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NEW YORK (AP) — Four New York City jail guards have been indicted for failing to intervene in an inmate's suicide attempt until it was too late to save the teenager from serious brain damage, authorities announced.
The correction captain and three correction officers waited nearly eight minutes before providing any assistance to 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano at the Rikers Island jail complex on Nov. 27, 2019, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said Monday.
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Four New York City jail guards have been indicted for failing to intervene in an inmate’s suicide attempt until it was too late to save the teenager from serious brain damage. Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark says the correction captain and three correction officers waited nearly eight minutes before providing any assistance to 18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano at the Rikers Island jail complex. The guards were arraigned Monday on charges of first- and second-degree reckless endangerment and official misconduct. The head of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association says the union will defend the officers vigorously. Feliciano has been in a hospital brain injury unit since the suicide attempt.
Israel’s Antiquities Authority says it has discovered a rare 1,850-year-old bronze zodiac coin during an underwater survey off the coastal city of Haifa. The coin bears the image of the zodiac sign Cancer behind a depiction of the moon goddess Luna. Experts said Monday the coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, under the rule of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius in the second century. The antiquities authority says it is the first time such a coin has been found off the Israeli coast.
The Port of Savannah saw record-breaking cargo volumes this past fiscal year amid a surge in imports and West Coast backlogs that prompted shippers to reroute goods to the East Coast. The Georgia Ports Authority said Tuesday that its docks in Savannah handled nearly 5.8 million container units of imports and exports in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That's an increase of 8% from a year ago, when Savannah exceeded 5 million container units for the first time. The executive director of Georgia's ports said the growth has been “stunning.” Savannah is scrambling to keep up with demand, with roughly 40 ships waiting offshore Tuesday.
The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler to a five-year, $17 million contract extension starting next season. General Manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the signing, saying the Swiss defenseman would make an annual average of $3.4 million with the two biggest paychecks in the first two years of the extension. Siegenthaler set career highs last season in games played (70), assists (13), points (14), shots (92), and in all-time, on-ice metrics. The 25-year-old led New Jersey defensemen in hits and ranked second in blocked shots. He was acquired from Washington in April 2021 for a draft pick.
A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution is set to receive a $2.5 billion loan from the Energy Department to build battery cell factories for electric vehicles in three states. The Energy Department says it has made a conditional commitment to lend the money to Ultium Cells. The loan could help Ultium finance three lithium-ion battery plants planned in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, bolstering Biden administration efforts to promote electric vehicles and reduce dependence on China for critical components. The director of Energy’s Loan Programs Office said Tuesday the loan would “help build a domestic supply chain to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended meeting a Russian oligarch with a KGB past. The British leader says that “as far as I am aware” no government business was discussed at the 2018 get-together. Johnson is facing questions about his relationship with Russia-born newspaper owner Evgeny Lebedev and his father, Alexander. The older man is a businessman and Cold War-era KGB officer. Johnson went to a party at Evgeny Lebedev’s Italian mansion that was also attended by Alexander Lebedev. Johnson, was British foreign secretary at the time but was not accompanied by any officials. Johnson said it was a “private, social occasion” and that “as far as I am aware, no government business was discussed.”
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Amazon is raising its Prime fees in Europe, the company told customers on Tuesday, days ahead of its second quarter earnings report. The move comes as Amazon aims to bolster its profits as consumers who were homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic pullback from online shopping. The company also faces increasing costs due to inflation, which is at its highest in 40 years. The new charges will take effect on September 15, when members renew their membership. In the UK, the price of an annual Prime membership will tick up from 79 to 95 pounds ($114.26). In Spain, the annual cost will go up nearly 14 euros to 49.90 ($50.54).
Top-seeded Anett Kontaveit cruised past Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Prague Open. The Estonian will next play unseeded Czech Lucie Havlickova. Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced by beating Russian Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-1. Fifth-seeded Alizé Cornet knocked out Anastasia Zakharova of Russia 6-2, 6-3. Unseeded Oksana Selekhmeteva of Russia upset fourth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 7-5, 6-4 while seventh-seeded Anastasia Potapova of Russia won 6-1, 6-2 over China’s Xinyu Wang.
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A former congressional candidate and Columbia lawyer is now South Carolina’s top federal prosecutor. Adair Ford Boroughs took over as the state’s U.S. attorney on Tuesday. President Joe Biden nominated Boroughs last month, and the U.S. Senate approved it by voice vote. The Barnwell County native is the second woman to serve in this role. The Stanford Law graduate previously worked for the Justice Department, was a private practice attorney and helped found a legal nonprofit in Charleston. She challenged Republican Rep. Joe Wilson in 2020 but lost by 13 percentage points.
In 2022, it seems overly obvious to say that the internet has become a defining force of everyday life, shaping our social lives, influencing politics and becoming the place in which most people interact. But despite it’s outsize influence, at times the internet still feels young, malleable …
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Coca-Cola posted higher-than-expected sales in the second quarter due to price increases and higher demand at theme parks and other venues. The Atlanta-based company said revenue grew 12% in the April-June period to $11.3 billion. That was well ahead of Wall Street forecasts. Coke said higher prices aren't yet impacting consumer demand. Coke's net income fell 28% to $1.9 billion for the quarter as it spent more on marketing and absorbed losses in Russia, where it halted sales in March. Excluding one-time items, Coke earned 70 cents per share in the quarter, also higher than analysts forecast.
Russia has announced it is acquiring the stock in an Arctic oil field now held by French and Norwegian companies. The Russian government said Tuesday it had approved a proposal for the Russian oil firm Zarubezhneft to acquire the stakes of TotalEnergies of France and Equinor of Norway in the Kharyaga project in the Arctic. The move gives Zarubezhneft 90% of the projects shares, and the balance are held by another Russian company. Financial terms and other details of the transactions weren’t disclosed. The acquisition is part of a divestment trend following foreign companies exiting the Russian market because of the country’s military action in Ukraine.
People infected with COVID-19 will no longer have to quarantine themselves in Austria if they don’t exhibit any symptoms. Austria's health minister said Tuesday the country is scrapping mandatory quarantine for people who have tested positive but don’t feel ill. Austrian news agency APA reported the new regulations will apply next month. Infected people still need to wear masks if they leave their homes unless they are outside or can keep a distance of at least two meters (six feet) from others. They are also not allowed to enter places catering to vulnerable people such as hospitals, nursing homes or facilities for the disabled.
In a bid to stoke nationalism and justify his policies, Mexico's president has increasingly taken to calling his opponents “traitors” and accused them of working for the foreign governments. The issue came to a head last week when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tried to side-step court challenges to one of his pet projects by declaring a tourist train line an issue of national security. Analyst Alejandro Hope said López Obrador is starting to sound like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling anyone who opposes him a foreign agent. Hope notes the accusations “are crossing dangerous lines.”
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The Los Angeles Sparks announced Tuesday they've parted ways with 6-foot-8 center Liz Cambage. The 30-year-old Cambage signed with Los Angeles on Feb. 15 as a free agent. She averaged 13.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 25 games this season. She was the second overall pick by the Tulsa Shock in 2011, but has played in only five WNBA seasons. The Australian sat out 2012 to prepare for the London Olympics and took a four-year hiatus from the league (2014-17) because she didn’t want to play in Tulsa. The franchise moved to Dallas in 2016 and she returned to the league in 2018. Cambage must now clear waivers before becoming a free agent.
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Those trying to beat the heat with some nice cold ice cream during the summer no longer have the Choco Taco to turn to, as Klondike has announced it’s discontinuing the treat. A company official said there has been a huge spike in demand for other products it makes and that, “A necessary but unfortunate part of this process is that we sometimes must discontinue products, even a beloved item like Choco Taco.”
LOS ANGELES — The parents of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, the 14-year-old girl accidentally killed in a Los Angeles police shooting in December, have filed a lawsuit against the city and the officer who fired the fatal shot.
Spain is easing requirements for foreign laborers to obtain work permits in an effort to bring thousands of undocumented workers into the official labor force. The bill is also aimed at trying to regulate jobs in understaffed sectors such as the hospitality industry and farm work. Tuesday's government decree makes it easier for Spanish employers to hire workers from their home countries and eases work permit requirements for workers already settled in Spain. There are an estimated 500,000 people working in Spain's underground economy.
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The Saudi-funded LIV Golf series is back in action in the United States, this time on a New Jersey course owned by former President Donald Trump. The rival league has added three more players in their 40s with Paul Casey, Henrik Stenson and Charles Howell III. The PGA Tour is holding its own this week. The Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit has Patrick Cantlay at No. 4 in the world. He's among five players from the top 20 in the world at Detroit Golf Club. The LPGA Tour goes to Scotland for the first of two weeks.
The Russian military has announced plans to hold wide-ranging drills in the country’s east, noting that it continues regular troop training despite the action in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise scheduled for Aug. 30-Sept. 5 will involve troops that would practice action at 13 firing ranges in the Eastern Military District. It added that units of Airborne Troops, long-range bombers and military cargo planes will also be involved in the war games. The ministry said troops from unspecified foreign countries will participate. Russian and Chinese troops took part in a series of joint military maneuvers last year, reflecting closer military ties between Moscow and Beijing.
South Carolina can continue enforcing its six-week abortion ban after a state judge on Tuesday denied a request to temporarily block it amid a legal battle. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and other plaintiffs had asked the judge for an injunction while their lawsuit challenging the ban moved through the courts. The lawsuit argues that the law violates the state constitution’s rights to privacy and equal protection. Many state restrictions have increased in the South since the Supreme Court last month overturned the federal right to the procedure.
Hundreds of supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied took to the streets to celebrate after the end of voting on a controversial new constitution that critics say could reverse hard-won democratic gains and entrench a presidential power grab. Tunisians awaited Tuesday for the official preliminary results of a constitutional referendum held a day earlier. The proposed constitution gives the office of the president all executive powers and removes key checks and balances. The power of Tunisia’s judiciary and parliament would be greatly reduced. Critics warn that Saied’s new political structure could pave the way to a new autocracy in the country. Still, Saied enjoys widespread popular support as many feel the new constitution will end a political deadlock.
Judge allows South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban to continue as Planned Parenthood suit goes through state's courts.
Millennials are known for changing jobs often, but how does that affect their retirement savings? That depends on several factors. Higher earnings and flexible working arrangements could help you save extra money that you could then divert toward retirement savings. You can also improve your retirement savings by leveraging benefits such as health insurance, education stipends and annual raises with a new employer. On the other hand, leaving a job before employer matches for your 401(k) accounts or company equity fully vests could hurt your savings. For these reasons, it’s a good idea to weigh the pros and cons before taking the leap.
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