Sunday, 31 October 2021

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says she has tested positive for covid

Psaki is not with US President Biden on European and UK trip.

Members of her household had been diagnosed with the virus in the middle of last week. Psaki had quarantined since. 

Psaki says her symptoms are mild, thanks to her being vaccinated. 

Says she last saw US President Biden on Tuesday and had been wearing a mask. 


November 01, 2021 at 09:36AM
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Australia - AiG Manufacturing PMI for October 50.4 (prior 51.8)

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November 01, 2021 at 09:30AM
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Japan earthquake north of Tokyo - magnitude 5.2

A magnitude 5.7 (earlier reported magnitude) earthquake reported  - no tsunami alert issued. 

  • Earthquake in northern Ibaraki Prefecture 
  • Mag 5.7 
  • Depth 50km

Relationship of Ibaraki prefecture to Tokyo city: 

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November 01, 2021 at 09:24AM
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Washington police officer shot after trying to stop burglary while off-duty

An off-duty police officer in Puyallup, Washington was shot in the abdomen and suffered "very serious" injuries as he tried to stop a burglary in progress while on a morning jog Sunday, Puyallup Police Chief Scott Engle said. 

"This was a very close call, a very close call and we’re very fortunate that the officer’s out of surgery," Engle said at the scene. "He’s got a road ahead of him, but as of right now, he’s expected to survive."

The officer, who works for the nearby Federal Way Police Department, saw two men trying to pull the front door off a Jennings Equipment store around 7:00 a.m.

Two men were trying to rip the front door off this lawn equipment store when the off-duty officer had some sort of "verbal confrontation" with them. 

Two men were trying to rip the front door off this lawn equipment store when the off-duty officer had some sort of "verbal confrontation" with them.  (Apple Maps)

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The men had some sort of "verbal confrontation" with the officer then shot him as they fled the scene. 

"He was doing nothing that any other officer wouldn’t have done," Engle said. "Our officers, whether they’re in their uniforms or not, they’re always on duty and they always do the right thing."

The two suspects are described as Hispanic men wearing all black with their faces covered. 

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One of them drove a four-door light-colored Chevy pickup truck with dark wheels and a tailgate that was either down or missing. The other suspect drove a black pickup truck. 

The Puyallup Police Department is asking anyone who may have seen the suspects or who has surveillance footage of them to call their tip line at 253-770-3343. 




November 01, 2021 at 10:29AM
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Supreme Court to hear case on New York's gun permit law

Supreme Court to hear case on New York's gun permit law

The three Trump appointees were not on the court when the justices last issued major gun rights rulings

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The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the streets of New York and Los Angeles and threaten restrictions on guns in subways, airports, bars, churches, schools and other places where people gather.

The case the justices will hear Wednesday comes as gun violence has surged, and it could dramatically increase the number of people eligible to carry firearms as they go about their daily lives. The case centers on New York 's restrictive gun permit law and whether challengers to the law have a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.

Gun control groups say if a high court ruling requires states to drop restrictions, the result will be more violence. Gun rights groups, meanwhile, say the risk of a confrontation is precisely why they have a right to be armed for self-defense.

This Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, shows the Supreme Court in Washington.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gun rights advocates hope that the court with a 6-3 conservative majority is poised to side with them. They want the court to say the New York law is too restrictive, as are similar laws in other states. Gun control advocates acknowledge the court’s composition has them concerned about the outcome.

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"The stakes really could not be higher," said Jonathan Lowy, chief counsel at the gun control group Brady.

The court last issued major gun-rights decisions in 2008 and 2010. Those decisions established a nationwide right to keep a gun at home for self-defense. The question for the court now is whether there’s a similar Second Amendment right to carry a firearm in public.

The question isn’t an issue in most of the country, where gun owners have little difficulty legally carrying their weapons when they go out. But about half a dozen states, including populous California and several Eastern states, restrict the carrying of guns to those who can demonstrate a particular need for doing so. The justices could decide whether those laws, "may issue" laws, can stand.

The fact that the high court is hearing a gun rights case at all is a change after years in which it routinely turned them away. One gun case the justices did agree to hear ended anticlimactically in 2020 when the justices threw out the case.

But following the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last year and her replacement by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett , the court agreed to wade into the gun debate again.

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Eric Tirschwell, the legal director at Everytown for Gun Safety , said there’s "reason to be concerned" for groups like his that "a type of law that the court was not interested in or willing to review in the past, they now are."

The New York law the court is reviewing has been in place since 1913 and says that to carry a concealed handgun in public for self-defense, a person applying for a license has to demonstrate "proper cause," an actual need to carry the weapon. When local officials issue a gun license, it’s either unrestricted — allowing the person to carry a gun anywhere not otherwise prohibited by law — or restricted, allowing the person to carry a gun in certain circumstances. That could include carrying a gun for hunting or target shooting, when traveling for work or when in backcountry areas.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 14: Police converge on the scene of a shooting in Brooklyn, one of numerous during the day, on July 14, 2021 in New York City. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, Eric Adams, held a joint news conference in Brooklyn today where the two leaders spoke on the rising rates of gun violence across the city. The governor announced that New York State will shortly offer 4,000 summer jobs and full-time jobs with training for youth in high-crime neighborhoods. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association and two private citizens challenging the law have told the Supreme Court that it "makes it effectively impossible for an ordinary, law-abiding citizen to obtain a license to carry a handgun for self-defense."

Lawyers for the group say the text of the Second Amendment, along with history and tradition, supports their argument that there’s a right to carry a gun outside the home. The group also says that New York’s law has discriminatory origins, that it was originally intended to give officials wide latitude to keep guns out of the hands of newly arrived immigrants from Europe, particularly Italians.

New York, for its part, denies that and says that the Second Amendment allows states to restrict the carrying of guns in public. It, too, points to history, tradition and the text of the Second Amendment. The state says its restrictions promote public safety, pointing to research that says that places that restrict the public carry of guns have lower rates of gun-related homicides and other violent crimes. New York says its law isn’t a flat ban on carrying guns but a more moderate restriction.

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Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, said in an interview that part of the problem with New York’s law is that the chances a person will get an unrestricted permit depend on whether he or she is in a rural or more urban area of the state.

Both gun rights and gun control advocates say that it’s unclear how broadly the court might be willing to rule and that they will be closely watching arguments for clues, particularly from the court’s three newest members.

The three appointees of former President Donald Trump — Neil Gorsuch , Brett Kavanaugh and Barrett — are conservatives but were not on the court when the justices last issued major gun rights rulings. Their actions so far have given gun rights advocates reasons to be hopeful, however.

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include the new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Seated from left: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Standing behind from left: Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In 2011, as an appeals court judge, Kavanaugh argued in a dissent that the District of Columbia ’s ban on semi-automatic rifles and its gun registration requirement were unconstitutional. Last year, he urged the court to take up another guns case soon, saying he was concerned that lower courts were not following Supreme Court precedent.

Gorsuch, for his part, would have decided the 2020 gun case his colleagues threw out. And Barrett, as an appeals court judge, wrote in a dissent that a conviction for a nonviolent felony shouldn’t automatically disqualify someone from owning a gun; she said her colleagues were treating the Second Amendment as a "second-class right."

Gun control groups hope, however, that conservatives might still vote to uphold New York's law. A group of prominent conservatives, including former federal appeals court judge J. Michael Luttig, has urged the court to do so in a brief to the court. And earlier this year, in a 7-4 decision, judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to Hawaii’s permit regulations. Conservative judge Jay Bybee wrote that a "review of more than 700 years of English and American legal history reveals a strong theme: government has the power to regulate arms in the public square."

The court’s three liberal justices are widely expected to side with New York.

Depending on what the justices ultimately say, other states’ laws could also be affected. The Biden administration, which is urging the justices to uphold New York’s law, says California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island all have similar laws. Connecticut and Delaware also have "may issue" laws, though they are somewhat different.




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Maya Millete encouraged to go to safe house before she disappeared, friend says

Maya Millete encouraged to go to safe house before she disappeared, friend says

Maya told her friend she would need to use the safe house in the weeks leading up to her disappearance

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Maya Millete's family warns there were 'a lot of red flags' after husband arrested for her alleged murder

The California mom's sister and brother-in-law joined 'Fox & Friends First,' explaining Maya was 'scared' of her husband Larry after she vanished in January.

Maya Millete's friends were so concerned about her safety in the weeks and months leading up to her disappearance in January that they gave her access to a safe house if she ever found herself in danger.

"I gave her an address that if she needed to go to, she could go to. She had just told me she was going to need to use that address," one of Maya's friends, who asked to remain anonymous for her safety, told Fox News.

"I had given it to her in person, but I told her, ‘You’re not taking the paper, you’re not writing it down, I’m not texting it to you.’ And I said, 'This is where you can go if you need to go. Memorize this address, and this is the code to get in.’"

Maya disappeared from her Chula Vista home on Jan. 7, the same day that she made an appointment with a divorce attorney after at least a year of marital problems with her husband, Larry Millete.

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    A SWAT team raided Larry Millete's Chula Vista home and arrested him on Oct. 19. (KSWB)

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Larry was arrested and charged with Maya's murder last week. He pleaded not guilty Oct. 21 to first-degree murder and illegal possession of an assault weapon.

Maya's family members have said there were "a lot of red flags" in the couple's relationship before the mother of three disappeared.

"People get divorced all the time, and people have issues in their relationship all the time," Richard Drouaillet, Millete's brother-in-law, told Fox News after Larry was arrested. "It's kind of like you guys need a break from each other, but I think Larry, he couldn't imagine himself without her, so something snapped in his head."

Just hours before Maya disappeared, Larry sent an email that said, "I think she wants me to snap, and I’m shaking inside ready to snap," according to San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan.

Larry Millete pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and illegal possession of an assault weapon on Oct. 21. (KSWB)

Stephan's office filed a motion to deny Larry bail ahead of a hearing this Thursday.

"She considered going somewhere and then having him served and even made a contingency plan to stay at a friend’s vacant condo, but Maya did not want to leave her kids," prosecutors wrote in that filing, which was obtained by CBS8 .

Maya's friend told Fox News that the mother said in the weeks leading up to her disappearance that she would need to use the safe house soon.

Prosecutors also argued that there is "clear and convincing evidence that the defendant has threatened another with great bodily harm, and there is a substantial likelihood that he would carry out that threat if released."

Larry allegedly told someone he "was willing to pay $20,000" to "possibly kill" a man that he believed was having an affair with Maya.

Fox News exclusively reported in April that Larry allegedly started concocting this murder-for-hire scheme in summer 2020 and mentioned it as recently as Jan. 4, just a few days before Maya disappeared.

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    Maya's three children – ages 5, 10, and 11 – are currently staying with Larry's parents. (Maricris Drouaillet)

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Maya's family awaits Larry's bail hearing on Thursday and prays he'll have a "change of heart" and lead prosecutors to her remains.

"We're praying he'll do it for his kids, that he'll let them know where mommy is," Maya Millete's older sister, Maricris Drouaillet, told Fox News last week. "We believe he's not that evil."

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November 01, 2021 at 08:47AM
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Plan to replace Minneapolis PD worries many Black residents

Plan to replace Minneapolis PD worries many Black residents

Many people of color who live in the city say the bill could leave them more vulnerable

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Marques Armstrong had just got out of the shower one morning this fall when he heard gunshots that seemed to come from his Minneapolis backyard. After ducking, he ran upstairs to check on his wife and daughter, then looked out to see a car speed away.

It was a depressingly routine occurrence on the city's predominantly Black north side that reaffirmed Armstrong's staunch opposition to a proposal on Tuesday's ballot to replace the city's police department — and a required minimum number of officers — with a new Department of Public Safety.

"Everybody says we want the police to be held accountable and we want fair policing. No one has said we need to get rid of the police," said Armstrong, a Black activist who owns a mental health practice and a clothing store. "There needs to be a huge overhaul from the ground up, but we need some form of community safety because over here shots are ringing out day and night."

The ballot proposal that goes to voters Tuesday has roots in the abolish-the-police movement that erupted after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last year. It has drawn strong support from younger Black activists who were mobilized by Floyd’s death, as well as from some Black and white residents across this liberal city.

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Many people of color who live in the city's highest-crime areas say they fear a steep drop in the number of police officers will leave them more vulnerable amid a dramatic spike in violent crime.

The debate over racial justice in policing that erupted after Floyd's death has brought national attention to Tuesday's vote, as well as a river of out-of-state money seeking to influence an outcome that might shape change elsewhere, too.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addresses the media regarding the proposed charter amendment that would replace the police department, during a new conference at St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Minneapolis. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

The campaign has been bitter. Opponents have attacked the ballot question as vague, with no concrete plan for what comes after passage. Supporters say opponents are overblowing fears about a falloff in police presence — and the prospect that the city's popular Black police chief, Medaria Arradondo, will quit if the initiative passes. Mayor Jacob Frey , who opposes the ballot question, is facing a tough reelection fight, with his two top opponents urging their supporters to leave him off their ballots in the city's ranked-choice voting system.

Arradondo, the city's first Black chief, recently urged voters to reject the proposal after previously saying that an element that would give City Council members more oversight of policing would be "wholly unbearable." He has sidestepped questions about whether he would remain if it passes.

Raeisha Williams, an activist with Guns Down Love Up, said she believes the plan’s supporters are mainly white residents who haven’t experienced police misconduct or the violence that Black residents are seeing on the north side. Her brother, Tyrone, died in a shooting there in 2018.

"It’s like our voices are not heard — they are hijacking a movement yet again and making it their own," said Williams, who is Black.

JaNaé Bates, one of the young, Black activists leading the movement to pass the ballot proposal, said her group worked hard to take all voices into account. Bates said more than 1,400 of the roughly 20,000 signatures on the petitions to get the measure on the ballot came from northside residents.

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Bates said their effort to inform people about what the initiative would do involved knocking on the doors of north Minneapolis homes to hear the voices of those most affected by public safety issues.

"We’ve been extremely intentional because the residents of these neighborhoods are tired of accepting the status quo, both around police brutality and community violence," Bates said.

Steve Fletcher, a White City Council member who supports replacing the police department, said there's both support and opposition to the plan from all areas of the city.

"I think a lot of people are just recognizing that we cannot be the city that killed George Floyd and didn’t grow or change," he said.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA - MARCH 7: Protesters march through the city during a silent march in memory of George Floyd a day before jury selection for the trial of former Minneapolis police offices Derek Chauvin begins in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States on March 7, 2021. George was killed by former police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020. The trial for former officer Chauvin starts on Monday, March 8 with jury selection. (Photo by Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The ballot question calls for a new Department of Public Safety to take "a comprehensive public health approach to the delivery of functions" that would be determined by the mayor and City Council. Fletcher and other supporters argue it's a chance to reimagine what public safety can be and how money gets spent. A frequent example from supporters is funding programs that don't send armed officers to call on people in crisis.

"Nobody is proposing to reduce our investment in public safety," Fletcher said. "We are proposing to change the way that we make those investments, and ultimately I think in the end, investing more in public safety than we ever have."

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The change is being proposed as violent crime in the city is spiking. There have been roughly 80 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year – 35 on the north side, according to online police department crime data. Three victims were children, including one who was shot while jumping on a trampoline at a birthday party. The city could near the record 97 homicides of 1995, when it drew the nickname "Murderapolis."

Minneapolis Police descend on the block long stretch of Lake St. in Uptown just before sunset to dismantle the barricades erected by protesters Tuesday night, June 15, 2021 in Minneapolis (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP) (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)

That trend is compounded by the fact the city is down about 300 officers from its authorized force of 888, partly due to officers claiming post-traumatic stress disorder after Floyd’s death and the unrest in the city that followed.

Jerome Rankine, a Black resident in the Kingfield neighborhood on the city’s more affluent southwest side, strongly backs the amendment. Rankine, who also sits on his neighborhood association board, says dropping the city’s requirement for a minimum number of officers would open the way to innovative ideas to change policing.

"Unfortunately, the way that our city charter is set up, we lack the power to turn those ideas into reality," he said. "I’m voting yes because a yes vote is a vote for taking the barrier to change out of the equation and taking these imaginative ideas of how our policing system can be better."

Protesters set a dumpster on fire after a shooting on Thursday, June 3, 2021 in Minneapolis.  Crowds vandalized buildings and stole from businesses in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood after officials said a man wanted for illegally possessing a gun was fatally shot by authorities.  (Richard.Tsong-Taatari/Star Tribune via AP)

Rankine's board last week endorsed a vote in support of the public safety question. He said his own neighborhood is divided on the question, and that's fine: "There are no monoliths that cut cleanly across lines, there’s no opinion that cuts cleanly across lines of race," he said.

"If we are in a movement against police brutality then I feel like all should be welcome in that movement," he said. "We have seen Minneapolis police take lives over the last several years and they’ve taken the lives of all races and backgrounds, so I feel like there should be no barriers to entry when it comes to being part of the movement."

Bishop Divar Kemp of New Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, back on the city's north side, said the ballot question comes up every day at his church. He said the police department needs to be changed, but the current proposal is dangerous.

"We need the police -- there’s no other way I can say that," he said.




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The US and EU reached an agreement on steel over the weekend

The US and the EU have reached an arrangement for trade in low-carbon steel and aluminium.

  • Tariffs were levied on EU steel and aluminium by the previous US administration
  • Some tariffs will be maintained but  "limited volumes" of EU-produced metals can be brought  into the US duty free.
  • The agreement requires EU steel and aluminum to be entirely produced in the bloc - a standard known as "melted and poured" - to qualify for duty-free status. The provision is aimed at preventing metals from China and non-EU countries from being minimally processed in Europe before export to the United States



November 01, 2021 at 09:03AM
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Remarks from US President Biden - expects voting on his program this week

US President Biden says his Build Back Better bill will be voted on in the US Congress sometime this week, "God willing".

  • Also that the US will respond to action Iran has taken against US interests, including drone strikes

Speaking of Iran, an E3 statement expressed 'deep concern on Iranian provocations. 


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November 01, 2021 at 08:37AM
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Japanese election - PM Kishida returned to power

The latest projections from Japan are that the ruling party LDP will govern once again (in coalition with Komeito party)

NHK projects the LDP will retain its majority, but has lost some seats.

Further economic stimulus spending is expected to be rolled out by the returned government. 

USD/JPY is circa 114.09 in early trade, up a few tics from its late Friday level.

The latest projections from Japan are that the ruling party LDP will govern once again (in coalition with Komeito party)

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November 01, 2021 at 08:18AM
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Heads up for time zone changes - UK & Europe

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November 01, 2021 at 08:10AM
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Economic calendar due from Asia today - another China PMI for October

We had official Chinese PMIs published over the weekend:

2130 GMT Australia - AiG Manufacturing PMI for October 

2200 GMT Australia - Markit Manufacturing PMI for October (final)

0000 GMT Australia - monthly inflation from Melbourne Institute 

  • Official CPI data is once a quarter in Australia, this monthly guide is a good heads up for the quarterly data. 

  • Last week we got Q3 CPI, with the core popping into the RBA target band for the first time since 2015. The day after the data:  RBA throws in the towel on YCC

0030 GMT Japan - Jibun Bank/Markit Manufacturing PMI (final) for October 

0030 GMT Australia housing finance data for September 

expected -2%, prior -6.6% m/m

0030 GMT ANZ job ads for 

  • prior -2.8% m/m
0145 GMT China - Caixin Manufacturing PMI 
  • expected 50, prior 50

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Chicago area mass shooting at Halloween party leaves 2 dead, more than a dozen injured, police say

A suburban Chicago Halloween house party turned deadly early Sunday after two people were killed and more than a dozen were injured by gunfire, the sheriff’s office said.  

A patrol sergeant with the Will County Sheriff’s Office heard 10 to 12 gunshots just after 12:30 a.m. in Joliet Township, the sheriff’s office said in a press release

The house where the sheriff's office says the shooting occurred. 

The house where the sheriff's office says the shooting occurred.  (Google Maps)

The sergeant went to the area of gunfire and observed more than 100 people fleeing a house party. He then proceeded on foot to the area of Jackson Street and Grinton Avenue, where he believed the gunfire originated. 

Fleeing witnesses told the officer that the shooting occurred in the backyard of the residence at 1018 E. Jackson Street. 

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Additional officers arrived and found victims in the backyard and at nearby homes, and more shots were heard nearby, authorities said. 

The Will County Sheriff's Office said more than a dozen people were hospitalized. Two were confirmed dead and four others were seriously hurt as a result of injuries sustained at the party. 

The Will County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case. 

The Will County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case.  (Facebook )

Police estimated about 200 people attended a Halloween party at the home and that the shooting occurred outside near a DJ booth set up in the backyard. 

Authorities said it appeared the shooting happened from "an elevated position on a porch looking down over the crowd." 

SHOOTING AT CALIFORNIA COUNCILMEMBER'S HOME LEAVES 1 DEAD, 3 WOUNDED

Witnesses told police they believed there were two shooters.

Fox News has reached out to the sheriff’s office seeking additional information on the suspects. 

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"This investigation is in its early stages, and Will County Sheriff's Office personnel are still on scene preserving the crime scene and collecting evidence," the sheriff’s said. 

Authorities are asking anymore with relevant information on this incident to contact Detective Danielle Strohm at 815-727-8574 or dstrohm@willcosheriff.org

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Joliet Township is about 45 miles southwest of Chicago. 

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November 01, 2021 at 07:40AM
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Virginia 'tow truck pirate' accused of stealing vehicles on the go - turns out it was totally legal

Ashland residents in Richmond, VA accused a tow trucking company for using their fork lift to steal cars. After police caught wind of the alleged "tow trucking pirate," they determined that the tows were justified.

In a statement reported by Richmond's 6 News, Richmond Police Department were not immediately alerted, once the tows happened. Therefore, they were unaware and could not verify its immediate legitimacy.

"While RPD officers were following the proper procedure for taking a report of a stolen vehicle, information provided by the tow company, which alerts public safety agencies to a legal tow, was not immediately forwarded to RPD. Therefore, RPD officers and detectives were not made aware the vehicle had been lawfully towed while investigating the missing vehicle," Richmond Police said in a statement.

REP. DONALDS BLASTS BIDEN'S SPENDING PLAN: ‘SOCIAL SPENDING WILL MAKE OUT EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS WORSE’

Select Recovery Agents' owner, Nicholas Ficarra and some of his staff displayed their sense of humor when the accusations were made by posting a video dressed as pirates. He spoke with 8 News in regards to the incident. 

"We thought hey, let’s make some light out of it," he said.

Ficarra also stated that they were only doing their jobs. 

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"A bank hired us to pick it up, we picked it up and brought it back here," Ficarra said. "We did 1000 percent what were supposed to."




November 01, 2021 at 06:19AM
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HLHB Trend-Catcher System Update (Oct 25 – 29)

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There was only one valid signal in the last few days.

Thankfully, last week’s moves also enabled me to adjust the stops for my open GBP/USD and USD/JPY positions!

Before I show you last week’s numbers, make sure to read all about my HLHB Trend Catcher System if this is your first time hearing about it!

Basically, I’m catching trends whenever the 5 EMA crosses above or below the 10 EMA .

A trade is only valid if RSI crosses above or below the 50.00 mark when the signal pops up. And in this version, I’m adding ADX>25 to weed out the fakeouts .

As for stops, I’ll continue to use a 150-pip trailing stop and a profit target of 400 pips . This might change in the future, but I’ll stick to this one for now.

Oh, and as mentioned before, I’m switching back to applying the HLHB system to the 1-hour time frame . Using 4-hour in Q1 2017 and Q2 2017 wasn’t bad, but I think using this trend-catcher on the 1-hour could yield better results.

EUR/USD

EUR/USD 1-Hour Forex Chart

EUR/USD traded inside a verrrry tight range for most of the week. In fact, it wasn’t until on Thursday when the euro really made moves against the dollar!

The only signal showed up while EUR/USD was trading tightly and it meant that I had to close last week’s position for a 31-pip profit.

Unfortunately, EUR/USD rose just enough for me to limit my losses to 73 pips before the bears dragged the euro to new intraweek lows.

GBP/USD

GBP/USD 1-Hour Forex Chart

Like EUR/USD, Cable also saw tight ranges for most of the week.

The HLHB managed to filter out the fakeouts this time!

The lack of volatility also meant that I got to keep last week’s short position and tighten my stops from 103 to 35 pips. Yay!

USD/JPY

USD/JPY 1-Hour Forex Chart

The HLHB didn’t validate any of USD/JPY’s crossovers, which means that last week’s short position is still on.

The trade remains open but it can now only lose a max of 40 pips instead of the 56 pips that we ended week last week. Not too bad, I think.

Here’s a summary of the open and closed trades from the last couple of days’ worth of trading:





November 01, 2021 at 06:00AM
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US Army Soldier saves cat on deployment, seeks help bringing her home before holidays

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A U.S. Army soldier is hoping to overcome hurdles to bring his pet back home with him after deployment.

When Spc. Kaiden arrived on duty overseas, he saw a cat that would watch everyone from atop pallets, but run away afraid if anyone approached her. One day, Spc. Kaiden decided to sit on the pallets to see how the cat named "Tiger" would react. From that moment on, the cat and Spc. Kaiden formed a bond threatened by the possibility of being nearly 7,000 miles apart.

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"Spc. Kaiden has a strong bond with Tiger, and now he needs her to safely be sent back to her home in America," explains Dereck Cartright, a disabled veteran who is the stateside logistics coordinator for the nonprofit Paws of War . "We want to do everything we can to help make this happen, but we need the assistance of the public to successfully pull off the mission."

Tiger took to sitting on Spc. Kaiden’s shoulders and always running up to him when he was around. She even became friendlier with the others, losing her fear as time went on. She was fed and well taken care of, and provided Spc. Kaiden with companionship and something to look forward to each day.

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Tiger will have to fend for herself if she is not sent back to the states, where she can live out her life in her forever home with Spc. Kaiden and his family.

Spc. Kaiden had heard of Paws of War helping other people in the service to get their pets relocated after deployment, so he reached out to see if they could help him, too.

"Tiger and I have become inseparable, and I can’t imagine leaving her behind when I live thousands of miles away," explained Spc. Kaiden. "I’m grateful that there is an organization like Paws of War that cares enough to help us with this type of situation. I’m also thankful there are people in the community who support what they do, so that they can carry out their mission."

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Paws of War is working to relocate Tiger back to America for Spc. Kaiden, and is seeking community support to help make it happen. In addition to the financial costs that it will incur, which includes airfare, veterinary care and other logistics that can be costly, there are government hurdles.

To help save Tiger, visit the site: HelpSaveTiger.PawsofWar.org .

Donations Paws of War receives from those in the community, no matter how small they may seem, all add up to help pull off successful missions for the soldiers.




November 01, 2021 at 05:04AM
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Deported Honduran child sex offender nabbed in Michigan after returning to US illegally

A Honduran man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a child and deported earlier this year has been arrested in Michigan after returning to the U.S. illegally, federal authorities said Saturday.

Border Patrol agents from the Detroit Station were tipped off by a concerned citizen to the presence of 51-year-old Juan Dias-Pineda in White Lake Township, about 40 miles outside Detroit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a news release.

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Dias-Pineda, a native of Honduras, had been charged and convicted in April 2020 for criminal sexual conduct with a person under thirteen years old. He was sentenced to 207 days confinement and five years probation. An immigration judge on May 6 ordered Dias-Pineda removed from the U.S., and he was formally deported on June 9.

Juan Dias-Pineda, 51, was arrested Thursday in White Lake Township, Mich., after returning to the U.S. illegally. Dias-Pineda was deported earlier this year after being convicted of the criminal sexual assault of a child under 13.

Juan Dias-Pineda, 51, was arrested Thursday in White Lake Township, Mich., after returning to the U.S. illegally. Dias-Pineda was deported earlier this year after being convicted of the criminal sexual assault of a child under 13. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Following his illegal return to the U.S., Border Patrol agents apprehended Dias-Pineda on Thursday.

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"Our streets are safer with the criminal off the streets and out of our community," said Acting Chief Patrol Agent Robert B. Simon. "I am extremely proud of the fast and professional work these Agents completed in a small timeframe to remove him from the streets of Michigan."

Dias-Pineda was processed for a Reinstatement of a Prior Order of Removal and presented for prosecution to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for violation of 8 USC 1326(b)(2), Re-entry of an Aggravated Felon, the agency said.




November 01, 2021 at 03:22AM
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