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• usnews.com2 hour(s) ago
• Man Sentenced to 36 Years for Sex Trafficking, Other Charges
• LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Kentucky man to 36 years in prison on charges that included the sex trafficking of three victims, authorities said. Prince Bixler, 41, of Lexington also was ordered on Wednesday to have 10 years of supervised release and to pay $333,100 in restitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Bixler was convicted last year of 15 felonies related to an extensive and violent sex and drug trafficking operation, the statement said. He forced young, drug-addicted women to prostitute and...
• CNBC3 hour(s) ago
• The smallest business owners are excited and confused by PPP rules as priority window opens
• Sinelia Louis will finally be eligible to apply for a PPP loan due to changes by the Biden administration that allow access for non-citizen small business owners.Sinelia Louis When Sinelia Louis, 50, heard about the recent changes to the Small Business Administrations Paycheck Protection Program, she felt like her prayers had been answered. I was cleaning, and I said, Thank God, said Louis. That gives me some hope to keep going, some hope that my business will not die right here, right now. Louis runs Caregivers Company LLC, a home-care...
• CNBC3 hour(s) ago
• Robinhood offers blistering retort to 'elitist' criticisms from Munger
• Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Robinhood fired back at Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger, who earlier this week said the free-trading app was having a regrettable impact on investors. The longtime business partner of Warren Buffett on Wednesday addressed the running controversy over Robinhood and similar applications, noting dangers from the allure of easy, free trading. No one should believe Robinhood trades are free, Munger, 97, said. The frenzy is fed by people who are getting commissions and other revenues out of this new bunch of gamblers....
• abc7chicago.com3 hour(s) ago
• Arlington International Racecourse redevelopment ideas span from new Bears stadium to Ravinia-style concert venue: report
• ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- After news broke Tuesday that Arlington International Racecourse was being sold, ideas began to be floated about what to do next with the facility.The horse racing tracks owners said they hope to sell the land to a developer and transfer the racing license to a different location in Illinois.RELATED: Arlington Park racecourse reopens with restrictions; weekend events quickly sell outEMBED More News Videos Arlington Park racecourse reopened Thursday with restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and its weekend events quickly sold out. It was a sad...
• abc7news.com4 hour(s) ago
• 4 dogs need loving home after owners die of COVID-19
• NEW YORK -- There is an urgent search to help find a new home for four dogs on Long Island after their owners died from COVID-19.The Nassau County SPCA hopes to keep Oliver, Winston, Isabelle and Izzy all together.The crew consists of two black labs, a boy and a girl, ages 5 and 6, a possible female Chihuahua mix that is 6 and a 5-year-old male boxer.The dogs owner was hospitalized with coronavirus while her father, who was also battling the virus himself, was home caring for the dogs.However, the...
• dailycaller.com4 hour(s) ago
• Man Who Used Physical Abuse, Severe Drug Addictions To Maintain Violent Human Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 36 Years In Prison
• A Lexington, Kentucky, man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a sex trafficking scheme that also included drug and firearm trafficking in the area. 41-year-old Prince Bixler was sentenced to 36 years in prison after he was convicted of 15 federal felonies which included sex trafficking by force and coercion and witness tampering, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. Bixler was found guilty in September of 2020 following a seven-day trial and seven hours of deliberations from the jury, the Lexington Herald Leader reported. Bixler reportedly coerced...
• CNBC6 hour(s) ago
• The wealthy are borrowing billions against their art collections and lenders are reselling the debt
• VIDEO1:5101:51How art lending become big business for private banksThe Exchange More and more wealthy art collectors are cashing in on low interest rates to borrow against their Picassos and Basquiats, adding to risks of a leveraged boom and bust in the art market. The Fine Art Group, an art advisory and finance firm, said loan requests surged by 30% in 2020 compared with 2019 as collectors sought to borrow against their collections to invest in more art or other businesses. Bank of America, a leading art lender, saw its art...
• the-sun.com7 hour(s) ago
• How old is the Earth?
• PLANET Earth is home to an incredible one trillion species - with human beings making up 7.8 billion of the worlds population. But just how old is the Earth - and how was it created? 7The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years oldCredit: Alamy How old is the Earth? Planet Earth is thought to be around 4.54 billion years old - an estimate made from measuring radioactive decay in isotopes - but with 50 million years room for error either side. Some rocks in northern Canada have been radio dated...
• usnews.com11 hour(s) ago
• BLM Launches Survival Fund Amid Federal COVID-19 Relief Wait
• By AARON MORRISON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is formally expanding a $3 million financial relief fund that it quietly launched earlier this month, to help people struggling to make ends meet during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The foundation, which grew out of the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement nearly eight years ago, said Thursday that it plans to make up to 3,000 microgrants of $1,000 each to people who it believes need it most. The BLM foundation has already...
• wtop.com11 hour(s) ago
• BLM launches Survival Fund amid federal COVID-19 relief wait
• NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is formally expanding a $3 million financial relief fund that it quietly launched earlier this month, to help people struggling to make ends meet during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The foundation, which grew out of the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement nearly eight years ago, said Thursday that it plans to make up to 3,000 microgrants of $1,000 each to people who it believes need it most. The BLM foundation has already begun asking recipients to apply...
• newsbrig.com12 hour(s) ago
• Boris Johnson to chair new strategy committee tasked with saving the Union
• Boris Johnson A new Cabinet committee tasked with saving the Union will meet for the first time next week, as Boris Johnson draws up new plans to combat the growing momentum for Scottish independence. Senior Government sources have confirmed the Prime Minister will chair the committee, which will shape the strategy for preventing the breakup of the UK. They also signalled that he is considering how new post-Brexit spending powers could allow the UK Government to intervene in areas that are devolved and controlled by the SNP administration. The new...
• breitbart.com18 hour(s) ago
• Ken Blackwell: Black Inventors Are Often Overlooked In American History
• Each year, Black History Month allows us to reflect on so many great Black Americans who’ve contributed to the success of our nation. We reflect on the contributions of many well-known and not so well-known Black Americans. As we come to the end of another Black History Month, it’s critical that we draw more attention to one group that has not gotten nearly enough attention – the Black inventor. Thousands of African American inventors have transformed America. Black inventors have created groundbreaking products for centuries ranging from Lewis Lattimer, who helped construct a commercially...
• abc7.com19 hour(s) ago
• ABC7 Solutions: Outdoor Learning Park offers make-shift classroom environment during pandemic
• WATTS (KABC) -- When COVID closed their classrooms, these students just took the classroom to the park! Theyre learning and playing... and making school fun again. Its a successful solution in that might stay even after the pandemic.There is hope in the Watts Community; a make-shift oasis of learning and play. Its for children who may very well have been lost in the shuffle of online classes during the pandemic...in a neighborhood that was already struggling with poverty and a lack of resources.At home I was not paying attention too...
• cbslocal.com19 hour(s) ago
• Black History Is Our History: Bishop Mitchell Taylor Takes On Racial Wealth Gap Created By Redlining With Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union
• NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – For decades, government policies denied African Americans access to credit, and according to the Federal Reserve Bank, white families in the U.S. are ten times wealthier than Black families. As part of Black History Month, we’re highlighting one bank working to overcome inequities. READ MORE: Black History Is Our History: MLB Working To Incorporate Negro League Stats Into Official Record Eleven years ago, Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor co-founded the Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union right across from the Queensbridge Houses, where he grew up. It was...
• cbslocal.com22 hour(s) ago
• Local Company Gets Contract To Create Redevelopment Plans For Pimlico, Laurel Park
• BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Stadium Authority has awarded a contract to a local company to come up with plans to redevelop both Pimlico and Laurel Park. The contract, of just under $1 million, went to Ayers Saint Gross. The design for the redevelopment of both sites is expected to take two years. It will not interfere with the Preakness in May.
• dailycaller.com22 hour(s) ago
• New Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Position Created At Department of State
• Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released a statement Wednesday announcing the creation of a new Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CDIO) position. “The State Department has the honor of representing the American people to the world. To do that well, we must recruit and retain a workforce that truly reflects America. Diversity and inclusion make us stronger, smarter, more creative, and more innovative … Our diversity gives us a significant competitive advantage on the world stage,” the press statement read. .@POTUS, @VP, and I firmly believe that our diversity gives...
• usnews.com23 hour(s) ago
• Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
• By The Associated Press Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Feb. 23 The Index-Journal on the U.S. passing another grim COVID-19 milestone: 500,000-plus. That’s where the United States’ COVID-19 death toll stands. It’s a staggering figure, and one that Lakelands counties have contributed to, albeit thankfully on a smaller scale. As of this writing, Greenwood County’s death toll was 140, Abbeville’s was 28, Saluda was 37, Laurens tallied 135 and McCormick County had logged 16 deaths. Who would have thought that our great nation with its untold resources would...
• usnews.com23 hour(s) ago
• New Mexico Legislators Push for More Spending, Business Aid
• By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State legislators on Wednesday pushed for increased state spending on public education, health care and relief to businesses in a debate on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Democrat-led House opened deliberations on a $7.39 billion general fund spending plan for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. The budget bill would increase annual general fund spending by $332 million, or nearly 5% of current spending obligations. It includes a 1.5% pay raise for public employees in...
• wtop.com23 hour(s) ago
• Atlantic League to open May 27, play 120-game schedule
• YORK, Pa. (AP) — The independent Atlantic League plans to resume play with a 120-game schedule for each team starting May 27 after missing the 2020 season due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Atlantic League teams had played 140 games in past seasons. The eight-team league will be in its first season as a partner league of Major League Baseball, and its 23rd season overall. The Atlantic League has used rules experiments for MLB in the last. The expansion Gastonia Honey Hunters are slated to open at home on May...