## Nearly all of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign staff quits after CNN report

Authored by wunc.org

Days after a CNN report about racist and sexual comments posted on a pornography forum, all but a few of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign team quit their jobs on Sunday.

A campaign news release said that four top staffers have left the campaign: Conrad Pogorzelski, general consultant and senior advisor who's worked for Robinson since his initial 2020 lieutenant governor campaign; Chris Rodriguez, campaign manager; Heather Whillier, finance director; and Jason Rizk, deputy campaign manager.

But WUNC has confirmed that other staffers have quit as well, leaving Robinson with just three people working on his campaign — two campaign spokesmen and a bodyguard.

The list of departures also include longtime director of operations Patrick Riley and political directors John Kontoulas and Jackson Lohrer.

Sunday's news release says that new staff hires will be announced "in the coming days."

But hiring a new campaign team less than two months from Election Day will be tough for a campaign rocked by scandal.

Robinson's campaign website lists stops scheduled for Monday in Wilkesboro and Boone. »

### California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores

Authored by apnews.com

California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them reusable and recyclable.

“Californians voted to ban plastic grocery bags in our state almost a decade ago, but the law clearly needed a redo.

With the Governor’s signature, California has finally banned plastic bags in grocery checkout lanes once and for all.”. »

### Boy abducted from California at age 6 found alive more than 70 years later

Authored by pix11.com

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old in 1951 when he was abducted while playing at an Oakland, California park.

Now, more than seven decades later, Albino has been found thanks to help from an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings.

She found Albino and reunited him with his California family in June. »

### The Plucky Squire Should Have More Faith In Its Players

Authored by kotaku.com

I really enjoyed The Plucky Squire, an action-adventure game in the vein of classic Legend of Zelda titles.

As I played the game, though, I did find myself wishing that The Plucky Squire actually believed in its audience as much as it claims to.

At the end of the day, I get that The Plucky Squire just wants to be inclusive. »

### Russia isolated at UN summit after surprise bid to derail pact

Authored by theguardian.com

Russia was left badly isolated at a high-profile UN summit in New York when it made a surprise move to derail an ambitious pact designed to revive the UN – and failed.

The Russian move, at the outset of the two-day “summit for the future”, looked diplomatically clumsy, if perhaps designed for domestic consumption.

A major sticking point was western opposition to the UN playing a role in making international financial institutions more representative. »

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