NFL Week 9 scores: Bills pick up win in rivalry game with Chiefs, Panthers pick up an upset victory
The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs were involved in another nail-biter as a fewl upsets and a record-breaker occurred over the course of Week 9.
Gavin Newsom slams lying politicians — then defends Biden’s mental acuity in stunning flip
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) irony detector may have been running low during a recent interview when he attacked lying politicians, then defended former President Joe Biden’s mental fitness.
Newsom told NBC’s Kristen Welker about his disdain for dishonest politicians. In the next breath, Newsom insisted that Biden was perfectly fit to run for a second term despite the obvious decline that Democrats tried to cover up.
‘There was no interaction I had that suggested otherwise.’
“There is nothing I dislike more than the politician that sits there and lies to you,” Newsom said. “We all just sit rolling our eyes, going, ‘Give me a break.'”
Welker followed up, asking whether Newsom felt Biden was fit to serve in office through January 2029, to which he said his priority was preventing Trump from serving a second term.
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“My focus was frankly situational,” Newsom said. “It was making sure Donald Trump didn’t get back into office to experience everything that we’re experiencing today.”
“There was no interaction I had that suggested otherwise,” Newsom added.
Welker pushed back on Newsom, asking him if he regrets not “sounding the alarm” on Biden’s health earlier to pave a path for a stronger candidate going into November 2024.
“I’m not going to substitute myself for someone else or for popular opinion,” Newsom replied. “I’m going to express my relationship to my truth with the former president of the United States, including at the end of his term, quite literally in December.”
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“There was nothing to suggest what you just said, or others have suggested, in terms of my interaction,” Newsom added. “That’s all I can be accountable for.”
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VIDEO: Sisters’ theft of lobsters, ribeyes, and truffle butter explodes into checkout chaos and racial-slur rampage, cops say
Two sisters attempted to steal luxury food items from a grocery store in Massachusetts last weekend — but the pair exploded when store employees confronted them about the stolen goods, according to police.
The West Bridgewater Police Department said in a statement that officers were deployed to the Market Basket grocery store around 5 p.m. Saturday over reports of two customers “fighting with store employees.”
‘They screamed and directed racial and demeaning words at [a store employee]. Those words included “p***y and [the N-word],” which were loud enough for everyone in the front of the store to hear, causing an offensive condition without a legitimate purpose.’
“The investigation revealed that an employee had observed two women concealing high-priced items, including lobster meat, prime ribeye steaks, and truffle butter, in a bag while shopping,” the statement reads. “The women did not pay for those items at checkout and were confronted by an employee.”
Police identified the shoplifting suspects as 37-year-old Olivia L. Byrd of Quincy and 28-year-old Rahjane J. Byrd of Hyde Park.
Police said the pair were “argumentative, screamed obscenities, and assaulted two store employees.”
Alexander Oseas — a Market Basket employee — told investigators he grew suspicious of the sisters because most of the items in their cart were not bagged except for goods in a blue bag, the Boston Globe reported.
“He tried to take the blue bag from them, and Rahjane tried to get it back, causing her to fall to the floor,” the paper noted, citing a police report.
In addition, Oseas and co-worker Wesley Kimbrel “pleaded with” the sisters to leave the store, but they allegedly “continued both their verbal and physical attacks” against the employees, the Globe reported..
“Rahjane struck Oseas with the blue bag filled with groceries,” the paper added, citing the report, and “Olivia then struck Kimbrel with her purse several times and slapped him across the face.”
The Globe, citing the report, also said Rahjane Byrd “struck Oseas several more times with the bag filled with groceries,” and he suffered a small cut on his face.
The violent incident was caught on video, and it shows one of the sisters smashing a worker in the face with her cell phone.
Oseas said the sisters “became argumentative and belligerent and began to direct racial slurs and other demeaning terms at him,” the paper noted.
“Both Rahjane’s and Olivia’s actions annoyed and inconvenienced the shopping public with their fighting and tumultuous behavior,” the West Bridgewater police report read, according to Boston.com. “They screamed and directed racial and demeaning words at [a store employee]. Those words included ‘p***y and [the N-word],’ which were loud enough for everyone in the front of the store to hear, causing an offensive condition without a legitimate purpose.”
The police report also said that “both females continued to scream obscenities and directed threats at both Oseas and Kimbrel as they made their way out of the store,” according to the Globe.
The sisters exited the grocery store, but police confronted the pair in the parking lot.
The siblings informed officers that they were working for Instacart and that they were shopping for a customer, Boston.com noted.
Olivia said she confronted an employee who she felt suspected her of shoplifting, the Globe said, citing the police report. Boston.com indicated Olivia alleged a store employee watched them closely as they paid for the groceries and tried to take their shopping cart when they were confronted.
When the sisters were questioned about the expensive items in the blue bag, Olivia said the “bag was hers and that the items in it were an Instacart order canceled by one of her customers,” the report stated, according to Boston.com.
The Globe said Olivia claimed the proof of the Instacart cancellation had disappeared from her phone.
Police noted in the report that the sisters’ account of what happened in the grocery store was plagued by “inconsistencies,” and the pair “were evasive, providing only the bare minimum to prove that the high-priced items in their shopping cart had been paid for,” according to the paper.
Olivia said her sister fell as she was pushed by an employee trying to take their shopping cart away, the report said.
“Olivia reacted and admitted to pushing and hitting the employee on the face with her phone,” the report stated, according to the Globe. “Olivia told me she should not have struck the employee but felt she needed to defend her sister.”
Police said the sisters were arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, shoplifting by asportation, and disorderly conduct.
A judge ordered the sisters not to enter Market Basket and to have no contact with employees of the grocery store.
The suspects were arraigned Monday in Brockton District Court.
The sisters pleaded not guilty to the charges and were released on personal recognizance.
The Byrd sisters are scheduled to return to court on Dec. 17, according to records.
The West Bridgewater Police Department and Market Basket did not immediately respond to Blaze News‘ request for comment.
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PAGASA: 3 weather systems, including Tino, affecting parts of PH
Three weather systems affecting the country – including Severe Tropical Storm Tino – will bring stormy weather to parts of Visayas and Mindanao as well as cloudy skies, rains, and thunderstorms to other parts of the Philippines on Monday, the state weather bureau said.
Tino continues to intensify, Signal No. 2 up in 11 areas
Severe Tropical Storm Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) continued to intensify early Monday morning as it moved west southwestward over the Philippine Sea, causing 11 areas in the Visayas and Mindanao be placed under Signal No. 2.
NBA: 76ers’ Joel Embiid fined for lewd gesture
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid drew a $50,000 fine for a lewd gesture during Friday’s game against the Boston Celtics, the NBA announced Sunday.
NBA: Thunder, 7-0 for 2nd straight season, thrash winless Pelicans
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder remain undefeated with a 137-106 home win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday.
World”s oldest living Olympic gold medallist Charles Coste dies at 101
French cyclist Charles Coste, who had been the world”s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, has died aged 101, French media reported on Sunday.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, USGS says
An earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.
Arizona judge resigns after being caught allegedly urinating on street near courthouse: ‘This is disgusting’
Arizona judge resigns after being caught allegedly urinating in public near the courthouse where she worked. Bodycam footage shows aftermath of shocking incident.
