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Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman announced in July that the owners planned to sell the property as soon as possible in order to compensate the victims. Hanzman has reportedly overseen dozens of lawsuits in regards to the building’s collapse on June 24. The $120 million offer came Wednesday morning during a hearing regarding the lawsuits, and Hanzman authorized the negotiation of an agreement with the unnamed bidder. According to the MiamiHerald, a real estate broker working on the deal told the judge that he received a “letter of interest” from the bidder offering $110 million for the site....

In the wake of the January 5 attack, Fahim Twaha, the governor of Lamu County, where Camp Simba is located, described the incident as “a foreign force attacking a foreign force on our soil.” The U.S. military had been using the base, nestled in the normally sleepy Manda Bay, for East African operations for over a decade. The American presence, as well as the base, has expanded over the years, including the recent addition of new aircraft hangars, likely to protect sensitive technology installed on surveillance aircraft....

In the posts, which were first reported by the Montana Kaimin, the university’s student-run newspaper, computer science professor Rob Smith allegedly wrote that the age of consent was a “social construct’ and that women should have children before their biological clock expires to feel fulfillment. “Did you know that women peak physically at age 16?” he allegedly remarked in one post. “It is interesting that, on the one hand, modern society has made it taboo for a man to marry a 16 year old or so woman, suggesting it is inappropriate to find a 16 year old or so woman attractive, while simultaneously designing all manner of makeup products and fine-twined linen to make women older than this look as similar as possible to 16 year old or so women....

“Now let’s help everyone and cancel at least $50,000 in student loan debt for everyone,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, tweeted Saturday. “I won’t stop fighting to #CancelStudentDebt,” added Rep. Nikema Williams, a Georgia Democrat. President Joe Biden has so far resisted calls for a blanket cancellation of student loan debt, which has more than tripled since 2000. With nearly 45 million individuals receiving a bill each month, Americans now owe over $1....

“The two games, with three more to go with it, will make it the biggest January 1 handle we’ve ever seen,” said South Point oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro. In fact, disregarding the prop bets that have become so popular with Super Bowl betting, New Year’s Day 2015 will be comparable to Super Bowl Sunday. “As far as just money on straight bets, sides, totals, parlays, or whatever, it will be as good as Super Bowl,” said Vaccaro....

There is no question that Putin should be held accountable for war crimes and, rightfully, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is now investigating that possibility. Getting a conviction will be a heavy lift. The ICC has never prosecuted a sitting leader, and neither Russia nor Ukraine are parties to the ICC’s founding treaty (nor is the U.S., for that matter). Russia also holds veto power over any UN Security Council recommendation to the ICC....

The activist, Laura Montilla, says she was participating in a peaceful downtown L.A. protest after the city’s designated curfew when the arrest took place. In an Instagram post shared June 4, Montilla recalled officers using zip ties in place of handcuffs when they took her and other demonstrators into custody. “We were zip-tied and put in cages on a bus separated by gender, and without telling us where we were going, they took us to a cemetery parking lot and left us there for five hours,” Montilla wrote....

Governor Kate Brown asked lawmakers to come together to address relief for landlords and tenants, legalizing to-go cocktails to help bars and restaurants who have had their businesses restricted and an eviction ban that’s set to expire on January 1. A group of protesters gathered outside the Capitol building, saying they had a right to have their voices heard during the special session, while officers were guarding the doors....

The lawsuit—filed against the city of Seattle on behalf of Black Lives Matter activists, four protesters, a would-be protester and a journalist with the local weekly newspaper, The Stranger—says the city’s police forces violated citizens’ First Amendment rights to free speech and Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, according to The Seattle Times. The plaintiffs also claim that use of police force has escalated even as the protests have become more peaceful....

Here we round up some of the demonstrations scheduled for Wednesday in different parts of the country. Los Angeles, California A #BlackLivesMatter protest is planned for 12 p.m. local time Wednesday at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard in the West Hollywood neighborhood. The protest will entail a “peaceful walk to Robertson Boulevard,” according to a post on Twitter by @OccupyWeho. Participants are advised to wear masks and to not block traffic, the post notes....

Jeffrey Perrine had rejected calls to resign from the committee after stating he was a member of Proud Boys in an interview with The Sacramento Bee in January. Sacramento Republicans said Perrine had earlier denied being part of the local Proud Boys faction. “I’ve been a member, but I’m not a head or an officer of any kind in any organization,” Perrine told the newspaper. “Yeah, I’m still with the Proud Boys....

Sony’s next-gen console is out of stock at every major U.S. retailer, after restocks Newegg, GameStop and PS Direct released earlier this week all sold out. To compound matters, Sony’s chief financial officer, Hiroki Totoki, warned late last month that demand could continue to outstrip supply well into next year. Antonline PS5 Restock The PlayStation 5 remains out of stock at Antonline, after its latest restock sold out on May 6....

But in Campaign ‘04 it’s unclear whether either boxer will still be standing by Nov. 2. As Bush was in the air, his aides previewed a new ad depicting Kerry as a tax-raising, terrorist-coddling, U.N.-admiring softie. It was an unprecedented move: the earliest name-calling by a president against his rival in a paid ad in memory. The attack prompted the Kerry campaign to respond with its first paid TV spot, which was unprecedented, too....

“Dance for me boy, dance for me son! Dance for me!” McGregor yelled at a shadowboxing Mayweather during their Tuesday press conference in Los Angeles. The New York Post claimed the comments were racist and so did several people on Twitter. MORE: Floyd Mayweather Sr. crashed Conor McGregor’s press conference Floyd Mayweather Sr. told TMZ Sports that he did not think McGregor’s comments to his son were racist. “Racist? I don’t know what that got to do with race,” Mayweather Sr....

Shared on Thursday by TikTok user delilahanddecklyn, the video shows ragdoll cat Decklyn on top of his much-loved vacuum cleaner. The pet owner first shared footage in August, when the cat and the robot received more than 5 million views, but they have been creating video updates as well. The ragdoll cat breed was developed in the 1960s. With a distinct fluffy coat and blue eyes, they are known for being gentle, calm, and sociable....

The internet is awash with cat content in the form of gifs, animations, videos and photos, with something of an online sport emerging as people try to find felines camouflaged in ordinary snaps. The latest viral photo to pique the interest of the interest was taken in an eatery in Mazatlan, Mexico, and was taken by customer, Amy Noriega. “The cat belongs to the neighbor, his name is Piccollo and he spends a lot of time there in the restaurant everyday,” she told Newsweek....

Powerball tickets didn’t produce a jackpot winner after Saturday, Monday and Wednesday drawings. The jackpot rises each time a winner isn’t named and has since reached $1.6 billion, which is estimated to be the largest jackpot in Powerball history. The next draw for the mega prize is Saturday. Americans in five states must secure tickets in unorthodox ways as Utah, Nevada, Alabama, Alaska and Hawaii don’t participate in the lottery....

Authorities in Quilpie, where about 800 people live, were looking to remedy a housing shortage and ensuing lack of people able to take on cattle and sheep ranching jobs in the region. The Quilpie Shire Council came up with the idea of giving a $9,400 grant to anyone who buys a plot of land, builds a house on it for less than $560,000 and lives in it for six months....

The 33-year-old defender has enjoyed an outstanding year, winning the Champions League with Madrid followed by Euro 2016 with Portugal, and he is looking to continue his career with the Spanish giants. Ronaldo rounds off perfect week in style Having signed a deal in August 2015 that expires at the end of the season, there has been talk of another one-year extension - and Pepe has confirmed his desire to stay....

The speedster whose goal for Borneo FC showcased his tremendous pace and became an internet sensation, has signed for Thailand’s Port FC on a one-year loan deal. Terens who was linked with Perak with Borneo’s club president Nabil Husein Said Amin admitting that contact had been made between both parties, was unequivocal that the move to Thailand represented a far better opportunity for young Terens. “Honestly, it was a hard decision to make to let Terens leave Borneo but it was one that I have to made....