WorldReutersHalf of mobilised men in Russian region sent home, commissar fired - governor
Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two, declared by President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 21, has led to widespread discontent among officials and citizens over the way the draft has been handled, including complaints about enlistment officers sending call-up papers to clearly ineligible men. "In 10 days, several thousand of our countrymen received summons and arrived at the military registration and enlistment offices," Mikhail Degtyarev, the governor of the Khabarovsk region in Russia's Far East, said in a video post on the Telegram messaging app. Degtyarev said the removal of the commissar, Yuri Laiko, would not affect the mobilisation plan set by Putin.
U.S.BillboardWillie Nelson Tells Uvalde School Shooting Victim’s Parents: ‘It’s Not Something You Ever Get Over, But It’s Something You Will Get Through’
Willie Nelson had a hope-filled message for the parents of a victim of this May's shooting massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, Texas during a campaign event for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke on Sunday (Oct. 2) in Austin. According to the Houston Chronicle, Nelson's remarks were addressed to the family of Jackie Cazares, a fourth grader who was one of the 19 children and two adults killed during the May 24 mass shooting. “To you folks there, the parents who are going through some incredible sad times: Remember that it's not something you get over, but it's something you will get through,” Nelson said after performing a set at the event in support of former presidential candidate O'Rourke, who is challenging incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
BusinessMarketWatch‘I’m paycheck to paycheck.’ I make $350K a year, but have $88K in student loans, $170K in car loans and a mortgage I pay $4,500 a month on. Do I need professional help?
What's more, your student loans, car loans and mortgage are all likely less than 9%, so it's not likely that consolidation via a HELOC would save you money. You may want to start somewhere different, like the snowball method, where you focus on one loan, usually the smallest one, and direct all of your resources to pay off that loan while maintaining payments on the others,” says Chen. This method could work to finish off your student loans and maybe one of your car loans, to start with.
WorldReutersUkrainian forces burst through Russian lines in major advance in south
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday, threatening supply lines for thousands of Russian troops. Kyiv gave no official confirmation of the gains, but Russian sources acknowledged that a Ukrainian tank offensive had advanced dozens of kilometers along the river's west bank, recapturing a number of villages along the way. The breakthrough mirrors recent Ukrainian successes in the east that have turned the tide in the war against Russia, even as Moscow has tried to raise the stakes by annexing territory, ordering mobilisation and threatening nuclear retaliation.
U.S.Myrtle Beach Sun NewsA shrimp trawler washed ashore in Myrtle Beach during Ian. It has quite a history
Most Myrtle Beach attractions tend to be intentional, placed on or near the beach on purpose. The Grand Strand's newest attraction was brought to shore by a force of nature — Hurricane Ian. A shrimp trawler, named the Shayna Michelle, washed ashore on Friday after losing power the day before the storm arrived, according to a GoFundMe set up to help pay for the boat's removal.
U.S.INSIDERFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio says he'll fight against a federal relief bill that would assist his state's recovery from Hurricane Ian if it has 'pork in it'
Marco Rubio on Sunday said he would fight against a Hurricane Ian relief bill if it included unrelated spending projects. Rubio said the extra spending would deter other lawmakers from voting for disaster relief. Recovery efforts are continuing, with more than 1,100 people rescued as of Saturday morning.
WorldReutersUkraine has made 'breakthroughs' in Kherson region, Russian-installed official says
"It's tense, let's put it that way," Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed head of Ukraine's Kherson region, said on state television. "Where the Kakhovka (reservoir) is, there is a settlement called Dudchany ... it is in this area that there is a breakthrough and there are settlements taken by Ukrainian troops," he said. Dudchany, on the west bank of the Dnipro river, is about 40 km (25 miles) downriver from where Russian troops had opposed Ukrainian forces a day earlier.
U.S.HuffPostVideo Shows Fishing Tournament Winners Getting Snagged In Cheating Scandal
A duo that had been declared winners of a fishing tournament series event were caught in a cheating scandal after a tournament official discovered weights stuffed inside their fish. Videos from the Lake Erie Walleye Trail Championship event show teammates Chase Cominsky, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and Jake Runyon, of Cleveland posing for a photo with fish just minutes before an official discovers something inside the animals. The two were the season's leaders for “team of the year,” according to The Herald, a newspaper in Western Pennsylvania.
BusinessMarketWatchMark Cuban has repeatedly given this simple piece of money advice — and it’s more lucrative to do it now than it has been in over a decade
If you're keen to save now, we've got good news: It's a better time to put that money in a savings account than it has been in years. As Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate, recently pointed out: The rates on high-yield savings accounts are sometimes the highest they've been since 2009. Indeed, while even higher-paying savings accounts were only paying about 0.50% this year, many are now paying more than 2%.
BusinessTechCrunchKim Kardashian charged by SEC for pushing crypto, reaches $1.26M settlement
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging Kim Kardashian for "unlawfully touting" a "crypto security," the agency announced on Monday morning. The SEC says that Kardashian was in violation of its rules when she promoted a "crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax" without the necessary disclosure that she was paid to promote it. Kardashian has already agreed to settle the case, with a $1.26 million penalty payment, and to help the SEC with its ongoing investigation.
U.S.Business InsiderMichael Fanone, a former DC police officer who was attacked at the Capitol riot, said he's 'broke' and that speaking out about January 6 'destroyed my career'
Former DC Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone is set to release a memoir on October 11. Fanone was assaulted during the riot and has repeatedly pushed back against those who downplay it. Former Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone has frequently spoken out against the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — and at great personal expense, according to him.
U.S.INSIDERInvestigation into alleged cheating at high-stakes poker game could include lie-detector tests, casino says
Polygraph could possibly be used in an independent investigation into an accusation of cheating in poker. One of the most famous cash game players in the world, Garrett Adelstein, made an accusation Thursday. An independent investigation into an accusation of cheating in one of the most famous high-stakes poker games in the country could include lie-detector tests.
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Florida drone footage shows destruction of Sanibel Causeway, beached boats
Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on Sanibel, Florida, destroying a causeway that cut off access to the barrier island's 6,300 residents.
U.S.Miami Herald‘We are tired, dirty and hungry’: Hurricane Ian survivors leave Fort Myers Beach on foot
Feeling increasingly isolated in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers Beach residents and renters continued to exit their devastated island by foot Sunday, four days after a 10-foot storm surge driven by 150 mph winds inundated Southwest Florida's coastal communities. All access to Estero Island from bridges on its south and north ends has been blocked by Lee County Sheriff's deputies to prevent vehicles and visitors from interfering with search and rescue efforts. A growing fleet of bulldozers and dump trucks is clearing debris.
WorldThe New Voice of UkraineNATO fears Russia preparing to test Poseidon nuclear torpedo for the first time
According to the newspaper, the key commands of the NATO member countries have received reports over the past few days regarding the movement of the nuclear submarine Belgorod, which can carry Poseidon torpedoes. It is considered "the epitome of a new concept of warfare," La Repubblica writes. It said that the Belgorod is often mentioned in the context of the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, "as this is one of the activities for which it was designed."
BusinessReutersRussian factory activity expands at fastest rate in Sept since 2019 - PMI
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian manufacturing activity grew at its fastest rate in 3-1/2 years in September, driven by rises in production, new orders and client demand, a business survey showed on Monday, though Western sanctions continued to weigh on export business. The S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose in September to 52.0 from 51.7 in the previous month, climbing higher above the 50.0 mark that separates expansion from contraction to its highest point since March 2019. "Client demand was focused on domestic customers, however, as new export orders declined steeply," S&P Global said in a monthly survey.
U.S.Road & TrackHere's What Daytona Looked Like After It Was Hit by Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian, the massive storm that swept through Florida earlier this week, has apparently flooded both Daytona International Speedway and the nearby area. The area around Lake Lloyd, the full-time reservoir built into the track's infield when the circuit was originally constructed in the late 1950s, is also visibly underwater. While buildings and other facilities are still being evaluated, that means the track surface itself should still be ready for January's Rolex 24 at Daytona, February's Daytona 500, and qualifying races for both events.
U.S.Fox News‘Monster’: Jeffrey Dahmer survivor never recovered after harrowing escape from killer, defense attorney says
A pair of handcuffs hung from one of Edwards' wrists as he told officers Dahmer had tried to kill him. A subsequent investigation led police to an apartment full of preserved human heads, body parts and photographs of mutilated men. Police said Dahmer confessed to killing 17 people since 1978.
PoliticsReutersTrump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump's administration has not turned over all presidential records and the National Archives will consult with the Justice Department on whether to move to get them back, the agency has told Congress. A congressional panel on Sept. 13 sought an urgent review by the National Archives and Records Administration after agency staff members acknowledged that they did not know if all presidential records from Trump's White House had been turned over. "While there is no easy way to establish absolute accountability, we do know that we do not have custody of everything we should," acting Archivist Debra Wall said in a letter Friday to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
U.S.Miami HeraldTwo disturbances are in the Atlantic Ocean. What the forecast shows
A pair of disturbances are in the Atlantic, and both have a chance of turning into tropical depressions soon. The disturbance with a high chance of turning into a tropical depression this week is several hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic early Monday. The hurricane center projects after a westward swing, the system will turn “turn northwestward or northward by the end of the week over the eastern tropical Atlantic.”
BusinessMotley FoolSocial Security's Historic 2023 COLA Comes With a Silver Lining
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is the biggest announcement of the year The easiest way to think of Social Security's COLA is as a mechanism to account for the inflation -- i.e., rising price of goods and services -- program recipients are contending with. If retired workers rely on their Social Security income to buy a certain amount of goods and services, and those goods and services increase in price, ideally, we should see benefits rise by a complementary amount. COLA is simply the "raise" passed along most years to keep Social Security payouts on par with inflationary increases.
U.S.Associated PressHundreds of cars pack Nevada streets for illegal stunts
Thousands of people in hundreds of cars took over northern Nevada parking lots and intersections Friday night and into Saturday, performing stunts in souped-up vehicles and leading to crashes and arrests, police said. Police beefed up nighttime staffing after social media posts urged people from San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, to come to the “sideshow” in Reno, Police Lt. Michael Browett said. The disturbances started late Friday as several hundred cars and their occupants met in the parking lot of a still-open Walmart store.
U.S.LA TimesHackers release data after LAUSD refuses to pay ransom
Hackers released data from Los Angeles Unified School District on Saturday, a day after Supt. Alberto Carvalho said he would not negotiate with or pay a ransom to the criminal syndicate. The release of data came two days earlier than the deadline set by the syndicate that calls itself Vice Society — and happened in apparent response to what it took as Carvalho's final answer. "What I can tell you is that the demand — any demand — would be absurd," Carvalho told The Times on Friday.
WorldUkrayinska Pravda"For the first and last time": Ukrainian State Border Guards address conscripted Russians
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – SUNDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2022, 10:46 Ukrainian border guards have appealed to enlisted Russians, urging them not to enter Ukraine. Source: Press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Details: "For the first and last time," the message immediately emphasises. The border guards addressed the representatives of Russia in their language.
WorldReutersU.S. and Turkish officials discuss Ukraine and NATO in unannounced meeting
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday and discussed "progress on NATO accession for Finland and Sweden", the White House said in a statement. The two, whose meeting was unannounced to the media beforehand, also discussed Turkey's condemnation of Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory. Turkey, a NATO member, has conducted a diplomatic balancing act since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“They give voters the chance to hear candidate views. In their own words. In real time.”
“There is campaigning, and there is governing. Two different things. … In the end, it is governing that really matters.”
“We are in a crisis of democracy, and we need to be able to figure out how to disagree.”
“In very close races, small mistakes can prove decisive, or at least knock a campaign in the wrong direction for a few days.”
“The debates themselves are shaping up to be major campaign issues. It’s tedious, and it does not serve the voters.”