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A big story that no one is covering:
A Chinese man pled guilty to taking 2 million dollars from North Korea and shipping them firearms, ammunition, and military items from California.
Shenghua Wen came to the USA on a student visa but remained here illegally. 2/3
Feds say before entering the US, Wen met with officials from North Korea at the North Korean embassy in China. Then they messaged through online apps to coordinate the shipments.

1/3 University of Georgia murder suspect Jose Antonio Ibarra's brother was also arrested yesterday.
Police approached the brother - Diego Ibarra - because he matched the description of the homicide suspect.
Investigators say that is when he presented them with a fake green card. 2/3 Investigators say since entering the USA, Diego Ibarra has been arrested 3 times by Athens, Georgia law enforcement. Charges included driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without a license, shoplifting, and a fingerprint offense.

1/10
2 years ago today Gabby Petito's remains were found.

I am sharing 10 missing cases that need more attention.

Abby Patterson -- last seen on September 5th, 2017 in Lumberton, North Carolina. 2/10

Asha Jaquilla Degree -- missing from her home in Shelby, North Carolina, since February 14, 2000.
Picture on the right is a rendering of what she may look like now.

Casey White just arrived for his sentencing in Florence, Alabama, No cameras allowed but I’m in the courtroom now. One of the deputies was just telling me how Vicky was her boss and still no one here can believe this actually happened.
“If you told me Vicky would do that, I’d bet my legs being cut off she wouldn’t” she said

1/8
Tip from Twitter has me flying to North Dakota rushing to get to a meeting tonight.

Was going to go back to Murdaugh trial— this was last min decision.

Chinese spy balloon is getting a ton of attention— but something brewing in ND involving China could be more of a threat. 2/8
Tonight on the Grand Forks, North Dakota (pop. 59,000) city council agenda the first action item is “Fufeng USA Project Development Agreement Determination.”

Fufeng is a Chinese owned company. The corn mill they want to build is ab 12 miles from Grand Forks Air Force base.

THREAD 1/10: Moscow Police Capt. Roger Lanier released an updated video reflecting on the 1 month mark of the investigation. Here are my notes from what he said:
First call local police made after murders was to the Idaho State Police to have their investigative team come help. 2/10 Scene wasn’t chaos, but it was very, very somber.
Many college students were standing outside and a lot of crying. Friends trying to find out who was inside the house.
Some family members arrived on scene.

1/7
Here is the new information from the civil lawsuit Gabby Petito’s family filed against Brian Laundrie’s parents.
It alleges Laundrie advised his parents “on or about Aug 28” that he murdered Gabby- and on that same date the Laundrie parents spoke w/ attorney Steven Bertolino. 2/7
The lawsuit alleges that two days after advising his parents he murdered Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie then sent a text message from Gabby’s phone to her mom saying there was no service -- trying to “deceive” her.

1/4 This thread is the full narrative of the Moab City, Utah Police report regarding Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie. 2/4

1/4 Police are being tight lipped about details surrounding the disappearance of Gabby Petito. But here are some things I picked up on with our interviews with North Port, Florida police. First of all – officers were clear they are concerned for her well-being. 2/4 Where is the van? Detectives say they have the van at the police department and are working with the FBI. “There is nothing obvious looking” with the van according to police.

1/4 We got into the Minneapolis “autonomous zone.”
Last week after we were confronted, community leader PJ Hill reached out and offered to personally escort me in. He is not happy with the situation. And some of the people in the zone - again today -- were not happy to see us. 2/4 Worldwide Outreach for Christ Church is in the autonomous zone. Pastor Curtis Farrar is not happy the area is closed off. He says there have been times the activists don’t even let him through the gates. And he says some of them are armed.

COVID-19 can invade men’s testicles.

That is what researchers at University of Miami discovered.

They're studying whether COVID causes fertility issues and if it is sexually transmitted.

Doctors tested the testicles of men who died from COVID and found the virus.
(thread 1/5) Researchers at University of Miami also discovered the virus in a living man’s testicle.

The man had COVID, then tested negative and was symptom free for weeks.

He had a biopsy for fertility issues, and the virus was still detected in the testicle weeks later.
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NEW: The Miami-Dade state attorney is requesting all postal distribution centers be audited and that all ballots remaining at the centers be immediately transported to the Department of Elections. State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle says her office is working with Miami-Dade Dept. of Elections and the United States Postal Inspector's Office to make sure all ballots are accounted for.

“If most people realized the way that this back-end is being handled, they would be even more livid than they are currently."
A state employee spoke to us about what is behind the delays in Florida’s unemployment system. @DCohenNEWS
Fulll story: bit.ly/3bMY7Qc We agreed to hide his identity because he fears retribution from the state. “Every day, I’m seeing applications that are a month old, three weeks old," he said.
He says there are specific delays with Spanish and Creole-speaking applicants.

John De La Hoz has 5 kids.
He worked as a bellman at the Faena Hotel on Miami Beach and was furloughed 2 months ago.
He had $5,000 saved. Now he has $100.
Unemployment money has not hit his account yet, and despite calling 100 times, he missed the cut off for rent assistance. John told me before COVID-19 he was living his best life. The tip money was at the Faena was great -- he said he went home with hundreds in cash and things were especially great around the Super Bowl. Things were really looking up and he was excited to save the $5000.

Florida nursing homes/assisted living facilities with the most COVID-19 deaths according to state data:

1. Seminole Pavilion Rehab in Pinellas - 25 deaths
2. Fair Havens Center in Dade - 22 deaths
3. Highlands Lake Center in Polk - 20 deaths
4. Braden River Rehab in Manatee - 19 5. Suwannee Health and Rehab in Suwannee - 18 deaths
6. Coquina Center in Volusia - 17 deaths
7. Manor Pines Convalescent Center in Broward - 17 deaths
8. Bristol at Tampa Rehab and Nursing in Hillsborough - 15 deaths
9. Claridge House Nursing and Rehab in Dade - 14 deaths

1/7 Here is the full list of all the Florida long term care facilities/nursing homes with COVID-19 cases in residents or staff.
There are 7 pages in this thread - and the cases are broken down by county.
This information was just released by the state. 2/7

It's the disaster in the Bahamas no one seems to be talking about - a massive oil spill caused by Hurricane Dorian. We saw aerials of the Equinor facility, but were not sure how close we could get. With the help of a local guide, we landed and made it into the spill zone. Part 1: The oil company workers seemed shocked to see us. I did see clean up crews in the forest, but there is so much oil. Equinor later told me they have 250 responders from 9 countries cleaning the area. Part 2:
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