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A postal worker with an “unusually high number of customer complaints” was accused of stealing a customer’s credit card and has now pleaded guilty in Florida. The 43-year-old man worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 16 years, according to a plea agreement. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida shared Dec. 10 that the former employee of the St. Petersburg Main Post Office pleaded guilty to one count of theft by a postal employee . His attorney declined to comment to McClatchy News, as the sentencing has not yet taken place. According to his attorney and the plea agreement, he cooperated and took responsibility. In May 2023, USPS received a complaint from a customer who said a Social Security card and a credit card she was expecting in the mail never arrived, officials said in a plea agreement. Another credit card was mailed to her, then again she reported she never received it. In October that year, she saw a $280 transaction from a Winn Dixie in Madeira Beach on her statement, but she didn’t make that purchase, according to federal officials. Winn Dixie gave investigators surveillance footage showing the mail carrier assigned to the woman’s route making a purchase with his mom using the stolen credit card, according to the man’s plea agreement. The St. Petersburg man faces up to five years in prison, but a sentence date hasn’t been set. St. Petersburg is part of the Tampa Bay area.Minnesota will try to bounce back from two straight losses when it hosts Bethune-Cookman on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers (5-3) are coming off a 57-51 loss against Wake Forest on Friday, which followed a 68-66 overtime loss against Wichita State on Thursday. Both games took place at the ESPN Events Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Minnesota coach Ben Johnson cited inconsistency on offense as the main reason for his team's recent skid. "We're painfully figuring that out," Johnson said. "I thought our defense, though, (Thursday and Friday) has proven this is a top-40 or top-30 defense. We've got to be able to show up with offense and free throws." Golden Gophers starter Lu'Cye Patterson said he and his teammates remain confident in their potential as the Big Ten conference season approaches. "We just have to keep doing what we're supposed to do and keep our level of defensive play up," Patterson said. "It's going to win us a lot of games. The offense is going to come." Bethune-Cookman (2-5) will try to play spoiler on the road. The Wildcats have split their past two games as they beat North Dakota 79-67 on Tuesday and lost to Gardner-Webb 79-64 on Wednesday, both games played in the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. Four players for Bethune-Cookman scored in double digits in their most recent game. Reggie Ward Jr. and Daniel Rouzan led the way with 14 points apiece, Trey Thomas scored 13 and Brayon Freeman chipped in 10. Bethune-Cookman is coached by Reggie Theus, who enjoyed a long NBA career and coached the Sacramento Kings for parts of two seasons. Theus said the Wildcats were in better position to compete this season compared with a season ago. "We've got a lot of depth, and we have age and experience," Theus said. "One of the biggest differences in our team is that we have great size now, where last year we were pretty small." Dawson Garcia leads Minnesota with 18.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Patterson is next with 10.1 points per contest. Bethune-Cookman is led by Freeman, who is averaging 15.9 points per game. Thomas (11.7 points per game) and Ward Jr. (11.0) also are scoring in double digits. --Field Level Media
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State Senator Jabari Brisport told Brooklyn constituents to remain resolute and to fight for their rights after the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. During his State of the District speech on Thursday at P.S. 23 Carter G. Woodson Elementary School in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brisport said that the far-right members of the country want to make Brooklyn residents feel powerless. "Brooklyn is built on a radical determination to live freely in community. Those who came before us passed down not only the responsibility to continue that fight, but the spirit and the wisdom to succeed in it. The incoming federal government will have to contend with us," he told about 200 constituents. The senator said state laws be used to help protect Brooklyn residents. Some are already in place, he said, referring to the passing of the Equal Rights Amendment in November. But more can be done, he added. Brisport called for Albany to not reduce funding for physical and social infrastructure programs, including child care, public housing and school lunches, despite possible cuts in federal funding from the incoming administration. "Unfortunately, the incoming, far-right national government is likely to make dramatic cuts to our budget instead of investments," Brisport said. "Each of these programs is vital to the well being of our city and our economy, and each is already significantly underfunded. New York must prepare to protect our infrastructure." The senator then called for an increase in corporate and inheritance taxes, which he said would boost the economy. He also brought up the New York Health Act, which proposes universal health care across the state based on a single-payer health plan, and would curb profits for insurance companies. "Positive change is possible, and it is very necessary at every level of governance," Brisport said. "Life is getting harder for the rest of us in far too many ways, but we can change that, starting right here in New York. We don't have to settle for what we're told will work, or what we're told is possible." Brisport also moderated a panel called "Combating Fascism Under Trump" with local community leaders that included Reverend Andrew Wilkes, a co-lead pastor of the Double Love Experience Church and the author of the book Plenty Good Room: Co-Creating an Economy of Enough for All ; Rabbi Abby Stein, an author, transgender activist and recipient of Senator Brisport's 2024 Woman of Distinction Award ; the President of Brooklyn NAACP L. Joy Williams ; and Colette Pean and Keenan Toure of The December 12th Movement , a Black human rights organization. Topics of the discussion included Brooklyn's biggest challenge with the incoming administration, how communities can defend the vulnerable and what kind of hope was being built from community organizers. Some solutions that were offered included a need for strong community ties and education to stop further division. "I can promise you that we're going to come out stronger," Rabbi Stein said. "But I am, at the same time, terrified of how many people we are going to lose, and for that we're going to stay dedicated." Williams said she was not as fearful of having another hostile administration. "I think it's really about empowering people to recognize and to remember that power and to not succumb to the spirit," she said. By the end of the evening, Senator Brisport said he was inspired from the discussion . "I got to talk to people one-on-one. Their excitement about the organizing happening in the district strengthened my confidence that we can rise to this moment together," he said. The senator said he's calling for the state legislature to reconvene in a special session so he can push for a package of bills "to inoculate New York as much as possible against what we expect from the incoming far-right federal government."CORK CHAMPIONS captured the Munster Intermediate and Junior hurling titles as Watergrasshill and Russell Rovers claimed provincial glory. The Hill are Intermediate champions after a dominant 10-point victory over Cashel King Cormacs in a downpour at the Gaelic Grounds. Centre-forward Adam Murphy led the way with a point straight from the throw-in and he never stopped going in front of 2,336 fans, ending the day with 1-12 (1-5 from play). Managed by 2001 Tipperary All-Ireland-winner and All-Star Eddie Enright, the Cork champions advance to meet Carey Faughs of Antrim in the All-Ireland semi-final in a fortnight. Cashel were over-reliant on Devon Ryan’s frees and a couple of Eoghan Connolly sideline cuts. Tipp U20 Oisín O’Donoghue was their only starter to score from play. It was 0-10 to 0-8 at half-time, with Cashel’s one point from play in contrast to the Hill’s cutting edge, requiring only one free and the other nine from play. Murphy had four points and Brendan Lehane two more. Connolly produced two major moments with back-to-back sideline cuts arrowed between the posts, either side of a point from Hill corner-back Ian O’Callaghan. They were level three times but Cashel never led. It was still a one-score game at the three-quarter mark but not for long more. Captain Seán Desmond supplied Murphy who whistled his bullet just over the crossbar. His next chance came around straight from the next puck-out. Anthony and Patrick Cronin did the spadework for Murphy to skip a low shot to the bottom corner. 1-15 to 0-11 after 48 minutes. Ger Browne, introduced as a sub, nailed a tricky score but Aiden Foley stopped a close-range Ryan free. The Hill took over with five points on the spin, while Desmond forced Jonathan Walsh into his second save. Cashel sub Adrian Cummins scored back-to-back points but it was the Hill’s day. Earlier at Páirc Uí Rinn, 2-2 from Brian Hartnett saw Russell Rovers secure a second Munster title five years after their last, beating Waterford’s Kilrossanty by 11 points. The Dónal Óg Cuasack-coached side are the sixth successive Cork winners at this grade, with 2010 All-Ireland football champion Ciarán Sheehan lifting the Rody Nealon Cup as captain. The Shanagarry club will face Ballinascreen of Derry in the All-Ireland semi-final, although a straight red card for Kevin Tattan is a blow ahead of that contest in a fortnight. They did it despite a perfect start for Déise runners-up Kilrossanty. Within 12 seconds, Alan Dunwoody fed Eoin Power who dispatched the sliotar to the net. What followed was far more imperfect as they misfired their next five shots wide and Dunwoody had another saved by Ross Walsh. When Rovers got a firm stranglehold on the Rossies’ puck-outs, they were far more clinical, reeling off 1-4 in four minutes. The 18th-minute goal originated from Fintan Murray’s high catch before Kieran Walsh’s ball in trickled through for Hartnett to apply a lethal finish. There were saves at either end as Walsh denied Jack Power before Waterford footballer Caoimhín Walsh blocked Hartnett’s rasper. Pádraig Fitzgerald accounted for Kilrossanty’s three points but also had six misses, including four placed balls. Despite playing with the wind, their 25% conversion rate left them two behind, 1-5 to 1-3, at half-time. Rovers restarted with the first three points from Josh Beausang, who finished with 0-7. Former Déise football captain Paul Whyte scored after his introduction but the Cork side were safe in the 48th minute when Hartnett grabbed Daniel Moynihan’s delivery and blasted home. Five minutes later, they were reduced to 14 when Tattan was sent off for a foul on Dunwoody. They avoided further punishment, though, as Walsh saved from a Dunwoody effort and a Fitzgerald free. A stoppage-time goal for Luke Duggan Murray was the cherry on top.Donald Trump's opponents were reprimanded Monday for meeting his election victory with a seemingly quiet resignation. Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid wrote the anti-Trump "resistance" needs to awaken — and not roll over and accept what's coming. "If this is what the fight against fascism looks like, it’s not much of a fight," he lamented on Monday morning. "It sounds more like a dishonorable surrender. The shift away from 'existential' rhetoric is welcome: The challenge of democracy, as I have written , is one of coming to terms with frightening electoral outcomes." Also Read: There is no 'waiting it out' Hamid questioned the "sudden softening" of many Democrats who have gone quiet over the threat that Trump poses to American democracy, He shamed the hyperbole Democrats used during the 2024 election cycle that now "appear[s] strangely subdued." "Emotions of despair are different from those of hope," continued Hamid. "Hope spurs action. Despair more often leads to retreat. In this vein, a growing number of former activists are proposing rest and self-care as better, saner propositions than political action." He cited activist David Hogg, one of the Parkland school shooting survivors, who wrote: “We’ve marched so much. We’re tired of doing the same thing over and over.” There's a fear that protests won't work, continues Hamid, and the power of the people isn't "powerful" anymore. For those exhausted over years of fighting back against the Tea Party and then MAGA, it makes sense to take some personal mental health time, he said. "Despite how it might feel in this moment, there is no shame in defeat , and there should be no embarrassment in pulling back, even if temporarily. Life is too short, but it is also long," he says. But he added it's important for Trump's victory to prompt reflection on 2024 mistakes and build better strategies for the future, and he suggested that it's time for activists to get up off the mat and begin a better persuasion campaign, even if it will be a slog. "That’s the more difficult work, since there will be no immediate gratification to be found," Hamid wrote. Read the full column here.
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