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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their sealed findings were being delivered Thursday to Brazil’s Supreme Court, which will refer them to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, who decides either to formally charge Bolsonaro and put him on trial, or toss the investigation. Bolsonaro told the website Metropoles that he was waiting for his lawyer to review the indictment, reportedly about 700 pages long. But he said he would fight the case and dismissed the investigation as being the result of “creativity.” The former right-wing president has denied all claims he tried to stay in office after his narrow electoral defeat in 2022 to his rival, leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has faced a series of legal threats since then. Police said in a brief statement that the Supreme Court had agreed to reveal the names of all 37 people who were indicted “to avoid the dissemination of incorrect news.” Dozens of former and current Bolsonaro aides also were indicted, including Gen. Walter Braga Netto, who was his running mate in the 2022 campaign; former Army commander Gen. Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira; Valdemar Costa Neto, the chairman of Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party; and his veteran former adviser, Gen. Augusto Heleno. Other investigations produced indictments for Bolsonaro's roles in smuggling diamond jewelry into Brazil without properly declaring them and in directing a subordinate to falsify his and others’ COVID-19 vaccination statuses. Bolsonaro has denied any involvement in either. Another probe found that he had abused his authority to cast doubt on the country's voting system, and judges barred him from running again until 2030. Still, he has insisted that he will run in 2026, and many in his orbit were heartened by the recent U.S. election win of Donald Trump, despite his own swirling legal threats. But the far-reaching investigations already have weakened Bolsonaro’s status as a leader of Brazil’s right wing, said Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo. “Bolsonaro is already barred from running in the 2026 elections,” Melo told the The Associated Press. “And if he is convicted he could also be jailed by then. To avoid being behind bars, he will have to convince Supreme Court justices that he has nothing to do with a plot that involves dozens of his aides. That’s a very tall order,” Melo said. An indictment over the alleged coup attempt means the investigation has gathered indications of "a crime and its author,” said Eloísa Machado de Almeida, a law professor at Getulio Vargas Foundation, a university in Sao Paulo. She said she believed there was enough legal grounds for the prosecutor-general to file charges. Bolsonaro's allies in Congress have been negotiating a bill to pardon individuals who stormed the Brazilian capital and rioted on Jan. 8, 2023 in a failed attempt to keep the former president in power. Analysts have speculated that lawmakers want to extend the legislation to cover the former president himself. However, efforts to push a broad amnesty bill may be “politically challenging” given recent attacks on the judiciary and details emerging in investigations, Machado said. On Tuesday, Federal Police arrested four military and a Federal Police officer, accused of plotting to assassinate Lula and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as a means to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections. And last week, a man carried out a bomb attack in the capital Brasilia . He attempted to enter the Supreme Court and threw explosives outside, killing himself.

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TARGET has come under fire from a holiday shopper after they were forced to use another line instead of self-checkout. They claimed it wasn't the first time they found themselves in a similar situation and criticized the retailer for its checkout decision. "@Target, why is self check out always closed now?" the customer, Bobby, fumed in a post on X earlier this month. "It's a frustrating experience to wait in long lines that self checkout could eliminate." Bobby said the self-checkout closures at his local Target were also made worse by an anti-theft feature commonly seen at select locations. "It's bad enough that half the stuff I need to shop for is behind a locked cabinet," he added. Read More on Target Target responded quickly, apologizing for the incident and noting that it was increasing the amount of cashiered lanes for customers recently. "Thank you for sharing your feedback," Target replied on X. "We're prioritizing full-service check lanes, so our skilled team members can support our guests' experience and provide a quick and easy checkout." "We'll be sure to share your feedback," the retail giant added. Most read in Money POLICIES MAY VARY While all of Target's 1,963 locations have many policies and operations that are the same, a lot can change on a store-to-store basis. For example, the amount of self-checkout kiosks available and whether or not they're open or closed during certain portions of the day is determined by individual stores. That also goes for the anti-theft glass cabinets , which have select merchandise locked behind them for security and require assistance from a Target employee with a key to open them. The glass cabinets are implemented only at Target stores with higher-than-average retail theft rates. Target was forced to close nine stores last September for that reason and began ramping up the locked cabinets. A self-checkout policy that is now consistent across all Target locations after a short test period at 200 stores is the 10-item limit . In April, Target launched its first-ever paid membership program, Target Circle 360. For $99 a year, members get access to the following perks: Unlimited, free same-day delivery on orders over $35 An extra 30 days to return your items Free two-day shipping on 100,000s of items 5% off in-store and online Automatic deals and exclusive partner perks It was officially implemented earlier this spring. HAD ENOUGH Several Target shoppers have stood vehemently against the rule and argued that it only causes longer lines more than anything. Self-checkout and the locked cabinets, in general, have been a sore point for customers with the retailer for some time. Someone recently claimed they had to wait 15 minutes for assistance with a basic grocery essential during a trip to their local Target due to the anti-theft cabinets. Another echoed similar grievances, going as far as to claim the measure has "destroyed" the shopping experience. For self-checkout, it's sometimes a no-win situation for Target. Either there are too many kiosks open and not enough cashiered lanes, or vice versa. Read More on The US Sun A shopper recently threatened to boycott Target over the self-checkout 10-item limit and limited cashiered lanes, the opposite issue to Bobby. Someone else also said they "dread" going to the self-checkout area at Target because of allegedly long waits.Trump team signs agreement to allow Justice to conduct background checks on nominees, staff

Google Unveils Gemini 2.0 AI Despite Antitrust BattleThousands of Afghans on Thursday attended the funeral of the refugees minister, AFP journalists saw, after he was killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul the day before in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, was killed on Wednesday afternoon in a suicide bombing at the ministry's offices in the Afghan capital. Thousands of men, many of them armed, gathered for Haqqani's funeral in his home village of Sarana, in a mountainous area of Paktia province, south of Kabul. The funeral included heavy security, with armoured vehicles, snipers and personnel manning the area and the road from Kabul, which was jammed with hundreds of cars as mourners travelled from surrounding provinces. Senior Taliban officials, including the Chief of Army Staff Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, and Maulawi Abdul Kabir, political deputy of the prime minister's office, attended the funeral, according to an AFP team on site. The deceased's nephew, the powerful interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, also attended, along with foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. In a speech there, Muttaqi said the latest IS attacks had been planned "abroad", denouncing, without naming them, "countries harbouring" the organisation. "We call on all nations to work together to stop the common enemy, which does not recognise any kind of morality." In September, the Taliban authorities said IS had training camps in Balochistan province of Pakistan, which also regularly faces jihadist attacks. Haqqani, the highest ranked member of the Taliban government to be killed in an attack since their return to power, "was a big loss for us, the system and the nation", said Paktia resident Hedayatullah, 22. "May God protect our other leaders and keep them victorious." "Our leader... who had his life brutally taken away, achieved martyrdom," said Bostan, 53, haranguing the "cowardly attack" that killed Haqqani. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan condemned the attack on Thursday, offering condolences to the victims' families. "There can be no place for terrorism in the quest for stability," the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on X. The European Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation also condemned the attack, along with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran. Haqqani -- who is on US and UN sanctions lists and never appeared without an automatic weapon in his hand -- was the brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the feared Haqqani network responsible for some of the most violent attacks during the Taliban's two-decade insurgency. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying a bomber detonated an explosive vest inside the ministry, according to a statement on its Amaq news agency, as translated by the SITE Intelligence Group. Taliban authorities had already blamed IS for the "cowardly attack" -- the first targeting a minister since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Violence has waned in Afghanistan since the Taliban forces took over the country that year, ending their war against US-led NATO coalition forces. However, the regional chapter of IS, known as Islamic State Khorasan, is active in Afghanistan and has regularly targeted civilians, foreigners and Taliban officials with gun and bomb attacks. bur-qb-sw/nro

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) said on Dec. 11 that he will bring the Social Security Fairness Act before the Senate for a vote. The bill removes rules that reduce Social Security benefits in certain cases, such as those receiving pensions or disability benefits. “I am here to tell you the Senate is going to take action on Social Security,” he said. “What’s happening to you is unfair, un-American, I will fight it all the way.” The announcement came during a rally hosted by leaders from labor unions across the country, held in the pouring rain outside the Senate Russell building. These rules were set in place to stop employees from collecting both full Social Security benefits and their pensions from employers who did not withhold Social Security taxes from their paychecks. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, estimated that the bill would cost around $195 billion over the next decade and speed up the Social Security program’s insolvency. Schumer said he has lined up unanimous support from the Democrats but is working to get the 15 Republican supporters needed to pass the legislation. “You’re gonna find out which senators are with ya and which are agin’ ya,” Schumer said colloquially. The bill passed the House 327–75 in November via discharge petition, an unusual move that took the bill out of the hands of the House Ways and Means Committee and directly to the floor for a vote. Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), who introduced the bill in the House, is confident that the legislation will make it through the Senate as well. “The heavy lifting is done. The path to victory could not be clearer. A WEP-GPO repeal could be in the stockings of millions of public service retirees this Christmas.” This session of Congress is set to end soon, and legislators already have their hands full as they seek to pass supplementary spending by Dec. 20 to keep the government running into the new year. Next year’s Senate will also see majority rule flipped from Democrat to Republican, and incoming Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) was not a cosponsor of the bill.

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Is Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren’t laughingArizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is entering the 2025 NFL Draft , he announced via social media. McMillan, who is forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility, is widely regarded as the top true wide receiver prospect in the draft process. "The University of Arizona has provided me with the platform to grow and chase my dreams," McMillan wrote in his announcement . "It has shaped me not just as a player, but as a person. I'll be forever grateful for the loyalty, the opportunities, and everything this University has given me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." McMillan made a splash in 2022 when he committed Arizona as the No. 4 wide receiver and No. 37 prospect nationally in his class. He is still the highest-ranked high school player to ever sign with the Wildcats in the 247Sports era. It didn't take him long to live up to his lofty recruiting pedigree. He put up a team-leading 702 yards and eight touchdowns receiving as a freshman. A year later, he became the focal point of Arizona's offense with a career-high 90 catches for 1,402 yards and 10 touchdowns. McMillan earned first-team CBS Sports All-American honors in 2024 after hauling in 84 passes for 1,319 yards -- third in the FBS -- and eight touchdowns. McMillan's draft stock The 6-foot-5 McMillan projects as an outside receiver at the next level. He's a strong route runner that can use his sizable frame to win more often than not on jump balls. He also has great hands and after-the-catch ability. McMillan is projected to be a top-10 pick in the NFL Draft. There have only been four wide receivers that are 6-5 or taller selected in the top 10 in the past 60 years. In his most recent mock draft, CBS Sports' Chris Trapasso projected McMillan to the Carolina Panthers with the No. 4 overall pick. "McMillan would be the ideal boundary, back-shoulder, rebounder type with plus YAC skills to provide to Bryce Young at the start of his third professional season." Trapasso wrote . What it means for Arizona McMillan has been a mainstay in Arizona's offense since he stepped foot on campus, so it's going to be difficult for the Wildcats to replace him. He was also the only player on Arizona's roster with at least 500 yards receiving in 2024. Redshirt sophomore Chris Hunter , who emerged as a strong No. 2 option and flashed his versatility down the stretch, can come back if he wants to. He finished the 2024 season with 323 yards and three touchdowns. The Wildcats also have former junior college prospect Jeremiah Patterson to lean on moving forward. Incoming freshman Isaiah Mizell, a three-star prospect and the highest-ranked recruit to sign with Arizona during the 2025 early signing period, will have every opportunity to earn early playing time. The Wildcats will almost certainly turn to the transfer portal for help, as well.NHL-worst Blackhawks fire Richardson as coach

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