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Chicago shootings wound 49 and kill 4 over the weekend

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2 years ago

August 2, 2021

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By Jenny Goldsberry

Various shootings in Chicago wounded 49 people and killed four since Friday. According to ABC Chicago, there were three mass shootings on Saturday alone.

First, a gunman opened fire at a group at Jackson Park a little after 1:20 AM. As a result, the shooter injured four people. While they all received treatment at University of Chicago Medical Center, one man was in serious condition because of his leg wound.

Later, at 3:50 AM, another gunman shot a group of people in the Austin neighborhood. The shooter wounded three people. However none of the victims were in serious conditions.

Then, at 10:15 PM, yet another gunman opened fire at a gathering of people East Garfield Park. One 28-year-old man died of his wounds to the chest and face. Two others also had injuries from the shooting.

Two men were shot Sunday morning without even seeing the gunman. They were together outside around 3:00 AM when they heard shots but saw no one. They took themselves to the Mount Sinai Hospital. One of them, aged 30, died from his wounds.

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Daily Wire investigation: Italian company may have illegally sold rights to the Vatican’s priceless art

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3 months ago

December 15, 2022

Sara Carter Staff

The Daily Wire has been conducting a fascinating investigation into the Vatican Museum’s priceless artwork. “Rights to the Vatican Museums’ priceless trove of art treasures may have been illegally sold without the Holy See’s approval in what one attorney described as a “high-tech heist,” the investigation finds.

An Italian company is allegedly selling the rights to reproduce the Vatican artwork in six-figure deals, while claiming to be working in “collaboration with” the Vatican Museums.

“This scheme is nothing less than a pre-meditated, high-tech heist of world-class treasured art from the Vatican Museums under the disguise of bogus licenses, as if sanctioned by the Vatican,” Sarah Rose Speno, a New York attorney, told The Daily Wire.

The Daily Wire’s report notes that Speno said she stumbled upon the alleged scheme in March when she sought permission to use images of Vatican art for an exhibition by a client.

“We discovered that a large table book had been published with high-resolution images of the interiors of the Vatican, including the Sistine Chapel,” Speno said. “We very much wanted to pursue an opportunity to license these images, as soon as possible.”

Speno contacted Scripta Maneant — the Italian publisher that licensed the photos in the book. Scripta Maneant claimed authority to broker the publishing rights via its “collaboration” with Vatican Museums vice director, Monsignore Paolo Nicolini. Scripta Maneant wanted $550,000 for the rights — with a portion being paid to the Vatican through Nicolini, according to Speno. Although Scripta Maneant claimed the fee would be shared with the Vatican, Speno said she later became suspicious.

“The Scripta Maneant scheme became obvious when the Scripta principals demanded a cash wire in the amount of $82,500 no later than their return from summer holiday in late August,” Speno said. “They said that they would produce Vatican approval for our Italian Renaissance Immersive project ‘if and only if’ the fee were wired to the Scripta bank account they provided. It was at this point that grave suspicion entered my mind.”

Ultimately, Speno said, “we terminated the deal when Scripta could not provide us with documented consent by the Vatican.”

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