Geraldine Tyler never thought she would face the US Supreme Court, especially at 94. But she also never thought the government would take over her Minneapolis home and sell it. Ms. Tyler was the victim of what is often called real estate theft, but this form of robbery is not a crime; in fact, it’s legal in a dozen states. The Supreme Court, which is hearing oral arguments on Wednesday at tyler vs hennepin county, has the ability to end these predatory tax losses once and for all.

Ms. Tyler’s problems began when she moved into a nursing home in 2010 and failed to pay her property taxes. She ended up owing Hennepin County approximately $2,300. After paying fines, interest, and related expenses, her debt increased to $15,000. To get what was due to him, Hennepin County confiscated and then sold the one-bedroom apartment for $40,000. You might think that the county will pay off the $15,000 debt and return the $25,000 balance to Ms. Tyler. But the county took all of the $40,000 and left her with nothing to show from her only significant asset.

After Deployment Coachella-themed fashion items drop out in Fortnite last year, Coachella expands even further in games with the launch Coachella Islanda new direction in Fortnite that allows players to virtually experience a popular music festival.

Coachella Island kicks off tomorrow, April 14th at 3pm ET. Gamers can find the new destination in Fortnite’s Epic Choice bar or enter the island code: 5449-4207-12803.

Created by the creators of Alliance Studios using creative play mode, the island features a virtual market stall and arts park, as well as desert skies, mountains, polo fields and palm trees inspired by the festival landscape.

The art park has recreated virtual replicas of the festival’s most famous art installations created by the Fortnite community. This includes the Coachella Ferris wheel, Spectra and balloon chains, as well as two new art installations coming to the festival this year and the Fortography Gallery.

Gamers can also participate in creator-created music and art activities such as mini-games and quests. Users can listen to the Icon radio in the game, featuring songs and artists from the 2023 Coachella line-up.

“The future of in-game music and art is not to mimic the real world, but to reimagine magic and make it more accessible with a new medium,” Sam Schoonover, head of innovation at Coachella, said in a statement. “We believe the best way to do this is to give artists the opportunity to show us the way. Just as the IRL festival is a stage for musicians, Coachella Island is now a canvas for game creators. Fortnite provides the tools needed to invite creators and fans to participate in this creative process.”

Like last year, players can purchase Coachella-themed clothing and in-game items from the Fortnite Item Shop. There are two new outfits this year dubbed “Sunset Alto” and “Desert Dawn Lyric”.

The Sunset Alto outfit includes a cute orange summer tank top, shorts and a brown beach hat. It comes with a bonus Aurora Visualizer alternate style that reacts to music, a reactive Sunset Swirl back ornament, and a Crystalline Cactus pickaxe.

The “Desert Dawn Lyric” outfit includes a street print T-shirt, Aurora Visualizer alternate style, Airflow Vibes back embellishment, and an Electropalm Staff pickaxe.

Musical-reactive elements play songs from two Coachella 2023 artists, Bad Bunny and Burna Boy.

And if you missed last year’s clothing, it will be available for purchase in the Item Shop.

Wiretapping in prison, cited by judges in court documents obtained by BuzzFeed News, shows that Andrew allegedly hoped to flee to Dubai on the pretext of receiving medical care there. (The United Arab Emirates does not have an extradition treaty with Romania.) A Tate spokesman told the Daily Mail in early March that the dark spot on Andrew’s lung was “most likely a tumor.” However, Andrew later clarified on Twitter that the place was actually a scar “from an old battle”. Andrew’s request to travel was denied by the authorities.

Eugene Widineak, the Tate lawyer, denied rumors that the brothers might try to flee. “They have a home and children in Romania, they are under criminal investigation, there is no reason to run away,” he told local media. Matea Petrescu, a spokeswoman for the Tates, told BuzzFeed News: “In regards to their leaving the country, there was no context mentioned in the partially published auditions. [namely] Andrew is only discussing going to Dubai for a medical clearance if his status allows it.”

The Romanian authorities also said that the Teites called on their army of followers to send a message to at least one alleged victim demanding that they drop their accusations. “These comments are in the nature of causing a state of fear in the victim as a result of a threatening tone towards her, attempts to persuade her to change her testimony in relation to the defendants in the case,” the judge noted in the case. February results.

(Suleiman Ahmed, an online pro-Tate persona, tweeted on Feb. 18 that he traveled to Palm Beach, Florida – the hometown of one of the key witnesses in the case – “for a big story“. However, there was no indication that Ahmed, who did not respond to a BuzzFeed News request for comment, actually met with the witness or her family.)

On top of that, in December, a US law firm representing the brothers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Florida woman, urging her to retract her statements or face a defamation lawsuit. The Romanian authorities see this letter as part of an alleged intimidation.

Tates’ separate U.S. attorney, Tina Glandian, who is part of their Romanian legal team, recently stressed to the media that her “firm was not involved in sending the cease and desist letter.” Petrescu told BuzzFeed News that the letter was “a U.S. LEGAL action,” adding: “These suspicions are outdated given that the appeals court judges have decided to place them under house arrest.”