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FLINT, Mich. — A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid.Snyder, a Republican who left office in 2019, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. He was the first person in state history to be charged for alleged crimes related to service as governor.Snyder also is the eighth person to have a Flint water case thrown out after the Supreme Court’s unanimous June opinion.Genesee County Judge F. Kay Behm signed the order Wednesday, a day…

Whoopi Goldberg and Kim Kardashian. Shutterstock(2) She has a different take. Whoopi Goldberg addressed Charlize Theron‘s comments about Kim Kardashian‘s influence in Hollywood. During an episode of The View, which aired on Thursday, December 8, Goldberg, 67, started a conversation about Kardashian’s professional power. Theron, 47, recently compared the reality star to Meryl Streep. “The market is really different today, and the fame that worked 20 years ago, the fame that was cash in the bank, is different now,” Theron explained to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, December 7. “We are living in a time of reality television, and God…

When my dog spots a fox in the garden, he immediately stands to attention and growls softly at the glass door, curly tail vibrating with irritation at this incursion into his territory. He is sure going to show that fox who is boss. Any minute now. London’s foxes are a fearless bunch that can handle a fight, and when they spot him squeaking at them from his comfy indoor world, they pay him no heed. It is only when they decide to leave the garden of their own accord that our pampered pooch starts barking furiously to be let out and…

Do you want to be financially free, build your wealth and retire at age 30? Judging by the growing numbers of people who watch and “like” video content of this nature on TikTok and Instagram, the cost of living crisis has boosted the supply of those seeking a quick fix for their finances. Follow some “finfluencers” and you’ll invariably find the route to riches involves borrowing money and investing it in high-risk assets, or paying for a course to teach you trading secrets (spoiler: the only person generating a passive income is the influencer flogging all the affiliate marketing). Think…

Ethereum (ETH) core developers are now targeting a March deadline for the highly anticipated Shanghai network upgrade, which will allow staked ETH to be withdrawn.Speaking in a recent developer call, Ethereum lead developer Tim Beiko said that enabling staking withdrawals is “clearly the highest priority for everybody.”During the call, Ethereum core developers agreed on a tentative March deadline for rolling out the Shanghai upgrade, which is needed to enable withdrawals.Beiko followed up in a tweet posted on Thursday where he said that given the high priority the Shanghai upgrade now has, certain details – including a number of EIPs (Ethereum…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is recalling Igor brand Gorgonzola mild ripened blue-veined cheese due to possible Listeria contamination. The affected cheese has been sold in Ontario and Quebec.The alert issued Thursday said that food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make people sick, especially pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems who are more at risk.“Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache, and neck stiffness,” the agency said.“Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection…

Millions of households and small businesses will get a discount on their power bills next year.Parliament will be recalled next week to pass Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s $1.5 billion energy plan, which also includes price caps on coal and gas. Source: Sky News

CNN  —  New York Mayor Eric Adams, a vocal rat opponent who made fighting rodents in the city a priority, got his fine dismissed after he was issued a health code violation for an infestation at his Brooklyn property, his spokesman told CNN Friday. Adams was issued a summons dated May 10 for a health code violation stemming from a rodent infestation at the property in Bedford-Stuyvesant, noting the minimum penalty was a $300 fine, and the maximum penalty a $600 fine. The hearing before the New York Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings was eventually scheduled for Tuesday, at…

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of thousands of undergraduate students at the University of California face a chaotic finish to their fall term as a strike by academic workers grinds through its fourth week.Finals were in full swing this week even as some 48,000 employees represented by the United Auto Workers union remain on strike, including the tutors and teaching assistants who lead class discussions, provide one-on-one mentorship and support, and help faculty grade coursework.While many students and professors have joined the picket line in support of the workers striking for better pay and benefits, concern is growing about the disruption’s…

The standoff between Brussels and Hungary escalated this week when illiberal bad boy Viktor Orban lived up to his reputation and vetoed an 18-billion-euro financial aid package to Ukraine. Orban’s tit-for-tat attitude follows the EU’s refusal to disburse billions of earmarked European funds for Hungary in the bogged-down dispute over the rule of law in that country.As the EU Commission sees it, Budapest has not done enough to fight corruption and bad governance.Now Orban is taking it out on Ukraine, a Western ally fighting for its very survival – while the other 26 member states scramble to keep the money…