presidential pick. ...
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Deer take refuge near wind turbines as fire scorches Washington state land
25Jul By AdminsNo Comments

Deer take refuge near wind turbines as fire scorches Washington state land

SEATTLE (AP) — Bjorn Hedges drove around the two wind farms he manages the morning after a wildfire raced through. At many of the massive turbines he saw deer: does and fawns that had found refuge on gravel pads at the base of the towers, some of the only areas left untouched amid an expanse of blackened earth. “That was their sanctuary — everything was burning around them,” Hedges said Monday, two days after he found the animals. Crews continued fighting the Newell Road Fire by air and by ground in rural south-central Washington state, just north of the Columbia River, amid dry weather and high wind gusts. Over the weekend, fire threatened a solar farm along with a natural gas pipeline and a plant at a landfill that converts methane to energy. Firefighters responded quickly and s...
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