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Give your attendees a warm welcome at the amazing event and conference site! WellExpo is packed with beautifully designed home pages and a large collection of templates, perfect for introducing speakers or presenting an event in all its aspects. This theme is accompanied by a hands-on registration and application form, as well as a wide range of features built for attendees such as pop-ups, single presenter pages and more. WellExpo also allows you to easily and quickly schedule any event, including a conference or exhibition. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod [字段:下载地址]View the full article

Varn is a clean minimal WordPress themefor digital agencies and startups! It is a fast and lightweight theme, clean and contains valid W3 source code. The theme is highly customizable and expandable with detailed documentation. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod [字段:下载地址]View the full article

Premium theme for a community site powered by BuddyPress WordPress. It has designed pages, color matching, clean typography and usability. Perfectly reveals the possibilities of BuddyPress. 40+ carefully designed pages. Support for GamiPress awards, live notifications, paid subscriptions, dynamic content loading, support for Elementor, WooCommerce, etc. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod cinematix-3.2.zip 3.1 Mb View the full article

Blutube is a responsive WordPress theme that prioritizes video as a medium as well as a learning medium. This is suitable for those of you who want to share information or learning in your community. Do you have a course in dancing, singing, musical instruments? BluTube will be your solution to expand your network. Blutube makes your content more exclusive. With Blutube, you can create a video collection website for yourself, your business or your community. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod blutube-1.1.zip 5.6 Mb View the full article

ViewTube is a video WordPress theme. best for videos, movies, reviews and streaming. This theme has amazing and powerful feature like viewer can like and dislike as well as subscribe to it, support auto play on hover. ViewTube has more unique features to help you create any kind of video site. Be it a game, movie, news, entertainment, review, science, etc. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod [字段:下载地址]View the full article

Why Wooler? We believe that creating and using a store in WooCommerce should be easier and more cost effective for every seller. This allows them to focus on building the business. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod wooler-1.0.9.zip 6.0 Mb View the full article

It's time to join the future of social media! Welcome to Join Up, a modern BuddyPress community theme designed for your new social network, forum, or any other type of online community website. Join Up is fully compatible with the Elementor Page Builder plugin, the bbPress plugin for creating your forum and the Events Calendar by Modern Tribe plugin. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod [字段:下载地址]View the full article

Get your slice of online excellence with Don Peppe, a delightful modern theme for all pizzerias and fast food establishments. Get all the elements and features of a fast food website, including easy online booking, a set of restaurant menu templates and more. Create a beautiful new website for your pizzeria or restaurant - all you need is Don Peppe and pizza! Demo: Live Preview Downlaod [字段:下载地址]View the full article

Nextend Social Login Pro seamlessly integrates with your existing WordPress login and registration form. Existing users can add or remove their social accounts at their WordPress profile page. A single user can attach as many social account as they want allowing them to log in with Facebook, Google, Twitter or another provider. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod [字段:下载地址]View the full article

A package of plugins for WordPress multisite sites. Thoughtful design, powerful features and freedom to help you build whatever you want. Demo: Live Preview Downlaod [字段:下载地址]View the full article

已故賭王何鴻燊兒子何猷君出名叻仔又愛妻，予人謙謙君子的感覺，不過早前面對不實報道，事源網上再度翻炒其與組合By2妹妹Yumi（白緯玲）有私生子的傳聞，又暗示他與妹妹何超欣過分親密，引起網民瘋狂猜測，令一向好脾氣的何猷君也忍不住「佛都有火」，第一時間發文澄清「請放尊重點」，嚴正駁斥私生子傳聞，事件才暫告一段落。近日， 何猷君還拖著太太奚夢瑤觀看謝霆鋒杭州演唱會，兩人貼面自拍曬恩愛，以行動打破謠言。 何猷君和奚夢瑤在2019年結婚。（微博圖片）夫妻恩愛。（微博@奚夢瑤）仲好貼地。（微博圖片）何猷君近日與太太奚夢瑤高調放閃，兩人甜蜜現身謝霆鋒杭州演唱會，期間被網民野生捕獲，何猷君和奚夢瑤穿著白色情侶裝，由英皇高層霍汶希接待，恩愛模樣羨煞旁人，奚夢瑤更悉心打扮，大騷長腿，相當吸睛；而何猷君上衣則寫著：「八卦封印式」，似乎意有所指。有網民在留言區爆料，指奚夢瑤其實還有另一個身分，就是謝霆鋒的忠實粉絲，當年何猷君正是用謝霆鋒的《活著VIVA》向女方求婚，今次還特意陪太太看騷，果然廿四孝老公。 何猷君與太太一人抱一個小朋友，仲同媽媽梁安琪和妹妹超欣一齊影合照。（IG@mingxi11）何猷君奚夢瑤都相當疼惜何超欣。（微博圖片）何猷君怒斥傳聞離譜。（微博圖片）有網民大讚何猷君和奚夢瑤友善，被認出時，大方打招呼，毫無架子。而在演唱會後，奚夢瑤難掩興奮，在社交平台連環po相，除了分享與老公看騷時貼面自拍的甜蜜照外，還有與謝霆鋒的合照，她激動寫道：「追星成功！祝大家在追星的路上一帆風順。」 再次證明夫妻倆感情堅固，謠言不攻自破。 何猷君近日與太太奚夢瑤甜蜜現身謝霆鋒杭州演唱會。（微博@奚夢瑤）兩公婆頭貼頭。（小紅書圖片）被網民捕獲，態度友善。（小紅書）英皇高層霍汶希親自接待。（小紅書）毫無架子。（小紅書）奚夢瑤見完男神謝霆鋒，心情興奮。（小紅書）網民留言。（小紅書） View the full article

現時本港市道疲弱，但依然有不少外資選擇落户香港。其中，法國人Florian Lang在2023年帶着AI人工智能生意計劃，參與投資推廣署推出的全球Fast Track計劃，奪得冠軍而成功進駐香港市場。他選擇香港市場的其中一個原因是「快」，可以快速與企業家、客人及投資者連結；亦有助他拓展在亞太地區的業務。 Florian Lang（中）和投資推廣署代表。（洪戩昊攝）投資推廣署近兩年半引入1740億元首年直接投資根據官方數字，自2023年1月至今年7月，投資推廣署已協助1,333間企業在港開設或擴展業務，引入1,740億元首年直接投資及創造逾1.9萬個新增職位。 投資推廣署自2018年起推出「全球Fast Track計劃」，為成長型初創企業提供資源配套、一對一會面、現場展示機會、行業專家指導，以及與企業客戶、投資者和服務供應商進行度身訂造的商業配對，助力企業加快進軍香港及各地市場。 法國AI企業家看中香港夠「快」及能接通亞太市場法國人Florian Lang在2023年帶着AI生意概念參與計劃，奪得冠軍而成功進駐香港市場，創立AI公司Libertify。公司主要以AI進行數碼營銷，例如生成一些富創意的政府部門網頁內容等。 公司主要以AI進行數碼營銷，例如生成一些富創意的政府部門網頁內容等。（洪戩昊攝）Florian Lang表示，選擇香港市場的其中一個原因是「快」，在港可以快速與企業家、客人及投資者連結。 香港隨處也有一股能量——很快可找到商機，市場有最新的政策、最新的潮流⋯⋯很快，比其他市場更快。Libertify創辦人兼亞太區行政總裁Florian LangLibertify創辦人兼亞太區行政總裁Florian Lang。（洪戩昊攝）Florian Lang表示，香港亦有區域優勢，令公司可以拓展在亞太地區的業務。公司在港的其中一個客户是法國銀行業三巨頭之一的法國興業銀行的香港分部，為對方製作了一套AI提示系統，用作在本港時間早上提示美股波動。相關的系統獲客户賞識，更引入到銀行的新加坡分行，令公司業務可拓展至新加坡。 不過，由於公司是AI公司，所需員工不多，目前只在港聘用了5至10個員工。 意大利食品進口商對香港及內地發展充滿信心意大利食品進口商及分銷商Bright View Trading是歐洲最大食品商之一Inalco Food and Beverage集團成員。Bright View Trading總經理Michele Bernacchia本身在香港當廚師，其後開始對食材供應感興趣，2008年時順理成章在港開公司。 Michele Bernacchia（左）和投資推廣署代表。（洪戩昊攝）Bright View Trading進口的食品。（洪戩昊攝）Michele Bernacchia選擇香港市場的其中一個原因是對香港及內地發展充滿信心，目前更已於澳門、中山等地開設辦事處。不過，他表示，在港經營食材生意也有其限制。 令餐廳生存有三個因素：舖租開支、人工開支及食材開支。不幸地，舖租開支很難被調整；最易是調整食材開支，所以餐廳會嘗試要求我們供應商給予折扣。Bright View Trading 總經理 Michele BernacchiaBright View Trading 總經理 Michele Bernacchia。（洪戩昊攝）壓價的相應結果是食材質素也會被影響。公司目前九成食材也是來自歐洲，但為了適應市場，亦逐步將目光移向亞洲，目的是將亞洲食材比例升至整體兩成。而公司落户香港，亦有相應的地理優勢。 金管局︰關稅戰後外資轉湧港避險　本地數字資產業務快速增長長線外資將回歸中港？　東方匯理歐洲CIO︰大量湧入只待一催化劑中金︰關稅戰後未見長線外資歸來　料港股下半年寬幅震盪 View the full article

涉及「太空油」的依托咪酯毒品個案於今年首季錄得192宗，較去年同期大升逾10倍。38歲阿婷（化名），自16歲起沉淪毒海逾20年，一年多前轉為吸食依托咪酯，此後不能自拔，直至不足一年間，皮膚暗沉發黃，身體器官快速衰竭，心臟僅餘三成功能，經歷瀕死邊緣，始警覺要戒毒。有社區中心指，中心有關依托咪酯的毒品個案佔比，於過去一年間，由零急升到近兩成，當中近6成為21歲以下青年，不少為中學生，情況令人擔憂，呼籲社會正視「依托咪酯」毒品問題。 阿婷指初初嘗試依托咪酯時並不喜歡，但逐漸開始對其上癮，留院了約一個月的瀕死經歷，令她下定了戒毒的決心。（張智浩攝）（張智浩攝）38歲的阿婷，自16歲接觸毒品，毒齡超過20年，直至一年前完全戒掉。她年輕時主要吸食冰毒等，至2023年底，首次嘗試「依托咪酯」。她憶述，當年朋友將電子煙遞給自己，吸了一口後感覺非常頭暈，方意識剛吸入的非普通電子煙，實為毒品依托咪酯。「第一啖呢我就唔鐘意既，因為佢個反應就係會好暈，跟住就唔敢再試既，我再見我啲朋友暈低左係地下既」。 不過阿婷身邊不少朋友均有吸食依托咪酯，在好奇心驅使下，阿婷再嘗試吸食，自第三次吸食後，自此毒癮一發不可收拾。她說：「第三次之後就不停想食，不停覺得唔夠，初初都係食幾啖幾啖咁樣食，越食越覺得唔夠，跟住就索性自己攞啲嚟自己食，跟住就不停廿四小時咁樣食」。 依托咪酯本身是一種臨床上常用於誘導全身麻醉的藥物，具有催眠作用，主要以電子煙油的形式吸食，同時還可能與其他毒品混合，更易上癮。 個樣好似好變哂咁樣，好蒼老咁樣變左。阿婷基督教香港信義會社會服務部戒毒及成癮支援服務總監李芳表示，中心的個案中有近6成為21歲以下青少年，不少更僅為中學生。（張智浩攝）一日吸食6粒依托咪酯　 其它毒品失吸引力阿婷吸食了一至兩個月，發現對依托咪酯的沉迷和依賴遠高於其他毒品，由一日吸食兩至三粒，增至一日吸食六粒左右，「我食咗依托咪酯之後，發覺自己係唔需要食其他毒品既，因為佢已經蓋過哂嗰啲癮，淨係想食依托咪酯，煙都可以唔食」她又指，比起其它毒品，吸食依托咪酯比較方便，味道也比較吸引，價格便宜兼容易獲取。 阿婷說，起初吸食依托咪酯能令她感到放鬆和舒服，但是數個月後，對身體的危害漸漸打破這種虛偽的快感。阿婷吸食約3至4個月後開始停經，初時並不為意，以為僅屬巧合。其後她發現身體出現異常，包括皮膚逐漸變黑、暗沉和發黃，體型開始變腫，「個樣好似好變哂咁樣，好蒼老咁樣變左。」吸食7至8個月後，阿婷其他身體功能變差，例如經常發燒和呼吸困難，更多次出現肺炎和支氣管炎以及哮喘併發症。 現年38歲的阿婷（化名、右一）16歲起沉淪毒海逾20年，在2023年底誤吸含麻醉藥「依托咪酯」的電子煙，短短數月內遭遇停經、器官衰竭，甚至心臟僅餘三成功能，瀕死住院後終覺醒始戒毒。（張智浩攝）心臟餘下三四成功能　肺水腫腎衰退即使經歷多次大病，阿婷尚未斷絕吸食依托咪酯，直至最後一次，她因心臟病發入院。「醫生話我心臟得返三四成，跟住個腎已經去唔到廁所，個肺又水腫，腫到唞唔到氣頂住個肺，跟住又衰竭。」阿婷最終留院了約一個月，這段瀕臨死亡的經歷，令阿婷慢慢開始反思，加上她目睹有朋友吸食依托咪酯後撞頭受傷，更有人因此過身，才醒覺要戒毒「我見到啲朋友出事，好多都出事，我覺得要戒啦，唔係下一個就到自己。」 阿婷最終在醫院開始戒毒旅程，她指戒毒初期出現嚴重的戒斷症，「漂冷汗，周身唔舒服，坐立不安咁」。她說，幸好得到朋友和家人的支持和陪伴，姐姐更會每天到醫院探望自己。姐姐亦曾經誤入歧途吸食毒品，後來成功戒毒。為了不令他們失望，阿婷下定決心戒毒，並要與所有毒品劃清界線。 阿婷出院即日，即被姐姐帶往基督教香港信儀會中心參加戒毒療程。期間阿婷刪走所有「毒友」的聯絡方式，徹底斷絕往來。接受療程後，她身體漸漸康復，由起初出院時精神欠佳，「行步路都攰」，後來已逐步改善，月經開始復常。阿婷已戒毒約1年多，現於中心學校學習彈結他，她呼籲大眾千萬不要接觸毒品，「唔好亂咁嘗試，因為會後悔，一定會後悔，唔好令到自己後悔啦。」 女性吸食恐亂經期　三階段中醫療法助緩癮基督教香港信義會社會服務部資深中醫師劉浩泉表示，依托咪酯可透過電子煙容易吸食，吸食者明顯出現年輕化跡象。他補充，有不少本身有吸食其它毒品的吸毒者，會將其它毒品如可卡因等與依托咪酯相溝再吸食，務求追求更刺激的快感，但對身體產生極嚴重的副作用如心臟病，最嚴重可以引致死亡。劉浩泉續指，依托咪酯本身為麻醉藥，其成分與「迷姦水」類似，對女性有較大副作用，例如會影響經期和釋放多巴胺等。 基督教香港信義會社會服務部資深中醫師劉浩泉表示，表示因依托咪酯可以用電子煙吸食等原因，吸食者明顯出現年輕化跡象。（張智浩攝）劉浩泉指，中心的中醫治療框架分為三種：第一類為康復治療，針對戒毒者的一般健康問題，如月經不調和濕疹等，建立患者對醫療的信心。第二類則為戒斷後康復，協助初步戒毒者恢復身體機能等。第三類則為精神症狀治療，針對失眠、焦慮、思覺失調和抑鬱等後遺症，提升戒毒動力。另外，中醫亦會使用一些中藥作緩癮藥物，減低使用者對毒品的慾望，如服用中藥後，再吸食的毒品味道會變淡等。 依托咪酯個案佔比　過去一年由零急升到近兩成基督教香港信義會社會服務部戒毒及成癮支援服務總監李芳表示，近年元朗和天水圍的依托咪酯毒品問題嚴重，中心協助的個案中，有近6成為21歲以下青少年，不少僅為中學生。個案男女比例相若，但女性願意求助比例會較高。 她指，不少年輕人獲免費嘗試依托咪酯後，部份會參與為依托咪酯分貨和販賣一職，從中獲利賺取外快。她又指，中心有關依托咪酯的毒品個案佔比，於過去一年間，由零急升到近兩成，情況令人擔憂。 基督教香港信義會社會服務部資深中醫師劉浩泉指，中心現會透過中醫幫助戒毒者康復治療。（張智浩攝）基督教香港信義會社會服務部資深中醫師劉浩泉指，現時會使用一些中藥作緩癮藥物，可減低使用者對毒品的慾望，如服用後毒品味道變淡等。（張智浩攝）李芳認為，近年政府大力宣傳依托咪酯的危害有效，例如保安局入學校對學生宣傳，和早前將太空油其正名為「依托咪酯」等。她期盼社會各界對吸毒問題多加關注，共同建立「多關心、願幫助」的友善戒毒氛圍，又指家人、師長及鄰舍的態度攸關重要，如發現親友、學生有吸毒跡象，應主動鼓勵或陪同其尋求協助。 鄧炳強：太空油毒品正式命名依托咪酯　上半年搜獲煙彈按年飆35倍太空油｜所有依托咪酯類似物列為毒品　周五刊憲後生效太空油毒品｜目標下學年引入校園試紙　依托咪酯類似物列危險藥物依托咪酯由麻醉劑變「太空油」之路　吸入煙霧恐食「二手毒品」太空油｜政府刊憲列依托咪酯為危險藥物　警方至今以試紙拘捕5人 View the full article

The Trump administration and its conservative allies are pushing for the ouster of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan as the MAGA movement advances its authoritarian assault on free enterprise. Donald Trump’s gambits to strong-arm American companies to conform with his political agenda — be they law firms, universities or chip manufacturers — have exposed the fundamental disdain for democratic principles now being practiced by the party of “free enterprise.” Tan is the latest target. Tan visited the White House on Monday, a meeting that followed a post from Trump’s Truth Social account last week accusing him of being “conflicted” and demanding that he resign “immediately.” As Media Matters researcher Matt Gertz noted, the post from Trump’s account came minutes after a Fox Business report on a letter sent by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to Intel raising concerns about Tan’s investment in businesses with ties to China’s military. (Tan, who was born in Malaysia, joins TikTok CEO Shou Chu as a target of Cotton’s Joseph McCarthy-esque crusade against businesspeople with ties to China.) In the letter, Cotton referred to Reuters’ reporting on Tan’s private investments and his previous job at Cadence, a tech company that recently reached a settlement in which it pleaded guilty to illegally selling semiconductor design technology to a Chinese military university. (A spokesperson for Intel told Reuters that Tan had answered questionnaires that included “disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest” and that the company handles such conflicts “appropriately.”) After Monday’s meeting, another post from Trump’s Truth Social account referred to Tan’s rise as an “amazing story” and said Tan and White House Cabinet members are going to “bring suggestions to me during the next week.” Intel released a statement calling the meeting “candid and constructive” and said the company appreciates “the President’s strong leadership.” But as the mercurial president wields his influence, it’s worth noting the facts don’t appear to be as scandalous as Trump or Cotton have implied. The Reuters report, for example, does not allege that Tan has done anything unlawful. In fact, as Reuters noted in its report on Cotton’s letter: It is not illegal for U.S. citizens to hold stakes in Chinese companies, even those with ties to the Chinese military, unless those companies have been added to the U.S. Treasury’s Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List, which explicitly bans such investments. Reuters in April had found no evidence that Tan at the time was invested directly in any company on the U.S. Treasury’s list. In a memo to staff published to Intel’s website Thursday, Tan denounced “misinformation” being spread about him and said he’s “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards.” The lack of any demonstrable culpability for Tan arguably highlights how blatantly authoritarian Trump’s push to oust him truly is. It’s certainly ironic that the president who eagerly welcomed Elon Musk into the fold despite his financial entanglements with China and their related national security concerns would turn around and insist that the business leader of an independent company must step down over his alleged ties to China. And it’s revealing that other members of the Republican Party are contributing to this obvious attack on free enterprise. This article was originally published on MSNBC.com View the full article

Donald Trump is deploying the national guard in Washington DC and seizing control of its police force, claiming that the nation’s capital has become “lawless” and is “one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the world”. The president portrayed himself as DC’s savior, vowing to rid it of “crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor and worse”. He demanded unhoused people leave the city, or face eviction. Trump’s portrayal of Washington DC, where he has been forced to reside as president, cutting short his time in his beloved Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, did not come as a surprise. He’s presented DC as a “nightmare of murder and crime” before, and already in February was reported to be mulling a law-enforcement crackdown. Nor is it the only major American city in his crosshairs. “Los Angeles has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals. Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations,” Trump said in June, while deploying the national guard to quell protests there. Just as Los Angeles in June wasn’t overrun with insurrectionist mobs – the protests were largely confined to a few city blocks – Trump’s portrayal of crime in Washington DC has little to do with facts, but instead, are rooted in false and misleading claims about crime and homelessness, experts say. Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of DC, responded, saying: “Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false.” Violent crime in DC is at a 30-year lowIn his announcement on Monday, Trump focused on DC’s 2023 crime rates, saying murders that year “reached the highest rate probably ever”. Washington DC did experience a sharp increase in homicides in 2023, with 274 killings, a jump from the 203 lives lost the year prior. It was a devastating toll for communities in the city, many of which struggled to emerge from the pandemic. But crime trends have dramatically changed since. In January, the Metropolitan police department and US attorney’s office released a report indicating that total violent crime in DC in 2024 was down 35% from the prior year, marking the lowest rate in over 30 years. The overall violent crime reduction included a 32% decline in homicides, a 39% decline in robberies, a 53% decline in armed carjackings and a 27% decline in assaults with a dangerous weapon, compared to 2023. The progress, US attorney Matthew Graves said at the time, was based on a strategy that focused on specific groups and drug trafficking networks targeting certain neighborhoods. “Overall, there’s an unmistakable and large drop in violence [in DC] since the summer of 2023, when there were peaks in homicide, gun assaults, robbery, and carjacking,” Adam Gelb, president of the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan thinktank, said in a statement. The group has reported that DC’s homicide rate fell 19% in January through June of this year compared to the same period last year. Youth arrests have declined in DCTrump began discussing a return to federal control of the city and the use of national guard to quell street crime after a former Doge staffer, Edward Coristine, appeared to have been attacked by a group of young people last week near his car. In statements on Monday, the president put forward a dramatic portrayal of offenses committed by minors in the capital, saying: “Caravans of mass youth rampage through city streets at all times of the day. They’re on ATVs, motorbikes. They travel pretty well.” At the same time, he indicated he wants law enforcement to take a more aggressive response. “They fight back, until you knock the hell out of them. Because it’s the only language they understand,” he said. DC police have made roughly 900 arrests of youth this year, nearly 20% fewer than the same timeframe last year, according to the Washington Post. Roughly 200 of those are arrests were for alleged violent crimes, with more than 40 for carjacking. Insha Rahman, vice-president of advocacy and partnerships at Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit that supports reforms, noted that data shows DC has had success in reducing youth violence through community-based programs instead of expanding police operations or enacting harsher punishments. She cited a restorative justice diversion program that allows youth to avoid prosecution and make amends outside the legal system and a program focused on mediating disputes. “DC’s most promising reductions in youth violence have come from community-led, accountability-driven interventions – not punitive crackdowns,” she said in an email. Unhoused people are victimized at high ratesTrump’s recent push to crack down on homelessness through an executive order linked unhoused people to crime, saying: “Endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe.” Data, however, has consistently shown that unhoused people are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violent crime. In one of the largest studies of homelessness in decades, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) surveyed thousands of unhoused people in 2021 and 2022 and found that 36% of all participants reported experiencing physical violence during their current homelessness episode. Of those, half reported that the violence was committed by a stranger. “People experiencing homelessness are at an extraordinarily high risk of being a victim of crime, often committed by people who are housed and people who are total strangers to them,” said Dr Margot Kushel, UCSF professor of medicine and director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. With unhoused people increasingly criminalized and targeted for sweeps, she added: “That victimization happens in the shadows. They don’t feel they can approach the police and report violence.” Meanwhile, the latest available data shows that while cities across the US have been grappling with surges in homelessness since the pandemic, the Washington DC region reported a slight decrease in its unhoused population this year. The 2025 annual survey, a rough estimate from a single day, recorded 9,659 people experiencing homelessness in the region, a decrease of 115 people from the year prior, marking a 1% drop. The survey, conducted in January of this year, recorded a 10% decrease in unsheltered single adults, meaning people living outside. That marked the first year-over-year decline after several years of increases. Trump’s falsehoods about other citiesBefore Trump federalized law enforcement in Washington DC, the president focused on Los Angeles, deploying thousands of national guard members and marines to the city to quell protests against his administration’s immigration politics. Then, too, Trump sought to portray the city as one in chaos. He claimed on social media that “mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents”. His FBI director, Kash Patel, said LA was “under siege by marauding criminals”. The image was sharply contradicted by what was happening on the ground. The sustained protests were largely confined to a 10-block area of downtown LA, and while there were violent incidents, the protests were largely considered peaceful. Police made hundreds of arrests, but many were for minor, nonviolent offenses, such as failure to disperse. The Department of Homeland Security and the Trump-appointed US attorney for the LA region have repeatedly accused protesters and others of violence against immigration officers, but have seen some of their claims contradicted by video footage. The Department of Justice has been forced to dismiss several felony assault charges it filed against demonstrators and people accused of interfering with immigration agents. Trump suggested on Monday that Los Angeles could see further intervention, again suggesting crime was rampant in those municipalities. So could Baltimore and Chicago, the president said. But those cities have also seen drops in crime similar to the trends in DC. Baltimore officials last month said the city was seeing the lowest number of homicides year-to-date in five decades. LA mayor Karen Bass said last month that the city was experiencing a roughly 20% dip in homicides in the first half of the year and was on pace for its lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years. “Trump is wrong that ‘crime is out of control in DC’ and other cities,” Rahman said. “The cities that Trump cited at his press conference – Chicago, Baltimore, and Los Angeles – have all experienced unprecedented crime declines since 2023, before Trump took office.” Thomas Abt, founding director of the Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction at the University of Maryland, questioned Trump’s decision to have Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, and Terry Cole, the Drug Enforcement Administration administrator, take over the DC police: “If violent crime has been dropping for 18 months, it’s unclear to me how those two people – neither who have local law enforcement experience – can improve upon the good job that local law enforcement is doing.” Pulling FBI and other federal agents away from their jobs to patrol DC also means fewer resources dedicated to serious crime, he added: “It’s not clear this will make DC any safer, and could potentially make the rest of the country less safe.” View the full article

iPhone 17將於9月9日發布？｜隨着九月臨近，關於 Apple 2025秋季發佈會的消息正不斷升溫，最新流出的多方資訊似乎為 iPhone 17 系列的亮相時間定下了更清晰的時間表。根據來自多個消息來源，包括電訊商內部文件的最新報導，Apple 極有可能在 2025 年 9 月 9 日（星期二）舉行年度秋季發佈會，正式揭開全新 iPhone 17 系列的面紗。 這個日期與 Apple 一直以來的傳統相符。多年來，Apple 大多會選擇九月的第二個星期二作為iPhone的發佈日。除了發佈會日期，消息亦進一步披露了預購與正式開賣的時間表。據悉，iPhone 17 系列的預購將於 9 月 12 日（星期五）展開，而首批零售與出貨日期則定於 9 月 19 日（星期五）。這個節奏與過往幾乎如出一轍，從發佈到預購、再到正式發售，僅相隔一週時間，保持着 Apple 一貫的風格。 +1有關消息最先由德國科技媒體 iPhone-Ticker 報導，該媒體聲稱取得了來自電訊商的內部資料，文件中提及需要為 9 月 9 日的一場重大 Apple 產品發佈做好市場與營運準備。這一訊息與早前 Bloomberg 記者 Mark Gurman 所披露的時間預測高度一致，進一步加強了可信度。 今年發布會的主角毫無疑問是 iPhone 17 系列，預計將包括四個型號，分別是 iPhone 17、全新命名的 iPhone 17 Air（取代現有的 Plus 版本）、iPhone 17 Pro 以及iPhone 17 Pro Max。當中，iPhone 17 Air 備受期待，因為它將成為系列中最纖薄輕巧的型號，主打極致便攜與精緻外形；而 Pro 系列則有望迎來設計大改版，包括全新的後置相機模組、鋁合金邊框，以及能減低反光與眩光的全新顯示玻璃技術。 在硬件規格方面，iPhone 17 系列預計將搭載最新的 A19 晶片，性能與能效均會再度提升。據傳 iPhone 17 Air 以及 Pro 系列會首次配備 12GB RAM，為多工處理與高負載應用提供更充裕的性能空間。 除了 iPhone，新一代 Apple Watch 亦很可能在同場登場，包括 Apple Watch Series 11、Apple Watch Ultra 3，以及入門定位的 Apple Watch SE 3。這些產品將延續 Apple 對健康監測與運動追蹤的重視，並可能帶來全新的感測器與更長的電池續航。同時，傳聞已久的 AirPods Pro 3 亦有望亮相，帶來升級的主動降噪與音質表現，滿足對音訊體驗有高要求的用家。 +2軟件方面，iOS 26 將隨 iPhone 17 系列同步推出，並於 iPhone 17 系列上市後的向所有相容 iPhone 推送更新。屆時，iPadOS、watchOS 及 macOS 的新版本亦預料同步上線。 View the full article

[FTNN新聞網]記者陳宣穎／綜合報導 台股昨（11）日終場收24,135.50點，上漲114.24點、漲幅0.48%。根據「玩股網」統計，觀察八大公股昨日上市ETF賣超方面，美國總統川普（Donald Trump）於當地時間6日宣布，要對半導體課徵100%關稅，但若是在美國設廠便可豁免，消息一出，為台積電（2330）打下強心針，元大台灣50（0050）因持股權重中，台積電占比高達59.01%而受惠，外資、自營商已連買3日，但八大公股昨日卻脫手4,016張、結帳2.1億元。 根據「玩股網」統計，八大公股昨日上市ETF賣超張數排名，第一名、元大台灣50（0050），賣超4,016張。（示意圖／Pixabay）另外，反1族群也成出清目標，八大公股共計丟出期元大S&P原油反1（00673R）、元大台灣50反1（00632R）3,569張，總計入手逾4千萬；另也大砍3檔高股息，合計拋售國泰永續高股息（00878）、群益台灣精選高息（00919）、元大台灣價值高息（00940）、復華台灣科技優息（00929）4,419張、結帳逾7千萬。 根據「玩股網」統計，八大公股昨日上市ETF賣超張數排名，第一名、元大台灣50（0050），賣超4,016張；第二名、富邦越南（00885），賣超2,240張；第三名、期元大S&P原油反1（00673R），賣超1,871張；第四名、元大台灣50反1（00632R），賣超1,698張；第五名、國泰永續高股息（00878），賣超1,548張。 接續，第六名、群益台灣精選高息（00919），賣超1,123張；第七名、元大台灣價值高息（00940），賣超1,005張；第八名、大華優利高填息30（00918），賣超827張；第九名、群益優選非投等債（00953B），賣超826張；第十名、復華台灣科技優息（00929），賣超743張。 ◎《FTNN新聞網》提醒您：本資料僅供參考，投資人應獨立判斷，審慎評估並自負投資風險。 更多FTNN新聞網報導 爆摔5日！「這檔」前7月營收年增182%卻淪弱勢股王 明起暫停交易 美國製造股強勢崛起？鴻家軍「這檔」強拔漲停...三大法人砸19億敲進 另豪灑42億續買鴻海第5日 殖利率5.4%不夠香？外資急下車猛丟「這檔」破7萬張 另續丟華南金第5日 View the full article

　フジテレビ系「かのサンド」が１０日に放送され、サンドウィッチマン・伊達みきお、富澤たけし、ピン芸人・狩野英孝が出演した。 　宮城県出身のサンドウィッチマンと狩野で進行するお散歩バラエティー。この日は同県を散策した。 　ゲストのお笑いトリオ・パンサーの尾形貴弘が、仙台市にあるタワーマンションを３人に紹介。伊達は、尾形がマイホーム購入のために、６０００万の借金をしたことを明かした。 　尾形は「借金して。もう銀行だけじゃ足りなくて…。吉本にも借りて。その吉本が１年で返せって言うんですよ？おかしくないですか？１年で！とんでもない額を毎月、払うんですから！本当に…」と訴えて笑わせていた。 View the full article

EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded to the sentencing of Rachel Morin’s killer on Monday. Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, is being sentenced to life without parole for murdering, kidnapping, and raping the 37-year-old Maryland mother in August 2023. He was found guilty of the charges in April. Specifically, he's facing two life sentences on top of an extra 40 years. "Today, Rachel Morin’s killer was sentenced to life without parole for her brutal murder. This criminal illegal alien should have never been in our country in the first place. Rachel should still be here watching her 5 children grow up," Noem said in a statement first shared with Fox News Digital. Rachel Morin's Mother Explains Painstaking Process Of Writing Statement To Read At Killer's Sentencing Rachel Morin was dragged off a hiking trail Aug. 5, 2023, and brutally murdered."We hear far too much in the mainstream media about sob stories of gang members and criminal illegals and not enough about their victims. God bless Rachel and her family," she added. Click Here For More Immigration Coverage Read On The Fox News App Martinez-Hernandez entered the United States in 2023 during the Biden-era border crisis. He was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 2024. Morin went missing on the Ma & Pa Trail in Bel Air, Maryland, and her remains were found the next day in a nearby drain pipe, according to police at the time. He beat Morin’s head with rocks and then raped her corpse before trying to hide it in the pipe, according to DHS. Dhs Arrests Five Illegal Immigrants Convicted Of Serious Crimes, Including Murder And Child Abuse Her family have been vocal advocates in the public sphere following her murder. "Unfortunately, Rachel’s story is not an isolated tragedy. She is one of many victims across our state and country who suffered at the hands of individuals who should never have been here because of the failures of the Biden administration," Patty Morin, her mother, wrote in an opinon piece for Fox News on April 29. The sentencing comes as the Trump administration is pursuing mass deportations, with the agency highlighting arrests of illegal immigrants who have been charged or convicted of other crimes. Patty Morin, mother of homicide victim Rachel Morin, speaks during a White House press conference on April 16, 2025, standing beside Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary.DHS is also noting the reopening of the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office that was started during President Donald Trump’s first term. The office provides a hotline and services to victims and their families. "Rachel Morin’s presence was powerfully felt in the courtroom today as her children, siblings, and mother spoke from the heart," the Morin family's attorney, Randolph Rice, told Fox News Digital of the sentencing hearing on Monday. "They shared their deep love for her, the irreplaceable void her absence has left in their lives, and their unwavering commitment to honor her memory by seeking justice today and protecting others from suffering the same fate." Original article source: DHS Secretary Noem says Rachel Morin's killer 'should have never been in our country' View the full article

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A controversy is unfolding in South Carolina’s public schools as some teachers have said they were denied paid, parental leave. Rep. Neal Collins (R – Pickens) said he has spoken to three teachers who said they were denied paid parental leave after having stillbirths, something Collins said is against the law. In 2023, state lawmakers passed a bill that gives public school employees who are the birthing parent six weeks of paid parental leave. Collins said some districts are interpreting the law so that the legislation only applies to births where the child survives. “Mothers suffering from this tragic event shouldn’t have to worry about whether they get paid parental leave or not,” he said. Collins added that districts are telling women who experience stillbirths that they are not allowed the six-week leave period. “At the end of the day, what I’m concerned about is at that moment of birth or stillbirth that we don’t add any stressors to the mother and that this be crystal clear that a qualifying event is a stillbirth when it comes to paid parental leave.” Collins wrote a letter to Attorney General Alan Wilson, asking for an opinion on whether stillbirths qualify under the law. Collins-letter-to-AGDownload “It’s unfortunate that we have to clarify this, in the statute for certain,” Collins continued. “Interpretations, but, look forward to making it clear that qualifying event of a stillbirth does qualify as a birth.” Jason Raven from the South Carolina Department of Education said “Nothing in law prohibits or discourages districts from extending this benefit to staff experiencing these tragic situations, and we would urge districts to respond with common sense and compassion for these teachers.” Collins said in two of the cases he knows about, districts have changed their policy and given them leave. He said a legal opinion from the Attorney General could arrive in the coming weeks, and he plans on filing additional legislation to clarify these terms. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WSPA 7NEWS. View the full article