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On October 21, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana filed a complaint against 52-year-old Scott Rhodes from Libby, Montana. According to court documents, Rhodes allegedly made 4,959 illegal robocalls by using falsified called ID information with harmful intentions. Many of Rhodes’s calls targeted residents of Brooklyn, Iowa during a time when a local woman was murdered. Rhodes allegedly told residents that the woman was murdered by a “biological hybrid of white and savage Aztec ancestors” and that if she “could be brought back to life for just one moment,” she would ask the listener to “kill them all....

Democrats have been pushing for recurring payments since the start of the pandemic and on Friday, Representative Ilhan Omar introduced a bill that would provide monthly payments to an estimated 161 million people. Omar endorsed Turner, who has repeatedly called for additional payments, and if she wins her election, Turner could join the push for universal basic income. Turner posted on Twitter in June that basic income should be “universal” and she’s been discussing the concept for years....

Moore has been handed the role following the sacking of Alan Pardew in the wake of eight consecutive league defeats. And the former defender looked on course for a valuable victory when Jay Rodriguez put the Baggies in front nine minutes into the second half, following a tepid first. But Tammy Abraham rose to head home the equaliser from a corner 15 minutes from time, leaving West Brom 10 points from safety....

The incident occurred on January 27 near the town of Ennis in the southwest of the state, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (MFWP) said. The two men, who are in their 70s, were hiking along U.S. Forest Service Trail 6317—popularly known popularly as the “Jack Creek Trail”—around 10 miles east of Ennis when they encountered a bull moose standing a few yards to the side of the path. After spotting the two hikers—who have not been identified—the startled moose charged at them....

The poll shows that congressional Republicans’ approval rating since Trump’s trial, where he was acquitted on February 5 of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress charges by the Republican-controlled Senate, increased in February by 6 percentage points to 40 percent. Last October, before the trial, their approval was at 34 percent. In addition, the poll found that approval of congressional Democrats has decreased by 3 points since the trial, going from 38 percent in October 2019 to 35 percent last month....

The majority of popular battle royales go for the same type of gameplay: players board some sort of flying vehicle and are deposited around a decently sized map to search for loot while fighting other players as the boundaries shrink. This gameplay loop has proven successful, but too much of a good thing is not good. A battle royale in the style of The Hunger Games, a series that helped inspire some of the genre’s earliest entries, could make waves....

Never before has the NFL rewarded teams for their hiring practices, but the proposed incentive-based change suggests the league is desperate for diversity and disappointed with the fact the Rooney Rule in its current form is not working. Under the resolution, a team would move up six spots from its third-round draft position before its second season with a newly hired minority coach. If that minority hire is a general manager, then a team would move up 10 spots in the draft....

Urban Meyer nabbed his third title and has now cemented his well-earned place amongst the greatest coaches in NCAA football history. MORE: Marcus Mariota won’t panic | Inside the mind of Jimbo Fisher The Buckeyes will reload and return next season gunning for a repeat championship. In the meantime, their players, coaches, and fans will rightfully revel in this year’s achievement. Although the loss was a major disappointment for Oregon, they should celebrate how far they’ve come from just being among 120-plus teams in Division I to being the second-best team....

The Big Ten championship, College Football Playoff, Heisman Trophy and bragging rights in the greatest rivalry in college sports are among the stakes in Columbus. “One of the beauties of this thing is there are no second chances,” New York Times bestselling author John U. Bacon told Sporting News. “It is cruel, and it is brutal. It’s beautiful, and it’s awesome. No matter how good a season you’ve had, you don’t get a second chance....

The player’s father, Jorge Messi, is in the Catalan capital to start negotiations with Barca, with the two parties set to sit down on December 16. Messi and Arda hammer Gladbach Barcelona are set to make Messi the world’s highest-paid player with a significant spike in his wages, but the player is also keen to hear the club’s plans for the new sporting project in coming campaigns. Barca have handed contracts extensions to Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets and Neymar in recent months, with Luis Suarez next in line for a new deal....

Monkeypox continues to spread rapidly throughout the globe. According to CDC data, 22,141 monkeypox cases have now been reported, since the outbreak first began in May. Most, but not all, monkeypox cases have been concentrated in the gay community, among men who have sex with men. However it spreads primarily through close, physical contact with an infected person, meaning anybody can catch it. Cases in children have been of concern recently, ever since the U....

Last week was huge for Atlus, and Persona fans as Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden finally broke out of their PSP confines and found their way to modern platforms like the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch. These re-releases came after plenty of asking by fans and after Atlus tested the waters with the PC release of Persona 4 Golden in 2020. Notably, almost a year after the PC release of Persona 4 Golden, Atlus and Sega would also release a treasure trove of Persona tracks on Spotify, listing over 700 tracks from the mainline and rhythm games under one playlist titled “Persona OST....

Colorless sex therapists in infomercial format; cheesy magic tricks don’t help. But concrete advice about STDs, tantric techniques. B-movie cast. Clothed dramatizations of communication games more interesting than their fakey moaning. ““It’s a good idea to bring up STDs in a nonsexual situation.'' Store up sexual energy in your navel by rubbing your belly in a spiral motion. Genial pair of clinicians give a solid tuneup on the basics. Message: don’t rush....

Released by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and published in Nature Medicine, the study found that universal mask use—or 95 percent mask use in public—could save an additional 129,574 American lives who are at risk amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the study, researchers evaluated COVID-19 case and mortality data from February 1 to September 21, and a “deterministic SEIR (susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered) compartmental framework” to model possible trajectories of COVID-19....

Ginsburg died September 18 at age 87 from complications of pancreatic cancer. Memorial services commenced Wednesday, with her casket arriving at the building just before 9:30 a.m. ET. NBC reporter Jake Whittenberg tweeted four pictures showing hundreds of people, all dressed in black, standing in neat lines which trailed down the front steps of the Supreme Court. A private service began inside the building at 9:30 a.m. for Ginsburg’s family, friends and fellow justices....

A total of 51 doctors who tested positive for COVID-19 have succumbed to the disease as of Friday, according to CNN, citing the Italian Association of Doctors. Filippo Anelli, president of the association, had recently called for doctors in the country to be provided with more personal protective equipment (PPE), noting that the possibly preventable deaths have taken a heavy toll on the profession. “The first thing to do is to protect healthcare workers, to make sure they are not the ones spreading the virus....

The forgivable loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, which were approved by Congress to cover payroll costs and save jobs, went to companies associated with—directly and indirectly—at least seven Republican lawmakers, one Democrat and three congressional groups, two of which are connected to Democrats. It is neither against the law nor does it violate congressional ethics rules for lawmakers or their families to receive the federal assistance. But the acts have raised questions in the past among taxpayer watchdog groups and others about potential conflicts of interest....

Below, in addition to their character models are a brief description of them: Nice to see Ironhide in there, he was one of my favorite Autobots on the cartoon. I’m not sure how I feel about the inclusion of Skywarp, I never really got into him, especially when there were far more interesting Decepticons available. Class: Soldier Chassis: Truck Primary Weapon: EMP Shotgun Abilities: Whirlwind, Dash Description: Ironhide is the oldest Autobot on the team....

After the first ODI was washed out by rain, another downpour brought a premature end to the second contest, with Sri Lanka 140-5 in reply to the tourists’ total of 278-9. Although England triumphed, skipper Morgan – who led the way with 92 from 91 balls – knows his top-ranked team are capable of much better performances. England lost their way in the closing overs of their innings as Lasith Malinga starred and Sri Lanka then fought back from a poor start with the bat, the hosts having initially slumped to 31-4....