YouTube announces it is blocking all anti-vaccine content YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content , moving beyond COVID-19 to include content that alleges vaccines cause chronic health effects or contains misinformation on the substances in vaccines , it said in a blog post on Wednesday . Examples of content that wo n't be allowed on YouTube include claims that the flu vaccine causes infertility and that the MMR shot , which protects against measles , mumps , and rubella , can cause autism , according to YouTube 's policies . The online video company owned by Alphabet is also banning channels associated with several prominent anti-vaccine activists including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Mercola , a YouTube spokesperson said . A press email for Mercola 's website said in a statement : `` We are united across the world , we will not live in fear , we will stand together and restore our freedoms . '' Kennedy did not immediately respond to requests for comment . The moves come as YouTube and other tech giants like Facebook and Twitter have been criticized for not doing enough to stop the spread of false health information on their sites . But even as YouTube takes a tougher stance on misinformation , it faces backlash around the world . On Tuesday , Russian state-backed broadcaster RT 's German-language channels were deleted from YouTube , as the company said the channels had breached its COVID-19 misinformation policy . Russia on Wednesday called the move `` unprecedented information aggression , '' and threatened to block YouTube . MORE HEALTH NEWS COVID-19 COVERAGE CTVNews.ca Top Stories Russia sanctions 61 more Canadians , including top Trudeau staffers , premiers , mayors and journalists Russia has issued a fresh round of sanctions , targeting 61 Canadians including premiers , mayors , journalists , military officials and top staffers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 's government . 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Probes into deputy-involved shootings sees major change Father ’ s Day 2016 started out as a beautiful sunny day . But , at 11:15 a.m. , the serenity of that June morning was ripped by gunfire on a lonely stretch of highway in western Palm Bay . On the pavement , Clarence Mahogany Howard , a 25-year-old father of three , lay dying . An off-duty Brevard County deputy who later admitted firing the shots peeled away in his car , phoning 911 dispatchers a minute later to say he felt threatened . Within hours , Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey stepped up to a microphone and suggested to reporters that his deputy may have had no choice in the shooting , saying `` self-defense mechanisms '' appeared to be involved . Days later , Ivey was back before the news media , this time to announce that Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators — whom he brought in to lead the probe — had charged the deputy with second-degree murder with a firearm . The FDLE investigators found inconsistencies with the deputy ’ s story of self-defense , and concluded thatDeputy Yousef Hafza got out of his vehicle and fired on Howard and the driver of the other vehicle — from at least 50 feet away . Hafza is awaiting trial . [ Ivey addresses deputy-involved shooting ; dash cam footage released ] [ Filming underway for possible A & E series featuring Ivey 's 'Wheel of Fugitive ' ] '' Cases involving a member of your own agency are best facilitated with complete transparency that ensures public trust , while also protecting the integrity of the investigation , '' Ivey said in a news release at the time . `` As such , from the very beginning of the incident , I asked FDLE to conduct an independent investigation and present their findings to the state attorney 's office for a full review of the facts . '' Fast-forward to Jan. 21 , 2018 . A sheriff 's deputy spots a driver acting erratically near Parkway Drive and U.S. 1 in Melbourne , and decides to conduct a traffic stop . A chase ensues . According to Ivey , deputies deployed `` Stop Stick '' tire-deflation devices to end the chase and then used a patrol car to push the driver 's vehicle to a full stop . A deputy , Cpl . David Turbeville , then approached the driver , identified as 46-year-old Ronald Lawson , still inside the vehicle . Ivey said Lawson — seen on a recently released short dashboard camera recorded video making a gun motion with his clasped hands — displayed what Ivey called an `` overt action , '' prompting Turbeville to fire into the vehicle , killing the man . In this case — as in two other deputy-involved shootings since the Hafza incident — Ivey did not ask for outside investigators . The sheriff last year decided he would no longer routinely bring in third parties to investigate shootings involving his deputies . Instead , he said , his agents would conduct their own internal reviews before handing their findings over to the state attorney 's office . Turbeville has been placed on administrative leave with pay , pending the findings of the current ongoing probe . `` We police our own , '' Ivey said the night of the latest shooting . `` We 're very transparent . '' Ivey insists that the findings in the Hafza investigation by FDLE had `` absolutely nothing '' to do with his decision to stop routinely using FDLE to investigate deputy-involved shootings and , he said , he twice used FDLE after that case . He said that since Hafza was off-duty at the time of the incident , he did not consider it a deputy-involved shooting , although he asked FDLE to investigate . In a statement first issued last year and then re-released to FLORIDA TODAYlast week , Ivey — who was himself an FDLE agent for 18 years — explained why he no longer is currently using agents from the state agency to assist him in police-related shootings . Ivey said that , as the FDLE often has to rely on local agencies for manpower and expertise , it is just more efficient to use his own agents to investigate the potential for policy violations in deadly force cases . However , he does n't rule out the possibility that he might use the FDLE in the future on a specific case . Ivey said both local State Attorney Phil Archer and FDLE Regional Director Danny Banks support his decision . `` They have absolute confidence in our agency 's ability to conduct thorough , professional and transparent investigations , as we do with all cases , '' Ivey said . Indeed , on Aug. 17 , Archer thanked Ivey 's office for the thorough job reviewing the shooting to death last March of Trevor Allen Brice Gingras by Brevard County Sheriff 's Office Lt. Michael Green . `` I have determined that the use of force by Lt. Green was lawful and proper . ... Your agents [ who investigated the case ] did an outstanding job , '' Archer wrote in a letter to Ivey . Notwithstanding , that Ivey once thought it was important to have a third party work on deputy-involved shootings and now does not concerns some law enforcement experts and community activists . They wonder if his go-it-alone approach represents good public policy and makes sense in the current polarized political environment . Combating 'internal favoritism ? ' There is no state or statutory requirement in Florida that agencies like BCSO must use FDLE or other outside agencies to investigate police shootings . Police departments and sheriffs ’ offices around the state are free to use their own investigative resources . Ivey points to FDLE data that almost half of the 67 sheriffs ’ offices in Florida — those in 33 counties — have chosen to forgo agreements with the FDLE to assist them in deputy-involved shootings . But in the FDLE 's Central Florida region , which includes nine counties stretching from Orlando to Stuart , all but two sheriffs ’ offices — Brevard and Martin — have standing agreements with the FDLE . In fact , of the total 85 law enforcement agencies , including municipal police departments , in the FDLE 's Orlando Regional Operations Center , Brevard and Martin are joined only by the tiny Orchid Police Department in Indian River County in not having a formal arrangement with the FDLE 's `` Public Integrity Squad '' to help assist in cases of police shootings . Jeremy Burns , a spokesman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement , acknowledged that while some Florida law enforcement agencies prefer to conduct their own investigations of officer-involved shootings , most agencies use FDLE . According to FDLE statistics , 54 percent of Florida 's 387 state and local law enforcement agencies have agreements to help them investigate police shootings ; this includes all of Brevard 's major municipalities . Moreover , in 2017 , FDLE agents assisted an additional 11 agencies that did not have an MOU in place with officer-involved shooting investigations . The issue is not just a Florida concern . In 2017 , there were 964 people shot and killed in confrontations with police across the country , according to a database compiled by The Washington Post . How those cases get investigated are important to ensuring public confidence in the police , experts say . Jeff Noble , a California-based police practices consultant who is the co-author of a textbook on police accountability , said while there is no one-size-fits-all approach , `` as a general rule , you want somebody on the outside to do an investigation . A big reason why you go outside is related to public perception . '' In discussing the advantages of bringing in the FDLE , spokesman Burns said : `` For one thing , it 's obviously a third party , '' so the local police agency involved `` is less open to allegations of internal favoritism . ... It 's not somebody investigating their buddy . '' Ivey explains policy Ivey says he does not believe his agency 's policy of performing internal investigations of officer-involved shootings has any impact on BCSO 's efforts to maintain the trust of the public . “ Trust of a community is not earned in one incident or type of investigation , '' Ivey said in a statement to FLORIDA TODAY . `` It is earned through consistent and constant examples of doing the right thing , and by demonstrating that your agency is a professional agency who follows policy and procedures . Our citizens trust us every day to protect them and to conduct ourselves with integrity and professionalism . '' Ivey said the BCSO has consistently investigated and arrested its own deputies in cases of wrongdoing . `` We are a transparent agency '' that is `` not afraid to police their own , and quite frankly , take great pride in weeding out bad apples , '' Ivey said . Ivey also expressed he has concerns about what he characterized as the `` extremely limited resources '' of the FDLE . “ While FDLE is an incredible organization , their resources are critically limited since state budget cuts eliminated their crime scene units and extended agent coverage in most field offices , '' Ivey said . `` Our decision to conduct our own deputy-involved shooting investigations was based upon the expertise of our investigative agents who work violent crimes and death investigations every day and our abilities to have a fully operational crime scene team with the tools and resources necessary to document , collect and process evidence . '' Ivey said the true independent review of each officer-involved shooting is conducted by the state attorney ’ s office , which is presented with investigative findings , including videos , audio recordings and other evidence so it can conduct a thorough review of the officer ’ s actions . `` Keep in mind that neither our agency nor FDLE presents a conclusion or opinion to the state attorney , as only the facts and evidence of the case are pertinent and presented , so that the state attorney can reach his conclusion of the deputy ’ s actions . '' Reassuring the community Other police agencies see things differently , as far as using FDLE . The Orange County Sheriff 's office has had a standing agreement to use the FDLE for investigations of officer-involved shootings since 2004 . `` It reassures the community that an independent source is looking at the facts of the incident , '' said Capt . Carlos Torres , unit commander of the media relations office at the Orange County Sheriff 's Office . Torres said his agency considers this a `` best practices '' approach for law enforcement . It is important that there is `` a fresh set of eyes looking at the incident , '' Torres said . `` The community understands that we 're acting in an atmosphere of transparency . We 've always believed in transparency . '' Torres said such an approach helps his agency `` build trust '' in the community . For an FDLE investigation involving an Orange County deputy , the FDLE 's findings are forwarded to the state attorney 's office to determine whether the deputy might be subject to criminal charges for shooting the suspect . In a parallel procedure , the Orange County Sheriff 's Office examines the FDLE 's findings to determine whether the deputy might be subject to disciplinary action or might need additional training , for example . But not having an agreement with FDLE does not mean that an agency ca n't look elsewhere for help . [ Document : FDLE 's officer-involved shooting responsibilities ] [ Document : Memorandum of understanding between FDLE and agencies ] Martin County Sheriff William Snyder cited several reasons for his department not entering into a memorandum of understanding with the FDLE . “ The No . 1 reason is I have full confidence in my criminal investigations division , which has a shooting team , ” Snyder said . “ They are extremely well-trained . They have been to every class possible. ” Still , Snyder said the Martin County Sheriff ’ s Office doesn ’ t do it alone . The Martin County Sheriff ’ s Office 's protocol in deputy-involved shootings involves immediately contacting the state attorney ’ s office , which has sworn investigators to go to the scene and conduct a separate , but parallel , investigation . In addition , Snyder said , he calls the FBI to come to the scene . “ That gives us a complete outsider , outside of this county , a federal agency , and their job is to look for civil-rights violations , ” Snyder said . With the state attorney ’ s office , FBI and the sheriff ’ s team , Snyder said he thinks such cases can be investigated properly . Snyder also said he has no intention of abrogating his responsibility as sheriff . “ If my personnel shoots somebody , we take full responsibility for the investigation , ” Snyder said . That may be an important factor as the nation continues to struggle through the aftermath of several high-profile deadly force cases involving the police . Demand for oversight Nationally , there have been protests in some cities and efforts on the part of police departments to reassess everything from use of force procedures to working more closely with community relations boards . Randall Berg Jr. , executive director of the Florida Justice Institute in Miami , said that , with a local agency investigating a shooting by one of its officers , there 's the perception that `` it 's kind of like giving the fox the keys to the henhouse . '' While Berg said he ca n't say whether it 's better for the FDLE or the local police agency to do such an investigation , in his opinion , the FDLE option lends an air of “ no bias ' ” to the investigation . “ I just think that the public 's perception would be better if it 's done by an independent agency , ” Berg said . In Brevard , there are community leaders who question whether a law enforcement agency can ever truly police its own . The Rev . Johnnie Dennis of Cocoa , president of the local chapter of the National Action Network , said he would like to see the FDLE investigate all shootings involving Brevard County sheriff 's deputies . `` Any time a sheriff or police chief does n't want someone coming in from the outside investigating a case , that is a sign that there is something to hide . They do n't want any accountability , '' Dennis said . `` We feel very confident when the FDLE comes in to do an investigation of officer-involved shootings . '' [ Animal ordinance overhaul in Brevard sparks controversy ] [ Like or dislike ? Brevard Sheriff Ivey bets big on social media to fight crime ] Melbourne resident Robert Johnson , a former president of the South Brevard Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , said law enforcement officials should `` want to have the FDLE step in . '' Johnson said he believes this helps the public 's perception that deputies or police officers are held accountable for their actions . He said he has seen this firsthand , as he helped assist the family of Clarence Mahogany Howard following the 2016 shooting by Hafza , the off-duty sheriff 's deputy . Last March , Dennis and three other Brevard County residents asked the Brevard County Commission to consider establishing a police review board for the Brevard County Sheriff 's Office . But county commissioners took no action on that proposal . Dennis also made similar suggestions to the Cocoa and Titusville city councils about establishing police review boards in those communities . Those city councils have not taken action on his requests . The National Action Network — a New York-based civil rights organization founded in 1991 by civil rights advocate Rev . Al Sharpton — is in the midst of a nationwide effort to end what they see as police misconduct . It is one of the groups that raised questions in Sanford Police Department 's investigation into the deadly shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012 . A neighborhood watch volunteer , George Zimmerman , was acquitted in the case which brought thousands of protesters to neighboring Seminole County , and was the starting point for the Black Lives Matter movement which highlights police abuses and the deaths left behind . Independent set of eyes In some cases , the advantage of using the FDLE is not only the appearance of having an independent set of eyes to review a case , but also having more staff with greater expertise to do such an investigation , FDLE spokesman Burns said . FDLE investigations can take several weeks to a number of months , Burns said . From there , law enforcement agencies often conduct parallel investigations . `` It is very much dependent on the case and where the facts take them , '' as well as how complex the crime scene was and how many officers were involved , Burns said . `` Every case is unique . '' In the Space Coast ’ s largest city , Palm Bay police officers perform preliminary tasks after officer-related shootings , like administering medical treatment to victims and securing the scene to preserve evidence . Then , the agency turns over the investigation to the FDLE and has no influence on the outcome , Police Chief Jim Rogers said . “ Because we want to avoid any possibility where we ’ d be scrutinized investigating one of our own officer ’ s involvement , we would want that third-party investigating body to be doing it so that we maintain the public trust , ” Rogers said . “ And that we ’ re not going to be scrutinized for favoritism , scrutinized for watching out for our own department — those kinds of things that could come up if we were to conduct our own investigation , ” Rogers added . “ So we just found it a best practice for us to have the Florida Department of Law Enforcement come in . We trust that organization . We trust their investigators . We trust that they ’ re going to do a thorough , complete , fair investigation , ” he said . “ We are not involved at any stage of the investigation , up to and including its determination . They inform us of the results , ” he said . On the other hand , Satellite Beach Police Chief Jeff Pearson said he would handle officer-related shooting investigations in-house , instead of turning them over to FDLE — if his relatively small department had sufficient resources . Pearson said he has no problem with how the Brevard County Sheriff 's Office handles such cases . “ I think , ethically , we could do it , no problem , '' Pearson said . `` But we just don ’ t have the staff of the sheriff ’ s office to do it . If I was the sheriff , I would probably do the same thing. ” Pearson said Satellite Beach residents want information on high-profile crimes as quickly as possible . And bringing in an outside agency that ’ s based in an Orlando regional office slows down the process . “ If I was running my own investigation , I control the information . I control how quickly I can get it out to the community . And I want to get it out as quick as I can the minute I ’ ve got it , ” Pearson said . “ When I go to Publix , and I see people , and they say , ‘ Hey , what happened with that investigation that ’ s going on ? I haven ’ t heard anything for weeks and weeks and weeks. ’ An outside agency isn ’ t in my Publix hearing comments like that . They ’ re not in the grocery store , they ’ re not in a restaurant , they ’ re not being approached on the street like I am , ” said Pearson . Issues of accountability Pearson sees Sheriff Ivey 's investigating his own shootings as part of a trend sweeping police departments . But Angela Starke , an FDLE spokeswoman , disagrees such a trend exists – at least concerning agencies in FDLE 's Orlando Regional Operations Center . `` We do not see a trend in Central Florida among law enforcement agencies to move away from having FDLE investigate officer-involved shootings , '' Starke said . In citing the advantages of using the FDLE , Starke said : `` We offer additional resources and experience to some smaller agencies . Our primary responsibility in each investigation is to be thorough , unbiased , factually accurate and transparent . '' In cases in which the FDLE leads the investigation — tapping into the findings of the medical examiner 's office , forensics , toxicology tests , eyewitnesses and the officers themselves — it presents findings to the local state attorney 's office in the geographic area where the shooting occurred . Prosecutors then look into whether such uses of deadly force are justified or not . Starke said the FDLE 's Orlando Regional Operations Center has nine agents dedicated to work on officer-involved shooting investigations . Within the Orlando region , there have been 119 police-involved shooting cases since 2014 , she said . Starke also noted that , even if an agency does not have a memorandum of understanding with the FDLE , it still can request that the FDLE investigate a particular case . `` Any agency can call us to investigate , and the MOU is not binding , '' Starke said . `` The agency must request our assistance . '' Until last year , Ivey was one of those sheriffs who did n't allow his lack of an MOU with the FDLE to stop him from asking it to assist investigations of his deputies involved in shootings . `` The Sheriff ’ s Office has in the past asked FDLE to conduct independent and parallel investigations to coincide with our own investigations , and would not hesitate to do so again if deemed necessary by the circumstances presented , '' Ivey said in a statement last March . The first case involving a police shooting that the BSCO investigated on its own involved Lt. Michael Green and Trevor Allen Brice Gingras . Green , a department veteran , shot and killed Gingras during an attempted robbery at a Cape Canaveral apartment complex . The state attorney 's office ruled the case a justifiable use of force . It was for this case that Archer praised Ivey 's investigation . Still , doubts remain among outside experts about the long-term wisdom of such a decision . Jeff Noble , the police practices consultant from California , still believes that it is better for the police for third parties to get involved . `` The generally accepted practice nationally is to do it externally , '' said Noble , a former Brevard County resident who retired in 2012 as the deputy chief of police in Irvine , California , after 28 years in law enforcement . `` It 's generally better having someone from the outside . But , even if you go outside , it 's not foolproof . '' Will Greenlee and Robert Block contributed to this report . Dave Berman is government editor at FLORIDA TODAY . 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Griz coach checks in with 2020 recruiting list Montana Grizzlies head coach Bobby Hauck speaks to attendees at the 2020 Griz Football Signing Day Social at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kalispell on Wednesday . ( Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake ) Montana Grizzlies head coach Bobby Hauck speaks with Nikki Sliter at the 2020 Griz Football Signing Day Social at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kalispell on Wednesday . ( Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake ) Attendees enjoy food and drinks at the 2020 Griz Football Signing Day Social at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kalispell on Wednesday . ( Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake ) | February 5 , 2020 12:08 AM The annual February signing day for college football used to be a really big deal , fraught with superlatives and last minute faxes . Minus the drama Montana football coach Bobby Hauck still made the trip up Highway 93 to first , Polson , and then Kalispell to talk about this year ’ s recruits . “ Obviously we ’ ve had a lot of players come from the Flathead Valley and from the Kalispell high schools in particular , ” Hauck said Wednesday , before speaking to a couple hundred fans at the Hilton Garden Inn . “ This is a recruiting base for us , whether it ’ s Whitefish , Columbia Falls , Eureka , the two Kalispell schools , Bigfork , Polson or Ronan . “ We ’ re going to have kids that are from these parts . Certainly to add these two is going to be big deal for us. ” The two he referred are Glacier High products Drew Deck and Henry Nuce . “ We ’ ve got Jerry Louie-McGee going out the door and Drew Deck has shown some of those same abilities , ” Hauck said of the 5-foot-9 , 150-pound Wolfpack receiver . All Louie-McGee did was become Montana ’ s leader in career receptions and be a terror on punt returns with three touchdowns . “ We ’ re hoping ( Deck ) is a guy that fills all or part of that role for us , ” Hauck said . Hauck noted both the 235-pound Nuce and Deck have been working with his former strength coach Mike Gerber , from Hauck ’ s first tenure at Montana from 2003-09 . “ As ( Nuce ) has matured physically he ’ s made huge jumps in terms of strength and speed , ” Hauck said . “ He went from being a guy that probably was not a guy you would recruit at our level to being a guy that ’ s a definite dude and a great prospect. ” Montana had three new names to its signing day roster : Tight end Matt Simkins of Butte , tight end/receiver Peyton Brammer of Brush Prairie , Wash. , and long snapper of Grayson Pibal out of Clackamas , Ore . Things being they are , Pibal is the highest-rated recruit – and he can zip the ball . Brammer is an intriguing story in that he missed a good chunk of his senior year with a torn knee ligament – otherwise he might have gone to a higher level . “ We ’ ll see how his knee comes along , ” Hauck said . “ He may not start until next January but he ’ s a really good get for us . He had a pretty significant injury and we hung in there and some didn ’ t. ” The list is also notable for transfer cornerbacks TraJon Cotton and Omar Hicks Onu , who came over from Oregon State in January . Their arrival comes as Billings ’ Jesse Owens and 2019 starter Dareon Nash leave the program – Owens to play basketball at Montana State and Nash as a graduate transfer . Hauck wouldn ’ t necessarily make the connection . “ We ’ ve had a shortage of corners from the day we ’ ve walked in the door and we ’ ve been in a scramble mode to catch up , ” he said . “ Everyone that ’ s played in a game for us , except for true freshman ( in 2019 ) Corbin Walker , has been a converted wide receiver . “ We ’ re looking forward to continuing to recruit some young corners , and whether it ’ s via transfer or developing our young guys we need to get guys that can cover on the field. ” The Grizzlies begin spring drills on March 2 , with 15th and final session taking place April 10 in Hamilton : the annual spring game will be under lights . Their 2020 regular season starts with a Sept. 5 home game against Division II Central Washington . 2020 Signing Class Feburary signees Peyton Brammer , TE , 6-5 , 205 , Brush Prairie , Wash. Gryson Pibal , LS , 6-3 , 20-5 , Clackamas , Ore. Matt Simkins , TE , 6-4 , 190 , Butte Transfers TraJon Cotton , CB , 6-1 , 187 , Sacramento Robbie Patterson , QB , 5-11 , 200 , Medford , Ore. Omar Hicks Onu , CB , 6-1 , 192 , Carrollton , Texas December signees Eric Barker , TE , 6-4 , 225 , Keizer , Ore. Brandon Casey , OL , 6-5 , 265 , Sandpoint , Idaho Asher Croy , LB , 6-0 , 206 , Bozeman Rishi Daniels , S , 5-11 , 175 , Seattle Drew Deck , WR , 5-9 , 150 , Kalispell Aaron Fontes , WR , 6-1 , 170 , Oxnard , Calif. Kevin Good , OL , 6-4 , 270 , Rocklin , Calif . Journey Grimsrud , DL , 6-3 , 240 , Huntley Xavier Harris , RB , 5-10 , 185 , Oxnard , Calif. Chase Johansen , LB , 6-1 , 215 , Park City , Utah Jaxon Lee , RB , 6-1 , 183 , Missoula Kila Lincoln , OL , 6-5 , 250 , Kamuela , Hawaii Henry Nuce , DL , 6-4 , 235 , Kalispell Guido Ossello , WR , 6-3 , 195 , Butte Carson Rostad , QB , 6-3 , 215 , Hamilton Autjoe Soe , CB , 6-1 , 161 , Murray , Utah

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Philadelphia man charged with atlantic city , new jersey bank robbery FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14 , 2011 CAMDEN , N.J. – A Philadelphia man appeared in Camden federal court this morning on charges arising from his alleged robbery of the Cape Bank in Atlantic City , N.J. , U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced . Keith Ney , 49 , is charged by Complaint with one count of bank robbery . Ney , who has been in state custody since his arrest on October 20 , 2010 , appeared before U.S. Magistrate Karen M. Williams . He was remanded to federal custody following the appearance . According to the Complaint filed in Camden federal court : On October 20 , 2010 , Ney entered the Cape Bank in Atlantic City , N.J. , where he approached a teller and presented a demand note that read , “ I got a bomb give all the money so I set it off. ” The teller complied and furnished approximately $ 2,000 , which Ney carried out of the bank . Following the robbery , a description of Ney was broadcast over the police radio and Ney was arrested by an Atlantic City police officer as Ney attempted to enter a taxi cab near the Atlantic City Trump Plaza Hotel . At the time of his arrest , a large amount of money was found in the taxi cab . The charge of bank robbery carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $ 250,000 . U.S. Attorney Fishman credited the Federal Bureau of Investigation ’ s Newark Division , under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B . Ward , along with the Atlantic City Police Department for the work leading to the apprehension of the defendant . The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Skahill of the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office Criminal Division in Camden . The charge and allegations contained in the Complaint are merely accusations , and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty . 11-022 Defense counsel : Christopher O ’ Malley , Esq. , Camden Ney Criminal Complaint ( .pdf )

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Ontario Premier Wynne 's 'chickens have finally come home to roost ' as personal popularity hits new low : poll Kathleen Wynne 's approval rating is just 16 per cent , according to a new Forum Research survey , and just 14 per cent think she would make the best premier Have the “ chickens have finally come home to roost ” as Premier Kathleen Wynne ’ s personal approval rating hits an all-time low ? From the scandals left over by her predecessor — deleted gas plant emails , a bungled green energy act and the troubled air ambulance system among them — to more recent exposés of cozy , high-priced Liberal fundraisers , the weight of the party ’ s nearly 13 years in office is dragging Wynne down . After bringing the Liberals back to majority power in the party ’ s fourth-straight election victory in 2014 , Wynne is now as unpopular as Dalton McGuinty was before he resigned in the fall of 2012 , the last time Forum had a leader as low as 16 per cent approval . ( And she has openly debunked rumours she was planning her own retirement before the next vote . ) New Democrat Andrea Horwath remains the most popular leader at Queen ’ s Park , at 34 per cent support , compared to 26 per cent for Patrick Brown , the PC leader , which is actually a slight drop from the 29 per cent support he earned in July . To make matters worse for the Liberals , only 14 per cent of respondents said Wynne would make the best premier , with 25 per cent preferring Brown and 17 per cent Horwath . The biggest chunk , 27 per cent , wanted someone else entirely . The survey of 1,097 was teeming with bad news for the provincial Liberals , who secured just 28 per cent support , compared to 23 per cent for the New Democrats , six per cent for the Green Party and 41 per cent for the PCs — enough to potentially take the premier ’ s office back from the Liberals for the first time since 2003 . “ The beneficiary , however , appears to be the NDP , rather than the PCs , although a majority would be theirs if the election were held today , ” Bozinoff said . But the election isn ’ t today ; it ’ s still two years out , with the vote expected to be set sometime in the late spring or early summer of 2018 . The survey shows that nearly half — 49 per cent — of voters still don ’ t know much about Brown . That can both work for and against him : it means the Liberals have yet to frame him in voters ’ minds as another big bad Tory , but it also means he has yet to spark their imaginations . Yet , given Wynne and the Liberals ’ low approval , Brown might be best to fly under the radar until election time in order to present himself as the best possible alternative . Too much can also be made of horse-race numbers between elections . The Liberals trailed going into both the 2011 and 2014 election and emerged victorious . Ontarians are also notorious for paying too little attention to provincial matters between votes , something Wynne ’ s Liberals may be counting on as they embark on an ambitious , but costly and controversial cap-and-trade program . That ’ s going to add about four cents a litre at the pump , money the government says will be offset in other areas but that ’ s a tough argument to sell when a cash-strapped family sees their costs going up in such a visible way . Wynne seems aware of the near-time pain , however , and may believe the controversies will again fade from recent memories once the books are balanced as promised in the spring of 2018 , just in time for the writs to be drawn up . As she said in an interview with the National Post in June : “ I ’ m not surprised that there ’ s criticism coming at us because we ’ re building things that are going to have an impact on people ’ s lives and whenever there ’ s change , whenever there ’ s that move forward , there ’ s going to be people who say — kicking and screaming — ‘ We don ’ t want to go there. ’ ” “ The reality is we ’ ve put our big plan out in to the public . We ’ re implementing it . So over the next two years , people are going to see the roll out of that plan . They ’ re going to see the implementation , ” she said , two years almost exactly from when the next provincial election is expected to take place . “ Those building blocks that we ’ re putting in place , people are going to start seeing the benefits of them. ” The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus three per cent , 19 times out of 20 .

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TORONTO -- A COVID-19 variant first discovered in South Africa , is making headlines around the world as scientists work to determine its transmissibility and antibody-evading properties . According to a study that has yet to be peer reviewed , variant C.1.2 was first identified in South Africa and has been circulating since May 2021 . It has since been detected in at least seven other countries . WHAT IS VARIANT C.1.2 ? The South African researchers said in their Aug. 24 publication that the C.1.2 variant shares some mutations with all four variants of concern , and has a number of additional mutations . The researchers added that the mutations C.1.2 has in common with the variants of concern are associated with more transmissibility and antibody-evading properties , but that it 's too early to confirm if C.1.2 will share these traits . They are also working to confirm if the additional mutations will make the variant spread more or less effectively . The World Health Organization is currently tracking four variants of concern : Alpha , Beta , Gamma and Delta . There are also five variants of interest being tracked closely by the WHO . Variant C.1.2 does not fall under either category . The new variant is not yet named according to the new convention adopted by the WHO because it is not considered a variant of concern or a variant of interest . If the WHO change their opinion on the C.1.2 variant , it will then be assigned a Greek alphabet designation . SHOULD CANADIANS BE CONCERNED ? Currently , variant C.1.2 has not been found in Canada , but all four variants of concern have been . Delta is the dominant strain across the country . The WHO has said that they were first made aware of C.1.2 in July 2021 . `` WHO is in touch with researchers in South Africa , who first presented their findings on the variant C.1.2 to the WHO Virus Evolution Working Group in July 2021 , '' the WHO said in a statement to CTVNews.ca on Tuesday . `` Thanks to these scientific collaborations , WHO is able to quickly monitor and assess variants , and alert the world of any risk posed by these variants . According to WHO , about 100 sequences of the C.1.2 variant have been reported around the world dating back to the original identified in South Africa in May . `` As of now , it does not appear to be increasing in circulation , '' they added . According to a press release by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa , C.1.2 has been detected in all South African provinces . It currently makes up less than 2 per cent of genomes in South Africa .

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These Redding apartments are poised to get new owner and a major renovation Heritage Plaza , a 180-unit low-income apartment complex in Redding , will receive extensive renovations as part of long-term financing plan approved this month by the California Housing Finance Agency . One of the project 's developers — American Real Estate Ventures , Inc. of San Francisco — is in the process of buying of the complex , which had a half-dozen other bidders , Bob Lawler , the company 's president , told the CalHFA board during a meeting on Jan. 10 . Renovations on the 51-year-old complex on Benton Drive are anticipated to be completed in 2020 . Asked about the Carr Fire 's impact on the cost of the upcoming renovation , Lawler said , `` I 'm not sure whether that will impact my costs . I imagine that it will . '' Costs of building materials and labor are expected to rise region-wide due to numerous wildfires last year . CalHFA expects to issue conduit bonds in the amount of $ 11.87 million . Conduit bonds are municipal bonds sold by a governmental entity to make proceeds available to a private entity that supports a public purpose , including affordable housing . Precision General Contracting is the contractor for the project , Lawler said . The nonprofit Kingdom Development , Inc. of Riverside , CA is the second developer of the project . The city of Redding is also a partner in the deal and has pledged to provide more than $ 2 million in financing and other support . Dual-pane windows , repairs to balconies and stairways , new flooring and cabinets and Energy Star appliances are among the upgrades expected to be added to the units , which have from one to three bedrooms . Tenants will mostly remain in place as crews renovate three to four apartment units each day . The popular property has only three vacant units , which translates to a vacancy rate of less than 2 percent . Heritage Plaza residents will have to leave their apartments `` all day long during regular business hours '' while renovations take place , Lawler said . Residents will be invited to `` hang out '' in the property 's Wi-Fi and TV-equipped clubhouse , Lawler said , and will be provided vouchers to local restaurants during the time that their apartments and kitchens are being worked on . People can head back to their apartments at the end of the day during the renovation period , which is expected to last four or five days for each unit . The temporary daily displacement during the renovation will be an `` inconvenience for the tenants , '' Lawler said . `` But then , at the end of that period , they 'll be able to move back into a fresh , clean apartment . '' A series of meetings with tenants will be held to lay out the staggered renovation schedule and other plans , he said . Built in 1968 and expanded in 1972 , the development at Heritage Plaza will receive a permanent loan and a subordinate gap loan from CalHFA to take out the short-term acquisition and rehabilitation loan from Citibank . A community garden now on the property will be enhanced as part of the improvements to the complex . Heritage Plaza is reserved for low-income families , with 56 apartments for residents earning less than $ 30,700 per year and the remainder for those under $ 36,800 . “ With our state in a housing crisis , it is important not only to use our state housing resources to create new units , but also to make sure the housing that has already been built remains safe and affordable , ” CalHFA executive eirector Tia Boatman Patterson said in a statement . “ Heritage Plaza has successfully provided affordable housing to hundreds of Redding residents for nearly 40 years and we are excited to help that continue for many years to come , '' HOUSING FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH : Green light for Hill Country 's 'Center of Hope ' wellness campus & youth housing in Redding VOTERS SPEAK : Housing woes spark ballot propositions that could bring affordable housing

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California Woman Sentenced in Marijuana and Money Laundering Conspiracies Marijuana Distributed in Utica , New York Came From Farm in Northern California SYRACUSE , NEW YORK – Simona Borissova , 31 , of Danville , California , was sentenced on Friday by Chief U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby to a term of 24 months imprisonment , followed by 3 years of supervised release , and ordered to forfeit $ 273,665.00 in a money judgment , announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian . The sentence followed her February 26 , 2016 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering . According to her written plea agreement , between January 2011 and August 2015 , Simona Borissova , who lived in Las Vegas , caused marijuana to be driven from a marijuana farm in Northern California , owned by her parents , to various stash houses in Las Vegas , where others in the criminal conspiracy would take possession of the marijuana and ship it to Utica , New York and other cities around the United States . It was further part of the conspiracy that to pay for the marijuana shipped to individuals in Utica , New York , marijuana buyers and co-conspirators would deposit money into various bank accounts , some held in the names of third parties including Borissova . The cash was then withdrawn by Borissova from her accounts and used to purchase more marijuana , pay expenses , or otherwise spent at Borissova ’ s discretion . As part of her guilty plea , Borissova admitted she knew the financial transactions involved proceeds from the marijuana distribution conspiracy and were conducted to conceal the true nature , source , and control of the proceeds . Borissova admitted in court that she conspired with others to engage in money laundering involving $ 273,665 , which was the total amount of money orders purchased with proceeds from the sale of marijuana in and around Utica , New York which was used for payment for the marijuana shipped from California to Utica , New York . This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations , the Bureau of Alcohol , Firearms , Tobacco and Explosives , the Drug Enforcement Administration , the Oneida County Sheriff ’ s Office , the New York State Police , the Oneida County District Attorney ’ s Office , and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl G. Eurenius and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and Oneida County ADA Grant J. Garramone .

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Otero County Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Firearms Laws Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of 36 Firearms and Ammunition ALBUQUERQUE – David Ausborn Hiles , 48 , of La Luz , N.M. , pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces , N.M. , to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition . Under the terms of his plea agreement , Hiles will be sentenced to a prison term not to exceed 70 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court . Hiles was arrested in Feb. 2015 , on a criminal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition . The complaint alleged that Hiles unlawfully possessed 36 firearms and ammunition at his residence in Otero County , N.M. , on Nov. 25 , 2014 . According to the criminal complaint , the New Mexico State Police found the firearms and ammunition while executing a search warrant at Hiles ’ residence . Hiles was subsequently indicted on the same charge on April 14 , 2015 . The indictment noted that Hiles was prohibited from possessing either firearms or ammunition because he previously has been convicted of the felony offenses of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine , tampering with evidence , aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and intimidation of a witness . During today ’ s proceedings , Hiles pled guilty to a felony information charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition . Hiles admitted that on Nov. 25 , 2014 , he was in possession of 36 firearms and approximately 15,000 rounds of miscellaneous ammunition . Under the terms of his plea agreement , Hiles will forfeit the firearms and ammunition . Hiles remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing which has yet to be scheduled . This case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives and the New Mexico State Police , with assistance from the 12th Judicial District Attorney ’ s Office for the State of New Mexico . Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Y. Armijo is prosecuting the case .

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USA Gymnastics finds a solution for its worst problems , but it might create new ones Unable to settle lawsuits with hundreds of Nassar survivors or fend off the U.S. Olympic Committee on its own , USA Gymnastics is looking to bankruptcy court for a bailout . By filing for Chapter 11 , as the governing body did Wednesday afternoon in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana , USA Gymnastics gets to hit the pause button on all “ pending actions ” it faces . The legal wranglings with survivors , the USOC ’ s efforts to revoke its national governing body status , even the almost $ 340,000 in severance it still owes former CEO Steve Penny — they all come to a halt . At least temporarily . But USA Gymnastics hopes it will buy enough time to resolve the lawsuits and convince the USOC that its days of embarrassing — and avoidable — missteps are over . “ We ’ re not looking to close our doors . We absolutely will continue as a not-for-profit organization to serve our sport , ” Kathryn Carson , new chair of the USA Gymnastics board , said on a conference call . “ We are continuing to pursue all aspects of our current operating model and hope to maintain our NGB status. ” It ’ s a gamble , though . Already seen by many as caring more about its own interests than the health and safety of its athletes , the bankruptcy filing could be viewed as one more craven move designed to limit USA Gymnastics ’ legal liability and preserve its NGB status . `` The leadership of USA Gymnastics has proven itself to be both morally and financially bankrupt , ” John Manly , an attorney for many Nassar survivors , said in a statement . “ They have inflicted and continue to inflict unimaginable pain on survivors and their families. ” More : USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy , a move related to Nassar lawsuits The USOC isn ’ t necessarily sold , either . It said it is reviewing the filing to see what effect it has on the Section 8 complaint , its process to revoke an organization ’ s governing body status . “ Financial stability and viability are essential for a national governing body to operate in the best interests of the athletes , ” spokesman Patrick Sandusky said in a statement . “ The USOC is committed to fulfilling its responsibility and obligation to ensure that each organization accepted for membership as a national governing body has the capacity and capability to provide the support , protection , and services that we expect for all Olympic athletes in the United States. ” That ’ s where it gets tricky . With a few exceptions , Chapter 11 protects debtors — USA Gymnastics , in this case — from losing their assets . NGB status isn ’ t one of those exceptions , but the USOC could go to the bankruptcy court and ask that the Section 8 complaint be allowed to proceed . The USOC had already picked the three-person panel to hear the complaint before USA Gymnastics filed for bankruptcy , though no hearing date had been set . The USOC could argue that it ’ s not in the best interests of athletes or the gymnastics community to have to wait for USA Gymnastics to emerge from Chapter 11 before determining whether it should keep its NGB status . It also could point to the bankruptcy itself as reason USA Gymnastics should not be the NGB . USA Gymnastics has lost all of its major sponsors in the two years since it was revealed that Larry Nassar , the longtime USA Gymnastics physician , had molested more than 350 girls and young women under the guise of medical treatment . The federation does not have enough assets to pay plaintiffs in the 100 lawsuits it faces , and will instead rely on its insurers to settle the claims . It will be the bankruptcy judge now who decides how much the claims are worth . But in financial statements released last month , USA Gymnastics estimated it would cost between $ 75 million and $ 100 million to settle the lawsuits . “ Despite being a highly successful sporting organization … they ’ re financially insolvent . Because of their failure to handle the Nassar situation , they ’ ve rendered themselves financially fragile , ” said Dionne Koller , director of the Center for Sport and the Law at the University of Baltimore . “ I don ’ t see how evaluating their fitness going forward needs to be stayed , ” added Koller , who specializes in Olympic and amateur sport law . “ There ’ ll be a legal fight about it , for sure . I think ultimately the USOC has the winning argument there. ” Bankruptcy provides a sure solution to the worst of USA Gymnastics ’ problems . But for how long , and what happens after , is far from certain .

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