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Former youth center resident testifies against worker accused of rape

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Jurors in the sexual assault trial of a former youth detention center worker have heard from the man's accuser, who described him as a “Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde” who raped her in a storage closet before handing out candy to other children. Sixty-two-year-old Victor Malavet faces 12 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault against Natasha Maunsell, who was 15 and 16 when she was held at the Youth Detention Services Unit in Concord, New Hampshire, in 2001. Maunsell testified Tuesday that she was too scared to come forward back then. Читать дальше...

Venezuela's Maduro shakes up cabinet after contested election

Voice of America 

CARACAS — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday made major changes to his cabinet, including leadership of the oil and finance ministries and state oil company PDVSA, after a contested election both the ruling party and the opposition claim to have won.  Anabel Pereira is new finance minister, while Hector Obregon is the new president of PDVSA, replacing Pedro Tellechea, who will move to head the Industry Ministry, Maduro said on state television.  Vice President Delcy Rodriguez will... Читать дальше...

CNN Lands Kamala Harris-Tim Walz Interview, Their First Since Becoming New Democratic Ticket - Deadline

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  1. CNN Lands Kamala Harris-Tim Walz Interview, Their First Since Becoming New Democratic Ticket  Deadline
  2. Harris and Walz to sit with CNN for exclusive first joint interview since campaign began  CNN
  3. Kamala Harris grants first interview to CNN after weeks of avoiding press, to be joined by Tim Walz  Fox News
  4. Harris agrees to first interview of campaign alongside Walz on CNN  Axios
  5. CNN’s Dana Bash to Interview Harris and Walz on Thursday  The New York Times

Group charged with stealing dozens of firearms in string of Maryland gun shop burglaries

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Officials say four people have been charged with breaking into a series of gun stores across Maryland and stealing several dozen guns. The group is accused of stealing 81 firearms and 10 gun replicas in three burglaries between December and March. The Maryland Attorney General’s Office investigated the case alongside federal and local law enforcement agencies. Officials say the group was trying to sell or trade the guns on social media, where they would sometimes brag about the success of their break-ins. Читать дальше...

Publicly available EV chargers have doubled since Biden took office, administration says

TheHill.com 

The number of publicly available electric vehicle (EV) chargers has doubled since Biden took office, the Biden administration said Tuesday.  There are now 192,000 publicly available charging ports with approximately 1,000 new public chargers being added each week, the Energy Department said in a press release. Access to chargers remains a significant hurdle in the...

Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe

Phys.org 

It takes a long time for supermassive black holes, like the one at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, to form. Typically, the birth of a black hole requires a giant star with the mass of at least 50 of our suns to burn out—a process that can take a billion years—and its core to collapse in on itself.