Kim calling Trump — No more meetings

By Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay

WASHINGTON
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem
Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring
challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia, further
diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because
he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets.

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*Update* Troopers Arrest Suspect in String of Church Burglaries – Sussex County

Sussex County- The Delaware State Police have arrested 31-year-old Adam M. Calloway in connection with recent multiple church burglaries in Sussex County.
In the beginning of January 2020, the Delaware State Police began investigating burglaries to various churches in the Laurel, Seaford, Millsboro and Georgetown areas including the following:
  • Carey’s United Methodist Church located at 22053 Careys Camp Road, Millsboro which occurred on January 11, 2020, during the overnight hours.
  • Saint Johns AME Church located at 31034 East Trap Pond Road, Laurel which occurred between January 8 and January 11, 2020.
  • Trinity Church located at 17237 Phillips Hill Road, Millsboro which occurred between January 6 and January 11, 2020.
  • Iglesai Evangelica Betana Church located at 22143 Coverdale Road, Seaford which occurred between January 6 and January 12, 2020.
  • Mt. Olivet Church located at 28096 Shortly Road, Georgetown which occurred between January 11 and January 12, 2020.
It was learned that in all of these incidents, the point of entry was an exterior window in which the suspect used force to break the glass.  Through further investigations, Adam Calloway was identified as the suspect.
On January 15, 2020, Troopers responded to the Sunrise Motel located at 22512 Sussex Highway, Seaford, where Calloway was located. Upon contact with Calloway in the motel room, Troopers observed crack cocaine in plain view and a .22 caliber bullet.  Calloway was taken into custody and as he was being escorted outside of the motel room to the patrol vehicle, he proceeded to resist arrest and flee on foot. Calloway was subsequently apprehended a short time later.
Detectives obtained a search warrant for the motel room in which Calloway was staying.  Upon the execution of the search warrant, Detectives located numerous amounts of what was believed to be stolen property and seized the items. It was later learned that during the overnight hours of January 14, 2020, Troopers responded to an address in the 26000 block of Butler Branch Road, Seaford, in reference to a burglary complaint.  Detectives recovered items in the motel room belonging to the victim. Calloway was subsequently identified as the suspect in this residential burglary incident as well as another residential burglary that occurred on January 4, 2020 at a residence in the 24000 block of Concord Pond Road, Seaford.
Calloway was transported back to Troop 4 where he was charged with the following:
  • Burglary Second Degree (2 counts)
  • Attempted to Commit Burglary Third Degree (2 counts)
  • Burglary Third Degree (3 counts)
  • Theft (Felony) (2 counts)
  • Attempted to Commit Theft (2 counts)
  • Theft Under $1500
  • Criminal Mischief (4 counts)
  • Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited
  • Resisting Arrest
  • Possession of a Controlled Substance
Calloway also had 13 active arrest warrants out of various agencies in Delaware.
Calloway was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $29,507.00 secured and $11,200.00 cash only bond.
The investigation continues to remain active and ongoing with further charges pending.

Wicomico Opts For Post-Labor Day School Start Date

SALISBURY – The school board voted this week to approve an amended calendar for the 2020-2021 academic year after receiving more than 1,600 responses from the community.

On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Board of Education approved on second reading a 2020-2021 school calendar for that will begin the academic year on Sept. 8 and end the academic year on June 15.

“We are presenting a calendar for consideration and second reading,” Kim Miles, assistant superintendent for student and family services, told the board this week. “This calendar takes into account the feedback, which we were extremely excited about.”

In December, school officials presented two proposed school calendars for 2020-2021. In the first version of the calendar, Draft A, the academic year started on Aug. 31 and ended on June 9. In the second version, Draft B, the academic year started on Sept. 8 and ended on June 14.

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Pocomoke City Council Under Fire Again

A small Eastern Shore town that fired its first Black police chief amid allegations of racism is under fire again after hiring a new city manager from a nearby community, who was also embroiled in a scandal involving policing and race.

The Pocomoke City Council approved the appointment of Jeanette DeLude as the town’s new city manager last week. She takes over a city now under a federal consent decree, which requires the town to address a history of discrimination and retaliation against African American employees, through new policy and reform.

The hiring comes shortly after the city settled a federal discrimination lawsuit brought by its former Police Chief Kelvin Sewell, who was fired by the council in 2015 without explanation. The settlement includes a consent decree which require the city to implement new policies to handle discrimination claims.

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Trump boasts record number of federal judges appointed in first term

President Trump celebrated the number of conservative federal judges his administration has appointed to federal courts across the country.

“Now up to 187 Federal Judges, and two great new Supreme Court Justices,” Trump tweeted in the early hours of Wednesday morning. “We are in major record territory. Hope EVERYONE is happy!”

Along with his tweet, Trump promoted a video from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, laying out how the Republican-controlled Senate has added 50 circuit court judges during his tenure.

“Mitch McConnell is giving the nation’s courts a face-lift,” the video boasts.

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“I Think You Just Called Me A Liar”: Ex-Native-American Liz Warren Snaps At Bernie On Hot Mic

Having spent most of her political life lying about her heritage, Senator Elizabeth Warren dropped the liar-liar-pants-on-fire hammer on Senator Bernie Sanders last night in what was by far the most entertaining – albeit brief – part of the entire night’s Democratic debate.

CNN has released the audio to go with the most awkward viral moment following the debate on stage where Warren refused to shake hands with Sanders.

CNN reports that the conversation was not captured on the primary audio feed from the candidates’ podiums. After the debate, CNN did an inventory of the audio equipment that was used and found two backup recordings from the microphones Sanders and Warren were wearing.

CNN then synchronized the audio recordings with the footage that was broadcast live on Tuesday night.

The conversation played out on the debate stage, in public view, and occurred before Sanders and Warren’s clip-on microphones were removed.

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Michael Avenatti is ARRESTED by Feds for ‘bail violations’ during disciplinary hearing with California’s State Bar Court ahead of his extortion trial

California attorney Michael Avenatti has been rearrested for alleged bail violations, prosecutors in New York told a judge late Tuesday.

The prosecutors said in a one-page letter to U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe that they were told by prosecutors in Los Angeles that an arrest warrant had been issued and it was expected Avenatti would be arrested soon.

‘We understand that has now occurred,’ the New York prosecutors said in the letter.

‘We are still gathering information and will provide an update to the Court as soon as we can,’ the letter added.

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