What's the Kennection? #64
All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out?
2023-05-29 00:26
Saudi Arabia only bidder for 2034 World Cup
Saudi Arabia is in line to host the 2034 World Cup after FIFA announced that the kingdom had submitted the only "expression of...
2023-11-01 04:23
Exclusive: Top US general says Ukraine is 'well prepared' for counteroffensive in war that has 'greater meaning' for the world
The top US general told CNN on Monday that while Ukraine is "very well prepared" for a counteroffensive against Russia, it is "too early to tell what outcomes are going to happen."
2023-06-05 20:53
Prosecutor in Hunter Biden case is given special counsel status by attorney general
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that he granted the US attorney investigating Hunter Biden special counsel status. Mr Garland announced that David Weiss, who has served as the US Attorney for Delaware since 2018, would serve as special counsel and he had informed relevant members of Congress about the nomination. The move is a shift from July when Mr Weiss informed Congress that he had not requested special counsel designation for his investigation into the president’s son. But on Tuesday, Mr Weiss requested such status. “I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel,” Mr Garland said on Friday. “This appointment confirms my commitment to provide Mr. Weiss all the resources he request.” Mr Weiss had previously been investigating Hunter Biden since 2019. Mr Garland and the Department of Justice allowed Mr Weiss to stay on board as US attorney when Joe Biden took office in 2021 to continue his investigation of Hunter Biden. In July, Hunter Biden looked set to enter into a plea deal for unpaid taxes and lying on a federal application for a firearm. Republicans, including former president Donald Trump, had decried the agreement as a sweetheart deal. Many Republicans argued that Hunter Biden received preferential treatment because he is the president’s son despite the fact that Mr Trump nominated Mr Weiss and Republicans in the Senate voted to confirm him in 2018. Then in late July, Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to two of the charges after the presiding judge questioned whether the deal would prohibit the federal government from prosecuting him for other crimes he might have committed in the future. The White House referred to remarks from Mr Garland and the Justice Department when asked by The Independent. Mr Garland said that Mr Weiss’s office would not be subjected to day-to-day supervision but would have to comply with regulations, procedures and policies of the Justice Department. Mr Weiss would also be mandated to write a report of his investigation once it concludes. “ As with each special counsel who has served since I have taken office, I am committed to making as much of his report public as possible, consistent with legal requirements and department policy,” he said. “Today's announcement affords the prosecutors agents and analysts working on this matter, the ability to proceed with our work expeditiously and to make decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law.” Mr Garland’s announcement comes the same day that former president Donald Trump’s legal team appeared in court in Washington, DC and earned a win as US District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that a protective order against Mr Trump would only apply to sensitive material such as jury transcripts, witness interview records and other documents. Mr Trump faces charges for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election after a federal grand jury indicted him in response to a presentation from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office. Mr Garland nominated Mr Smith to investigate Mr Smith to investigate Mr Trump. In addition, the attorney nominated Robert Hur to investigate classified documents found in locations associated with President Biden earlier this year. But House Oversight & Accountability Committee blasted the move by Mr Garland. “Let’s be clear what today’s move is really about,” the statement said. “The Biden Justice Department is trying to stonewall congressional oversight as we have presented evidence to the American people about the Biden family’s corruption. Our Committee will continue to follow the Biden family’s money trail and interview witnesses to determine whether foreign actors targeted the Bidens, President Biden is compromised and corrupt, and our national security is threatened.” Read More Hunter Biden’s plea deal appears at risk of falling apart. What happens next? Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to two tax charges after court chaos around deal with prosecutors Judge shuts down Trump lawyer as he claims protective order would give Biden an ‘advantage’ EXPLAINER: What are special counsels and what do they do? Attorney General Garland will appoint special counsel in Hunter Biden probe Utah man killed after threats against Biden believed government was corrupt and overreaching
2023-08-12 03:59
Delayed homicide autopsies pile up in Mississippi despite tough-on-crime-talk
Incomplete homicide autopsy reports continue to pile up in Mississippi even as state leaders have touted tough-on-crime governance this year heading into the Nov. 7 general election
2023-10-24 00:18
Women's World Cup sets crowd records in New Zealand
The Women's World Cup gave the sport a huge boost in co-hosts New Zealand where new attendance records were set, the head of the...
2023-08-16 09:16
The Wolf of Hollywood: Inside the sex, parties and lawsuits of Leonardo DiCaprio’s rogue boy gang ‘Pussy Posse’
Leonardo DiCaprio and his group of less famous friends besieged the streets of New York City in 1998
2023-05-16 11:56
In Peru's Amazon, evangelical cult awaits Inca second coming
In the heart of the Amazon, where Peru, Brazil and Colombia meet, members of a quirky religious mashup of evangelical Protestantism and Incan rites await the end times...
2023-06-02 09:59
IShowSpeed confronts unruly fan who yelled hurled slurs at him during live stream: 'Y’all embarrassing'
During an August 25th live stream, IShowSpeed was left enraged after encountering a fan who spewed hateful slurs and racial remarks
2023-08-27 15:51
'She terrorized folks for years': Internet backs Spice as she calls out Erica Mena amid Safaree drama
Spice shared some harsh words for Erica Mena amid messy divorce from Safaree
2023-05-17 10:21
Utah grief book author charged with husband's murder
Kouri Richins said she wrote the book to help her three children cope with the loss of their father.
2023-05-09 23:55
Infrequent grand juries can mean long pretrial waits in jail in Mississippi, survey shows
Most people in Mississippi’s county jails have been held at least three months without formal charges while waiting to go on trial
2023-12-01 01:26
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