Author: Stephanie Gauthier

Robert Telles, a former Democratic elected official from Las Vegas, has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for the murder of an investigative reporter.

The victim, Jeff German a reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was stabbed to death on September 3, 2022 after bringing to light an intimate relationship between Telles and a co-worker. At the time, German had published several articles about her “intimidating” and “hostile” behaviors in the professional setting.

BREAKING: A former Las Vegas-area Democratic official was sentenced to at least 28 years for killing a journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office. https://t.co/L417PUfKpg

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 16, 2024

Jeff German, 69, was a respected reporter with almost 45 years on the job. He worked to cover the courts, crime and corruption in Las Vegas.

He was reportedly found dead outside his residence.

Surveillance video revealed an unusually dressed suspect, wearing a large hat, orange construction jacket, black pants and gray sneakers, carrying a duffel bag and driving a wine-red SUV.

The SUV would have put Telles on the suspect list.

During a search of Robert Telles’s residence, police reportedly found an SUV as well as cut-out pieces of a straw hat and a gray sneaker, leading to his arrest.

According to prosecutors, Telles killed German after losing the primary for a second term, blaming the journalist as the cause.

In handing down his sentence, the judge stressed that this type of “political violence” was “unacceptable and dangerous”.

The jury deliberated for three days before finding Robert Telles guilty.

The judge chose to add eight years to the maximum sentence he could impose, due to the use of a deadly weapon in an intentional, deliberate and premeditated murder.

Telles will be eligible for parole… at the age of 73.

A dog was recently spotted at the top of a pyramid in Egypt by a paraglider who filmed the moment, which quickly went viral on social media.

Jaw-dropping video shows barking dog on top of Great Pyramid of Giza in surreal scene https://t.co/DW9s2qMX3h pic.twitter.com/ofmfXyHq30

— New York Post (@nypost) October 16, 2024

Marshall Mosher was flying over Egypt’s pyramids on October 14 when he witnessed an unexpected scene: a dog atop the Great Pyramid of Giza.

He shared his video on Instagram, which has since garnered over 850,000 likes.

The next day, the paraglider returned to fly over the pyramid, hoping to find the dog atop the 481-foot-tall structure.

Mosher wondered if the dog was injured or in trouble, unable to climb back down.

Many people, following his viral video, dubbed him the “divine dog”, and many comments under the video referred to him as the physical incarnation of Anubis, an Egyptian god often depicted with a jackal’s head, similar to those local dogs found near the pyramids.

Unfortunately for him, the dog had left the pyramid… as he didn’t see it anywhere on his second approach.

Speaking at Univision for a Town Hall, Trump was confronted by Ramiro González, a 56-year-old Republican construction worker living in Tampa, Florida. González stated that he no longer wished to vote for him since the events of January 6, 2021, and asked him to convince him to reconsider his decision.

Trump chose instead to refer to the riots and the attempted overthrow of the government as a “day of love”, a statement that shocked many in attendance at Town Hall.

Trump calls 6 January US Capitol riots a 'day of love' https://t.co/myMu14RzHS

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 17, 2024

At the Town Hall in Miami, Florida, Ramiro González had a lot to say about some of the former president’s decisions.

During his speech, he explained to Trump that he found his actions and inactions during the riot “a little troubling”, particularly because of the time it took him to react as his supporters forward the Capitol.

Trump responded to the man by claiming that absolutely “nothing was done wrong”, despite the fact that thousands of his supporters had violently attacked the Capitol in Washington, D.C., that day, plunging the country into instability and setting a dangerous precedent by threatening the peaceful transfer of power.

Several people lost their lives as a result of these forwards, including Trump supporters and Capitol Police officers. Trump instead claimed that:

“Ashli Babbitt was killed […] no one was killed”.

Instead, Trump claimed that the event had been peaceful, as his supporters were unarmed: “Other people had guns, but we didn’t. And when I say we, I mean those who came down […] But it was a day of love.”

Trump tried to disassociate himself and excuse the thousands of his supporters who laid siege to the Capitol after attending his “Stop the Steal” rally, declaring, “They didn’t come because of me […] they thought the election was rigged.”

Ramiro González also asked him why he should give him his vote if some people in his former administration wouldn’t support him.

He mentioned that even his own vice president, Mike Pence, didn’t want to support him. Trump responded by referring to Mike Pence’s actions: “The vice president […] I absolutely don’t agree with what he’s done.”

Trump’s answers on the subject clearly didn’t seem to convince González to vote for him on November 5.

In his new biography, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell expressed his true thoughts on Trump after the 2020 elections, including calling him “stupid and ill-tempered”.

Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-Pres. Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a “despicable human being" and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader. https://t.co/JnrgeYbeUS

— ABC News (@ABC) October 17, 2024

The book, The Price of Power, will be published on October 29, a week before Election Day, and is written by Michael Tackett, a journalist and vice president in the Washington bureau of the Associated Press.

The book chronicles nearly three decades of Mitch McConnell’s political life. But it’s the passages about his comments on Donald Trump that attract particular attention.

McConnell is quoted as saying that Trump is “incapable of determining where his own interests lie”.

According to McConnell’s comments on Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020, for a “narcissist like him”, this defeat would have been “really hard to accept”. He also reportedly pointed out that there was a real difference between Trump’s behavior before and after the results that saw Joe Biden prevail:

“His behavior since the election has been even worse, by far, than it was before, because he has no filter now at all.”

Mitch McConnell’s frustrations with Trump reportedly began long before his attempts to steal the election. He reportedly called Trump a “despicable human” as Trump blocked aid for Americans to fight the coronavirus, despite bipartisan support. McConnell was furious to see him refuse this aid “desperately needed by the American people”.

At 82, McConnell, who has experienced worrying health episodes in recent months, including suddenly remaining motionless and silent for several minutes at several press conferences, announced this year that he would step down from the Republican leadership after the elections, but would complete his term in the Senate in 2026.

It’s worth remembering that despite his many negative comments about Donald Trump, McConnell still supported him in the current election, choosing to put the party ahead of the country.

According to the Israeli police, DNA tests and dental records confirm the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during an Israeli operation in Gaza on October 17.

The announcement was commented on by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

NEW: Israeli officials said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel Defense Forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. https://t.co/xOZgZAcH5g

— Axios (@axios) October 17, 2024

Yahya Sinwar was reportedly killed in a attack after an Israeli tank fired on a house in the early hours of Thursday morning.

According to an Israel Defense Forces radio station, the army spotted “suspicious movement” on the second floor of a building, and a drone sent after the assault vehicle was fired reportedly detected Sinwar’s body.

Following the announcement, Joe Biden, who is visiting Germany, said:

“This is a good day for Israel, for the United States and for the world.”

The President also indicated that he would soon meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu to congratulate him, discuss ways to return the hostages to their families and bring an end to this war, which has caused so much destruction to innocent people.

Kamala Harris said, “It’s time for tomorrow to begin” and pointed out that the death of Sinwar, considered by Israel to be the main architect of the deadly terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza, represents an opportunity “to finally end the war in Gaza”.

She stressed the need to guarantee Israel’s security, the release of hostages, an end to suffering in Gaza, and that the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination.

Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the assassination of the Hamas leader by saying that “evil has suffered a heavy blow”, but he still seems far from the position of peace that many, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, want to see as soon as possible.

Netanyahu also added that despite Sinwar’s death, “the task ahead of us is not yet complete.”

Trump made a strange, even zany statement at another Town Hall, broadcasted on Fox News in Georgia, where he proclaimed himself the “father of in vitro fertilization”.

.@ralphreed of @FaithandFreedom tells @kasie he's "comfortable" with Donald Trump's position on abortion and recent comments declaring himself the "father of IVF." pic.twitter.com/XmjR9D8j0U

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) October 16, 2024

The phrase has caused frustration among many observers, given that he is primarily responsible for the appointment of ultraconservative justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, disrupting IVF services in some states that had stringent laws in place following that controversial Supreme Court decision.

In front of an all-female audience, Trump declared the Republican Party to be “the party of in vitro fertilization”, no less.

Trump seems otherwise unconcerned about his responsibility in the national conflict over abortion and reproductive rights.

These rights have been severely tested by controversial laws, notably in Alabama, where embryos are considered human beings, placing a heavy burden on patients and medical teams in the field.

Remember that Trump has been trying for some time to tone down his rhetoric on abortion, which has become a major issue in the current election.

He recently declared that he would veto a possible federal ban on abortion, having previously remained expressly silent on the subject.

Doubts persist despite his attempts to reassure on the subject. Indeed, several people tipped to hold positions in a possible government under Trump are among those who contributed to the infamous 900+ page “Project 2025” document.

This document proposes a total ban on abortion, as well as a ban on assisted fertilization methods and all contraceptive methods, including the pill and condoms.

Mark Robinson, the controversial Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, is suing CNN for $50 million in damages for disclosing his alleged racist comments published on an adult site and forum.

BREAKING: North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has sued CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board. https://t.co/56aDKS4B42

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 15, 2024

In a shock report broadcast on September 19, CNN revealed that it had discovered an account on an adult site linked to Robinson, indicating that he had posted explicit racist and sexual comments on the site’s forum.

Robinson called the report “irresponsible and defamatory” and is seeking $50 million in damages for defamation in a complaint filed in Wake County Superior Court.

In his complaint, Robinson claims that CNN published this information when it was already known that his email had been compromised by several data breaches.

According to CNN, Robinson wrote several messages between 2008 and 2012 on the forum of site Nude Africa, on which he allegedly referred to himself as a “perv” and a “Black Nazi“, among other things, and expressed support for the reinstatement of slavery.

In other messages, according to CNN, he stated that he used to watch women changing in the locker room when he was younger.

KFile: North Carolina's GOP nominee for governor said he was a "black NAZI!" who supported slavery in a series of online comments over a decade ago https://t.co/jg9dWwyA3c

— CNN (@CNN) September 19, 2024

It should be remembered that since this news was posted, Republicans, including Trump, have distanced themselves from the election campaign of Robinson, an ultra-conservative candidate with controversial remarks, who was previously a favorite of the ex-president, despite the fact that he denied being the author of these messages.

CNN, for its part, claimed that several pieces of evidence established a direct link between Robinson and the site, including the use of the same personal e-mail.