Entries by Cecelia Rodack

23 Jul, 2015

Arrest after hiding three days under bed

Arrest0 Comments

Hubbard three days under bed mugshotHubbard is arrested after spending three days hiding under a bed in the spare bedroom. He had entered the home while the homeowner is taking out the garbage. He is arrested for burglary and electricity he uses to charge four cellphones. Homeowner:

He was hiding upstairs underneath the bed, in my daughter’s bedroom. He used to date my daughter five years ago. It didn’t end well. He didn’t say why he came back. He just picked our house to hide out in. He didn’t have a home to live in…I haven’t heard from him in five years. [I] wasn’t scared. I was just angry…I don’t think he was eating. I think he just had water under the bed…Stay away from this house and never come back.

Two teens detained

Arrest0 Comments

Police detain two teenagers in deaths of five family members in eastern Oklahoma. All nine people at crime scene members of same family. Five dead, one is in critical condition, one child is OK, and two teens in police custody. Police:

It appears that the two suspects fled out the door sometime during our arrival. We had a K-9 track and they were apprehended.

EU sues Hollywood studios

Files Suit0 Comments

After an 18-month investigation, the European Union issues anti-trust lawsuit against Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros, as well as Britain and Ireland’s Sky TV. The suit specifically calls into question copyright laws which allow Hollywood studios to sell their content individually to national markets, creating a divided European market in defiance of EU rules, according to the commission. Specifically, subscribers to the Sky TV’s network of channels are blocked from accessing its offerings of films and TV series outside Britain and Ireland. Competition Commissioner Vestager:

European consumers want to watch the pay-TV channels of their choice regardless of where they live or travel in the EU. Our EU economy Internet antitrust investigation shows that they cannot do this today. We believe that this may be in breach of EU competition rules. The studios and Sky UK now have the chance to respond to our concerns.

NBC and Warner said they were in talks with the Commission. Fox declined to comment.

 

22 Jul, 2015

NY minimum wage to rise

Introduces Bill0 Comments

A panel appointed by Cuomo recommends a $15 an hour minimum raise from the current minimum of $8.75. The first wage increase should come by Dec. 31, taking the minimum in the city to $10.50 and in the rest of the state to $9.75. The wage in the city would then rise in increments of $1.50 annually for the next three years, until it reaches $15 at the end of 2018. In the rest of the state, the hourly wage would rise each year, reaching $15 on July 1, 2021. The mandate will apply to all workers in fast-food restaurants that are part of chains with at least 30 outlets.

Tensing kills Dubose at traffic stop

Death0 Comments

Tensing, a University of Cincinnati police officer is under investigation after Dubose is shot in the head and killed during a routine traffic stop. After Tensing stops Dubose’s car for not having a front license plate, Dubose refuses to provide a driver’s license, produces an alcohol bottle instead and refuses to get out. A struggle ensues, Tensing fires one shot and is knocked to the ground.

Iraq drone crash

Plane Crash7 Comments

Factory workers report a U.S. unarmed MQ-1 surveillance and reconnaissance drone crash in the Iraqi desert near Baghdad. U.S. official:

We are working with Iraqi authorities to recover the aircraft.

Drone Down! US predator aircraft found crash landed in Iraq

20 dead in suicide bombimng

Terror Incident0 Comments

Over twenty people die in twin suicide attacks by two 15-year-old girls in Maruoa, in northern Cameroon. One girl attacks a busy marketplace and the other targets a neighborhood area.

We are still searching if there are more bodies because many people were in the market and some are still in their shops, said police officer Eric Bambue, describing the scene as the worst thing he had ever seen.

Tom Moore dies at 86

Death0 Comments

Moore dies age 86. The cause of death is lung cancer. Archie Comics:

Archie Comics is saddened to hear of the passing of artist Tom Moore. Our thoughts are with his family and fans.

Archie editor:

Tom was very funny and had a knack for putting together really great, hilarious gags and special pages when he worked at Archie. He was probably best known here for inking our Jughead relaunch decades ago. We’re all sad to hear this news and wish his family the very best during this time.

21 Jul, 2015

Two weeks until release

Release from Jail0 Comments

Curtis Fairchild-Jones headshotJones, the youngest murder convict in the U.S history will be released in two weeks from a Florida prison after an eighteen-year sentence. He and his 13-year old sister were responsible for the murder of their father’s girlfriend. Jones has became an ordained minister in prison. He will remain on probation for the rest of his life.

Troy Goode dies age 30

Death0 Comments

Police arrest Goode due to his erratic actions at a concert in Southaven, Mississippi. The police say he was on LSD. He is placed face-down on a stretcher with his arms and legs bound during the arrest, before he was placed in the back of an ambulance. He tells officers he is having trouble breathing in this position. Bystanders are threatened with arrest for filming the incident. Witness:

Paramedics arrive on scene, and I see them put him in a four-point restraint or hogtie, I don’t know how else to describe it. His legs one over the other, and hands in back, by my vantage point, on at least one of his legs…He looked to me like he was struggling or convulsing or both. He appeared to be in distress to me.

Good dies two hours later. Goode’s family attorney says his actions were peaceful, and call for an official investigation. The family not yet calling for criminal charges against the officers:

The use of force was unnecessary. Troy was not a threat to anyone. We are calling for an investigation by the Mississippi attorney general and we’ll have to wait for the autopsy report to determine cause of death to decide exactly what action should be taken, he said

The victim’s wife says police said they would arrest her if she tried to visit her husband in hospital. Family members learn the news of death by hospital phone call. Attorney:

No mother and no wife should be prevented from doing that. They are obviously distraught. They didn’t know … what Troy’s condition was, they didn’t know if he was going to be OK.

Resigns

0 Comments

CEO Tanaka leaves the company over an 152 billion yen accounting disparity brought to light by an investigative report. The inflation of profits to meet targets was carried out not only on one or two projects, but across the board, sometimes because the projects weren’t even breaking even. At a press conference Tanka bows for nearly half a minute in a gesture meant to convey deep shame and contrition. Tanaka’s predecessors, Norio Sasaki, now a vice chairman, and Atsutoshi Nishida, an advisor, also give up their posts. Tanaka will be replaced by Masashi Muromachi, chairman of the board. Tanaka:

We have a serious responsibility. [The company will need to ] build a new structure [to reform itself]

Toshiba scandal: Why did the boss resign? BBC News

Pleads not guilty

Plea hearing0 Comments

Sentsov pleads not guilty to terrorism charges relating to giving gifts of food to Ukrainian troops in Crimea, and attending anti-Crimea annexation protests. The Russian government says he is an affiliate of the Ukrainian activist group, Right Sector. The charges carry a penalty of life imprisonment, but prosecutors have offered Sentsov a 20-year term. Sentsov says he was tortured and does not consider the Russian court a court at all.

Ukrainian Film Director on Trial: Oleh Sentsov pleads not guilty during Russian court hearing

20 Jul, 2015

Cyberattack on police

Makes Statement0 Comments

Police departments across Canada are hit by cyber attacks as Anonymous takes revenge on the police for shooting an activist, in a case of mistaken identity. Its goal is to uncover the name of the police officer who killed the Dawson Creek activist

If Canadian police was as brave as Canadian nurses, they could deal with people with knives without hiding behind bullets. Anonymous will not stand idly by while our own are cut down. We will most certainly avenge one of our own when they are cut down in the streets, protesting the earth-wrecking environmental policies of the Canadian government, the group said.

Hackers compromise site

0 Comments

The Hacker group Impact Team breaks into Ashley Madison’s dating website and threaten to release the private information of 37 million clients, including sexual fantasies and other personal information from the site’s database. Impact Team claim the attack is in response to a profile-erasure service Avid Life Media (the site’s parent company), offered for $19. The hackers claim that the company made $1.7 million in revenue last year on that service, which it alleges doesn’t actually scrub personal information. They also demand the closure of Established Men, another of website. The company does not provide information on how much data might have been compromised, and an Avid spokesperson said she couldn’t provide any more information at this time. Company:

We were recently made aware of an attempt by an unauthorized party to gain access to our systems. At this time, we have been able to secure our sites and close the unauthorized access points. We are working with law enforcement agencies, which are investigating this criminal act.

EU approves Iran deal

0 Comments

The European Union approves the Iran nuclear deal. The deal lifts EU economic sanctions against Tehran, but keeps sanctions in place on human rights violations, and bans the supply of ballistic missile technology. Iran offers alternate energy supplies for Europe. The European Union may reopen an EU delegation in Tehran and is seeking business opportunities in the country. French foreign minister:

It is a balanced deal that means Iran won’t get an atomic bomb. It is a major political deal.

Austria’s Foreign Minister:

The Iran deal has a geopolitical impact and also an economic impact on the European Union.

U.S., Cuba renew diplomatic ties

0 Comments

The United States and Cuba restore diplomatic relations after half a century. The Cuban embassy opens in Washington, and a Cuban flag is added to the lobby of the State Department. Presidents Castro and Obama mark the relationship with a letter exchange. Secretary of State Kerry will visit Cuba later in the summer to formally raise the flag there:

Nothing is more futile than trying to live in the past. We’re taking a historic and long overdue step in the right direction.

Outside of the Cuban embassy, crowds of people cheered as the Cuban national anthem plays while three Cuban soldiers stood at attention while the flag was raised. One protester is removed by police.

US And Cuba Reopen Embassies, Restoring Diplomatic Ties - Newsy

17 Jul, 2015

Charged with war crimes

Charged0 Comments

Habre is charged with numerous war crimes that resulted in the deaths of 40,000 people. This is the first time he is before a court for crimes that span a period of twenty years. Victim:

I want to look him in the face and ask him why I was kept rotting in jail for three years, why my friends were tortured and killed.

350,000 evacuated

Natural Disaster0 Comments

The Japanese government has requested 350,000 people in the storm’s direct path to evacuate, due to maximum storm gusts of 126 kilometers per hour.  Two people have died and 39 people have been injured, and domestic flight have been grounded due to torrential rain and high winds.

16 Jul, 2015

Chinese test mind-powered car

Invention0 Comments

Nakai University in China reveal a car that is controlled by the users brain activity — an electroencephalo-graph car. Drivers use a headset to monitor brain activity that direct the vehicle. Head of Research:

We connect our equipment with CAN (Controller Area Network) of the car for communication, which is a breakthrough because in the past the human brain signal can only control stuffs in visual environment or a simple thing like a wheelchair…Now we can do it on an entire car, and we are the first in China.

 

17 Jul, 2015

Guilty verdict

Judgement0 Comments

The jury find Holmes guilty in 165 charges in the deaths of 12 people at the Aurora theater. In closing statements the prosecution argues against Holmes’ insanity defense:

That is logical. That is rational, and that is anything — anything — but psychotic. That guy was sane beyond a reasonable doubt, and he needs to be held accountable for what he did.

The jury deliberates  for 13 hours over two days before rejecting pleas from defense lawyers that Holmes had a severe mental illness and was not legally responsible for his actions. As Judge Samour reads the 165 counts against Holmes, the defendant stands silently between his lawyers, staring straight ahead, with his hands tucked into his pants.

Holmes’ family speak of bias against their son.

We do not know how many victims of the theater shooting would like to see our son killed. But we are aware of people’s sentiments. We have read postings on the Internet that have likened him to a monster. He is not a monster. He is a human being gripped by a severe mental illness.

The district attorney in suburban Arapahoe County is seeking the death penalty, and the jury will begin weighing the toll and nature of Mr. Holmes’s actions to decide whether to send him to prison for life or to Colorado’s death row.Smour

James Holmes Trial - Verdict