MEMPHIS -- She was late on rent and back in eviction court. Second time this year. Fourth time in the past two. Cassandra Brown, married mother of two, was fighting to stay in a house that her family had owned for years, until they lost it to the bank shortly after the 2008 financial meltdown. Now, she and her family continued to live in the same house as renters, paying more each month in rent than they once did in mortgage. Brown didn't want to uproot her children, even as the house passed from one investor to the next, finally landing with the $35 billion New York private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Cerberus has become in just three years the largest owner of single-family homes in this Mississippi River town, with nearly 1,800 houses rented out to thousands of residents.It also uses unusually aggressive tactics to recover late rent. The property manager it owns and operates, FirstKey Homes, files for eviction at twice the rate of other rental home property managers … [Read more...] about Eviction filings, code complaints: What happened when a private equity firm became one city’s biggest homeowner
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Who killed Bobby Kennedy? His son RFK Jr. doesn’t believe it was Sirhan Sirhan.
Tom Jackman, The Washington Post Published 10:29 am, Saturday, May 26, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Anthony Behar Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now supports the call for a re-investigation of the assassination of his father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now supports the call for a re-investigation of the assassination of his father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Anthony Behar Image 2 of 4 Evidence photographs of the gun used in the assassination plot to kill Robert F. Kennedy are displayed at Paul Schrade's Los Angeles … [Read more...] about Who killed Bobby Kennedy? His son RFK Jr. doesn’t believe it was Sirhan Sirhan.
The FIU bridge crushed their daughter. Her iPhone survived — but they can’t unlock it
MIAMI — Tucked away inside a white, weathered dresser rests a brown, crumpled paper bag.Inside that bag are a few ounces of what’s left of the dead teen — two wrinkled dollar bills, a quarter, a dusty hair tie, a black leather choker, a long pendant necklace, a silver ring, a sorority keychain, a Sunpass transponder and a driver’s license.“This is what they handed to me,” whispered Gina Duran, angry tears dribbling down her cheek.The mourning mother held the chalky items up into the light. Her voice cracked.“They handed me my daughter in a freaking paper bag.”Alexa Duran, 18, was one of six people crushed to death on March 15 when the pedestrian bridge at Florida International University collapsed onto ongoing traffic. The FIU freshman would have turned 19 last week.The mountain of concrete crushed cars, even the strongest of pickup trucks, at 1:47 p.m. that day. Alexa, who was driving her father’s Toyota 4Runner, was going east on … [Read more...] about The FIU bridge crushed their daughter. Her iPhone survived — but they can’t unlock it
AP: Emails reveal secret lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in Middle East
After a year spent carefully cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, thought he was finally close to nailing down more than $1 billion in business.He had ingratiated himself with crown princes from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who were seeking to alter U.S. foreign policy and punish Qatar, an archrival in the Gulf that he dubbed "the snake."To do that, the California businessman had helped spearhead a secret campaign to influence the White House and Congress, flooding Washington with political donations.Broidy and his business partner, Lebanese-American George Nader, pitched themselves to the crown princes as a backchannel to the White House, passing the princes' praise — and messaging — straight to the president's ears.Now, in December 2017, Broidy was ready to be rewarded for all his hard work.It was time to cash in.In return for pushing anti-Qatar policies at the highest levels of … [Read more...] about AP: Emails reveal secret lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in Middle East
The princes, the president and the fortune seekers
Desmond Butler and Tom Lobianco, Associated Press Updated 5:28 pm, Tuesday, May 22, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Evan Vucci, AP Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 FILE - In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. In emails obtained by The Associated Press, George Nader claims he later met with Mohammed bin Salman, who by then had been elevated to crown prince, and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in the Middle East. less FILE - In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump … [Read more...] about The princes, the president and the fortune seekers