newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Legacy of ‘Remember the Titans’ remains strong 20 years later

It was another star-studded Saturday night in Southern California .
The limos arrived .
The celebrities strolled down the red carpet .
The cameras flashed .
The Blue Angels flew overhead .
The Rose Bowl premiere would be the granddaddy of them all , packed with tens of thousands of people , viewing massive projection screens placed on the field .
Disney spent $ 3 million on the affair .
The audience would remember the Titans .
“ It was by far the craziest premiere I ’ ve ever been to , ” veteran actor Ethan Suplee said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve ever seen watch a movie in my life .
It was at that point that I realized , ‘ Oh , this movie is a really big deal .
They must be excited about it to throw this kind of a coming out party.
’ ” Executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer was in the midst of making a string of incredibly profitable movies , including “ Bad Boys , ” “ Dangerous Minds , ” “ The Rock , ” “ Con Air ” and “ Armageddon.
” None of his test screenings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Titans.
” “ Titans tested higher than any movie Jerry had ever made , ” screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard said .
“ They knew it was a hit.
” It was the movie no one wanted to make .
It was the movie no one thought would be made .
“ Remember the Titans ” was released 20 years ago Tuesday , grossing $ 136.7 million on a $ 30 million budget .
“ That was just the beginning .
It sold $ 20 million in DVDs , when they were at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Almost everyone in America has seen it .
I ’ m not exaggerating when I say that .
Even today , they run it on basic cable relentlessly .
I still get the residual checks.
” Football — and star Denzel Washington — attracted the audience .
The heartwarming tale of racial healing extended the movie ’ s life span , based on the undefeated 1971 T.C .
Williams ( Alexandria , Va. ) High School team , which was the second-ranked team in the nation and played under newly named head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — the only black head coach in Northern Virginia at the time .
The success of the film turned real team members into motivational speakers .
The Coast Guard Academy showed the movie in leadership development courses .
Inspiration was a viewing away .
“ Whenever anybody recognizes me , they want to talk about the impact it had on them , not just as one of their favorite movies , ” said actor Burgess Jenkins .
“ What I heard a lot from black and white kids is they found similar experiences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it did of depicting that and making it easier for them to tear down walls .
Teams watched the movie together , built morale , made them want to come together as teammates and friends .
What kind of movie makes an impact like that ?
” The subject matter was serious , yet the rare movie Suplee appeared in that he felt comfortable showing his children , following the suggestion of Disney Studios chairman Peter Schneider to eliminate expletives and racial slurs .
“ It wasn ’ t geared towards kids , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Suplee said .
“ Anyone could watch it and get something out of it.
” So , he moved in 1996 to be near family in Alexandria .
There , the screenwriter stumbled into a strange and beautiful sight .
“ I ’ m from a Navy family .
I ’ ve lived all over , ” Howard said .
“ This was the first time I lived in a city that was socially integrated after five .
Normally people work together , but after five o ’ clock they go their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to church together , socialized together , went to bars together .
I ’ d just never seen that level of integration .
“ As a newbie , I asked people , ‘ How is this possible ?
’ They said , ‘ You won ’ t believe this , but a football team integrated our town 25 years ago : The Singing Titans.
’ I said , ‘ I don ’ t believe it .
I ’ ve never heard of such a thing.
’ So , I did my research and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mile and a half from where I lived.
” Howard ’ s first meeting with Boone was blown off by the coach , believing the movie idea was a joke .
Players were equally skeptical .
“ Collectively , I think we all said , ‘ Bulls–t , ’ ” former Titans center Bob Luckett said .
“ There ’ s no one that ’ s gon na do a movie about us.
” For three months , Howard flew back and forth to Los Angeles to pitch the story , hearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough .
He decided to stop the pursuit .
Then , he heard a familiar tune while driving .
“ I got my burning bush when I turned on the radio and the [ Titans ’ ] theme song was playing — ‘ Na , na , na , na , hey , hey , hey , goodbye ’ — so I called my agent and I said , ‘ I ’ m gon na write it on spec.
’ He says , ’ You ’ re crazy.
’ I said , ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ’ ” Howard said .
“ I usually didn ’ t even turn on the radio .
If that song hadn ’ t been playing , there would have been no ‘ Titans.
’ I would have quit.
” Howard spent the next eight months working on a script .
“ It was scary .
I didn ’ t have any money coming in , ” Howard said .
“ But I strongly believed in it.
” The pages didn ’ t produce any more interest .
The rejections piled back up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I was really thinking about leaving the business , ” Howard said .
“ I felt if the industry didn ’ t want to make this then I was probably gon na leave and go to grad school and get a PhD and teach history.
” Howard finally received one response .
It was from Chad Oman , Bruckheimer ’ s junior producing partner .
“ Jerry always wanted to make a high school football movie .
He actually wanted ‘ Friday Night Lights , ’ but lost in the bidding war , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it for the astronomical sum of $ 20,000 .
I still didn ’ t think the movie was gon na get made.
” “ When I broke in seven years earlier , he was one of the first people I met .
He wasn ’ t Denzel with a capital ‘ D ’ back then , one of the biggest stars in Hollywood , ” Howard said .
“ I knew him enough to go visit him .
He was skeptical at first .
He had just done ‘ Hurricane ’ Carter .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ t know .
I just did a sports movie .
I ’ ll let my wife read it.
’ And his wife told him he had to do it.
” Filming in Georgia would commence in two weeks .
Training camp came first .
Each day would begin at 6 a.m .
Actors would put on jerseys , pads and helmets .
A group of ex-pros and college football players ran the drills , putting the cast through hours of authentic practice .
“ We were doing two-a-day practices in 95-degree heat , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] clearly had us do that to bond as a team .
It was a phenomenal experience and we really came together and built strong friendships that translated to the screen .
But those practice were absolutely brutal .
I was in a lot of pain .
There were a number of times we were throwing up out there.
” As if playing under Boone and assistant coach Bill Yoast , the young actors knew their place beside Washington and co-star Will Patton .
“ There was for sure a separation of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the adults who are very serious actors over there , ” Suplee said .
“ When [ Washington ] would come around , he demanded respect .
He was very much a coach and we were standing up a little taller , a little more professionally.
” Another future A-lister lurked in the locker room : 19-year-old Ryan Gosling .
“ Right away , I was incredibly impressed by him , ” Suplee said .
“ He made some character choices that I still am inspired by .
He had a very small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but he did some stuff that didn ’ t distract at all from the scenes , and yet planted himself and his character so firmly as part of the movie.
” At best , Bruckheimer believed the film — which spent $ 1 million on the memorable , Motown-heavy soundtrack— could make a small profit .
The famed producer was content breaking even .
He had “ Gone in 60 Seconds ” and “ Coyote Ugly ” also coming out in 2000 .
“ We got our two other movies that are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ” Howard recalled Bruckheimer saying .
“ It was just that we loved this movie and we wanted to make it.
” When he wasn ’ t on the sideline , Boone wanted to be on his boat .
The upgrade made it even more enjoyable .
“ When I met Boone , he had this little rickety boat I thought I would tip over .
After the movie , he had a 45-foot yacht because he was making so much money , ” Howard said .
“ They became celebrities in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through the nation ’ s eyes , Boone became a popular public speaker , who made as much as $ 12,000 an appearance .
Yoast cashed in , too , often appearing alongside his old friend .
“ Yoast called me every year and thanked me .
Herman kind of went off on an ego trip , ” Howard said .
“ He was a bit of a megalomaniac to begin with just the success of the football team.
” Some players profited , too .
Some were never mentioned on screen .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken with their lives .
Gerry Bertier ’ s car accident and paralysis serves as motivation before the title game , rather than occurring afterward , as it did in reality .
Boone is a new hire in the movie , but actually had been an assistant with the team for two years .
A bus driver , not Boone , made the emotional speech at Gettysburg .
Yoast had four daughters , not just Hayden Panettiere ’ s character .
The team also had been integrated six years prior — a three-school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despite Washington ’ s quote that other teams “ don ’ t have to worry about race , ” the Titans ’ opponents were integrated in real life , too .
Perhaps most understandable was the filming of a last-second , title-winning play , in lieu of the true 27-0 win .
“ There are some team members who think , well , it wasn ’ t exactly correct .
So what ?
Who else is telling any part of your life to the rest of the world ?
” former Titans linebacker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be proud that a four-month slice of your life got worldwide acclaim .
There ’ s no way you can take the lives of a 100 or so people and condense all of it into 90 minutes and tell everybody ’ s story exactly accurate.
” Much was , though , like when Julius Campbell ( Wood Harris ) visited Bertier ( Ryan Hurst ) in the hospital , and when Boone forced black and white players to sit together on bus rides .
“ I don ’ t like fictionalizing and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Real life doesn ’ t play out in the structure of a movie , ” Howard said .
“ It ’ s never going to be note perfect .
But the spirit has to be right .
I ’ d say , in terms of accuracy , it ’ s probably close to 80 percent .
I didn ’ t violate the spirit of the piece .
“ The toughest thing I had to do was when Jerry called me and said we had to cut out the sisters .
We talked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re cutting out half his family .
… Sheryl ’ s sisters got over it because Yoast was making so much money.
” In December 1971 , President Richard Nixon said , “ The Titans of Alexandria saved the City of Alexandria.
” In 2008 , Senator Barack Obama made a campaign stop at T.C .
Williams High School , praising the movie that made “ men cry.
” One was President Bill Clinton , who attended a premiere at Washington ’ s Uptown Theatre on Sept. 30 , 2000 .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , saying it ’ s about the workings about the heart and he gave an extemporaneous speech and it was wonderful , ” Howard said .
“ It just moved people and showed them how to deal with each other racially , which is what people still are trying to figure out today.
” Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was impacted , too .
Just days before his death in 2011 , Jobs asked future CEO Tim Cook to watch the movie at his house .
“ Tim said it was kind of strange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but they watched it and discussed it , ” Howard said .
“ It was his way of saying , ‘ You can be a bastard , like Herman Boone , and I was , and it ’ s for a greater good.
’ ” Boone died in December , seven months after Yoast passed away , 11 months after losing Campbell .
The firsthand stories are fading , but the message never ages .
“ The movie is timeless , as applicable then as it is today , as it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Suplee said .
“ We have to stay on top of remembering these kinds of things so we don ’ t make these mistakes again.
” It was the movie no one wanted to make .
It was the movie no one thought would be made .
“ As teenagers , we didn ’ t know it was bigger than just playing football , ” Littlejohn said .
“ When we talk to kids now , sometimes we tell them , ‘ You never know what aspect of your life could be in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That might say something about how you should live .
What kind of movie do you want to be made about your life ?
”

It was another star-studded Saturday night in Southern California.
The limos arrived. The celebrities strolled down the red carpet. The cameras flashed. The Blue Angels flew overhead.
The Rose Bowl premiere would be the granddaddy of them all, packed with tens of thousands of people, viewing massive projection screens placed on the field.
Disney spent $3 million on the affair. The audience would remember the Titans.
“It was by far the craziest premiere I’ve ever been to,” veteran actor Ethan Suplee said. “It was the most people I’ve ever seen watch a movie in my life. It was at that point that I realized, ‘Oh, this movie is a really big deal. They must be excited about it to throw this kind of a coming out party.’ ”
Executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer was in the midst of making a string of incredibly profitable movies, including “Bad Boys,” “Dangerous Minds,” “The Rock,” “Con Air” and “Armageddon.”
None of his test screenings ever went as well as “Remember the Titans.”
“Titans tested higher than any movie Jerry had ever made,” screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard said. “They knew it was a hit.”
It was the movie no one wanted to make. It was the movie no one thought would be made.
“Remember the Titans” was released 20 years ago Tuesday, grossing $136.7 million on a $30 million budget.
“That was just the beginning. It sold 20 million [units] in DVDs, when they were at their apex,” Howard said. “Almost everyone in America has seen it. I’m not exaggerating when I say that. Even today, they run it on basic cable relentlessly. I still get the residual checks.”
Football — and star Denzel Washington — attracted the audience. The heartwarming tale of racial healing extended the movie’s life span, based on the undefeated 1971 T.C. Williams (Alexandria, Va.) High School team, which was the second-ranked team in the nation and played under newly named head coach Herman Boone — played by Washington — the only black head coach in Northern Virginia at the time.
The success of the film turned real team members into motivational speakers. The Coast Guard Academy showed the movie in leadership development courses. Inspiration was a viewing away.
“Whenever anybody recognizes me, they want to talk about the impact it had on them, not just as one of their favorite movies,” said actor Burgess Jenkins. “What I heard a lot from black and white kids is they found similar experiences through sports and what a great job it did of depicting that and making it easier for them to tear down walls. Teams watched the movie together, built morale, made them want to come together as teammates and friends. What kind of movie makes an impact like that?”
The subject matter was serious, yet the rare movie Suplee appeared in that he felt comfortable showing his children, following the suggestion of Disney Studios chairman Peter Schneider to eliminate expletives and racial slurs.
“It wasn’t geared towards kids, but the entry level was anyone,” Suplee said. “Anyone could watch it and get something out of it.”
Howard hated Hollywood.
So, he moved in 1996 to be near family in Alexandria. There, the screenwriter stumbled into a strange and beautiful sight.
“I’m from a Navy family. I’ve lived all over,” Howard said. “This was the first time I lived in a city that was socially integrated after five. Normally people work together, but after five o’clock they go their separate ways. Here, people went to church together, socialized together, went to bars together. I’d just never seen that level of integration.
“As a newbie, I asked people, ‘How is this possible?’ They said, ‘You won’t believe this, but a football team integrated our town 25 years ago: The Singing Titans.’ I said, ‘I don’t believe it. I’ve never heard of such a thing.’ So, I did my research and found out T.C. Williams High was a mile and a half from where I lived.”
Howard’s first meeting with Boone was blown off by the coach, believing the movie idea was a joke. Players were equally skeptical.
“Collectively, I think we all said, ‘Bulls–t,’ ” former Titans center Bob Luckett said. “There’s no one that’s gonna do a movie about us.”
No studio wanted to.
For three months, Howard flew back and forth to Los Angeles to pitch the story, hearing one rejection after another. He heard enough. He decided to stop the pursuit. Then, he heard a familiar tune while driving.
“I got my burning bush when I turned on the radio and the [Titans’] theme song was playing — ‘Na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey, goodbye’ — so I called my agent and I said, ‘I’m gonna write it on spec.’ He says, ’You’re crazy.’ I said, ‘I know but I got a sign,’ ” Howard said. “I usually didn’t even turn on the radio. If that song hadn’t been playing, there would have been no ‘Titans.’ I would have quit.”
Howard spent the next eight months working on a script.
“It was scary. I didn’t have any money coming in,” Howard said. “But I strongly believed in it.”
The pages didn’t produce any more interest. The rejections piled back up.
“I was so depressed. I was really thinking about leaving the business,” Howard said. “I felt if the industry didn’t want to make this then I was probably gonna leave and go to grad school and get a PhD and teach history.”
Howard finally received one response. It was from Chad Oman, Bruckheimer’s junior producing partner.
“Jerry always wanted to make a high school football movie. He actually wanted ‘Friday Night Lights,’ but lost in the bidding war,” Howard said. “They optioned it for the astronomical sum of $20,000. I still didn’t think the movie was gonna get made.”
Then, Washington was attached.
“When I broke in seven years earlier, he was one of the first people I met. He wasn’t Denzel with a capital ‘D’ back then, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood,” Howard said. “I knew him enough to go visit him. He was skeptical at first. He had just done ‘Hurricane’ Carter. He said, ‘I don’t know. I just did a sports movie. I’ll let my wife read it.’ And his wife told him he had to do it.”
Filming in Georgia would commence in two weeks. Training camp came first.
Each day would begin at 6 a.m. Actors would put on jerseys, pads and helmets. A group of ex-pros and college football players ran the drills, putting the cast through hours of authentic practice.
“We were doing two-a-day practices in 95-degree heat,” Jenkins said. “[Bruckheimer] clearly had us do that to bond as a team. It was a phenomenal experience and we really came together and built strong friendships that translated to the screen. But those practice were absolutely brutal. I was in a lot of pain. There were a number of times we were throwing up out there.”
As if playing under Boone and assistant coach Bill Yoast, the young actors knew their place beside Washington and co-star Will Patton.
“There was for sure a separation of the young guys goofing off over here and the adults who are very serious actors over there,” Suplee said. “When [Washington] would come around, he demanded respect. He was very much a coach and we were standing up a little taller, a little more professionally.”
Another future A-lister lurked in the locker room: 19-year-old Ryan Gosling.
“Right away, I was incredibly impressed by him,” Suplee said. “He made some character choices that I still am inspired by. He had a very small role with not a lot of lines, but he did some stuff that didn’t distract at all from the scenes, and yet planted himself and his character so firmly as part of the movie.”
At best, Bruckheimer believed the film — which spent $1 million on the memorable, Motown-heavy soundtrack— could make a small profit. The famed producer was content breaking even. He had “Gone in 60 Seconds” and “Coyote Ugly” also coming out in 2000.
“We got our two other movies that are gonna make money this year,’ ” Howard recalled Bruckheimer saying. “It was just that we loved this movie and we wanted to make it.”
When he wasn’t on the sideline, Boone wanted to be on his boat.
The upgrade made it even more enjoyable.
“When I met Boone, he had this little rickety boat I thought I would tip over. After the movie, he had a 45-foot yacht because he was making so much money,” Howard said. “They became celebrities in their own right.”
Seen as Washington through the nation’s eyes, Boone became a popular public speaker, who made as much as $12,000 an appearance. Yoast cashed in, too, often appearing alongside his old friend.
“Yoast called me every year and thanked me. Herman kind of went off on an ego trip,” Howard said. “He was a bit of a megalomaniac to begin with just the success of the football team.”
Some players profited, too. Some were never mentioned on screen. Some were bothered with the creative license taken with their lives.
Gerry Bertier’s car accident and paralysis serves as motivation before the title game, rather than occurring afterward, as it did in reality. Boone is a new hire in the movie, but actually had been an assistant with the team for two years. A bus driver, not Boone, made the emotional speech at Gettysburg. Yoast had four daughters, not just Hayden Panettiere’s character.
The team also had been integrated six years prior — a three-school merger took place in 1971 — and despite Washington’s quote that other teams “don’t have to worry about race,” the Titans’ opponents were integrated in real life, too.
Perhaps most understandable was the filming of a last-second, title-winning play, in lieu of the true 27-0 win.
“There are some team members who think, well, it wasn’t exactly correct. So what? Who else is telling any part of your life to the rest of the world?” former Titans linebacker Rufus Littlejohn said. “You should be proud that a four-month slice of your life got worldwide acclaim. There’s no way you can take the lives of a 100 or so people and condense all of it into 90 minutes and tell everybody’s story exactly accurate.”
Much was, though, like when Julius Campbell (Wood Harris) visited Bertier (Ryan Hurst) in the hospital, and when Boone forced black and white players to sit together on bus rides.
“I don’t like fictionalizing and I only do it when I have to. Real life doesn’t play out in the structure of a movie,” Howard said. “It’s never going to be note perfect. But the spirit has to be right. I’d say, in terms of accuracy, it’s probably close to 80 percent. I didn’t violate the spirit of the piece.
“The toughest thing I had to do was when Jerry called me and said we had to cut out the sisters. We talked to Yoast and he cried. We’re cutting out half his family. … Sheryl’s sisters got over it because Yoast was making so much money.”
In December 1971, President Richard Nixon said, “The Titans of Alexandria saved the City of Alexandria.” In 2008, Senator Barack Obama made a campaign stop at T.C. Williams High School, praising the movie that made “men cry.”
One was President Bill Clinton, who attended a premiere at Washington’s Uptown Theatre on Sept. 30, 2000.
“Bill had been crying during the movie, saying it’s about the workings about the heart and he gave an extemporaneous speech and it was wonderful,” Howard said. “It just moved people and showed them how to deal with each other racially, which is what people still are trying to figure out today.”
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was impacted, too. Just days before his death in 2011, Jobs asked future CEO Tim Cook to watch the movie at his house.
“Tim said it was kind of strange because Jobs was not a sports fan, but they watched it and discussed it,” Howard said. “It was his way of saying, ‘You can be a bastard, like Herman Boone, and I was, and it’s for a greater good.’ ”
Boone died in December, seven months after Yoast passed away, 11 months after losing Campbell.
The firsthand stories are fading, but the message never ages.
“The movie is timeless, as applicable then as it is today, as it will be 50 years from now,” Suplee said. “We have to stay on top of remembering these kinds of things so we don’t make these mistakes again.”
It was the movie no one wanted to make. It was the movie no one thought would be made.
“As teenagers, we didn’t know it was bigger than just playing football,” Littlejohn said. “When we talk to kids now, sometimes we tell them, ‘You never know what aspect of your life could be in a movie.’ Think about that. That might say something about how you should live. What kind of movie do you want to be made about your life?”


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Amazon’s new gadget lets you pay with the palm of your hand

Amazon is getting into palm-reading — but it wants to sell you groceries rather than tell your fortune .
The e-commerce colossus unveiled a new gadget Tuesday that will let shoppers pay with the palms of their hands at its retail stores .
The so-called Amazon One device uses high-tech imaging and algorithms to create a “ unique palm signature ” based on the hand ’ s ridges , lines and other features .
The system links that imprint to a credit card that the shopper inserts into the machine .
Amazon has installed the system at two of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shoppers can scan their palms before entering instead of using a smartphone app .
The company plans to expand the technology to more of its stores in the coming months and said it ’ s in “ active discussions ” with several potential outside customers .
“ We believe Amazon One has broad applicability beyond our retail stores , so we also plan to offer the service to third parties like retailers , stadiums , and office buildings so that more people can benefit from this ease and convenience in more places , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vice president of physical retail and technology , wrote in a blog post .
The gadget builds on the “ Just Walk Out ” technology that Amazon uses in its Go stores , which detects the items shoppers pick up and charges them once they leave without the need for a checkout line .
Amazon is planning to expand the cashier-less technology to the Whole Foods grocery chain it owns , as The Post reported last month .
While using your hand as a credit card may sound a bit dystopian , Kumar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than other “ biometric ” identifiers because you can ’ t tell a person ’ s identity just by looking at their palm .
The palm images Amazon One uses are encrypted and stored in a “ highly secure ” cloud , and customers can request to have their palm data deleted , Kumar said .
The system “ requires someone to make an intentional gesture by holding their palm over the device to use , ” he wrote .
“ And it ’ s contactless , which we think customers will appreciate @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Amazon is getting into palm-reading — but it wants to sell you groceries rather than tell your fortune.
The e-commerce colossus on Thursday officially announced a new device which will allow shoppers to pay for groceries at retail stores using the palms of their hands, a year after The Post first reported that the project was in the works.
The so-called Amazon One device uses high-tech imaging and algorithms to create a “unique palm signature” based on the ridges, lines and veins in each person’s hand.
The system, which the company has rolled out at two of its Amazon Go stores in Seattle, uses the biometric information to link each hand to a credit card the shopper has on file.
“We believe Amazon One has broad applicability beyond our retail stores, so we also plan to offer the service to third parties like retailers, stadiums, and office buildings so that more people can benefit from this ease and convenience in more places,” Dilip Kumar, Amazon’s vice president of physical retail and technology, wrote in a blog post.
The Post reported last year that Amazon’s ultimate goal is to roll out its hand scanners at all Whole Foods supermarkets.
At the time, an Amazon spokesperson refused to answer The Post’s questions about the technology, which at the time was codenamed “Project Orville,” saying “we don’t comment on rumors or speculation.”
While a regular card transaction typically takes between three and four seconds, Amazon’s new technology can process the charge in less than 300 milliseconds, a person familiar with the project said.
“Retailers have always been interested in faster checkout,” Majd Maksad, founder and CEO of Status Money, a personal finance site, told The Post at the time. “You only have to walk into Whole Foods to see the massive lines of people waiting to check out. It’s a massive friction point.”
If successful, the technology also could help encourage consumers to spend more when they visit Whole Foods, he said.
“People tend to spend more when they don’t have the experience of touching something tangible like money,” Maksad said. “The utility of money becomes more ephemeral.”
The gadget builds on the “Just Walk Out” technology that Amazon uses in its Go stores, which detects the items shoppers pick up and charges them once they leave without the need for a checkout line.
Amazon is also planning to expand the cashier-less technology to the Whole Foods, as The Post reported last month.
The palm images Amazon One uses are encrypted and stored in a “highly secure” cloud, and customers can request to have their palm data deleted, Kumar said.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--How NYC restaurants are prepping for indoor dining: Poles, Plexiglas, UV lights

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Big Apple restaurants say that safety is their main dish as they gear up to launch indoor dining on Sept. 30 for the first time in six months.
Thousands of places know that their customers are still nervous about catching the coronavirus indoors despite the city’s low infection rate — so they’re going the last mile to make the eating experience as safe as it can be.
At Asian jumbo Buddakan at 75 Ninth Ave. in Chelsea, managers will have 6-foot-long poles handy to show that tables are properly spaced under state and city rules if customers or inspectors complain. “The pole doesn’t lie,” said owner Stephen Starr.
Bluestone Lanes’ Kenmare Street and Greenwich Avenue locations installed “Far-UVC technology,” a type of ultraviolet light, to inactivate bacteria and viruses on clothing to augment the coffee cafes’ air-filtration systems.
Williamsburg’s massive Ainslie saved its communal tables from extinction by limiting them to eight customers each and separating parties with moveable Plexiglas dividers — although it might make thing less communal.
All of the eateries will abide by strict legal requirements. They include a maximum of 25% of legal capacity, enhanced air-filtration systems, temperature checks for customers, masks to be worn at all times except when at tables, and a midnight curfew.
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Bad news for boozers, but good news for everyone’s safety: There’ll be no service at bars inside the restaurants, although there are no drink restrictions at tables.
There’s no firm count of how many places will be open indoors. But Andrew Rigie, executive director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, said that most of the 10,300 restaurants that have had outdoor dining since last summer would reopen their doors.
Some exalted eateries won’t join the party just yet. Top-rated steakhouse Porter House New York at Time Warner Center will wait until the state allows 50% capacity hopefully by Nov. 1, said chef/owner Michael Lomonaco. “The numbers just didn’t work for us at 25%,” he said.
Also sitting it out is Keith McNally’s iconic Balthazar, which will reopen “as soon as possible,” a rep said.
But it’s full-speed-ahead at most, but not all, places run by top restaurateurs such as Stephen Starr, Danny Meyer, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Daniel Boulud and Shelly Fireman. There’s a last-minute rush to get on board by independent operators. Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Midtown announced on Tuesday that it’s reopening indoors after months of closure that many feared would be permanent.
At Starr’s Buddakan, Upland, Pastis, El Vez and La Mercerie, “We’re following the letter of the law,” he said. He has practice: His Philadelphia restaurants have been serving inside for months under rules similar to New York’s without a problem.
Eric Ripert’s three-Michelin-star Le Bernardin is almost fully booked for two seatings nightly, or about 110 people at each seating for the next two weeks. “We have a long waiting list, too,” Ripert said.
Other owners said they won’t know how popular indoors will be for a few weeks. While some food-lovers are panting to eat indoors again, others are keeping their distance for the time being.
Gianfranco Sorrentino, managing partner of Midtown power-scene Il Gattopardo, said he has Wednesday bookings for 20 of the Italian eatery’s 70 seats it can use under the 25% rule.
“We even have some small parties for the first week in October,” he said, noting that they’ll be strictly limited in size.
Tamarind Tribeca owner Avtar Walia divided his 11,000-square-foot Indian palace into four sections on the main floor and mezzanine. “We have so much room, and we want people to be comfortable,” Walia said. “We already have 60 reservations for the first night.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Teacher sentenced to death for poisoning kids with nitrite-laced porridge

A monstrous kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning 25 children — one of whom died — with breakfast porridge laced with sodium nitrite as revenge after a fight with a colleague , according to reports .
The court in Jiaozuo on Monday described Mengmeng Kindergarten teacher Wang Yun as “ despicable and vicious ” for putting the toxic compound into the children ’ s food , the Global Times reported .
“ She should be punished severely in accordance with the law , ” the ruling by the Intermediate People ’ s Court said about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incident after she and another teacher had “ argued over student management issues , ’ according to the BBC .
Sodium nitrite , which is often used as a food additive for curing meat , is a highly toxic substance that also is found in fertilizers , munitions and explosives .
In high amounts , it can prevent the body from properly absorbing oxygen .
A parent told the state-run tabloid Global Times that he rushed to the kindergarten after getting a call that his child had vomited and fainted , CNN reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( their ) pants .
There were other children who were also throwing up , and they looked pale , ” said the father , surnamed Li , according to the report .
One of the poisoned kids died in a hospital 10 months after the poisoning , the BBC reported .
“ The kids said the porridge tasted salty , ” one parent told the Beijing News , according to the Global Times .
The court said Wang also used sodium nitrite , which she bought online , on her husband after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minor injuries when he drank from a cup in that incident .
Wang is expected to die by lethal injection or firing squad .

A monstrous kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning 25 children — one of whom died — with breakfast porridge laced with sodium nitrite as revenge after a fight with a colleague, according to reports.
The court in Jiaozuo on Monday described Mengmeng Kindergarten teacher Wang Yun as “despicable and vicious” for putting the toxic compound into the children’s food, the Global Times reported.
“She should be punished severely in accordance with the law,” the ruling by the Intermediate People’s Court said about the ghoulish March 27, 2019, incident after she and another teacher had “argued over student management issues,’ according to the BBC.
Sodium nitrite, which is often used as a food additive for curing meat, is a highly toxic substance that also is found in fertilizers, munitions and explosives. In high amounts, it can prevent the body from properly absorbing oxygen.
A parent told the state-run tabloid Global Times that he rushed to the kindergarten after getting a call that his child had vomited and fainted, CNN reported.
“The vomit was all over (their) pants. There were other children who were also throwing up, and they looked pale,” said the father, surnamed Li, according to the report.
One of the poisoned kids died in a hospital 10 months after the poisoning, the BBC reported.
“The kids said the porridge tasted salty,” one parent told the Beijing News, according to the Global Times.
The court said Wang also used sodium nitrite, which she bought online, on her husband after an argument in 2017. He suffered minor injuries when he drank from a cup in that incident.
Wang is expected to die by lethal injection or firing squad.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Trump denies ‘ridiculous’ report that he wanted Ivanka to be his running mate

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President Trump is calling reports claiming he wanted his daughter Ivanka Trump to be his 2016 running mate “ ridiculous.
” “ Now Fake News @ CNN is actually reporting that I wanted my daughter , Ivanka , to run with me as my Vice President in 2016 Election .
Wrong and totally ridiculous , ” the president said on Twitter shortly before midnight Monday .
“ These people are sick !
” CNN reported about the vice president story based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington Post .
Both publications cited information contained in a new book , “ Wicked Game , ” being released on Oct. 13 by Trump ’ s former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates .
According to Gates ’ book , top campaign aides in June 2016 were considering who Trump , then the presumptive Republican presidential nominee , should pick as his running mate .
“ I think it should be Ivanka .
What about Ivanka as my VP ?
” Trump allegedly asked the group , adding “ She ’ s bright @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s beautiful , and the people would love her !
” Gates claims Trump continued to press for his eldest daughter , who then was a fashion company executive , to run as his vice president and appeared cool to picking then-Indiana Gov .
Mike Pence , even after the campaign team polled the idea twice .
Ivanka Trump finally put an end to the conjecture when she told her father that it wouldn ’ t be a good idea .
The Trump campaign shot down the story when it was first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not true and there was never any such poll , ” Tim Murtaugh , the campaign ’ s communication director , said .
Ivanka Trump , like her husband , Jared Kushner , are both senior White House aides , and the first daughter has been playing a major role in her father ’ s 2020 campaign .
Gates , an associate of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort , pleaded guilty in February 2018 to lying to federal investigators about lobbying work he and Manafort did with Ukraine before joining the Trump campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in prison , but the term was suspended in April because of the coronavirus .

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President Trump is calling reports claiming he wanted his daughter Ivanka Trump to be his 2016 running mate “ridiculous.”
“Now Fake News @CNN is actually reporting that I wanted my daughter, Ivanka, to run with me as my Vice President in 2016 Election. Wrong and totally ridiculous,” the president said on Twitter shortly before midnight Monday. “These people are sick!”
CNN reported about the running mate story based on earlier reporting by Bloomberg News and the Washington Post.
Both publications cited information contained in a new book, “Wicked Game,” being released on Oct. 13 by Trump’s former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates.
According to Gates’ book, top campaign aides in June 2016 were considering whom Trump, then the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, should pick as his running mate.
“I think it should be Ivanka. What about Ivanka as my VP?” Trump allegedly asked the group, adding, “She’s bright, she’s smart, she’s beautiful, and the people would love her!”
Gates claims Trump continued to press for his elder daughter, who then was a fashion company executive, to run as his vice president and appeared cool to picking then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, even after the campaign team polled the idea twice.
Ivanka Trump finally put an end to the conjecture when she told her father that choosing her wouldn’t be a good idea.
The Trump campaign shot down the story when it was first reported last week.
“This is not true and there was never any such poll,” said Tim Murtaugh, the campaign’s communication director.
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, are both senior White House aides, and the first daughter has been playing a major role in her father’s 2020 campaign.
Gates, an associate of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, pleaded guilty in February 2018 to lying to federal investigators about lobbying work he and Manafort did with Ukraine before joining the Trump campaign.
He was sentenced to 45 days in prison, but the term was suspended in April because of the coronavirus.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--New book ‘The Meaning of Mariah Carey’ reveals shocking family secrets

Get ready to sip the tea , dahlings — as only Mariah Carey can brew it .
The superstar pop diva is serving all the dish that you can eat up in her much-anticipated memoir , “ The Meaning of Mariah Carey , ” out on Tuesday .
It ’ s the first release of a big Mimi week : She ’ ll also drop a new album , “ The Rarities ” — a collection of previously unreleased recordings — on Friday .
But by then , loyal Lambs — as Carey ’ s faithful fans are called — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the star from reading her book .
Here are 10 juicy highlights , from the singer getting drugged by her sister and held at knifepoint by her husband to the sad story behind her becoming the Queen of Christmas .
Growing up biracial , with a white mother and a black father , Carey didn ’ t feel that she belonged — or even deserved to exist .
“ There was a time in my early childhood when I didn ’ t believe I was worthy of being alive , ” she writes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contemplate ending my life but just old enough to know I hadn ’ t begun living nor found where I belonged .
Nowhere in my world did I see anyone who looked like me or reflected how I felt inside.
” 2 .
She grew up in a violent household She writes in the book that her “ broken ” big brother , Morgan , was violent and abusive — to the point that one night , a 6-year-old Carey had to call the cops after her teenage sibling hurt their mother .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ my best to calmly tell her , ‘ My brother really hurt my mother , and I ’ m home alone .
Please come help.
’ … One of the cops , looking down at me but speaking to another cop beside him , said , ‘ If this kid makes it , it ’ ll be a miracle.
’ And that night , I became less of a kid and more of a miracle , ” she writes .
Carey writes that of her mother ’ s lovers threatened to kill her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ He was holding a long double-barreled shotgun in one of his hands , ” she writes .
“ ‘ I ’ m not going to let you guys go , ’ he said .
‘ I ’ m going to chop you up and put you in the refrigerator and make you guys stay here.
’ Well , after he said that , I rushed to get into the car .
My mother started the engine.
” 4 .
Her sister drugged her and left her prey to her boyfriend when she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book that , when she was only 12 , her older sister Alison drugged her with a whole Valium and left a young MC prey to one of her boyfriends , who was packing a pistol on a creepy car ride .
“ John , his gun , and I made two stops : a card game and a drive-in movie , ” she writes .
“ John put his arm around me .
My body went stiff .
My eyes were fixed on his gun .
John pushed in closer and forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was nauseous and scared ; I felt immobilized.
” But thankfully , she was saved by an elderly man “ peering directly into John ’ s car … I committed that man ’ s face to memory.
” 5 .
She called living with her ex-husband a prison She would keep a “ to go ” bag under the bed she shared with her ex-husband — and former label head — Tommy Mottola at their Bedford , New York compound , which she referred to as “ Sing Sing.
” “ I would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in case I had to make a quick escape , ” she writes .
“ Captivity and control come in many forms , but the goal is always the same — to break down the captive ’ s will , to kill any notion of self-worth and erase the person ’ s memory of their own soul … But thankfully , I smuggled myself out bit by bit , through the lyrics of my songs.
” 6 .
She claims her ex threatened her with a knife Carey says that Mottola once held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to leave him .
“ I was sitting still , looking down at the table , when Tommy walked over and picked up the butter knife from the place setting in front of me , ” she writes .
“ He pressed the flat side of it against my right cheek…Tommy held the knife there .
His boys watched and didn ’ t say a word … That was his last show with me as the captive audience at Sing Sing.
” The Post has reached out to Mottola for comment .
Carey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anniversaries ” instead of birthdays , breaks down her concept of time in the preface .
“ Once I got my record deal I exhaled , and my life began , ” she writes .
“ From that day on , I calculated my life through albums , creative experiences , professional accomplishments , and holidays .
I live Christmas to Christmas , celebration to celebration , festive moment to festive moment , not counting my birthdays or ages … Why ruin the journey by watching the clock and the ticking away of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Want for Christmas Is You ” maintained her love for all things Xmas despite her family playing Scrooge as a child .
“ I couldn ’ t fathom why every year , they just had to ruin Christmas , ” she writes .
“ I set about creating my own little magical , merry world of Christmas … All I needed was a shower of glitter and a full church choir to back me up .
My imaginary Christmas was filled with Santa Claus , reindeer , snowmen , and all the bells @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dreams could hold.
” 9 .
She knew she was a musician at 3 years old Carey was born to be a diva — in every sense of the word .
She got it from her mama , a Juilliard-trained opera singer .
“ One day , while practicing an aria from the opera ‘ Rigoletto , ’ she kept stumbling on this one part , ” she writes .
“ I sang it back to her , in perfect Italian .
I might have been three years old .
She looked at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment I knew she saw me .
I was more than a little girl to her .
I was Mariah .
A musician.
” Her infamous “ TRL ” appearance in 2001 — rolling an ice-cream cart and rocking a “ Loverboy ” t-shirt — was a stunt gone awry .
“ It was an innocent and silly stunt and highly unrehearsed , ” she writes .
“ I was hoping Carson Day would play off of me , riff , and involve the audience … But he didn ’ t play along @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the time .
Any idea was good at that time .
I was like a stand-up comic who bombed a set .
”

Get ready to sip the tea, dahlings — as only Mariah Carey can brew it.
The superstar pop diva is serving all the dish that you can eat up in her much-anticipated memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” out on Tuesday. It’s the first release of a big Mimi week: She’ll also drop a new album, “The Rarities” — a collection of previously unreleased recordings — on Friday.
But by then, loyal Lambs — as Carey’s faithful fans are called — will know a lot more secrets about the star, in addition to the previously revealed book details about her family treating her like “an ATM machine with a wig on,” as she told Oprah, and her fling with Derek Jeter. Here are 10 juicy highlights, from the singer getting drugged by her sister and held at knifepoint by her husband to the sad story behind her becoming the Queen of Christmas.
1. She felt she didn’t belong
Growing up biracial, with a white mother and a black father, Carey didn’t feel that she belonged — or even deserved to exist.
“There was a time in my early childhood when I didn’t believe I was worthy of being alive,” she writes. “I was too young to contemplate ending my life but just old enough to know I hadn’t begun living nor found where I belonged. Nowhere in my world did I see anyone who looked like me or reflected how I felt inside.”
2. She grew up in a violent household
She writes in the book that her “broken” big brother, Morgan, was violent and abusive — to the point that one night, a 6-year-old Carey had to call the cops after her teenage sibling hurt their mother. “Choking in tears, I did my best to calmly tell her, ‘My brother really hurt my mother, and I’m home alone. Please come help.’ … One of the cops, looking down at me but speaking to another cop beside him, said, ‘If this kid makes it, it’ll be a miracle.’ And that night, I became less of a kid and more of a miracle,” she writes.
3. She survived an alleged murder attempt
Carey writes that one of her mother’s lovers threatened to kill her and her mom for leaving him. “He was holding a long double-barreled shotgun in one of his hands,” she writes. “‘I’m not going to let you guys go,’ he said. ‘I’m going to chop you up and put you in the refrigerator and make you guys stay here.’ Well, after he said that, I rushed to get into the car. My mother started the engine.”
4. Her sister drugged her and left her prey to her boyfriend when she was a pre-teen
Carey claims in the book that, when she was only 12, her older sister Alison drugged her with a whole Valium and left a young MC prey to one of her boyfriends, who was packing a pistol on a creepy car ride.
“John, his gun, and I made two stops: a card game and a drive-in movie,” she writes. “John put his arm around me. My body went stiff. My eyes were fixed on his gun. John pushed in closer and forced a hard kiss on me. I was nauseous and scared; I felt immobilized.” But thankfully, she was saved by an elderly man “peering directly into John’s car … I committed that man’s face to memory.”
5. She called living with her ex-husband a prison
She would keep a “to go” bag under the bed she shared with her ex-husband — and former label head — Tommy Mottola at their Bedford, New York, compound, which she referred to as “Sing Sing.” “I would keep my purse filled with essentials just in case I had to make a quick escape,” she writes. “Captivity and control come in many forms, but the goal is always the same — to break down the captive’s will, to kill any notion of self-worth and erase the person’s memory of their own soul … But thankfully, I smuggled myself out bit by bit, through the lyrics of my songs.”
6. She claims her ex threatened her with a knife
Carey says Mottola once held a knife on her when she wanted to leave him. “I was sitting still, looking down at the table, when Tommy walked over and picked up the butter knife from the place setting in front of me,” she writes. “He pressed the flat side of it against my right cheek … Tommy held the knife there. His boys watched and didn’t say a word … That was his last show with me as the captive audience at Sing Sing.”
Mottola, who publicly apologized to Carey in 2013, told The Post: “I am deeply gratified to have played that role in Mariah’s well-deserved and remarkable success, and continue to wish her and her family only the very best.
7. She lives “Christmas to Christmas”
Carey, who is famous for celebrating “anniversaries” instead of birthdays, breaks down her concept of time in the preface.
“Once I got my record deal I exhaled, and my life began,” she writes. “From that day on, I calculated my life through albums, creative experiences, professional accomplishments, and holidays. I live Christmas to Christmas, celebration to celebration, festive moment to festive moment, not counting my birthdays or ages … Why ruin the journey by watching the clock and the ticking away of years?”
8. Christmas wasn’t a happy time growing up
Miss “All I Want for Christmas Is You” maintained her love for all things Xmas despite her family playing Scrooge as a child. “I couldn’t fathom why every year, they just had to ruin Christmas,” she writes. “I set about creating my own little magical, merry world of Christmas … All I needed was a shower of glitter and a full church choir to back me up. My imaginary Christmas was filled with Santa Claus, reindeer, snowmen, and all the bells and trimmings a little girl’s dreams could hold.”
9. She knew she was a musician at 3 years old
Carey was born to be a diva — in every sense of the word. She got it from her mama, a Juilliard-trained opera singer.
“One day, while practicing an aria from the opera ‘Rigoletto,’ she kept stumbling on this one part,” she writes. “I sang it back to her, in perfect Italian. I might have been three years old. She looked at me, stunned, and at that moment I knew she saw me. I was more than a little girl to her. I was Mariah. A musician.”
10. Her 2001 ‘TRL’ appearance was a ‘stunt’
Her infamous “TRL” appearance in 2001 — rolling an ice cream cart and rocking a “Loverboy” T-shirt — was a stunt gone awry. “It was an innocent and silly stunt and highly unrehearsed,” she writes. “I was hoping Carson Daly would play off of me, riff, and involve the audience … But he didn’t play along … It seemed like a good idea at the time. Any idea was good at that time. I was like a stand-up comic who bombed a set.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--12 injured in Washington Heights apartment building blaze

A police investigation has been launched into the alleged ballot ...

Twelve people were hurt — one seriously — in a Washington Heights fire early Tuesday, according to the FDNY.
The blaze broke out on the fifth floor of the six-story apartment building on West 158th Street near Broadway around 4:30 a.m., officials said.
A dozen civilians were hurt — one of them with serious injuries, four with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and seven with minor injuries, the FDNY said.
The second-alarm blaze drew 25 units with 106 firefighters to the scene.
Firefighters were still on scene Tuesday morning.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Conor McGregor, Dana White feud escalates after exposed messages broke ‘man code’

Conor McGregor says he is returning to the ring .
The ...

It may just be Conor McGregor vs. Dana White in the octagon soon.
On Sunday morning, McGregor tweeted that White should “stop lying,” in reference to comments White has previously made about the former double champion’s desire to fight in a potential boxing match against Manny Pacquiao.
Just two days earlier, McGregor took to Twitter to post several screenshots of Instagram direct messages between him and White from earlier this year. The screenshots, which have since been deleted, revealed that McGregor wanted to stay active this year and schedule at least three fights.
The 32-year-old McGregor brought up potential 2020 fights with top lightweight contender Justin Gaethje, as well as Diego Sanchez. White dismissed the notion of a Sanchez fight in one of his replies.
Having fought just once this year, a knockout victory over Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 in January, McGregor said coming into 2020 that he wanted to have a “season” with three fights. That obviously did not happen in part due to the coronavirus pandemic as well as disagreements with the UFC.
In an Instagram post Saturday, McGregor wrote that it was “borderline criminal” that he has been kept on the sidelines. McGregor did announced on Twitter in June that he was retired from the UFC. He also tweeted Friday that he plans to fight Pacquiao in boxing next. And on Monday night, he exchanged tweets with Dustin Poirier in which the two discussed a potential charity exhibition fight.
“The biggest number generator in the game asking for four fights since February this year and getting left on seen,” McGregor wrote on Instagram. “It’s pretty f–ked up when I keep thinking of it. I’ve been right here this whole time.”
White responded to the McGregor drama — and specifically the screenshots of their messages — at the UFC 253 post-fight news conference early Sunday morning in Abu Dhabi.
“This is some man-code stuff,” White told reporters at UFC 253 over the weekend. “It’s just something you don’t do. It’s one of the dirtiest things you can do.”
As far the Pacquiao fight is concerned, White said, “I have no idea.”
“You guys have been asking me about Conor McGregor forever,” White told reporters. “Did you see Conor McGregor’s tweet? The retirement tweet. ‘I’m retired.'”
McGregor, who is still under contract with the UFC, continued to blast White Sunday, tweeting that it was White who violated the code when he lied about him “turning down fights” earlier this year. McGregor also claims that White is aware of the potential Pacquiao fight and that he has the “legal letters” to prove it.
In order to go through with the boxing match against Pacquiao, McGregor would need the promotion’s approval.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Minneapolis police probing alleged ballot harvesting plot helping Rep. Omar

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A police investigation has been launched into the alleged ballot harvesting plot helping progressive “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar.
“ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER FRAUD BEING EVALUATED,” the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) announced on Twitter Monday, hours after President Trump called for an investigation into the “misdeeds.”
“The MPD is aware of the allegations of vote harvesting. We are in the process of looking into the validity of those statements,” the department said.
The force added that “no further information is available at this time,” including whether the Democratic congresswoman would be involved in the initial investigation.
The probe surrounds a video posted by Project Veritas late Sunday, in which Liban Mohamed, the brother of Minneapolis City Council member Jamal Osman, is shown with ballots filling his car’s dashboard.
“I have 300 ballots in my car right now. … Numbers don’t lie. You can see my car is full. All these here are absentee ballots,” Mohamed says in the video posted on July 1, according to the report.
Omar Jamal, a Minneapolis community leader, then implicated Congresswoman Omar (D-Minn.) in the alleged scheme, saying Mohamed is “one of” her “many people.”
“It’s an open secret. She will do anything that she can do to get elected and she has hundreds of people on the streets doing that,” Jamal told Project Veritas in an interview last week.
Trump raged that it was “totally illegal,” tweeting early Monday, “Hope that the U.S. Attorney in Minnesota has this, and other of her many misdeeds, under serious review??? If not, why not???”
The congresswoman responded to his attack by deflecting on the president, posting a video of a game show contestant unveiling a card showing $750, a reference to reports over how much federal income tax he paid.
“The amount of truth to this story is equal to the amount Donald Trump paid in taxes of ten out of the last fifteen years: zero,” Omar’s senior communications director, Jeremy Slevin, told Newsweek.
“And amplifying a coordinated right-wing campaign to delegitimize a free and fair election this fall undermines our democracy.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--NFL Power Rankings for Week 4: Tom Brady has Buccaneers rising fast

BALTIMORE — It wasn ’ t just that Patrick Mahomes threw for ...

The clash between the last two league MVPs — and two of the top three teams in The Post’s weekly NFL Power Rankings — turned out to be a one-sided affirmation of the defending Super Bowl champions.
Patrick Mahomes and the top-ranked Kansas City Chiefs outclassed Lamar Jackson and the No. 3 Baltimore Ravens on the road Monday night, further cementing their early place atop the list for a third straight week.
Our Top 10 also added two new teams this week, unbeaten Tennessee and the Tampa Bay Bradys, who have won two in a row following a Week 1 defeat.
1. Kansas City Chiefs, 3-0 (Last week: 1)
Mahomes zipped the ball around for 385 passing yards — with TD tosses to four different receivers — to become the fastest player in NFL history to 10,000 passing yards (34 games). The underrated KC defense also held Jackson under 100 passing yards (a career-low 97) and to one offensive touchdown. Next: Sunday vs. New England.
2. Seattle Seahawks, 3-0 (2)
The injuries are mounting for the NFC’s top team, with former Jets safety Jamal Adams (groin), running back Chris Carson (knee) and starting guard Damien Lewis knocked out of Sunday’s shootout win over Dallas. Russell Wilson’s 14 TD passes are the most through three games of any quarterback in NFL history, one more than Mahomes in 2018. Next: Sunday at Miami.
3. Buffalo Bills, 3-0 (5)
Don’t scoff, third-year starter Josh Allen is legitimately in the early MVP conversation alongside the two quarterbacks above him on this week’s poll, with 12 total TDs (10 passing) and one interception through the Bills’ no-fluke 3-0 start for a second consecutive season. Next: Sunday at Las Vegas.
4. Green Bay Packers, 3-0 (4)
Don’t count out 36-year-old Aaron Rodgers (9 TDs, 0 INTs) in this race just yet either, as he and second-year coach Matt LaFleur fully appear in sync through three games. The Pack put up 37 points (without Davante Adams) to outgun Drew Brees and the Saints. Next: Monday vs. Atlanta.
5. Baltimore Ravens, 2-1 (3)
Jackson did manage 83 rushing yards Monday night, but the reigning league MVP is now 0-3 in his career against Mahomes. The Ravens’ fourth-ranked defense was torched by the KC offense for 517 total yards. Next: Sunday at Washington.
6. Pittsburgh Steelers, 3-0 (8)
T.J. and Derek Watt got the best of big brother J.J. Watt’s winless Texans in only the second NFL game in 93 years featuring three brothers. The Steelers continue to post a nice pass-run mix with 237 yards in the air from Ben Roethlisberger and 169 on the ground against Houston. Next: Sunday at Tennessee.
7. Tennessee Titans, 3-0 (12)
The Titans have picked up where they left off in last season’s unexpected run to the AFC title game, using the combination of Ryan Tannehill, NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry (319 yards) and new kicker Stephen Gostkowksi for their first 3-0 start since 2008. Next: Sunday vs. Pittsburgh.
8. New England Patriots, 2-1 (9)
Cam Newton led the Pats in rushing yards in each of the first two games with his new team, but running backs Sony Michel and Rex Burkhead accounted for 238 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns in Sunday’s win over the Raiders. Next: Sunday at Kansas City.
9. Los Angeles Rams, 2-1 (7)
Jared Goff and the Rams stormed back from a Falcon-esque 28-3 hole with 29 straight points, only to suffer their first loss of the season in the closing seconds against Buffalo. Their Aaron Donald-led defense (89 points allowed) will need to tighten things up to stay competitive in a loaded NFC West. Next: Sunday vs. Giants
10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2-1 (14)
Tom Brady is starting to find some rhythm with his new weapons within Bruce Arians’ offense, posting 59 points over the past two wins following a messy Week 1 loss. TB12 even got the ball to old friend Rob Gronkowski with six completions for 48 yards in Sunday’s win over Denver. Next: Sunday vs. LA Chargers
11. Arizona Cardinals, 2-1 (6)
12. San Francisco 49ers, 2-1 (15)
13. Las Vegas Raiders, 2-1 (10)
14. Chicago Bears, 3-0 (16)
15. New Orleans Saints, 1-2 (11)
16. Indianapolis Colts, 2-1 (20)
17. Dallas Cowboys, 1-2 (13)
18. Cleveland Browns, 2-1 (22)
19. Los Angeles Chargers, 1-2 (17)
20. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1-2 (19)
21. Carolina Panthers, 1-2 (24)
22. Houston Texans, 0-3 (21)
23. Washington Football Team, 1-2 (18)
24. Minnesota Vikings, 0-3 (23)
25. Miami Dolphins, 1-2 (30)
26. Detroit Lions, 1-2 (31)
27. Philadelphia Eagles, 0-2-1 (26)
28. Cincinnati Bengals, 0-2-1 (29)
29. Denver Broncos, 0-3 (25)
30. Atlanta Falcons, 0-3 (27)
31. New York Giants, 0-3 (28)
Does anyone think either of the local teams will win more games at MetLife Stadium than the 49ers already have (two) this season? Daniel Jones and the Giants’ offense didn’t take a single snap inside the red zone against a team missing practically half of its starting lineup. This is a far bigger problem than Saquon Barkley’s absence. Next: Sunday at LA Rams.
32. Jets, 0-3 (32)
From the silver linings playbook, at least the Jets can boast that their first-round left tackle, Mekhi Becton, has made more of an impact early on than his Giants counterpart, Andrew Thomas. But really, that’s about all they can say. Offensively, the Gase/Darnold unit is ranked dead last in the league in scoring, total yards, passing yards and first downs. Next: Thursday vs. Denver.


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newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Breonna Taylor: Kentucky AG will release grand jury recording in case

The Kentucky attorney general will release a recording of the grand jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case , a spokesman said hours after one of the jurors filed a court motion seeking the action so “ the truth may prevail , ” according to reports .
The unidentified grand juror — who assailed Attorney General Daniel Cameron ’ s statements last week – also asked a judge to allow the panel ’ s members to give up their confidential status if they choose to discuss the explosive Louisville case , the Courier-Journal reported .
Former Detective Brett Hankison has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through the 26-year-old EMT ’ s window during a botched March 13 raid , with the bullets going into an occupied neighboring apartment .
Hankison , Sgt .
Jon Mattingly and Detective Miles Cosgrove busted into Taylor ’ s apartment with a narcotics warrant and exchanged gunfire with her boyfriend , Kenneth Walker .
She was fatally struck during the raid but none of the officers have been charged in her death .
“ The full story and absolute truth of how this matter was handled from beginning to end is now an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become a large part of the discussion of public trust throughout the country , ” Kevin Glogower , the attorney for the juror , wrote in the Monday afternoon filing , the Courier-Journal reported .
The motion accuses Cameron of using the grand jurors “ as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility for those decisions ” — and asks the court to allow them to also discuss what didn ’ t take place during the proceedings , including “ any potential charges and defendants presented or not presented , ” according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pleaded not guilty to three counts of wanton endangerment at his arraignment in Jefferson Circuit Court , where Judge Ann Bailey Smith also ordered “ the recording of the grand jury proceedings shall be filed in the court file by noon of Wednesday this week.
” The AG said in a statement later that he would comply with the judge ’ s orders , despite misgivings .
“ The grand jury is meant to be a secretive body , ” he said , the Courier-Journal reported .
“ It ’ s apparent that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t going to allow that to happen.
” Cameron said the grand jury agreed the officers fired in self-defense after Walker fired at them and noted that “ the only charge recommended ( to the grand jury ) was wanton endangerment , ” according to the paper .
“ Our prosecutors presented all of the evidence , even though the evidence supported that Sgt .
Mattingly and Detective Cosgrove were justified in their use of force after having been fired upon by Kenneth Walker , ” Cameron said .
Last week , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charges the grand jury had considered or whom it considered charging – just that homicide charges were not applicable in Taylor ’ s death .

The Kentucky attorney general will release a recording of the grand jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case, a spokesman said hours after one of the jurors filed a court motion seeking the action so “the truth may prevail,” according to reports.
The unidentified grand juror — who assailed Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s statements last week – also asked a judge to allow the panel’s members to give up their confidential status if they choose to discuss the explosive Louisville case, the Courier-Journal reported.
Former Detective Brett Hankison has been charged with wanton endangerment for shooting through the 26-year-old EMT’s window during a botched March 13 raid, with the bullets going into an occupied neighboring apartment.
Hankison, Sgt. Jon Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove busted into Taylor’s apartment with a narcotics warrant and exchanged gunfire with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker.
She was fatally struck during the raid but none of the officers have been charged in her death.
“The full story and absolute truth of how this matter was handled from beginning to end is now an issue of great public interest and has become a large part of the discussion of public trust throughout the country,” Kevin Glogower, the attorney for the juror, wrote in the Monday afternoon filing, the Courier-Journal reported.
The motion accuses Cameron of using the grand jurors “as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility for those decisions” — and asks the court to allow them to also discuss what didn’t take place during the proceedings, including “any potential charges and defendants presented or not presented,” according to the outlet.
On Monday, Hankison pleaded not guilty to three counts of wanton endangerment at his arraignment in Jefferson Circuit Court, where Judge Ann Bailey Smith also ordered “the recording of the grand jury proceedings shall be filed in the court file by noon of Wednesday this week.”
The AG said in a statement later that he would comply with the judge’s orders, despite misgivings.
“The grand jury is meant to be a secretive body,” he said, the Courier-Journal reported. “It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen.”
Cameron said the grand jury agreed the officers fired in self-defense after Walker fired at them and noted that “the only charge recommended (to the grand jury) was wanton endangerment,” according to the paper.
“Our prosecutors presented all of the evidence, even though the evidence supported that Sgt. Mattingly and Detective Cosgrove were justified in their use of force after having been fired upon by Kenneth Walker,” Cameron said.
Last week, the attorney general declined to say what charges the grand jury had considered or whom it considered charging – just that homicide charges were not applicable in Taylor’s death.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--GOP state lawmakers introduce bill to strengthen parole board oversight

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ALBANY — Outraged over the Cuomo administration’s recent stream of parole approvals for convicted cop-killers Herman Bell and Anthony Bottom and murderer-rapist Samuel Ayala, Republican state lawmakers are introducing a new bill giving the Legislature more oversight of the state parole board.
State Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R-Syracuse) and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio (R-Gowanda) are introducing a bill that would strengthen legislative surveillance over the state Parole Board, slamming recent releases of individuals and arguing they do not take into account the feelings of victims.
“The recent decisions by the parole board granting release to violent offenders such as Samuel Ayala and Herman Bell and Anthony Bottom are textbook examples of what’s wrong with this board. If these heinous actions don’t warrant a full sentence, what does?” Barclay seethed.
“We need to continue to fight for the victims of violent crimes and create laws that help protect them, not make it more difficult for them to get on with their lives.”
“New York state’s pro-criminal mentality has reached a boiling point. Simply put, victims are treated as second class while convicted felons are given priority,” he added.
Ayala, 68, was granted parole earlier this month following 43 years behind bars for raping and murdering two women — as their children heard their screams in the room next door.
Bell, now in his early 70s, was convicted of murdering NYPD officers Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones in 1971, and was sprung in April 2018.
The former Black Revolutionary Army soldier’s accomplice — 68-year-old Anthony Bottom — is set to be paroled as early as this October.
The new legislation would allow the state Senate and Assembly to remove any one of the state’s 19-member parole board commissioners by a majority vote — right now only state law solely grants the governor removal powers.
It would also require a minimum of three members to interview inmates seeking parole prior to a decision, as current state law only requires the sign off of two officials.
Lastly, the bill would require a unanimous vote of the three members ahead of each determination on parole. Currently only a majority consensus is required.
Family members who lost loved ones at the hands of Bell, Bottom and Ayala backed the proposal.
“I’ve been giving victim impact statements since 2002,” recounted the widow of slain NYPD cop Joseph Piagentini, 76-year-old Diane Piagentini.
“It’s just six months between statements and any changes to the parole hearings are in the hands of the inmates — and the burden is on the victims. We are living the horrendous killings of our families every two years. We don’t even know if the commissioners actually read our statements,” she told The Post, adding each time she appealed to the board against the release of Bell and Bottom she relived the nightmarish pain and hurt associated with her husband’s death, over four decades ago.
“It takes me three days to write a statement. My daughters were 3 years old and 15 months when my husband was killed. What the parole board is basically doing now is they are only taking into consideration what the inmate has done in prison, they are not taking into consideration the heinousness of the crime.”
“You as the victim have to be proactive in finding out what’s going on,” she said, explaining she along with family members waited for weeks before they found about Bell’s parole approval — only after calling the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision on her own.
“I’ve felt that throughout all these years, especially in these later years that Cuomo is our governor and you must be proactive now.”
Jason Minter, 50, was only six years old when Samuel Ayala took his mother Bonnie Minter and friend Shelia Watson into a room in Rockland County before raping and killing both women.
He said the last time he saw his mother’s rapist and murderer, Ayala was laughing and running out the door after committing the twin murders.
“My concern is that he will be frustrated and I’ve been the most vocal in keeping him in — he’s used my name in the past. It’s always “Jason Minter and the Watson family,” The last thing I heard was him laughing that he raped and shot my mother and ran out laughing,” he told The Post, adding he plans to install cameras outside his house.
Ayala was authorized for release on Sept. 3, but has remained in custody as DOCCS has yet to approve his housing assignment.
Minter said in the past he has retold his horrific story to the parole board in person, but this year due to COVID-19 restrictions he was forced to provide his impact statement via phone call.
“They wouldn’t do a Zoom meeting — I was on vacation in the mountains and had to drive to get service and then sit on the phone and tell someone about how my mother was brutally raped and murdered — only to have this very board tell the world and the state that this guy now feels remorseful and wants to be released.”
“It’s dehumanizing it makes you feel almost like you’re the perpetrator, you’re the one who did something wrong. It makes you feel like you did something wrong and the state is making the case that this monster should be able to walk the streets with my 11-year-old.”
The early release of Judith Clark in May 2019 similarly sparked outrage after Gov. Andrew Cuomo commuted the former Weather Underground radical and Brink’s robbery getaway driver’s 75-years-to-life sentence to 35-years-to-life in 2016 — marking another case that sparked outrage among victims’ family members.
The infamous 1981 Brink’s robbery resulted in the death of Nyack Officers Edward O’Grady and Waverly Brown of the Nyack Police Department and security guard/driver Peter Paige.
Bob Dennison, who served as the Parole Board chairman under former Gov. George Pataki, marked Clark’s release as a turning point.
“That sent a message to the Parole Board. They’re much more liberal in granting release to convicts who have long sentences,” he said during an interview in May.
Meanwhile, Cuomo has also signed off on the release of thousands of inmates within the past couple months, citing concerns over more compromised, or older individuals contracting COVID-19 while in a congregate setting.
The legislation has yet to receive a sponsor in the state Senate, and is subject to a majority vote by the Democratic-controlled Legislature.
A DOCCS spokesman told The Post the agency does not comment on pending legislation.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--South Korea says slain man tried to defect to North Korea

SEOUL , South Korea — South Korea said Tuesday that a government official slain by North Korean sailors wanted to defect , concluding that the man , who had gambling debts , swam against unfavorable currents with the help of a life jacket and a floatation device and conveyed his intention of resettling in North Korea .
Senior coast guard officer Yoon Seong-hyun said at a televised briefing that there was a “ very low possibility ” that the man could have fallen from a ship or tried to kill himself because he was putting on a life jacket when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last week .
Yoon said tidal currents at the time would also make it extremely difficult for him to drift into North Korean waters naturally .
The coast guard said its assessment was based on an analysis of tidal currents in the area , a visit to a government boat the official had been aboard before his disappearance , investigation of his financial transactions and a meeting with South Korean Defense Ministry officials .
Yoon said the man conveyed his wish to defect before his death .
He cited intelligence showing North Korea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age , height and hometown as an evidence of his communication with the North .
Yoon didn ’ t elaborate .
But some experts said he likely was referring to South Korea ’ s interception of communications among North Korean officials about the man .
Coast guard officials have previously said the 47-year-old official was a father of two with some debts .
Yoon said Tuesday the debts totaled about 330 million won ( $ 282,240 ) , 80 % of which were from gambling .
It ’ s still unclear whether Tuesday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about why the man was in North Korean waters .
The brother of the late official has said it was more likely that he fell into the sea by accident .
The official had been aboard a government inspection ship before he disappeared .
South Korea has accused North Korea of having fatally shot him and burning his body .
North Korea acknowledged that its troops killed him because he refused to answer to questions and attempted to flee .
But North Korea said its troops only burned the man ’ s floatation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Un has offered a rare apology over the man ’ s death , but his government hasn ’ t confirmed the man was trying to defect .
The man ’ s shooting has triggered a huge political firestorm in South Korea , with conservatives launching fierce political attacks on liberal President Moon Jae-in , who espouses greater ties with the North .

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Tuesday that a government official slain by North Korean sailors wanted to defect, concluding that the man, who had gambling debts, swam against unfavorable currents with the help of a life jacket and a floatation device and conveyed his intention of resettling in North Korea.
Senior coast guard officer Yoon Seong-hyun said at a televised briefing that there was a “very low possibility” that the man could have fallen from a ship or tried to kill himself because he was putting on a life jacket when he was found in North Korean waters last week.
Yoon said tidal currents at the time would also make it extremely difficult for him to drift into North Korean waters naturally.
The coast guard said its assessment was based on an analysis of tidal currents in the area, a visit to a government boat the official had been aboard before his disappearance, investigation of his financial transactions and a meeting with South Korean Defense Ministry officials.
Yoon said the man conveyed his wish to defect before his death. He cited intelligence showing North Korea knew the man’s name, age, height and hometown as an evidence of his communication with the North.
Yoon didn’t elaborate. But some experts said he likely was referring to South Korea’s interception of communications among North Korean officials about the man.
Coast guard officials have previously said the 47-year-old official was a father of two with some debts. Yoon said Tuesday the debts totaled about 330 million won ($282,240), 80% of which were from gambling.
It’s still unclear whether Tuesday’s announcement would sooth mounting questions about why the man was in North Korean waters. The brother of the late official has said it was more likely that he fell into the sea by accident. The official had been aboard a government inspection ship before he disappeared.
South Korea has accused North Korea of having fatally shot him and burning his body. North Korea acknowledged that its troops killed him because he refused to answer to questions and attempted to flee. But North Korea said its troops only burned the man’s floatation device.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered a rare apology over the man’s death, but his government hasn’t confirmed the man was trying to defect.
The man’s shooting has triggered a huge political firestorm in South Korea, with conservatives launching fierce political attacks on liberal President Moon Jae-in, who espouses greater ties with the North.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--‘Shut up, man!’ Biden refuses to answer court-packing question during presidential debate

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday told President Trump to “ shut up , man !
” while refusing to say if he wants to add justices to the Supreme Court during the first presidential debate .
Trump declined to tell debate moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News whether he would support adding justices to the court if Trump ’ s conservative pick Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
“ Whatever position I take on that , that ’ ll become the issue .
The issue is the American people should speak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You ’ re in voting , now vote and let your senators know how strongly you feel .
But vote now , ” Biden said .
Trump interjected : “ Are you going to pack the court ?
Are you going to pack the court ?
He doesn ’ t want to answer.
” “ I ’ m not going to answer the question , because the question is , the question is , the question is — ” Biden said , as Trump continued to press him to answer .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the former vice president said .
Trump persisted : “ Who is on your list , Joe ?
Who is on your list ?
He ’ s going to pack the court.
” After telling the president to shut up , Biden scoffed , “ This is so unpresidential.
” “ The people understand , Joe .
In 47 years , you ’ ve done nothing .
They understand , ” Trump said .

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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday told President Trump to “shut up, man!” while refusing to say if he wants to add justices to the Supreme Court during the first presidential debate.
Biden declined to tell debate moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News whether he would support adding justices to the court if Trump’s conservative pick, Amy Coney Barrett, is confirmed to replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“Whatever position I take on that, that’ll become the issue. The issue is the American people should speak. You should go out and vote. You’re in voting, now vote and let your senators know how strongly you feel. But vote now,” Biden said.
Trump interjected: “Are you going to pack the court? Are you going to pack the court? He doesn’t want to answer.”
“I’m not going to answer the question, because the question is, the question is, the question is —” Biden said, as Trump continued to press him to answer.
“Will you shut up, man?” the former vice president said.
Trump persisted: “Who is on your list, Joe? Who is on your list? He’s going to pack the court.”
After telling the president to shut up, Biden scoffed, “This is so unpresidential.”
“Keep yapping, man!” Biden said in a parting shot.
“The people understand, Joe. In 47 years, you’ve done nothing. They understand,” Trump said.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Trump, moderator Chris Wallace spar in early moments of presidential debate

It didn ’ t take long for the 2020 presidential debate to devolve into a three-way slugfest — that included @ @ @ @ @ Trump got into a heated exchange with Wallace over the Fox News anchor ’ s @ @ @ @ @ ’ s efforts to replace Obamacare .
“ You ’ re debating him , not @ @ @ @ @ , gesturing towards Democratic challenger Joe Biden , as Trump protested that his administration ’ @ @ @ @ @ s individual mandate constituted a plan of his own .
As Biden simply stood by @ @ @ @ @ talked over each other .
Trump eventually came to the same conclusion as Wallace , @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m debating you , not him .
But that ’ s OK , @ @ @ @ @ segment was dominated by the two candidates ’ cross-talk , with both struggling to make @ @ @

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It didn’t take long for the 2020 presidential debate to devolve into a three-way slugfest — that included moderator Chris Wallace.
President Trump got into a heated exchange with Wallace over the Fox News anchor’s line of questioning on Trump’s efforts to replace Obamacare.
“You’re debating him, not me,” Wallace said, gesturing towards Democratic challenger Joe Biden, as Trump protested that his administration’s repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate constituted a plan of his own.
As Biden simply stood by, Trump and Wallace repeatedly talked over each other.
Trump eventually came to the same conclusion as Wallace, saying, “I guess I’m debating you, not him. But that’s OK, no surprise.”
The opening segment was dominated by the two candidates’ cross-talk, with both struggling to make uninterrupted points.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Trump, Biden battle over filling RBG seat during first presidential debate

CLEVELAND , Ohio — President Trump defended his decision to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Bader Ginsburg during Tuesday night ’ s first presidential debate , telling Joe Biden : “ I ’ m not elected for three years , I ’ m elected for four years.
” The first face-to-face showdown between the two candidates immediately grew heated when moderator and Fox News anchor asked about Trump ’ s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett less than 40 days before the election .
“ We won the election , elections have consequences .
We won the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do this , ” Trump said .
The Cleveland showdown came on the same day that Trump ’ s pick for the court , Amy Coney Barrett , met with GOP senators on Capitol Hill ahead of her confirmation vote .
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden immediately positioned Barrett ’ s nomination as a threat to abortion rights and Obamacare amid a pandemic .
“ The 7 million people who have contracted COVID , what does it mean for them going forward if you strike out the Affordable Care Act ?
” Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wasn ’ t opposed to Barrett but said she would threaten American ’ s access to affordable health care , with Obamacare before the Supreme Court .
Democratic senators have refused to meet with the mom-of-seven , calling her official nomination on Saturday an “ illegitimate sham ” because it comes just weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election .
Republicans famously blocked President Barack Obama ’ s nomination to the court , Merrick Garland , for seven months , arguing that , in an election year , the American public should decide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’ s death , Biden has backtracked on his July promise to release a list of nominees to the Supreme Court , telling one reporter he did not want to subject them to intense media scrutiny .

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — President Trump defended his decision to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Bader Ginsburg during Tuesday night’s first presidential debate, telling Joe Biden: “I’m not elected for three years, I’m elected for four years.”
The first face-to-face showdown between the two candidates immediately grew heated when moderator and Fox News anchor asked about Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett less than 40 days before the election.
“We won the election, elections have consequences. We won the election and we have the right to do this,” Trump said.
The Cleveland showdown came on the same day that Trump’s pick for the court, Amy Coney Barrett, met with GOP senators on Capitol Hill ahead of her confirmation vote.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden immediately positioned Barrett’s nomination as a threat to abortion rights and Obamacare amid a pandemic.
“The 7 million people who have contracted COVID, what does it mean for them going forward if you strike out the Affordable Care Act?” Biden asked.
The former veep said he wasn’t opposed to Barrett but said she would threaten American’s access to affordable health care, with Obamacare before the Supreme Court.
Democratic senators have refused to meet with the mom-of-seven, calling her official nomination on Saturday an “illegitimate sham” because it comes just weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Republicans famously blocked President Barack Obama’s nomination to the court, Merrick Garland, for seven months, arguing that, in an election year, the American public should decide the bench of the powerful court.
In the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Biden has backtracked on his July promise to release a list of nominees to the Supreme Court, telling one reporter he did not want to subject them to intense media scrutiny.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Subway’s struggles continue as 50 more corporate staff laid off

Subway Restaurants on Tuesday laid off about 50 people in its business-development and leasing units , or more than 5 percent of its corporate staff , The Post has learned .
The layoffs , which mark the struggling chain ’ s third round of cuts this year , hit the two sections at Subway ’ s Milford , Connecticut , headquarters , a company insider said .
In February , before the pandemic hit , Subway laid off 300 staffers in Milford , or about one-quarter of its corporate workforce , in a “ streamlining ” process spearheaded by CEO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year .
Chidsey slashed another 150 jobs in May after the pandemic forced officials to close indoor dining around the country .
There have been a smattering of other job cuts at the Milford campus in recent weeks , the insider said .
Subway , which didn ’ t return a request for comment , started the year with about 1,200 employees , a number that appears to have shrunk by more than 40 percent , to roughly 700 people .
Chidsey , the former CEO of Burger King , was brought on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sales , a trend that kicked off in 2015 after longtime spokesman Jared Fogle pleaded guilty to child-pornography charges .
Chidsey in September began requiring franchisees , many of whom are still generating lower sales than a year ago , to resume pre-COVID operating schedules of roughly 84 hours a week .
Subway owns none of its roughly 23,000 US restaurants and takes in 8 percent of gross royalties .

Subway Restaurants on Tuesday laid off about 50 people in its business-development and leasing units, or more than 5 percent of its corporate staff, The Post has learned.
The layoffs, which mark the struggling chain’s third round of cuts this year, hit the two sections at Subway’s Milford, Connecticut, headquarters, a company insider said.
In February, before the pandemic hit, Subway laid off 300 staffers in Milford, or about one-quarter of its corporate workforce, in a “streamlining” process spearheaded by CEO John Chidsey, who took over last year.
Chidsey slashed another 150 jobs in May after the pandemic forced officials to close indoor dining around the country. There have been a smattering of other job cuts at the Milford campus in recent weeks, the insider said.
Subway, which didn’t return a request for comment, started the year with about 1,200 employees, a number that appears to have shrunk by more than 40 percent, to roughly 700 people.
Chidsey, the former CEO of Burger King, was brought on to help reverse Subway’s declining sales, a trend that kicked off in 2015 after longtime spokesman Jared Fogle pleaded guilty to child-pornography charges.
Chidsey in September began requiring franchisees, many of whom are still generating lower sales than a year ago, to resume pre-COVID operating schedules of roughly 84 hours a week. Subway owns none of its roughly 23,000 US restaurants and takes in 8 percent of gross royalties.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Sacha Baron Cohen capitalizes on debate with fake ‘Borat’ Trump endorsement

“ This guy comes running in , wearing a crazy , what I ...

Sacha Baron Cohen used the debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Tuesday night to seemingly drum up buzz for his expected “Borat” sequel by releasing a fake Trump endorsement from Kazakhstan.
It was reported earlier in the day that Amazon had bought the new “Borat” film.
Baron Cohen has in the past stolen the spotlight at events from the Cannes Film Festival to the MTV Movie Awards to promote his films in character. This time, he released a video on a Twitter feed purporting to be the Republic of Kazakhstan. The clip also included a logo for the fictional group, Kazakhs Against Foreign Meddling.
The trailer posted to Twitter proclaims, “Vote for Trump or you will be crushed.” It also calls Trump the “strongest premier in history,” and makes fun of the president’s stands on the coronavirus pandemic, Black Live Matter, #MeToo and other hot-button topics.
But the clip says as a disclaimer, “This ad may contain false information.” Baron Cohen has been a vocal Trump opponent in Hollywood.
Deadline reported earlier on Tuesday that Amazon Prime acquired the sequel to the 2006 hit, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” and that the new mockumentary with Cohen as Borat will debut next month. The hush-hush sequel was apparently the first movie made during the COVID-19 shutdown.
A modern day Hollywood PT Barnum, Baron Cohen is expected to come up with some further wild stunts to promote his latest film, insiders told us.
Page Six previously reported that one subject Cohen couldn’t trick for the new “Borat” film was Rudy Giuliani — who called the cops on the star after he showed up to an interview in a pink bikini. Giuliani later told us: “I only later realized it must have been Sacha Baron Cohen. I thought about all the people he previously fooled and I felt good about myself because he didn’t get me.”
Baron Cohen reportedly fled the swanky Mark Hotel before cops arrived.
After Baron Cohen posted his clip on Tuesday, it was getting retweeted by Amy Schumer, Ed Helms and others.


newyorkpost--2020-09-29--Raiders could be in hot water for not wearing masks at gala

The NFL has been hit with its first COVID-19 outbreak ... .

The saying “No good deed goes unpunished” could become applicable for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Videos of some Raiders show many players without masks — including quarterback David Carr and tight end Jason Witten — at a charity event Monday night to help teammate Darren Waller raise money for his foundation. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the event could be potential noncompliance of league and state restrictions.
An attendee told the website, that Waller was wearing his mask throughout the event aimed at helping young adults addicted to drugs and alcohol. It was held at DragonRidge Country Club.
Raiders owner Mark Davis said Tuesday night that the team is looking into why several players were not wearing masks, according to ESPN.
“Guys have to be more stringent in fighting the virus,” Davis told ESPN. “It’s still our toughest opponent.”
According to ESPN, the city of Henderson fined the DragonRidge Country Club $2,000 for four violations of the Nevada governor’s COVID-19 emergency orders, including people not wearing masks and having more than 50 people at the event. The club has 30 days to pay or appeal the fine.
This isn’t the first time the Raiders, who play host to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, have been embroiled in a coronavirus-related controversy.
The NFL fined Jon Gruden $100,00 and the Raiders $250,000 for violating the league’s mask mandate. After the Raiders game against the Saints, Gruden revealed he had contracted the virus.
The league also is investigating the team for allowing unauthorized locker-room access, according to ESPN.
As for the Waller event, Kathleen Richards — a Henderson city spokeswoman — said city officials became aware of it after it was held and “are currently investigating.”
An attendee at the event also told the website that people were allowed in without having their temperatures taken or filling out any COVID-19 questionnaires. The attendee also said workers and media members wore masks but most of the players and attendees did not.
This comes on the heels of some other concerning coronavirus news for the NFL. The Tennessee Titans closed their facility after eight team members (three players, five personnel) tested positive for COVID-19, the league announced Tuesday.