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As the original cast of the very first 'Real World' reunites for a new season of MTV show's groundbreaking show, premiering on March 4, here are seven alums who broke out of the reality universe and made it big.
As the original cast of the very first 'Real World' reunites for a new season of MTV show's groundbreaking show, premiering on March 4, here are seven alums who broke out of the reality universe and made it big.
CPI Card Group Inc. Announces Pricing of Private Offering of $310 Million of Senior Secured Notes
Surprisingly strong interest from adults who do not have kids at home has helped increase subscriptions to Walt Disney Co's Disney+ streaming service beyond initial projections, Chief Executive Bob Chapek said on Monday. Disney+ debuted in November 2019 and growth has exceeded Wall Street expectations and Disney's forecast. While Disney is known for family entertainment, Disney+ also features movies and TV shows from Marvel, "Star Wars" studio Lucasfilm and others.
The executive producers of The Bachelor are stepping up to defend one of its former stars from a wave of harassment from fans. The producers of the ABC reality franchise released a statement on Monday, saying that “we would like to make it perfectly clear that any harassment directed towards Rachel Lindsay in the aftermath […]
NEW YORK — The Toronto Raptors game against the Detroit Pistons scheduled for Tuesday at Amalie Arena has been postponed and tentatively rescheduled for Wednesday, pending additional COVID-19 test results. The NBA made the announcement Monday night. The league says the game is being postponed due to" positive test results and ongoing contact tracing within the Raptors organization." Toronto also had its game Sunday against the Chicago Bulls postponed for COVID-19 health and safety protocols. It was the first postponement this season for the Raptors, who are playing their home games in Tampa, Fla., because of coronavirus restrictions in Canada. Toronto played Friday without head coach Nick Nurse, five members of his staff and starting forward Pascal Siakam because of virus-related issues. Assistant coach Sergio Scariolo coached the team to a win over Houston. The names of players or staff members affected have not been revealed. Prior to Sunday, the Raptors had been one of just four teams with no game postponements. The Raptors are currently schedule to play once more -- Thursday at Boston -- before the all-star break. Toronto tips off the second half of the season March 11 against the visiting Atlanta Hawks. --- This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1, 2021. The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — Staff at international bank HSBC were well aware of telecom giant Huawei's control of another company whose business in Iran lies at the heart of fraud allegations against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, the British Columbia Supreme Court heard Monday. Frank Addario, one of Meng's defence lawyers, told the court that the United States has provided the court with a "manifestly unreliable" description of the case against her and said he has evidence to prove it. Addario is asking the judge to admit affidavits including emails and bank account information into evidence to support the defence team's case at Meng's committal hearing, scheduled for May. "We have evidence showing the picture painted for you about (HSBC's) global risk committee's state of knowledge is unreliable and misleading," Addario said. Meng is accused of misrepresenting Huawei's relationship with Skycom during a 2013 meeting with HSBC, putting the bank at risk of violating U.S. sanctions in Iran. The U.S. alleges Meng called the meeting to reassure the bank and distance Huawei from Skycom after Reuters published articles suggesting HSBC could be at risk. Meng was arrested at Vancouver's airport in 2018 at the request of the United States and remains in Canada on bail while the extradition process is underway. Huawei and Meng, who is the company's chief financial officer and daughter of its founder, deny the allegations. A lawyer for Canada's attorney general, who represents the United States in the case, accused Meng's team Monday of confusing the limits of an extradition case. It is inappropriate to ask the judge to weigh things like witness credibility at this stage, Robert Frater said. "An extradition hearing is not a trial," he said, adding that Addario's language asking for evidence to "balance" the picture betrayed him. "The very suggestion is one that leads you to consider competing inferences, which the case law says you cannot do," Frater said. "That is not your role." One of the principles of extradition law is that there is a strong presumption of good faith with respect to the case put forward by the requesting state, he said. Another is that a person charged with a crime will answer to those charges. He accused the defence of "cherry-picking" evidence and making an argument of "he must have known" that isn't necessarily supported. "All of what my friend put to you today, in my respectful submission, is in pursuit of an invitation to you to go beyond the limited function of an extradition judge." Addario acknowledged that extradition hearings are not the place for "credibility contests," nor do extradition judges typically weigh competing accounts of what happened. However, he said it's important that the Canadian court not make any decisions based on misleading information from the requesting state. "Although your powers are limited, there are cases where the inference is so dubious or the evidence is so unreliable that you must admit contrary evidence," he said. Addario told the court at least a dozen emails prove HSBC staff "fully knew" that Skycom was sold to Canicula Holdings in 2007, that Canicula was Skycom's parent company and that Huawei controlled the Canicula accounts. A senior banker overseeing HSBC's relationship with Huawei was also included on several emails describing Canicula "in terms that can only be understood as Huawei controlling the account," he said. Meng's team also wants admitted to evidence a listing of 188 Huawei bank accounts at HSBC from 2011 showing that two were named "Skycom" and "Canicula." "The relationship between these three entities was open knowledge," Addario said. This week marks the beginning of about seven weeks of argument between March and May in Meng's case. Ahead of the actual extradition or committal hearing, Meng's team will argue proceedings should be stayed because she was subjected to an abuse of process. The team alleges the abuses occurred in four different ways and if any is proven, then Meng should be released. The first branch of the abuse of process arguments begins Wednesday and hinges on public comments made by former U.S. president Donald Trump during his time in office. Meng's team alleges Trump used her as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with China, but Canada's attorney general has countered that the argument is irrelevant now that Trump is out of office. The court will also consider arguments that Meng's arrest at Vancouver's airport on Dec. 1, 2018, was unlawful, that the United States misled Canadian officials in its summary of the allegations against her and that the case doesn't qualify under international law because Meng had no meaningful connection to the United States. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1, 2021. Amy Smart, The Canadian Press
Tablets former president once called ‘tremendous’ proven to be useless in fight against coronavirus
Spring is finally here, and there's no better way to celebrate the change of seasons than by diving into March's best YA books. Whether you're looking to escape into the latest chapter of Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse or dive into a warm coming of age tale, this month's selection of new releases has you covered. There's also an LGBTQ+ romance that will make your heart skip a beat, an #OwnVoices thriller that's set to be one of the year's best books, and the highly anticipated sequel to Adam Silvera's Infinity Son - and that's just for starters. Prepare yourselves YA fans, because March's best new YA books are all instant must-reads.
Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) reported powerful fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 results on Monday after the market close. Below is an overview of Zoom's quarter, along with its outlook for first-quarter and full-year 2022. For context, in the prior two quarters, Zoom's revenue surged 367% (Q3) and 355% (Q2) year over year.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals is deciding whether to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer set to go on trial next week in the death of George Floyd. During a virtual hearing on Monday, a prosecutor from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison's office argued that the district court judge presiding over Chauvin's case "abused his discretion" by dropping the charge. Chauvin, who did not attend Monday's hearing, is currently facing charges of second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 25 death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man.
MISSISSAUGA, ON, March 1, 2021 /CNW/ -Pioneering Technology Corp. (TSXV: PTE) ("Pioneering" or the "Company"), a technology company and North America's leader in cooking fire prevention technology and products reports its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2020.
GATINEAU, QC, March 1, 2021 /CNW/ - Federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers met virtually today to discuss important workplace issues. The meeting was chaired by the federal Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi, to discuss the challenges posed by the pandemic, Canada's possible ratification of the International Labour Organization's Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019, as well as the harmonization of occupational health and safety standards.
ReutersA third woman has come forward to publicly accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of putting the moves on her—and there’s a picture to back her up.Anna Ruch, who worked on the Biden campaign, told The New York Times that Cuomo put his hand on her bare lower back at a wedding in 2019—then placed his hand on her cheeks and asked if he could kiss her.“I was so confused and shocked and embarrassed,” Ruch told the paper, which said her account was corroborated by the friend and photographs that show the governor clasping her face.“I turned my head away and didn’t have words in that moment.”A third woman has accused Governor Cuomo of unwanted touching and sexual attention, saying he placed his hands on her face and asked if he could kiss her at her friend's wedding. A friend took a series of pictures of the incident as it occurred. https://t.co/bgvzBK4vK0 pic.twitter.com/hXvgTvSntQ— Evan Hill (@evanchill) March 2, 2021 Ruch’s account comes on the same day that Cuomo formally asked state Attorney General Tish James to investigate sexual harassment allegations made by ex-aides Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett. It also comes the day after Cuomo half-apologized in a statement, saying women had “misinterpreted” his “playful” banter, which he admitted was “too personal.”Boylan, a current Manhattan Borough President candidate, wrote last week that Cuomo gave her a nonconsensual kiss after years of sexual advances.Bennett, a former health aide, said Cuomo repeatedly asked her if she’d be interested in a sexual relationship with an older man, and whether she was monogamous in relationships.“I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt horribly uncomfortable and scared,” Bennett said in an interview with The New York Times. “And was wondering how I was going to get out of it and assumed it was the end of my job.”Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
President’s warm tone towards Mexico has translated to substantial policy changes
TOFINO, B.C. — An Indigenous person will assist British Columbia's police watchdog in an advisory role for the first time during its investigation of a fatal police shooting on the weekend. Moses Martin said the decision by the Independent Investigations Office is something the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation had requested. The RCMP said two officers from its Tofino detachment were called to a home on the Opitsaht reserve on nearby Meares Island to locate a woman in distress on Saturday night. The Mounties allege an unspecified "interaction" took place in which one man was shot and killed, while another was taken into custody. The RCMP declined to comment because the shooting is being investigated by the provincial Independent Investigations Office, which investigates all officer-related incidents that result in serious harm or death. The office said the RCMP responded to a report of a woman being held against her will at a residence on Meares Island at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. The woman was taken to hospital for medical assessment, it said. Ron MacDonald, the chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office, said the advisory role has been filled once before, but never by a member of an Indigenous community. "I believe it's important for us to ... have available to our investigation someone from this Indigenous community that will, in effect, help us do our jobs well," he said in an interview. MacDonald said the idea of building trust was a factor in the decision. "It's very important for us to have that trust in this community," he said. "Given that the history between Indigenous communities and the police world have obviously been fraught to a great extent, depending on who you ask. It's important for us to be aware of that." The person filling the role is known as a civilian monitor. They will be able to look at any aspect of the investigation, interview investigators and submit a report at the end on its competency and outcome. MacDonald said he will look at allowing a similar civilian monitor in future investigations, and the monitor for the Meares Island investigation has yet to be chosen. Martin welcomed the advisory role, adding First Nations had also asked to participate in the investigation into the death of Chantel Moore, a 26-year-old Indigenous woman, in New Brunswick last year. "That's a change for us," he said in an interview on Monday. "That's something we also wanted to be a part of in the Chantel Moore case, but we never got a response." The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation is a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth tribal council and the Opitsaht reserve makes up one of its three major communities. The Pacheedaht First Nation is part of the Nuu-chah-nulth culture, but does not fall under the council's umbrella. Martin added that the community will require RCMP officers who enter its territories to do so with an escort by a band member. "Hopefully something like that would defuse some of the situations," Martin said. Judith Sayers, president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, said the death on the weekend is another shocking incident for the community involving police shootings. "It just doesn't make sense why there aren't other de-escalation methods being used," said Sayers. "This has become far too often that Indigenous people are being shot. I just really hope people are taking note of this out in the public." An Edmundston police officer shot and killed Moore during a wellness check in June. Police allege she lunged at an officer with a knife, and her death was also investigated by the agency in Quebec that investigates police shootings. Moore, who was from the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, had moved to the community in northwestern New Brunswick to be closer to her mother and young daughter. New Brunswick's public prosecutions service announced on Dec. 23 that it had received the Quebec agency's report into her death and would take time to examine the findings. — By Nick Wells in Vancouver. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1, 2021. The Canadian Press
Theresa May ‘weakened the National Security Council,’ says predecessor as PM
"Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union," the president said
Battleship launches 1:1 and group mentoring to disrupt cybersecurity professional development and bridge the cybersecurity skills gap.
No need for screeners: Golden Globes winners "Minari," "I Care a Lot," "Nomadland," and "The United States vs. Billie Holliday" are all available at home.
Two incidents in New York highlight a rise in hate attacks on Asian Americans amid the pandemic.
Paris Hilton is reacting to the documentary "Framing Britney Spears," which has called into question the media's treatment of Spears and other women.