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TikTok Ban Averted: Trump Gives Oracle-Walmart Deal His ‘Blessing’

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U.S. tech company Oracle is joining hands with Walmart to become a technology partner with TikTok, an arrangement that satisfies the White House’s concerns over the security of American user data.

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The storm called Delta, which formed in the Caribbean Sea on Monday morning, has strengthened into a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm will likely reach the northern Gulf Coast early Friday.

Delta continues 2020's record Atlantic storm season, which exhausted the traditional list of alphabetized names last month. It's the earliest arrival of a 25th named storm. And like several other recent storms, its forecast path includes Louisiana.

"All of Louisiana needs to prepare for Tropical Storm #Delta," Gov. John Bel Edwards said via Twitter on Monday morning. He urged residents to keep an eye on the news and listen for advisories from local officials.

The storm's maximum sustained wind speeds powered-up on Monday, from 40 mph in the morning to 80 mph late in the evening. The hurricane center predicts Delta will get significantly stronger in the next couple days, aided by very warm waters in the Caribbean and favorable wind patterns.

The hurricane center expects Delta's winds to top 100 mph two days from now, although cool offshore waters near southwestern Louisiana and Mississippi could weaken the storm a bit before landfall. Those speeds would make Delta a strong Category 2 hurricane.

"Now is the time to put your hurricane plans into action," the National Weather Service office in New Orleans said on Monday.

Acknowledging "large uncertainty" over the storm's track and intensity, the hurricane center warns, "there is a risk of dangerous storm surge, wind, and rainfall hazards along the coast from Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle."

The exact path of the storm remains uncertain. Delta is expected to stay on a generally northwestern track for several days, but as with other recent storms in the Gulf, it will likely curve more toward the north and northeast as it gets closer to land on Thursday and Friday. The exact timing of those moves will determine which communities face the greatest risk of flooding, storm surge and other dangers.

Delta is currently about 150 miles south-southwest of Negril, Jamaica, heading west-northwest at 7 mph, the hurricane center said in its 11 p.m. ET update. It's expected to bring strong winds and heavy rains to parts of the Cayman Islands and western Cuba as it nears the Gulf.

The only other time meteorologists resorted to naming Atlantic storms with the Greek alphabet was in 2005, when officials had to use a total of six Greek letters, stopping at Zeta.

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Delta Strengthens Into A Hurricane, Is Forecast To Hit Gulf Coast This Week

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The storm called Delta, which formed in the Caribbean Sea on Monday morning, has strengthened into a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm will likely reach the northern Gulf Coast early Friday. Delta continues 2020's record Atlantic storm season, which exhausted the traditional list of alphabetized names last month.

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Alec Baldwin defends his jokes about trump getting coronavirus

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Alec Baldwin defends his jokes about trump getting coronavirus

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Alec Baldwin defended his decision to reprise his role as President Trump on " Saturday Night Live" following backlash for making fun of him amid his coronavirus diagnosis.

Baldwin was joined by Jim Carrey, who was portraying Joe Biden, for a parody of last Tuesday's presidential debate. During the sketch, both men made lighthearted jabs at the news that Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus. Baldwin also shared a photo of himself in a face mask in full Trump costume prior to the airing to encourage people to watch.

The sketch rubbed some of Trump's supporters the wrong way, to which Baldwin issued a response in a lengthy video shared on Instagram Sunday. The 62-year-old actor noted that, because people aren't being told officially that Trump is "gravely ill," the sketch simply toed the line at worst. He also praised the minds behind "SNL" for historically being cognizant of what is and isn't appropriate.

"If there was ever the suggestion that Trump was truly, gravely ill, and people said, 'Trump is really in trouble,' then I would bet you everything I have that we wouldn't even get near that, in terms of the content of the show," Baldwin said. "They would have done something else. I've seen that happen before."
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He later added: "We only have the words of the White House itself and the people who work there themselves to go on, and all of them have all been saying he isn't in any danger. We only have their word to go by and if their word was that he was in serious trouble, then we probably wouldn't have done it."

Baldwin also acknowledged that, although he's one of Trump's most outspoken critics, the idea of mocking a person that's suffering from something potentially life-threatening is not something that he or the show would ever get behind.
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"There are a lot of people out there who have the deepest amount of animosity I could possibly calculate in my adult life toward Trump, but there's a line they won't cross," he said. "They wouldn't say, 'I wish something happened to him,' or that he died, or whatever. And people who do that, that's not the way it should be."

The actor also commented on the criticism he gets for continuing to be the sketch show's go-to person to impersonate the president. He noted that he understands that people may be sick of seeing him play Trump or want him to yield the part over to a regular cast member. He doesn't blame them. However, he also believes there's more at play than simply not wanting to see his particular comedic Trump impression.

"I think what's also true is that people are just sick of Trump. They really don't care who portrays him," he said. "People have come to the point now when they're ready to stop laughing about it and stop joking about it and take a serious look, in terms of programming, dramatic programming, scripted programming at what's really going on with him. I assume that if he loses that will be superfluous, but maybe that will continue."

The star concluded his lengthy video, which also included his thoughts on the current tax code, with a simple line for critics of his latest Trump sketch.
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"If you didn't like Trump, the sketch, sorry," he concluded. "We thought we kept the gloves on."

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Alec Baldwin defends 'SNL' Trump sketch amid president's coronavirus diagnosis

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Alec Baldwin defended his decision to reprise his role as President Trump on " Saturday Night Live" following backlash for making fun of him amid his coronavirus diagnosis. Baldwin was joined by Jim Carrey, who was portraying Joe Biden, for a parody of last Tuesday's presidential debate.

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Two former officials of Connecticut's largest city have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from what prosecutors called a corrupt process that led to the police chief's appointment in 2018

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Two former officials of Connecticut's largest city pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from what prosecutors called a corrupt process that led to the police chief's appointment in 2018.

Former Bridgeport Police Chief Armando "A.J." Perez and the city's former acting personnel director, David Dunn, face up to two years in prison under plea deals approved by U.S. District Judge Kari Dooley in Bridgeport. They also agreed to pay more than $149,000 apiece in restitution to the city.

Perez, 64, admitted to receiving confidential information about the police chief's examination stolen by Dunn, including the questions for an oral examination and the scoring guide for written essays. He also admitted that he had two officers complete his essays, passed the work off as his own and lied to federal authorities in an effort to cover up his actions.

"Plainly put, the defendant ... and Mr. Dunn corruptly agreed to perpetrate a scheme to rig the open and competitive examination required by the city's charter in order to make sure that Mr. Perez was one of the three examination finalists and thereby eligible to be named the permanent police chief," federal prosecutor Jonathan Francis told the judge.

Perez and Dunn, 73, resigned from their jobs after being arrested last month. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making false statements to federal investigators. Sentencings were set for Jan. 4 for Perez and Jan. 11 for Dunn.

Perez talked to reporters after his court appearance.

"I accepted responsibility for what I did," he said. "I apologized to the good people, people that I served with pride and I gave 37 years of my life to them. I am so sorry. I apologize. We're going to move on and we're going to make this city the best city in the state of Connecticut."

After Perez was ranked among the top three candidates, he was appointed police chief by Mayor Joe Ganim. Ganim, who has been close to Perez for years, has denied any wrongdoing in connection with the testing process and Perez's appointment.

Dunn, however, told one of the panelists scoring the candidates that Ganim wanted Perez to be among the three finalists, prosecutors said.

Ganim has not been charged, and there was no mention of him during Monday's court hearings. Investigators said Ganim's chief of staff told Dunn the mayor wanted the police chief test conducted in a professional, fair and timely manner.

Perez and his lawyer, Robert Frost Jr., were present in the courtroom, as were Dunn and his attorney, Frederick Paoletti Jr., for a second hearing that followed Perez's. Everyone in the courtroom, including the judge and staff, wore masks under coronavirus precautions, and the hearings were available for public viewing via video conference.

Under questioning by Dooley, Perez and Dunn, both wearing suits and ties, admitted they committed crimes. They answered "yes" when the judge asked them if they were entering pleas because they were guilty and whether they understood the plea agreements, the ramifications and their rights.

Dooley said Perez also could face potential deportation because of his guilty pleas to the two felonies. Perez was born in Havana and is a naturalized citizen.

Dunn did not talk to the media Monday. Paoletti said Dunn was a decent, respected man who took the "courageous step of unequivocally accepting responsibility for his mistakes and his conduct."

According to the criminal complaints, Dunn gave confidential materials, including the questions to the oral portion of the police chief exam and the scoring guide to the written part, to Perez and tailored the scoring criteria for that exam in Perez's favor.

Perez had two police officers secretly take the written portion of the exam for him, investigators said.

Perez also asked an officer to write answers to the oral examination questions provided by Dunn, the complaints say. The officer, however, was placed on administrative leave before he could complete the answers, investigators said. Perez asked the officer to sneak into the police station to get the questions and answers, but that never happened, the complaints said.

Dunn instructed officials to eliminate scoring penalties if the candidates did not have a bachelor's degree or did not live in the city, the complaint said. Perez was the only applicant without a bachelor's degree and did not live in Bridgeport, authorities said.

Dunn, according to investigators, falsely denied that he told a member of the panel ranking the chief candidates that the mayor wanted Perez to be among the top three candidates.

Ganim served seven years in prison for corruption related to his first tenure as mayor from 1991 to his resignation in 2003. He was convicted of steering city contracts in exchange for private gifts.

He was released in prison in 2010 and returned to the mayor's office in 2015 after apologizing and asking residents for a second chance.

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Police chief, city official plead guilty in hiring scam

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Two former officials of Connecticut's largest city have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from what prosecutors called a corrupt process that led to the police chief's appointment in 2018 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Two former officials of Connecticut's largest city pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from what prosecutors called a corrupt process that led to the police chief's appointment in 2018.