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lodibet999 Adam Pemble, an Associated Press video journalist who covered some of the biggest global news of the past two decades, from earthquakes and conflicts to political summits and elections, has died. He was 52. Pemble died Thursday in Minneapolis surrounded by friends and family, according to his friend Mike Moe, who helped care for him in the final weeks of his fight against cancer. Known for bringing stories alive with his camera, Pemble epitomized the best of television news traditions, casting a curious and compassionate lens onto the lives of the people and communities whose stories he told. He joined the AP in 2007 in New York before moving to Prague in 2011 to help launch AP’s first cross-format operation combining photography, text stories and video. He enhanced Eastern European news coverage, creating distinctive stories highlighting the region's culture and society. “Adam was an incredibly talented and passionate journalist and an empathetic storyteller. He had this amazing ability to get anyone to talk to him on camera, which I attribute to the Midwestern charm he embodied throughout his life." said Sara Gillesby, AP’s Director of Global Video and Pemble’s former manager in New York when he joined the AP. "He was the best of us.” Pemble was born in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, in 1972 and grew up in Minneapolis. After graduating with a degree in mass communications from Minnesota State University Moorhead, he started his journalism career in 1997 at KVLY, a television station in Fargo, North Dakota, and later worked at WCCO in Minneapolis. “He had the skills of the old-school camera people to meet a deadline and turn a beautiful story,” said Arthur Phillips, a cameraman who worked with Pemble at WCCO. “But he had a calling for greater things.” Moving to New York, Pemble covered some of the biggest stories in the city, including the trial of Bernie Madoff, interviews with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and with then-real estate developer, now U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump. He went to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, where he captured shocking images of devastation. A few weeks later he was in Vancouver, covering the Winter Olympics. With his transfer to Prague, Pemble quickly became the go-to video journalist deployed to the biggest news events in Europe, interviewing government leaders, covering violent protests, the aftermath of terror attacks and numerous national elections across the continent. “An inquiring mind, a keen eye and a healthy skepticism for those in power who tried to spin away from truth all combined to make Adam’s stories as rich in color as he was in character," said Sandy MacIntyre, former AP head of global video. "Time and again he was asked to do the impossible and without fail he delivered the exceptional.” ”But more than all of that, he was the colleague and friend you wanted by your side because if Adam was there we knew we were going to be the winning team.” As civil unrest rocked Ukraine in 2014, Pemble reported from Kyiv and later Donetsk, where he covered the first Russian-backed demonstrations before spending weeks in Crimea during Russia's annexation of the strategic peninsula. His video reports included the last remaining Ukrainian sailors loyal to Kyiv finally abandoning their ship and coming ashore. With the Russian national anthem playing from a car in the background, his final shot showed two distraught sailors heckled as they walked away. Pemble returned to Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country in 2022. Among his many assignments was filming the exclusive March 2023 AP interview by Executive Editor Julie Pace with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a train shuttled them across Ukraine to cities near some of the fiercest fighting. “Adam showed up to every assignment with enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to his work and his colleagues. He loved what he did, and so many of us at AP are better for having worked alongside him,” Pace said. When not deployed overseas, Pemble set his camera's gaze on his new home in the Czech Republic, offering insight into the traditions and unique stories of Eastern Europe. From Christmas carp fishing at sunrise to graffiti artists in Prague, to the intimate story of a Slovak priest challenging the celibacy rules of the Catholic Church, he brought his unmistakable style. He worked with a traditional large broadcast camera in an era where many video shooters shifted to smaller, lighter cameras. He always put himself in the right place to let reality unfold like “an old school analog painter in an often fast and furious digital age,” former AP cameraman Ben Jary recalled. Pemble's interest in visual storytelling led to experimenting with new technologies, including aerial videography. In 2015, he was the first major news agency camera operator to film live drone footage when reporting on the migration crisis in the Balkans. An avid gardener who planted trees and chilis on his rooftop in Prague, he was adventurous in the kitchen and especially proud of his vegan “meatloaf,” friends said. He loved a seedy dive bar as much as a Michelin restaurant, and foods as varied as charcoal choux pastry with truffle creme and his favorite road trip junk food, Slim Jim’s jerky and Salted Nut Rolls. Pemble’s wit, wisdom, energy and positivity enriched the lives and experiences of those around him, friends and colleagues recalled. “If someone asked me to see a picture of quiet strength and courage, dignity and grace, and most of all kindness, I would show them a picture of a man for all seasons," said Dan Huff, a Washington-based AP video journalist, "I would show them a picture of Adam Pemble."

Pockets of land around Lake Minnetonka served for thousands of years as the sites of sacred burial for the Dakota people. Now, some of that soil sits in giant piles outside Tonka Bay City Hall as local officials and tribal leaders try to figure out how to most respectfully handle material that was unearthed during a road construction project. “There’s two interests here: One is to build a roadway that is going to last, and (to) treat these burial remains with the respect they deserve,” said John Bradford with the consulting firm WSB, who serves as the city’s engineer. “And, we want to do both.” Striking that balance can prove difficult, in part because tribes weren’t always consulted when the roads, sewers and water systems were installed decades ago amid booming suburban growth. The infrastructure has aged since then and, as it comes due for replacement, cities are reckoning with the decisions made before modern laws protected Indigenous graves. “We’re all in difficult positions trying to be respectful and trying to do things in a good way after so much destruction and desecration,” said Samantha Odegard, a tribal historic preservation officer for the Upper Sioux Community, which is working with Tonka Bay officials. “But, obviously, it’s harder on us because it’s our sites, our relatives that were most directly affected.” Much of what is now the Twin Cities metro area served as homeland for the Dakota people for thousands of years, Odegard said. But many Indigenous people were forced out after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. When people flocked to the suburbs a century later, many cities installed new roadways, water and sewer lines to support the growing communities. Current laws requiring officials to consult with tribes and return remains and sacred objects weren’t yet in place. Some sites were disturbed. “We’re trying to protect what’s there, but doing it in that context, that is very difficult,” Odegard said. “It’s harder to pinpoint exactly what areas needed to be avoided or have certain guidelines followed.” The locations of some cemeteries are hard to trace and, when they are known, their locations are closely guarded to prevent looting and desecration. So city officials across the state increasingly find themselves working with consultants and archaeologists as they prepare for major construction projects, with mixed success. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa spent nearly five years on recovery efforts after state crews disturbed burial grounds in Duluth during bridge construction. Restoration crews worked for three years in Minnetonka after a county road project inadvertently destroyed some mounds . Chanhassen officials recently brought in consultants to do an archaeological review of Lake Ann Park Preserve before doing additional work there. Tonka Bay Mayor Adam Jennings said his city is working on a roughly $8 million project aimed at replacing nearly 20% of the city’s roads, water and sewer lines, including along County Road 19. Many of those systems, he said, were installed in the 1960s and 1970s. “We were experiencing a significant number of water breaks and we just needed a new one,” he said. “It reached the end of its useful life.” City officials began consulting with tribes a couple years ago, including on plans for what they would do if they encountered sacred soils. Odegard and Cheyanne St. John, a tribal historic preservation officer for the Lower Sioux Indian Community, said there were concerns about whether crews followed the proper guidelines. City officials didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the tribal members’ concerns. In an earlier interview, Bradford, the city engineer, said crews initially planned to take out about two feet of soil and bring in sand to help stabilize the roadway. “I was under the impression, correctly or not, that we would just haul the soils off-site, and everybody was OK with that,” he said. But when they brought in a new cultural resources consultant partway through the project, he said that person recommended contacting the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. Bradford said they heard through that process that some tribes wanted to keep the soil in a cemetery. For now, the soil sits in towering heaps outside City Hall, surrounded by barriers meant to guard it from erosion and people trying to carry it off. The piles drew questions from curious residents in a public meeting earlier this fall. Some wanted to know why the piles were outside City Hall and how long they might be there. Others wanted to know how it might affect the budget. Officials have said it’s cheaper to store the soil there than to delay construction. They’re not sure on the timeline for moving it. “It’s like anything else when you’re in politics. You get all kinds of questions from all kinds of residents, and you do your best to answer,” Jennings said. “A vast majority of the time, people get it.” In the meantime, city officials and tribal leaders are trying to finalize a plan for moving the soil and trying to explain to people both its significance and why tampering with it would be a crime. “I know that there is a lot of, sometimes, contention around the inconvenience of how project work is done,” St. John said. “But I think, oftentimes, the public is just not aware of how sensitive these locations are to our people. And we’re not an extinct culture. Those are our relatives that called those places home.” ©2024 The Minnesota Star Tribune. Visit startribune.com . 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NoneWith nearly all of the votes counted, left-leaning Mr Milanovic won 49% while his main challenger Dragan Primorac, a candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, trailed far behind with 19%. Pre-election polls had predicted that the two would face off in the second round on January 12, as none of the eight presidential election contenders were projected to get more than 50% of the vote. Mr Milanovic thanked his supporters but warned that “this was just a first run”. “Let’s not be triumphant, let’s be realistic, firmly on the ground,” he said. “We must fight all over again. It’s not over till it’s over.” Mr Milanovic, the most popular politician in Croatia, has served as prime minister in the past. Populist in style, the 58-year-old has been a fierce critic of current Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and continuous sparring between the two has been a recent hallmark of Croatia’s political scene. Mr Plenkovic has sought to portray the vote as one about Croatia’s future in the EU and Nato. He has labelled Mr Milanovic “pro-Russian” and a threat to Croatia’s international standing. “The difference between him (Mr Primorac) and Milanovic is quite simple: Milanovic is leading us East, Primorac is leading us West,” he said. Though the presidency is largely ceremonial in Croatia, an elected president holds political authority and acts as the supreme commander of the military. Mr Milanovic has criticised the Nato and European Union support for Ukraine and has often insisted that Croatia should not take sides. He has said Croatia should stay away from global disputes, thought it is a member of both Nato and the EU. Mr Milanovic has also blocked Croatia’s participation in a Nato-led training mission for Ukraine, declaring that “no Croatian soldier will take part in somebody else’s war”. His main rival in the election, Mr Primorac, has stated that “Croatia’s place is in the West, not the East”. However, his bid for the presidency has been marred by a high-level corruption case that landed Croatia’s health minister in jail last month and which featured prominently in pre-election debates. Trailing a distant third in the pre-election polls is Marija Selak Raspudic, a conservative independent candidate. She has focused her election campaign on the economic troubles of ordinary citizens, corruption and issues such as population decline in the country of some 3.8 million. Sunday’s presidential election is Croatia’s third vote this year, following a snap parliamentary election in April and the European Parliament balloting in June.

An Australian streetwear store was stampeded by hundreds of teenagers on Boxing Day after its founder encouraged customers to “rob” his store. The almost unbelievable footage uploaded to the StreetX Instagram page shows hundreds of teenagers pouring into the store in Perth’s Central Business District. As the crowd of mostly young men jostled and pushed their way into two small entryways, onlookers watched the mayhem unfold. As one unlucky young fan stumbled on his way in, the crowd behind could be seen trampling him on their mission to claim one of the 400 free T-shirts that were being offered. Despite the troubling scenes, the label’s founder Daniel Bradshaw maintained that nobody was injured during the chaotic dash and that police were “fine with it”. Bradshaw has been known to stage similarly chaotic marketing campaigns and drew the anger of city rangers and police during his brand’s Boxing Day campaign last year. Bradshaw, talking to the West Australian in the lead up to the day, encouraged his followers to “rob” his stores. “We wanted to give our customers something fun. We made the entire store free. There were 400 items to ‘steal’,” he said. “We always do a Boxing Day sale. Last year, we did a giveaway out the back of a truck. This year we wanted something that ideally wouldn’t get us in trouble.” Bradshaw claimed there were control measures in place to protect customers from the scuffle that ensued. “We made sure we picked a shop with lots of space. It was a secluded section of the CBD too,” he said. “We let kids and parents in first. Once they moved out, we let the young guys in.” While some punters questioned the marketing methods of the Perth streetwear brand, Bradshaw lauded their “run and gun” approach as the first of its kind. “I haven’t seen anything like that in Australia before,” he said. The Boxing Day mayhem wasn’t limited to Perth, with people turning out in droves across Australia to snag themselves a bargain. DFO Outlet malls in Sydney and Harbour Town in the Gold Coast drew massive crowds, with lines stretching as far as the eye could see. Lines just to enter the shopping center in Homebush snaked through the parking lot at 10 in the morning. The huge lines and general unpleasantness of crowded shopping centers in the middle of summer has some people online questioning whether the bargains are even worth it. One social media user commented “Zero happens on Boxing Day that couldn’t wait till the 27th. “That’s just foul.” There were similar scenes at Melbourne’s DFO South Wharf shopping centre. There was a wait of up to two hours to enter the Nike store, with customers left standing in 97 degree heat outside. So while Boxing Day has left some questioning their conviction for bargain hunting, it seems free stuff will always attract a crowd. Just watch out for the stampede.Warren Buffett is a lot of things, but an income investor isn't one of them. The multibillionaire doesn't need extra income. Neither does Berkshire Hathaway , which boasts the eighth-largest market cap of any U.S. company. However, Buffett does like dividend stocks. Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio even includes six high-yield dividend stocks (with a high yield defined as one that's at least twice that of the S&P 500 .) Buffett's high-yield six-pack Let's go down the list of Buffett's high-yield six-pack, from highest to lowest forward dividend yield . Kraft Heinz ranks at the top, with a yield of 5.23%. Berkshire owns so much of the food company that it's listed among the conglomerate's subsidiaries on its website. Chevron ( CVX 0.45% ) takes the No. 2 spot. The oil and gas giant pays a forward dividend yield of 4.09%. It's also Berkshire's fifth-largest holding. Diageo trails behind Chevron, with a yield of 3.47%. The British alcoholic beverage maker is one of Berkshire's smallest positions, making up less than 0.1% of its total portfolio. Next up is Ally Financial ( ALLY 1.77% ) . The bank's forward dividend yield is 3.37%. Buffett initiated a position in Ally in the first quarter of 2022. Holding down the sixth position is another bank -- Citigroup ( C 1.29% ) . The financial services company offers a forward dividend yield of 3.27%. Like Ally, Buffett first bought Citigroup in early 2022. Coca-Cola ( KO 0.25% ) is the caboose on our list, with a yield of 3.1%. However, the large food and beverage company is No. 1 in another key category as the stock Buffett has owned for the longest period. How these dividend stocks compare We've seen how these six stocks stack up against each other with dividend yields. How do they compare on other fronts? Coca-Cola boasts the most impressive dividend track record. The company has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years, making it a part of the elite group of stocks known as Dividend Kings . Chevron has a great track record as well, with 37 consecutive years of dividend increases. The high-yield bank stocks stand out based on valuation. Ally Financial sports a low forward price-to-earnings ratio of 7.9. Citigroup's forward earnings multiple is around 9.4. However, Kraft Heinz isn't too much higher, with shares trading at roughly 9.8 times forward earnings. Ally and Citigroup also could have the best growth prospects over the near term if Wall Street is right. The average earnings growth projection for Ally next year is 48.9%, based on LSEG 's survey of analysts. The consensus earnings growth for Citigroup next year is nearly 22.1%. Chevron comes in third place in this category, with analysts forecasting 9.2% earnings growth. The best of the bunch I think income investors should like several of Buffett's high-yield dividend stocks. If I had to choose only one as the best of the bunch, though, it would be Chevron. Buffett clearly likes this oil stock, considering that Berkshire's stake in Chevron tops $18.9 billion. Chevron has an exceptional dividend yield and a strong record of dividend increases. I fully expect the company will soon extend its streak of dividend hikes. Although Chevron isn't the most attractively valued of Buffett's high-yield stocks, it's not super expensive. Shares of the oil and gas producer trade at around 13.3 times forward earnings, well below the average forward earnings multiple of 15.1 for the S&P 500 energy sector. As we've already seen, Wall Street thinks Chevron's near-term growth prospects are pretty good. I agree with that outlook. The regulatory environment should also be favorable for Chevron (and the oil and gas industry, in general) with the incoming Trump administration.