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The former mayor of Beaverton, Oregon, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to illegally possessing child pornography, according to a Department of Justice news release. Dennis “Denny” Doyle, 73, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of child pornography.Between November 2014 and December 2015, Doyle knowingly and unlawfully possessed digital media containing child pornography. Several of the images Doyle possessed were of children under the age of 12 who had been identified as known sexually exploited minors by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to court documents. Doyle was charged by criminal information with one count…

BEIJING: Beijing authorities removed rare banners of political protest from an overpass in the Chinese capital, according to images circulated widely on social media on Thursday (Oct 13), just days before the start of a twice-in-a-decade Communist Party congress. The banners bore several slogans, including a call for President Xi Jinping’s ouster and an end to strict COVID-19 policies, according to numerous images and videos circulated on Twitter, which is blocked in China. Smoke could be seen emanating from the roadway above where the banners were hung in Beijing’s northwestern Haidian district, according to the images. Haidian is home to…

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Oct. 12, 2022.Source: NYSEHere are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day:1. New data to considerInvestors have a lot of numbers to chew on this morning. The consumer price index, a measure of inflation, came in hotter than expected. That report followed Wednesday’s producer price index, which also came in higher than projected. Earnings are picking up, too. Delta Airlines reported Thursday morning, as did Walgreens and Domino’s. (See more on Delta below.) Markets are coming off a subdued day for trading, as all three major U.S.…

New York Giants cornerback Darnay Holmes went viral for a strange reason during the team’s win Sunday against the Green Bay Packers in London.A fan at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium taking in American football filmed Holmes getting worked on by a member of the Giants’ training staff. The video showed Holmes at a weird angle. His football pants were pulled down, exposing his rear end, and the trainer appeared to be working on his thigh. The video circulated across social media with most football fans having the same quizzical reaction.On Tuesday, Holmes reacted to the clip and said there was no…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 13, 2022 7:11 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A new KPMG survey has found Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses are banking on strong growth in the next three years, even as a possible economic downturn remains top of mind in the near term. The survey of 503 small and medium-sized businesses says 83 per cent are feeling optimistic about their growth over the next few years, with 82 per cent saying they feel confident about their industry.The survey says 61 per cent of small and medium-sized businesses have taken…

Nurse Lucy Letby, 32, denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others while working on the neo-natal unit of the Countess of Chester HospitalA nurse accused of murdering seven babies wrote: “I AM EVIL I DID THIS”, a court heard today. The note was found at the home of Lucy Letby after her arrest. It continued: “I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough. “I am a horrible evil person.” Letby, 32, denies killing five boys and two girls and the attempted murder of five boys and five girls at the…

It was the mission that pushed the boundaries like never before, the experiment that nearly broke the internet, a moment in time unlikely to ever be matched.Space Jump – How Red Bull Stratos captured the world’s attention – airs on Eurosport 1, discovery+* and Eurosport App on 14 October (22:15 CEST) telling the full untold story on one man’s journey as he ventures to the edge of space.The 48-minute documentary, produced by Red Bull Media House, airs to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of Red Bull Stratos. On 14 October 2012, millions of people from across the globe tuned- in…

Patients and physicians struggling to officially diagnose long COVID may be one step closer to an answer, thanks to new research from a team of Canadian scientists. The researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have discovered patients with post-COVID-19 condition, known as long COVID, have unique signs in their blood that show rapid changes in their blood vessels.These signs, or biomarkers, are a tell-tale indication that a patient has long COVID — a finding that could help to develop concrete diagnosis methods for an illness that remains largely a mystery to physicians and scientists, says Dr. Doug Fraser, a Lawson…

Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday exceeded fiscal fourth quarter sales expectations, as the drugstore chain turns itself into a more health-care focused company.The company said it anticipates full-year adjusted earnings per share of $4.45 to $4.65 in the coming fiscal year, which is about in line with what Wall Street expected. Yet Walgreens said its business growth will face tough comparisons as it laps strong demand for Covid vaccines and gets hits by the strength of the dollar.Shares were up about 4% in premarket trading.Here’s what the company reported compared with what analysts were expecting for the fiscal fourth quarter…

Welcome back. A blinkered focus on climate in western capitals has contributed to the upheaval sweeping through energy markets today. That was what Chevron boss Mike Wirth told Derek in a recent interview at the supermajor’s California HQ. You can read the full piece here. Today’s newsletter further dissects the views of one of the world’s top oil executives on everything from the “energy dilemma” (Wirth didn’t want to use the term “crisis”) facing Europe this winter to the need for swifter permitting reform in the US.Elsewhere, the fallout from Opec+’s bombshell production cut rumbles on. In its latest oil…