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IOL News
6 days ago
- Sport
- IOL News
PNB leagues title races tighten
Westville BC's 2024 KZN fours champions are looking for a back-to-back win. Troy Garland, Richard Hendicott, Paul White and Arnie Muscat with sponsor Sandra van Rij from Amberglades. | Supplied Image: Supplied With the business end of the bowls league season fast approaching, the race for top honours in both the men's and women's first divisions is reaching fever pitch. After round 5 in the men's league and round 3 in the women's, the battle lines are firmly drawn — and with just two rounds to go, the stakes couldn't be higher. In the men's first division, Westville Bowling Club continued their dominant run, racking up a solid 25 points last weekend to cement their position at the top of the log. Their total of 62,5 points puts them 6 points ahead of second-placed Parkhill, who walked away with 21,5 points from their two weekend encounters. Still clinging to third place is Umhlali Country Club, who added 18 points to their tally but now trail Parkhill by a growing margin. Westville will host Umhlali and Stella Park on home greens in the final two rounds — an advantage they will no doubt look to exploit. Parkhill, meanwhile, face Hillary away and Hillcrest at home, in their effort to narrow the gap. With everything to play for, the remaining fixtures promise nail-biting finishes. Umhlali CC's 2024 KZN silver medallists are going for gold in 2025. Yolande Victor, Jill Hackland, Cheryl Mostert and Susan Nel with sponsor Sandra van Rij from Amberglades. | Supplied Image: Supplied The women's first division is proving equally intense. Newcomer Mount Edgecombe is the surprise frontrunner, holding a slender 1,5-point lead over Hillary, with Amanzimtoti just 1,5 points further back. With only 3 points separating the top three teams, the final rounds could reshuffle the entire leader board. In the penultimate round, Mount Edgecombe face a determined Umhlali side, while Hillary meet Amanzimtoti in what could be a decisive clash. The final round is set up for fireworks, with Mount Edgecombe and Hillary, currently first and second, squaring off. Will the standings hold, or are we in for a dramatic upset on 2 August? In the men's second division, it's Durban BC who hold the promotion advantage, sitting on 54,5 points — 5,5 points clear of Bluff BC. With three rounds left to play, including a double-header weekend on 2 and 3 August, anything can still happen. Brace yourselves — the final stretch of the league season is shaping up to be unforgettable Meanwhile, congratulations go to Westville BC 'E', who has wrapped up their season on a high by topping the seventh division and securing promotion to the sixth. As league action pauses this weekend, all eyes turn to the KZN Fours, hosted this year by PNB - promising high-calibre play and fierce competition. The men's sectional rounds are set for Hillary, Parkhill and both Westville clubs, while the ladies take to Umhlanga, Parkhill, Hillary and Westville CC. Among the star-studded entries are the reigning men's champions from Westville BC — Paul White, Arnie Muscat, Troy Garland and Richard Hendicott who will play their sectional games at Westville CC as they gun for back-to-back titles. The 2024 silver medallist ladies' team from Umhlali— Susan Nel, Cheryl Mostert, Jill Hackland and Yolande Victor — are also reuniting and playing at Umhlanga with gold in their sights. Sectional playoffs will take place on Sunday, with the finals rounds to be held on Monday 28 July at Westville CC.
News18
22-07-2025
- Politics
- News18
Hillary's Emails Out, MLK Jr. Records Dumped Online But Where's The Epstein Files? N18G
Hillary's emails Declassified, FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr. digitised and dumped onlineBut there's one file Americans really want and it's still locked Epstein Trump's sudden transparency just a distraction or is there more to this political circus? News18 Mobile App -
10-07-2025
- Politics
Appeals court overturns right-wing influencer's conviction for spreading 2016 election falsehoods
NEW YORK -- A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a self-styled right-wing propagandist's conviction for spreading falsehoods on social media in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ordered a lower court to enter a judgment of acquittal for Douglass Mackey, finding that trial evidence failed to prove the government's claim that the Florida man conspired with others to influence the election. Mackey, 36, was convicted in March 2023 in federal court in Brooklyn on a charge of conspiracy against rights after posting false memes that said supporters of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton could vote for her by text message or social media post. He was sentenced to seven months in federal prison. 'HALLELUJAH!' Mackey wrote on X after the 2nd Circuit's decision was posted Wednesday. In follow up messages, he thanked God, his family, wife, lawyers and supporters, and threatened legal action over his conviction. One of Mackey's lawyers on his appeal was Yaakov Roth, who is now principal deputy assistant U.S. attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's Civil Division. The federal prosecutors' office in Brooklyn that brought the case declined to comment. In charging Mackey, prosecutors alleged that he conspired with others between September and November of 2016 to post memes, such as a photo of a woman standing in front of an 'African Americans for Hillary' sign. 'Avoid the Line. Vote from Home,' the tweet said. 'Text 'Hillary' to 59925.' About 5,000 people followed the meme's instructions, according to trial testimony. Nearly all of them received an automated response indicating that the social media posts were not associated with the Clinton campaign, and there was 'no evidence at trial that Mackey's tweets tricked anyone into failing properly to vote,' the 2nd Circuit found. Mackey, who had 58,000 followers at the time, posted under the alias Ricky Vaughn, the name of Charlie Sheen's character in the movie 'Major League.' In overturning Mackey's conviction, a three-judge 2nd Circuit panel wrote, 'the mere fact" that he "posted the memes, even assuming that he did so with the intent to injure other citizens in the exercise of their right to vote, is not enough, standing alone, to prove a violation' of the conspiracy law. 'The government was obligated to show that Mackey knowingly entered into an agreement with other people to pursue that objective,' Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston and Judges Reena Raggi and Beth Robinson wrote. 'This the government failed to do.' Livingston and Raggi were appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. Robinson was appointed by President Joe Biden, a Democrat. At Mackey's sentencing, the trial judge, Ann M. Donnelly, said that he had been 'one of the leading members' of a conspiracy that was 'nothing short of an assault on our democracy.' The 2nd Circuit disagreed, ruling that the prosecution's primary evidence of a conspiracy was flimsy at best. At Mackey's trial, prosecutors showed messages exchanged in private Twitter groups that they said proved an intent to interfere with people exercising their right to vote. However, the three-judge panel ruled that prosecutors 'failed to offer sufficient evidence that Mackey even viewed — let alone participated in — any of these exchanges.' 'In the absence of such evidence, the government's remaining circumstantial evidence cannot alone establish Mackey's knowing agreement,' the judges wrote.
The Hill
09-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Appeals court throws out right-wing influencer's conviction for 2016 election interference
A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a right-wing influencer's conviction for spreading misinformation online about ways to vote in the 2016 presidential election in an attempt to stifle Democratic turnout. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed Douglass Mackey's conviction and directed a lower court to enter a judgment of acquittal, after determining that trial evidence failed to prove he joined others in a conspiracy to influence the election. 'The jury's verdict and the resulting judgment of conviction must be set aside,' Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston wrote for the unanimous panel. Mackey was sentenced to seven months in prison after a jury found him guilty of attempting to trick individuals out of exercising their right to vote by posting memes falsely suggesting that supporters of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton could vote by text. In one instance, he posted an image showing a Black woman standing in front of an 'African Americans for Hillary' sign that read: 'Avoid the Line. Vote from Home,' 'Text 'Hillary' to 59925' and 'Vote for Hillary and be a part of history.' It said the post was paid for by Clinton's campaign and included her campaign slogan, '#ImWithHer.' At the time, Mackey had approximately 58,000 followers, according to the Justice Department. Trial evidence showed that approximately 5,000 people ultimately texted the keyword 'Hillary' to the number. However, the appeals court noted, 'about 98 percent' of those people received an automated warning that the code was not associated with the Clinton campaign. The panel said the government presented 'no evidence' at trial that the tweets actually resulted in duping anyone into voting improperly. 'Praise God. God is good. Now we sue,' Mackey wrote in a series of posts on X following the decision. A spokesperson for the Eastern District of New York, which brought the case, declined to comment.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Appeals court overturns right-wing influencer's conviction for spreading 2016 election falsehoods
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a self-styled right-wing propagandist's conviction for spreading falsehoods on social media in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ordered a lower court to enter a judgment of acquittal for Douglass Mackey, finding that trial evidence failed to prove the government's claim that the Florida man conspired with others to influence the election. Mackey, 36, was convicted in March 2023 in federal court in Brooklyn on a charge of conspiracy against rights after posting false memes that said supporters of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton could vote for her by text message or social media post. He was sentenced to seven months in federal prison. 'HALLELUJAH!' Mackey wrote on X after the 2nd Circuit's decision was posted Wednesday. In follow up messages, he thanked God, his family, wife, lawyers and supporters, and threatened legal action over his conviction. One of Mackey's lawyers on his appeal was Yaakov Roth, who is now principal deputy assistant U.S. attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's Civil Division. The federal prosecutors' office in Brooklyn that brought the case declined to comment. In charging Mackey, prosecutors alleged that he conspired with others between September and November of 2016 to post memes, such as a photo of a woman standing in front of an 'African Americans for Hillary' sign. 'Avoid the Line. Vote from Home,' the tweet said. 'Text 'Hillary' to 59925.' About 5,000 people followed the meme's instructions, according to trial testimony. Nearly all of them received an automated response indicating that the social media posts were not associated with the Clinton campaign, and there was 'no evidence at trial that Mackey's tweets tricked anyone into failing properly to vote,' the 2nd Circuit found. Mackey, who had 58,000 followers at the time, posted under the alias Ricky Vaughn, the name of Charlie Sheen's character in the movie 'Major League.' In overturning Mackey's conviction, a three-judge 2nd Circuit panel wrote, 'the mere fact" that he "posted the memes, even assuming that he did so with the intent to injure other citizens in the exercise of their right to vote, is not enough, standing alone, to prove a violation' of the conspiracy law. 'The government was obligated to show that Mackey knowingly entered into an agreement with other people to pursue that objective,' Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston and Judges Reena Raggi and Beth Robinson wrote. 'This the government failed to do.' Livingston and Raggi were appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. Robinson was appointed by President Joe Biden, a Democrat. At Mackey's sentencing, the trial judge, Ann M. Donnelly, said that he had been 'one of the leading members' of a conspiracy that was 'nothing short of an assault on our democracy.' The 2nd Circuit disagreed, ruling that the prosecution's primary evidence of a conspiracy was flimsy at best. At Mackey's trial, prosecutors showed messages exchanged in private Twitter groups that they said proved an intent to interfere with people exercising their right to vote. However, the three-judge panel ruled that prosecutors 'failed to offer sufficient evidence that Mackey even viewed — let alone participated in — any of these exchanges.' 'In the absence of such evidence, the government's remaining circumstantial evidence cannot alone establish Mackey's knowing agreement,' the judges wrote.
