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Across New Jersey, 400 districts will see school aid rise, but 167 will see aid declines under Gov. Mikie Sherrill's first budget proposal.
Across New Jersey, 400 districts will see school aid rise, but 167 will see aid declines under Gov. Mikie Sherrill's first budget proposal.
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El aumento del gasto en defensa y la proliferación de conflictos armados elevan la huella climática global, según diversos estudios. Expertos advierten de que la guerra multiplica las emisiones no solo por la actividad militar, sino también por la destrucción y la posterior reconstrucción.
El aumento del gasto en defensa y la proliferación de conflictos armados elevan la huella climática global, según diversos estudios. Expertos advierten de que la guerra multiplica las emisiones no solo por la actividad militar, sino también por la destrucción y la posterior reconstrucción.
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The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission approved a proposal to annex land in south Lincoln and rezone portions from agricultural to residential after discussion about planned roadway changes in…
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission approved a proposal to annex land in south Lincoln and rezone portions from agricultural to residential after discussion about planned roadway changes in…
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(The Center Square) - Tim Sandefur, the vice president for legal affairs at the Goldwater Institute, told The Center Square this week that the Arizona Supreme Court was very interested in the arguments presented by an engineer’s legal team about who qualifies as an engineer. The Arizona Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday for the case of Greg Mills, et al. v. State of Arizona, which has been a legal battle going on since 2019. The Goldwater Institute filed an amicus brief in defense of Mills’ position. In 2019, the Arizona Board of Technical Registration told Mills he was violating Arizona law by “engaging in ‘engineering practices’ and by advertising their services as ‘engineers’ without first registering” with the state board, according to court records. ABTR sent him a proposed consent agreement asking him to pay a $6,000 fine, assessed investigation costs and halt his work as an engineer consultant. Mills did not agree to the consent agreement and took legal action. The Institute for Justice sued ABTR on behalf of Mills, saying the board’s ruling breached Mills’ right promised by the Arizona Constitution to “earn an honest living free from unreasonable, arbitrary, oppressive or monopolistic regulations.” In 2008, Mills founded Southwest Engineering Concepts LLC, an engineering consulting firm. According to Sandefur, the hearing lasted around 45 minutes. During the arguments, he said the state Supreme Court justices did not ask hostile questions to the engineer’s legal team. “ I counted only nine questions for [Mills’] side and 15 questions for the government side. Which is surprisingly quiet for the Arizona Supreme Court. Usually, they ask a lot more questions than that,” he explained. According to Sandefur, the “most striking moment” was when Justice Bill Montgomery said he didn’t understand why the state Supreme Court keeps “following what federal courts do when it comes to interpreting the Arizona Constitution.” He added that Montgomery said the court should be “focusing on what the Arizona Constitution says.” Mills’ legal defense argued that “the right to earn a living without unreasonable government interference has been a basic right of all people since the time when the Arizona Constitution was written,” the vice president explained. Sandefur noted Mills’ legal defense also said “ it is inescapable that the right to earn a living free of unreasonable government interference is protected by the Arizona Constitution.” Mills’ legal defense stated the state’s requirements for engineers are “irrational,” he explained. In Arizona, Sandefur said if engineers are employed by manufacturers, they don’t need a license to be an engineer. However, if they deal with the general public, an engineer's license is required. He noted this law doesn’t make “any sense” because people “can do the work of an engineer without a license, even if [they] deal with the public, as long as [they] don’t call [themselves] an engineer.” Sandefur said Arizona’s engineer law was written “at a time when people had in mind things like structural engineering” rather than “electronic engineering.” The justices “seemed very into Mills’ side of the issue,” he stated. Sandefur added that the justices were “very skeptical” of the government’s arguments. According to Sandefur, the government cited 1960s cases saying, “economic liberty is not all that important.” He added that these cases were based on federal law, but Montgomery said he was interested in knowing about what people in Arizona thought about when they wrote the Arizona Constitution in 1910. “At that time, there’s no denying that economic freedom was as important a right as freedom of speech, freedom of religion or private property,” he noted.
(The Center Square) - Tim Sandefur, the vice president for legal affairs at the Goldwater Institute, told The Center Square this week that the Arizona Supreme Court was very interested in the arguments presented by an engineer’s legal team about who qualifies as an engineer. The Arizona Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday for the case of Greg Mills, et al. v. State of Arizona, which has been a legal battle going on since 2019. The Goldwater Institute filed an amicus brief in defense of Mills’ position. In 2019, the Arizona Board of Technical Registration told Mills he was violating Arizona law by “engaging in ‘engineering practices’ and by advertising their services as ‘engineers’ without first registering” with the state board, according to court records. ABTR sent him a proposed consent agreement asking him to pay a $6,000 fine, assessed investigation costs and halt his work as an engineer consultant. Mills did not agree to the consent agreement and took legal action. The Institute for Justice sued ABTR on behalf of Mills, saying the board’s ruling breached Mills’ right promised by the Arizona Constitution to “earn an honest living free from unreasonable, arbitrary, oppressive or monopolistic regulations.” In 2008, Mills founded Southwest Engineering Concepts LLC, an engineering consulting firm. According to Sandefur, the hearing lasted around 45 minutes. During the arguments, he said the state Supreme Court justices did not ask hostile questions to the engineer’s legal team. “ I counted only nine questions for [Mills’] side and 15 questions for the government side. Which is surprisingly quiet for the Arizona Supreme Court. Usually, they ask a lot more questions than that,” he explained. According to Sandefur, the “most striking moment” was when Justice Bill Montgomery said he didn’t understand why the state Supreme Court keeps “following what federal courts do when it comes to interpreting the Arizona Constitution.” He added that Montgomery said the court should be “focusing on what the Arizona Constitution says.” Mills’ legal defense argued that “the right to earn a living without unreasonable government interference has been a basic right of all people since the time when the Arizona Constitution was written,” the vice president explained. Sandefur noted Mills’ legal defense also said “ it is inescapable that the right to earn a living free of unreasonable government interference is protected by the Arizona Constitution.” Mills’ legal defense stated the state’s requirements for engineers are “irrational,” he explained. In Arizona, Sandefur said if engineers are employed by manufacturers, they don’t need a license to be an engineer. However, if they deal with the general public, an engineer's license is required. He noted this law doesn’t make “any sense” because people “can do the work of an engineer without a license, even if [they] deal with the public, as long as [they] don’t call [themselves] an engineer.” Sandefur said Arizona’s engineer law was written “at a time when people had in mind things like structural engineering” rather than “electronic engineering.” The justices “seemed very into Mills’ side of the issue,” he stated. Sandefur added that the justices were “very skeptical” of the government’s arguments. According to Sandefur, the government cited 1960s cases saying, “economic liberty is not all that important.” He added that these cases were based on federal law, but Montgomery said he was interested in knowing about what people in Arizona thought about when they wrote the Arizona Constitution in 1910. “At that time, there’s no denying that economic freedom was as important a right as freedom of speech, freedom of religion or private property,” he noted.
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Government officials have discovered a new tactic for attacking reporting they don’t like: They just call it “doxxing.”At the federal, state, and local levels, authorities are increasingly stretching the term doxxing beyond recognition to threaten journalists who report about immigration enforcement, potential misconduct by elected and appointed officials, and military actions.Unfortunately, this reframing of routine journalism as doxxing works all too often exactly as intended, chilling reporting and leaving the public less informed.Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) recently spoke to four reporters who have firsthand experience facing accusations of doxxing based on their reporting, along with the harassment and legal threats that often followed. We discussed how this tactic works, and how journalists and others can fight back. “Framing people who are in positions of, frankly, incredible power in the government — which we all pay taxes to and all deserve transparency from — as victims of doxxing for just naming what their roles are and what they’re supposedly doing is a great way to continue to demonize media,” Vittoria Elliott, a reporter for Wired, explained.Elliott described how she was harassed online and faced legal threats from the Department of Justice after her reporting about the young engineers who held power at DOGE.Elliott urged news media companies to recognize that journalists now report in an environment where the government is actively attempting to criminalize certain elements of their work. Journalists and media organizations must be “clear eyed” about the risks, she said, and explain the process of journalism to the public, while also doing more to “prepare for the fact that elements of our jobs are going to be recategorized as criminal activity.”Doug Sovern, a former investigative reporter and political reporter for San Francisco’s KCBS radio, agreed that the “doxxing” label is a tactic of demonization, adding that government officials “also know that some media will back down” when faced with even spurious accusations of doxxing.After the Federal Communications Commission threatened the license of KCBS for reporting on an immigration raid that happened in public, the station’s corporate owner “started basically spiking interviews,” Sovern said, “out of fear of more reprisal or antagonizing the Trump administration.”“There’s been no loss of license. Nothing’s happened,” Sovern added. “But there was so much fear on the part of our corporation and their bottom line that it really had a chilling effect on everything we were doing in the political space.”Gregory Royal Pratt, an investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, spoke about the harassment and threats he faced after a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson condemned him for reporting on a public immigration raid in Chicago. He echoed Elliott and Sovern, explaining that doxxing accusations are “clearly a very deliberate thing meant to intimidate me out of reporting.”“At least for a moment I thought about it,” Pratt added, “Then it’s like, ‘All right, let’s get back to work.’”Pratt also hailed as “American heroes” the ordinary people who record immigration agents in public and are themselves often accused of doxxing. “People recording and documenting history as it happens, without interfering, without being violent,” he said, “is really, really important.” He added that journalists and the public “would not be getting the truth out of the federal government without it.”Charlie Kratovil, the founder and editor of New Brunswick Today, described his legal challenge to Daniel’s Law in New Jersey, which ultimately resulted in a loss before the New Jersey Supreme Court.Under the law, which prohibits the publication of certain information about government or law enforcement officials, “We’ve seen governments wholesale just remove all kinds of records from the internet that used to be public, whether it’s property records, financial disclosure statements — and for people who are not police, not law enforcement, not judges,” Kratovil said. “The seemingly endless expansion of this is only going to lead to more corruption and more crime and people getting away with it,” he added.Watch the whole event here.If you’re a journalist facing online harassment as a result of your reporting, check out Freedom of the Press Foundation’s resource page on preparing for online harassment or request a training with our Digital Security Training team.
Government officials have discovered a new tactic for attacking reporting they don’t like: They just call it “doxxing.”At the federal, state, and local levels, authorities are increasingly stretching the term doxxing beyond recognition to threaten journalists who report about immigration enforcement, potential misconduct by elected and appointed officials, and military actions.Unfortunately, this reframing of routine journalism as doxxing works all too often exactly as intended, chilling reporting and leaving the public less informed.Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) recently spoke to four reporters who have firsthand experience facing accusations of doxxing based on their reporting, along with the harassment and legal threats that often followed. We discussed how this tactic works, and how journalists and others can fight back. “Framing people who are in positions of, frankly, incredible power in the government — which we all pay taxes to and all deserve transparency from — as victims of doxxing for just naming what their roles are and what they’re supposedly doing is a great way to continue to demonize media,” Vittoria Elliott, a reporter for Wired, explained.Elliott described how she was harassed online and faced legal threats from the Department of Justice after her reporting about the young engineers who held power at DOGE.Elliott urged news media companies to recognize that journalists now report in an environment where the government is actively attempting to criminalize certain elements of their work. Journalists and media organizations must be “clear eyed” about the risks, she said, and explain the process of journalism to the public, while also doing more to “prepare for the fact that elements of our jobs are going to be recategorized as criminal activity.”Doug Sovern, a former investigative reporter and political reporter for San Francisco’s KCBS radio, agreed that the “doxxing” label is a tactic of demonization, adding that government officials “also know that some media will back down” when faced with even spurious accusations of doxxing.After the Federal Communications Commission threatened the license of KCBS for reporting on an immigration raid that happened in public, the station’s corporate owner “started basically spiking interviews,” Sovern said, “out of fear of more reprisal or antagonizing the Trump administration.”“There’s been no loss of license. Nothing’s happened,” Sovern added. “But there was so much fear on the part of our corporation and their bottom line that it really had a chilling effect on everything we were doing in the political space.”Gregory Royal Pratt, an investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, spoke about the harassment and threats he faced after a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson condemned him for reporting on a public immigration raid in Chicago. He echoed Elliott and Sovern, explaining that doxxing accusations are “clearly a very deliberate thing meant to intimidate me out of reporting.”“At least for a moment I thought about it,” Pratt added, “Then it’s like, ‘All right, let’s get back to work.’”Pratt also hailed as “American heroes” the ordinary people who record immigration agents in public and are themselves often accused of doxxing. “People recording and documenting history as it happens, without interfering, without being violent,” he said, “is really, really important.” He added that journalists and the public “would not be getting the truth out of the federal government without it.”Charlie Kratovil, the founder and editor of New Brunswick Today, described his legal challenge to Daniel’s Law in New Jersey, which ultimately resulted in a loss before the New Jersey Supreme Court.Under the law, which prohibits the publication of certain information about government or law enforcement officials, “We’ve seen governments wholesale just remove all kinds of records from the internet that used to be public, whether it’s property records, financial disclosure statements — and for people who are not police, not law enforcement, not judges,” Kratovil said. “The seemingly endless expansion of this is only going to lead to more corruption and more crime and people getting away with it,” he added.Watch the whole event here.If you’re a journalist facing online harassment as a result of your reporting, check out Freedom of the Press Foundation’s resource page on preparing for online harassment or request a training with our Digital Security Training team.
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Over decades, the tropical deciduous forests of central India have weathered the impacts of a quietly changing climate. New research sheds light on the extent to which long-term changes in temperature and precipitation transformed a protected area in Madhya Pradesh, in addition to the anthropogenic pressures caused by tree felling, extraction, and grazing. The forests […]
Over decades, the tropical deciduous forests of central India have weathered the impacts of a quietly changing climate. New research sheds light on the extent to which long-term changes in temperature and precipitation transformed a protected area in Madhya Pradesh, in addition to the anthropogenic pressures caused by tree felling, extraction, and grazing. The forests […]
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Ministri i Mbrojtjes i Kosovës, Ejup Maqedonci, i ka thënë të premten Radios Evropa e Lirë se pretendimet e autoriteteve serbe që po armatosen për t’u mbrojtur nga vendet fqinje nuk qëndrojnë, dhe me blerjet e fundit të armëve kineze ato po shpërfaqin tendencat e tyre hegjemoniste në raport me këto vende, transmeton Radio Evropa e […]
Ministri i Mbrojtjes i Kosovës, Ejup Maqedonci, i ka thënë të premten Radios Evropa e Lirë se pretendimet e autoriteteve serbe që po armatosen për t’u mbrojtur nga vendet fqinje nuk qëndrojnë, dhe me blerjet e fundit të armëve kineze ato po shpërfaqin tendencat e tyre hegjemoniste në raport me këto vende, transmeton Radio Evropa e […]
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(The Center Square) – State Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, D-Milwaukee, agreed to plea guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and will pay a $300 fine after she was charged following a Sept. 2 phone call where she reportedly threatened another member of the Assembly that she would “tell the press negative personal information” if she was not included in writing a Joint Resolution honoring Latino veterans. Ortiz-Velez’s late husband was a Latino veteran. She said in a Friday statement that that she broke directives from her party’s leaders when she voted for maps proposed by Gov. Tony Evers and his budget and that was later held against her. “My voting choices caused a rift that has turned ugly and bitter,” Ortiz-Velez wrote. “My constituents did not send me to Madison to litigate internal caucus disputes or to be distracted by the personal feuds - they sent me to deliver results. I continue to focus 100% of my efforts for the people of the 8th Assembly district.” She went on to say that she will continue to be an “independent voice in the Capitol.” Ortiz-Velez left the Democratic caucus after the incident. The complaint states that Ortiz-Velez felt she was intentionally left out of writing the resolution despite the fact that her late husband was a Latino veteran. The complaint was filed in Milwaukee because both representatives live in Milwaukee and both were in Milwaukee when the phone call occurred. “These were personal attacks regarding Witness 1 that were outside the bounds of political response,” the complaint said. “The statements were indecent and tended to disrupt the good public order.”
(The Center Square) – State Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, D-Milwaukee, agreed to plea guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and will pay a $300 fine after she was charged following a Sept. 2 phone call where she reportedly threatened another member of the Assembly that she would “tell the press negative personal information” if she was not included in writing a Joint Resolution honoring Latino veterans. Ortiz-Velez’s late husband was a Latino veteran. She said in a Friday statement that that she broke directives from her party’s leaders when she voted for maps proposed by Gov. Tony Evers and his budget and that was later held against her. “My voting choices caused a rift that has turned ugly and bitter,” Ortiz-Velez wrote. “My constituents did not send me to Madison to litigate internal caucus disputes or to be distracted by the personal feuds - they sent me to deliver results. I continue to focus 100% of my efforts for the people of the 8th Assembly district.” She went on to say that she will continue to be an “independent voice in the Capitol.” Ortiz-Velez left the Democratic caucus after the incident. The complaint states that Ortiz-Velez felt she was intentionally left out of writing the resolution despite the fact that her late husband was a Latino veteran. The complaint was filed in Milwaukee because both representatives live in Milwaukee and both were in Milwaukee when the phone call occurred. “These were personal attacks regarding Witness 1 that were outside the bounds of political response,” the complaint said. “The statements were indecent and tended to disrupt the good public order.”
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葛超峰（Chaofeng Ge，音译）短暂的一生去年八月在宾夕法尼亚州一所移民监狱中结束，尸检报告说他被发现吊在洗澡间里，手脚反绑在身后。他死时年仅32岁。 出来美国时的葛超峰原本充满希望和乐观，他想要挣到足够的钱作为回老家娶媳妇时的彩礼，但他的家人、朋友和工友们说，他被人引诱参与一桩诈骗案。盗刷信用卡购买价值大约150美元的礼品卡使他被捕入狱，刑满后又再被拘押。葛超峰的哥哥和认识他的人们说他心地善良、容易相信人。他们说他可能有未被确诊的智力问题。 美国政府尚未发布关于葛超峰之死的一些关键信息，他的家人心中有无数问号，无法安宁。葛超峰在一所监狱中曾试图自杀，目前不知他被转到美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的移民监狱后是否得到了精神健康问题的后续治疗。代表葛超峰家人的律师正在准备提交过失死亡诉讼，对他在被拘押的过程中发生的事以及他的死亡提出质疑。 Immigration News, Curated Sign up to get our curation of news, insights on big stories, job announcements, and events happening in immigration. Sign Up For Free You're Subscribed! Please check your email for further instructions. 葛超峰的哥哥葛炎峰（Yanfeng Ge，音译）也在美国。这阵子他打电话回家时，他们的妈妈总是催他赶紧带着弟弟的骨灰回中国。”美国太危险了，咱们要死也得死在一块儿。”她对儿子说。 越过边境 葛超峰出生在中国中部河南省农村的一个贫困农民家庭，家里缺吃少穿。他的兄弟姐妹们对于童年的记忆大多跟贫穷相关：他们的母亲在下雨天撑开双臂遮在他们头上，以防家里的土坯房在雨中倒塌；鞋子漏了洞，用塑料袋套上接着穿。哥哥葛炎峰说，超峰是家里最小的孩子，小的时候，家人会把他放在家里养的唯一一头猪的背上让他取暖，因为家里冬天烧不起暖气。 村民和家人们说葛超峰跟人沟通有些困难，同时也很容易上当。葛炎峰说他们的父亲和一些其他家人也有这样的问题，可能是遗传。“他讲话做事很像《阿甘正传》里的阿甘。”葛炎峰说。 葛超峰十几岁时就开始跟父亲一起在建筑工地打工，他干活卖力是出了名的，有时候甚至连续干24小时不休息。但熟悉他的人说，他经常被骗。与葛超峰认识十多年的河南建筑工人邓洋洋（Yangyang Deng，音译）说：”他太容易相信人了，如果他跟别人说好一块儿干一个活儿，工钱两人平分，到最后他可能就只能拿到三分之一的工钱。这种事发生了不只一次。” 葛超峰用“A11小葛”作为自己的微信名，让自己在朋友们的微信联系人名录里占据最前面的位置。他渴望成家，却拒绝了媒婆试图给他介绍的所有对象。在中国农村，男人通常要支付巨额彩礼才能娶到老婆，他知道自己家里出不起。这也成为2023年底他追随早几个月离家的哥哥，跋山涉水数千英里、穿越美墨边境来到美国的一个主要原因。”他想要挣钱结婚，让我们的父母了了心愿。”仍在河南的葛超峰的姐姐葛桃风（Taofeng Ge，音译）说。 超峰和炎峰都向蛇头支付了几千美金，踏上了这段坐飞机、坐船加步行、辗转多个国家的旅程。他们最后都进入美国，在法拉盛图书馆第一次重逢。两兄弟当时对未来充满希望，”至少在美国干了活儿会给钱。”葛炎峰说。他说自己和弟弟在国内被建筑工地包工头拖欠的工资加起来超过10万人民币。 像所有初来者一样，两兄弟从装修到送货什么杂活儿都干。葛超峰的工友，要求只用姓名首字母代称的Y说，2024年的几个月里，葛超峰在康州送货，每天凌晨3点起床干到晚上7点，为省租金一直住在车里，这样一个月下来，他能挣到一万美金。 Y说：“他不是坏人，但他太容易被人左右了。如果你对他好一点，你让他干嘛他就干嘛，哪怕是刚认识的。” 盗刷信用卡 2024年10月，葛超峰回到纽约市，准备考商用驾照当卡车司机，炎峰说这是弟弟的美国梦。但葛超峰这段时间大都呆在纽约还有一个原因—-”娟姐”来了。 娟是葛超峰走线路上遇到的女孩，她要求本文只用她名字里的”娟”字代称。娟说，2023年底，蛇头将他们一行走线客扔在巴拿马的一个小岛上20多天，葛超峰四处搜寻找到食物后都会跟娟分享，哪怕自己要饿着肚子睡觉。两人很快成了好友，但进入美国之后娟留在了加州。 在娟提供给纽约移民记事网（Documented）的她与葛超峰微信通话记录中，可以看到一个男人正在滋长的情愫，这或许是他的初恋。”我对你，一直是有贼心没贼胆。这个你应该发现了吧！”他在发给她的留言中说。 […] The post 盗刷154.62美元信用卡，为何他会死在狱中？ appeared first on Documented.
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葛超峰（Chaofeng Ge，音译）短暂的一生去年八月在宾夕法尼亚州一所移民监狱中结束，尸检报告说他被发现吊在洗澡间里，手脚反绑在身后。他死时年仅32岁。 出来美国时的葛超峰原本充满希望和乐观，他想要挣到足够的钱作为回老家娶媳妇时的彩礼，但他的家人、朋友和工友们说，他被人引诱参与一桩诈骗案。盗刷信用卡购买价值大约150美元的礼品卡使他被捕入狱，刑满后又再被拘押。葛超峰的哥哥和认识他的人们说他心地善良、容易相信人。他们说他可能有未被确诊的智力问题。 美国政府尚未发布关于葛超峰之死的一些关键信息，他的家人心中有无数问号，无法安宁。葛超峰在一所监狱中曾试图自杀，目前不知他被转到美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）的移民监狱后是否得到了精神健康问题的后续治疗。代表葛超峰家人的律师正在准备提交过失死亡诉讼，对他在被拘押的过程中发生的事以及他的死亡提出质疑。 Immigration News, Curated Sign up to get our curation of news, insights on big stories, job announcements, and events happening in immigration. Sign Up For Free You're Subscribed! Please check your email for further instructions. 葛超峰的哥哥葛炎峰（Yanfeng Ge，音译）也在美国。这阵子他打电话回家时，他们的妈妈总是催他赶紧带着弟弟的骨灰回中国。”美国太危险了，咱们要死也得死在一块儿。”她对儿子说。 越过边境 葛超峰出生在中国中部河南省农村的一个贫困农民家庭，家里缺吃少穿。他的兄弟姐妹们对于童年的记忆大多跟贫穷相关：他们的母亲在下雨天撑开双臂遮在他们头上，以防家里的土坯房在雨中倒塌；鞋子漏了洞，用塑料袋套上接着穿。哥哥葛炎峰说，超峰是家里最小的孩子，小的时候，家人会把他放在家里养的唯一一头猪的背上让他取暖，因为家里冬天烧不起暖气。 村民和家人们说葛超峰跟人沟通有些困难，同时也很容易上当。葛炎峰说他们的父亲和一些其他家人也有这样的问题，可能是遗传。“他讲话做事很像《阿甘正传》里的阿甘。”葛炎峰说。 葛超峰十几岁时就开始跟父亲一起在建筑工地打工，他干活卖力是出了名的，有时候甚至连续干24小时不休息。但熟悉他的人说，他经常被骗。与葛超峰认识十多年的河南建筑工人邓洋洋（Yangyang Deng，音译）说：”他太容易相信人了，如果他跟别人说好一块儿干一个活儿，工钱两人平分，到最后他可能就只能拿到三分之一的工钱。这种事发生了不只一次。” 葛超峰用“A11小葛”作为自己的微信名，让自己在朋友们的微信联系人名录里占据最前面的位置。他渴望成家，却拒绝了媒婆试图给他介绍的所有对象。在中国农村，男人通常要支付巨额彩礼才能娶到老婆，他知道自己家里出不起。这也成为2023年底他追随早几个月离家的哥哥，跋山涉水数千英里、穿越美墨边境来到美国的一个主要原因。”他想要挣钱结婚，让我们的父母了了心愿。”仍在河南的葛超峰的姐姐葛桃风（Taofeng Ge，音译）说。 超峰和炎峰都向蛇头支付了几千美金，踏上了这段坐飞机、坐船加步行、辗转多个国家的旅程。他们最后都进入美国，在法拉盛图书馆第一次重逢。两兄弟当时对未来充满希望，”至少在美国干了活儿会给钱。”葛炎峰说。他说自己和弟弟在国内被建筑工地包工头拖欠的工资加起来超过10万人民币。 像所有初来者一样，两兄弟从装修到送货什么杂活儿都干。葛超峰的工友，要求只用姓名首字母代称的Y说，2024年的几个月里，葛超峰在康州送货，每天凌晨3点起床干到晚上7点，为省租金一直住在车里，这样一个月下来，他能挣到一万美金。 Y说：“他不是坏人，但他太容易被人左右了。如果你对他好一点，你让他干嘛他就干嘛，哪怕是刚认识的。” 盗刷信用卡 2024年10月，葛超峰回到纽约市，准备考商用驾照当卡车司机，炎峰说这是弟弟的美国梦。但葛超峰这段时间大都呆在纽约还有一个原因—-”娟姐”来了。 娟是葛超峰走线路上遇到的女孩，她要求本文只用她名字里的”娟”字代称。娟说，2023年底，蛇头将他们一行走线客扔在巴拿马的一个小岛上20多天，葛超峰四处搜寻找到食物后都会跟娟分享，哪怕自己要饿着肚子睡觉。两人很快成了好友，但进入美国之后娟留在了加州。 在娟提供给纽约移民记事网（Documented）的她与葛超峰微信通话记录中，可以看到一个男人正在滋长的情愫，这或许是他的初恋。”我对你，一直是有贼心没贼胆。这个你应该发现了吧！”他在发给她的留言中说。 […] The post 盗刷154.62美元信用卡，为何他会死在狱中？ appeared first on Documented.
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Siyasi şərhçi İlkan Dalkuç deyir ki, ortaq qazanclarına baxmayaraq, Əliyevlə Ərdoğan arasında İsrailə münasibətdə illərdir addım-adım dərinləşən fikir ayrılığı var və Türkiyənin İsraillə münasibətləri pisləşdikcə, İsrail Azərbaycanla yaxınlaşırdı.
Siyasi şərhçi İlkan Dalkuç deyir ki, ortaq qazanclarına baxmayaraq, Əliyevlə Ərdoğan arasında İsrailə münasibətdə illərdir addım-adım dərinləşən fikir ayrılığı var və Türkiyənin İsraillə münasibətləri pisləşdikcə, İsrail Azərbaycanla yaxınlaşırdı.
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Costa Rica’s famous coffee industry says it’s nearly ready for EUDR. The upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires that all coffee shipped into the EU not come from recently deforested land, prompting Costa Rica to develop a pilot program with its largest coffee cooperative. The initial program provided tools and training to help growers, […]
Costa Rica’s famous coffee industry says it’s nearly ready for EUDR. The upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requires that all coffee shipped into the EU not come from recently deforested land, prompting Costa Rica to develop a pilot program with its largest coffee cooperative. The initial program provided tools and training to help growers, […]
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KLEINFELTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Birdwatchers gather before dawn at Middle Creek in Pennsylvania to witness thousands of migrating snow geese lifting off from the reservoir in a swirling mass. The display lasts only minutes before the birds fan out to nearby farm fields to feed as they continue their annual spring migration north toward New […]
KLEINFELTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Birdwatchers gather before dawn at Middle Creek in Pennsylvania to witness thousands of migrating snow geese lifting off from the reservoir in a swirling mass. The display lasts only minutes before the birds fan out to nearby farm fields to feed as they continue their annual spring migration north toward New […]
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The Oklahoma legislature saw a busy floor agenda for education this week.
The Oklahoma legislature saw a busy floor agenda for education this week.
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Presidenti i SHBA-së, Donald Trump, tha gjatë një konference telefonike të udhëheqësve të G7 se Irani “është gati të dorëzohet”, raportoi Axios të premten, duke cituar tre zyrtarë nga vendet e G7, transmeton Euronews. Sipas të njëjtit raport, Trump u mburr me rezultatet e Operacionit Epic Fury, duke u thënë aleatëve të tij: “Unë iu […]
Presidenti i SHBA-së, Donald Trump, tha gjatë një konference telefonike të udhëheqësve të G7 se Irani “është gati të dorëzohet”, raportoi Axios të premten, duke cituar tre zyrtarë nga vendet e G7, transmeton Euronews. Sipas të njëjtit raport, Trump u mburr me rezultatet e Operacionit Epic Fury, duke u thënë aleatëve të tij: “Unë iu […]
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سوپای ئیسرائیل ئەمڕۆ هەینی راپۆرتێکی نوێی بڵاوکردەوە کە تێیدا ئەنجامەکانی دوو هەفتەی یەکەم لە ئۆپەراسیۆنی سەربازی ' نەڕەی شێر' ی لە دژی ڕژێمی ئێران و حزبوڵا دەخاتە ڕوو. بەپێی راپۆرتەکە، هەزاران هێرش دژی ئامانجە سەربازییەکان لە ئێران و لوبنان ئەنجام دراون. بەپێی زانیارییە بڵاوکراوەکان، لە ماوەی ئەم دوو هەفتەیەدا نزیکەی 7،600هێرش لەناو خاکی ئێران ئەنجام دراون. لەوانەدا زیاتر لە 2،000 هێرش ئامانجی سەرەکی و دامەزراوەکانی ڕژێمی ئێران بوون، هەروەها نزیکەی 4،700 هێرشیش دژی بەرنامەی مووشەکی ئێران...
سوپای ئیسرائیل ئەمڕۆ هەینی راپۆرتێکی نوێی بڵاوکردەوە کە تێیدا ئەنجامەکانی دوو هەفتەی یەکەم لە ئۆپەراسیۆنی سەربازی ' نەڕەی شێر' ی لە دژی ڕژێمی ئێران و حزبوڵا دەخاتە ڕوو. بەپێی راپۆرتەکە، هەزاران هێرش دژی ئامانجە سەربازییەکان لە ئێران و لوبنان ئەنجام دراون. بەپێی زانیارییە بڵاوکراوەکان، لە ماوەی ئەم دوو هەفتەیەدا نزیکەی 7،600هێرش لەناو خاکی ئێران ئەنجام دراون. لەوانەدا زیاتر لە 2،000 هێرش ئامانجی سەرەکی و دامەزراوەکانی ڕژێمی ئێران بوون، هەروەها نزیکەی 4،700 هێرشیش دژی بەرنامەی مووشەکی ئێران...
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Democrațiile nu mai dispar astăzi prin lovituri de stat sau revoluții, ci, tot mai des, prin decizii luate chiar de lideri aleși democratic. Cum ajung instituțiile să fie subminate din interior și ce rol pot avea tinerii în apărarea valorilor democratice? Am discutat despre aceste teme, la Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara, cu istoricul și jurnalista Anne Applebaum, una dintre cele mai importante voci care analizează transformările politice din Europa și din lume.
Democrațiile nu mai dispar astăzi prin lovituri de stat sau revoluții, ci, tot mai des, prin decizii luate chiar de lideri aleși democratic. Cum ajung instituțiile să fie subminate din interior și ce rol pot avea tinerii în apărarea valorilor democratice? Am discutat despre aceste teme, la Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara, cu istoricul și jurnalista Anne Applebaum, una dintre cele mai importante voci care analizează transformările politice din Europa și din lume.
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Canada must protect 1.7 million sq. kms, the size of Alaska, to meet 2030 conservation goals. Manitoba is eyeing Indigenous-led plans to get there
Canada must protect 1.7 million sq. kms, the size of Alaska, to meet 2030 conservation goals. Manitoba is eyeing Indigenous-led plans to get there
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Міністерство цифрового розвитку Росії, Роскомнагляд і оператори наразі не коментували впровадження «білих списків»
Міністерство цифрового розвитку Росії, Роскомнагляд і оператори наразі не коментували впровадження «білих списків»
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(The Center Square) - The Arizona state Senate passed a bill this week that would require the state's court system to notify federal authorities when a criminal illegal immigrant is released from prison. Senators passed Senate Bill 1213 along party lines by a vote of 16 to 13, with state Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, absent from the vote. SB 1213 would also prevent criminal illegal aliens from being allowed probation. On top of this, the bill allows Arizona legal residents to take legal action against local governments that take any steps to limit the enforcement of federal immigration law. A city may be fined between $500 and $5,000 daily until the policy is ended. Sen. Janae Shamp, R-Surprise, told The Center Square that she does not think Arizona taxpayers “should be paying for illegal aliens to be on probation” in the state. "If someone is in this country illegally and commits a crime, the system should not place them back on probation and move on,” Shamp said. “This bill ensures federal immigration authorities are immediately involved so dangerous offenders are not allowed to remain in our communities, especially pedophiles." She noted SB 1213 came about after an incident in November 2025, when Abel Gblah, a permanent resident from Liberia, allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl at a Phoenix elementary school. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gblah, who came into America on a green card in 2011, was charged with sex assault, abduction, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, and kidnapping a minor with intent to sexually assault. During his time in America, Gblah, a registered sex offender, was arrested and convicted on two counts of sexual conduct with a minor in 2021, the DHSstated. The next year, Gblah was arrested and convicted of smuggling illegal immigrants into America, the DHS noted. 12 News reported that Gblah had been on life-time parole since 2022 and had violated parole numerous times. Shamp said if Arizona had notified federal authorities “appropriately,” this “little girl would not have had her life changed forever.” The senator said she has asked to find out the number of criminal illegal immigrants on probation in Arizona, but has not been able to acquire that information. As a result, Shamp said she introduced SB 1544, which would allow state probation records to be open to public records requests. This week, SB 1544 failed to pass the state Senate. State senators voted 15 to 14, with state Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, being the only Republican to vote against the bill. Rogers was absent from this vote. According to Shamp, SB 1544 failed because people are “worried about protecting privacy.” “It's something that I'm gonna continue to work on. I'm finally getting members to start having the conversation with me about what's going on at probation, and that we cannot get any of the data,” she noted. Shamp said it takes a few times to run a bill so people can have conversations, make edits and turn a bill proposal “as best as possible.” Going forward, Shamp called SB 1213 “an extremely partisan bill,” saying Democrats “are doubling down on standing for the rights of criminal illegal immigrants instead of citizens of Arizona.” If the bill reaches Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk, Shamp told The Center Square she thinks the governor would veto it. ”We represent the citizens of Arizona first," she said. "And because we're not doing that well enough, a little girl's life will never be the same, and shame on us for allowing that to happen."
(The Center Square) - The Arizona state Senate passed a bill this week that would require the state's court system to notify federal authorities when a criminal illegal immigrant is released from prison. Senators passed Senate Bill 1213 along party lines by a vote of 16 to 13, with state Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, absent from the vote. SB 1213 would also prevent criminal illegal aliens from being allowed probation. On top of this, the bill allows Arizona legal residents to take legal action against local governments that take any steps to limit the enforcement of federal immigration law. A city may be fined between $500 and $5,000 daily until the policy is ended. Sen. Janae Shamp, R-Surprise, told The Center Square that she does not think Arizona taxpayers “should be paying for illegal aliens to be on probation” in the state. "If someone is in this country illegally and commits a crime, the system should not place them back on probation and move on,” Shamp said. “This bill ensures federal immigration authorities are immediately involved so dangerous offenders are not allowed to remain in our communities, especially pedophiles." She noted SB 1213 came about after an incident in November 2025, when Abel Gblah, a permanent resident from Liberia, allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl at a Phoenix elementary school. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gblah, who came into America on a green card in 2011, was charged with sex assault, abduction, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, and kidnapping a minor with intent to sexually assault. During his time in America, Gblah, a registered sex offender, was arrested and convicted on two counts of sexual conduct with a minor in 2021, the DHSstated. The next year, Gblah was arrested and convicted of smuggling illegal immigrants into America, the DHS noted. 12 News reported that Gblah had been on life-time parole since 2022 and had violated parole numerous times. Shamp said if Arizona had notified federal authorities “appropriately,” this “little girl would not have had her life changed forever.” The senator said she has asked to find out the number of criminal illegal immigrants on probation in Arizona, but has not been able to acquire that information. As a result, Shamp said she introduced SB 1544, which would allow state probation records to be open to public records requests. This week, SB 1544 failed to pass the state Senate. State senators voted 15 to 14, with state Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, being the only Republican to vote against the bill. Rogers was absent from this vote. According to Shamp, SB 1544 failed because people are “worried about protecting privacy.” “It's something that I'm gonna continue to work on. I'm finally getting members to start having the conversation with me about what's going on at probation, and that we cannot get any of the data,” she noted. Shamp said it takes a few times to run a bill so people can have conversations, make edits and turn a bill proposal “as best as possible.” Going forward, Shamp called SB 1213 “an extremely partisan bill,” saying Democrats “are doubling down on standing for the rights of criminal illegal immigrants instead of citizens of Arizona.” If the bill reaches Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk, Shamp told The Center Square she thinks the governor would veto it. ”We represent the citizens of Arizona first," she said. "And because we're not doing that well enough, a little girl's life will never be the same, and shame on us for allowing that to happen."
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