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U.S. citizen Siamak Namazi is back in an Iranian prison today after being temporarily released by authorities in Tehran earlier this month.  “His furlough, which started on October 1, was renewable and had already been renewed once on October 8,” a statement released by Namazi’s pro bono counsel Jared Genser explained. “Late this morning (Tehran time), Siamak was taken back into custody by the IRGC and forced to return to Evin Prison.” FOOTAGE SHOWS IRANIAN TEEN NIKA SHIKARAMI SINGING, DANCING BEFORE ALLEGED KILLING BY POLICEAt the time of his release early this month, Iran claimed through state-run media that it was proof of…

Saskatchewan celebrated 100 years of Fire Prevention Week on Wednesday. This year’s theme was, ‘Fire won’t wait, plan your escape.’The event was headlined by Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, the province’s top fire specialists and students in grades 3 and 4 from Ecole St. Pius elementary school attended.It began with a tour of a Regina Fire and Protective Services firetruck. Students were toured around the vehicle and shown tools such as the jaws of life and an axe.  Then it was up off to see the inside of the mobile command centre.It allowed the students to get an inside look at…

After complaining to the school board about the musical instruments installed at a playground near their home in Orland Park, Illinois, some homeowners took matters into their own hands and blasted explicit music while children were playing.Source: WBBM Source: CNN

CNN  —  More than three years after the incident, a grand jury will finally get to hear evidence in the case of motorist Ronald Greene, who died after he was violently arrested by Louisiana State Police troopers. Union Parish District Attorney John Belton told CNN he will present evidence in the incident involving Greene and the Louisiana State Police to a grand jury starting on November 10. Greene, a 49-year-old Black man, died in May 2019 after what the police described as resisting arrest and a struggle with officers. However, his family said state police initially informed them that Greene…

The New York City Fire Department Emerald Society Pipes and Drums, perform along the parade. Thousands of uniformed FDNY firefighters attend the 115th annual Memorial Day Service at the Fireman’s Memorial on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, Wednesday, October 12th, 2022. Matthew McDermott Source: New York Post

CNN  —  A Texas family of five was sentenced together on Wednesday for storming the Capitol on January 6, with the two parents getting jail time and three adult children given probation and some home confinement. The Munn family from Borger, Texas, was among some of the first to enter the Capitol on January 6, climbing through a broken window and making their way through the crypt and the visitor center before entering a Senate conference room, according to their sentencing memos. Parents Dawn and Thomas Munn were reprimanded by DC Chief Judge Beryl Howell for bringing four of their…

Washington CNN  —  The Justice Department says the seized documents taken from Mar-a-Lago during the FBI search in August amount to 21,792 pages, according to a court filing this week, far short of the 200,000 pages former President Donald Trump’s legal team had claimed. Trump’s defense team now has access to these records, the Justice Department told a federal court on Wednesday, as the review of the documents with a third-party special master kicks into gear. The number of pages that the team will review for possible confidentiality claims is 10 times smaller than what Trump’s team had previously claimed…

Jets coach Robert Saleh describes Packers coach Matt LaFleur as “like a brother” to him. The two talk almost daily. “Not this week,” Saleh said Wednesday. Saleh and LaFleur face off Sunday at Lambeau Field for the first time as opposing head coaches. There have been meetings before when they were both assistants or when Saleh was the 49ers defensive coordinator taking on LaFleur with Green Bay, most notably in the 2019 playoffs. But this is different. Two men, who met as graduate assistants at Central Michigan University in 2004, now hold two of the most coveted jobs in football…

Colin Basran has been the mayor of Kelowna for the past eight years. He’s hoping to keep the job for another four. “I still have the passion for the city. I love it,” Basran told Global News.First elected to city council in 2011 as a councillor, Basran became Kelowna’s youngest mayor at the age of 37 in 2014.Now, Basran, born and raised in Kelowna, is seeking his third term as mayor.“I want it to continue to be a great place — a great place that it was when I grew up,” Basran said.“I want my children to have that same…

Some may want to see the explosive, racist diatribes of a handful of prominent Los Angeles City Council members as an unfortunate incident that will eventually fade away. They might dismiss the remarks revealed in a leaked audio as isolated and confined to a few Latino leaders.But the reality is that such prejudice from Latino to Latino and Latino to other racial groups is not so uncommon. Call it anti-Black racism, colorism, classism — it all adds up to a destructive strain that is not so hidden in Latino culture. As the Latino population increases and diversifies, the persistence of…