KARAH RUCKER: COMING UP – FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY. WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE HISTORIC CASE. AND – TOYOTA ANNOUNCES MAJOR CHANGES TO ITS E-V PRODUCTION. HOW THE WORLD’S TOP AUTOMAKER PLANS TO INNOVATE THE INDUSTRY. THE RUNDOWN STARTS NOW.

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TRUMP TO BE ARRAIGNED IN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE

HAPPENING TODAY — FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON THE 37 FELONY CHARGES HE FACES IN THE CRIMINAL CASE REGARDING HIS HANDLING ON CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT — ARRIVING IN MIAMI MONDAY. HE WAS GREETED BY HIS SUPPORTERS — WHOM TRUMP HAS ENCOURAGED TO JOIN A PLANNED PROTEST AT THE COURTHOUSE WHERE THE ARRAIGNMENT IS HAPPENING. SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS WERE ALSO PLANNING TO LOAD BUSES TO HEAD TO MIAMI FROM OTHER PARTS OF FLORIDA. MIAMI’S POLICE CHIEF SAID THE DOWNTOWN AREA COULD SEE UP TO 50-THOUSAND PROTESTERS. HOWEVER — HE ADDED THAT THE CITY WOULD BE READY TO HANDLE ANY POTENTIAL UNREST.

CHIEF MANUEL MORALES | MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT: “SINCE THE MOMENT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE, WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING AND PREPARING TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI IS SAFE AND SECURE. MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, WE’RE TAKING THIS EVENT EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. WE KNOW THAT THERE’S A POTENTIAL OF THINGS TAKING A TURN FOR THE WORSE, BUT THAT’S NOT THE MIAMI WAY.”

TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO ALL COUNTS. HE SAID HE IS LOOKING TO ADD TO HIS LEGAL TEAM AFTER TWO OF HIS LEAD LAWYERS ANNOUNCED THEIR RESIGNATIONS THE MORNING AFTER HIS INDICTMENT.

RUSSIA TARGETS ZELENSKYY’S HOMETOWN IN LATEST ATTACK

RUSSIA LAUNCHED MISSILES OVERNIGHT AT THE UKRAINIAN CITY THAT IS PRESIDENT VOLODYMIR ZELENSKYY’S HOMETOWN. THE ATTACK KILLING AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WITH MORE RESIDENTS BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH RUBBLE.

A FIVE-STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WAS HIT IN THE BLAST. THIS IS THE LATEST BLOODSHED IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE NOW IN ITS 16TH MONTH —  AND COMES AFTER UKRAINE LAUNCHED ITS COUNTER-OFFENSIVE OPERATION USING FIREPOWER PROVIDED BY THE U.S. AND OTHER WESTERN ALLIES. THERE WERE OTHER MISSILES LAUNCHED TOWARD UKRAINE’S CAPITOL OF KYIV TODAY BUT THOSE WERE INTERCEPTED AND DESTROYED BY AIR DEFENSES. 

HELICOPTER ‘MISHAP’ INJURES 22 SERVICE MEMBERS IN SYRIA

A HELICOPTER “MISHAP” IN NORTHEAST SYRIA LEFT 22 UNITED STATES SERVICE MEMBERS INJURED.

THE ALMOST TWO-DOZEN MILITARY MEMBERS SUFFERED FROM INJURIES “OF VARIOUS DEGREES” ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND. 10 OF THEM HAVE BEEN EVACUATED TO HIGHER-CARE FACILITIES.

THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION – BUT THE CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTS THERE WAS NO “ENEMY FIRE” AND DESCRIBES IT AS A “MISHAP.”

THIS HELICOPTER INCIDENT FOLLOWS A SERIES OF MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES THIS YEAR WHO’S CAUSES ARE ALSO STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.

IN APRIL — TWO U.S. ARMY HELICOPTERS COLLIDED AND CRASHED IN ALASKA — KILLING THREE SOLDIERS. IN MARCH — TWO “BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS” CRASHED KILLING ALL NINE SOLDIERS ABOARD. AND IN FEBRUARY — TWO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN DIED DURING A FLIGHT-TRAINING MISSION IN ALABAMA.

CHECK FRAUD CASES INCREASE 94% IN 2022

CHECK-FRAUD IN THE U.S. HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED EVEN AS CHECK-USAGE HAS BEEN IN DECLINE AS MORE PEOPLE ARE PAYING BILLS ONLINE. BANKS ISSUED 680 THOUSAND REPORTS OF CHECK FRAUD IN 20-22. THE YEAR PRIOR — THERE WERE 350 THOUSAND REPORTS – SO NEARLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF VICTIMS IN JUST A ONE-YEAR SPAN. SAME THING GOES FOR REPORTS OF MAIL THEFT.

THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE REPORTED 300 THOUSAND COMPLAINS OF MAIL THEFT IN 2021 – AND THAT ALSO WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE YEAR-PRIOR.

GRUBHUB SLASHES 15% OF WORKFORCE

GRUB-HUB IS LAYING OFF 15 PERCENT OF IT’S WORKFORCE – THE LATEST JOB CUTS TO COME DOWN IN THE TECH-SECTOR. 400 GRUB-HUB EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE SEVERANCE AND BE OUT THE DOOR. THERE ARE MAJOR COMPETITORS IN FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE – FROM UBER-EATS TO DOOR-DASH — WHICH GRUBHUB LAGS SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND IN MARKET SHARE. THE FOOD DELIVERY COMPANY SENT A LETTER TO STAFF CITING “A RISE IN OPERATING COSTS” AS A REASON FOR THE LAYOFFS.

TOYOTA UNVEILS PLANS TO REVAMP EV PRODUCTION

THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING AUTOMAKER IS MAKING BIG MOVES TO BOOST ITS ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCTION – ANNOUNCING TODAY PLANS TO IMPROVE THE RANGE – THE PERFORMANCE – AND THE **COST OF E-V’S.

TOYOTA PLANS TO LAUNCH NEXT-GENERATION “LITHIUM-ION” BATTERIES IN THE SECOND-HALF OF THIS DECADE – BATTERIES THAT CAN HOLD MORE ENERGY AND ARE MORE DURABLE – EXTENDING HOW FAR THE CAR CAN GO ON ONE CHARGE.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TOYOTA WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER. TOYOTA SAYS THEY ARE CREATING A TOP-NOTCH E-V WITH A RANGE OF 745 MILES IN A CHARGING TIME OF JUST 10 MINUTES. FOR COMPARISON — TESLA’S SUPERCHARGER NETWORK — THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND — CURRENTLY OFFERS 199 MILES IN A CHARGE TIME OF 15 MINUTES.

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