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Voters on Tuesday will have the chance to impact the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court’s future as nine seats are up for election. Thirty-nine candidates are vying for 10-year positions on the bench. Judges earn $189,794. Although there is a large slate of candidates this year, it’s not even close
Louisiana Legislature Passes Resolution Praising Bitcoin, Encourages Use Newsweek 2 days ago Scott Reeves © Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images Sean Culkin, who previously played for the Los Angeles Chargers, will have his entire NFL salary converted into bitcoin in 2021. The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a resolution praising Bitcoin and encouraging state and local governments to explore ways to use the cryptocurrency. The resolution, signed by Speaker Clay Schexnayder, a Republican, lauds Bitcoin "for its success in becoming the first decentralized trillio...
There’s plenty of compelling science fiction, fantasy, and genre-defying fiction being written and published in English; of that there is no doubt. But there’s even more work being written in these genres in other languages that isn’t necessarily appearing in English translation; a quick look at the overall numbers on translation bears that out. There are people and institutions pushing back against this—Ken Liu’s work as an editor and translator comes to mind, as does Restless Books’ commitment to releasing an array of Cuban science fiction. They aren’t the only ones working to...
CFTC Orders New York Man To Pay More Than $1 Million For Role In Fraudulent Binary Options Scheme Date 06/04/2021 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Glenn Olson formerly of Brooklyn, New York, for his role in a binary options fraud that harmed U.S. customers involving Blue Bit Banc, a United Kingdom company, and Blue Bit Analytics, Ltd, located in Turks and Caicos. The order requires Olson to disgorge all of his ill-gotten gains, totaling $241,070. He is also ordered to pay restitution of $846,405, a joint obligation with...
CFTC Charges Washington State Rancher And Feedyard With $233 Million Phantom Cattle Fraud Scheme Date 01/04/2021 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a civil enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington charging Easterday Ranches, Inc., a Pasco, Washington based cattle feedyard, and Cody Easterday, co-owner and formerly president of Easterday Ranches, for engaging in fraud in connection with the sale of more than 200,000 non-existent head of cattle to a beef processor, making false statements to an exchange, and violating...