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Governor Hochul Calls for Swift Justice in Robert Brooks Homicide Case
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Governor Hochul Calls for Swift Justice in Robert Brooks Homicide Case

(WNY News Now) After the Onondaga County Medical Examiner declared Robert Brooks' death at Marcy Correctional Facility on December 9, 2024, to be a homicide, Governor Kathy Hochul of Albany, New York, released a statement. All New Yorkers were deeply shocked by the horrible murder of Robert Brooks. I think the legal process needs to proceed swiftly with the filing of criminal charges and the making of arrests now that the Onondaga County Medical Examiner has determined that Mr. Brooks' death was a homicide. I understand the necessity of establishing a strong prosecution to guarantee that those liable for Mr. Brooks' death are held to the highest standards of the law. The entire weight of our legal system must be applied to this abhorrent act of violence; Mr. Brooks' family should not have ...
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Some tariff concessions from Canada and Mexico touted by Trump lack substance, experts say
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Some tariff concessions from Canada and Mexico touted by Trump lack substance, experts say

President Donald Trump and his followers have praised his use of tariff threats to pressure Canada and Mexico into making concessions on border security and drug trafficking. However, some of the agreements reached by America's two biggest economic partners and key allies are not as significant as the hype suggests, according to experts. Trump predicted that the 25% tariffs on the two nations would go into effect on Tuesday when he announced them on Saturday. He claimed to have achieved a deal with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum by Monday, agreeing to send 10,000 Mexican national guard officers to the U.S. border to stop the flow of drugs and migrants into the country. Sheinbaum stated that she and the Trump administration had reached an agreement to form a bilateral working group to ...
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How Elon Musk’s access to Treasury system may impact Social Security, other government payments
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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How Elon Musk’s access to Treasury system may impact Social Security, other government payments

Democratic lawmakers and campaigners have criticized the Department of Government Efficiency, run by Elon Musknow, for having access to a government payment system that handles $6 trillion in federal payments annually, including Social Security and Medicare benefits. However, the Treasury Department stated in a recent letter to Congress that those benefit payments have not been postponed or redirected as a result of the recent event. According to reports last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave DOGE, an entity in the president's executive office, access to the government payment system. Finding strategies to save federal spending and boost government efficiency is the responsibility assigned to DOGE. Concerns regarding the implications for the continuation of federal funds and acce...
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Protesters across the U.S. decry Trump administration policies
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Protesters across the U.S. decry Trump administration policies

On Wednesday, thousands of protesters gathered outside a federal courtroom in Philadelphia and at state capitols in Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, and Indiana as part of a movement to protest the early actions of President Donald Trump's administration. Protesters held signs criticizing Trump, Project 2025, a hard-right blueprint for American culture and government, and billionaire Elon Musk, who heads Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency. Democracy cannot be watched from a distance! One Philadelphia protester held a sign that read, "Do something." For live coverage, click this link. The movement behind the protests was coordinated online under the hashtags #50501 (50 protests, 50 states, one day) and #buildtheresistance. Social media profiles and websites made calls to action, sta...
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U.S. military carrying about 100 undocumented Indian immigrants lands in India
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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U.S. military carrying about 100 undocumented Indian immigrants lands in India

According to a Reuters video, a U.S. military plane carrying scores of undocumented Indian people touched down in Northern India Wednesday morning. NBC News was informed by a defense official with firsthand knowledge of the matter that there were approximately 100 unauthorized Indian immigrants on board. The flight is one of the most recent deportations to use military aircraft. It follows an executive order that President Donald Trump signed last month allowing the military to play a part in border security and immigration enforcement. The Indian Embassy did not provide information about the deportation, but it did direct NBC News to remarks made by India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Shri. Randhir Jaiswal, at a media briefing last week. According to Jaiswal, the nation is ...
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Trump admin plans to use notorious Guantanamo detention facility and nearby tents to hold immigrants
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Trump admin plans to use notorious Guantanamo detention facility and nearby tents to hold immigrants

Washington Six people familiar with the plans told NBC News that the Trump administration's decision this week to detain some immigrants at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which was established after 9/11 to house prisoners accused of terrorism, is the first step in a larger plan to house more immigrants in the high-security prison rather than the low-level detention area for immigrants that was previously built. According to three people involved with the planning, the proposal is to extend the prison so that immigrants can be housed in partially constructed tent camps encircled by fencing in addition to the prison itself. A portion of the tent camps have been constructed, according to a person with knowledge of the planning. Last Wednesday, Trump declared that he would order the...
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Mattel says Barbies and Hot Wheels could soon get more expensive under Trump’s tariffs
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Mattel says Barbies and Hot Wheels could soon get more expensive under Trump’s tariffs

According to executives on Tuesday, Mattel may soon increase the cost of toys like Barbie and Hot Wheels in reaction to new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In order to lessen the impact of tariffs, the toy giant, which produces roughly 40% of its toys in China and fewer than 10% in Mexico, told analysts it will try to reorganize its supply chain, but it is also thinking about raising prices. During the company's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call, Anthony DiSilvestro, the finance head, stated, "We have a range of mitigating actions against the tariff." Leveraging Mattel's supply chains and possible price hikes are among such measures, he said. "We always keep consumers in mind when we consider pricing actions, and we do work closely with our retail partners to achieve the right...
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Chipotle downplays looming Trump tariffs, says only half of its avocados are from Mexico
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Chipotle downplays looming Trump tariffs, says only half of its avocados are from Mexico

Noting that just roughly half of its avocados come from Mexico, Chipotle Mexican Grills stated on Tuesday that it does not anticipate significant cost increases if tariffs on essential imported products take effect next month. President Donald Trump postponed his intentions to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico one day earlier. Restaurants would undoubtedly attempt to pass on the higher cost to their patrons if imports like avocados and meat were made more expensive after the one-month embargo. However, Chipotle management dismissed the concerns about tariffs during Tuesday's earnings conference call. Chief Financial Officer Adam Rymer estimates that Chipotle's cost of sales will increase by around 60 basis points, or 0.6 percentage points, if tariffs targeting China, Can...
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DOT Secretary says he spoke with Elon Musk on U.S. airspace reforms
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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DOT Secretary says he spoke with Elon Musk on U.S. airspace reforms

After a catastrophic crash last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he discussed the country's airspace reform with SpaceX CEO and Trump administration advisor Elon Musk. He also voiced worries about the military's use of helicopters in crowded airspace in Washington, D.C. I spoke with Elon Musk yesterday; he's a very amazing man. Duffy stated Wednesday at a road transportation event in Washington that although he thinks differently than I believe most of us do, he has access to the world's top engineers and technologists. Remaking our airspace is something we intend to undertake as soon as possible. A week after an Army Black Hawk chopper collided with an American Airlines regional airliner that was arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Duffy made these r...
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Trump expected to sign executive order banning trans women from women’s sports
6Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Trump expected to sign executive order banning trans women from women’s sports

An executive order banning transgender women from participating in women's sports is anticipated to be signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday. White House officials refer to the policy as the "No Men in Women's Sports Executive Order." Wednesday is the 39th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, which was established in 1987 to honor female athletes and encourage girls to play sports. The timing doesn't seem to be coincidental. Before the November elections, the topic of transgender women playing women's sports was a recurring and contentious one. Trump promised to keep men out of women's sports and referred to trans women as men both during and after his campaign. White House officials told reporters on a call Wednesday morning that they anticipate the word "transgender" ...
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