#LA City Council greenlights ban on homeless encampments 500 feet from schools, daycare centers

#LA City Council greenlights ban on homeless encampments 500 feet from schools, daycare centers

“LA City Council greenlights ban on homeless encampments 500 feet from schools, daycare centers” Los Angeles City Council, exactly a week before an upcoming election, approved the drafting of a measure to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers citywide.  The proposal, spearheaded by Council President Nury Martinez, passed along a…

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#NYC high schooler arrested for loaded gun magazine

#NYC high schooler arrested for loaded gun magazine

“NYC high schooler arrested for loaded gun magazine” A Brooklyn high school student was busted with a loaded gun magazine in his backpack Wednesday morning, police said. The 20-year-old senior was going through a scanner as he entered Erasmus High School in Flatbush when the magazine was detected, according to police.  The magazine was loaded…

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#I’m ‘humiliated’ after Johnny Depp trial verdict

#I’m ‘humiliated’ after Johnny Depp trial verdict

“I’m ‘humiliated’ after Johnny Depp trial verdict” After a brutal six-week defamation trial, the jury ultimately decided Wednesday that Amber Heard defamed Johnny Depp on three counts after deliberating for just 13 hours. The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. Virginia law states that punitive damages must…

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#Sheryl Sandberg says she’s quitting as Meta COO

#Sheryl Sandberg says she’s quitting as Meta COO

“Sheryl Sandberg says she’s quitting as Meta COO” Mark Zuckerberg’s longtime deputy Sheryl Sandberg said Wednesday that she’s quitting her job as Meta’s chief operating officer.  Sandberg, who’s worth an estimated $1.6 billion according to Forbes, said in a surprise Facebook post that she will step down in the fall and remain a member of…

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#OpenSea ex-employee charged in first NFT insider trading case

#OpenSea ex-employee charged in first NFT insider trading case

“OpenSea ex-employee charged in first NFT insider trading case” US prosecutors in Manhattan on Wednesday charged a former product manager at OpenSea, the largest online marketplace for non-fungible tokens, with insider trading, the first such case involving digital assets. Nathaniel Chastain, 31, of Manhattan, was accused of secretly buying 45 NFTs on 11 separate occasions based on confidential information that the tokens, or others by the same creator, would…

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