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Mexico wants the United States to reciprocate on security, the minister said before the talks

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Mexico wants the United States to reciprocate on security, the minister said before the talks

Mexico will work this week during high-level security talks to ensure “reciprocity” from the United States on issues such as arms trafficking and expulsion, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday. ..

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of State Alejandro Mallorcus, and Attorney General Merrick Garland will be one of the top delegations of the United States to meet in Mexico City on Friday.

Mr. Ebrard reiterated that it was time to “leave” the so-called Mérida initiative, a US-Mexico scheme to fund military spending, and Mexico was in a new “symmetrical and respectful” phase of security cooperation. Said that he was leading the way.

Mr. Ebrard said Mexico has ten priorities that are essentially aimed at reducing violence and wants to ensure “reciprocity in the management of arms trafficking, reciprocity in legal assistance, reciprocity in expulsion, etc.”.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promoted a non-conflicting approach to combating chronic gang violence in Mexico, arguing that economic development is the most effective way to reduce the appeal of organized crime.

Mexico wants the United States to reciprocate on security, the minister said before the talks

Source: texasnewstoday.com

Plan Ahead for your DART Ride to the Red River Showdown

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Plan Ahead for your DART Ride to the Red River Showdown

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is your ticket to the excitement of the AT&T Red River Showdown on October 9 at Cotton Bowl Stadium. The annual rivalry game between the University of Texas Longhorns and the University of Oklahoma Sooners is expected to bring 100,000 people to the State Fair of Texas, and DART is ready with additional service to make getting to the game safe and easy.DART riders are encouraged to arrive early for the game. Trains typically begin filling up more than three hours before kickoff. To help accommodate the large crowds, DART is adding light rail service, buses and Trinity Railway Express (TRE) trains with special connections.Look for DART staff as early as four hours before game time at key stations to help customers buy tickets and make connections. After the game, DART staff will be on hand to help customers on their return trip. This special service continues for at least three hours after the game.

DART to the game
Two DART Green Line rail stations serve the fairgrounds – Fair Park Station, located on Parry Avenue at the main entrance to the fairgrounds, and MLK, Jr. Station, located south of R.B. Cullum Blvd. and convenient to the MLK fairground entrance (Gate 6) and Cotton Bowl Stadium.

If you’re riding DART Rail or the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) to downtown Dallas, you can transfer easily to the Green Line. From downtown Dallas, board Green Line trains marked “BUCKNER,” “LAWNVIEW” or “FAIR PARK.”

  • Southbound Red and Blue Line passengers can transfer to the Green Line at Pearl/Arts District Station.
  • Northbound Red and Blue Line passengers can transfer to the Green Line at Akard Station.
  • Eastbound Orange Line passengers from DFW Airport and Irving’s six stations can transfer to the Green Line at Bachman Station.

After the game, remember to go back to the station where you arrived to return to your starting location. If you arrive by bus, DART will have buses available for your return trip along Parry Ave. in front of Fair Park Station. The post-game buses will serve Pearl/Arts District, Victory and EBJ Union stations.

Source: dart.org

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back for some after major outage

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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back for some after major outage
Social media services Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are resuming after a major outage to the online giant’s services.
Some online users reported being able to access the pages again – but there have not yet been any official announcements on a complete fix.
Outage website Downdetector earlier noted a spike in user reports relating to the services, which share backend infrastructure, about 2.45am AEST.
Facebook has since issued an updated statement.
“To everyone who was affected by the outages on our platforms today: we’re sorry,” Facebook Australia and New Zealand head of communications Antonia Sanda said.
“We know billions of people and businesses around the world depend on our products and services to stay connected. We appreciate your patience as we come back online.”
On Twitter, Facebook policy communications director Andy Stone earlier said the company was aware of the reported problems and “working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible”.
The New York Times reports Facebook has now sent a team to one of its California data centres to manually reset the server.
The cause of the outage is still unknown.
However, multiple security experts pointed to a Domain Name System problem as a possible culprit.
The company did not say what might be causing the outage.
Facebook’s own site would not load at all; Instagram and WhatsApp were accessible, but could not load new content or send messages.
Technology expert Trevor Long told Today he thinks the outage is a technical error, but couldn’t completely rule out the chance it was an attack.
He expected the issue could persist for hours.
“At a glance, it’s been down for a couple of hours now, at a glance I would potentially guess it’s a DNS error,” he told Today.
“It’s been a couple of hours already, which makes me think that it’s not a simple error at their end, actually.
“It’s the worst time for them. Morning here, afternoon in America and evening in Europe.
“This is the worst possible time, which also fuels the rumours and thoughts it could be an attack.
“Think about the number of people in governments or otherwise that use WhatsApp as a communication tool.
“So what you’ve done by disabling Facebook is disable communication between a lot of people who are now reverting to other systems.”
It is normal for websites and apps to suffer outages, though one on a global scale it is rare.
Regarding the internal failures, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, tweeted that it feels like a “snow day.”
Website Downdetector reports the outages.
Users reported being unable to access Facebook in the USA and Europe, as well as Australia.
Facebook’s internal systems used by employees also went down.
Doug Madory, director of internet analysis for Kentik Inc., said it appears that the routes Facebook advertise online that tell the entire internet how to reach its properties are not available.
Mr. Madory said it looks like the DNS routes that Facebook makes available to the networking world have been withdrawn.
The Domain Name System is an integral element of how traffic on the internet is routed.
DNS translates an address like “facebook.com” to an IP address like 123.45.67.890.
If Facebook’s DNS records have disappeared, no one could find it.
Meanwhile, amid the outage, social media rival, Twitter, posted: “hello literally everyone.”
Facebook is going through a major crisis after the whistleblower who was the source of a series of The Wall Street Journal stories exposing the company’s awareness of internal research into the negative effects of its products and decisions went public on 60 Minutes in the US on Sunday.
Frances Haugen was identified in the interview as the woman who anonymously filed complaints with federal law enforcement that the company’s own research shows how it magnifies hate and misinformation, leads to increased polarisation and that Instagram, specifically, can harm teenage girls’ mental health.
The Journal‘s stories, called “The Facebook Files,” painted a picture of a company focused on growth and its own interests instead of the public good.
Ms Haugen, released thousands of pages of internal documents to regulators and the Wall Street Journal, is set to testify before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday.
Facebook has tried to play down the research.
Nick Clegg, the company’s vice president of policy and public affairs, wrote to Facebook employees in a memo on Friday that “social media has had a big impact on society in recent years, and Facebook is often a place where much of this debate plays out.”
US shares of Facebook were down more than 5 per cent in midday trading on Monday (early Tuesday AEST), putting it on pace for its worst trading day in nearly a year.
Source:www.9news.com.au

Billie Eilish becomes the youngest star in Glastonbury’s headline

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Billie Eilish becomes the youngest star in Glastonbury’s headline

19-year-old pop singer Billie Eilish broke a number of records in her short career. Now, when she goes on stage at the 2022 event, she will be the youngest solo headliner in history at the Glastonbury Festival.

Irish made fun of the news on Instagram on Sunday and posed in a Glastonbury hoodie with a photo titled “2022”. The festival organizers confirmed on Monday that an American singer would perform on June 24th.

“This feels like the best way for us to come back and I can’t wait!” Said organizer Emily Evis.

Last year it was planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding, but it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year we hosted a 5-hour live stream event featuring Coldplay, Damon Albarn and more.

Eilish has taken the world by storm since it first appeared on the scene with its debut single “Ocean Eyes” in 2015. The young singer has since won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.

Irish made its Glastonbury debut in 2019 at a five-day music festival in Somerset, South West England, after the set was upgraded from a slot on the John Peel stage.

Her name became even more talked about recently when she became the youngest star to write and record the James Bond theme song released last month. She was one of the stars at the world premiere of the “No Time to Die” Bond movie in London last week.

Irish will be 20 years and 6 months old when he heads the festival in June 2022.

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Source: texasnewstoday.com

Austin, Texas, police to stop responding to nonemergencies beginning today

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Austin, Texas, police to stop responding to nonemergencies beginning today

Austin, Texas, police are urging the public to call 311 instead of 911 to report nonemergencies, authorities said.

Starting Friday, individuals in the city are asked to use 311 when reporting crimes that are either no longer in process, when the suspect is no longer on the scene, or when there is no immediate threat to life or property, according to the Austin Police Department.

“Please understand, if somebody is in danger, we’re still going to send a marked unit and a uniformed officer to go handle it,” interim police chief Joseph Chacon explained Wednesday, according to KXAN-TV. “But for crimes that may have already happened and are now being reported, we are looking at alternative measures, and that’s what we’re working on now.”

Chacon said the changes come amid recent staffing challenges, reimagining public safety task force recommendations, and its review of its patrol COVID-19 mitigation protocols, which started May 2020.

Interim police chief Joseph Chacon speak about the changes during a news conference Wednesday. (Austin Police Department)

Interim police chief Joseph Chacon speak about the changes during a news conference Wednesday. (Austin Police Department)

The department said it was trying to reduce coronavirus exposure risk for the public and sworn police officers, who will no longer be responding to those nonemergency calls, FOX 7 Austin reported.

“I feel like, in many areas, not just obviously in our sworn officers on the street, but with our property crime technicians in forensics and in our Austin 311 call center, we are experiencing staffing shortages, and, so, I think that I’m going to ask for a little bit of patience. Many times people do have to wait on hold when they’re calling 311 in order to make that report,” the interim chief said.

“If an officer is not necessarily needed, in other words, this is a crime that obviously has already been committed, and we can still get a property crime technician there to take photos, to be able to gather the evidence and to provide a case number and a way to follow up to a victim of a crime, then that may be the most appropriate way, actually, to handle it so that I can free my officers up to keep answering the emergency calls for service where we have a violent crime and people that are actively engaged in criminal activity,” he added.

Crimes that could be considered nonemergencies include theft, suspicious person or vehicle, verbal disputes, prostitution, animal services, and burglary of a residence, business, or vehicle, police said.

“Again, if any on that list are still in progress, and there is an immediate threat to public safety, then a call to 911 is appropriate, and we will dispatch an officer,” Chacon noted.

Last month, a North Carolina man said his daughter was in Austin for a bachelorette party with friends when the home they were renting was burglarized, KXAN-TV reported.

“They proceeded to call the police and were referred to 311, who instructed them to start an online report. And no law enforcement official arrived at the location,” Darin Short explained.

After not hearing back for weeks, he said they received a call Wednesday afternoon saying an officer should contact them within 48 hours, according to the station.

Reports gathered by 311, or online at ireportaustin.com, will still be given to investigators – and detectives will follow up on them when they are able to do so, Chacon said.

He added that the nonemergency response could be reevaluated if the department is able to fill empty officer positions.

“We’re going to be seeking input into that area from our community stakeholders, from City Council, from community members at large in the coming months to see how they want those police services delivered, and then we’ll be able to determine how many officers we really need,” said Chacon.

Source: www.foxnews.com

Small Plane Crash on a Texas Highway

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Small Plane Crash on a Texas Highway

A small plane crash near Houston Saturday was caught on camera.

The plane was used in the Rice Festival Parade earlier in the day, according to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office.

It crashed in Winnie shortly after on State Highway 124 Saturday morning.

The plane appeared to strike a street light, then a traffic light before crashing onto the road.

We’re told the pilot opted to fly the plane back to the airport, instead of towing it there when he crashed into a traffic signal on the highway.

Remarkably, the pilot is OK. The sheriff’s office says he went to a doctor to get checked out as a precaution.

Samuel García toma protesta como gobernador de Nuevo León.

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Samuel García toma protesta como gobernador de Nuevo León.

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Was there when Governor Samuel Garcia

Take the oath as the Governor on Nuevo León

Durante su primer mensaje, lanza invitación para que todos los nuevoleoneses se sumen y consoliden juntos un nuevo comienzo para la entidad.

Con un llamado a la unidad y con la propuesta de un nuevo comienzo para un Nuevo León incorruptible, Samuel García Sepúlveda rindió protesta como Gobernador Constitucional del Estado para el sexenio de octubre de 2021 a octubre de 2027.

El Congreso del Estado declaró el Teatro de la Ciudad como recinto solemne, donde se instaló el Pleno del Poder Legislativo para la toma de protesta del mandatario.

A la sesión acudieron como invitados especiales representantes del Poder Judicial, empresarios, gobernadores de otros estados de la República, líderes parlamentarios del Congreso Federal, así como actores políticos e integrantes de la sociedad en general.

Ahí, García Sepúlveda rindió protesta y ofreció su primer mensaje al pueblo de Nuevo León, en el cual dijo que son tiempos de oportunidades y de emprendimiento para el estado, y especialmente de generar un nuevo comienzo en unidad.

“Llego a mis 33 años de edad al reto más importante de mi vida, quizás ante la situación y al contexto más delicado del milenio. Este nuevo comienzo es con todos: partidos políticos, sindicatos, empresarios, senadores, diputados, alcaldes, Congreso local y federal, Poder Judicial.

“Este nuevo comienzo es con las mujeres de Nuevo León, este gabinete con más mujeres que hombres no fue una cuota o una obligación legal, es porque realmente encontramos a las y los mejores perfiles y dio la casualidad de diez mujeres y ocho hombres”, manifestó.

En representación del Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, acudió la Secretaria de Economía, Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo, a quien García Sepúlveda se dirigió y le expresó que este nuevo comienzo va de la mano y en colaboración institucional con el Gobierno Federal.

“Díganle por favor al Presidente que lo esperamos a Nuevo León, yo estoy convencido que el país necesita a Nuevo León así como Nuevo León necesita al país”, expresó.

Samuel García ofreció también un nuevo comienzo de la mano con Estados Unidos, con Texas, abiertos al mudo. Mencionó que los periodistas le han preguntado sobre las acciones de los primeros cien días de gobierno.

“Les digo con toda responsabilidad, este gobierno empezó hace dos meses”, pues recordó que cuando faltaban vacunas “fui a Estados Unidos a pedirlas”. Citó que ya van 41 mil inmunizados dentro del Programa de Vacunación Transfronterizo,  cinco mil de ellos menores, con lo cual Nuevo León ha vacunado a más niños que todo el país.

El nuevo gobernador agregó que durante su mandato plantea un nuevo comienzo con los empresarios, “somos la cuna de la industria, lo menos que merecen los empresarios es un gobierno amigo, que estimule la inversión extranjera.

El Gobernador del Estado reconoció que durante los dos últimos años ha enfrentado retos de muy diverso orden, y que será mediante la colaboración de los tres órdenes de Gobierno, la sociedad civil y todos los sectores que Nuevo León podrá salir adelante.

“El año 2020 y 2021 fueron aterradores a nivel mundial: una pandemia, crisis climáticas, terremotos, incendios, un contexto complicado, aquí en el país peleados, divididos, la cuestión ríspida; el Estado no es la excepción, el transporte público de cabeza, la contaminación a tope, el ánimo apachurrado”.

En ese sentido, el mandatario se dirigió a todos los sectores políticos y sociales, y los invitó a poner el bienestar del estado como prioridad y sumarse en los esfuerzos para generar las soluciones a los diversos problemas.

“Yo sé que todos ustedes también aman a Nuevo León, y por eso creo profundamente que si todos somos parte del problema, todos somos parte de la solución”, puntualizó.

“Sé —no soy ingenuo— que habrá algunos que quieran que esto no funcione, que quieran que el nuevo Nuevo León fracase, que nos quieran poner trabas y nos quieran obstaculizar, pero aun a ellos les digo que el nuevo comienzo es de todos y los invito a que se vengan del lado correcto de la historia, que sumen, que sean de los buenos porque siempre ganamos los buenos”.

El mandatario señaló que su legado en seis años será que Nuevo León sea el mejor lugar para nacer, crecer, educarse y vivir.

García Sepúlveda aprovechó su mensaje para agradecer a los diputados del Congreso del Estado haber aprobado la nueva Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública que contiene la nueva visión de su proyecto por un nuevo Nuevo León.

Asimismo, el mandatario agradeció el apoyo de su familia, el apoyo de quienes lo han acompañado a lo largo de su trayectoria política, y muy especialmente de su esposa, Mariana Rodríguez.

“Hoy soy el gobernador más joven en la historia de Nuevo León gracias a que construimos juntos; hoy estoy muy orgulloso de que diste un paso hacia lo público, tenías una carrera sumamente exitosa en la vida privada y la hiciste a un lado”, expresó.

La presidenta del Congreso del Estado, la diputada Ivonne Álvarez García, manifestó por su parte la disposición del poder Legislativo de colaborar con el Ejecutivo en todos los proyectos que beneficien a Nuevo León.

Información: Alejandro González.

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Washington State man sentenced to 40 years for killing girlfriend in Houston

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Washington State man sentenced to 40 years for killing girlfriend in Houston

A former resident of Washington state has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder for killing his child’s mother while visiting Houston relatives over the 2015 Christmas holidays, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday.

“All too often, domestic violence escalates to deadly violence,” Ogg said. “Even people who have left their abuser and filed charges can find themselves back in danger and, like in this case, it can cost them their lives.”

Jarrell Lamarck Darrington, 32, admitted to fatally stabbing 23-year-old Nancy Darlee Romeus, who was the mother of Darrington’s three-year-old son, about 7:05 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2015.

Darrington and Romeus both lived in Washington state, and court records show that he was convicted of domestic violence in May 2014.

The two agreed to meet up in Houston over the holidays in 2015 and stay with Darrington’s aunt at her home on Atherton Canyon Lane, in North Harris County.

It was there that Darrington stabbed Romeus multiple times as she held the couple’s son and tried to get away.

Darrington ran from the scene and was tracked and arrested by the Houston Police using K-9 units.

Assistant District Attorney Bradford Crockard and ADA Eddy Tecle prosecuted the case.

 

 

 

 

 

CRIME STOPPERS OF HOUSTON FUGITIVE FRIDAY

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CRIME STOPPERS OF HOUSTON FUGITIVE FRIDAY

In an effort to keep our neighborhoods safe, Crime Stoppers of Houston and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s help locating the following individuals that have active Felony and/or Misdemeanor Warrants.

Crime Stoppers may pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the location and arrest of the suspects featured. Information may be reported by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477), submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org or through the Crime Stoppers mobile app. All tipsters remain anonymous. Only tips and calls DIRECTLY TO Crime Stoppers are anonymous and eligible for a cash reward.

The language in this press release is intentional and could have legal implications.  Please do not change the copy of the paragraph above.

All warrants are active at the time this press release was created and is subject to change.  Crime Stoppers of Houston and this news organization are not making any legal claims that this is the most current legal status.

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The following individuals all have active warrants as of Thursday, October 1, 2021 at 2:00 pm:
Basco, Jamie
W/M  09/13/84
5’10” / 185 LBS
HAZ / BRO
Burglary W/Intent to Commit Other Felony
Warrant # 1740762
Last known location: Houston, TX
Cobb, Amber
W/F    02/17/82
6’00 / 230 LBS
BLU / BLN
Burglary of Habitation
Warrant # 1737840
Last known location: Houston, TX
Guillory, Timothy
B/M    12/03/93
5’10” / 150 LBS
BRO / BLK
Felon Possession Weapon, Evading Arrest/Detention w/Vehicle
Warrant # 1729400              Warrant # 1729399
Last known location: Houston, Texas
Hicks, Lashamara
B/F      05/31/82
5’00” / 110 LBS
BRO / BLK
Exploitation of Child/Elderly/Disabled
Warrant # 1737036
Last known location: Houston, TX
Lucio, Richard
W/M  02/22/89
5’10” / 240 LBS
BRO / BLK
Assault Intent/Rck/Imp/Brth/Circ/PR,  Asslt Fam/Household Mem W/Prev
Warrant # 1665175                                     Warrant # 1735584
Last known location: Houston, TX
Mokobia, Ngozika
B/F      11/08/91
5’06”/ 140 LBS
BRO / BRO
Violation of Protective Order Enhanced
Warrant # 1740059
Last known location: Houston, TX
Nelson, Dre
B/M    02/01/96
5’11” / 165 LBS
BRO / BLK
Continuous Violence against the Family
Warrant # 1706442
Last known location: Houston, TX
Pena, David
W/M  07/04/91
6’01” / 240 LBS
BRO / BLK
Violation of a Protective Order Enhanced
Warrant # 1740999
Last known location: Houston, TX
Rojas, Al Qamar
B/M    04/11/87
5’11 / 160 LBS
BRO / BLK
FSRA Accident Involving Injury, Evading Arrest/Detention W/Vehicle
Warrant # 1737212                                  Warrant # 1737211
Last known location: Houston, TX
Roth, Amber
W/F    06/22/86
5’06” 132 LBS
HAZ / BRO
Intoxication Assault W/Vehicle SBI
Warrant # 1704305
Last known location: Houston, TX
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