SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27 2022 13A Billionaire Twitter own- er Elon Musk said he would back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) if he runs for president in 2024. Tweeting into the night on Friday, Musk described DeSantis as a and choice. He said he had been a of the Obama administration and support- ed President Biden over Donald Trump in 2020, but had been disappointed with the results of the last two years. On the eve of the midterm elections, Musk urged his more than 115 million followers to support Republicans.
you support Ron DeSantis in 2024, a Twitter user named tUS asked on Friday. Musk replied. THE WASHINGTON POST Musk says he would support DeSantis in 2024 Heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide early Saturday on the southern Italian resort island of Ischia that destroyed buildings and swept parked cars into the sea, leaving at least one person dead and up to 12 missing. The body of a woman was pulled from the mud, the Naples prefect Claudio Palomba, told a news conference. Rescuers worked gin- gerly with small bulldoz- ers to pick through some six to seven yards of mud and detritus in the search for possible victims.
The force of the mud sliding down the moun- tainside just before dawn was strong enough to send cars and buses onto beaches and into the sea at the port of Casam- icciola. ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 dead, up to 12 missing on island after landslide Authorities in western Xinjiang region opened up some neigh- borhoods in the capital of Urumqi on Saturday after residents held extraordin- ary late-night demonstra- tions against the draconian lockdown that had lasted more than three months. The displays of public defiance were fanned by anger over a fire in an ap- artment compound that had killed 10, according to the official death toll, as workers took three hours to extinguish the blaze, a delay many attributed to obstacles caused by anti- virus measures. The demonstrations, as well as public anger on- line, are the latest signs of building frustration with intense approach to controlling COVID-19. ASSOCIATED PRESS Xinjiang loosens COVID lockdown after protests socially liberal government is moving ahead with plans to ease the rules for ob- taining citizenship in the European most populous country, a drive that is being assailed by the conservative opposi- tion.
Chancellor OIaf Scholz said in a video message Saturday that Germany has long since become country of for many, and a good thing when people who have put down roots in the country decide to take citizenship. needs better rules for the naturalization of all these great women and Scholz said. ASSOCIATED PRESS Germans seek to ease rules for naturalization VERONA, ITALY Early season merrymak- ers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend. But beyond the wooden market stalls, the Italian city still has not decked out its granite-clad ped- estrian streets with twin- kling holiday lights as officials debate how bright to make the season during an energy crisis. In cities across Europe, officials are wrestling with a choice as energy prices have gone up because of war in Ukraine: Dim Christmas lighting to send a message of energy conservation and solidar- ity with citizens squeezed by higher utility bills and inflation, while protecting public coffers, or let the lights blaze in a message of defiance after two years of pandemic-suppressed Christmas seasons, illumi- nating cities with holiday cheer that retailers hope will loosen purse strings.
they take away the lights, they might as well turn off said Estrella Puerto, who sells traditional Spanish mantil- las, or veils, in a small store in Granada, Spain, and says Christmas decorations draw business. Fewer lights are spar- kling from the centerpiece tree at the famed Stras- bourg Christmas market, which attracts 2 million people every year, as the French city seeks to re- duce public energy con- sumption by this year. From Paris to London, city officials are limiting hours of holiday illumi- nation, and many have switched to more energy- efficient LED lights or renewable energy sources. Oxford Street shopping district hopes to cut energy consumption by two-thirds by limiting the illumination of its lights to 3-11 p.m. and installing LED bulbs.
speaking, the only real said Paris resident Marie Breguet, 26. war and energy squeeze is a reality. No one will be hurt with a little less of the illumi- nations this The crisis, largely spurred by Russia cutting off most natural gas to Europe, is sparking in- novation. In the Italian mountain town of Borno, in Lombardy, cyclists on sta- tionary bikes will provide power to the Christ- mas tree by fueling batter- ies with kinetic energy. Europe faces holidays during energy crunch KIN CHEUNG AP Christmas lights are displayed Thursday on Regent Street in London.
From Paris to London, city officials are limiting hours of holiday illumination. BY COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press PHOENIX Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit de- manding Maricopa County hand over a variety of doc- uments related to the elec- tion. Lake has refused to acknowledge that she lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs and has for weeks drawn at- tention to voters who said they experienced long lines and other difficulties while voting on Election Day in largest county. Her lawyer, Tim LaSota, says in the suit filed Wednesday that the county has not fulfilled public rec- ords requests filed Nov. 15 and 16.
The requests seek to identify voters who may have had trouble casting a ballot, such as people who checked in at more than one vote center or those who returned a mail ballot and also checked in at a polling place. Lake is also asking for information about counted and uncounted ballots that were accidentally mixed. County officials have ac- knowledged the problem occurred at a handful of vote centers but say it happens in most elections and can be reconciled. Lake and her allies have bombardedMaricopa Coun- ty with complaints about Election Day problems, which stem largely from a problemwith printers at some vote centers that led them to print ballots with markings that were too light to be read by the on-site tabulators. All ballots were counted, but Lake says some of her supporters may have been unable to cast a ballot amid the chaos.
Lake wants the county to produce the records before certifying the election. The Board of Supervisors, con- trolled 4-1 by Republicans, votes to certify the election onMonday, the deadline under state law. Certifica- tion votes are also sched- uled for Monday in five other counties. suit against Ariz. county seeks election records BY JONATHAN J.
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