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Wisconsin judge blocks Republican-backed laws curbing Democratic governor’s powers

FILE PHOTO: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers speaks at an election eve rally in Madison, Wisconsin
FILE PHOTO: Tony Evers speaks at a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. November 5, 2018. on the eve of his election as governor REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo

March 21, 2019

By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) – A Wisconsin judge on Thursday blocked legislation passed by Republican lawmakers during a December lame-duck session intended to curb the powers of newly elected Democratic Governor Tony Evers, calling the measures unconstitutionally approved.

The governor immediately moved to withdraw Wisconsin from a multistate lawsuit that seeks to overturn the Obamacare healthcare law, the signature domestic achievement of former Democratic President Barack Obama and a longtime target of Republicans, including President Donald Trump.

One of the statutes passed in December prevented Evers from pulling out of the lawsuit absent legislative approval, until Thursday’s decision set the law aside. [nL1N1YJ1CW]

Democrats had criticized the legislation as a last-minute power grab. Republican lawmakers in North Carolina and Michigan pursued similar lame-duck moves after Democratic victories in November.

“The legislature overplayed its hand by using an unlawful process to accumulate more power for itself and override the will of the people,” Evers said in a statement.

Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders vowed to appeal the ruling from Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess, who issued a temporary injunction stopping the laws from taking effect.

“For decades the legislature has used extraordinary sessions that have been widely supported by members of both parties,” Robin Vos, the state Assembly speaker, and Scott Fitzgerald, the state Senate majority leader, said in a joint statement.

“Today’s ruling only creates chaos and will surely raise questions about items passed during previous extraordinary sessions, including stronger laws against child sexual predators and drunk drivers,” the statement added.

In his decision, Niess said the legislature’s use of an “extraordinary session” was not explicitly permitted under the state constitution.

“The bottom line in this case is that the legislature did not lawfully meet during its December 2018 ‘extraordinary session,'” he wrote.

Lawyers for the legislature had argued that an injunction would cause disruption by making thousands of statutes vulnerable to legal challenges, but Niess rejected that claim.

“Is there anything more destructive to Wisconsin’s constitutional democracy than for courts to abdicate their constitutional responsibilities by knowingly enforcing unconstitutional, and therefore, non-existent laws?” he concluded.

The ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed by several left-leaning groups.

Several other lawsuits have been filed challenging the lame-duck legislation. In January, a federal judge in Wisconsin blocked a Republican-backed law that would limit early voting across the state to two weeks. [nL1N1ZH1KR]

(Reporting by Joseph Ax in New York; Editing by Scott Malone and Peter Cooney)

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Hasbro posts surprise rise in quarterly revenue

FILE PHOTO: Illustration photo of a Monopoly board game by Hasbro Gaming
FILE PHOTO: A Monopoly board game by Hasbro Gaming is seen in this illustration photo August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo

April 23, 2019

(Reuters) – Toymaker Hasbro Inc reported a surprise rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday as it sold more of its Transformers toys and “Magic:The Gathering” collectible card game.

The company reported net earnings of $26.7 million, or 21 cents per share, in the first quarter ended March 31, compared with a loss of $112.5 million, or 90 cents per share, a year earlier.

Net revenues rose to 2.3 percent to $732.5 million, while analysts were expecting $661.3 million, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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Oregon man accused of luring teen arrested after SUV gets stuck in snow, officials say

An Oregon man accused of luring a 13-year-old girl from her home was arrested Tuesday after a rental vehicle he was in with the teen got stuck in deep snow and he had to call for help, authorities said.

Christopher Thomas Knox, 37, of Hillsboro, first told responding Clatsop County Sheriff’s deputies the girl was his daughter, Sheriff Tom Bergin said. But authorities soon learned she was from the Seattle-area and was with Knox without her parents’ knowledge, Bergin said.

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Knox is believed to have sexually abused the teen near her home on Feb. 15 and then a second time at a rest stop or state park somewhere between Tacoma, Wash., and Astoria, Ore., Bergin said. The pair was traveling in a black 2018 Dodge Journey and may have been spotted by travelers outside the vehicle wrapped up in a blanket, Bergin said.

The girl has since been taken to a local hospital for an exam and returned to her parents in Washington.

Knox made a court appearance Tuesday and did not enter a plea on charges of online sexual corruption of a minor and luring a minor, according to court documents. He was being held on $250,000 bail.

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Knox may face more charges as authorities in Oregon and Washington continue to investigate, Bergin said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf wins legal and ‘plantation’ fight

Let’s go to the videotape, criminal mischief charges against Warner Wolf have been dropped.

The longtime New York sports broadcaster had been arrested in Florida last month for removing the word “plantation” from the gated community where he resides.

DEVELOPERS DROP 'PLANTATION' FROM NAME OF PLANNED COMMUNITY

The 81-year-old Wolf told WOR radio’s “Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning” program that prosecutors “likely felt the intent was not criminal” and let him off because he had no prior record.

Legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf, 81, had been arrested in Florida last month for removing the word “plantation” from the gated community, "Classics Plantation Estates" where he resides.

Legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf, 81, had been arrested in Florida last month for removing the word “plantation” from the gated community, "Classics Plantation Estates" where he resides. (Collier County Sheriff's Office)

“The bottom line is I don’t live on a plantation,” Wolf said, adding that he believes the word is offensive. “I told the board for two years to get rid of that word. … We don’t live on a plantation.”

"The bottom line is I don’t live on a plantation. ... I told the board for two years to get rid of that word. … We don’t live on a plantation."

— Warner Wolf, legendary sportscaster

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Wolf reportedly had snapped off letters from the “Classics Plantation Estates” sign in East Naples on Nov. 30, according to police reports. He indicated that he had to pay restitution for the offense, but the word has not been restored to the signage.

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Trump Quotes Daughter-in-Law: Dems 'Frantic' to Attack President

President Donald Trump early Thursday quoted daughter-in-law Lara Trump from her appearance on Fox News' "Hannity" program, where she defended him against the House Judiciary Committee's document requests from 81 people associated with the president and campaign, her own husband Eric included.

“'Democrats are frantic to throw something else at the president,'" Trump tweeted, quoting her comments to show host Sean Hannity. "'That’s why you saw those 81 subpoenas. It’s ridiculous. Just because your (SIC) still upset over an election that happened 2 1/2 years ago, you should not be allowed to ruin people’s lives like this.'"

Lara Trump, a senior campaign adviser for her father-in-law's re-election bid, told Hannity that the House Democrats' investigations into the president's possible criminal acts show how much they fear him.

"The campaign will be vindicated," she said. "The truth comes out at the end. And I think that Democrats right now are showing how scared they are with the fact that they view [special counsel Robert Mueller's] report is probably going to be released soon because they are frantic to find something else to throw at the president, to throwing anybody close to him."

She added that there is "full confidence" that "the right things happen because we know the president, the campaign, nobody's done anything wrong here."

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Trump, Merkel, queen all targets for German Carnival floats

Groups and clubs in Germany are putting the final touches to their elaborate floats with outrageous caricatures depicting political themes for this year's Carnival celebrations.

In Mainz on Tuesday, an artist worked studiously on a float featuring a bull with "USA" emblazoned on the side, with a horned Donald Trump's head, a cowbell carrying the Twitter logo, and a rear end expelling flatulence on the globe.

Other offerings that will be part of the city's parade next Monday included Chancellor Angela Merkel atop a horse labeled "coalition" collapsed with exhaustion — a nod to fatigue in her longtime government — and Queen Elizabeth II jumping over a border crossing with a German asylum application in hand and faithful corgi at her side to escape her nation's Brexit squabbles.

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Beto O’Rourke picking off support from primary rivals out of the gate

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Kicking off his campaign with a swing through early battleground states, newly announced Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke met with voters at the University of New Hampshire in Durham on March 20.

Speaking to an overflow crowd of over 500 people, most of whom were students, he discussed tackling climate change, raising pay for teachers, the debate over gun control and reducing student debt, sharing his personal experience with the growing burden.

“I have no hope of earning your vote if I have not first listened to you,” he said.

University of New Hampshire student Madeline Putman said it was exactly what she wanted to hear from a visiting presidential candidate.

“I was interested in [Vermont Sen.] Bernie Sanders and [New York Sen.] Kirsten Gillibrand because I am from upstate New York and that's where she's from, but after hearing their policies versus Beto’s today, I think he has my vote,” she told Fox News.

UNH student Wyleigh Chase said O’Rourke’s age, 46, is a factor for her.

“He's young and refreshing…he's somebody that I think I can relate to just as much as my parents can relate to and I think that's really unique and something that you don't find in a lot of political candidates,” she said. “So far, my support is leaning for Beto.”

When asked whether they would attend future New Hampshire events hosted by other Democratic candidates, both Putman and Chase said it would take a lot of convincing to change their minds.

It’s an effect being repeated at campaign stops across the country —the former El Paso congressman plucking supporters of his Democratic rivals to join his movement.

BETO O’ROURKE, PETE BUTTIGIEG RISE IN NEW 2020 NATIONAL POLL

With a ferocious pace and laidback style, O’Rourke hit eight traditionally-early voting states in his campaign’s first 10 days.

Driving his own rented minivan to and from events and speaking in both English and Spanish to crowds of hundreds, he has made a lasting impression on voters who had heard little of him before his visit to their state.

On March 14, after months of speculation, he announced via video that he was jumping into the crowded race to take on incumbent President Donald Trump.

Less than two years ago, O’Rourke was relatively unknown, developing a faithful following during his high-profile Senate run against incumbent Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. After his closer-than-expected loss in November 2018, coming within just two points to victory, rumors began to circulate about a possible presidential run—the loss proving to be a catalyst to his run for a position far greater.

O’Rourke showed that he could be competitive in deep-red Texas, peeling away his label as an underdog to become a rising star within the Democratic party.

Since his announcement, the venues for his campaign stops have ranged from dive bars to university auditoriums, each standing-room only by the time he begins speaking. Most of the time, he's perched on a stool, chair or bar top so all attendees have a view of him.

Crowds chant “B-E-T-O” as they wait for him to arrive and swarm around him asking for autographs, selfies and handshakes as soon as he wraps up.

“He is a very charismatic engaging young man,” said Iona College political science professor Jeanne Zaino. “People really do…feel that he has this ability to transcend almost into an Obama-esque quality…these people feel like he has what it takes to beat the sitting president and to bring the country together should he be elected.”

His outsider status, millennial appeal and reputation as a moderate with crossover appeal for Republicans critical of President Trump have gained him a new base of supporters, many of whom have jumped ship to join the “Beto bandwagon.”

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“My loyalty has mainly lied with Bernie Sanders,” said University of South Carolina student Dev Patel. “But frankly, I have to admit a few of the views he holds are too radical to really work with the political ecosystem we have…so as of now, I’m definitely loyal to Beto.”

But he isn't only appealing to former Sanders supporters.

“I was very much a fan of [California Sen.] Kamala Harris,” said South Carolina voter Dwayne Green.  “It was between her and Beto and right now, I’m team Beto.”

New Hampshire voter Courtney Tobe said she identified as a Republican until the 2016 election and is attracted to O’Rourke’s message of unity.

Former Republican New Hampshire voter Courtney Tobe said O'Rourke's message of unifying the country attracted her to the candidate.

Former Republican New Hampshire voter Courtney Tobe said O'Rourke's message of unifying the country attracted her to the candidate. (Fox News)

“He doesn't seem to be doing much mudslinging or…talking trash about the other candidates,” she said. “He's really just trying to focus on how he can bring the country together and that's what we need. We need someone who we can look up to and respect.”

But some voters are patiently holding out for other candidates to gain their support.

“Does he have what it takes? Does he have my best interests at heart?” asked South Carolina voter Jennifer Duggan. “That still remains to be seen…there's a lot to still uncover about all the candidates…I'm just being open-minded to who’s all out there…”

O'Rourke raised a record-breaking $6.1 million in online contributions during the first 24 hours of his grassroots campaign, outpacing Sanders, who raised more than $5.9 million in the first full day after he launched his campaign. Harris, who declared her candidacy in January, raised $1.5 million in the 24 hours following her announcement and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar raised more than $1 million within the first 48 hours.

Free of a day job, O’Rourke is determined to get ahead of the rest of his competitors, with 10 months left until voting begins.

(Fox News)

He is up against more than a dozen Democratic rivals, including fellow Texan, Julián Castro, the former Obama administration Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and San Antonio Mayor.

With his announcement, the spotlight intensifies on former Vice President Joe Biden, who is technically still undeclared, but has hinted at entering the race. An official April announcement is expected.

According to the latest Fox News Poll, Biden is the top choice at 31 percent, followed by Sanders at 23 percent. O’Rourke, three decades their junior, makes up a second tier with Harris. They are followed by New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, each with four percent. The other candidates received less than 2 percent of the vote.

(Fox News)

But his popularity seems to be rising. A Quinnipiac University national poll released this week ranked O’Rourke third at 12 percent among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents.

O'Rourke's willingness to take questions from both attendees and the media at each of his events has shown the country what he stands for, as well as what he lacks as a candidate.

His speeches touch on a variety of hot-button topics like climate change, gun control, criminal justice and healthcare reform, student debt and police brutality against African-American men, among others.

But critics argue his work-in-progress platform doesn’t have specific policy proposals compared to his competitors who were able to detail step-by-step strategies for change at this point in their campaigns, something that is most apparent in post-speech Q&A sessions with attendees and conversations with media where O’Rourke sidestepped questions on his views on late-term abortion and whether his campaign will accept money from the fossil fuel industry.

“Beto is going to have to answer the lack of experience question…he's going to have to lay out his policy positions in a more concerted way,” said Zaino. “He has so far been fairly vague…about many issues that Democrats care about.”

But Antjuan Seawright, CEO and founder of Blueprint Strategy, a political consulting company, says O’Rourke could use that to his advantage.

“...The more miles you have on your political engine, the harder it is for your car to travel down the road…so I think that's actually a strength…that he does not have the experience some of the others in the race have,” he said.

O’Rourke will officially kick off his campaign on Saturday with visits to three Texas cities, starting in his hometown of El Paso. Campaign volunteers have organized more than 1,000 watch parties across the country for the announcement.

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FILE PHOTO: The Credit Suisse logo is pictured on a bank in Geneva
FILE PHOTO: The Credit Suisse logo is pictured on a bank in Geneva, Switzerland, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

April 26, 2019

ZURICH (Reuters) – Shareholders approved Credit Suisse’s 2018 compensation report with an 82 percent majority on Friday, overriding frustrations expressed at its annual general meeting over jumps in executive pay during a year its share price plummeted.

Three shareholder advisers had recommended investors vote against Switzerland’s second-biggest bank’s remuneration report, while a fourth backed the report but expressed reservations about whether management pay matched performance.

The approval marked a slight increase over the 80.8 percent support garnered for the bank’s 2017 compensation report.

(Reporting by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi; Editing by Michael Shields)

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FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the trading floor of Barclays Bank at Canary Wharf in London
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the trading floor of Barclays Bank at Canary Wharf in London, Britain December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo

April 26, 2019

By Simon Jessop and Sinead Cruise

LONDON (Reuters) – Activist investor Edward Bramson is likely to fail in his attempt to get a board seat at Barclays’ annual meeting next week, even though shareholders are dissatisfied with performance of the group’s investment bank.

New York-based Bramson’s Sherborne Investors and the board of the British bank have been sparring for months over Barclays’ strategy.

Bramson wants to scale back Barclays’ investment bank to reduce risk and boost shareholder returns. Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley remains staunchly committed to growing the business out of trouble.

After failing to persuade Staley to change course since he began building a 5.5 percent stake in the bank in March last year, Bramson hopes a board seat will rachet up the pressure.

Both sides have written to shareholders pitching their case and Bramson has courted investors in one-on-one meetings, although none have publicly backed him yet.

Interviews by Reuters with five institutional investors in Barclays suggest Bramson has failed to persuade them.

Sherborne declined to comment.

Mirza Baig, head of investment stewardship at top-40 shareholder Aviva Investors, said Bramson was welcome on the bank’s register but the boardroom was a step too far.

“He has created a lot of value at other businesses, but, generally, when he has come in as executive chair and taken full control. This would be a different case where he would just be one lone voice on the board,” he said.

A second Barclays shareholder said he backed Bramson’s goal of improving returns but via an “evolutionary” approach.

“If you look at banks that have tried to restructure their operations in investment banking – you look at Natwest Markets, Deutsche Bank – I struggle to think of an example where a roughshod restructuring has been accretive to shareholder value.”

A third, top-30 investor said he had been impressed by incoming Chairman Nigel Higgins’ grasp of the challenge in hand, and felt investors would give him time.

“Management know they have to execute and deliver improved returns… [Higgins] will continue to re-shape the board but obviously he didn’t feel that having someone with a diametrically opposed view on it would be helpful.”

A fourth, top-30 investor agreed: “We voted for the chairman to come in and it would be crazy to allow an activist to join the board (at this time).”

Jupiter Fund Management, the 24th largest investor, said it also planned to vote against Bramson.

Barclays has nearly 500 institutional shareholders, Refinitiv data showed.

Since Staley joined Barclays in 2015, the investment bank returns relative to capital invested have increased but are still underperforming the overall business.

Barclays’ first-quarter figures showed the investment bank posted a 6 percent drop in income from its markets business and a 17 percent fall in banking advisory fees.

Returns in the investment bank fell to 9.5 percent from 13.2 percent a year ago.

Famed for successful campaigns against smaller British companies in sectors from chemicals to advertising, Bramson’s board seat pitch has been rebuffed by shareholder advisory firms.

Institutional Shareholder Services, the world’s biggest, said Bramson’s proposal “falls short of what can reasonably be expected from a shareholder trying to address issues at a 28 billion pounds, systemically important bank”.

Glass Lewis also flagged concern about Bramson’s lack of banking experience and “questionable” shareholding structure, referring to Sherborne’s use of derivative contracts to hedge losses should its strategy fail.

Critics said the arrangement meant his interests are not truly aligned with those of other long-term shareholders.

British advisory firm Pirc, however, said it recommended that investors abstain in the vote on Bramson’s proposal as a challenge to the board to do better in the year ahead – or face a similar contest in 2020.

(Editing by Jane Merriman)

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After an over 15-month pregnancy, “Akuti,” a 7-year-old Greater One Horned Indian Rhinoceros, gave birth as a result of induced ovulation and artificial insemination at Zoo Miami, April 23, 2019.

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FILE PHOTO: File photo of a Chevron gas station sign in Del Mar, California
FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station sign is seen in Del Mar, California, in this April 25, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

April 26, 2019

(Reuters) – U.S. oil and natural gas producer Chevron Corp reported a 27 percent fall in quarterly earnings on Friday, hit by lower crude prices and weaker margins in its refining and chemicals businesses.

Net income attributable to the company fell to $2.65 billion, or $1.39 per share, for the first quarter ended March 31, from $3.64 billion, or $1.90 per share, a year earlier.

Earlier in the day, larger rival Exxon Mobil Corp reported earnings well below analysts’ estimates, as margins in its refining business were hurt by higher Canadian prices and heavy scheduled maintenance.

(Reporting by Arathy S Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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FILE PHOTO: Ford logo is seen at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan
FILE PHOTO: The Ford logo is seen at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

April 26, 2019

(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said on Friday the U.S. Department of Justice had opened a criminal investigation into the automaker’s emissions certification process in the United States.

The potential concern does not involve the use of defeat devices, the company said in a regulatory filing. (https://bit.ly/2VqjHpl)

Ford had voluntarily disclosed the matter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board in February.

(Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by James Emmanuel)

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