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As the district works to increase fill rates in schools, underenrolled campuses such as Landry might see changes.

دۆناڵد ترامپ ڕۆژی سێشەممە جارێکی تر جەختی کردەوە لەوەی پرسی ئێران نزیکە لە کۆتاییهاتن و ڕایگەیاند نرخەکانی وزە دەگەڕێنەوە بۆ پێش ئۆپەراسیۆنی توڕەیی ئەفسانەیی. سەرۆک ترامپ لە بۆنەیەکدا دامەزراندنی پێگەیەکی سەرهێڵی ڕاگەیاند کە بە ژیری دەستکرد کار دەکات بۆ ئەوەی هاووڵاتیانی ئەمەریکا بتوانن بە خێرایی کارەکانی حکومی لەوێوە جێبەجێ بکەن. لەو بۆنەیەدا باسی پرسی ئێرانیشی کرد و ڕایگەیاند "بەم زووانە" تەواو دەبێت. سەرۆک ترامپ سەبارەت بە هێرشەکانی سەر ئێران گوتی ''پێم وایە لە ساڵانی داهاتوودا کتێب...

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Preşedintele Emmanuel Macron a început o vizită de două zile în Spania pentru consolidarea relaţiilor dintre cele două ţări despărţite geografic de lanţul Pirineilor. Viziunea europeană comună a Spaniei şi Franţei, relaţiile diplomatice şi economice sunt principalele axe ale agendei comune. De remarcat că este prima vizită de stat a unui preşedinte francez după cea a lui Nicolas Sarkozy, din 2009.

У ДСНС кажуть, що чотири КАБи вдарили по центральній частині міста

日本國際貿易促進協會（國貿促）新任會長、前外相岩屋毅繼周一在北京會見了中國外交部長王毅，周二會見了中國國務院副總理何立峰。共同社報導指，自日本首相高市早苗去年11月的涉台國會答辯引發中日關係惡化以來，這是中方高層首次與日本國會議員會面。而接連兩天安排會見實屬罕見。王毅和何立峰均強調了日中關係的重要性，同時也就台灣問題向日方發出警告。

日本国际贸易促进协会（国贸促）新任会长、前外相岩屋毅继周一在北京会见了中国外交部长王毅，周二会见了中国国务院副总理何立峰。共同社报导指，自日本首相高市早苗去年11月的涉台国会答辩引发中日关系恶化以来，这是中方高层首次与日本国会议员会面。而接连两天安排会见实属罕见。王毅和何立峰均强调了日中关系的重要性，同时也就台湾问题向日方发出警告。

(The Center Square) - A former health care executive who embezzled more than $30 million from a Washington health care organization was sentenced to four years in federal prison, with a judge ordering him to repay more than $24.3 million. Patrick Alan Bucknum, 55, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice after pleading guilty to wire fraud. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $24,368,427.37 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington. Bucknum was the former CEO of Community Clinic Network, a Wenatchee-based organization that managed health care payment contracts for a network of clinics across Washington. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Pete Serrano told The Center Square the case affected rural communities, including clinics in the Tri-Cities and East Wenatchee, where many patients are farmworkers and others employed in agriculture. “It's not surprising that our side of the state was impacted,” Serrano told The Center Square in a video interview on Monday afternoon. Serrano said the defendant disclosed the misconduct through his attorney, prompting prosecutors and investigators to examine the financial records and work toward a resolution. “We ultimately looked at the records, saw the tens of millions of dollars missing,” Serrano said. “And ultimately from that point forward, our team ... worked with his counsel to develop a resolution.” According to court documents, Bucknum began embezzling money from Community Clinic Network in April 2017. He initially intended to invest the funds in stocks, options and exchange-traded funds, keep any profits and return the money to the organization. Instead, he lost most of the money through poor trades and took additional funds in an attempt to recover those losses, prosecutors said. Between 2017 and 2023, Bucknum embezzled approximately $30 million from CCN and returned about $7 million, leaving a loss of approximately $24.37 million. “He took around 31 million in the scheme, 7 million was returned,” according to Prosecutor Jeremy Kelley, who spoke with The Center Square. “In 2010, he helped form CCN, and in 2017 he became CEO for CCN and that's when it all began,” Kelley added. Bucknum also used the money for personal purchases, including a $100,000 pickup truck, a $77,000 Tesla and a $33,000 boat. In August 2024, he embezzled $1.199 million to purchase precious metal coins. As part of the sentence, the judge ordered Bucknum to forfeit the vehicles, boat, coins and all funds remaining in his Chase Bank account. Kelley said the money was intended to help clinics expand services, purchase equipment such as MRI machines and maintain financial reserves. The losses have left the clinics less stable, Kelley said. “These clinics now don't have the ability to weather financial harms like a downturn in the economy,” according to Kelley. The $24.37 million restitution order represents the loss to CCN, but prosecutors acknowledged that recovering the full amount could be difficult. Kelley said the government has recovered assets and funds from a bank account and will continue pursuing money through legally available means, including wage garnishments, retirement funds and tax refunds. He said Bucknum will remain obligated to repay the debt for the rest of his life, but the amount taken is so large that full repayment is unlikely. Serrano said the government would pursue assets wherever they are found. “We do everything we can to claw back,” Serrano said, describing the government's efforts to identify assets such as homes, vehicles, boats and other property. Serrano said investigators have a team dedicated to locating assets and recovering money owed to the government. Serrano said Bucknum was immediately remanded to custody following sentencing, meaning he was taken back into custody to begin serving his sentence. Serrano said immediate remand is less common in white-collar fraud cases than in cases involving violent crimes or drug trafficking. “Obviously the judge thought this guy was at risk, whether it's flight or at risk of, you know, getting a bank account somewhere,” Serrano said. He also pointed to restrictions Bucknum will face after his release, including a three-year prohibition on having checking accounts or ATM cards. Serrano said federal probation officials will monitor compliance with those conditions. “This isn't just four years in prison, 48 months,” Serrano said. “This is four years in prison with three years of heavy, heavy supervisory release conditions.” The Center Square reached out to Bucknum's attorney, Clyde Snow of Salt Lake City, Utah, for comment but did not receive a response before publication.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and two other organizations as domestic terrorist groups. They also added more than 90 federally designated foreign terrorist organizations to the state list. The designations came months after DeSantis’ initial attempt to implement a new state law was challenged […]

There was something grimly revealing about the scene that unfolded on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory Sunday morning: men dressed in black, their faces concealed by white masks, gathering just days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Then came the message. “Got bones?” The banner, displayed later from an overpass above the Trans-Canada Highway, […] Source

Sylvester Stallone reconoce que usó esteroides para Rocky III y asegura que los cuerpos de superhéroes de Hollywood no son naturales, sino un disfraz.

Natasha Brown, who sits on the Strong Communities Advisory Committee, was arrested in connection with a north Stockton robbery. Stockton council to consider removing committee member after robbery arrest is a story from Stocktonia News, a rigorous and factual newsroom covering Greater Stockton, California. Please consider making a charitable contribution to support our journalism.

Instituti Francez në Shkup për katër ditë me radhë do të zhvillojë aktivitete që përfshijë tema nga trashëgimia e përbashkët, përkatësitë e përbashkëta dhe horizontet evropiane, transmeton Portalb.mk. “Përmes ekspozitave, debateve, takimeve dhe ligjëratave, „Dialogët evropianë“ krijojnë një hapësirë për të reflektuar mbi marrëdhënien tonë me historinë, diversitetin, kulturën dhe vlerat evropiane”, njoftoi Instituti. Ata […]

The prime minister wants fixing the crisis in social care to be the defining mission of his premiership.

როგორ იქცევა ხელოვანი სამიზნედ მაშინ, როცა მისი შემოქმედება პოლიტიკურ ინტერესებს ეჯახება? ამ სტატიაში გიყვებით პროპაგანდის მცდელობაზე, საინფორმაციო წნეხით, ჩაშლილი კონცერტებით, გაუქმებული სპექტაკლებითა თუ ბოიკოტით სცენებიდან გააქროს თავისუფალი არტისტები.

Feds say they are going after scammers who enrolled in Affordable Care Act. State of NC doesn't know how many residents are affected. Some NC Obamacare recipients among those being cut. How many remains unclear. is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.

Vehicle break-ins have dropped sharply since 2022, but car prowlers continue to target certain Peninsula streets.

El abogado del expresidente entiende que la investigación de un cobro recibido desde la empresa Focus Research Group era prospectiva pero la Fiscalía le responde que esa visión "implica una concepción contraria a derecho de lo que es una instrucción judicial"La causa contra Zapatero cuestiona sus negocios privados en el extranjero La fiscal anticorrupción del caso Zapatero se ha opuesto al recurso presentado por la defensa del expresidente del Gobierno en el que pedía que se anulara la parte de la causa en la que se investiga el cobro de 200.000 euros de la empresa Focus Social Research a cambio de su influencia en el gobierno boliviano. En el informe, al que ha tenido acceso elDiario.es, la fiscal Elena Lorente no se queda en argumentar una simple oposición al recurso del abogado Víctor Moreno Catena, sino que sale a defender la instrucción del magistrado de la Audiencia Nacional José Luis Calama después de que el letrado le afeara estar llevando a cabo una investigación “prospectiva” y le advirtiera que no disfrutaba de “patente de corso”. “La referencia corsaria no sólo es que choque con la forma en que se está llevando la instrucción, con autos razonados milimétricamente, sino que implica una concepción contraria a derecho de lo que es una instrucción judicial”, resalta la fiscal en su informe. Y recuerda, por otro lado, que antes de que se presentara el informe concreto sobre esa empresa ya existía en el procedimiento rastro de las transferencias que llegaban a cuentas del expresidente desde la sociedad Focus Social Research “por lo que los hallazgos documentales encontrados en las posteriores entradas y registros -las agendas del expresidente- completan un dato ya conocido”. Al hilo, echa en cara a la defensa que confunda la idea de la investigación prospectiva “con el deseo de que las pesquisas queden circunscritas a lo que la defensa considera más conveniente, haciendo una peculiar interpretación de lo que es objeto del procedimiento”. Y subraya que a su juicio “el objeto del procedimiento no se circunscribe al relato de hechos de un auto que sostiene una medida de investigación, como es la de entrada y registro”. Así, incide en que la visión de la defensa “es una sesgada y limitativa interpretación de lo que es objeto de esta investigación penal con el objetivo de encorsetarla”. Es más, indica que esos pagos de la sociedad Focus “ponen en evidencia otro hecho relativo al delito de tráfico de influencias, que venía ya siendo objeto de esta instrucción”. Para la fiscal existe una incuestionable conexidad entre los diferentes hechos investigados: a la presunta influencia del investigado para lograr el rescate público recibido por Plus Ultra “resulta que se suma la presunta influencia del mismo para lograr una oportuna resolución de las autoridades de Bolivia”. “En ambos casos, el investigado sale económicamente beneficiado. En el caso de Plus Ultra con la interposición de la pantalla Análisis Relevante SL y en el segundo con un pago directo en las cuentas bancarias del propio investigado”, añade. En el recurso de Rodríguez Zapatero, al que también tuvo acceso elDiario.es, el letrado explicaba que, si bien el objeto de la investigación es de “cristalización progresiva” y que el imputado no tiene un blindaje ante nuevos hechos, el magistrado no podía pretender dirigir la investigación hacia “cualquier actuación personal o profesional de la vida del investigado”. Añadía que, en el caso de su cliente, lo hallado es fruto de “una entrada y registro en la que se incautó información masiva” que permitía trazar “con una enorme precisión todo lo que una persona ha hecho, día a día y hora a hora, durante más de seis años”. En este sentido, aclaraba que el hecho de que esa información masiva esté en la causa “no significa que pueda examinarse en su integridad en búsqueda del descubrimiento de cualquier hecho de apariencia delictiva” porque, en todo caso, el tratamiento y análisis de esa información “debe ir orientada exclusivamente a esclarecer los hechos sobre los que ya existen indicios”. Así, resaltaba que con la decisión de investigar los pagos de Focus Social Research se extendían las pesquisas “más allá de los hechos sobre los que se consignan indicios de un delito de tráfico de influencias, que se limitan exclusivamente al caso de Plus Ultra”. A su juicio, primero se afirmaba que hay “una red con fines delictivos” y luego se emprendía la búsqueda de más de un delito que demuestre que existe esa red, algo que tilda de “razonamiento falaz”.