Skimpy latte: victory for bikini baristas as federal court rejects city’s dress code

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Admin

Ordinance in Everett, Washington, requiring coffee servers to cover up is unconstitutional, judge rules

A Washington city’s dress code saying so-called bikini baristas must cover their bodies at work has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.

The decision in a partial summary judgment this week comes after a lengthy legal battle between bikini baristas and the city of Everett, on the outskirts of Seattle, over the rights of workers to wear what they want, the Everett Herald reported.

New York still vulnerable 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, protesters warn

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Admin

Storm in 2012 had devastating impact on US’s biggest city but insufficient government action risks a repeat, demonstrators say

In marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy smashing into New York City, campaigners are warning that insufficient action by governments to tackle the climate crisis risks a repeat of such damaging and increasingly fierce storms.

Sandy made landfall with a huge impact on the New Jersey shore on 29 October 2012, before taking an unusual and destructive path into New York causing death, flooding and extended mass power cuts.

From Ed Balls to BTS: the greatest hits in Twitter’s history

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Admin

To mark the site’s takeover by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, we present a survey of its most media-friendly moments

Twitter has great influence for a social media platform. It has a comparatively modest 230 million users, given that the likes of Instagram, Facebook and TikTok have user bases that run into the billions. But Twitter is beloved of politicians, celebrities, commentators and journalists and can have a great impact on the political and news cycle as a result. Here are some of the best-known and notorious tweets in the company’s 16-year history.

Dahmer series creator says relatives of victims did not reply to contact efforts

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Admin

Ryan Murphy says controversial show’s team tried to speak to about 20 friends and family of serial killer’s victims

The creator of Netflix’s recent controversial series on the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has said his team tried to speak with about 20 of the victims’ friends and family before the show’s release but no one called back.

Series creator Ryan Murphy’s remarks counter claims by some victims’ relatives that no one from the production notified them of the show or consulted them.

Man who plays dead on TikTok gets new life as corpse on TV crime show

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Admin

Josh Nalley specialized in pretending to be a lifeless body on social media – then CSI: Vegas came calling

A man from Kentucky who plays dead on TikTok has finally caught the attention of CSI: Vegas after the crime show decided to cast him as an “un-alive body”.

Josh Nalley from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is the owner of the TikTok account @living_dead_josh where, since last October, he has featured hundreds of videos in which he mimics a corpse.

Attack on Pelosi’s husband heightens fears of increasing US political violence

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Admin

Hammer assault on Paul Pelosi is latest in series of violent and threatening acts as midterm elections loom

The bloody hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has sparked increased fears over political violence in America just weeks before the country’s crucial midterm elections.

The assault – by someone who reportedly entered the Democratic leader’s home specifically in search of her – comes amid an alarming rise in violent rhetoric and threats targeting US lawmakers.

Ray of joy: Nasa captures image of the sun ‘smiling’

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Admin

Satellite photo shows what appears to be a happy face pattern on the sun with dark patches called ‘coronal holes’

A Nasa satellite captured an image of what appeared to be a happy face pattern on the sun earlier this week, prompting the US space agency to say the sun was seen “smiling”.

The agency released the image Wednesday on Twitter, writing: “Today, Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the sun ‘smiling.’ Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space.”

‘Criminalizing kindness’: US woman arrested for feeding homeless people sues

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Admin

Norma Thornton, 78, files lawsuit against Bullhead City in north-west Arizona over law about food-sharing events in public park

A woman who was arrested for feeding homeless people in north-west Arizona is suing over a local ordinance that regulates food-sharing events in public parks, accusing the authorities of criminalizing kindness.

Norma Thornton, 78, became the first person arrested under Bullhead City’s ordinance in March for distributing prepared food from a van at Bullhead community park. Her lawyer said the lawsuit filed this week is part of a nationwide effort to let people feed those in need.

Man who attacked speaker’s husband Paul Pelosi facing attempted homicide charge – as it happened

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Admin

Paul Pelosi was attacked at San Francisco home while House speaker was in Washington

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The Guardian’s Joan E Greve has taken a close look at Democrats’ chances ahead of the 8 November midterms, and finds things are not looking good for Joe Biden’s party:

With less than two weeks to go until election day, Democrats’ hopes of defying political history and keeping their narrow majorities in the House and Senate appear to be fading, as many of the party’s candidates go on the defensive in the final days of campaigning.

Senator Tom Cotton brags about ignoring Trump impeachment evidence

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Admin

New book by Arkansas senator, a Republican presidential hopeful, also suggests president did not understand military procedures

In January 2020, the rightwing Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton said he would vote to acquit Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial because despite senators having “heard from 17 witnesses … and received more than 28,000 pages of documents”, Democrats had not presented their case correctly.

According to Cotton, the senators who sat through so much evidence would “perform the role intended for us by the founders, of providing the ‘cool and deliberate sense of the community’, as it says in Federalist 63”.

Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, in hospital with skull fracture after attack

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Admin

Paul Pelosi underwent ‘successful surgery’ after he was attacked at his home early on Friday by an assailant with a hammer

Paul Pelosi, husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was hospitalized with a skull fracture on Friday after he was attacked at the couple’s home in California with a hammer by an assailant who was reported to have shouted “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?”

Paul Pelosi, 82, underwent “successful surgery” to repair a skull fracture and other “serious injuries” sustained during the assault and is expected to make a full recovery”, according to Nancy Pelosi’s longtime spokesperson, Drew Hammill.

Andy Warhol work not seen in public for 15 years could fetch $80m at auction

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Admin

White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times) to go under the hammer in New York

Six months after a vivid image of Marilyn Monroe smashed records when it sold for $195m, a rather more dark and brutal work by the cult pop artist Andy Warhol may also be about to fetch a large sum.

White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times) – repeated graphic black and white images across a huge canvas measuring 12ft tall and 6ft wide – is expected to sell for at least $80m in New York next month.

ExxonMobil’s record-breaking $20bn profit nearly matches Apple’s

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Admin

Oil company’s third-quarter result smashes Wall Street forecasts – as does Chevron’s £11.2bn

The US oil supermajor ExxonMobil has reported a quarterly profit of nearly $20bn (£17.3bn), $4bn more than analysts had forecast, almost matching the earnings of the tech giant Apple.

Exxon’s $19.7bn profit for the third quarter outstripped the record $17.9bn it reported for the previous quarter, as it became the latest fossil fuel producer to enjoy soaring earnings, a day after Shell announced global profits of $9.5bn between July and September.

Gun used by Mexican cartel to shoot down military helicopter bought in US

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Admin

Investigation into the 2015 incident revealed the 0.50-caliber weapon for the Jalisco cartel was purchased in Portland, Oregon

The 0.50-caliber gun used by the Mexican Jalisco cartel to shoot down a Mexican military helicopter in 2015 came from a gun supplier in Portland, Oregon, a joint Mexico-US investigation has found.

On Wednesday, the Louisville Courier Journal reported confirmation of the connection between the incident and Portland, Oregon by federal firearm officials.

‘Bone-appetite’: San Francisco’s latest trendy restaurant caters to canines

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Admin

Dogue, run by a trained chef, has garnered outrage for the high cost of pampering pups but pet parents have been supportive

San Francisco is a foodie heaven with plenty of Michelin-starred restaurants. And San Franciscans love dogs. So it might come as no surprise that an entrepreneur has decided to combine the two passions, creating what’s believed to be the first restaurant exclusively for man’s best friend.

Dogue, which rhymes with “vogue”, opened last month in the city’s trendy Mission District.

Apple weathers tech industry storm to top profit and revenue targets

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Admin

The company reported an 8% increase of earnings at $90.1bn beating Wall Street expectations with net profit of $1.29 a share

Apple’s quarterly earnings on Thursday revealed that the company is weathering the ongoing tech downturn better than its competitors, reporting revenue and profit that topped Wall Street targets.

Revenue rose 8% this quarter to $90.1bn, above estimates of $88.9bn, while net profit was $1.29 a share, topping with the average analyst estimate of $1.27 a share, according to data from the market research firm Refinitiv.

Sixth set of human remains found in vanishing Lake Mead

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Admin

A second world war-era boat, half emerged B-29 plane and five other bodies have so far been found in the receding waters

Yet another set of human remains was pulled from the shallows of Lake Mead this week, marking the sixth time this year the receding water levels uncovered bodies from the past.

The National Park Service confirmed on Wednesday that a human bone discovered by a diver directed a park dive team to an area where the skeletal remains were found.

Republican Liz Cheney endorses Michigan Democrat in midterm elections – as it happened

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Admin

Cheney to campaign for Representative Elissa Slotkin
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Joe Biden plans to use his speech at a semiconductor factory in New York today to make the case that the economy is benefiting from Democratic policies, and Republicans would undo that progress, CNN reports.

“We can talk about what we’ve done, all these huge legislative wins, ‘til we’re blue in the face,” a Democratic campaign official told the network. “If people can’t feel it, it doesn’t matter at this point.”

Republican and Trump critic Liz Cheney to campaign for Michigan Democrat

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Admin

Wyoming congresswoman, who lost her Republican primary, endorses Elissa Slotkin in seventh congressional district

Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney on Thursday endorsed Democratic congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and plans to campaign for her.

It is the first time that Cheney, a critic of Donald Trump who lost her Republican primary, has crossed party lines to formally support a Democrat.

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Skimpy latte: victory for bikini baristas as federal court rejects city’s dress code

New York still vulnerable 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, protesters warn

Dahmer series creator says relatives of victims did not reply to contact efforts

Man who plays dead on TikTok gets new life as corpse on TV crime show

Attack on Pelosi’s husband heightens fears of increasing US political violence

Ray of joy: Nasa captures image of the sun ‘smiling’

‘Criminalizing kindness’: US woman arrested for feeding homeless people sues

Man who attacked speaker’s husband Paul Pelosi facing attempted homicide charge – as it happened

Senator Tom Cotton brags about ignoring Trump impeachment evidence

Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, in hospital with skull fracture after attack

Andy Warhol work not seen in public for 15 years could fetch $80m at auction

ExxonMobil’s record-breaking $20bn profit nearly matches Apple’s

Gun used by Mexican cartel to shoot down military helicopter bought in US

‘Bone-appetite’: San Francisco’s latest trendy restaurant caters to canines

Apple weathers tech industry storm to top profit and revenue targets

Sixth set of human remains found in vanishing Lake Mead

Republican Liz Cheney endorses Michigan Democrat in midterm elections – as it happened

Republican and Trump critic Liz Cheney to campaign for Michigan Democrat