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Cash-starved Boeing, contending with massive financial losses from a crippling strike and years of operational and safety problems, is turning to major banks and Wall Street to raise tens of billions of dollars in cash. In a regulatory filing early Tuesday, the company announced plans to borrow $10 billion from a consortium of banks. It also separately announced plans to raise $25 billion by selling stock and debt. The company’s debt surged in the last six years as Boeing reported [core operating losses of more than $33 billion](https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/investing/boeings-losses-new-ceo/index.html). Its commercial airplane production has ground to a near halt by a [month-long strike](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/business/strike-boeing-vote-iam-751-hnk-intl/index.html) by 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists.
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Aid to several communities impacted by Hurricane Helene was temporarily paused in parts of North Carolina over the weekend due to reports of threats against Federal Emergency Management Agency responders, amid a [backdrop of misinformation](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/04/politics/misinformation-hurricane-helene/index.html) about responses to recent storms. Some FEMA operations were paused in Ashe County out of an abundance of caution Sunday, Ashe County Sheriff B. Phil Howell said on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ashesheriff). This includes in-person applications for aid in at least two locations “due to threats occurring in some counties,” according to the county’s [emergency management](https://www.facebook.com/AsheCountyEmergencyManagment/posts/pfbid02ZWdHQ7qSrLk8qX4UXxXfbzZwTfjihiUQAGiRi6D2sQPiHv9F8ryn9Fjfr7pAkHtml) office. That assistance is [expected](https://www.facebook.com/AsheCountyEmergencyManagment/posts/pfbid026uNtzDgC4TqdhAXQsa6r7QmeiSjGKcfUPjdD2vDauvszQi2EvViYzXvEXDafKQicl) to resume Monday.
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“We have your location. We will share it for the highest bidder,” one wrote to her. “I will cut your head off.” “Where do you want me to rape you?” another message read. More than 5,000 calls and messages bombarded Marzieh Hamidi’s phone in the days after the Afghan Taekwondo champion dared to suggest that her home country’s men’s cricket team didn’t represent her – **an athlete forced into exile by the Taliban’s ban on women’s sport**. “Taekwondo gives me more identity as a woman,” she told CNN, “to feel more powerful in society.” Hounded by death threats in Paris, where the 21-year-old refugee now lives under police protection, Hamidi has become a champion for equal rights for Afghan women. It’s a campaign waged disproportionately by the country’s female athletes. “**In Afghanistan, women are not allowed to be women**,” she added. “They do not exist.”
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Criminalizing [marital rape](https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/india/india-marital-rape-fight-to-criminalize-intl-hnk-dst/index.html) would be “excessively harsh,” the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a long-awaited Supreme Court decision that will affect hundreds of millions of people in India for generations. In India, it is not considered rape if a man forces sex or sexual acts on his wife, as long as she is over 18, due to an exception in a British colonial-era law. Most Western and common law jurisdictions have long since rectified this – Britain outlawed marital rape in 1991, for example, and it is illegal in all 50 US states. But across the world, about 40 countries do not have legislation that addresses the issue of marital rape – and among those that do, the penalties for non-consensual sex within marriage are “significantly lower” than other rape cases, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s [2021 State of World Population review.](https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/SoWP2021_Report_-_EN_web.3.21_0.pdf)
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Then-President Donald Trump’s claims in 2018 that the FBI would have full leeway to investigate sexual assault allegations about his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, appeared to confuse the agency, according to internal communications [cited in a Senate Democrat’s new report](https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KavanaughReport_final.pdf). The investigation into the allegations – which Kavanaugh has vehemently denied – was sought after an emotional hearing with his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, prompted some crucial senators to balk at confirming the nominee. The White House, however, instructed the FBI to only interview 10 witnesses, according to the report. **The FBI was also not given authority to seek out other witnesses who might have corroborating information, nor did it have permission to go beyond the specific subject areas outlined by the White House for questioning the witnesses**. --- 🗳️ **Register to vote:** https://vote.gov/
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Surely you must’ve read the article and understand the actual cause for concern. For example, from the article, 8 of the 10 most surveilled cities are in China:
According to an analysis by Comparitec, eight of the top 10 most surveilled cities in the world per capita are in China, where facial recognition is an inescapable part of daily life – from the facial scans required to register a new phone number, to facial recognition gates in some subway stations.
Where those cameras have been used in repressive ways:
In the far-western region of Xinjiang, Beijing has used cameras to monitor members of the Muslim-majority Uyghur population. And when unprecedented nationwide protests broke out in late 2022 against the government’s strict Covid policies, police used facial recognition along with other sophisticated surveillance tools to track down protesters, The New York Times found.
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… Though it consistently ranks among the world’s safest big cities, police in the Asian financial hub say the new cameras are needed to fight crime – and have raised the possibility of equipping them with powerful facial recognition and artificial intelligence tools. That’s sparked alarm among some experts who see it as [taking Hong Kong one step closer](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/china/hong-kong-second-national-security-law-passed-intl-hnk/index.html) to the pervasive surveillance systems of [mainland China,](https://www.cnn.com/world/china) warning of the technology’s repressive potential. Hong Kong police had previously set a target of installing 2,000 new surveillance cameras this year, and potentially more than that each subsequent year. The force plans to eventually introduce facial recognition to these cameras, security chief Chris Tang told local media in July – adding that police could use AI in the future to track down suspects.
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Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump’s book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges about a possible interview, **the publisher sent an unusual demand last week: an interview would cost $250,000.** In an email to CNN, Skyhorse Publishing sent a document labeled, “Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement” that laid out strict terms for an interview and use of material from the book, titled “Melania,” due to publish on October 8. On top of that, the agreement stipulated that “CNN shall pay a licensing fee of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000).” CNN did not sign the agreement. Days later, after a separate CNN journalist asked Skyhorse Publishing about the exorbitant interview fee, the publisher said it had sent the payment demand by mistake.
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Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city **discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics**, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing findings of an investigation into civil rights abuses. The Lexington Police Department “has created a system where officers can relentlessly violate the law” in one of the poorest counties in America, according to the Justice Department. Investigators found **police also sexually harassed women and kept people behind bars for minor offenses because they couldn’t afford to pay fines**. “Today’s findings show that the Lexington Police Department abandoned its sacred position of trust in the community by routinely violating the constitutional rights of those it was sworn to protect,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
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**_All districts are now required to promote abstinence, exclude consent, and remove any pictures of reproductive organs._** The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) has ordered local school districts to submit their sex education plans to the state for approval. The FLDOE has also said the classes must promote abstinence and cannot include discussion of contraception or pictures of reproductive health organs. The sex-ed takeover removes local discretion when it comes to district sex education classes and materials.
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**_“The most important red line has been crossed already. And that was when the Russians entered Ukraine,” Mette Frederiksen says._** Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called Monday for Ukraine’s allies to greenlight the use of donated weapons for long-range strikes against Russia. “My suggestion is, let us end the discussion about red lines,” Frederiksen [told Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-23/ukraine-use-of-weapons-in-russia-should-be-loosened-denmark-pm-frederiksen-says) in an interview that aired Monday. Ukraine’s benefactors had made a “mistake” by engaging in handwringing over Kyiv hitting targets inside Russia, she added, as doing so had given Moscow “too good a card in their hands.” Arms-donating countries, particularly the U.S., have set restrictions on Ukraine’s use of their weapons in long-range strikes, due to fears of being dragged further into a conflict with Russia.
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The US Commerce Department on Monday will propose a ban on the sale or import of smart vehicles that use specific Chinese or Russian technology because of national security concerns, according to US officials. A US government investigation that [began in February](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/29/politics/biden-administration-investigation-smart-cars-china/index.html) found a range of national security risks from embedded software and hardware from China and Russia in US vehicles, including the possibility of remote sabotage by hacking and the collection of personal data on drivers, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told reporters Sunday in a conference call. “In extreme situations, a foreign adversary could shut down or take control of all their vehicles operating in the United States, all at the same time, causing crashes (or) blocking roads,” she said.
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The Trump campaign continued to push false claims about [Haitian immigrants](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/us/springfield-ohio-haitians-immigration-cec/index.html) in Springfield, Ohio, **even after a top city leader told a campaign staffer for its vice presidential nominee ahead of this month’s presidential debate the rumors were “baseless,”** the city’s mayor said, confirming a [Wall Street Journal report](https://www.wsj.com/us-news/springfield-ohio-pet-eating-claims-haitian-migrants-04598d48). A staffer of vice presidential candidate JD Vance called Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck on September 9 and asked if there was any truth in rumors that Haitian immigrants were taking and eating pets in Springfield, Heck told the Journal. “He asked point-blank, ‘Are the rumors true of pets being taken and eaten?’” Heck told the outlet. “I told him no. There was no verifiable evidence or reports to show this was true. I told them these claims were baseless.” --- 🗳️ **Register to vote:** https://vote.gov/
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The Securities and Exchange Commission intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk over his failure to appear for testimony in an investigation related to his takeover of Twitter, now called X, the regulator said in a court filing Friday. Earlier this year, a [federal judge ordered](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/investing/elon-musk-twitter-shares-stake/index.html) Musk to testify as part of the SEC’s probe of the billionaire’s $44 billion acquisition. The agency is examining whether Musk followed the law when disclosing his purchases of Twitter stock and whether his statements in relation to the deal were misleading.
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Russia is “fully ready” for a conflict with NATO in the Arctic, the country's foreign minister warned. "We see NATO stepping up drills related to possible crises in the Arctic," Sergey Lavrov [said](https://tass.com/politics/1845497), according to Russian state media, in comments for a documentary series that were first reported Friday. “Our country is fully ready to defend its interests militarily, politically and from the standpoint of defense technologies," he added. His comments mark the latest round of saber-rattling by the Kremlin, which has [repeatedly](https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-attacking-nato-complete-nonsense/)... [threatened](https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-new-speech-ukraine-war-transnistria-nato/) ... [to](https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-threatens-retaliation-if-us-deploys-long-range-missiles-in-germany/) ... [unleash](https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-threaten-arm-west-enemy-with-long-range-missile/) ... [nuclear](https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-warns-finland-will-suffer-in-latest-saber-rattling/) ... [war](https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-dmitry-medvedev-ukraine-kyiv-war-giant-melted-spot-threat/) on NATO and its allies in recent years. **The Arctic is the northernmost point on Earth and includes territory belonging to eight nations: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Canada, the United States, Iceland and Russia. All except Russia are NATO members.**
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The [strike at Boeing](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/business/strike-boeing-vote-iam-751-hnk-intl/index.html) by 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists union, which reaches its seventh day today, has already cost the company and workers $572 million, according to an estimate from Anderson Economic Group. And the pace of losses will climb rapidly if there’s no settlement, as soon as the second week of the strike, said Patrick Anderson, the founder and president of the Michigan research firm, which has experience estimating the cost of economic disruptions like strikes.
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Microsoft said Tuesday that Russian operatives have in recent weeks intensified their online attacks on [Vice President Kamala Harris'](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/europe/vladimir-putin-kamala-harris-endorsement-intl/index.html) campaign by producing and disseminating videos promoting "outlandish conspiracy theories" aimed at stoking US racial and political divisions. One of the inauthentic videos, which Microsoft said had been viewed millions of times, claimed to show Harris supporters attacking an attendee of a Donald Trump rally. Another video falsely claimed that Harris paralyzed a young girl in a 2011 hit-and-run accident. Russian operatives promoted the latter story through a website pretending to be a local San Francisco media outlet, Microsoft researchers said. Both videos were still accessible on X as of Tuesday afternoon, with one post of the video garnering 1.5 million views on its own. CNN has requested comment from the social media platform. --- 🗳️ **Register to vote:** https://vote.gov/
Seven more public sites in Sydney, including a school, sports hub and supermarket, were exposed to asbestos, authorities said on Monday, as the contamination of the toxic material widened and officials rushed to remove it from public spaces. Traces of bonded asbestos in mulch have been found in 41 spots scattered across Australia's most populous city since early January when it was found in a playground. In response, the New South Wales state government has set up an asbestos task force to give more resources and support to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), in one of the agency's largest probes in decades. Authorities have so far cordoned off areas in parks, some in popular tourist spots, and closed two schools. Contaminated spots in other sites have been blocked from the public.
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Morale and trust within the Walt Disney World government has deteriorated since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took it over earlier this year, according to many employees who have departed in recent months saying the governing district has been politicized and cronyism now permeates the organization. More than 40 out of about 370 employees have left the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District since it was taken over in February, raising concerns that decades of institutional knowledge is departing with them, along with a reputation for a well-run government. “When I first joined the District, I found an organization that strived to be the very best at serving our community, sought the very best employees and valued those employees above all else,” a former facilities manager with three years of experience said in an employee exit survey last week. “I find myself leaving a completely different District. A District that prioritizes politics above all else and will gladly sacrifice its employees, its community and its work if there’s an opportunity to score political points.”
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The Archdiocese of Baltimore will end religious services at one of the city’s Catholic churches after its longtime pastor was recently suspended from ministry because he admitted to making a payment several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations. Last month, Father Paschal Morlino was dismissed from his position at St. Benedict Church in southwest Baltimore, where he served for nearly 40 years and became known for his efforts to help residents of poor neighborhoods surrounding the church. Few details about the 2018 complaint against Morlino have been released. Church officials have said they regarded “alleged sexual harassment of an adult man.” The complainant died in 2020 and a lawyer representing him in the case has declined to comment citing a non-disclosure agreement.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its infectious disease surveillance program at four major US airports to more than 30 pathogens, including flu, RSV and other respiratory viruses. The Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance program, led by CDC’s Travelers’ Health Branch, was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants and other pathogens through nasal swab and wastewater sample collection from arriving international travelers at US airports. “We have known that travelers are a very important population to consider for tracking new and emerging infections,” Dr. Cindy Friedman, who leads the CDC’s traveler genomic surveillance program and is the chief of the agency’s Travelers’ Health Branch, told CNN.
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Attorney John Eastman and co-defendant Scott Hall, two of the 18 co-defendants charged in the Georgia election interference case alongside former President Donald Trump, have been booked at the Fulton County Jail, according to the Fulton County Inmate Record Database.
Eastman is charged with nine counts, including two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree. The indictment names him as among those allegedly involved in a scheme to solicit public officers to unlawfully appoint Georgia presidential electors.
"He is going to trial, there will be no plea deal," Eastman's attorney told ABC News.
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Hall faces seven criminal charges linked to his alleged role in the Coffee County election equipment breach, including conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to defraud the state and violation of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
He was reportedly one of the individuals welcomed into the election office on the day of the breach by Cathy Latham, a retired teacher who served as the chairwoman of the Coffee County Republican Party.
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Attorney John Eastman and co-defendant Scott Hall, two of the 18 co-defendants charged in the Georgia election interference case alongside former President Donald Trump, have been booked at the Fulton County Jail, according to the Fulton County Inmate Record Database.
Eastman is charged with nine counts, including two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree. The indictment names him as among those allegedly involved in a scheme to **solicit public officers to unlawfully appoint Georgia presidential electors. ** "He is going to trial, there will be no plea deal," Eastman's attorney told ABC News.
Hall, a Georgia bail bondsman, is charged with seven counts, including two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. He is among those accused of conspiring to commit election fraud in Coffee County.
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What do you mean the Canadian government tolerates it? Sterilization is illegal and prosecutable under Canadian criminal law, and the article cites the recent Senate report condemning the practice.