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New information in Bryan Kohberger case reveals ominous details
Police in Idaho released a trove of documents shedding light on the exhaustive investigation that led to the arrest of Bryan Kohberger, the man who has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022. In the weeks leading up to the murders, residents at the house where the killings took place once thought a break-in had occurred and one of the victims, Kaylee Goncalves, reported seeing a man staring at her while she was walking her dog. After the rampage, a friend of Kohberger's told police the doctoral student had visible scratches on his face, which he said he got in "a car accident." The new details were revealed in 300 documents released by the Moscow Police Department on July 23 about the investigation into the high-profile murders that triggered a nationwide manhunt and rocked the college town of Moscow, Idaho. While the new files include details about Kohberger's behavior before and after his arrest as well as several strange occurrences at the house where the killings took place, central questions remained unanswered. It is still unclear what motivated Kohberger to carry out the murders and why he chose the rental home near the University of Idaho campus. Discover WITNESS: Access our exclusive collection of true crime stories, podcasts, videos and more Kohberger on July 23 was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for the murders of Gonclaves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Near the end of the sentencing hearing − which came after emotional victims' impact testimony − he declined to give a statement, disappointing the families who hoped Kohberger would explain his actions. At a news conference after the hearing, local police indicated that Kohberger's motivation may remain a mystery. 'The evidence suggested that there was a reason that this particular house was chosen," Moscow Police Cpl. Brett Payne said. "What that reason is, we don't know." A 'dark figure,' a 'stalker' and a strange Facebook message In newly released police documents, several people said Goncalves had seen a shadowy figure staring at her when she took her dog outside about a month before she and three of her roommates were killed. Bethany Funke, one of the two roommates who survived the attack, said Goncalves 'told everyone' about the unknown man who she had seen outside the three-story house. It scared Goncalves and she called her roommates to ask when they'd be back home, Funke said. Dylan Mortensen, the other surviving roommate, said 'Kaylee saw a dark figure staring at her from the tree line when she took her dog Murphy out to pee,' according to police documents. Mortensen went on to say 'there had been lighthearted talks and jokes made about a stalker in the past' and that 'all the girls were slightly nervous about it being a fact though.' Another friend of Goncalves told law enforcement about two to three weeks before the murders, Goncalves told her friends, 'an individual was following her.' Friends who had lunch with Goncalves in September told police they remembered her mentioning a strange message on Facebook and receiving something in the mail. It's unclear whether these occurrences had anything to do with the murders. Investigators have not found evidence showing Kohberger had direct contact with any of the victims – including over social media. However, between July and November 2022, Kohberger's phone was picked up nearly two dozen times by a cell tower near the murder house. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: New documents from Bryan Kohberger investigation released Solve the daily Crossword
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Fed gets new legal headache with lawsuit seeking to make FOMC rate meetings public
The Federal Reserve got a new legal headache Thursday when a money manager sued Chair Jerome Powell and other central bank policymakers in a Washington, D.C. federal court, arguing it is violating a 1976 federal law by keeping its monetary policy meetings behind closed doors. The lawsuit from Azoria Capital asks the court to issue a temporary restraining order compelling the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to let the public see its deliberations starting next Tuesday and Wednesday, when central bank policy makers gather in Washington to decide on their next interest rate move. The lawsuit comes as the Fed is under pressure on several fronts by President Trump, who is scheduled to visit Fed headquarters today along with other White House allies touring a $2.5 billion refurbishment of the central bank's National Mall buildings. Trump and other administration officials have criticized the project for its cost overruns. The money manager bringing the new lawsuit against Powell and other members of the FOMC, Azoria Capital, is led by CEO James Fishback, who is close to the Trump administration and served as an adviser to the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Last year Fishback used Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club as the setting to announce an anti-DEI exchange traded fund called the Azoria 500 Meritocracy ETF (SPXM) that this month began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Azoria argues in its suit that 'by operating beyond public scrutiny, the FOMC is deliberately undermining the public accountability envisioned by Congress,' and that if a firm such as Azoria does not have real-time access to FOMC deliberations, it 'cannot fully consider and protect itself against Federal Reserve policy shifts that can create volatility.' Azoria also states in its suit that it 'is deeply concerned that the FOMC, under Chair Jerome Powell, is maintaining high interest rates to undermine President Donald J. Trump and his economic agenda, to the detriment of American citizens and the American economy' and that current policy stance of the FOMC 'appears politically motivated.' Fishback made the administration aware of the suit before it was filed, according to a person familiar with the matter. The FOMC has not changed interest rates since Trump took office, as many policymakers argue more time is needed to assess how Trump's trade policies will affect inflation before reducing rates again. Trump has hammered Powell and the Fed repeatedly for this view, arguing that rates should be 3 percentage points lower. Investors don't expect the Fed to change rates at the meeting on July 29-30, although two Fed governors have said they could support a cut. The Fed's current policy stance, according to the suit filed by Azoria, 'raises serious questions about whether politics, not economics, are driving monetary policy. These questions emphasize the need for transparency from the FOMC.' The law in question cited by Azoria in its suit is the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976, a law passed after President Nixon's Watergate scandal roiled Washington and led to calls for increased transparency of US government. The act requires that federal agencies keep their meetings open to the public. But it also allows for private meetings in cases covered as exemptions, including when the release of that information could be used in financial speculation. The Fed has cited that exemption in justifying why it holds closed meetings when discussing monetary policy. But Azoria says 'not all FOMC deliberations inherently trigger financial speculation' and that the law states that to claim one of these exemptions, the agency must vote to invoke it and then within one day publish an explanation of why it made that decision. Azoria said the FOMC has 'brazenly flouted this mandate' for five decades, holding nothing but closed meetings since 1977. 'The FOMC's decades-long policy of blanket secrecy is unlawful.' Alexis Keenan contributed to this article. Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market news and events moving stock prices Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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20 Far-Right Conservatives Spewed Their Wild Beliefs In A Debate With 1 Progressive, And It's Going Viral For Being Absolutely Absurd
If you haven't heard of the media company Jubilee, they specialize in hosting political and social debates between people of widely opposing views, and their videos are known for being both educational and unhinged. Their latest video, called "1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives," features Mehdi Hasan, an award-winning journalist and former TV host on MSNBC, as the progressive. Hasan agreed to timed debates with a group of far-right conservatives on various political topics, and so many moments are going mega-viral. Some of the highlights from the 1 hour and 40-minute-long debate include one argument about whether or not immigrants are good for America: Jubilee / Via Then, during an argument about whether or not Donald Trump is defying the Constitution, one far-right debater made a shocking admission: After that, another far-right conservative made this bizarre claim during a debate on whether or not Donald Trump is pro-criminal: Jubilee / Via Then during an argument about Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, this horrific moment happened: Jubilee / Via Then, during the debate about immigrants being good for America, things got personal: One person said, "The value of these seem to be demonstrating how it is ok to say things in public that would have been unthinkable to admit 10 years ago." @adityav84 / Via "Just sat through the this.. The disgusting and horrible rhetoric that I just witnessed makes me absolutely sick," another person wrote. This person praised Mehdi's knowledge in the debate. "I gotta say, the few of these types of videos I've seen clips from, the person hasn't been argumentative enough. Has been too afraid to really drop the hammer on people. Mehdi IS that guy and I have loved every clip I've seen from this video. Knows his stuff and isn't afraid."
