Rangers’ Vitali Kravtsov out for Predators clash with stomach bug
The string of bad luck for Vitali Kravtsov continued Saturday.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/12/rangers-vitali-kravtsov-out-for-predators-clash-with-stomach-bug/
Customs and Border Protection commissioner resigns
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus has resigned, according to a statement from the White House released Saturday evening.
Magnus had clashed with immigration officials over how to handle an influx of migrants at the southern border, lost the confidence of his bosses and been asked to resign or be fired, POLITICO reported Friday.
“The President has accepted the resignation of Christopher Magnus, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. “President Biden appreciates Commissioner Magnus’ nearly forty years of service and the contributions he made to police reform during his tenure as police chief in three U.S. cities. The President thanks Mr. Magnus for his service at CBP and wishes him well.”
Magnus submitted his resignation “effective immediately” to President Joe Biden, thanking the administration “for this tremendous opportunity.”
Magnus was told on Wednesday by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that he should either resign or be dismissed, according to three current and one former Department of Homeland Security officials.
POLITICO reported in October that five current administration officials who worked with Magnus said he was unengaged in his job, saying he often failed to attend White House meetings on the situation on the border, badmouthed other agencies to colleagues and superiors, and had not built relationships within CBP and across other immigration agencies to address the influx of migrants at the border.
Several also said he fell asleep in numerous meetings, which Magnus attributed to the effects of his multiple sclerosis.
Mayorkas told the CBP workforce on Saturday night that deputy CBP commissioner Troy Miller is now acting commissioner of the agency.
“We are thankful to Commissioner Magnus for his contributions over the past year and wish him well,” he wrote to CBP staff. He thanked the CBP staff for their “continued commitment to CBP and our important security mission.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/12/customs-border-protection-commissioner-resigns-00066619
Iranian refugee who inspired Spielberg’s film ‘The Terminal’ dies inside Paris airport
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the man who had lived inside the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport for years and inspired Steven Spielberg’s 2004 film “The Terminal”, died Saturday at the same airport.
Iran detained 2 more French citizens, Paris says
A total of seven French citizens are being held by Iranian authorities, according to France’s foreign minister. Meanwhile, Iran’s judiciary indicted 11 people over the death of a member of the pro-Tehran Basij militia.
Border chief resigns after being told to leave
Chris Magnus resigned as U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner a day after he revealed that Biden administration officials had wanted him to leave his role.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-11-12/border-chief-resigns-after-being-told-to-leave
South Carolina woman dies of heart attack after man attempts break-in
A South Carolina man has been charged after a North Myrtle Beach woman died of a heart attack during an attempted home break-in in July, according to police.
Austin Thomas Jones, 40, is charged with involuntary manslaughter stemming from a July 24, 2022, incident on 20th Avenue South in North Myrtle Beach.
In July, a woman called North Myrtle Beach police, saying that someone was attempting to break into her home.
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Officers determined Jones allegedly broke out a window at the home and was trying to enter.
Police took Jones into custody and noticed his knuckles were bleeding and that he was carrying less than a gram of cocaine on his person.
After the victim called 911, she went into cardiac arrest as police arrived. Police immediately called the EMS and CPR was administered. Once the woman regained a pulse, she was taken to a local hospital.
The woman died five days later, on July 28, according to police.
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An autopsy report from the Medical University of South Carolina revealed that the woman went into cardiac arrest with “a contributory condition of stress caused by the attempted home invasion.”
Police ruled the death as a homicide and a warrant was issued for Jones’ arrest. He was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday.
Public records show Jones was released from the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Friday morning on a $2,500 bond.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/myrtle-beach-woman-dies-heart-attack-man-attempts-break-in
Joel Soriano takes over as St. John’s handles Lafayette
Nobody on Lafayette could handle Joel Soriano, the hulking 6-foot-11 center for St. John’s, in the paint.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/12/joel-soriano-takes-over-as-st-johns-handles-lafayette/
Giants’ newly-signed receiver Isaiah Hodgins could see action vs. Texans
Wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins, newly signed by the Giants, could be a part of the offensive package sooner rather than later.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/12/giants-new-receiver-isaiah-hodgins-could-see-action-vs-texans/
Steelers star safety could miss multiple weeks after appendectomy
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense is getting one of the game’s best pass rushers back this weekend in T.J. Watt, but it also took an unexpected hit Saturday.
Two-time All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick underwent an appendectomy and may miss multiple weeks.
The Steelers announced the injury Saturday and ruled him out for Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints.
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Fitzpatrick has been able to stay healthy throughout his entire NFL career, missing just three games since he was drafted in the first round out of Alabama in 2018.
In seven games this season, the New Jersey native has recorded 45 tackles and three interceptions, one of which he took to the house.
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Tre Norwood should slide into Fitzpatrick’s role. The 2021 seventh-rounder has 19 tackles in eight games (three starts) this season.
Norwood played in all of the defensive snaps against Buffalo in Week 5 and all but one the following week.
Mike Tomlin has never beaten the Saints in his career. A win would get the Steelers to 3-6.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/steelers-star-safety-miss-multiple-weeks-appendectomy
Binance Dominates Crypto Exchange Landscape
Binance Dominates Crypto Exchange Landscape
Despite crypto evangelists describing the current situation in the cryptocurrency market as just another dip, the phenomenon known as crypto winter has real and possibly lasting consequences for one of the more volatile finance sectors. As Statista’s Florian Zandt details below, since May 2022, 38 companies in the crypto industry have laid off employees, among them crypto exchanges BitMEX and Coinbase, crypto service providers Crypto.com and Blockchain.com as well as NFT marketplace OpenSea.
Now, 130 companies in the FTX Group owning the crypto exchange FTX have officially filed for bankruptcy due to a liquidity crunch caused by several factors. The chief reasons cited were increased user withdrawals starting November 6 and the revelation that Alameda Research, a company in the FTX Group, had a significant portion of its holdings in FTX’s own FTT coin. Following this discovery, rival company Binance divested its FTT holdings, which caused the coin’s value to fall drastically. According to now-resigned Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, the company would have needed $9.4 billion to stave off collapse. As Statista’s chart shows, the default of FTX could hurt a shaky-kneed crypto industry even further.
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When looking at the year-to-date trading volume on the biggest crypto exchanges as aggregated by analysts at The Block, FTX ranks fourth behind Coinbase and OKX. No single exchange even comes close to Binance’s trade volume though, with transactions amounting to $4.6 trillion between January and November 11. Its market leader position allowed Binance to be one of the first companies offering to bail out FTX, but the deal fell through as quickly as it was announced. “As a result of corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged U.S. agency investigations, we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX.com”, the company announced on Twitter on November 9.
FTX’s scrambling to save its business and cryptocurrency valuations further careening downhill also caused U.S. lawmakers concern with calls for tighter regulations of crypto getting louder. “It is crucial that our financial watchdogs look into what led to FTX’s collapse so we can fully understand the misconduct and abuses that took place,” said Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown. U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee chair Debbie Stabenow echoed that sentiment and added: “It is time for Congress to act. The Committee remains committed to advancing the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act to bring necessary safeguards to the digital commodities market.”
CZ is the king of crypto…
Given the chart above, let’s hope there’s nothing afoot at Binance.
Tyler Durden
Sat, 11/12/2022 – 20:50
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/binance-dominates-crypto-exchange-landscape