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Newark Police Department- criminal/suspicious activity from reports dated Jan. 21, 2025. Total number of calls officers responded to on Thurs.- 94, Fri.- 88 Sat.- 82 Sun.-69 Mon.-63 Early Tues. 14 Thursday. 1/16 00:06 2xx Oakwood Ave Suspicious Person. 1/16 01:29 10xx N 21st St Suspicious Person. 1/16 02:06 Harris Ave & S 30th St Suspicious Person. 1/16 02:42 2xx Deo Dr. Investigate Complaint. 1/16 03:50 Bryn Mawr Dr. & W Church St Investigate Complaint. 1/16 08:50 8x W. Church St. Investigate Complaint. 1/16 10:39 20xx Freehold St Harassment/Threat. 1/16 13:49 1xx Quentin Rd North Damage/Vandalism. 1/16 14:44 1x N 21st…

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After three years of speculation, the inevitable has happened: Ben Johnson has left the Detroit Lions to be a head coach elsewhere. Of course, the location of “elsewhere” is a non-trivial consideration here. Johnson left for a division rival in the Chicago Bears, leading to a lot of discourse about how big that rivalry will be in 2025 and beyond. How long that lasts is dependent on how well Johnson fares, which brings us to today’s Question of the Day. Question of the Day: How long will Ben Johnson last as head coach of the Chicago Bears? For starters, I…

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‘Blood money’ no reason to cheerRe: “Ohio lands drones, 4,000 jobs,” Jan. 16: Hey, wow. 4,000 jobs. 60 bucks an hour. $2 billion in sales. $800 million in tax revenue.Wait, what are we doing again? Oh, right.We’re making death machines for the military industrial complex that has been sucking our budget since Eisenhower. Drones are used for two reasons: to bomb people and to spy on people in order to bomb them.This is not something to celebrate or even brag about. More:Military drone contractor Anduril plans Ohio factory that will employ 4,000 workersThis is blood money plain and simple, and it’s…

Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, on Monday, urged Donald Trump to show compassion towards marginalised groups, including gay, lesbian, and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants.”In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” Bishop Budde said during Trump’s inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and Independent families. Some who fear for their lives.”President Trump, sitting alongside First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance, dismissed the service as unimpressive.Who is Bishop…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Israeli forces pressed on with a big military operation in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, as Israel’s defence minister said the government was changing its “security concept” in the Palestinian territory.The raid, which began two days after a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in Gaza, is the latest in a series of deadly Israeli operations in Jenin and its refugee camp, which has become one of the main militant strongholds in the West…

The owner of Vape and Mobile, a large vape shop on South Croydon’s Selsdon Road, has argued that his shop is a lifeline for the area. Mr Patel says he has filled empty shopfronts and has become a key trader in the area, but claims residents hold a grudge against his businesses. Shoppers and local residents have said the pavement on Selsdon Road is being damaged by the constant weight of the vape deliveries Credit: Harrison Galliven South Croydon residents, particularly elderly pedestrians, have expressed frustration over the shop’s stockpiling of packages outside its door throughout the day, creating obstacles…

Source: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 The European People’s Party (EPP) and the European Parliament’s liberal majority do not support in-depth dialogue on Facebook’s censorship because they benefit from it, Csaba Dömötör, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, said in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The EP’s Patriots for Europe (PfE) group initiated a separate debate on censorship by Facebook, but this was rejected by the EPP and the assembly’s liberal majority despite Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg having admitted that Facebook had censored content on a political basis, Dömötör told a joint press conference with fellow PfE MEPs. Source: Creative Commons CC…

MrBeast, the YouTube star and highest-earning creator on the internet, has officially joined a bid to buy TikTok’s US operations.The 26-year-old has teamed up with the tech entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley, the founder of the online HR company employer.com, to make an all-cash offer for the social video app’s American unit. The approach was announced as Donald Trump said he was open to the US tech billionaires Elon Musk and Larry Ellison buying TikTok in the US.MrBeast – whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson – has floated his interest in acquiring TikTok in a number of social media posts, writing on…