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Oklahoma City -- On Wednesday, November 5, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended that Tremane Wood’s death sentence should be commuted to life imprisonment without parole. Governor Kevin Stitt now has the authority under state law to grant clemency to Mr. Wood and commute his death sentence. Mr. Wood is scheduled to be executed on November 13. During today’s clemency hearing, members of the Board expressed what a press release from Wood's attorney characterized as "concerns about the egregious unfairness attendant to Mr. Wood’s felony murder conviction. "The Board members also highlighted that prosecutors are ministers of justice and it was unfair for the trial prosecutors in Mr. Wood’s case to take inconsistent positions about who killed Ronnie Wipf at Mr. Wood’s trial and at his brother’s trial.
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An employee of the Louvre in Paris, France, has revealed the password of the museum’s surveillance system at the time of the jewelry heist last month, and it’s pretty bad. The password was “Louvre,” a staffer with knowledge of the system told ABC News Wednesday. Yup, you read that right: “Louvre.”AdvertisementThe French outlet Libération first reported on the password, citing confidential documents. The outlet claims the password was initially unearthed by France’s National Cybersecurity Agency during an audit in 2014. Here it is exhibited at the Louvre Museum on April 27 in Paris, France.
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Hopefully, Republicans will use this irrefutable fact!”MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks after pardoning Thanksgiving turkey "Corn" on Nov. 24, 2020. AdvertisementIn Walmart’s announcement, the company didn’t make any comparisons to Thanksgiving prices last year, or mention inflation (or former President Biden). Walmart’s Thanksgiving meal was a little pricier last year at $7 per person (serving eight people), but it featured 29 items, including a turkey. (Likely more)With grocery prices higher than last year, it’s likely that many of the foods you’ll purchase for Thanksgiving dinner will be more expensive, too. Bakery products, including bread, cakes and cookies, increased 2.7%, and fresh fruits and vegetables are 1.2% higher overall, with potatoes 3.7% more expensive, according to the BLS.
Charlotte Kesl for HuffPost Summer Kerksick, a furloughed government contractor, has stopped getting paychecks during the government shutdown and recently visited her first food bank. AdvertisementBut since the October government shutdown, Kerksick has been furloughed, which means she’s one of the estimated 750,000 federal workers across the United States who are on an indefinite unpaid leave of absence. But the government shutdown ― which is now the longest in U.S. history ― has dragged on longer for more than one month with no end in sight. “Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, so when you’re now at paycheck number two, possibly number three, things get very serious, very quickly,” she said. Support HuffPost Already a member?
Summer Kerksick, a furloughed government contractor, has stopped getting paychecks during the government shutdown and recently visited her first food bank. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“My uncle is a government employee, and I just saw how much pride that he took in his job. But since the October government shutdown, Kerksick has been furloughed, which means she’s one of the estimated 750,000 federal workers across the United States who are on an indefinite unpaid leave of absence. How A Food Bank Is Helping Her Stretch MealsKerksick is doing everything she can to avoid dipping into her emergency savings. In October, Kerksick lined up for her first food bank, a Capital Food Bank program specifically for federal contractors and employees in the Washington, D.C., area to get shelf-stable pantry items and fresh produce.
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AdvertisementPaul and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) provided the only GOP votes for the legislation to terminate military operations within or against Venezuela without specific authorization from Congress. The vote came amid many top Trump administration officials pushing for U.S. military involvement to remove Venezuela’s autocratic ruler, Nicolas Maduro, from power. The Trump administration has cited War on Terror-style arguments to justify its attacks as part of a counter-terror mission. AdvertisementLawmakers say officials have not answered key questions about the escalating campaign, while other military officials have left their posts amid disagreements with the moves. “In 2019 and 2020, we had enough Republicans joining Democrats to pass important resolutions against war with Yemen and Iran.
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFirst, Latino voters were the vanguard of the New American Majority, growing in number and destined to lift the Democratic Party to new heights. Later, around 2020, they were the canary in the coal mine for Democrats’ problems with voters without a college degree. Advertisement“This is a community that’s desperate, frustrated, angry and is more than willing to punish what party is in power and is not addressing the problem,” said Mike Madrid, an anti-Trump Republican consultant and expert on Latino voters. Madrid and others warned that the party can not just assume Latino voters are back in their camp permanently. Sherrill held a Univision town hall and spent $1.4 million on ads targeting Latino voters.
