Teacher, youth pastor working in 80s charged with child abuse

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Joey Chestnut unable to compete in Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest after signing with plant-based food company
The world’s greatest eater won’t be able to compete in the world’s greatest eating event.
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UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza
Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories to Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine, according to a new U.N. report. The annual report on Children in Armed Conflict, obtained on Tuesday by The Associated Press, reported “a shocking 21% increase in grave violations” against children under the age of 18 in an array of conflicts, also citing Congo, Burkina Faso, Somalia and Syria. For the first time, the U.N. report put Israeli forces on its blacklist of countries that violate children’s rights for the killing and maiming of children and attacking schools and hospitals.
Reuters
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes seeks to overturn fraud conviction
Lawyers for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and company President Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to overturn their convictions for defrauding investors in the failed blood testing startup, which was once valued at $9 billion. Amy Saharia, Holmes' lawyer, told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that Holmes believed she was telling the truth when she told investors that Theranos's miniature blood testing device could accurately run a broad array of medical diagnostic tests on a small amount of blood.
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14 sets of twins and one set of triplets graduate from the same high school class
The graduating class at this Florida high school will make you do a double — and triple — take.
AFP
Kyiv hopes Russia will attend second Ukraine peace summit
Ahead of the first summit on peace in Ukraine, Kyiv said Tuesday it wanted Russia to attend a second summit, to receive an internationally agreed roadmap towards ending the conflict.And we're looking for the possibility, in the second summit, to invite a representative of Russia, and together present this joint plan."
Reuters
Accenture names insider Angie Park as new CFO
Park, who has been with Accenture for nearly 30 years now, had previously served as the IT services provider's CFO for Accenture Technology Services and Investor Relations division. Accenture also announced other internal appointments, including its Chief Executive for Technology Karthik Narain, who will now take on the added role of chief technology officer from Sept. 1.
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Key witness at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez faces grueling day of cross-examination
The prosecution's prized turncoat witness at the bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was politely combative Tuesday as defense lawyers tried to poke holes in his testimony and portray him as a habitual liar. Jose Uribe spent a third day on the witness stand, a day after telling the jury that Menendez, a Democrat, took credit in 2020 for preventing New Jersey state investigations from affecting his insurance business. Prosecutors say Menendez used his power as a senator to help three New Jersey businessmen for five years beginning in 2018 in return for bribes of gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and a Mercedes-Benz.
AFP
European stocks retreat on political unease as Apple lifts Nasdaq to record
European stock markets and the euro tumbled Tuesday amid heightened political uncertainty following weekend election results that bolstered far-right parties, while a rally in Apple shares lifted US stocks to fresh records.US bourses also began cautiously, but picked up momentum thanks to a more than seven percent surge in Apple that lifted both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to records even as the Dow finished lower.
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Mexican peso weakens as next president vows to forge ahead with 20 reforms - and adds a couple more
The Mexican peso continued to weaken Tuesday as Mexico’s outgoing president — and his successor — vowed to forge ahead with some 20 c onstitutional changes that have rattled investors. Claudia Sheinbaum won this month’s presidential election. Sheinbaum claimed Tuesday that “investors have no reason to be concerned,” adding “to everyone who invests in Mexico, I say that (legal) certainty exists.”
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Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil after stroke
Linguist, activist and social critic Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil recovering from a massive stroke he had a year ago, she confirmed Tuesday. Valeria Chomsky said via email that her 95-year-old husband is in a Sao Paulo hospital, where she took him on an ambulance jet with two nurses once he could more easily travel from the United States following the June 2023 stroke.
Yahoo Finance
Walmart is winning over investors, but its growth story relies on three key e-commerce initiatives
Walmart has been a reliable stock performer — but it needs to grow its ecommerce to maximize its future potential.
TODAY
Raspberries have 1 major nutritional benefit over other berries, dietitians say
Red raspberries have a ton of nutritional benefits for your gut and heart health, dietitians say. Antioxidants, vitamins and minerals make them a healthy choice.
Politico
One of Hunter Biden’s jurors says his defense team made mistakes
In an initial straw poll, the jury was split 6-6 — but quickly reached consensus on a guilty verdict, the juror said.
AFP
Google to test AI phone theft features in Brazil
Google said Tuesday it has chosen Brazil, a country where nearly two cellphones are pilfered every minute, to test a new Artificial Intelligence system to automatically block stolen Android smartphones."Brazilian user feedback inspired these anti-theft features, and the country will be the first to test them out," said Google.
Associated Press
Trump's company: New Jersey golf club liquor license probe doesn't apply to ex-president
Former president Donald Trump is not the holder of liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf clubs, his company said Tuesday in response to an inquiry by the New Jersey attorney general's office into whether his convictions in a New York case might affect those licenses. The Trump Organization issued a statement Tuesday saying the former president is not an officer or director of any entity that holds a liquor license in New Jersey, or anywhere in the United States.
Reuters
Israel, Hamas, Sudan rivals added to UN list for killing children
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday named and shamed Israel's armed and security forces, Palestinian militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Sudan's warring parties for killing and maiming children in 2023, adding them to an annual global list of offenders for violations against children. In a report to the U.N. Security Council - seen by Reuters - Guterres also called out the armed forces of Israel and Sudan for attacking schools and hospitals and Hamas and Islamic Jihad for abducting children.
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Biden administration moves to ban medical debt from credit reports
The Biden administration is moving to ban medical debt from credit reports.
Associated Press
Mentally ill man charged in Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting can be forcibly medicated
A mentally ill man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services can be forcibly medicated, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruling upheld an order issued by a federal judge in 2022 allowing Robert Dear, 66, to be given medication for delusional disorder against his will to try to make him well enough to stand trial. Dear’s federal public defenders challenged the involuntary medication order by U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn in part because it allows force to also be potentially used to get Dear to take medication or undergo monitoring for any potential side effects to his physical health.
CNN
Federal judge blocks Florida’s ban on transgender care for adolescents
A federal district court has blocked Florida from enforcing a law that bans medical care for transgender children, calling it “unconstitutional.”
Associated Press
Biden administration seeks to wipe consumer medical debt off most credit reports with proposed rule
The Biden administration is pushing to prevent medical debt from being considered in most decisions made over whether someone qualifies to rent an apartment, buy a car or take on a mortgage. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it is planning a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports and prevent lenders from making decisions based on medical information. The proposed rule also would prevent lenders from repossessing medical devices like wheelchairs if people cannot repay a loan.

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