Aug 7, 2022

German diplomat in Brazil arrested, accused of killing husband: "The cadaver is screaming out the circumstances of its death"

Brazilian police said they arrested a German diplomat Saturday for allegedly killing his husband at their home in an upscale Rio de Janeiro neighborhood, then attempting to cover up the crime.

Uwe Herbert Hahn, a German consul, told authorities his husband, Belgian national Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, had taken ill Friday night, collapsing and fatally hitting his head, police said.

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Aug 7, 2022

http://www.reuters.com/article/carlyle-ceo-idUSKBN2PE05E

Carlyle CEO Kewsong Lee steps down in abrupt early departure

(Reuters) -Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc said on Sunday its chief executive officer (CEO) Kewsong Lee, 56, has stepped down with immediate effect months before the scheduled end of his five-year contract.

In a statement, Carlyle said it and Lee mutually agreed they would not renew Lee's contract as CEO which finishes by end-2022, without disclosing reasons. The firm, which announced earnings two weeks ago without flagging potential leadership changes, said Lee also stepped down as a board member.

Co-founder Bill Conway would serve as interim CEO while a search for a new candidate takes place, the company said.

Lee, who turns 57 this week, could not immediately be reached for comment. His departure comes 18 months after Carlyle announced a strategic plan to accelerate growth and increase shareholder value.

In a memo to global staff on Sunday after the announcement, reviewed by Reuters, Conway said the firm had set up a CEO office consisting of key senior leaders, with whom he would work closely.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/north-carolina-sheriff-stocking-schools-ar-15-rifles-wake-uvalde-shoot-rcna41960

North Carolina sheriff stocking schools with AR-15 rifles in wake of Uvalde shooting

Spurred by the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead in May, school officials and Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood have placed one of the semiautomatic rifles in each of the county’s six schools.

Aug. 8, 2022, 5:22 AM EDT / Source: Associated Press

MARSHALL, N.C. — When schools in one North Carolina county reopen later this month, new security measures will include stocking AR-15 rifles for school resource officers to use in the event of an active shooter.

Spurred by the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead in May, school officials and Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood have placed one of the semiautomatic rifles in each of the county’s six schools. Each of the guns will be locked inside a safe, Harwood said.

The North Carolina school district and sheriff’s office are collaborating to enhance security after the Uvalde shooting revealed systemic failures and “egregiously poor decision-making,” resulting in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman was finally confronted and killed by law enforcement, according to a report written by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives.

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CBS partially retracts documentary that outraged Ukraine by claiming that US weapon shipments were going missing

Aug 8, 2022

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cbs-partially-retracts-documentary-outraged-101033656.html

CBS said it was updating a documentary that said most weapons sent to Ukraine don't reach the front.

It admitted that a figure it cited claiming only 30% of military aid arrives was out of date.

The documentary angered some in the Ukrainian government. CBS said it was adding "new information."

CBS partially retracted a documentary in which it said that shipments of weapons to Ukraine from the US had been going missing.

CBS tweeted on Monday that it had removed a a video promoting the documentary that included a months-old quote saying most aid was not making it to Ukraine's front lines.

It said it was updating the documentary, called "Arming Ukraine," with "new information" about the delivery of military aid to Ukraine.

Among the material removed was a quote the founder of pro-Ukraine nonprofit Blue-Yellow, Jonas Ohman, who said in late April that only around 30% of aid was reaching the front lines in Ukraine.

CBS said that "Since that time, Ohman says delivery has improved." It also noted that the US had sent an official — Brigadier General Garrick M. Harmon — to Kyiv specifically to monitor the use of military aid.

"We are updating our documentary to reflect this new information and air at a later date," CBS said.

CBS also updated an article accompanying the documentary.

The US and other nations have sent Ukraine vast quantities of weapons since Russia invaded on February 24.

Ukraine has repeatedly described the aid as a gamechanger in its defense, recently highlighting the US gift of HIMARS long-range artillery as a crucial tool.

CBS noted that allied countries send weapons to the Ukrainian border with Poland, where they are taken hundreds of miles east to the frontlines.

The moving front and the need to rely partly on volunteers to transport the weapons "has made delivery of the military aid difficult for those attempting to navigate the dangerous supply lines to their destination," CBS reported.

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