Parkland school killer officially sentenced to life in prison
Parkland School Shooter Nicholas Cruz was officially sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. circuit judge Elizabeth Scherer convicted him on Wednesday of the 2018 murder of 14 students and three staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Scherer could not sentence him to death because the jury in his recently concluded trial could not unanimously agree that he deserved to be executed. Before Cruz was sentenced, parents and other relatives of Cruz’s victims spent two days telling him of their anger and hatred towards him. They called him evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.
SCSMoonves must pay $30.5 million for insider trading
SCS and its former president, Leslie Moonvewill pay $30.5 million under an agreement with the New York attorney general’s office, which claims that the leaders of the network conspired with a Los Angeles police captain to cover up the sexual assault allegations against Moonves. The streaming giant is required to pay $22 million to shareholders and another $6 million for sexual harassment and assault programs. Moonves will have to pay $2.5 millionwhich will benefit shareholders who New York The attorney general said they were kept in the dark because network leaders covered up the allegations.
USDA say more than $200 million will help meat processors grow
The Department of Agriculture announced more than $223 million in the form of grants and loans to help small and medium-sized meat processing plants grow. It’s part of a bigger $1 billion aimed at stimulating competition in the highly concentrated industry. This effort is expected to increase cattle and hog slaughter capacity by more than 500,000 head per year. It will also help poultry factories process nearly 34 million more birds while creating more than 1,100 jobs, mostly in the rural areas where the factories are located. The Biden administration wants to add meat processing capacity to give farmers and ranchers more options where they can sell their animals, while hopefully lowering prices for consumers by increasing competition.
Biden’s spending $4.5 billion to help reduce home heating costs
The Biden administration is doing $4.5 billion available through a home energy assistance program for low-income households to help reduce heating costs ahead of what is expected to be a brutal winter. The White House says the money will help more than 5 million families pay their heating and utility bills and can be used for home energy repairs. The Energy Department also indicates that it will start allocating $9 billion over the next 10 years for a program aimed at supporting the energy modernization of 1.6 million households. vice president Kamala Harris highlighted the energy programs at an event Wednesday at Boston.
Trump 2024 campaign prepares for post-midterm launch
Former president donald trump has teased another presidential run since before he left the White House. But the former president’s aides are now gearing up for a 2024 campaign that could be announced shortly after the midterms next week. Another campaign would be a remarkable turning point for any former president, let alone one who made history as the first to be impeached twice. He remains implicated in multiple and escalating criminal investigations, including investigations into classified information held at his Mar-a-Lago club and his efforts to pressure election officials to annul election results. of 2020.
The truce is concluded in Ethiopia brutal civil war
After two years of civil war, the Ethiopian government and leaders of the northern Tigray region agreed to end fighting on Wednesday in a deal that offered a way out of a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions of people. Senior officials from both sides shook hands and smiled after signing an agreement in South Africa to cease hostilities. The agreement came a day before the second anniversary of the start of the war, the November 3, 2020when the tensions between Prime Minister Abi Ahmad of Ethiopia and leaders in the Tigray region of the country erupted in violence.
Russia joins the grain agreement
Russia Wednesday joined an agreement allowing the shipment of Ukrainian grain across the Black Seaeasing uncertainty over the fate of a deal seen as crucial to preventing famine in other parts of the world. Moscow suspended its participation in the deal over the weekend after an attack on Russian warships in the Black Sea port Sevastopol that he blamed Ukraine. President Vladimir Poutine said that the agreement was linked to Ukraine ensure the safety of Russian ships. But Ukrainian officials have suggested that Russia had reconsidered after seeing that other parties had committed to continue with or without that of Moscow participation.
Hurricane Lisa hits Belize as it hits the ground
Hurricane Lisa was hitting parts of Belize as it made landfall on Wednesday as many residents took shelter from strong winds and the threat of flooding. As the storm hit the nation of around 400,000 people, streetlights fell, some houses lost their roofs and others collapsed. The storm, which is expected to bring dangerous conditions to several countries in the central Americamade landfall about 10 miles southwest of Belize city, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The Hurricane Center said the storm would cross Belize and cross the north Guatemala in the southeast Mexico by Thursday.
By wired sources
