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fc 777 casino login Tory government would axe 'unsustainable' triple lock on pensions, shadow chancellor saysCalifornia Assemblyman David Tangipa and political commentator Arynne Wexler analyze Trump’s pick for attorney general and the path to Senate confirmation. President-elect Donald Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday to head up the U.S. Department of Justice in his second term—a swift decision but one met with little surprise among many in Trump's orbit. That's because Bondi, 59, has emerged as a close ally of the president-elect in recent years—including defending him in his impeachment proceedings, and more recently, in the run-up to Election Day, where she serves as the co-chair of the Center for Law and Justice at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) a think tank set up by former Trump staffers. Like former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general Thursday afternoon, Bondi is from Florida and is considered by many to be a staunch loyalist of the president-elect, dedicated to rooting out what the president-elect has described as the "weaponization" of the Justice Department. Beyond that, however, the two appear to have little in common. FLURRY OF PRE-ELECTION LEGAL CASES IS NOW 'STANDARDIZED' STRATEGY, EXPERTS SAY Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference while on a break from former President Donald Trump's hush money trial outside Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (Getty) A Florida native, Bondi has spent years as a prosecutor in the Sunshine State—spending 18 as a prosecutor in the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office before being elected in 2010 to serve as Florida's first female attorney general. More recently, Bondi has used her perch at AFPI to voice concerns about election security—a major issue that Republicans sought to emphasize as they filed a flurry of re-election lawsuits, mainly in major swing states. If confirmed, it is likely that Bondi will use her post to implement many of Trump's tough-on-crime policy proposals, including cracking down on cartels, fentanyl, trafficking and more. A website for Trump's Agenda47 called for policies such as extending the death penalty for human traffickers, ending welfare for migrants living in the U.S. illegally, and cracking down on violent crime in major cities, which Trump has described as having declined into "cesspools of bloodshed and crime." In the hours after her nomination, however, it remained unclear how—or whether—she planned to implement some of these proposals. One member of the Trump transition team pointed Fox News Digital to a widely circulated clip of CNN legal analyst Elie Honig highlighting Bondi's qualifications for the role. "Pam Bondi is, without a question, qualified to be attorney general," Honig said in the clip, calling her experience "on par with, or better than, most United States attorneys general that we've seen over the past 50 years or so." "Even CNN is fawning over her qualifications," a source familiar, who declined to be identified, told Fox News Digital. MATT GAETZ SAYS HE WILL NOT SERVE IN THE UPCOMING SESSION OF CONGRESS Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi displays a court order granting Trump's campaign more access to vote counting operations at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Those close to Bondi have praised her long record as a prosecutor, and her staunch loyalty to the president-elect, alongside whom she has worked since 2020—first, helping to represent him in his first impeachment trial, and currently in her post at AFPI. Bondi is "all about integrity and the proper application of justice and fairness," said Gianno Caldwell, the head of the Caldwell Institute of Public Safety, an organization designed to fight violent crime. Bondi serves on the advisory board of that group. "I think she's going to be able to root out a lot of the bad apples," Caldwell added. "And return the Justice Department to its traditional focus, which is law and order, and fighting crime." MIKE ROGERS REPLACING WRAY AS FBI DIRECTOR IS NOT HAPPENING, TRUMP ADVISER SAYS Pam Bondi, former attorney general of Florida, arrives at the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Like other top contenders for the role. Bondi has not been shy in going after Trump critics, including special counsel Jack Smith, who was tapped by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022 to investigate both an alleged effort by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and Trump's keeping of allegedly classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Smith appears to be winding down his investigation —a welcome relief for the president-elect, who had vowed as a candidate to fire him "within two seconds" after taking office. Still, Bondi has shared in Trump's criticisms, using a recent radio interview to describe Smith and his team of prosecutors as "horrible" people trying to make a name for themselves by "going after Donald Trump and weaponizing our legal system." "Attorney General nominee Bondi is looking forward to the confirmation process and answering any questions senators might have," said Alex Pfeiffer, a spokesman for the Trump transition team. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Bondi's life "has been dedicated to keeping Americans safe," he added. "She looks forward to continuing that work at the Department of Justice." Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.

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TORONTO - Charges have been stayed against five of the eight people accused in a shootout near a Toronto recording studio last month. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * TORONTO - Charges have been stayed against five of the eight people accused in a shootout near a Toronto recording studio last month. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? TORONTO – Charges have been stayed against five of the eight people accused in a shootout near a Toronto recording studio last month. Court documents show the charges were stayed Friday at the request of the prosecution. Police said last month that eight people were facing more than 30 firearms-related charges between them after two groups exchanged gunfire near Queen Street West and Sudbury Street the night of Nov. 11. They said three people got out of a stolen car and opened fire on a group outside a recording studio where dozens of people were attending a birthday party. Police said some in the group fired back at the three. No injuries were reported but police said several bullets struck an unmarked cruiser occupied by two officers who were in the area for an unrelated investigation. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Toronto police said Friday that their investigation continues and additional arrests are “anticipated” as investigators piece together what happened that night. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 6, 2024. AdvertisementWill Utah State or Boise State forfeit vs. San Jose State in the Mountain West semifinals?

Social media users said Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch will be arrested because of crypto scam. As people faced a huge loss after buying Hawk Tuah girl's cryptocurrency $HAWK, demands to arrest Hailey Welch were raised on social media. A law firm stepped up to assist victims who lost millions in the memecoin that crashed after the viral Hawk Tuah meme-fame girl launched it. Hailey Welch said they did not do any intentional wrongdoing. Many social media users debunked what she actually did and called it a scam. "Team hasn’t sold one token and not 1 KOL was given 1 free token. We tried to stop snipers as best we could through high fee’s in the start of launch on @MeteoraAG. Fee’s have now been dropped," Welch posted amid huge backlash. "Hailey I’m not even kidding when I say this, you are most likely going to prison," a social media user said. And several others threatened her with a lawsuit. What did the Hawk Tuah girl do? Hawk digital coin hit a a $490m market cap shortly after it launched on Wednesday, before suddenly losing more than 95% of its value within hours. YouTube cryptocurrency investigator Coffeezilla accused Welch of scamming investors with a "pump and dump" scheme where the people behind a coin hype up its price before launch, then sell it for profit. Welch said her team did not sell any of the tokens. Coffeezilla said Hailey Welch's team actually targeted her fans and exploited them as these fans are those who have never been involved in the crypto space and they did not target crypto bros because they would not buy her coin in all probability. "These people were unwilling to take any accountability" of the "Hawk Tuah scam", he claimed. In 2021, Kim Kardashian was fined $1.26m by US regulators after she failed to disclose that she had been paid to post an advert for a cryptocurrency scheme called EthereumMax. If Hailey Welch is sued and it's proved that she scammed her fans, she will be penalised but as of now claims that she would be going to jail are only social media speculations.Gerry Hutch has labelled the housing crisis “disgraceful” and vowed to prioritise homelessness if elected. The independent candidate, who is out on bail following an international investigation into money laundering by the Hutch Organised Crime Group , is standing in his native Dublin Central. When he encountered Newstalk ’s Henry McKean on Sheriff Street, close to where he grew up, Hutch said he wanted to help locals “as much as possible” and dismissed claims that his candidacy was not serious. “There’s no sense in running if you’re not going to be genuine and truthful,” he said. “If I get elected, I’ll do what I can.” When pressed what cause he would champion in Dáil Éireann, Hutch said would have one main priority. “ Homelessness , housing for the people - affordable housing,” he said. “People cannot get on the property ladder; we need affordable housing. “Someone who is starting to get on the property ladder has to be earning 120 grand a year. “It’s disgraceful; it’s not for the people around here.” Plenty of homes in Sheriff Street have Hutch No. 1 posters and the candidate said he is standing in response because of popular demand. “The people have asked me to run,” he said. “They’ve asked me to run over the years and, lately, they’ve pushed and pushed me - and I’m running.” In fact, Hutch said he only wished he got involved in politics sooner. “Maybe I should have run as a politician when I was 20,” he said. “I’m coming out of semi-retirement to do this for the people. “I could just chill out and not do it but they’re pushing me into it.” Other high profile candidates in the constituency include Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald, Fine Gael Minister Paschal Donohoe, Gary Gannon of the Social Democrats, Neasa Hourigan of the Greens and former Dublin MEP Clare Daly. You can find out who is most likely to take the constituency’s four seats by listening to Newstalk ’s Calling It podcast with Ivan Yates and Seán Defoe. You can listen back here: Main image shows Gerry Hutch. Picture by: RollingNews.ieThe 7-4 Ravens travel to LA and face off against the 7-3 Chargers in a dual between brothers, as Baltimore will be without Roquan Smith for tonight’s game. This game also has massive revenge narratives for more than a few former Ravens, as the Chargers have many on the roster. This extends to their coaching staff and ownership with their general manager. Baltimore will look to rebound after a tough divisional loss, as the Chargers are coming off a thrilling close win last Sunday night. Roquan Smith Ruled Out Due to Hamstring Injury Ravens’ All-Pro linebacker Roquan Smith, who is questionable for tonight’s game due to a hamstring injury, is unlikely to play vs. the Chargers, per sources. Smith has not missed a game as a Raven because of injury. pic.twitter.com/sz2kT28F8i — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 25, 2024 According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Roquan Smith will be out tonight for the Baltimore Ravens due to a hamstring injury. The star linebacker and team-leading tackler was out of practice all week after suffering his injury late in the game last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers in week 11. This may be a potential high-scoring affair if the Ravens offense shows up tonight against a tough Chargers defense that struggled against the Cincinnati Bengals last week . Even in an away game, Baltimore normally does well on Monday night matchups like in Tampa a few weeks ago. The Chargers boast a top-10 run defense and are 11th best against the pass, while the Ravens are a bottom unit against the pass. Baltimore will need Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, and Todd Monken to really cook it up tonight to keep pace with a surging Chargers offense that has been efficient recently. Ladd McConkey is slated to play after being limited due to a shoulder injury he suffered last week. Kyle Hamilton Key in Pivotal AFC Matchup vs. Chargers With no Smith, who normally has the green dot for communication on defense, Kyle Hamilton is slated to take the role. Hamilton playing more linebacker will likely have Marcus Williams back in the lineup after he was benched and Eddie Jackson was released. Ar’Darius Washington, who has seen more looks as their starting safety, will likely contribute to defending the slot as a nickel defender with Arthur Maulet also out. It is a concern since Zach Orr’s defense has had communication breakdowns pretty regularly all year. However, they are coming off their best defensive output last week. Trenton Simpson also gets a bigger role as their starting inside linebacker, with Malik Harrison and Chris Board seeing more looks on defense. The Baltimore Ravens’ interior against the run and pass has been a weakness, so Chargers’ Will Dissly may have a big game tonight. Tight ends have been exploiting Baltimore’s defense all season and will have to clean it up in the backend with no Smith. Final Thoughts on the Baltimore Ravens Defense for MNF The clash between Jim and John Harbaugh tonight will likely have fireworks from the passing game on both sides. However, with this injury news, the top Ravens rushing defense that ranks second takes a massive hit, as Jim will want to establish the run early and often to set the tone with former Ravens J.K. Dobbins/ Gus Edwards. This will be a physical matchup between two AFC contenders that look to make noise in the playoffs, so stakes are on the line in the Harbaugh Bowl at So-Fi Stadium. The struggling Ravens defense that had its best game as a unit last week faces a tough task tonight in a primetime spot against Justin Herbert and company. While Smith hasn’t been playing as well as last year, Baltimore is without its captain on defense for tonight’s game. This might be a must-win for the Baltimore Ravens, as they get the 9-2 Philadelphia Eagles next week and have to keep up with the Pittsburgh Steelers before their second matchup in week 15. This article first appeared on Total Apex Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump's hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. Trump said late Thursday he was tapping Rodney Scott, a former Border Patrol chief who’s been a vocal supporter of tougher enforcement measures, for CBP commissioner. As acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump said he had chosen Caleb Vitello, a career ICE official with more than 23 years in the agency. They will work with an immigration leadership team that includes South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security ; former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement head Tom Homan as border czar ; and immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff. Here's a closer look at the picks: Customs and Border Protection, with its roughly 60,000 employees, falls under the Department of Homeland Security. It includes the Border Patrol, which Scott led during Trump's first term, and is essentially responsible for protecting the country's borders while facilitating trade and travel. Scott comes to the job firmly from the Border Patrol side of the house. He became an agent in 1992 and spent much of his career in San Diego. When he joined the agency, San Diego was by far the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. Traffic plummeted after the government dramatically increased enforcement there, but critics note the effort pushed people to remote parts of California and Arizona. San Diego was also where wall construction began in the 1990s, which shaped Scott’s belief that barriers work. He was named San Diego sector chief in 2017. When he was appointed head of the border agency in January 2020, he enthusiastically embraced Trump's policies. “He’s well known. He does know these issues and obviously is trusted by the administration," said Gil Kerlikowske, the CBP commissioner under the Obama administration. Kerlikowske took issue with some of Scott's past actions, including his refusal to fall in line with a Biden administration directive to stop using terms like “illegal alien” in favor of descriptions like “migrant,” and his decision as San Diego sector chief to fire tear gas into Mexico to disperse protesters. “You don’t launch projectiles into a foreign country," Kerlikowske said. At the time Scott defended the agents’ decisions , saying they were being assaulted by “a hail of rocks.” While Trump's focus may be on illegal immigration and security along the U.S.-Mexico border, Kerlikowske also stressed the other parts of CBP's mission. The agency is responsible for securing trade and international travel at airports, ports and land crossings around the country. Whoever runs the agency has to make sure that billions of dollars worth of trade and millions of passengers move swiftly and safely into and out of the country. And if Trump makes good on promises to ratchet up tariffs on Mexico, China and Canada, CBP will play an integral role in enforcing them. “There’s a huge amount of other responsibility on trade, on tourism, on cyber that take a significant amount of time and have a huge impact on the economy if it’s not done right," Kerlikowske said. After being forced out under the Biden administration, Scott has been a vocal supporter of Trump's hard-line immigration agenda. He has appeared frequently on Fox News and testified in Congress. He's also a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. In a 2023 interview with The Associated Press, he advocated for a return to Trump-era immigration policies and more pressure on Mexico to enforce immigration on its side of the border. Vitello will take over as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency responsible for arresting and deporting migrants in the U.S. illegally. A career ICE official, he most recently was the assistant director for firearms and tactical programs. He’s also served on the National Security Council and held positions at ICE directly related to the agency’s enforcement operations. That will be key as the agency attempts to ramp up efforts to find and remove people in the country illegally. ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed leader in years. “I know Caleb Vitello very well. He’s a consummate professional, cares about the mission,” said Jason Houser, a former chief of staff at ICE under the Biden administration. “He’s probably one of the smartest guys" on enforcement and removal operations, Houser said. Houser also noted the challenges that come with the job. There are a limited number of enforcement and removal officers — the people who actually track down migrants and remove them from the country. And there’s more than a million people with final orders of removal, meaning they’ve gone through the immigration process and been found to have no right to stay in America. But the problem is that many of them come from countries to which it’s very difficult to deport people, such as Venezuela or Cuba, Houser said. Houser said he anticipates that another arm of ICE, called Homeland Security Investigations, will be pulled in more to help with efforts to remove migrants through things like worksite enforcement. Currently HSI investigates anything with a connection to the border, which can mean human trafficking and human smuggling, counterterrorism or cybercrime, he said. Trump announced Anthony W. Salisbury as the deputy homeland security adviser. Salisbury is currently the special agent in charge of the HSI office in Miami. He has held key positions in Mexico City and overseeing money-laundering investigations. Separately, Trump announced he was sending the former head of the Border Patrol Union, Brandon Judd, to Chile as ambassador.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space Thursday with two more to go. The pair rocketed into orbit on June 5 , the first to ride Boeing's new Starliner crew capsule on what was supposed to be a weeklong test flight. They arrived at the International Space Station the next day, only after overcoming a cascade of thruster failures and helium leaks . NASA deemed the capsule too risky for a return flight, so it will be February before their long and trying mission comes to a close. While NASA managers bristle at calling them stuck or stranded, the two retired Navy captains shrug off the description of their plight. They insist they're fine and accepting of their fate. Wilmore views it as a detour of sorts: "We're just on a different path." NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo June 5 as they head to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their liftoff on the Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. "I like everything about being up here," Williams told students Wednesday from an elementary school named for her in Needham, Massachusetts, her hometown. "Just living in space is super fun." Both astronauts lived up there before, so they quickly became full-fledged members of the crew, helping with science experiments and chores like fixing a broken toilet, vacuuming the air vents and watering the plants. Williams took over as station commander in September. "Mindset does go a long way," Wilmore said in response to a question from Nashville first graders in October. He's from Mount Juliet, Tennessee. "I don't look at these situations in life as being downers." Boeing flew its Starliner capsule home empty in September, and NASA moved Wilmore and Williams to a SpaceX flight not due back until late February. Two other astronauts were bumped to make room and to keep to a six-month schedule for crew rotations. Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose for a portrait June 13 inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Like other station crews, Wilmore and Williams trained for spacewalks and any unexpected situations that might arise. "When the crews go up, they know they could be there for up to a year," NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free said. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio found that out the hard way when the Russian Space Agency had to rush up a replacement capsule for him and two cosmonauts in 2023, pushing their six-month mission to just past a year. Boeing said this week that input from Wilmore and Williams was "invaluable" in the ongoing inquiry of what went wrong. The company said it is preparing for Starliner's next flight but declined to comment on when it might launch again. NASA also has high praise for the pair. "Whether it was luck or whether it was selection, they were great folks to have for this mission," NASA's chief health and medical officer, Dr. JD Polk, said during an interview with The Associated Press. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 71 flight engineers, make pizza Sept. 9 aboard the International Space Station's galley located inside the Unity module. Items are attached to the galley using tape and Velcro to keep them from flying away in the microgravity environment. On top of everything else, Williams, 59, had to deal with "rumors," as she calls them, of serious weight loss. She insists her weight is the same as it was on launch day, which Polk confirms. During Wednesday's student chat, Williams said she didn't have much of an appetite when she first arrived in space. But now she's "super hungry" and eating three meals a day plus snacks, while logging the required two hours of daily exercise. Williams, a distance runner, uses the space station treadmill to support races in her home state. She competed in Cape Cod's 7-mile Falmouth Road Race in August. She ran the 2007 Boston Marathon up there as well. She has a New England Patriots shirt with her for game days, as well as a Red Sox spring training shirt. "Hopefully I'll be home before that happens — but you never know," she said in November. Husband Michael Williams, a retired federal marshal and former Navy aviator, is caring for their dogs back home in Houston. As for Wilmore, 61, he's missing his younger daughter's senior year in high school and his older daughter's theater productions in college. The astronauts in the video seemed to be in good spirits with one stating, “It’s gonna be delicious.” (Scripps News) "We can't deny that being unexpectedly separated, especially during the holidays when the entire family gets together, brings increased yearnings to share the time and events together," his wife, Deanna Wilmore, told the AP in a text this week. Her husband "has it worse than us" since he's confined to the space station and can only connect via video for short periods. "We are certainly looking forward to February!!" she wrote. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) NASA astronaut Nick Hague, left, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, left, gives a thumbs up as they leave the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Launch Complex 40 for a mission to the International Space Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 at Cape Canaveral, Fla., (AP Photo/John Raoux) NASA astronaut Nick Hague, right, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov leave the Operations and Checkout building for a trip to the launch pad 40 Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) NASA astronaut Nick Hague, right, talks to his family members as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov looks on after leaving the Operations and Checkout building for a trip to the launch pad 40 Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Two astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) In this image from video provided by NASA, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, left, and astronaut Nick Hague travel inside a SpaceX capsule en route to the International Space Station after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (NASA via AP) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of two astronauts, lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of two lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) The Falcon 9's first stage booster returns to Landing Zone 1 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of two lifts off from launch pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Get local news delivered to your inbox!

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Become a Member The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is a famous destination for art enthusiasts, so it should come as no surprise that those on its staff are some of the biggest art lovers to pass through its galleries and corridors every day of the week (except Wednesdays). “There’s definitely a community around art in the museum that’s different from other places,” Amanda Rothschild, an employee in the museum’s technology department, told Hyperallergic on Tuesday afternoon, November 26. Her work is among the nearly 700 included in Art Work: Artists Working at The Met , a sweeping survey spotlighting the talents and creativity of The Met’s staff. Like many of her colleagues, Rothschild took a moment in her workday to peruse the show, which features her 2020 painting of a sink in a Greenpoint coffee shop. Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic. Daily Weekly Opportunities On view in Gallery 199 through December 1, the show is part of a biannual Met tradition since 1935, but this is only the second time it has been open to the public . And much like the museum’s own encyclopedic collection, it is a hodgepodge of paintings, embroidery, ceramics, digital art, etchings, and even taxidermy by 640 staffers across every department in the museum, from librarians, conservators, and technicians to security staff and volunteers. Exhibition Design Manager Daniel Kershaw, who has overseen the installation of the show for the last three decades, told Hyperallergic that this year’s edition has nearly double the works of past exhibitions. “Because of the amount of press that it got last time and the opportunity for the public to see it, everybody decided that they want to put something in,” Kershaw said. 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WASHINGTON (AP) — The chair of the Democratic National Committee informed party leaders on Monday that the DNC will choose his successor in February, an election that will speak volumes about how the party wants to present itself during four more years of Donald Trump in the White House. Jaime Harrison, in a letter to members of the party’s powerful Rules & Bylaws Committee, outlined the process of how the party will elect its new chair. Harrison said in the letter that the committee will host four candidate forums — some in person and some virtually — in January, with the final election on Feb. 1 during the party’s winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. The race to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, while an insular party affair, will come days after Trump is inaugurated for a second term. Democrats' selection of a leader after Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 loss will be a key starting point as the party starts to move forward, including addressing any structural problems and determining how to oppose Trump. Members of the Rules & Bylaws Committee will meet on Dec. 12 to establish the rules for these elections, which beyond the chair position will include top party roles like vice chairs, treasurer, secretary and national finance chair. The committee will also use that meeting to decide the requirements for gaining access to the ballot for those top party roles. In 2021, candidates were required to submit a nominating statement that included signatures from 40 DNC members and that will likely be the same standard for the 2025 campaigns. “The DNC is committed to running a transparent, equitable, and impartial election for the next generation of leadership to guide the party forward,” Harrison said in a statement. “Electing the Chair and DNC officers is one of the most important responsibilities of the DNC Membership, and our staff will run an inclusive and transparent process that gives members the opportunity to get to know the candidates as they prepare to cast their votes.” Two Democrats have announced campaigns for chair: Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and a vice chair of the national party, and Martin O’Malley, the former Maryland governor and current commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Other top Democrats are either considering a run to succeed Harrison or are being pushed by party insiders, including former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke; Michael Blake, a former vice chair of the party; Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin; Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan and a former Chicago mayor; Rep. Mallory McMorrow, majority whip of the Michigan Senate, and Chuck Rocha, a longtime Democratic strategist. The next chair of the committee will be tasked with rebuilding a party demoralized by a second Trump victory. They will also oversee the party’s 2028 nominating process, a complex and contentious exercise that will make the chair central to the next presidential election. Harrison, of South Carolina, made clear in his letter to the rules committee that the four forums hosted by the party would be live streamed and the party would give grassroots Democrats across the country the ability to engage with the process through those events. He also said he intends to remain neutral during the chair election.DZS Inc. director Matthew Bross acquires $875 in common stockFERGUS FALLS, Minn. — A jury convicted two men on Friday of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border during a 2022 blizzard. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, an Indian national who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” and Steve Shand, 50, an American from Florida, were part of a sophisticated illegal operation that has brought increasing numbers of Indians into the U.S., prosecutors said. They were each convicted on four counts related to human smuggling, including conspiracy to bring migrants into the country illegally. “This trial exposed the unthinkable cruelty of human smuggling and of those criminal organizations that value profit and greed over humanity,” Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said. “To earn a few thousand dollars, these traffickers put men, women and children in extraordinary peril leading to the horrific and tragic deaths of an entire family. Because of this unimaginable greed, a father, a mother and two children froze to death in sub-zero temperatures on the Minnesota-Canadian border,” Luger added. The most serious counts carry maximum sentences of up to 20 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office told The Associated Press before the trial. But federal sentencing guidelines rely on complicated formulas. Luger said Friday that various factors will be considered in determining what sentences prosecutors will recommend. Federal prosecutors said 39-year-old Jagdish Patel; his wife, Vaishaliben, who was in her mid-30s; their 11-year-old daughter, Vihangi; and 3-year-old son, Dharmik, froze to death Jan. 19, 2022, while trying to cross the border into Minnesota in a scheme Patel and Shand organized. Patel is a common Indian surname, and the victims were not related to Harshkumar Patel. The couple were schoolteachers, local news reports said. The family was fairly well off by local standards, living in a well-kept, two-story house with a front patio and a wide veranda. Experts say illegal immigration from India is driven by everything from political repression to a dysfunctional American immigration system that can take years, if not decades, to navigate legally. Much is rooted in economics and how even low-wage jobs in the West can ignite hopes for a better life. Before the jury’s conviction on Friday, the federal trial in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, saw testimony from an alleged participant in the smuggling ring, a survivor of the treacherous journey across the northern border, border patrol agents and forensic experts. Defense attorneys were pitted against each other, with Shand’s team arguing that he was unwittingly roped into the scheme by Patel. Patel’s lawyers, The Canadian Press reported, said their client had been misidentified. They said “Dirty Hary,” the alleged nickname for Patel found in Shand’s phone, is a different person. Bank records and witness testimony from those who encountered Shand near the border didn’t tie him to the crime, they added. Prosecutors said Patel coordinated the operation while Shand was a driver. Shand was to pick up 11 Indian migrants on the Minnesota side of the border, prosecutors said. Only seven survived the foot crossing. Canadian authorities found two parents and their young children later that morning, dead from the cold. The trial included an inside account of how the international smuggling ring allegedly works and who it targets. Rajinder Singh, 51, testified that he made over $400,000 smuggling over 500 people through the same network that included Patel and Shand. Singh said most of the people he smuggled came from Gujarat state. He said the migrants would often pay smugglers about $100,000 to get them from India to the U.S., where they would work to pay off their debts at low-wage jobs in cities around the country. Singh said the smugglers would run their finances through “hawala,” an informal money transfer system that relies on trust. The pipeline of illegal immigration from India has long existed but has increased sharply along the U.S.-Canada border. The U.S. Border Patrol arrested more than 14,000 Indians on the Canadian border in the year ending Sept. 30, which amounted to 60% of all arrests along that border and more than 10 times the number two years ago. By 2022, the Pew Research Center estimates more than 725,000 Indians were living illegally in the U.S., behind only Mexicans and El Salvadorans.