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DALLAS (AP) — The Washington Nationals will have the No. 1 overall pick in the amateur draft next summer after winning the lottery in a drawing of ping-pong balls at the winter meetings Tuesday. Unlike last year, when the Nationals were ineligible after initially coming out with the top spot, they will get to make the first pick in July in Atlanta, the site of the All-Star Game. Washington was ineligible for a top-six pick last year because the collective bargaining agreement states a team that pays into the revenue-sharing plan cannot have a lottery selection in back-to-back years. The Nationals chose outfielder Dylan Crews with the No. 2 pick in 2023. The Los Angeles Angels have the second pick for next summer. Seattle, Colorado, St. Louis and Pittsburgh round out the top six. A weighted lottery among the 18 teams that failed to make the playoffs this season determined the order of picks for the third year in a row. The Nationals went in with a 10.2% chance, the fourth-best odds, for getting the No. 1 pick. Colorado and Miami, both 100-loss teams, had the best odds at 22.45%, ahead of the Angels at 17.96%. Miami instead ended up with the seventh pick. Seattle got the No. 3 overall pick after having a 0.53% chance to get the No. 1 pick, the second-worst odds among 16 eligible teams. The 121-loss Chicago White Sox, who had the most losses of any major league club since 1900, were not eligible for the draft lottery since they had one of the top six picks last year (No. 5) and is a team that pays into the revenue-sharing plan. The CBA also doesn’t allow teams that receive money in revenue sharing to have lottery picks three years in a row. That made the Athletics (69-93) ineligible for the lottery — they picked fourth last year after having the No. 6 selection in 2023. Chicago instead got the 10th pick, one spot ahead of Oakland — the highest possible positions for those two teams because of their recent lottery picks. AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
Nassau County Assault Attorney Russ Kofman Explains How to Get Assault Charges Dismissed 11-21-2024 11:16 PM CET | Politics, Law & Society Press release from: ABNewswire Nassau County assault attorney Russ Kofman ( https://www.lebedinkofman.com/how-to-get-assault-charges-dismissed/ ) of Lebedin Kofman LLP addresses a significant issue in the legal landscape: the dismissal of assault charges. Facing an assault charge in New York carries serious repercussions, from a tarnished reputation to potential jail time and a criminal record. Understanding the legal paths that may lead to a charge dismissal is essential for safeguarding one's future. Russ Kofman, a seasoned Nassau County assault attorney, emphasizes the importance of navigating the legal process with a well-prepared defense. Whether challenging evidence or identifying procedural errors, Kofman notes that effective defense strategies can substantially alter the outcome. "The stakes are high in assault cases. Defending against these charges requires a tailored approach that considers the unique details of each case," explains Kofman. An assault conviction in New York can lead to severe penalties, including imprisonment, significant fines, and a permanent record, which can impact personal and professional opportunities. A Nassau County assault attorney can help navigate these challenges and provide a defense tailored to the specifics of the case. The law distinguishes between different degrees of assault based on injury severity, intent, and the means employed. For example, third-degree assault is categorized as a misdemeanor involving intentional or reckless injury, while first-degree assault, a felony, includes serious harm inflicted with a weapon. As Kofman outlines, an essential element of a successful defense involves understanding the charges and possible penalties. An informed strategy may include questioning the evidence's credibility or highlighting inconsistencies in testimonies. Additionally, Kofman points out that engaging witnesses can be pivotal. Professionals in medicine or psychology can offer insight into injury claims or intent, respectively, potentially challenging the prosecution's assertions. The Nassau County assault attorney further discusses leveraging electronic and surveillance evidence. In many cases, video footage or digital records can provide a detailed account of events, supporting the defense's version or disproving the prosecution's narrative. Utilizing such evidence effectively can be critical in achieving a dismissal. One of the most recognized defenses in New York assault cases is claiming self-defense. Kofman explains that this defense must be convincingly articulated, demonstrating that the defendant's actions were reasonable and proportional to an imminent threat. Mistake of fact and coercion are other potential defense strategies, where it can be shown that the defendant's belief in acting defensively or under threat nullified criminal intent. Inadequate or contradictory evidence is another angle Kofman suggests as a powerful defense. The prosecution bears the burden of proof, and any failure to meet this standard could lead to a case dismissal. False accusations or witness credibility can also be contested to reveal flaws in the case. Demonstrating these weaknesses could significantly influence the judge's or jury's decision. Kofman highlights the nuanced difference between charges being dropped and charges being dismissed. Dropped charges indicate that the prosecution has chosen not to move forward, often due to insufficient evidence or procedural issues. However, a dismissal results from a judicial decision, such as recognizing a lack of probable cause or successful pretrial motions that exclude critical evidence. Dismissals, particularly when issued with prejudice, provide more finality than dropped charges, as they prevent the case from being reopened based on the same grounds. Even after a dismissal, Russ Kofman underscores the importance of seeking to seal the records. Although the charges may be dismissed, arrest records may still be visible on background checks, impacting employment or educational opportunities. Sealing the records can mitigate these issues, enhancing future prospects for the individual involved. Proactive legal measures are essential, especially when dealing with complex cases such as assault. Kofman recommends immediate action to safeguard one's rights and improve the chances of a favorable outcome. Early involvement in the case allows for better management of pretrial opportunities, including plea negotiations or challenging procedural errors. These steps can lead to more advantageous resolutions or full dismissals of the charges. The aftermath of a dismissed assault charge still carries long-term implications, which Kofman emphasizes as critical for individuals to understand. While a court order for dismissal can clear an individual of legal liability, the potential impact on future career or educational paths necessitates further action, such as the sealing of records. Lebedin Kofman LLP, known for its knowledgeable approach to New York law, ensures that clients facing assault charges receive thorough representation. The firm focuses on protecting clients' rights throughout the process, from arrest and interrogation to trial proceedings. Kofman's approach incorporates a deep understanding of legal precedents, strategic defense theories, and the advocacy needed to manage complex litigation successfully. With the risks associated with assault charges, finding the right defense and support is imperative. Kofman's work exemplifies the role of a Nassau County assault attorney who navigates these challenges, seeking dismissals that can help clients move forward with their lives without the shadow of a conviction. For those facing assault charges, immediate action is crucial. Consultation with a Nassau County assault attorney, such as Russ Kofman at Lebedin Kofman LLP, can provide the necessary legal insight to explore the best defense strategy and work toward the dismissal of the charges. About Lebedin Kofman LLP: Lebedin Kofman LLP is dedicated to defending clients facing assault charges and other criminal accusations. With extensive experience in Nassau County's legal landscape, Russ Kofman and his team are committed to thorough and effective representation, helping clients protect their rights and achieve the most favorable outcomes. 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Singapore’s Law and Home Minister K Shanmugam and Zaqy bin Mohamad, a senior minister of state for Manpower and Defence, attended the festivities. They also welcomed interfaith groups representing non-Sikhs to the biennial gala ‘mela’ which ran from December 26 to 29. The ministers were honoured with the traditional Sikh Saropas (scarves). Malminderjit Singh, Chairman of the Sikh Advisory Board here said the Naam Ras Kirtan Darbar is a ground-up event designed to foster community, understanding, and harmony. He added that the event was organised by the Singapore Sikh community, along with support from well-wishers, donors, and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) of Singapore. Overall, more than 50,000 Singapore Sikhs attended the four-day carnival-style festival, showcasing the community’s deep cultural links to its ancestral homeland in Punjab and northern India. Minister Shanmugam congratulated the Sikh organisations, led by gurdwaras and social services units here, for organising the event. “Events like this build greater bonds in the community,” he said, noting the gathering of people from all over the region at the event. “It is one of the largest Sikh gatherings outside of India,” said Professor Nirmal Singh Randhawa who hails from Amritsar and has been part of the biennial event since the beginning as a lead advisor and preacher of Sikh cultures. Sikhs from the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand and the Southeast Asian countries, where the community has flourished over a century but maintained close relations with their ancestor homes, attended the event. Volunteers, including migrant workers from northern India, ran the show that showcased the lifestyle of Sikhs, a flourishing but minority community of 12,000 in the prosperous city-state. The event, which was held from 5.30 to 10 pm each evening, gave non-Sikhs insight into backgrounds and cultures and offered a unique opportunity to explore the rich traditions of the Sikh faith, said Malminderjit Singh. The show included performing arts, Sikh traditional music and live drama performances on Sikh history. (PTI)
UCare is closing its offices next week after receiving what the Minneapolis-based health plan described as a “concerning” phone call, making it the second instance of a Twin Cities insurer temporarily closing its headquarters amid a surge in online hostility directed at insurance companies. Minnetonka-based Medica confirmed earlier this week that it was temporarily shutting down its headquarters in Minnetonka and offices in other states. Insurers have seen a notable increase in threatening social media messages since Wednesday’s murder of Brian Thompson, the top executive at Minnetonka-based UnitedHealthcare . “We received a concerning comment in a phone call and, out of an abundance of caution, will close our offices next week,” according to a statement from UCare on Saturday. “Employees will work from home as UCare takes every precaution to protect our team.” UCare, which employs about 1,700 people, did not offer any more information about the call. Thompson, 50, of Maple Grove, was killed Wednesday in a shooting that police say apparently targeted the executive. Authorities have not speculated publicly on a motive, but bullet casings at the crime scene had the words “deny” and “delay” written on them, according to media reports. Thompson’s widow told NBC News that Thompson had received threats possibly linked to coverage denials. Before its decision to close offices, UCare this week started locking the front door of its headquarters in northeast Minneapolis. Thompson’s fatal shooting “has created a new level of unease in our industry,” the Minnesota Council of Health Plans told the Minnesota Star Tribune in a statement. “The vitriol on social media following this tragic event is unsettling and concerning.” “Thousands of people work for health plans here in the Twin Cities and across the state,” said the trade group, which is not an insurer but an association of health plans founded 40 years ago. “Not only are these Minnesotans dedicated and invested in supporting access to care, but they also receive their care here, they raise families here and they support their communities.” Medica employs about 3,000 people, mostly in Minnesota. UnitedHealthcare is the nation’s largest health insurer and a division of Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, which said Friday it was partnering with law enforcement to ensure workplace safety while reinforcing security guidelines and building access policies. United employs about 19,000 people in Minnesota. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota said in a Friday statement it had elevated security measures and protocols at its headquarters in Eagan, while asking workers to “remain aware and vigilant and report any unusual activity.”Rajnath To Begin 3-Day Visit To Russia On Dec 8
Conte’s last public act as Spurs head coach after a 3-3 draw at St Mary’s in 2023 was to launch a furious tirade against his own “selfish” players who he claimed “don’t want to play under pressure” before he seemed to turn on the board as he questioned the club’s ongoing trophy drought. Eight days later Conte had left Tottenham by mutual consent after a whirlwind 16-month period, with Postecoglou his eventual permanent successor. Postecoglou has been in charge of the Premier League club for two months longer than the Italian, but managed 12 fewer matches and is currently in the middle of an injury crisis which has resulted in a drop in form, with Spurs only able to claim one victory from their last eight fixtures. However, when Postecoglou was asked if he would jump ship in the wake of making remarks like Conte did in March, 2023, he said: “Look, I don’t think it’s fair to comment. “Antonio is a world-class manager and has his own way of doing things, his own reasons for doing that. “I am here, I am in for the fight. I am in a fight, for sure. For better or worse I am not going anywhere at the moment because everything is still in my power and my responsibility. “I still have a real desire to get us through this stage so that people see what is on the other side. My resolve and determination hasn’t wavered one little bit. “I love a fight, I love a scrap, I love being in the middle of a storm when everyone doubts because I know what it is on the other side if you get through it. My job is to get through it.” Postecoglou was Celtic boss when Conte’s extraordinary 10-minute press conference made waves around the world, but acknowledged being aware of his predecessors’ comments and attempted to explain the psyche behind why a manager would make such a move. “I was on Planet Earth at that time, and yes I was well aware of it,” Postecoglou smiled. “I think you know when a manager gets to that point that there’s obviously some underlying issues. “I think most of the time when managers do that they’re trying to get a reaction, trying to get some sort of impact on the team. “In difficult moments, what you want from your leaders is action rather than inaction of just letting things drift along. He did it to try and get a positive impact on the group, one way or another. We’ve all been in that situation as a manager where you feel this is time to send a message.” Postecoglou sent out his own message on Thursday after a 1-1 draw away to Rangers when he insisted Timo Werner’s display “wasn’t acceptable” at Ibrox. Werner was replaced at half-time following an error-strewn performance, but was not alone in being below-par in Glasgow. A day later Postecoglou explained how with Spurs missing several key first-teamers, the onus is on their fit senior players to deliver a level of application and commitment – and admitted Werner will be required at St Mary’s on Sunday. “I’ve got no choice. Who else am I going to play? I’m pulling kids out of school, I literally am,” Postecoglou mentioned in reference to 16-year-old duo Malachi Hardy and Luca Williams-Barnett, who have recently made the bench. “That was the reasoning for me pointing it out last night. We need Timo. We need all of them. “In normal times if you have a poor game, there’s a price to pay. It doesn’t exist right now. We need everybody we’ve got.”How Do Aircraft Management Companies Work?
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Politicians could face fines as the deadline for general election posters to be taken down has now passed. The requirement to remove posters is seven days after polling day, but many have been spotted across the country. Advertisement Both successful and unsuccessful candidates could face a fine of €150 per poster. Fianna Fáil's Catherine Ardagh has encouraged people to report any remaining posters to politicians, who can be reached via email or social media. Some social media users have noticed that general election posters are still up in their area and have called for them to be taken down, while others have urged those out taking them down to be careful as the country still feels the effects of Storm Darragh . @cardagh Congrats on your election. 👍 When the bad weather passes can you ask your team to remove any stay posters they may have missed including this one on Sarsfield Road, Inchicore, opposite Cleary’s Pub please? Thank you. pic.twitter.com/Of7izeRBsM Advertisement — Pat Kiernan (@PatKiernan1) December 7, 2024 God help those out taking down the last election posters this evening. At least for smaller parties and independents, it’s done by volunteers after a day’s work, which is all very well in summer. But mid winter and #StormDarragh approaching... I hope no one gets hurt... #GE24 pic.twitter.com/ppo7haiKjX — A Kildare woman (@Petra_C) December 6, 2024 Candidates can put up posters 30 days before the polling date, or from the date that the ministerial polling day order, whichever is the shortest period. On polling day, people cannot display posters or campaign for a candidate or party within 50 metres of a polling station. Failure to remove election posters within seven days after the polling date is an offence.By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Related Articles National Politics | Trump names Andrew Ferguson as head of Federal Trade Commission to replace Lina Khan National Politics | Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to put his name on pandemic relief checks like Trump did National Politics | Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges National Politics | Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors National Politics | After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun out countless provocative, antagonizing and mocking statements. There were his belittling nicknames for political opponents, his impressions of other political figures and the plentiful memes he shared on social media. Now that’s he’s preparing to return to the Oval Office, Trump is back at it, and his trolling is attracting more attention — and eyerolls. On Sunday, Trump turned a photo of himself seated near a smiling first lady Jill Biden at the Notre Dame ceremony into a social media promo for his new perfume and cologne line, with the tag line, “A fragrance your enemies can’t resist!” The first lady’s office declined to comment. When Trudeau hastily flew to Florida to meet with Trump last month over the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tax on all Canadian products entering the U.S., the Republican tossed out the idea that Canada become the 51st U.S. state. The Canadians passed off the comment as a joke, but Trump has continued to play up the dig, including in a post Tuesday morning on his social media network referring to the prime minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” After decades as an entertainer and tabloid fixture, Trump has a flair for the provocative that is aimed at attracting attention and, in his most recent incarnation as a politician, mobilizing fans. He has long relished poking at his opponents, both to demean and minimize them and to delight supporters who share his irreverent comments and posts widely online and cheer for them in person. Trump, to the joy of his fans, first publicly needled Canada on his social media network a week ago when he posted an AI-generated image that showed him standing on a mountain with a Canadian flag next to him and the caption “Oh Canada!” After his latest post, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday: “It sounds like we’re living in a episode of South Park.” Trudeau said earlier this week that when it comes to Trump, “his approach will often be to challenge people, to destabilize a negotiating partner, to offer uncertainty and even sometimes a bit of chaos into the well established hallways of democracies and institutions and one of the most important things for us to do is not to freak out, not to panic.” Even Thanksgiving dinner isn’t a trolling-free zone for Trump’s adversaries. On Thanksgiving Day, Trump posted a movie clip from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with President Joe Biden and other Democrats’ faces superimposed on the characters in a spoof of the turkey-carving scene. The video shows Trump appearing to explode out of the turkey in a swirl of purple sparks, with the former president stiffly dancing to one of his favorite songs, Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” In his most recent presidential campaign, Trump mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, refusing to call his GOP primary opponent by his real name and instead dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious.” He added, for good measure, in a post on his Truth Social network: “I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will.” As he campaigned against Biden, Trump taunted him in online posts and with comments and impressions at his rallies, deriding the president over his intellect, his walk, his golf game and even his beach body. After Vice President Kamala Harris took over Biden’s spot as the Democratic nominee, Trump repeatedly suggested she never worked at McDonalds while in college. Trump, true to form, turned his mocking into a spectacle by appearing at a Pennsylvania McDonalds in October, when he manned the fries station and held an impromptu news conference from the restaurant drive-thru. Trump’s team thinks people should get a sense of humor. “President Trump is a master at messaging and he’s always relatable to the average person, whereas many media members take themselves too seriously and have no concept of anything else other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome,” said Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director. “President Trump will Make America Great Again and we are getting back to a sense of optimism after a tumultuous four years.” Though both the Biden and Harris campaigns created and shared memes and launched other stunts to respond to Trump’s taunts, so far America’s neighbors to the north are not taking the bait. “I don’t think we should necessarily look on Truth Social for public policy,” Miller said. Gerald Butts, a former top adviser to Trudeau and a close friend, said Trump brought up the 51st state line to Trudeau repeatedly during Trump’s first term in office. “Oh God,” Butts said Tuesday, “At least a half dozen times.” “This is who he is and what he does. He’s trying to destabilize everybody and make people anxious,” Butts said. “He’s trying to get people on the defensive and anxious and therefore willing to do things they wouldn’t otherwise entertain if they had their wits about them. I don’t know why anybody is surprised by it.” Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report.Premiere Weight Loss Partners with Concorde Health to Launch Comprehensive Weight Loss and Lifestyle Management Program