💧 Prosecutors seek to keep charges alive in Flint water crisis

Prosecutors signaled Friday that they would pursue the same charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water crisis, just a few days after the state Supreme Court said indictments must be dismissed. Nine people were indicted in 2021, including Snyder, who faced two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty.

In 2014, Flint managers appointed by Snyder took the city out of a regional water system and began using the Flint River to save money while a new pipeline to Lake Huron was being built. But the river water wasn’t treated to reduce its corrosive qualities. Lead broke off from old pipes and contaminated the city’s system for more than a year.

Prosecutors still face other hurdles, including the statute of limitations on some charges and the seizure of millions of pages of Snyder administration documents that were confidential.

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🤳 Martin Cooper, inventor of mobile phones, says people need to 'get a life'

The 93-year-old American engineer, suggested people using their phones upwards of five hours a day should "get a life!" Well, that's the man who invented the first ever device of its kind telling you to rethink your priorities. While appearing on BBC Breakfast earlier this week, Cooper said he barely spent any time on his phone.

In 1973, Cooper invented the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X - the first ever wireless cellular device.

According to app monitoring firm App Annie, people spend an average of 4.8 hours a day on their phones - that is 33.6 hours a week and 144 hours a month. 

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The driver of a jet-fueled semitruck died following an explosion during an airshow held in Battle Creek, Michigan, on Saturday, local police said.

😱Police are investigating a death threat against J.K. Rowling after a trans activist posted her family home address along with a picture of a bomb and a handbook on munitions.

The user urged people to send a bomb to the Harry Potter author’s home.

😰Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker break silence on his 'life-threatening' condition

The health scare brought the newlyweds to the "in sickness and in health" part of their wedding vows early on in their life as man and wife.

Kardashian has revealed that her husband went in for a routine endoscopy earlier this week, however, he ended up with "severe, life-threatening pancreatitis."

For his part, the Blink 182 drummer explained: "During the endoscopy, I had a very small polyp removed right in a very sensitive area... which unfortunately damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube."

Thanks to intensive treatment, Barker's condition has improved.

"I am so grateful to God for healing my husband, for all of your prayers for him and for us, for the overwhelming outpouring of love and support," Kourtney added.

🧐Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell had such a close relationship that the Duke gave her "unrestricted access" to Buckingham Palace, a British tabloid reports, citing a former royal police officer.

What's more, the security officer was allegedly instructed to keep Maxwell's name out of visitors' books, something that was "highly unusual."

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🇬🇧Rebel Tory MPs are being threatened with deselection if they change the rules to hold another no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson this month, the Daily Mail reports.

"No 10 is in such a mess, they are desperate," one rebel MP was quoted as saying.

Johnson survived a no-confidence vote last month by a narrow margin of 211 to 148. Under existing rules his leadership cannot be challenged again for a year. These rules, however, can be changed by the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, which sets rules for the parliamentary party.

The political turmoil comes as a date for the committee election is to be set up next Wednesday.

Downing Street has already warned that the 1922 elections will be the scene of a "proxy war" between pro and anti-Boris Johnson MPs.

UPDATE: The defense ministry revealed that Ukraine had used Tochka-U ballistic missiles with cluster munitions and Tu-143 Reis UAVs to target residential areas in the two Russian cities, where there are no military facilities.

The air defenses managed to intercept the cluster munitions over Belgorod, however, the debris fell on a residential building. So far, three people were killed in Belgorod and at least four, including a child, injured.

Two explosives-laden drones were downed before they reached Kursk, the MoD added.

🇺🇸🏅🏊🏻‍♂️ American swimmer and six-time Olympic champion Ryan Lochte puts six silver and bronze Olympic medals up for auction.

During his sporting career, Lochte won 12 Olympic medals, including six gold medals, which are not being auctioned.

Lochte is reportedly planning to gain about $80,000 for the three lots, which include three medals from the London 2012 Olympic Games, two medals from Beijing 2008 and a medal from Athens 2004.

⚡️ MoD: Shoigu briefs Putin on liberation of Lugansk People's Republic

❗️ The defense minister reported to the Russian president that as a result of the successful military operations carried out by the Russian Armed Forces, together with units of the People's Militia of the LPR, full control over the city of Lisichansk and a number of nearby settlements was established.

The total area of the territories liberated over the past days is equal to 182 square kilometers.

❗️📹 The Russian Ministry of Defense has published footage of a liberated Donbass settlement.

The Ukrainian military destroyed the abandoned settlements by shelling residential areas, schools, hospitals and kindergartens, as well as mining most social infrastructure facilities.

❗️ US satellite spotted filming Belgorod three days before Ukrainian strike

❗️📹 The Russian Ministry of Defence has published footage of Tor-M1 tactical air defense system crews in combat action.

Tor-M1 systems are capable of neutralizing all types of aerial vehicles within their ranges of altitude and distance.

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📉 "Completely useless": Democrats hope Kamala Harris stays out of the 2024 presidential bid as Joe Biden's potential running mate, reports say.

Citing unnamed party insiders and donors, the New York Post reported that staffers don't see Harris as a "serious contender".

“She seems completely useless. No one involved in this administration should be in the running. If she weren’t the vice president she wouldn’t even be ON the list," a significant Democratic donor said.

Harris has been long criticized for poor management of the migrant crisis and the toxic work environment in her office.

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