Arsenal make Mikel Arteta proud after smashing Sporting LisbonDuring her arrest for DUI in Chicago earlier this month, a Democratic member of the obscure but influential Cook County Board of Review made sure that cops at the scene of a crash she caused knew they were dealing with a politician. In police body-camera videos from the incident in Andersonville on Nov. 11 which WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times obtained this week, Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele repeatedly refused to cooperate with officers who responded, including requests from cops to get out of the smashed car she was driving. One officer told her, “Ma’am, if you don’t exit the vehicle ... I’m going to help you to exit, and you don’t want that.” “ You don’t want that! I’m an elected official,” Steele shot back. “Elected official of what?” the officer asked. “Cook County,” Steele told him. When the officer asked for her name, Steele held out her hand and said, “I’m Sam.” The cop replied, “Sam who?” But Steele did not give the police her full name at that point. The officer told other cops, “She’s saying she’s an elected official of Cook County.” Steele then said, “I don’t want to be on the video.” But police told her she was indeed on video and they continued to record the interaction with Steele. Despite several requests, Steele would not initially provide officers with her driver’s license or get out of the car. Sitting in the driver’s seat, she drank from what seemed to be a water bottle and used her cell phone to call the person she described many times as her attorney – Democratic Cook County Commissioner Scott Britton of Glenview. She only gave her driver’s license to police and exited the car after Britton advised her over the phone to do so. After Britton arrived at the scene in the 5000 block of North Ashland Avenue, Steele said she was not drinking the wine from the bottle in the car. Britton interjected: “Don’t say anything. Don’t say anything.” Two days after the arrest, Britton said he was not a defense attorney and would not be representing Steele in her case. Britton said Steele had an attorney but he would not identify the lawyer. The three-member Board of Review has the power to rule on property tax appeals, effectively reducing tax bills. Steele lives in Evanston, and she represents the Board of Review’s district covering much of the North Side of Chicago and northern suburbs. The video from her arrest also shows the moment when police searched the car Steele was driving and discovered what records indicate was a half-empty bottle of red wine near the front passenger seat. In the video, officers joke that the cabernet sauvignon was “good stuff” and that breath mints they also found “didn’t help” – an apparent reference to the strong smell of alcohol that officers allege they detected on Steele’s breath. After at first refusing to do a field sobriety test, Steele agreed to do it, but then Steele said she had hit her head in the crash and wanted to take an ambulance to be treated. She was handcuffed again and placed in an ambulance, which took her to the hospital, according to police reports. Steele soon was transported to Chicago’s Lincoln police district, where she allegedly made lewd comments to an officer, records show. The cop wrote in his report that Steele “repeatedly said, ‘Is your penis that small’” to him. But the newly released video does not include Steele making those comments, which allegedly were said at the hospital. None of these recordings include footage from the hospital. Police charged Steele with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol. She has not commented publicly on the case. Her court date is Dec. 27, records show. The next Board of Review meeting is scheduled for Dec. 2. Steele, 45, was first elected to the Board of Review in 2022, after being an elected county official in Indiana. The Democrat and her chief of staff are facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed recently by former aide Frank Calabrese, who obtained the body-camera footage of the arrest through an open-records request to police and shared it with WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times. Earlier in the year, Steele defended giving a job at the Board of Review to a former northwest Indiana politician who had pleaded guilty in a federal case. And she also has found herself at the center of the high-stakes dispute over the Chicago Bears’ property tax bill for the old Arlington Park racecourse property, where the football team has considered building a new stadium. Dan Mihalopoulos is an investigative reporter on WBEZ’s Government & Politics Team. Tom Schuba is a criminal justice editor for the Sun-Times.Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Reform UK of ‘fakery’ over its membership data. Nigel Farage said he is weighing up what action to take if the Conservatives do not apologise for accusing Reform UK of “fakery” over its membership numbers. The Reform UK leader pushed back against reports suggesting that legal action would be the next step, saying he would make a decision in the next couple of days about his response if there is no apology for the “crazy conspiracy theory”. Mr Farage also said the party has “opened up our systems” to media outlets, including The Daily Telegraph and The Financial Times, in the interests of “full transparency to verify that our numbers are correct”. His remarks came after Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Mr Farage of “fakery” in response to Reform claiming they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. Mrs Badenoch said Reform’s counter was “coded to tick up automatically”. A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservative Party during its leadership election earlier this year. Mr Farage, on whether he was threatening legal action or not, told the PA news agency: “I haven’t threatened anything. I’ve just said that unless I get an apology, I will take some action. “I haven’t said whether it’s legal or anything.” He added: “All I’ve said is I want an apology. If I don’t get an apology, I will take action. “I will decide in the next couple of days what that is. So I’ve not specified what it is.” Mr Farage, on the move to make membership data available to media organisations, said: “We feel our arguments are fully validated. “She (Mrs Badenoch) has put out this crazy conspiracy theory and she needs to apologise.” On why Mrs Badenoch had reacted as she did, Mr Farage said: “I would imagine she was at home without anybody advising her and was just angry.” Mr Farage, in a statement issued on social media site X, also said: “The accusations of fraud and dishonesty made against me yesterday were disgraceful. “Today we opened up our systems to The Telegraph, Spectator, Sky News and FT in the interests of full transparency to verify that our data is correct. “I am now demanding Kemi Badenoch apologises.” A Conservative Party source claimed Mr Farage was “rattled” that his Boxing Day “publicity stunt is facing serious questions”. They added: “Like most normal people around the UK, Kemi is enjoying Christmas with her family and looking forward to taking on the challenges of renewing the Conservative Party in the New Year.” Mrs Badenoch, in a series of messages posted on X on Thursday, said: “Farage doesn’t understand the digital age. This kind of fakery gets found out pretty quickly, although not before many are fooled.” There were 131,680 Conservative members eligible to vote during the party’s leadership election to replace Rishi Sunak in the autumn. Mrs Badenoch claimed in her thread that “the Conservative Party has gained thousands of new members since the leadership election”.
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Under Ayao Komatsu’s leadership, Haas has made a lot of strides both on and off the track. While the team’s performance took a step forward in 2024, they also forged some new partnerships for the team’s long-term future — including a technical partnership with Toyota-Gazoo Racing . Recently, they have landed another IT partner named Mphasis, which will be working with the Kannapolis-based outfit on multiple fronts. The CEO of Mphasis, Nitin Rakesh, recently spoke about their collaboration with Haas F1, highlighting that it is a five-year partnership and a long-term commitment for them. Besides working on the cybersecurity aspects for the team, Mphasis will also be looking to bolster the technological foundation of the American outfit ahead of the 2026 aero and engine regulations coming into effect. “They have significant needs when it comes to real-time car performance analytics, looking at every aspect from engine performance to tuning,” Rakesh added. He also highlighted how they will be working on “computer vision” to enable Haas to identify any potential issues with their cars when they come to the pitlane garage. This will certainly be a huge boost for the efficiency of a small team like Haas, who have often struggled to have state-of-the-art technology and equipment like the top teams. The Mphasis CEO also understands the importance of the 2026 regulations which will completely change the car concept with active aerodynamics and new engines with more electrical power. “There will be a lot of planning and testing around the new car. The goal of our partnership is to identify where we can be most effective across all these areas,” he said. The 2025 season will be a foundational year, says Rakesh, as Haas will be keen to take a significant step forward for 2026 with the tools Mphasis provides. Mphasis CEO is an F1 fan and keen on Haas’ growth Given it is a five-year deal between Mphasis and Haas, it is safe to say that the American outfit may have found another long-term partner, which could really help them grow in the future like the OEM manufacturer outfits. These technological partners can help a team’s trajectory immensely, as there is more bandwidth for the leadership to focus on their on-track performance. Rakesh wishes for the same as he wants to make Haas a “highly effective” team as they head into the 2026 season. He mentioned that this is a “passion project” for him, as he has been an avid F1 fan for 30 years. He also spoke with Haas’ team principal Komatsu and was fascinated to learn about how he and his subordinates deal with a “pressure cooker” environment in F1. “I’m trying to get a behind-the-scenes look to glean lessons for our own business. How do they use technology, navigate through apparent chaos, control the controllable variables, and respond to unknowns?” , he added. Aiming to blend technology into their work, Rakesh is keen on catering to Haas’ needs and facilitating some ease into the lives of their engineers, mechanics, and other team members. He stated that Mphasis will also be looking to learn from the high-performance environment of F1.Nigeria, France relationship strictly economic — NSA Ribadu responds to Niger junta’s allegationsJoe Burrow's home broken into during Monday Night Football in latest pro-athlete home invasion
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