The Daily Populous

Wednesday October 11st, 2023 evening edition

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he is ready to run for office in the presidential elections if they are held during the war.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Romania Digi24.ro media.

Zelenskyy was asked whether he would run in the elections.

Quote: "If the war continues – yes, if the war ends – no.

I can't run away during the war...

Background: In August, Zelenskyy stated in an interview for Portuguese media, that he would run for president again if wartime elections are held in 2024, even though he only wanted to stay in office for one term.

Ukrainska Pravda is the place where you will find the most up-to-date information about everything related to the war in Ukraine. »

Rocket League is killing player-to-player trading and it’s Epic’s fault

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It further adds, “This opens up future plans for some Rocket League vehicles to come to other Epic games over time, supporting cross-game ownership.”.

While item trading doesn’t really affect the gameplay of Rocket League, it does have an effect on the more active members of the community.

This is especially true for that of dedicated Rocket League trading websites and servers, which have relatively large member counts. »

Texas private company paid $75 million in 1 year to bus migrants out of state, report shows

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Texas has paid Wynne Transportation $75.5 million in the span of a year to transport migrants to "sanctuary cities" across the U.S., a report showed.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas paid a private company $75.5 million in taxpayer funds over the span of a year to transport migrants to sanctuary cities across the U.S. Transaction data provided by the Texas Department of Emergency Management shows the state paid Wynne Transportation $75,561,032.72 from Aug. 19, 2022, through Aug. 23, 2023, to bus migrants out of state.

Texas has since bused over 54,000 migrants to self-declared sanctuary cities, providing much-needed relief. »

104-year-old dies peacefully in her sleep 1 week after world record skydive

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CHICAGO (Gray News) – The 104-year-old woman who likely set a world record last week as the oldest person to skydive has died.

According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, Dorothy Hoffner died peacefully in her sleep Monday, just a week after her Oct. 1 skydive in Illinois.

“Age is just a number,” Hoffner told a crowd that day after touching down safely, the Chicago Tribune reported. »

Ex-Prosecutor Says Jack Smith ‘Hasn’t Just Taken Off The Gloves’ With New Trump Move

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Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a motion that urged U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to put guardrails in place to protect the possible jurors in Donald Trump’s election-subversion case.

Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner suggested Smith hadn’t just “taken off the gloves” with the move.

“If Donald Trump has shown anything to be true: It is he is willing to endanger witnesses, jurors, prosecutors, judges, their respective family members,” he added. »