Thomas Jacob Sanford, identified by police as the gunman who killed four people and injured eight in a shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan, went on anti-Mormon rants ahead of Sunday’s attack, new reports reveal. Sanford’s friend, Francis Tersigni, told the New York Timesthe 40-year-old had “this whole fascination with Mormons, and they are the Antichrist, and they are going to take over the world.” Local political candidate Kris Johns also revealed he met Sanford while campaigning last week, and said he ranted about how the church “tries to put people above Jesus.” Sanford previously dated...
A Syrian who assaulted four people at an asylum hotel where he was a resident has signed paperwork to return to his home country after being jailed for 16 weeks. Mohammed Sharwarq travelled to the UK by small boat and was at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, at the time of the offences this summer. A sentencing hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that the 32-year-old had been due to stand trial for sexual assault after being accused of kissing a man on the back of the neck. However, prosecutors discontinued the matter. Sharwarq had denied the charge. He pleaded guilty at an earlier h...
During a recent episode of the “EntreLeadership” podcast, personal finance expert Dave Ramsey took a call from Matt, a business owner in Tahoe City, California, who asked about creating a limited liability company to lease equipment and vehicles back to his own companies. But the conversation quickly turned into a lesson on risk management and what Ramsey calls “swapping pockets.” Not A Money-Making MoveMatt wanted to know if there was any financial advantage to setting up a separate company that would own and lease assets like a $50,000 mini excavator back to his underground utility contracti...
Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:BKNG). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with BKNG, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen. So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 44 uncommon options trades for Booking Holdings. This isn't normal. The ove...