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Top Trump Executive Allen Weisselberg Surrenders to Face Charges From New York Grand Jury

The Trump Organization and Mr. Weisselberg have been indicted in connection with a tax investigation and company representatives are expected to appear in court later today.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office has informed Donald J. Trump’s lawyers that it is considering criminal charges against his family business, the Trump Organization, in connection with fringe benefits the company awarded a top executive, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.

The prosecutors had been building a case for months against the executive, Allen H. Weisselberg, as part of an effort to pressure him to cooperate with a broader inquiry into Mr. Trump’s business dealings. But it was not previously known if the Trump Organization also might face charges.

If the case actually moves ahead, the grand jury will announce charges today, the people said. Mr. Vance’s prosecutors have been conducting the investigation along with lawyers from the office of the New York State attorney general, Letitia James.

Today’s indictment would be the first to emerge from the long-running investigation and would raise the startling prospect of a former president having to defend the company he founded, and has run for decades, against accusations of supposed criminal behavior in connection with taxes.

Source: Top Trump Executive Allen Weisselberg Surrenders to Face Charges

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Trump Organization and its CFO indicted by Manhattan grand jury

The Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg, its longtime finance chief, were indicted Wednesday by a grand jury in Manhattan.

The offices of the Manhattan District Attorney and New York Attorney General have obtained indictments against the Trump Organization and its longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

The indictments against the organization and Weisselberg, handed up by a New York grand jury, are expected to be unsealed in court Thursday afternoon in Manhattan, a Trump representative told NBC.

Weisselberg is expected to surrender Thursday morning, The Washington Post reported earlier, citing sources. The Post said he is expected to be arraigned in front of a state judge later that day. The Trump Organization is also expected to be arraigned.

NBC previously reported the charges center around allegations of Weisselberg and other Trump Organization executives receiving benefits without reporting them properly on their tax returns.

Former President Donald Trump is not expected to be charged this week, the Post’s sources said, but the indictments could bring possible fines and legal problems to his company. However, prosecutors hope Weisselberg will exchange testimony against Trump for reducing his own risk, another source told the Post.

A representative for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. declined CNBC’s request for comment. Trump Organization lawyer Ronald Fischetti had no immediate comment. Weisselberg’s lawyer, Mary Mulligan, declined to comment.

Source: Trump Organization and its CFO indicted by Manhattan grand jury

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Business owner sues Pittsburgh police, judge after parking lot dispute | TribLIVE.com

A woman who says she was unlawfully detained after she called Pittsburgh police about a person illegally parked in a Greenfield lot that she owns filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday alleging retaliation and excessive force.

Marsha Simonds, and her husband, Matthew, sued the City of Pittsburgh, as well as the individual officers who responded to the scene on Murray Avenue on Aug. 27, 2019. They included Adam Thimons, Francesco Rosato, Elizabeth Merkel and Donald Pasquerelli.

The lawsuit also names as defendants Magisterial District Judge James J. Hanley Jr. and an employee in his office, Christine Boyer, as well as Allegheny County.

A message sent to Pittsburgh police was not immediately returned. Angharad Stock, chief deputy district court administrator, said she could not comment on pending litigation.

Source: Business owner sues Pittsburgh police, judge after parking lot dispute | TribLIVE.com

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‘Not a healthy environment’: Kamala Harris’ office rife with dissent

There is dysfunction inside the VP’s office, aides and administration officials say. And it’s emanating from the top.

When Vice President Kamala Harris finally made the decision to visit the Mexico border last week, people inside her own office were blindsided by the news.

For days, aides and outside allies had been calling and texting with each other about the political fallout that a potential trip would entail. But when it became known that she was going to El Paso, it left many scrambling, including officials who were responsible for making travel arrangements and others outside the VP’s office charged with crafting the messaging across the administration.

Source: ‘Not a healthy environment’: Kamala Harris’ office rife with dissent

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Bus driver shortage in Westmoreland County causing trouble for riders – WPXI

Alan Blahovec says they’re not quite up to where they were before the pandemic — but even with the high demand, they just can’t fill the seats or the services.

“Our pay rate is $14.33 an hour right now and we are offering a $750 signing bonus. We offer health benefits, a retirement plan, everything we can.”

Westmoreland Transit is actually holding open interviews on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at its office on Bell Way in Greensburg, in hopes of filling that shortage and restoring those routes.

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Source: Bus driver shortage in Westmoreland County causing trouble for riders – WPXI

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Two parks vandalized in Westmoreland County community with graffiti, damage

Scottdale police are looking for the people accused of vandalizing not one but two parks in town over the weekend. The police chief said his department only became aware of it because a council member saw a resident’s Facebook post and reported it to his department.

Source: Two parks vandalized in Westmoreland County community with graffiti, damage

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Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.

Cosby has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia. He had vowed to serve all 10 years rather than acknowledge any remorse over the 2004 encounter with accuser Andrea Constand.

The 83-year-old Cosby, who was once beloved as “America’s Dad,” was convicted of drugging and molesting the Temple University employee at his suburban estate.

He was charged in late 2015, when a prosecutor armed with newly unsealed evidence — Cosby’s damaging deposition from her lawsuit — arrested him days before the 12-year statute of limitations expired.

Source: Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction overturned by court

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Remaining Pittsburgh city employees to return to the office by mid-July

Channel 11 has learned all remaining city of Pittsburgh employees will return to the office by mid-July.

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By Rick Earle, WPXI-TV

PITTSBURGH — Channel 11 has learned all remaining city of Pittsburgh employees will return to the office by mid-July.

Many departments have already returned to the office.

The City Council is also reportedly eyeing August as a time to return to in-person meetings.

Source: Remaining Pittsburgh city employees to return to the office by mid-July

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Surfside, Florida, condo collapse: ‘There is still hope,’ rescue team leader says as search enters 7th day at Florida building collapse – CNN

Rescue teams are entering their seventh day searching the rubble of a collapsed building in Surfside, Florida — still holding out hope they will find the 149 people still unaccounted for.

Source: Surfside, Florida, condo collapse: ‘There is still hope,’ rescue team leader says as search enters 7th day at Florida building collapse – CNN

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Pittsburgh is one step closer to banning plastic bags – WPXI

By Aaron Martin, WPXI-TV

PITTSBURGH — Nearly every time you go to the grocery store, you walk out with several plastic bags. A little-known part left out of the Pennsylvania state budget could now open the door for cities like Pittsburgh to ban them.

In the past, state lawmakers included a provision in the budget preventing local governments from banning single-use plastics. That was not included in the latest budget, meaning this could be the opportunity people like Ashleigh Deemer with PennEnvironment are looking for.

“We think this is a really critical policy to protect the health of our environment and the health of our people. We also know there’s a profound amount of support for it,” said Deemer.

“It’s weird to me. If I don’t give them a straw, people ask for them all of the time. I’m not sure where this is coming from or why they’re doing it,” said Matthew Voelker, owner of Nadine’s Diner. “I just want to see their game plan behind it and what the reasons are. Who is considering this? Why don’t they ask the people what they want?”

The Pittsburgh City Council is going to examine eliminating single-use plastics sometime this summer. Any ordinance likely wouldn’t go into effect until December per state law.

Source: Pittsburgh is one step closer to banning plastic bags – WPXI

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Spectator who caused massive crash at Tour de France missing after fleeing the country – CBS News

A spectator at the Tour de France who caused a massive crash involving dozens of cyclists is missing as race authorities plan to sue her. Tour de France deputy director Pierre-Yves Thouault told the AFP news agency they plan to sue the woman “so that the tiny minority of people who do this don’t spoil the show for everyone. ”

Video shows the woman, who held a long banner on the sidelines of the race, stick the banner out a little too far, causing German cyclist Tony Martin to bike right into it. Martin fell, setting off a domino effect for competitors as cyclists behind him also fell.

The sign was a hello message for the woman’s grandparents, CBS Sports reports. She appeared to hold the sign out so it was in the view of cameras – but it blocked part of the road.

Source: Spectator who caused massive crash at Tour de France missing after fleeing the country – CBS News

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Officers shoot, kill man near pot farm in Lava Fire evacuation zone | KRCR

WEED, Calif. (AP) — Officers shot and killed a man who pulled a gun as they tried to keep him out of a complex of marijuana farms in the Lava Fire evacuation zone.

Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue told The Sacramento Bee that the man was trying to drive into the Mount Shasta Vista subdivision on Monday and pointed a handgun at a group of officers that included a sheriff’s deputy and local police.

“Based upon preliminary information, it appears that there might have been a couple rounds fired from the suspect’s firearm,” LaRue said.

The officers killed the man, who was not immediately identified.

Source: Officers shoot, kill man near pot farm in Lava Fire evacuation zone | KRCR

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A wild weather week in store for Western Pennsylvania | TribLIVE.com

Western Pennsylvania residents won’t need to go to Kennywood to feel like they’re on a roller coaster this week: A weather roller coaster, that is. The week begins with blistering heat. The average for this time of year is 82 degrees, but we could be hitting at least 90 degrees

The National Weather Service in Moon is calling for storms by the middle of the week and then a big cooldown.

“We’re going to see a cold front impact the area by the middle of the week,” said NWS meteorologist David Shallenberger. “We’re getting kind of a pinching point over the area as this cold front is coming in. So, we’re going to see more moisture being funneled up into the area.”

Shallenberger said the area could see strong storms with high winds later this week.

“We’re probably going to see a few gully washers by Wednesday and Thursday,” he said, adding that Wednesday will be the beginning of several days of rain for the region.

Source: A wild weather week in store for Western Pennsylvania | TribLIVE.com

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Pa. Lottery: $1 million winning ticket sold in Wilkinsburg

WILKINSBURG, Pa. —

Someone who bought a lottery ticket at a beer distributor in Wilkinsburg hit the jackpot for $1 million.

Pennsylvania Lottery officials said a winning ticket in the Millionaire Maker game was sold at Wilkinsburg Beverage on Penn Avenue.

Millionaire Maker is a $20 scratch-off game that offers top prizes of $1 million.

Lottery officials said the winning ticket must be claimed and validated.

The winner has one year from the game’s end-sale date to do that before the prize expires.

The store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Source: Pa. Lottery: $1 million winning ticket sold in Wilkinsburg

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Transgender Bathroom Rights – The New York Times

The Supreme Court turned down a request from a Virginia school board to reinstate its policy barring a transgender boy from using the boys’ bathroom.

As is the court’s practice, it gave no reasons for declining to hear the appeal. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. said they would have granted the school board’s petition seeking Supreme Court review.

An appeals court had ruled that a Virginia school board’s policy barring a transgender boy from using the boys’ bathroom was unlawful.

Source: Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Transgender Bathroom Rights – The New York Times

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Miami-Area Condo Collapse: Death Toll Rises to 10 as Rescue Reaches Fifth Day – WSJ

FAST FACTS

  • At least 10 people have died and more than 150 are still missing after Champlain Towers partially collapsed early Thursday in Surfside
  • Rescuers on Sunday identified four additional victims
  • Families of the missing rode buses to a site nearby where they could watch rescue teams at work

Source: Miami-Area Condo Collapse: Death Toll Rises to 10 as Rescue Reaches Fifth Day – WSJ

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Who’s hiring in Pittsburgh? Microsoft, CMU, the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden and more — 6/28/21

Photo by Jennifer Baron.

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IT and Engineering

Eaton has an opening for a Cybersecurity Engineer to drive cybersecurity initiatives for product solutions as part of a global team of security experts.

Niche is looking for a Data Engineer to build technical solutions to move, transform, extract and analyze data for internal stakeholders.

Marketing and Communications

EQT has an opening for a Director, Communications to translate company themes into compelling storyboards, develop branded and digital content, leverage social media technology and more.

Legal

Microsoft is looking for a Principal Corporate Counsel, U.S. Commercial to advise business clients regarding complex cloud computing deals, strategic alliances, software licensing, consulting services, product support, and other agreements with U.S. commercial customers and partners.

Business and Finance

DICK’S Sporting Goods seeks an eCommerce Experience Strategist to perform analysis and research to define athlete expectations related to the digital shopping path.

Nonprofit

Jewish Family and Community Services has an opening for a Career Development Center Director to oversee the organization’s Career Development Center and assist with fund development, operations, staff, new partnerships, advocacy and outcomes.

Administrative

Carnegie Mellon University is hiring a Manager of Administrative Services for the school’s Mechanical Engineering Department to supervise administrative staff and support faculty, tech staff, students and visitors.

Hospitality

Flyspace Productions seeks an Event Operations Assistant to work on hands-on projects, assist with events, help set up equipment and more.

Business and Finance

The Pittsburgh Botanic Garden is looking for a Finance Director to oversee the organization’s accounting and financial operations.

Healthcare

UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital seeks a Clinical Support Specialist III to support the Ultrasound OBGYN Department.

Advanced Manufacturing

Nestle Health Science is hiring a Senior Factory Director to provide leadership for manufacturing, packaging, distribution, supply chain, planning and engineering for its Pittsburgh and Philadelphia factories.

Matt Machine and Manufacturing seeks a CNC Programmer to use MasterCAM software to program CNC vertical and horizontal mills and axis lathes, assist machinists and operators with troubleshooting, maintain job files and more.

Source: Who’s hiring in Pittsburgh? Microsoft, CMU, the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden and more — 6/28/21

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Two people injured after 2-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH —

Two people were taken to the hospital and a driver ran off following a two-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh.

The crash happened around 2 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Bennett Street and North Braddock Avenue, right on the line of Pittsburgh’s Homewood North and Homewood South neighborhoods.

Pittsburgh Public Safety said police, paramedics and firefighters arrived on scene to find a woman outside of an SUV and another woman still inside the vehicle.

Both were taken to the hospital

The driver of the second vehicle involved in the crash ran from the scene.

Police are investigating the incident.

Source: Two people injured after 2-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh

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AOC dismisses concern over crime spikes in major cities as ‘hysteria’ | Fox News

“We are seeing these headlines about percentage increases,” Ocasio-Cortez said during a conversation with New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman over Zoom. “Now, I want to say that any amount of harm is unacceptable and too much, but I also want to make sure that this hysteria, you know, that this doesn’t drive a hysteria and that we look at these numbers in context so that we can make responsible decisions about what to allocate in that context.”

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Ocasio-Cortez argued earlier in June that authorities should stop building prisons and instead focus on underlying public health issues, adding it is “not acceptable” to use jails as “garbage bins.”

“If we want to reduce violent crime, if we want to reduce the number of people in our jails, the answer is to stop building more of them,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “The answer is to make sure that we actually build more hospitals, we pay organizers, we get people mental health care and overall health care, employment, etc. It’s to support communities, not throw them away.”

Source: AOC dismisses concern over crime spikes in major cities as ‘hysteria’ | Fox News

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17 shot, 2 fatally, in 2 separate mass shootings in Chicago | WGN-TV

CHICAGO — Two mass shootings within two hours of each other left at least 17 injured, two fatally, police said.

A shooting in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood Sunday night left 11 people injured, with one of the victims dying from their injuries, according to police.

Police said the victims were all gathered outside in the 6300 block of South Artesian Avenue at approximately 10:53 p.m. when three unknown men emerged from an alley and fired shots into the crowd.

The perpetrators are not in custody with the shooting under investigation.

  • A 35-year-old man was struck in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
  • A 57-year-old woman was struck in the shoulder and transported to Stroger Hospital in good condition
  • A 23-year-old woman was struck in the hip and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in fair condition.
  • A 27-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound and his condition is unknown at Mount Sinai Hospital.
  • A 38-year-old woman was struck in the arm and leg and taken to University of Chicago Hospital in fair condition.
  • A 21-year-old woman sustained a graze wound to the head and self-transported to Holy Cross Hospital in fair condition.
  • A 42-year-old man was struck in the leg and self-transported to Holy Cross Hospital in fair condition.
  • A 29-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and self-transported to Holy Cross Hospital in serious condition.
  • A 21-year-old man was struck in the leg and taken to Christ Hospital in fair condition.
  • A 34-year-old man was struck several times in the torso and leg and taken to Christ Hospital in serious condition.
  • A woman of an unknown age was struck in the chest and was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Hospital.

In another shooting just two hours earlier, six people were shot in the South Shore neighborhood. Police said around 8:45 p.m., five men and one woman were standing outside in the 2000 block of E. 71st Street when a black SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire.

Source: 17 shot, 2 fatally, in 2 separate mass shootings in Chicago | WGN-TV

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Boston-area man plows stolen truck into house, guns down 2 people before being shot dead by police

A bizarre shooting incident in a suburb outside of Boston has left three people dead, including a suspect, after a stolen delivery truck plowed into the side of a house in Winthrop and its driver allegedly hopped out and gunned down two people before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.

Source: Boston-area man plows stolen truck into house, guns down 2 people before being shot dead by police

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The false promise of modern monetary theory | TheHill

MMT advocates claim they have the secret recipe to avoid the pitfalls of currency debasement and mountains of debt.

For those unaccustomed with MMT, in essence it states that the U.S. government can print and spend money limitlessly. Deficits don’t matter. Neither does the national debt.

MMT has several high-profile adherents, from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Source: The false promise of modern monetary theory | TheHill

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Kansas lawmaker to introduce critical race theory bill to ban it from schools

TOPEKA, (KSNT) — A Kansas senator said they plan to introduce a bill banning critical race theory from being taught in schools.

Sen. Caryn Tyson, R-Parker, told the Kansas Capitol Bureau on Thursday that she will pre-file for next year’s legislative session a bill that would prohibit the teaching of the subject, also referred to as CRT.

“We need to make sure that race is not an issue,” Tyson said. “People should not be judged by the color of their skin. They shouldn’t.”

Critical Race Theory is the study of racism as a social construct that impacts legal systems and policies, arguing that some institutions oppress minorities. Tyson said it’s become a topic of concern for several of her constituents, as a national debate takes place on whether it should be taught in schools.

On Friday, a spokesperson for the Kansas National Education Association, Marcus Baltzell, said that current attacks against the concept seem to be a “siren” or “conflation” of the subject by “ultra-conservatives” intending to ignite a movement against the theory. He said no schools in the state are explicitly teaching the subject.

Source: Kansas lawmaker to introduce critical race theory bill to ban it from schools

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Death toll rises to 9 in Florida condo tower collapse

  • The death toll has risen to nine after a 12-story condominium building collapsed in Florida, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a press conference Sunday morning.
  • Search and rescue teams created a 125-feet-long trench at the rescue site on Saturday, which allowed authorities to recover additional bodies and human remains, Levine Cava said.

“We’ve identified four of the victims and notified the next of kin…We are making every effort to identify those others who have been recovered and additionally contacting their family members as soon as we are able,” Levine Cava said.

Champlain Towers South collapsed suddenly early Thursday morning in Surfside, Florida, just north of Miami Beach.

Search and rescue teams created a 125-feet-long trench at the rescue site on Saturday, which allowed authorities to recover additional bodies and human remains, Levine Cava said.

Miami-Dade police on Saturday night identified four of the deceased as Stacie Dawn Fang, 54; Antonio Lozano, 83; Gladys Lozano, 79; and Manuel LaFont, 54.Authorities said 156 people remained missing as of Saturday.

Levine Cava and Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told press on Sunday morning that searchers contained fire in the rescue site on Saturday and are continuing rescue operations. Teams from Mexico and Israel are aiding rescue efforts, according to Levine Cava and Burkett.

Source: Death toll rises in Florida condo tower collapse

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