The New York Police Department (NYPD) is facing more distractions following the resignation of former Commissioner Edward Caban last week as its new interim commissioner, Thomas Donlon, was raided by the FBI late last week. “On Friday, September 20, federal authorities executed search warrants at my residences,” Donlon said in a statement late on Saturday. “They took materials that came into my possession approximately 20 years ago and are unrelated to my work with the New York City Police Department.” “This is not a department matter, and the department will not be commenting,” he added. Statement from the Police Commissioner: pic.twitter.com/K0talEghOc — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 22, 2024 The New York Post reported that the investigation into Donlon appears to center around whether he took classified material while he worked at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. At the FBI, Donlon was the head of the FBI’s National Threat Assessment Center and the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Post added. At DHS, Donlon was the director of New York’s Office of Homeland Security. Donlon took over the position after being tapped by New York City Mayor Eric Adams following Caban’s abrupt resignation from the job just a little over a week ago after his phone was seized by federal agents in a criminal investigation. The investigation, at least in part, centers around a nightclub security business that is owned by Caban’s twin brother, James Caban, and whether he used his brother to “fix potential problems for clubs and bars,” The Washington Post reported. The probe is reportedly focusing on other police officials as well. “My complete focus has always been on the NYPD – the department and people I love and have dedicated over 30 years of service to,” Caban said in a statement. “However, the news around recent developments has created a distraction for our department, and I am unwilling to let my attention be on anything other than our important work, or the safety of the men and women of the NYPD.” The criminal investigation is being conducted by the Southern District of New York, which focuses on government corruption cases, and the IRS. Adams, who is under criminal investigation over potential corruption stemming from actions involving the Turkish government, has seen numerous people in his orbit come under criminal investigation recently. The FBI executed search warrants last week at the home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks and a home shared by First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Schools Chancellor David Banks. Investigators seized phones belonging to Caban and Timothy Pearson, a senior adviser to the mayor. A consultant, Terence Banks, brother of Philip Banks and David Banks, was also searched. The feds raided the home of Adams’ director of Asian Affairs, Winnie Greco, earlier this year as part of a criminal probe run by the Eastern District of New York, the Times said. His former buildings commissioner, Eric Ulrich, faces bribery charges, and several donors to Adams’ campaign have been charged in a straw-donor scheme.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer refused to back up her attorney general during an interview over the weekend when she was asked about the attorney general prosecuting far-left anti-Semitic protesters at the University of Michigan. The Democrat governor made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked by Jake Tapper about Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) anti-Semitic attacks on Attorney General Dana Nessel for prosecuting the students. The 11 individuals were charged with a variety of crimes, including attempted ethnic intimidation, assaulting or obstructing a police officer, and more. Tlaib responded by claiming that Nessel, who is Jewish, charged the students because she was biased in favor of Israel. “It seems that the attorney general decided, if the issue was Palestine, she was going to treat it differently, and that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs” Tlaib claimed. Nessel responded: “Rashida Tlaib should not use my religion to imply I cannot perform my job fairly as attorney general. It’s antisemitic and wrong.” Whitmer refused to condemn Tlaib’s anti-Semitic remarks against Nessel and refused to take sides on the matter at all, saying that she only wants to “make sure that both these communities are protected and respected under the law in Michigan.” Tapper pressed Whitmer again, noting that Tlaib’s accusation was serious and again gave Whitmer the opportunity to back up her attorney general. “Like I said, Jake, I’m not going to get in the middle of this argument that they’re having,” Whitmer responded. WATCH: WHITMER refuses to defend her own AG, amidst anti-Semitic accusations that she cannot perform her job. “I’m not gonna get in the middle of this” pic.twitter.com/09lB2o2uMc — Raj Aryal (@rajaryal07) September 22, 2024

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Lonely dogs were treated to a special furry photoshoot to help them find their forever homes. The photoshoot will promote residents of the London, England rescue shelter All Dogs Matter, and featured some of their older, bigger, and less ‘photogenic’ pooches. The focus was also placed on pairs of pups that need to be adopted […] The post Unwanted Shelter Dogs Get the Supermodel Treatment to Help Them Find New Forever Homes (LOOK) appeared first on Good News Network.

Astronomers have launched an unprecedented search for “technosignatures”—indications of technology from highly advanced civilizations—in galaxies far beyond the Milky Way. Technosignatures refer to evidence of technology, past or present, that could indirectly confirm the existence of intelligent life in distant star systems. Potential technosignatures might include artificial light sources, solar energy collectors, massive space structures, or clusters of satellites. While searches for technosignatures have been conducted before, this is the first attempt to search outside our own galaxy. The effort involves a radio telescope array in Australia, which has the capability to scan for signs of life not only within the Milky Way but also across 2,800 additional galaxies. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the SETI Institute, the Berkeley SETI Research Center, and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research. It employs the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), a network of 4,096 radio antennas arranged in 256 grids in Western Australia’s remote outback. This isn’t the MWA’s first search for extraterrestrial intelligence. In 2020, the array was used for one of the most comprehensive hunts for alien technology to date. That mission targeted a region near the constellation Vela, which contains over 10 million stars. Over 17 hours, the system searched for low-frequency signals, but no evidence of intelligent life was detected. The post Search for Alien Technosignatures Begins Beyond the Milky Way appeared first on Anomalien.com.

There’s lots of fantastic roguelike deckbuilders out there, from the iconic Slay the Spire to new, distinctive offerings such as Balatro. But a real joy of mine has been the rise of the dice-based roguelike - the likes of Dicey Dungeons, Dice and Fold, and the beautiful Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles, which is celebrating a full year since launch by introducing a new daily run feature alongside the ability to build your own custom runs. “If you are someone who likes endless replayability, you will love this update,” developer Little Leo Games says. Continue reading Dice-based roguelike Astrea gets new “endless replayability” update

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