From Washington, DC!

Некоторые люди читают газету каждый день. Например, новости о погоде или о городе. Другие люди никогда не читают новости. Возможно, из-за незадокументированных иммигрантов в бизнесе.
Some people read the newspaper every day. For example, news about the weather or the city. Other people never read the news. Maybe because of undocumented immigrants in the business.

This is me talking.

Они слева. В зданиях.
They are to the left. In the buildings.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is being urged by the International Monetary Fund to use his May budget to embrace far-reaching tax reform, including an increase in the GST, overhauling the capital gains tax and cutting company tax to lift living standards and get the economy growing faster.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Australia is a broad-based tax of 10% on most goods, services, and other items sold or consumed in the country.

Военный корабль Вирджиния.
The navy ship Virginia.

Washington: The United States Navy is preparing for a significant shift in its plans that could reduce its reliance on Virginia-class attack submarines, potentially making it easier for Australia to acquire the vessels as planned under the AUKUS agreement. There are also signs the lagging rate of US submarine production is improving, with one shipyard boasting of a 14 per cent jump in productivity and saying the Virginia-class boats had a “very good year”.
The city of Atlanta has terminated its contract with the former municipal clerk hired in 2023 to help with the name verification process for the public safety training center referendum — an effort that never began, but paid former clerk Foris Webb III $910,000 anyway. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported this week the city has paid Webb $35,000 in each of 26 monthly installments since September 2023. The city hired Webb to help with verifying the signatures on the referendum petitions as matching those of registered city voters.
A panel session hosted Saturday night by Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown was abruptly cancelled by the Beverly Hills (Calif.) Police Department because an officer said Brown’s event lacked a permit.
Second Shutdown: On Feb. 14, DHS funding ran out again as negotiations stalled. Democrats insisted on legislative reforms (e.g., warrant requirements, mask bans, body cameras) before funding, while Republicans opposed tying funding to policy changes
A massive Southern California brothel ring was busted by authorities, leading to two arrests, officials said. Detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Special Crimes Unit conducted a yearlong investigation into a brothel ring, according to a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Kebin Dong and Wei Nie, both Los Angeles residents, were identified as the owners and operators of a sex services website, according to the release. Detectives found more than 30 residential and hotel brothels throughout California, authorities said. More than 60 female sex workers were also found on the website.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is being urged by the International Monetary Fund to use his May budget to embrace far-reaching tax reform, including an increase in the GST, overhauling the capital gains tax and cutting company tax to lift living standards and get the economy growing faster.

Она была в белом на второй свадьбе?
Did she wear white at the second wedding?

Savannah Clark Guthrie (b. 1971) is an American broadcast journalist and attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today, a position she has held since July 2012. Education, University of Arizona (BA) Georgetown University (JD) Spouses, Mark Orchard (m. 2005; div. 2009) Michael Feldman (m. 2014)

Acting on a federal court-ordered warrant in connection with the Guthrie case, sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents on Friday night searched another residence in an affluent neighbourhood less than three kilometres from her home, authorities confirmed over the weekend. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on Friday he was certain the person in the video, who was also wearing a gun in a holster and an over-stuffed backpack, was the primary suspect investigators were looking for to solve the high-profile case. Nancy Guthrie was last seen on January 31 when family dropped her off at her home near Tucson after she had dined with them, and relatives reported her missing the following day, authorities have said. The glove is one of roughly 16 collected by investigators in recent days in a roadside field about two miles from the Tucson-area residence of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of US television journalist Savannah Guthrie. Most of the gloves recovered by investigators turned out to have been dropped by searchers in the vicinity, the FBI said. Traces of blood found on her front porch were confirmed by DNA tests to have come from Guthrie, officials said last week. Law enforcement and family members have described her as being in frail health and in need of daily medication to survive. She also had a pacemaker. Tucson: Investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a glove that was found near Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home and appears to match the pair worn by a masked prowler seen in doorbell camera footage before she was abducted two weeks ago, the FBI says. Results from the glove could potentially lead to what forensic experts call a “hit” within 24 hours of a national database search on the DNA specimen, the FBI indicated in a statement. The preliminary findings from a private crime laboratory in Florida were received by the FBI on Saturday and were awaiting “quality control and official confirmation” before the results would be submitted for comparison with known DNA profiles taken from individuals and crime scenes and stored in the national database, the FBI said in a statement. On Thursday, the FBI called the person a suspect. It described him as a man about 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a medium build. The agency said he was carrying a 25-liter “Ozark Trail Hiker Pack” backpack. Late Friday night, law enforcement agents sealed off a road about two miles (3.2 kilometers) from Guthrie’s home as part of their investigation. A series of sheriff’s and FBI vehicles, including forensics vehicles, passed through the roadblock. The investigators also tagged and towed a Range Rover SUV from a nearby restaurant parking lot late Friday. The sheriff’s department later said the activity was part of the Guthrie investigation but no arrests were made. On Tuesday, sheriff deputies detained a person for questioning during a traffic stop south of Tucson. Authorities didn’t say what led them to stop the man but confirmed he was released. The same day, deputies and FBI agents conducted a court-authorized search in Rio Rico, about an hour’s drive south of the city. The development comes as law enforcement gathers more potential evidence as the search for Guthrie’s mother heads into its third week. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two deadlines for paying have passed. She is said to have a pacemaker and has dealt with high blood pressure and heart issues, according to sheriff’s dispatcher audio on Broadcastify.com. News outlets on Saturday showed video of Pima County sheriff’s officials and the FBI searching a Range Rover in the parking lot of a Culver’s restaurant in Tucson a few miles from Guthrie’s home. Despite searches of local homes in recent days, there were no suspects in custody, according to news reports. ..was reported missing from her home in Catalina Foothills, Arizona...

This is me talking.

Двум мужчинам по сорок лет. Один бездомный, Джон. Другой полицейский, Шон. Шон живет далеко от Вашингтона. Каждый день он ездит сюда на машине. Их умы одинаковы.
Two men they are forty years old. One is homeless, John. The other is a policeman, Sean. Sean lives far from Washington. Every day he drives here. Their minds are the same.

This is me talking.

This is me talking.

Тихий океан
Тише!
Почему русские так это называют? Оно огромное. Оно холодное. Далеко.
Pacific Ocean
Be quiet!
Why do the Russians call it that? It's big. It's cold. Far away.

The Toronto business community is watching with genuine bewilderment as Ottawa deliberates where to locate the soon-to-launched international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). This new 12-country financial institution — with potentially up to 40 members — is being created to mobilize $135 billion in capital to finance defence and security projects and supply chains among NATO and its allies. It’s a big deal.
Australia said on Sunday it would spend A$3.9 billion ($2.76 billion) to progress construction of a shipyard that will help deliver nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS defence pact with the U.S. and Britain.
Australia's Origin Energy beat first-half profit estimates on Thursday, lifted by higher earnings at its Energy Markets …

Губернатор Пенсильвании. Разного рода анекдоты о городе и сельской местности.
The Pennsylvania governor. Kind of anecdotes about the city and rural areas.

What’s in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s new housing plan: Protections for Pa. renters, $1 billion for infrastructure, homebuyer support, and more. Shapiro appeared in Philadelphia to unveil the state's Housing Action Plan, which relies on action from lawmakers and other stakeholders.A Lowell home played a central role in an investigation that resulted in the arrest of two men accused of producing methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall, as federal agents seized tens of thousands of pills, 30 pounds of crystal meth and three firearms. Ryan Miller has resigned as a Chesterton Police officer, weeks after his felony arrest for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman on New Year’s Eve. Chesterton Police Chief Tim Richardson told the Police Commission on Thursday that Miller met with him on Feb. 4, which was when he turned in his resignation. A Chicago-area woman who was working as a housecleaner at a Chesterton home faces multiple fraud charges that accuse her of stealing a credit card from the residence and then engaging in its unauthorized use. The man kept a Capital One credit card that had been returned to him... When Oksana Wojtiw got the OK to exercise after a recent accident, the purple-haired septuagenarian headed straight for Cloverdale Mall. She enjoys just wandering around, seeing the same faces, and knowing if she gets lonely she can pull up a seat with a cup of coffee. A plan to boost Sydney’s 24-hour economy has hit a major obstacle, with the NSW government scaling back plans for around-the-clock trading at a new $100 million inner-city cultural venue after the proposal sparked a wave of community objections over late-night noise. James Estephan’s new Lebanese charcoal chicken shop, nestled on the single shopping strip of Belfield in Sydney’s south-west, is surrounded. The Coalition’s new leadership will seek to win back a reputation as the party of lower taxes and better economic management after former leader Peter Dutton nixed their tax cut proposals before the last election. Police announced the arrest of the alleged triggerman a few weeks later, publicly linking the incidents to the GTA’s long-standing tow-truck turf war. The house on Farrell had been home to a kingpin in the protracted battle, who had been shot dead himself more than a year earlier. The arrest did not stop the violence. Over the next four months, the shootings persisted at one of the homes, on Allison Ann Way. The most recent was on Feb. 2, just days before investigators announced the results of an organized crime and corruption probe, netting the arrests of seven Toronto cops. A former Patriots assistant coach has broken his silence after landing in hot water for comments he made about how he believes college football players should balance family dynamics and performance. Joe Judge, an Ole Miss assistant coach who previously spent time in the NFL with New England, received heat as he tried to argue for a sixth year of eligibility for quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. Quebec City man faces firearms charges after road rage incident A 52-year-old Quebec City man was arrested Friday after police say he pointed what appeared to be a firearm at another driver during a road rage incident.

...don't matter what time or town I can't get you gone...
...turned the bar upside down...
...just looking for something that does it...
...I'd give up all my money...

Они все время говорят. Но когда мы говорим, они забывают, что мы сказали.
They talk all of the time. But when we talk they forget what we say.

Me and Jenna went to school in Austin. Audrey went to the schools just right above north. That's also where the actor went Glen Powell. Eliot went to the Dutch business school. Alex played in the Dutch soccer league. Audrey married a man she met online from Togo. I've met him. They now have two sons. The husband used to work in the tech sector. Her mom died. And then her dad remarried.

This is me talking.

This is me talking.

This is me talking.

This is me talking.

В домах, возможно, мужья и жёны. Богатые и бедные.
In homes maybe the husbands and wives. Wealthy and poor.

The Queens building where a fire killed a mother and her newborn girl, and left a 22-year-old man clinging to life, had no permit for a basement apartment, where the loss of life occurred, officials said.
The Estephans bought the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom home from Jacqueline Dominello for $4.6 million in 2014, records show.
...fled the scene in a Lachlan Shire Council ute, sparking an extensive manhunt. He has yet to be found despite a weeks-long search. Newly released court documents detail Ingram’s prior conviction for domestic-violence related assault.

Компьютеры и экономика в Азии.
Komputers and the economy in Asia.

Australia's central bank will raise rates again if inflation becomes entrenched, its governor said on Thursday, having just delivered the first rate rise in two years last week. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock said it was, however, not clear at the moment that bringing inflation down would require more rate rises, and policymakers would be watching data closely.
Asia-Pacific markets traded lower Friday, tracking Wall Street declines, as fears over artificial intelligence disruption drove the S&P 500 to a third straight day of losses.
Fulton County’s top elected official said Wednesday he plans to find out whether the owners of high-end office buildings, hotels and data centers are being asked to pay their fair share in property taxes.

This is me talking.

Он живёт недалеко от Сиднея.
He lives near Sydney.

Украинец в Восточном Лондоне. Посмотрите на его машину.
A Ukrainian man in East London. Look at is car.

The fact that the Sydney suburb of Wentworth Point holds the crown of the country’s most densely populated postcode didn’t deter Emily Hurry and Oliver ke Duan from buying a unit there. In fact, that was the attraction. The couple, ahead of the birth of their now one-year-old daughter, Eliza, wanted to believe Wentworth Point would become a “prime example of what a sustainable future Sydney could look like”, Hurry said. Two Chinese nationals allegedly recruited by Beijing to spy on a Buddhist group in Canberra have been bailed after a magistrate compared their intelligence gathering to a student researching a school assignment. Zheng Siru, 31, and a 25-year-old man, who cannot be named because the court suppressed his identity, fronted the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday on charges of reckless foreign interference.
Dashcam footage shows the moment a police officer was forced to cling to a drug dealer’s car door during an arrest. Pc Owen Turner is seen stopping Josef Zielinski near Sudbury in Suffolk following a tip-off that he was a suspected drug dealer. After approaching the vehicle at about 1pm on Nov 8 2025, the officer opened the driver’s door and Zielinski put the vehicle in reverse in an attempt to flee. However, instead of stepping away from the moving vehicle, the officer jumped into the car and hung on to the door, while his colleague was knocked down and dragged backwards. Pc Turner turned the engine off, but the 33-year-old, who had discarded 10 wraps of cocaine under the car during the incident, restarted it before he was removed from the vehicle and detained. Zielinksi, of Barking, east London, was jailed on Friday for four years after admitting possessing cocaine with intent to supply, dangerous driving, two counts of assault and criminal damage.
Russian soldiers and military bloggers have railed against the Kremlin after it restricted access to the Telegram messaging app. Widespread disruptions to the app were reported on Monday and Tuesday as Roskomnadzor, the Russian state media regulator, said it would levy its strongest restrictions on Telegram’s operations yet.

Итальянский законодательный орган.
The Italian legislature.

Authorities in the Bulgarian town of Lovech have disclosed the results of a major operation targeting the distribution of counterfeit currency. During the operation, law enforcement detained a 51-year-old man, discovering more than 206,000 euros in counterfeit banknotes in his possession and at properties linked to him. Bulgarian customs officers intercepted GBP 71,230 in undeclared cash at the Kapitan Andreevo crossing on the border with Turkiye after checking an outbound Turkish-registered semi-trailer truck, the Customs Agency reported on Monday. The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details. Italy’s government has proposed using a “naval blockade” to block migrant boats from reaching its shores. Customers will have to spend money to redeem gift cards at Barbeques Galore after the Australian retailer ran out of cash and was handed over to administrators and receivers, leaving 500 jobs hanging in the balance. Residents in Botany have been forced to evacuate their home after excavation works at a neighbouring multimillion-dollar apartment site left their property structurally compromised, prompting NSW regulators to halt construction over safety fears. House prices would fall only about 1 per cent if the capital gains tax discount were reduced or removed, experts said. Aaron: I first saw Kaitlin on September 11, 2004, three years after I was deployed to the Persian Gulf as an 18-year-old officer with the Australian Navy. It had been a rough three years … I’d taken some leave and was trying to outrun my PTSD by managing a nightclub in Alicante, getting wasted and sleeping with a different girl every night. But I was lost and lonely. Melton and the Gary Chamber of Commerce hosted a fireside chat at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana Tuesday night. The event featured a networking hour for attendees and a panel discussion with representatives from U.S. Steel, Hard Rock and the Gary/Chicago International Airport. Angus Taylor is poised to take on the enormous task of reviving the Liberal Party, as backers of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley lose hope and lament the rejection of a peace offering that would have seen Ley stand down in coming months to create an orderly transition and avoid a coup.

В Атланте. Возможно, из-за стоимости судов.
In Atlanta. Maybe the costs of the courts.

On the heels of a massive pollbook error that left thousands of voters off the rolls in the November election and prompted an independent investigation, Chester County is facing another mistake from its voter services department. Fani Willis says she shouldn’t have to pay nearly $17 million in legal fees to President Donald Trump and his allies after her prosecution against them fell flat, in a filing that also attacked a new Georgia law allowing them to bill for the costs. A Fulton County judge has dismissed one lawsuit and stayed another that sought access to the county’s 2020 election ballots in a pair of decisions that expressed frustration with the recent FBI seizure of those same materials. A protester says he was unfairly targeted by Cobb County police officers who arrested him nearly two years ago while breaking up an early-morning demonstration in Vinings. Middle Georgia voters head back to the polls next week to cast their ballots in a special state Senate election runoff. Fulton County’s top elected official said Wednesday he plans to find out whether the owners of high-end office buildings, hotels and data centers are being asked to pay their fair share in property taxes.