However you get your news, here are a few stories that stood out in local, state, federal and international news.
A second would-be assassin of the former President Donald Trump was stopped and detained by Secret Service yesterday.
The assassin was spotted by Secret Service due to a rifle barrel sticking out from a fence along the perimeter of the former President’s West Palm Beach golf course.
The would-be assassin, an American, was spotted and stopped before they could fire a shot.
Golf courses are challenging places for Secret Service to secure due to the terrain and the access allowed to the public, even when a president is present. This apparently has been true for all former presidents who visit golf courses.
“More than 30,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), who produce Boeing's top-selling 737 MAX and other jets in the Seattle and Portland areas, voted on their first full contract in 16 years, with 94.6% rejecting Boeing's offer and 96% favoring a strike. Workers vowed to fight for a better pay offer than the company had made.”
Both Boeing and the union wish to make a deal quickly, and are expected to meet again at the negotiation table this week with the help of a federal mediator.
Boeing faces growing debt, a decreasing stock price, and rising pressure on their supply chain and production goals the longer this strike lasts. It is unclear how much the union holds in reserve funds to allow the strike to continue effectively.
An American in Kentucky, perched by a remote area of Interstate 75, allegedly opened fire on vehicles driving by last Saturday.
“Hours before the shooting, Joseph A Couch, 32, legally bought a rifle and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition, police said. The shootings began at about 5:30pm. Police initially said nine vehicles were hit by gunfire along Interstate 75, a busy north-south route [in Kentucky]. They later increased that number to 12 cars.”
Five people were wounded, but all are expected to survive.
The search for the terrorist is still going, forcing schools to close or move to remote learning in multiple counties. Residents and would-be tourists in the area were told to ‘suspend your activities’.
“Couch previously served in the National Guard, according to police. An Army spokesperson said Couch served in the Army Reserve for roughly six years, from March 2013 to January 2019, as a combat engineer, but was never deployed.”
“Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been accused of a 2020 sexual assault in a lawsuit filed Monday in Texas.”
Previously, over 20 women have filed lawsuits against Watson for inappropriate sexual activity. These lawsuits were settled privately, outside of court. The NFL mandated an 11-game suspension, and Watson faced no criminal charges.
This assault, separate from ones previously known to the NFL and the media, occurred in Houston in 2020. The attached article includes quotes from the alleged victim, clearly detailing Watson raping this woman.
The woman, currently unknown, plans to take this case to court to be decided by a jury.
Watson, the Browns and the NFL claim to have not known about this, but another article states “the attorney for the alleged victim claimed he first spent 10 months unsuccessfully trying to resolve the case privately.”
If the NFL finds “Watson failed to disclose the claim in writing before signing his original contract (or, in theory, before his latest restructuring in August),” the Browns will be able to void Watson’s future contract guarantees ($46 million in 2025 and another $46 million in 2026) under the league’s Personal Conduct Policy.
On Tuesday, the second and supposed final Presidential debate took place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
This was the first such debate for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, as President Joe Biden was still the party’s lead candidate during the first debate with former President Trump.
“The Harris campaign agreed on Sept. 4, six days before the debate, to allow microphones to be muted when a candidate isn't speaking, ending a protracted fight that was the final sticking point in negotiations on the rules of the debate.”
Another debate is not guaranteed, but is being discussed for a time in October.
There are currently no US Congressional District OH-11 Debates Scheduled for this Election.
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