Las Vegas politician jailed for life for killing investigative journalist
Former public administrator Robert Telles sentenced to life after being found guilty of 2022 murder of Jeff German. A Las Vegas politician has been jailed for life for killing an investigative journalist who wrote critical articles detailing wrongdoing in the department he headed. Robert Telles, a former Democratic public administrator, lay in wait outside the suburban home of 69-year-old reporter Jeff German and then stabbed him to death on September 2, 2022. “Justice has been served,” Clark County prosecutor Steve Wolfson told reporters. “Today’s verdict should send a message, and that message is a clear message that any attempts to silence the media or to silence or intimidate a journalist will not be tolerated.” Telles, 47, bowed his head as a clerk read the verdict of first-degree murder, which carried a possible life sentence without parole. He was later sentenced to life with a minimum term of 20 years. In the public gallery, German’s family members wept and hugged one another. Employees from the Clark County public administrator’s office, some of whom had asked German to investigate Telles, embraced and wiped away tears, all wearing red shirts and badges showing the reporter’s face. “Jeff was killed for doing the kind of work in which he took great pride: His reporting held an elected official accountable for bad behaviour and empowered voters to choose someone else for the job,” Glenn Cook, executive editor of German’s newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, said in a statement. “In many countries, the killers of journalists go unpunished,” Cook added. “Not so in Las Vegas.” Telles was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 20 years [KM Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP Photo] DNA evidence ‘insurmountable’ The two-week trial heard how the veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter had spent months investigating allegations that Telles oversaw an abusive workplace and had an inappropriate relationship with a member of staff. The article was published in June 2022, a month before an election in which Telles was running for another term in office. He denied the allegations but lost his re-election bid in the primaries. The jury of seven women and five men heard how an irate Telles had driven to German’s home where he hid in some bushes before launching a frenzied and fatal knife attack. Telles’s DNA was found underneath German’s fingernails and video of the attacker’s car matched a vehicle registered to Telles’s wife. He denied carrying out the murder, arguing that the police had ignored evidence that other people could have been responsible and that he had been framed. Las Vegas defence lawyer Robert Langford, who was not involved in the case, said the DNA evidence under German’s fingernails was “an insurmountable bit of evidence”. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says 15 media workers have been killed in the United States in connection with their work since 1992. German was the only journalist murdered in the US in 2022, among 69 media workers and journalists killed worldwide, according to the press group’s data. “The conviction sends an important message that the killing of journalists will not be tolerated,” said Katherine Jacobsen, US, Canada and Caribbean coordinator for the CPJ. Adblock test (Why?)
Dozens injured, power cut as Typhoon Shanshan hits southern Japan
Powerful storm with gusts of up to 216km per hour made landfall near Satsumasendai city in southwestern Kyushu. Dozens of people have been injured and power was cut to a quarter of a million households after Typhoon Shanshan struck southwestern Japan. The typhoon, bringing gusts of up to 252 kilometres (157 miles) per hour and torrential rain, made landfall near Satsumasendai city on Kyushu island at about 8am on Thursday morning (23:00 GMT on Wednesday), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. It warned up to 60 centimetres (23.6 inches) of rain could fall in Kyushu over 24 hours. Public broadcaster NHK reported one person was missing and 39 injured in Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures. Aoi Nishimoto, who lives in Kyushu’s main city of Fukuoka, said he had called his family back in Miyazaki. “Our home is fine, but there was a tornado in Miyazaki and power went out in some places. It’s worrying,” the 18-year-old student told the AFP news agency. A Level 5 emergency warning was issued for the city of Yufu in Oita Prefecture after the Miyakawa River burst its banks, the Japan Times said. High waves whipped up by Shanshan in Ibusuki in Kagoshima Prefecture [Kyodo/via Reuters] The same warning was in place in the city of Usa, also in Oita Prefecture, because of possible flooding from the Yakkan River. Level 5 alerts are rarely issued and indicate a life-threatening situation. Power supply was cut to more than 250,000 households across seven prefectures on the island, the Kyushu Electric Power Company said. The weather agency expects Shanshan to move through Japan’s central and eastern regions, including the capital Tokyo, in the coming days. Officials have issued evacuation orders for millions of people. “The risk of a disaster due to heavy rain can rapidly escalate in western Japan as Friday approaches,” it warned. Torrential rain brought by Shanshan has drenched large parts of Japan since Tuesday. Japan has been experiencing heavy rain linked to Shanshan since Tuesday. Authorities said three people were killed after a landslide struck their house in Gamagori on Tuesday [JIJI Press via AFP] Three members of a family were killed when a landslide buried their house in Gamagori, a city in central Aichi prefecture, late on Tuesday, according to local media. Carmaker Toyota has suspended production at its 14 factories across Japan as a result of the typhoon, while Nissan and Honda have stopped operations at their Kyushu plants. Japan Airlines and ANA have together cancelled hundreds of domestic flights that were scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Some rail services have also been affected. Shanshan is the third major storm system to hit Japan this month. Typhoons in the region have been forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly and lasting longer over land due to climate change, according to a study released last month. Adblock test (Why?)
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California Republican lawmaker reacts to ‘crazy’ bill that would give undocumented first-time homebuyers money
California Democrats are “crazy” for passing a progressive legislature that would give illegal immigrants up to $150,000 in first-time homeownership, officials said. The bill, AB 1840, would require the California Housing Finance Authority’s home purchase assistance program, or California Dream for All Program, to include illegal immigrants’ applications. The bill cleared the state Senate on Tuesday. CALIFORNIA CLOSE TO APPROVING $150K LOANS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO HELP PURCHASE HOMES In a statement to Fox News Digital, California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) argued that the legislation would exacerbate the border crisis, the housing crisis and the high cost of living in the Golden State. EX-CALIFORNIA SLAMS STATE BILL THAT GIVES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HOUSING LOANS: ‘ASININE’ “I didn’t know it was possible to make the border crisis and the housing crisis worse with just one vote, but Democrats found a way,” Gallagher said. “Giving taxpayer-funded housing subsidies to illegal immigrants will drive costs even higher and encourage more chaos at the border.” “This is crazy, and it needs to stop,” he said. The California Dream for All program passed despite funds running out just 11 days after being instituted in June, which was awarded to 1,700 first-time homebuyers at the time. Finding more funding for the program was the prime concern in floor debate. The program gives first-time homebuyers up to 20% of a home’s value or up to $150,000 as down payment assistance. The bill now heads back to the California state Assembly to go over revisions made by the state Senate. The bill passed by 12 votes, following the party line at 23-11. Some Democrats present did not vote. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not said whether he will sign the bill into law if it clears the legislature before the Aug. 31 deadline. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Gov. Newsom’s press secretary said that the California governor will evaluate the legislation when it reaches his desk. Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
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Police motorcycle escorting Vice President Harris’s motorcade in Georgia crashes
A police motorcycle escorting Vice President Harris’s motorcade in Savannah, Georgia crashed shortly after departing a restaurant on Wednesday. In an email by a reporter from The Christian Science Monitor who was part of the vice-presidential pool, the reporter wrote that the motorcade slowed and went around a police motorcycle that had crashed. One person was on the ground where blood was visible. “At least one other person was tending to the person on the ground,” the reporter wrote. “There were two motorcycles stopped and one on the ground. It looked like the single motorcycle had lost control, not collided with something else.” HARRIS LAUNCHES 2-DAY SWING THROUGH CRUCIAL STATE HYPED BY GOP GOVERNOR AS MUST-WIN FOR TRUMP Fox News received a report from the pool saying, “At 1917 ET, our van drove by what appeared to be a police officer or trooper who sustained a motorcycle injury [,] and another officer or trooper attending to the victim on the ground.” According to the pool reporter, the motorcade stopped on the highway at 7:20 p.m. and started rolling again at 7:23 p.m., passing a white bus that was part of the motorcade but had since parked on the side of the road. Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and Harris’s campaign team for additional information, including the status of the officer involved. THIS POPULAR GOP GOVERNOR SAYS HIS STATE’S A MUST WIN FOR TRUMP Just before the incident, Harris and her running mate, Wisconsin Gov. Tim Walz made a stop at Sandfly BBQ in Savannah, Georgia, where they greeted the owner of the restaurant, employees and some locals. On Wednesday, Harris and Walz kicked off a two-day bus swing through the southeastern portion of the key battleground state. The vice president’s message is that Georgia is once again in play in November’s election. Georgia has long been a reliably red state in White House elections, and Joe Biden narrowly edged then-President Trump in 2020 to become the first Democrat in nearly three decades to capture Georgia. Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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JD Vance claims Kamala Harris is running a ‘copycat campaign’ during stop in major swing state
Ohio Sen. JD Vance told battleground state voters that Vice President Kamala Harris is running a “copycat campaign” after her staffers revealed the Democratic presidential nominee was shifting her stance on several key policies, including an electric vehicle mandate. Vance held a campaign event in Erie, Pennsylvania, Wednesday to deliver remarks on the American trucking industry, energy policy and the economy. The Republican criticized electric vehicle mandates and claimed Harris wants to “to raise the price of diesel, raise the price of gasoline and have every trucker in this country drive an electric vehicle.” Harris led the Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan in December 2021, an effort to ensure 50% of car sales were electric vehicles by 2030. Additionally, the Biden-Harris administration finalized one of its latest environmental regulations in 2024 to require half of all new car and truck sales to be electric. HARRIS DODGING FLIP-FLOP ATTACKS AS FACELESS SURROGATES FLIP KEY POSITIONS: ‘PLAYING POLITICS’ Ammar Moussa, the Harris campaign’s rapid response director, wrote in a “fact check email” Tuesday that the vice president “does not support an electric vehicle mandate” despite her past push for more EV sales. “If you look at her campaign, the past week and half, she pretends that she agrees with Donald J. Trump on every issue. She is running a copycat campaign,” Vance told the attendees. Staffers for Harris’ campaign announced over the past several weeks the vice president had changed her stance on several other key issues such as fracking, an automatic weapons buyback program, border wall construction and Medicare for all. HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS DEM NOMINEE ‘DOES NOT SUPPORT’ ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE IN ATTEMPT TO FLIP THE SCRIPT “We have a vice president, Kamala Harris, who wants to be president, who thinks that our truckers, we ought to put them out of business, and that our truckers should all learn computer code,” Vance said in Pennsylvania. “If you force all these great truckers to buy electric trucks instead of the trucks they’re currently using, you’re going to make this inflation crisis way worse than it currently is.” The senator added that a Trump-Vance administration would “stop ridiculous job-killing regulations like the EV mandate.” “We do not have an economy unless American truckers are able to do what they do so well,” he said. In response to accusations of copying Trump’s policies, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign highlighted several key policy areas where the two campaigns distinctly differ. “Unlike Donald Trump and JD Vance, Vice President Harris supports abortion rights instead of ripping them away, cutting middle-class taxes instead of raising them by nearly $4,000 and bringing Americans together instead of dividing them,” the spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Most importantly, she opposes Donald Trump and JD Vance’s dangerous Project 2025 agenda.” Vance’s event in Pennsylvania marks the campaign’s latest battleground state stop, one day after he spoke to rural voters in Big Rapids, Mich.