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Wisconsin Parole Commission decisions became a political flashpoint in 2022. Now Evers has named a retired senator to lead it.
MADISON – Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has appointed a recently retired Democratic state senator to lead the state's parole commission, decisions from which became the focus of Republicans' argument against giving Evers another term in office.
Former state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, a Democrat from West Point, will serve as chairman of the commission after 25 years in the state Legislature. Erpenbach was a member of the Legislature's powerful budget-writing committee, which tackled issues related to incarceration.
"The Parole Commission plays an incredibly important role in our criminal justice system and in making sure that system is just, fair, and constructive,” Erpenbach said in a statement.
“The success of the Commission depends on our ability to balance the law and public safety while supporting victims, survivors, and their families and keeping dangerous individuals off of our streets. It’s that balanced, thoughtful approach that I intend to take as chair."
More:What to know about parole, truth in sentencing and when people can get out of prison in Wisconsin
Erpenbach did not immediately return a phone call from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu did not immediately respond to the appointment, which will undergo the confirmation process in the state Senate.
Parole ignited as a 2022 campaign issue when the family of a woman slain by Douglas Balsewicz began a public campaign against his scheduled parole. He stabbed his estranged wife at her West Allis home more than 40 times in 1997 in the presence of the couple's two young children.
Balsewicz's parole was rescinded as a result of the campaign and subsequent pressure from Evers to reverse the original decision granting parole. The commission's chairman at the time, John Tate, was subsequently fired by Evers.
Erpenbach will replace Christopher Blythe, who took over for Tate in June 2022. | 2023-01-13T22:57:24+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/13/tony-evers-names-former-state-senator-to-lead-state-parole-commission/69807236007/ |
In Memoriam
In loving memory of,
FRANCENIA ROBINSON
02/03/1927 - 05/19/2018
You were loving and kind in all your ways, Jovial and friendly to the end of your days. You were sincere and true in your heart and mind. We cherish the memories you have left behind.
Forever in our hearts,
The Family. | 2023-05-17T21:41:35+00:00 | miamitimesonline.com | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/obituaries/in_memoriam/francenia-robinson/article_87702110-f4de-11ed-964a-1bc2a461bfff.html |
Updated November 9, 2022 at 4:52 PM ET
A plan the United States floated Wednesday to increase private investment for clean energy in low-income countries is being met with skepticism from financial experts and environmentalists.
Under the proposed Energy Transition Accelerator, companies would be able to buy carbon credits from developing nations that are cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. A carbon credit represents a set amount of emissions that were reduced or removed from the atmosphere. Companies would buy the credits to offset their own emissions.
Details of the State Department plan are still being fleshed out, but it appears countries would generate credits by cutting emissions in their power sectors through the retirement of fossil fuel infrastructure like coal plants and the addition of renewable energy. Countries would then be able to sell the credits to corporations. Those transactions would create a reliable source of money for low-income countries, which they could use to obtain additional private funding on favorable terms, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
The goal of the program is to "establish a high-integrity framework enabling developing countries to attract finance to support their clean energy transitions," the State Department said.
Critics say carbon markets — the places where carbon credits are bought and sold — often fail to deliver climate benefits. In some cases, there are concerns that credits are double counted, which happens when two parties are able to claim the emissions reductions from a single credit. That leads to overstating the credit's actual environmental benefit.
Under the State Department initiative, emissions reductions would serve two purposes: Creating carbon credits to sell to private investors, and helping low-income countries meet their international climate pledges, known as nationally determined contributions.
A U.S. official said the plan would comply with guidelines set out in the Paris Agreement on climate change that are intended to prevent double counting.
Some climate experts said the plan is still problematic.
Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists said it's inconsistent with the need to make "steep, absolute emission reductions as soon as possible" in order to limit global warming.
"Carbon offsets are not an answer in a world already on fire, under water and facing mounting climate losses and damage," Cleetus said in a statement.
Many climate advocates say low-income countries need to get money directly in the form of grants that don't further strain their national budgets.
"That's what the U.S. must deliver, rather than questionable carbon offset schemes that risk allowing companies to pollute at the expense of the planet," Cleetus said.
Robin Rix, an executive at Verra, a nonprofit that sets standards for carbon markets, said the U.S. plan needs "rigorous" guidelines to attract private investors and ensure money isn't going to projects that would have otherwise gotten funding.
The U.S. announced its plan a day after the United Nations took aim at companies that use "dishonest climate accounting" practices.
The U.N. said in a report released during its annual climate conference that companies that have promised to eliminate or offset their carbon emissions should cut their own emissions instead of buying carbon credits whose effectiveness is hard to verify.
The State Department said its new program could be limited to companies that have committed to eliminating or offsetting their emissions by 2050, with science-based interim targets. The department said it is considering other measures to "promote environmental integrity" in how the credits are used.
The program is expected to run through 2030, with the possibility to extend it to 2035, the department said.
"Done right, leveraging voluntary carbon markets can help unlock billions of dollars from the private sector to accelerate the energy transition," Ani Dasgupta, CEO of World Resources Institute, said in a statement. However, there's "a reason that carbon offsets have been associated with greenwashing, which must absolutely be avoided."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-09T23:31:21+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-11-09/u-s-plan-for-boosting-climate-investment-in-low-income-countries-draws-criticism |
San Diego State visits No. 14 Utah on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. The two sides will have a difficult time repeating the excitement of last year’s meeting, when the Aztecs earned a triple-overtime victory.
“A miserable experience,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said this week of that 33-31 loss from a year ago. “It was not a good experience, and we just didn’t play well. But after the outcome and moving forward, it turned out to be a change in our season.”
That change largely was due to quarterback Cameron Rising, who stepped in to rally Utah and force overtime in that game. He then became the Utes’ starter, leading them to 10 wins, a Pac-12 title and a berth in the Rose Bowl.
This season, Rising has completed 70.9 percent (39 of 55) of his passes for 470 yards and four touchdowns for Utah (1-1). He’ll face a San Diego State (1-1) defense that has given up 278.5 passing yards per-game this season, a mark that ranks 111th in FBS.
“He’s a whole different animal,” San Diego State coach Brady Hoke said Tuesday of Rising. “He can run, he can get out of problems, extend plays. He’s a really good football player.”
Tavion Thomas leads Utah’s running backs with 170 yards on 34 carries. Chris Curry ran for 60 yards and a score on six carries last weekend against FCS side Southern Utah in what Whittingham called his “best game as a Ute.”
Whittingham, though, said he would like to see more from his wide receivers.
“I said at the onset of the season and then through fall camp that if the wideouts could become more explosive, then that’s really the final stage of the offensive becoming where we want it to be,” he said Monday.
Utah’s defense surrendered 451 yards of total offense against Florida in a season-opening 29-26 loss, then limited Southern Utah to 85 yards in a 73-7 rout last week.
“The score aside, just playing better fundamentals and technique, particularly in the front seven on defense,” Whittingham said of the game against Southern Utah.
San Diego State, which snapped the Utes’ five-game winning streak in the series last year, is coming off a 38-7 victory against FCS Idaho State.
The Aztecs are led by Virginia Tech transfer Braxton Burmeister at quarterback. The fifth-year senior — who started his college career at Oregon — has totaled 259 yards of total offense and three touchdowns this season.
“When he first came in, we had that good connection,” running back Jordan Byrd said of Burmeister. “He’s a good guy. He didn’t come in with a big head. It was really good to see him come to the team — it really changed a lot for us.”
San Diego State’s offense has been run-heavy, with 10 different ball carriers combining for 581 rushing yards overall in two games.
Jaylon Armstead has rushed for 129 yards on 10 carries. Byrd produced two long scoring runs, 53 yards from scrimmage and 66 yards on a punt return, against Idaho State.
Utah has won 20 of its last 21, including nine straight, at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
–Field Level Media | 2022-09-15T02:07:20+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-football/no-14-utah-out-to-avenge-21-loss-to-san-diego-state/ |
A school van with 9 passengers collided with a car in Hanover Borough on Tuesday, according to York County Emergency Management Public Information Officer Ted Czech.
The first call about the crash came in around 2:40 p.m., with the crash reported on Carlisle Street, Czech said.
In the crash, the van rolled over, which trapped the people inside, according to Czech. Firefighters were able to free those were trapped, and four people were taken to hospitals by ambulance with injuries.
In all, 10 people were involved in the crash, with one person in the car and the remaining people in the van. Czech was not able to say how many people in the van were children, or what school district they were from.
Czech could also not say which vehicle the injured people were from.
Police had not released any information on the crash of early Tuesday evening.
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Like the Instant Pot before it, the air fryer went from a niche small appliance years ago to a staple of kitchens worldwide. As more people bought them, more started to make them too. Now, dozens of big-name brands make air fryers with many builds and functions, but some brands stand above the rest, depending on your needs.
In this article: Ninja Foodi 6-in-1 10-quart XL 2-Basket Air Fryer, Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven and Chefman TurboFry 3.6-quart.
What makes a good air fryer?
A quality air fryer is much more than a healthy alternative to deep frying. It’s a faster, often more delicious way to cook steaks, chicken, veggies, frozen fries and more. As the market grows, so do the options.
A good air fryer holds your food with enough space for air to circulate. They often feature crisping baskets or are made from a heat-attracting material that emulates the sear you get with oil.
While many have a similar design to rice cookers and feature pressure-cooking capabilities, ensure you get what you need for your taste.
Those who need something bigger for roasts and chickens may like to know how other air fryers look like front-action toaster ovens. These often have a pull-down door and several layers. They’re wonderful for french fries and other meals that benefit from layers but shouldn’t stick together.
Another common variant feature is a front-load cooking chamber with an onboard handle on the back. This allows for easy insertion, removal and shaking of fried foods as they cook.
When looking at an air fryer, ensure it’s the right size and function for your needs. Just because one brand has an exciting feature doesn’t mean your model does.
However, if you don’t know where to start, these brands offer reliable, crispy and easy-to-clean air frying experiences in a wide-ranging scope of budgets, interests and sizes.
Ninja
A pioneer of air frying, Ninja offers dozens of fryers to pick from. Whether you’re just starting or looking for a two-basket setup for holiday dinners, Ninja’s got what you need. Its sturdy and easy-to-use air fryers range from limited-use, front-loading models to multicookers. Ninja’s air fryers are beginner-friendly and easy to use. They are available in a wide range of one- and two-basket models.
Instant
Instant Pots brought pressure-cooking to the home kitchen. The company takes the simplicity of a crock pot and shaves off hours of cooking time. However, the Instant Pot has expanded beyond pressure-cooking; it now provides a reliable option for multifaceted cooking techniques.
Instant’s air fryers typically have easy-to-use buttons, while some models have a turnstile. Its multicookers are easy to take advantage of, and even the low-price models pack a powerful punch for the price. If you don’t want another multicooker, the company’s vortex line doubles as a small rotisserie and convection oven.
Cosori
Cosori’s smart app connectivity allows you to find and utilize recipes, track your fryer’s contents and monitor the temperature. Its toaster oven-style models are also a handy backup for the holiday season.
Chefman
Chefman makes affordable modern kitchenware that’s easy to use, and its air fryers are no exception to this rule. The brand’s air fryers boast modern designs with several options, from turnstile-based air fryers to simple buttons. These are ideal starters for rookies who have a family to feed.
Dash
Dash has many of the same draws as these other brands. Its products are affordable, stylish and easy to use. Its compact air fryer models are reliable and don’t take up too much counter space.
Best air fryers from these brands
Ninja Foodi 6-in-1 10-quart XL Two-basket Air Fryer
Ninja’s two-basket, 10-quart air fryer has two chambers that you can use at once, meaning you can air fry chicken on one side and cook vegetables on the other.
Ninja Foodi 8-Quart 6-in-1 DualZone 2-Basket Air Fryer
Ninja’s Foodi is the pinnacle of modern, affordable multicookers that do a little bit of everything. It’s a comprehensive way to brown your holiday roast and then pressure-cook for a delicious family feast.
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Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven
One of the best bare-bones air fryers on the market, Instant’s spin on the front-loading chamber gives you 6 quarts of space to work with. Even better, the stainless steel model looks good on your counter.
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Instant Pot Vortex Plus 6-quart Air Fryer
This appliance is part air fryer, part toaster oven and part roaster and dehydrator. It’s got plenty of room for small roasts, Cornish hens and frozen fried snacks that need more space.
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This 12-in-1 toaster oven and air fryer with shelves give you a one-stop place to bake, fry and warm up your entire meal. Thanks to the included app, you can track it all without leaving your living room.
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Don’t let the simple design fool you. This one fries, bakes, dehydrates and more with the same smart tech that powers more advanced options.
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Chefman Large Air Fryer 6.5-quart XL
This model has a round, football-like design and includes most standard air frying functions. Its easy-to-use digital touch screen has marked buttons.
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Do you prefer a dial to buttons and touch screens? Simplicity is key with this midsized air fryer. People who struggle with technology will appreciate its simplicity and classic look.
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Dash Tasti-Crisp 2.6-quart Air Fryer Express
This midsized, dial-controlled air fryer has a nonstick crisper basket. With a fixed temperature of 400 degrees, it’s best for those who want to keep things simple. Advanced chefs may want one with more range.
Dash Deluxe Electric Air Fryer and Oven Cooker
This one puts a vintage spin on modern air fryers with a fun, pastel exterior and basic air frying and oven functions.
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House Republicans have introduced legislation that some critics are describing as a national "Don't Say Gay" bill – inspired by the controversial Florida law that bans instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade classes.
If the federal bill were to become law, which is unlikely in the current Congress, its effects could be far more sweeping, affecting not just instruction in schools, but also events and literature at any federally-funded institution.
Here's what's in the bill – and what people are saying about it.
The bill's language is broad and consequential
The measure was introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., and co-sponsored by 32 other Republicans.
"The Democrat Party and their cultural allies are on a misguided crusade to immerse young children in sexual imagery and radical gender ideology," Johnson said in a statement, calling the bill "commonsense."
The bill, called the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act," aims "To prohibit the use of Federal funds to develop, implement, facilitate, or fund any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children under the age of 10, and for other purposes."
The language in the proposed legislation lumps together topics of sexual orientation and gender identity, with sexual content such as pornography and stripping.
It would prohibit federal funds from being used to support any "sexually-oriented" programs, events, and literature; ban federal facilities from hosting or promoting such events or literature; and allow parents and guardians to sue government officials, agencies and private entities if a child under 10 is "exposed" to such materials.
The bill complains that some school districts have implemented sex ed programming for kids under 10, and that "[m]any newly implemented sexual education curriculums encourage discussion of sexuality, sexual orientation, transgenderism, and gender ideology as early as kindergarten." It also calls out events such as drag queen story hours in libraries, which it describes as "sexually-oriented."
The bill follows GOP-driven "parental rights" measures in Florida and elsewhere
The proposed federal measure is framed in terms of parents' rights, a rallying cry on the right that in the last couple years has included battles against schools' COVID-19 vaccine requirements and fervent activism against critical race theory in classrooms.
In March, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, which bans public school personnel from conducting classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in "kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Critics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that its intent is to marginalize LGBTQ people and their families. A cascade of other states quickly introduced similar legislation, and Alabama passed its own version of the bill into law.
Among the proposed legislation's definition of the "sexually-oriented material" that it would limit, it includes description and depiction of sexual acts and "lewd or lascivious depiction or description" of human genitals.
But it also prohibits a full range of topics related to the LGBTQ community – "gender identity, gender dysphoria, transgenderism, sexual orientation" — that are largely about identity.
The bill's prospects are nil while Democrats control the White House and Senate
The bill would not pass in the current Congress, given that such legislation is solely a Republican effort and Democrats have a functional majority in each chamber.
Depending on the November election results, the makeup of the House and Senate could shift. Still, it's not clear how many Republicans would support the bill, even if it is popular among a certain strain of the party.
Even if the proposed legislation were to pass in a Republican-controlled House and Senate, it would be vetoed by President Biden. So don't expect this bill to go anywhere, for at least a while.
LGBTQ groups condemn the bill and warn against its potential effects
The Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for the rights of LGBTQ people, decried the proposed legislation.
"Extremist House Republicans like Mike Johnson are continuing their assault on LGBTQ+ Americans' ability to live their lives openly and honestly. A federal 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill ... is their latest cruel attempt to stigmatize and marginalize the community, not in an attempt to solve actual problems but only to rile up their extremist base," Human Rights Campaign Government Affairs Director David Stacy said in a statement.
Activist Erin Reed, who tracks anti-transgender legislation, argues that the comparison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill minimizes the potential effects of this proposed legislation.
"Don't Say Gay/Trans was focused on 'classroom instruction' which was bad enough," she wrote on Twitter. "This goes WAY beyond the classroom, and WAY beyond 'instruction.' "
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-21T09:46:53+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2022-10-21/whats-in-the-so-called-dont-say-gay-bill-that-could-impact-the-whole-country |
Biden to visit Selma, Ala. for voting rights anniversary
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Sunday to mark the 58th anniversary of a landmark event of the civil rights movement.
Biden will speak in Selma for the annual remembrance of “Bloody Sunday,” the day in 1965 that white police beat Black civil rights marchers as they attempted to cross the city’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. The White House announced the visit on Tuesday.
The visit comes as the city that served as a crucible of the civil rights movement is fighting to recover from a January tornado. The EF-2 twister, with winds of 130 mph, cut a wide swath and ripped through the city, destroying and severely damaging hundreds of homes.
Biden has twice visited Selma for the annual voting rights commemoration. Three years ago during the 2020 election he spoke at the city’s historic Brown Chapel AME Church hours after strong support from Black voters in South Carolina lifted Biden to his first primary victory. He also visited the city as vice president in 2013. In both stops, Biden warned of erosions to the protections for voting rights won in the city decades ago.
President Barack Obama in 2015 spoke in Selma to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1965 marches.
On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and tear-gassed voting-rights demonstrators — including a young John Lewis — as they tried to cross the bridge over the Alabama River. Weeks later, the Rev. Martin Luther King successfully led marchers on the 50-mile march to the state capital of Montgomery.
The marches, and photos of the violent beatings on Bloody Sunday, galvanized Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that struck down impediments to voting by African-Americans and ended all-white rule in the American South.
The annual commemoration has become a regular stop for politicians to pay homage to the fight for voting rights in America and to court Black voters in election years.
Rep. Terri Sewell, the only Democrat in Alabama’s congressional delegation, urged Biden, when she greeted him following his State of the Union address, to visit Selma to see the tornado damage in the city. “What I asked him was to come to Selma, to see first-hand and to help Selma,” Sewell said earlier this month.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-28T18:13:51+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2023/02/28/biden-visit-selma-ala-voting-rights-anniversary/ |
WEST GLACIER - A group of volunteer scientists gathered in Glacier National Park on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, to learn about invasive plant species that are causing harm to native plants and wildlife.
Dozens of volunteers gathered in West Glacier to learn about invasive plant species, five in particular, causing havoc across Northwest Montana.
“They have those invasive characteristics that make them very adaptable to changes," said Glacier National Park Vegetation Program Manger Dawn LaFleur.
LaFleur led the discussion focusing on invasive plants, Oxeye Daisy, Houndstongue, St. Johnswort, Yellow Toadflax and Spotted Knapweed.
It's estimated that one Spotted Knapweed plant can produce up to 30,000 seeds.
“It’s allelopathic, it produces a chemical from its roots that kills anything that’s not just like it around there, so when you get confronted with that 30,000 seeds it’s like oh my goodness, but if we didn’t do anything just imagine how many more seeds would be out there on the landscapes,” said LaFleur.
LaFleur said these invasive plants can be devastating to the natural ecosystem, wiping out entire fields of native plants, creating a dangerous ripple effect.
“Non-native invasive plants don’t provide any forage value or food value to our wildlife, so it can displace wildlife, if you have a field of spotted knapweed, the wildlife’s going to move someplace else to find food.”
Cary Scheiderer — who was one of dozens of volunteers attending the event — was encouraged by the enthusiastic response from her fellow Montanan’s.
“The park is huge and the more hands the merrier, so I think it’s really great to have this many trained up, and hopefully they will keep doing events like this and the people who are doing this can tell their friends about it and share the information that they’ve learned, and it will really have an impact,” added Scheiderer.
LaFleur said educating the public about the dangers of invasive plants is a key first step toward protecting Montana’s natural beauty.
“So that they can be part of the solution, because we can’t be everywhere all over the park or even all over the state, so the more people we have that know the word, that can spread the word out there, to be able to help educate others is just going to only be helpful in terms of trying to keep these non-native invasives at bay.”
The event was made possible thanks to a partnership between The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center and Glacier National Park.
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE
AP Sports Writer
SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pelé on Monday on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil’s best.
The soccer great died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was the only player ever to win three World Cups, and he was 82.
Pelé’s coffin, draped in the flags of Brazil and the Santos FC football club, was placed on the midfield area of Vila Belmiro, the stadium outside Sao Paulo that was his home for most of his career. A Catholic Mass will be celebrated there Tuesday morning before his burial at a nearby cemetery. Brazil’s newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will come to Vila Belmiro shortly before Pelé’s coffin is removed from the stadium.
The storied 16,000-seat stadium was surrounded by mourners, and covered with Pelé-themed decorations. Fans coming out of the stadium said they’d waited three hours in line, standing under a blazing sun.
Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, he’s still a central part of Brazil’s national story.
Geovana Sarmento, 17, came with her father, who was wearing a Brazil shirt with Pelé’s name.
“I am not a Santos fan, neither is my father. But this guy invented Brazil’s national team. He made Santos stronger, he made it big, how could you not respect him? He is one of the greatest people ever, we needed to honor him,” she said.
In the 1960s and 70s, Pelé was perhaps the world’s most famous athlete. He met presidents and queens, and in Nigeria a civil war was put on hold to watch him play. Many Brazilians credit him with putting the country on the world stage.
Caio Zalke, 35, an engineer, also wore a Brazil shirt as he waited in line. “Pelé is the most important Brazilian of all time. He made soccer important for Brazil and he made Brazil important for the world,” he said.
Rows of shirts with Pelé’s number 10 were placed behind one of the goals, waving in the city’s summer winds. A section of the stands was filling up with bouquets of flowers placed by mourners and sent by clubs and star players — Neymar and Ronaldo among them — from around the world as loudspeakers played a song named “Eu sou Pelé” (“I am Pelé”) that was recorded by the Brazilian himself.
Claudio Carrança, 32, a salesman, said: “I never saw him play, but loving Pelé is a tradition that goes from father to son in Santos. I learned his history, saw his goals, and I see how Santos FC is important because he is important. I know some Santos fans have children supporting other teams. But that’s just because they never saw Pelé in action. If they had, they would feel this gratitude I feel now.”
Santos FC said that more than 1,100 journalists from 23 countries were at the funeral. Dignitaries and friends of Pelé in attendance spoke at the funeral.
Among them was Pelé’s best friend Manoel Maria, who is also a former Santos player. “If I had all the wealth in the world I would never be able to repay what this man did for me and my family. He was as great a man as he was as a player; the best of all time. His legacy will outlive us all. And that can be seen in this long line with people of all ages here.”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino told journalists that every country should name a stadium after Pelé.
“I am here with a lot of emotion, sadness, but also with a smile because he gave us so many smiles,” Infantino said. “As FIFA, we will pay a tribute to the ‘King’ and we ask the whole world to observe a minute of silence.”
Another fan and friend in line was Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes.
“It is a very sad moment, but we are now seeing the real meaning of this legendary player to our country,” Mendes told journalists. “My office has shirts signed by Pelé, a picture of him as a goalkeeper, also signed by him. DVDs, photos, a big collection of him.”
Mendes also said Pelé was a humble man despite his global fame, and that he deserves every tribute.
The casket will be ushered through the streets of Santos before his burial Tuesday.
Pelé had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
The soccer star led Brazil to World Cup titles in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and remains one of the team’s all-time leading scorers with 77 goals. Neymar tied Pelé’s record during this year’s World Cup in Qatar.
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Tom Matzzie honored by MO 100 Top Impact CEO Ranking for driving environmental change through corporate solutions.
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Matzzie, Founder and CEO of CleanChoice Energy, is among the top ten CEOs on MO 100 Top Impact Ranking. Announced today, the MO 100 list is presented by Big Path Capital in partnership with BackBay Communications and spotlights CEOs who drive positive environmental and social change through the fast-growing private companies they run.
Matzzie started CleanChoice Energy to offer consumers a simpler way to purchase renewable energy for their home or business. As of March 2023, CleanChoice customers have consumed 8 billion kilowatt hours of clean energy, preventing over 4.3 billion lbs of Greenhouse gas emissions from being produced.
Growing up in an industrial region of Pennsylvania, Matzzie witnessed the impact of air pollution—caused by burning coal—on the health and safety of his community. Eager to take action, he installed solar panels for his home, but found the process to be unnecessarily difficult. CleanChoice was founded to empower consumers with easy, convenient ways to access clean energy and address the climate crisis.
"I am honored to be ranked by Big Path Capital as one of the most impactful leaders catalyzing positive social and environmental change through CleanChoice Energy," said Matzzie. "We envision an American energy future where customers have the power to make better, greener choices, and it is exciting to see how many leaders today are driven by consideration for people and for our planet."
The MO 100 Top Impact CEO ranking is the first list to honor business leaders who are re-envisioning capitalism and helping to build a better future. Matzzie is honored alongside CEOs from companies like Vital Farms, Grove Collaborative and Dr. Bronner's. To see the full list of winners, visit https://mo-summit.com/mo100-ranking-list-2023/.
CleanChoice Energy is a cleantech company that empowers people and businesses to easily access climate solutions. CleanChoice uses data-empowered technology to offer consumers easy, impactful climate solutions so they can cut emissions, support renewable energy and live cleaner lives. Founded in 2012, CleanChoice has become one of the fastest-growing businesses in America, as ranked on the Inc 5000 and Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™. CleanChoice Energy is a Certified B Corporation and is certified with the highest available rating by Green America's Green Business Network. For more information or to become a clean energy customer, visit CleanChoiceEnergy.com.
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged North Macedonia’s leaders Thursday to deliver on a pledge to amend the country’s constitution in order to speed up its path toward European Union membership. North Macedonia has promised neighboring Bulgaria, an EU member since 2007, to add a reference in its constitution to the existence of an ethnic Bulgarian minority. In exchange, Bulgaria would lift objections to the start of EU membership talks for North Macedonia. But the amendment needs votes in parliament from the conservative opposition, which is publicly opposed to the change. “Now that the constitution must be changed, I can only encourage you to do so. If you don’t want your young people to go to Europe, you have to bring Europe here,” Baerbock told reporters after talks with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani.
“I know that the agreement you reached with Bulgaria was not easy for you ... and that’s why I can understand that there is a debate about it, especially when it comes to one’s own identity, history, language and culture,” she said. On her visit to the capital, Skopje, Baerbock also met with North Macedonia’s leadership, including President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski.
North Macedonia and neighboring Albania have been candidate countries since 2005 and launched membership negotiations with the EU last year in a process expected to take years. Disputes with neighbors have held up accession talks. A spat with Greece over the use of the name Macedonia and the region's ancient heritage lasted decades. The latest dispute between North Macedonia and Bulgaria is also centered around Macedonian identity, as well as over history, language, and culture. The constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority in the 120-seat parliament, or 80 votes. But the governing coalition led by the center-left Social Democrats is only backed by 62 lawmakers. | 2023-03-23T17:44:55+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/germany-urges-north-macedonia-to-amend-charter-17856404.php |
CHICAGO (WGN) — He has a big social media following but don’t call him an influencer. Chef Juan Gutierrez would rather be called an educator.
Of course, his most impressive title may be head pastry chef at one of the top hotels in Chicago at only 28 years old.
In September, he is teaching guests at Adorn Restaurant in the Four Seasons Chicago all about his native Colombia and its unique flavors.
Gutierrez was supposed to be Doctor Gutierrez following in his father’s footsteps. He was in medical school in Colombia when he decided he just didn’t love it enough.
“I just looked at myself and I thought, ‘Is this what’s going to make you happy for the rest of your life? Are you going to be able to be successful at it? Yes. But are you going to be happy?’” he said.
He said the kitchen gave him the most happiness, so with his shocked parents’ blessing, he became laser-focused on becoming a success in the kitchen.
He attended pastry school in Colombia and then left home at 18 to attend the French Pastry School in Chicago.
After school, his rise was meteoric, from working in a hotel kitchen to being an executive chef at Chicago’s Longman and Eagle at age 25. He was working at another hotel when the pandemic hit and he lost his job.
Gutierrez said he tried to relax during that time but after two months he started working in his own kitchen and posting videos of his creations online. (Find him on Instagram at @pastrychefjuan) He sold a lot of those pastries at local pop-up events.
He connected with a School of Chocolate and he said it changed his life.
Because of the School of Chocolate, Gutierrez is now traveling everywhere to teach his craft. He loves to travel to Latin America the most.
“I get offers all around the world but right now my focus is to really showcase the Latino power,” he said. “Because Latinos, they are so strong and powerful and so determined.”
But no matter how much he travels, his kitchen and his crew at Four Seasons Chicago are his home.
“One of the most beautiful things about being a chef is that I inspire my team,” he said. “I get to show them and I get to push them to become what they want to become. …They are like my kids. I love them so much and any time I do something I do it for them.”
Gutierrez already has a few new goals in mind. He wants to continue to travel the world showcasing the flavors of Latin America in his desserts and open a pastry school in Colombia like the one he attended in Chicago so that other Colombians who want to follow in his footsteps don’t have to leave their country. | 2022-10-10T16:31:50+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/hidden-history/hispanic-heritage-month/chef-shares-sweet-success-by-teaching-others/ |
Highlights include:
- Achieved 84% gold recoveries on the Master Composite versus a recovery of 82% in the 2020 PEA
- Simplified flowsheet with the elimination of saprolite / sap-rock material and the elimination of the molybdenum concentrate circuit
- Ausenco-led Pre-Feasibility Study is on schedule for completion in Q2 2023
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) (OTCQX: LMGDF) (the "Company" or "Lumina") is pleased to announce positive results from its ongoing metallurgical test work that is part of the 2023 Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") for the Company's Cangrejos Copper-Gold project (the "Cangrejos Project") planned for Q2 2023.
Marshall Koval, President and CEO commented: "The PFS is on schedule, and several major components of the study have been completed. The metallurgical testwork program is near completion and shows improved gold recoveries over the 2020 PEA; recoveries for copper and silver are pending. The balance of the metallurgy is expected to be completed in the next several weeks. Capital and operating cost estimates and the concentrate marketing study have been initiated and the overall PFS remains on track for completion in Q2 of this year."
The following PFS work streams have been completed:
- Mineral resource estimation at the Cangrejos and Gran Bestia deposits
- Revised mine plan incorporating only indicated mineral resources for the purpose of potential conversion to mineral reserves
- Process flowsheet design
- Quotes for major mechanical and electrical equipment
- Dry stack tailings design
- Facility siting studies
- Power supply study
- Port materials handling study
The current test work program is being performed at C. H. Plenge & CIA S.A. ("Plenge"), an independent metallurgical laboratory based in Lima, Peru. The results presented in this news release were generated based on testing of a master composite (the "2022 Master Composite") and 14 individual variability composites that reflect various anticipated material grades, rock types and time periods. The composites were prepared using approximately 4,900 kilograms of drill core collected during the 2021-2022 in-fill and step-out drilling campaign and are from over 50 different drill holes spanning the Cangrejos and Gran Bestia deposits.
Similar to the preliminary economic assessment for the Cangrejos Project (the "2020 PEA") included in the Company's technical report titled "Cangrejos Gold-Copper Project El Oro Province, Ecuador, NI 43-101 Technical Report Preliminary Economic Assessment", with an effective date of June 8, 2020, the overall process flowsheet envisions flotation combined with cyanidation of the flotation cleaner scavenger tails and concentrate from flotation of coarse particles ("sand") from rougher flotation tailings. Gravity concentration will also be used in the flowsheet for recovering coarse gold.
The 2022 Master Composite was prepared representing "fresh rock" material from both deposits over the projected mine life and assayed 0.50 g/t gold, 1 g/t silver, 0.087% copper, 24 ppm molybdenum, and 0.33% sulphur. The life-of-mine average plant feed grade is projected to be 0.55 g/t gold and 0.1% copper, a slightly higher grade than the 2022 Master Composite. The 2022 Master Composite has been subjected to comminution testing, whole-ore cyanidation, gravity concentration, bulk rougher and concentrate cleaner flotation, copper-molybdenum separation flotation, and sand flotation. Tests incorporating cyanidation of scavenger cleaner tails and sand concentrates are in progress. Testing of the variability composites is also in progress with comminution and whole-rock cyanidation tests recently completed.
Whole-ore flotation tests, using optimized conditions and reagents, yielded gold, copper and silver recoveries into rougher flotation concentrates of 81%, 88% and 68%, respectively. Flotation of a sand concentrate from the rougher tails recovered an additional 4% of the gold for a combined recovery in rougher flotation of 85%. Once cyanidation of the scavenger cleaner tails and the sand concentrates occurs, the overall gold recovery into concentrates and doré is projected to be 84%. Cleaned copper-gold flotation concentrates assayed 15% copper, 70 g/t gold and 101 g/t silver, compared to the average concentrate grade estimated in the 2020 PEA of 17% copper, 75 g/t gold and 72 g/t silver. Cleaner flotation testing indicates that regrinding to 20 microns, versus 38 microns assumed in the 2020 PEA, is required to achieve the 15% copper concentrate grade. Lock-cycle rougher and cleaner flotation testing is in progress on all composites to determine concentrate grades and metal recoveries in concentrates and doré.
Copper-molybdenum separation flotation testing on copper-gold flotation concentrates yielded a potentially saleable molybdenum concentrate that assayed 48% molybdenum while recovering approximately 50% of the molybdenum. The Company has determined that producing a molybdenum concentrate is not currently economically viable when accounting for operating and capital costs and will therefore eliminate the processing circuit from the PFS flowsheet.
Whole-ore gravity concentration tests on the 2022 Master Composite average gold and silver recoveries of 29% and 5%, respectively, into concentrates that weigh 0.26% of the feed weight and assay 60 g/t gold and 18 g/t silver.
Whole-ore cyanidation can be used to process the mineralized materials and produce a doré, but no copper is expected be recovered using this process. Cyanidation tests on all composites indicate average gold and silver recoveries of 89% and 34%, respectively, which are similar to historic test results. Cyanide consumption for the tests averaged one kilogram per tonne of material processed.
Comminution tests on the 2022 Master Composite indicate that the mineralized materials have average Bond Ball Mill Work Index values of 16 kWh/mt. This would classify the material as medium-hard to hard, which is similar to historic test results. JK-SMC test results of A * b = 24.6 confirmed the 2020 PEA results and classified the material as hard. These results confirm the advantage of using a high-pressure grinding roll as the primary grind in the comminution circuit.
The metallurgical tests detailed above were conducted by independent commercial laboratories and the samples used for testing were selected to be representative of the material that is currently planned for processing. Lumina is not aware of any drilling, sampling, recovery or other factors that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the data referred to herein.
Nelson King, SME Registered Member and Metallurgical Consultant to Lumina, is a "Qualified Person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. King has assisted Lumina in the development and direction of the metallurgical testing program for the Cangrejos Project, has visited the Cangrejos Project and Plenge's laboratory in Lima to observe the testing program, and has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release. Mr. King also verified the data disclosed underlying the scientific and technical information in this news release.
Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base metals exploration and development company focused on the Cangrejos Gold-Copper Project located in El Oro Province, southwest Ecuador. Cangrejos is being advanced to a Pre-Feasibility Study and is the largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador. Lumina has an experienced management team with a successful track record of advancing and monetizing exploration projects.
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Marshall Koval, President & CEO, Director
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
Certain statements and information herein, including all statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or information with respect to potentially converting mineral resources to mineral reserves, potential recoveries used in future economic studies, the potential economic viability of molybdenum concentrate when accounting for operating and capital costs, and the elimination of the processing circuit from the PFS flowsheet, expected copper recovery from whole-ore cyanidation, and timing for completion of the PFS study. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the use of words such as "will" or "projected" or variations of those words or statements that certain actions, events or results "will", "could", "are proposed to", "are planned to", "are expected to" or "are anticipated to" be taken, occur or be achieved.
With respect to forward-looking statements and information contained herein, the Company has made numerous assumptions including among other things, assumptions about general business and economic conditions, the prices of gold and copper, and anticipated costs and expenditures. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive.
Although management of the Company believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that a forward-looking statement or information herein will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information by their nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. These factors include, but are not limited to: risks associated with the business of the Company; business and economic conditions in the mining industry generally; the supply and demand for labour and other Cangrejos Project inputs; changes in commodity prices; changes in interest and currency exchange rates; risks relating to inaccurate geological and engineering assumptions (including with respect to the tonnage, grade and recoverability of reserves and resources); risks relating to unanticipated operational difficulties (including failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of materials and equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental matters); risks relating to adverse weather conditions; political risk and social unrest; changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets; and other risk factors as detailed from time to time in the Company's continuous disclosure documents filed with Canadian securities administrators. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Company discontinues nicotine gummies after FDA warning
(CNN) - A company that made illegal flavored nicotine gummies has discontinued the item following a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA sent a letter last month to VPR Brands, the name behind Krave Nic, warning the company was not authorized to make, sell or distribute such products.
The agency said the gummies were particularly concerning because they resemble kid-friendly candy products and they can cause severe nicotine toxicity or even death in young children.
The gummies contained one milligram of nicotine and came in three different flavors, such as “blue razz” and “cherry bomb.”
Krave said the tobacco-free products were meant for adults.
The FDA said such gummies are “a public health crisis just waiting to happen among our nation’s youth.”
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Titus battles Democrat, Republicans in newly redrawn 1st District
Nevada Democrats in newly-drawn Congressional District 1 will have a choice of two progressive candidates on the ballot with incumbent Rep. Dina Titus, the dean of the state’s federal delegation in Washington, and liberal advocate Amy Vilela.
Eight Republican candidates are seeking the party’s nomination, illustrating GOP optimism that the once-Democratic seat is now more competitive after redistricting.
The background and experience of the eight Republican hopefuls give party voters a range of experience and candidates from which to choose.
Civil rights leader Jessie Turner Jr.; former state Judge Cynthia Steel; businessman Morgun Sholty; former Nevada Trump campaign aide Carolina Serrano; retired Army Col. Mark Robertson; former U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy; pro-Israel advocate David Brog; and political activist Jane Adams are all running on the GOP ticket.
The party primaries in the congressional district are distinctly different, with Democrats emphasizing social and health issues, while Republicans are focused on border security, education, inflation the deficit.
Democratic primary
In the Democratic race, Vilela, 47, said she is drawing on life experiences in offering new leadership in Congress. She’s the daughter of a single mother, and as a single mother herself relying on social programs experienced the heartbreak of losing her daughter, which she says was due to a lack of health insurance coverage.
“People need a champion. They need someone who knows the struggle and that lived experience,” Vilela said in a telephone interview.
Titus, 72, is touting her seniority and clout as House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee chair to continue the economic rebound that helped businesses and families following the coronavirus pandemic. She is seeking a seventh term in the House.
“I’ve used my voice to provide resources for those who need it most,” Titus said in an interview. “Although we’re recovering rapidly, we still have a long way to go. People live paycheck to paycheck, and I’ll like to make sure that our prosperity is permanent.”
Titus and Vilela backed opposing candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential caucus in Nevada.
Titus was the first Democrat in early nominating states to endorse Joe Biden for the White House. Vilela was Nevada co-chair of the presidential campaign for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent. Biden came in a distant second in Nevada, but went on to win the Democratic nomination and the White House.
Similar stances
On social issues, there is little difference between the two candidates, who champion civil, voting and LGBTQ+ rights, lower prescription drug costs, environmental causes and expanded health care access and coverage.
“This race has never been about who’s more progressive,” Vilela explained. “What this race is about is what type of leadership do we want in Congress … It’s not enough just to co-sponsor bills and just show up for a vote.”
Titus has been consistently ranked as one of the most liberal members in the House, an early champion of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, that expanded health care insurance coverage across the country.
Through her committee, she said she helped shepherd portions of the $1.7 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill through Congress that will bring federal improvements in roads, bridges, water systems and broadband to Nevada.
“I’m really proud of that,” Titus said.
She wrote legislation that carves out $750 million for tourism cities particularly hard hit by the pandemic. “That certainly describes Las Vegas,” Titus said. She’s also fought against Yucca Mountain as a repository for nuclear waste and sponsored legislation requiring local approval to store spent fuel, a position adopted by the Biden administration.
Tragedy leads to run
Following a hardscrabble upbringing and as once a single mother, Vilela used government assistance to care for her family and to get an educational footing that resulted in her rise to positions of chief financial officer, vice president of finance and owner of consulting firms.
She said she used those positions to advocate for people without a voice, and entered politics as a way to officially speak for those in need. Drawing on her own experiences, she aligns with the progressive wing of the party represented by Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
But Vilela’s motivation to run for Congress is the loss of her daughter, Shalynne, at age 22, in 2015.
A college honor student, Shalynne was driving from Kansas to Las Vegas and developed symptoms of a blood clot. Vilela said her daughter was denied sufficient treatment at an emergency room of a Nevada hospital because she could not provide proof of insurance.
Vilela said the death highlights the inadequacies and inhumanity of the health care system. She is pushing for universal health care, dubbed “Medicare for All,” that would provide coverage for those without company or union plans.
“Let’s talk about the morality,” Vilela said, asking if Americans are OK with losing 40,000 to 60,000 people each year “simply from the lack of health care?”
“Medicare for All” has been dubbed socialized medicine by many in Congress, who point to significant costs. Titus said she is a member of the Medicare for All Caucus and voted for Obamacare when it had a public option.
“We can move towards Medicare for All, but it can’t happen overnight,” Titus said. “We have to do it in a smart kind of gradual way.”
Republican primary
In the Republican Primary, Robertson, 62, of Henderson, Serrano, 37, of Las Vegas and Brog, 55 of Summerlin, have jumped out with strong fundraising in a crowded field of hopefuls who want to test the newly drawn boundaries of the district that diluted Democratic voter strength.
Both Serrano and Brog are named “On the Radar” candidates in the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Guns program take back the House.
Robertson and Steel, 69, of east Las Vegas, are running on the depth of experience in seeking the nomination.
Robertson, the first to file his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, cites his military background in 10 foreign outposts and at the Pentagon in the Office of the Defense Secretary for Policy as qualifications for Congress.
And the first priority, for Robertson, like other Republicans in the race, would be measures to tighten security along the U.S.-Mexico border.
“The crisis at our borders has got to end and that’s something that can be done, I believe, very quickly if we can get the executive branch to cooperate with Congress. Securing the border will be one of the first priorities I have,” Robertson said.
He would favor immigration reform that would include a pathway for citizenship for immigrants brought to this country as children, or Dreamers, but not those who entered illegally on their own and cut in front of those who have applied for citizenship and visas according to civil laws.
Robertson also cited his education and experience in finance with his priority to cut government spending, which originates in the House, and borrowing to cut the rising deficit and bring inflation under control.
Child of immigrants
Serrano, an American whose parents immigrated legally from Colombia, also said illegal immigration and border security would be her first priority if she is elected to Congress.
After stints in the hospitality business, an internship for a Republican lawmaker on Capitol Hill, Serrano came back to Las Vegas to engage in politics.
“That’s how I ended up spearheading Latinos for Trump,” an outreach effort for the presidential campaign in Nevada in 2020.
Drawing on both private and public workplace experiences, Serrano said the impact of illegal immigration is not only a threat to national security, but also to wages and workers on the lower end of the economic rungs.
“As someone from Las Vegas, we work on hourly wages,” Serrano said. “You’re constantly competing with people who will come over and work for cheaper wages.”
“Almost all Hispanics that I have met who are here legally, they are just as hardline on the border,” said Serrano, who has traveled to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to see for herself how law enforcement deals with immigrant smuggling controlled largely by cartels in Mexico.
Although national Republicans have made lax border and immigration enforcement a campaign theme targeting Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections, the number of apprehensions and deportations actually decreased by half from the Obama administration to the Trump administration, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports.
‘Radical agenda’ at border
Brog, president of the National Conservatism group and an ardent advocate of Israel, said the lack of security that still remains at the Southwest border poses a continuous threat to Americans in the form of contraband like fentanyl, which claimed the lives of 66,000 people from overdoses last year alone.
“I now see this radical agenda really dominating the Democratic Party and really damaging our country,” Brog said.
“And we see all sorts of manifestations of it,” Brog added, from defunding the police movement that he claimed led to a rise in crime to weakening the border patrol and the rise in illegal immigration and fentanyl being brought into U.S. cities.
“We have a shot at taking back the House of Representatives,” Brog said. “If we succeed in this we could put the brake on the Biden administration and the worst instincts and impulses of an administration that’s dominated by this dangerous ideology.”
Brog also opposes legislation once dubbed the “Build Back Better” bill, but reduced in size because of Democratic opposition in the House and Senate.
If that Biden spending plan had passed, Brog said “inflation would be twice as bad as it is now.”
Longtime judge joins race
A candidate with a long background in public service, Cynthia Steel served as a Family Court judge from 1997 to 2019. She ran unsuccessfully for the Nevada Supreme Court in 2006.
Prior to that, Steel served in the state Assembly.
Steel said that in addition to immigration measures, a main priority should be restoring local control of schools and education to states and local communities.
Federal grants and incentives from the Department of Education have been used to steer curriculum and programs toward national goals set in Washington, lessening control that communities have on local education.
“We are the United States of America, not the uniform states of America,” Steel said.
Less concerned about hot-button education issues like Critical Race Theory and book banning, Steel said she is more worried about health care or counseling provided by schools to students without the consent or knowledge of their parents.
While there are times when such situations may be deemed necessary, Steel said more local control of schools could better address the needs of students and parents.
“Education and health care work should be the priority of the state,” Steel said.
The current system with federal guidelines set by the Department of Education, Steel said, “it just doesn’t work for me.”
She proposed using data from each state to build a model “and wean ourselves off the federal government and Education Department.”
Spending too much
Adams, 37, is a fiscal conservative Republican and activist who has worked on ballot initiatives on the local, state and federal level who was spurred to run for Congress because of federal spending while making it difficult for younger generations.
“They are not investing in creating wealth for the American people, and I noticed they are all multimillionaires,” Adams said of Congress.
Adams said her top priority would be to make Bitcoin, the decentralized digital currency, legal tender in this country.
“The federal government can print as much money as they want, but they can’t print any Bitcoin,” Adams said. She sees Bitcoin, which is not regulated, as an alternative way for people to build wealth.
Border protection also is a concern of Adams, who lives in Las Vegas and is concerned about drug and human trafficking.
“We actually have a human slave market here in Las Vegas, and I’m surprised that other candidates don’t talk about it,” Adams said.
To achieve border security Adams would look at existing U.S.-Mexico trade deals, crack down on gun trafficking south of the border, and enforce existing laws to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking north of the border.
She said the border wall is symbolic and a way to deter people from coming, but doesn’t solve the problems.
“You can’t put a Bandaid over a wound like that,” Adams said.
Hardy, a former congressman who represented the 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2017, said he could not speak when reached for an interview at a scheduled time. He referred questions to an aide.
Two other GOP candidates seeking the party’s nomination for the seat did not return emails or telephone calls seeking comment.
Turner is a civil rights and advocate for people experiencing homelessness with a podcast to speak out about the “morally bankrupt oligarchy of Politicians, Partisan Media and Tech Global Socialist” society, according to his website.
Sholty is a family man who is running on an America first campaign. He wants to improve education and is opposed to mask mandates in public schools imposed during the pandemic, according to his campaign website.
Fundraising
Titus has a distinct money advantage in the race. She has raised $1 million to date with $1.1 million in cash on hand following the March 31 reporting period, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Vilela has raised $392,269 with $46,509 in cash, according to FEC reports.
Heading into the Republican primary, Robertson has raised $489,697 with $263,3330 in cash on hand. Serrano raised $422,697 with $261,851 with cash available, followed by Brog with $284,348 with receipts and $263,595 left, according to FEC reports.
Sholty has raised $79,827 and $57,667 left, Steel had $7,309 in receipts with $1,819 cash on hand. Turner raised $100 and had $100 left. Adams and Hardy posted no funds raised, according to FEC reports.
Hardy entered the primary on March 18 and filed campaign paperwork to raise funds just before the March 31 cutoff.
Contact Gary Martin at gmartin@reviewjournal.com. Follow @garymartindc on Twitter. | 2022-05-16T08:08:06+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/titus-battles-democrat-republicans-in-newly-redrawn-1st-district-2577121/ |
MONTRÉAL and QUÉBEC, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tacora Resources Inc. ("Tacora" or the "Company") today announced that Heng Vuong will be joining the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on September 12, 2022. Mr. Vuong will lead Tacora's finance, treasury, tax, risk management, corporate development and accounting functions and report directly to Joe Broking, President and Chief Executive Officer.
"I am very pleased to welcome Heng to the Tacora team," said Mr. Broking. "Heng's experience and proven track record will be extremely valuable as we grow Tacora into a leading producer of high grade iron ore for the advancement of green steel processes and, subject to final process verification and economic assessment, possibly the only North American supplier of high purity manganese for development of advanced battery technology."
Mr. Vuong will be joining Tacora with more than 18 years of global investment banking and capital markets experience in Toronto, New York and Beijing, most of these years having been spent focused on the metals and mining sector at Goldman, Sachs & Co., a leading global financial institution. In his most recent role as a Managing Director, Investment Banking Services he advised companies in the natural resource, industrial, technology and real estate sectors.
Mr. Vuong holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC Montréal, is originally from Montréal and is fluent in English and French and is proficient in Mandarin Chinese.
Investor and Analyst Contact:
Joe Broking
President and Chief Executive Officer
T – +1 (218) 398-0079
E – joe.broking@tacoraresources.com
Tacora is a private company that is focused on the production and sale of high-grade and quality iron ore products that improve the efficiency and environmental performance of steel making and, subject to final process verification and economic assessment, the development of a high purity manganese product for advanced battery technology. The Company owns and operates the Scully Mine, an iron ore concentrate producer located in Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada with a production capacity of 6 million tonnes per year, and owns the Sydvaranger Mine, a mine located in Sør-Varanger, Norway that is currently idled with a feasibility study recently completed for an expansion to 4 million tonnes per year of iron ore concentrate. The Company's equity investors include funds managed by Proterra Investment Partners LP; Aequor Holdings LLC; Cargill, Inc.; a fund managed by Orion Mine Finance; Titlis Mining AS; and MagGlobal LLC. 100% of the Scully Mine concentrate is purchased and marketed globally by a subsidiary of Cargill Inc. Additional information about the company is available at www.tacoraresources.com.
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking in nature and relate to our expectations, beliefs, and intentions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed to be forward-looking. Although Tacora believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may accordingly differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, and these statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause outcomes to differ from our expectations. The forward-looking information set forth herein reflects Tacora's expectations as at the date of this press release and is subject to change after such date. Tacora disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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West Allis drunk driving crash; woman accused, slammed into porch
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Police say a 35-year-old woman from West Allis was arrested for "operating while intoxicated, 2nd offense" after crashing a car into a home near 86th and National early on Sunday, Jan. 15.
Officers received a report of a car striking a house around 2:45 a.m. Sunday. When they arrived on the scene, they saw the car had left the roadway – and struck the front porch of the residence.
The driver of the car, the West Allis woman, received injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Car crashes into porch at 86th and National, West Allis
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Nobody else was involved in or injured in the crash.
Car crashes into porch at 86th and National, West Allis | 2023-01-16T20:13:21+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/west-allis-crash-woman-accused-driving-drunk-crash-porch |
Published: May. 30, 2023 at 1:27 AM EDT|Updated: 5 hours ago
Blended RevPAR Recovers to 118% of 1Q19
SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- H World Group (NASDAQ: HTHT; HK: 1179) announced financial results for the first quarter of 2023. In 1Q 2023, H World captured the strong hotel industry recovery and reported hotel turnover of RMB16.2bn, representing 71.3% YoY increase.
In the first quarter, H World's revenue reached RMB4.5bn, representing a 21% QoQ growth and an increase of 67.1% YoY from RMB2.68bn in the same quarter last year. The reported revenue exceeded company's previous guidance and surpassed its pre-COVID level. Adjusted EBITDA turned positive to RMB1.7bn, compared to a loss of RMB333mn in 1Q 2022. For the Legacy-Huazhu business, average daily room rate ("ADR") grew 23.9% YoY to RMB277 from RMB224 in the same period last year, and occupancy rate improved by 16.4ppts YoY to 75.6%.
Jin Hui, CEO of H World commented: "The company's solid result in the first quarter was largely driven by pend-up demand, a combination of product mix change and continued product upgrades, as well as market penetration and synergy through regional offices."
RevPAR Recovery Exceeds Expectation
With the gradual recovery ofChina's consumption and travelling activates, together with some consumption stimulus measures introduced in various provinces, Legacy-Huazhu's blended RevPAR grew to RMB210 in 1Q 2023, from only RMB132 in 1Q 2022, and recovered to 118% of 1Q 2019 level. Breaking down into monthly numbers, RevPAR in January, February and March 2023 recovered to 96%, 140% and 120% of the 2019 levels of the corresponding months, respectively.
In the first quarter, Legacy-Huazhu signed up 672 new hotels, up 26% YoY, but closed 209 hotels in the same period. The hotel closure primarily reflects the delayed hotel closure processes in 4Q22 due to COVID impacts, as well as Huazhu's proactive approach of tightening the new hotel opening requirements and removing interior hotels from the network.
Launches Orange Hotel 3.0, Introducing the "LOHAS" Concept
H World continued implementing its sustainable quality growth strategy. To further improve the quality of the hotel portfolio, H World closed more inferior economy soft brands and HanTing 1.0 version hotels, and achieved further breakthrough in the midscale and upper-midscale segments. In the midscale segment, H World launched Orange Hotel 3.0 version, which embraces the rising demand of "Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS)" concept. In the upper-midscale segment, H World launched DH's Intercity Hotel brand in China, which offers ultimate business travel experience. H World has successfully opened new Intercity Hotels in Shenzhen, Wuhan, Shanghai and Zhengzhou. The new openings marked an important first step for Intercity brand's future development in China where the brand is inherited and further evolved.
On the overseas business front, Legacy-DH's 1Q 2023 RevPAR recovered to 94% of 2019 level.
H World expects revenue to grow 51-55% YoY in the Second Quarter
In the second quarter, H World continues focusing on the sustainable growth strategy, and expects its revenue growth to be in the range of 51%-55% YoY. The full year expectation remains unchanged with expectation of 1,400 gross hotel openings and 42-46% YoY revenue growth.
About H World Group
Originated in China, H World Group Limited is a key player in the global hotel industry. As of March 31, 2023, H World operated 8,592 hotels with 820,099 rooms in operation in 18 countries. H World's brands include Hi Inn, Elan Hotel, HanTing Hotel, JI Hotel, Starway Hotel, Orange Hotel, Crystal Orange Hotel, Manxin Hotel, Madison Hotel, Joya Hotel, Blossom House, Ni Hao Hotel, CitiGO Hotel, Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts, MAXX, Jaz in the City, IntercityHotel, Zleep Hotels, Steigenberger Icon and Song Hotels. In addition, H World also has the rights as master franchisee for Mercure, Ibis and Ibis Styles, and co-development rights for Grand Mercure and Novotel, in the pan-China region.
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BEIJING, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") has signed a key terms agreement with KazMunayGaz, the national operator of the oil and gas industry of Kazakhstan, for developing a polyethylene project in the Atyrau Region on May 18 in Xi'an, China.
The agreement, signed during Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's visit to China, marks that Sinopec will participate in and push forward the project as a cooperative partner. The polyethylene project will be the largest natural gas and chemical project in the region, the investment decision of which is expected to be finalized in 2024, and when Sinopec formally joins the project in the future, all parties will sign an equity acquisition agreement and other legally binding documents of relevance.
Sinopec and KazMunayGaz have been long-term partners with a solid foundation of cooperation, and the signing of the agreement is bringing the partnership to a new level, leveraging Sinopec's leading advantages in engineering, marketing and sales, production, and operation, as well as KazMunayGaz's firm and strong capabilities in the local market and wealth of resources, to promote mutually beneficial cooperation and achieve win-win development.
Sinopec is a listed company on domestic and international stock exchanges with integrated upstream, midstream, and downstream operations, strong oil and petrochemical core businesses, and a complete marketing network. Its parent company, China Petrochemical Corporation, is the largest refining company and the third largest chemical company in the world, with a top 5 ranking on Fortune's Global 500 List.
Headquartered in Astana, KazMunayGaz represents the interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the oil and gas industry. Its main business covers oil and gas exploration and exploitation, petroleum processing, oil product sales, storage, pipelines, oil field services, and more.
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Netflix said Wednesday it plans to build a state-of-the-art production facility at a former Army base at the Jersey Shore that will cost more than $900 million, and create thousands of jobs.
The subscription video streaming company will pay $55 million for a 292-acre site on the former Fort Monmouth military base in Eatontown and Oceanport.
The California-based company plans an additional $848 million worth of investments in 12 sound stages and for other uses related to the film industry.
“We’re thrilled to continue and expand our significant investment in New Jersey and North America,” said Ted Sarandos, the company’s co-CEO and chief content officer. “We believe a Netflix studio can boost the local and state economy with thousands of new jobs and billions in economic output, while sparking a vibrant production ecosystem in New Jersey.”
The announcement was made Wednesday evening, following a vote by the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority to accept Netflix’s bid over three competing offers.
“This transformative investment will serve as a cornerstone in our efforts to create a thriving industry from whole cloth,” said New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat. “As a result of nearly a billion dollars in film production spending, New Jersey will further solidify its status as an emerging national leader in the television and film industries.”
He also said the project will create new housing, hotel and film-related businesses in the area, which has suffered economically since the Army closed the base in 2011.
The project is due to be completed in two phases over the course of several years.
The first will include the construction of a dozen sound stages, each ranging in size from 15,000 to 40,000 square feet (around 1,400 to 3,700 square meters).
Additional work may include office space, production services buildings and related studio space with the potential for consumer-focused components including retail uses.
“We are thrilled by the promise this Netflix project will deliver,” said Michele Siekerka, president and CEO of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association. “Jobs and innovation are at the heart of this Netflix-New Jersey partnership, just as they were throughout Fort Monmouth’s rich history.”
The plan still needs numerous levels of approvals from local and state officials.
Another TV and film production studio is set to be built in New Jersey on the site of a now-demolished public housing complex in Newark. The $125 million, 12-acres studio will be anchored by global entertainment provider Lionsgate, officials announced in May.
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CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Monday, February 27, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for Southern Oregon and Northern California
National Weather Service Medford, OR
259 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
CAZ080-010000-
Western Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Somes Bar, Happy Camp, Callahan, Etna,
Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
259 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Snow showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Snow
may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation of 4 to 10 inches at
lower elevations and 8 to 14 inches above 3000 feet. Highs in the
mid 20s to mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of
snow showers after midnight. Lows 15 to 20. West winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the north 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance
of precipitation 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower 30s to lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. North winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the east in the late evening and early
morning, then shifting to the southeast well after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning,
then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Snow level
2500 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the
late morning and afternoon. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in
the evening, then snow showers likely after midnight. Lows in the
mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Snow showers likely in the morning, then snow showers
in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times. Highs in the lower
30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers in the evening, then snow showers
likely after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times. Lows in the
lower 20s to lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers. Highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers.
Colder. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower 30s to lower 40s.
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CAZ081-010000-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
259 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Snow showers until early afternoon. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the late morning and early afternoon, then
slight chance of snow showers late this afternoon. Snow
accumulation of 2 to 4 inches at lower elevations and 2 to
5 inches above 3000 feet. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west late this
afternoon. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20. West winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the
northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower 30s to lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 15. North winds
5 to 10 mph shifting to the south after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the west late in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning,
then snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid
40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely in the
evening, then chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower to mid 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
showers. Lows around 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the mid 30s to lower 40s.
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CAZ082-010000-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
259 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Snow showers until early afternoon, then chance of snow
showers late this afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times early
this morning. Snow accumulation of 3 to 6 inches at lower
elevations and 3 to 9 inches above 4000 feet. Highs in the mid
20s to mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow
90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 10 to 15. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to
the north well after midnight. Wind chill readings around
2 below.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s. North winds 10 to 20 mph.
Wind chill readings around 2 below in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 20. North winds
10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph well after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. North winds around 5 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with snow showers. Snow may be heavy at
times. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Snow may be heavy at
times. Lows 15 to 20.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely in the morning, then snow showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
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CAZ083-010000-
North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
259 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Snow showers until early afternoon, then chance of snow
showers late this afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times until
early afternoon. Snow accumulation of 3 to 8 inches. Highs in the
mid 20s to mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow
near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 10 to 15. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill
readings around 5 below.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the mid 20s to mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill
readings around 5 below in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph well after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower
to mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning,
then snow showers in the afternoon. Breezy. Snow may be heavy at
times in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely in the evening, then chance
of snow showers after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times. Lows
15 to 20.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning,
then snow showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 20s
to mid 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Lows
15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower to mid 30s.
$$
CAZ084-010000-
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
259 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Snow showers until early afternoon, then chance of snow
showers late this afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to 5 inches.
Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph
shifting to the west 15 to 20 mph late this afternoon. Chance of
snow 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow showers in
the evening. Lows 10 to 15. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower to mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill
readings near zero in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest around 5 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
South winds around 5 mph shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 15.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows around 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning,
then snow showers likely in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the
mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers.
Lows 15 to 20.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower to mid 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
showers. Lows around 15.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the mid 30s.
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CAZ085-010000-
Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
259 AM PST Tue Feb 28 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Snow showers until early afternoon, then chance of snow
showers late this afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to 5 inches
except 3 to 7 inches in the Warner Mountains. Highs in the lower
to mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around
35 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of snow showers in
the evening. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch except 2 to 3 inches
in the Warner Mountains. Lows around 10. West winds 10 to 20 mph
shifting to the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. North winds 10 to 20 mph.
Wind chill readings around 4 below in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10. North winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Southeast winds around
5 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers
after midnight. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then snow showers likely in the afternoon. Windy. Highs
in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely in the
evening, then chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows 15 to
20.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower to mid 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower to mid 30s.
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(WFRV) – As expected, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has ordered all flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Wednesday in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
On December 7, 1941, a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor took the lives of 2,403 Americans, including 54 service members from Wisconsin, and wounded more than 1,000 others.
“Each year, as a state and nation, we recognize Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to honor the attack on Pearl Harbor and to reflect on the service of the more than 330,000 Wisconsinites who served in World War II,” said Gov. Evers. “Today, we remember the heroism, sacrifice, and valor exhibited that day and every day since by generations of veterans and service members.”
Executive Order #179 will be in effect from sunrise to sunset. | 2022-12-07T01:16:21+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staffed-in-honor-of-pearl-harbor/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to explain the impact of potential legislation stripping the sport’s antitrust exemption from covering the sport’s relationship with minor league players.
Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican who is the ranking minority member, sent the letter Monday and asked Manfred to respond by July 26 to a series of questions that could be a prelude to proposed legislation further limiting an exemption created by a 1922 Supreme Court decision.
“Your answers will help inform the Senate Judiciary Committee’s analysis of the necessity of this century-old exemption,” said the letter, also signed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah.
The letter is the next step after a similar request for information the four senators sent last month to an advocacy group for minor leaguers. The executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers has recommended Congress enact legislation nullifying the application of the exemption to minor leaguers.
“We look forward to providing detailed information to the committee regarding baseball’s limited antitrust exemption and how it has provided franchise location stability at the major league level, maximized the availability of minor-league baseball for fans and quality employment opportunities for aspiring major leaguers,” the league said in a statement.
Senators asked about the potential impact of repealing 2018 legislation exempting minor league players from federal minimum wage and overtime laws — the Save America’s Pastime Act — and whether the antitrust exemption played a role in MLB’s decision in 2020 to cut minor league affiliations from a minimum of 160 to 120. They also asked whether MLB would commit to maintaining 120 affiliates when current 10-year player development license agreements expire after the 2030 season.
Advocates for Minor Leaguers said in a statement that it believes the exemption “has had dire consequences for minor league baseball players and fans. ”
Major league players on 40-man rosters, including those on option to the minors, are represented by the Major League Baseball Players Association. More than 90% of the several thousand players in the minors are not unionized.
In a proposed lawsuit settlement filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, MLB agreed to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle alleged violations of minimum wage laws. An early estimate is that perhaps 23,000 players could share the money with an average payment of $5,000 to $5,500, and the settlement says $55.5 million will go the players’ lawyers.
Senators asked for MLB’s opinion on how its structure compares with those of the NFL, NBA and NHL, and what justifies maintaining the exemption for baseball. In the past, baseball officials have stressed the exemption allows them to prohibit teams from changing cities without MLB approval.
Senators inquired about the exemption’s impact on work stoppages — which is not at all since the Curt Flood Act of 1998 applied antitrust laws to MLB affecting the employment of major league players at the major league level.
“Please discuss the impact, if any, of the antitrust exemption on the negotiation of minor league players’ length of contract, wages, housing, or other working conditions,” they wrote. “What effect would removing the antitrust exemption have on minor league player working conditions and wages? If a more tailored approach, like extending the Curt Flood Act to cover minor league players and operations, was taken, what would be the impact? Please describe any provision of the CFA that should or should not cover minor league players and why.”
They asked about MLB’s view of the impact on minor league players of the 1922 Supreme Court decision involving the Federal League that created the exemption, of last year’s Supreme Court decision ruling the NCAA can’t limit education-related benefits that colleges can offer sports stars (NCAA v. Alston) and the Justice Department’s statement of interest in a pending lawsuit filed by four minor league teams urging that “lower courts should limit the ‘baseball exemption’ to conduct that is central to the business of offering professional baseball games to the public.”
In addition, they asked about the exemption’s impact on corruption in the international amateur signing market
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-18T21:56:20+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/sports/senators-ask-mlb-why-antitrust-exemption-needed-in-minors/ |
Throughout the 1990s, attorney William Landay had a habit to feed.
A novel-writing habit. Try as he might, he couldn’t shake it.
“I worked through various failed books. Eventually, I started taking long sabbaticals to write. I’d pull out my retirement money and live on that for a year. I bartended [at Flat Top Johnny’s] in Cambridge for a while. ... When the money or the ideas or the words ran out, I’d go back to the DA’s office,” said Landay.
Growing up in Brookline, Landay didn’t see novel-writing as a viable career path.
So the Roxbury Latin alum followed a more “conventional path,” he says: first Yale, then a law degree from Boston College in 1990, and eventually, a job as an assistant DA in Middlesex County.
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When his wife, Susan, was pregnant some 22 years ago, Landay was “getting ready to walk away” from writing “because it seemed you couldn’t continue to be an unpublished writer when you have a kid.”
Then, in an obstetrician’s office, his world flipped:
“We were at the OB’s office to hear the baby’s heartbeat. In the waiting room, my agent called: the book had sold,” Landay tells me in our recent phone interview from his Newton home.
“Mission Flats” went on to win a Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Award for best first crime novel.
Landay truly arrived with his third book, 2012′s “Defending Jacob,” a bestseller adapted into a 2020 Apple+ TV series starring Sudbury’s own Captain America, Chris Evans, and “Downton Abbey’s” Michelle Dockery. The show filmed in the area.
After 11 years, Landay is back. His new Boston-set crime thriller, “All That is Mine I Carry With Me,” hit shelves March 7, and is an Apple Best Book of March.
The nutshell: Newton, 1975: 10-year-old Miranda Larkin comes home to find her mom, Jane, missing. The suspect: Jane’s husband. But the case remains unsolved. Miranda and her brothers, Alex and Jeff, are left with a cold case and family drama.
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Decades later, our narrator Phil — a lawyer-turned-novelist suffering from writer’s block — gets an e-mail from his old pal, Jeff Larkin. Jeff has a story for Phil to use. The pals meet at Doyle’s in Jamaica Plain, and the thrilling tale, told from various view-points, gets going…
Phil “resembles me pretty closely,” Landay says. “I’m pretty close to the surface in this book, as I hope readers will sense.”
The opening line: “After I finished writing my last novel, I fell into a long silence.”
Landay lives in Newton with his wife and their two sons, ages 21 and 18. I called him at home ahead of his two virtual events, March 13 and 14.
Q. So what sparked this new book?
A. That’s a complicated question. I didn’t want to write “Defending Jacob II.” [Also] I was looking to raise the bar — this book is structurally more complex than “Defending Jacob.” It relies on the reader to [do] more puzzle-solving.
In some ways, it’s a mirror image of “Defending Jacob,” which was about parents’ anxiety looking at their children; this is in some ways about children’s anxiety looking at their parents.
Q. Was it hard to get started with another book after “Jacob”?
A. It was. The book opens with a narrator who is blocked. I won’t say that parallels my experience exactly, but a lot of that is accurate. It’s hard to follow up a book like [“Jacob.”]
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I’m not a born-writer. It’s always been a heavy lift for me, and every book continues to be a heavy lift, even now.
Q. What’s your writing process?
A. Well, it was 11 years between books, so clearly my process needs a little work. [laughs] I’m not one of those writers who produces X number-of-words per day. I wish I were.
I’m a big planner, I tend to outline a lot before I start writing.
Q. You said earlier you had an office in Back Bay. That’s just for writing?
A. Correct. It helps me to get up in the morning and go to an office.
Q. How much of your work as a lawyer affects the stories you create?
A. I try not to let it affect things too much because I want the stories to be about humans — I don’t want them to get bogged down in the technicalities of procedure. However, I couldn’t possibly research what it’s like to be a surgeon or violinist or astronaut and speak with the kind of genuineness I can easily muster for a story about lawyers.
Q. You said you left law about 20 years ago to pursue writing full-time.
A. I’d always thought about writing, or was actively writing — I just never considered it a career option. It feels dangerous. There’s an old joke that writing is like bullfighting: the reward for surviving is you get to do it again.
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Q. I like that. What do you read?
A. I try to be eclectic. It’s been mostly nonfiction lately. I don’t read a lot of detective fiction or crime fiction, even though that’s what I wound up writing. That probably has more to do with working as an assistant DA, than what I read. I’m drawn to crime stories, mainly because they’re a prism through which you can study relationships and experiences that are of more universal interest.
There’s an old saying that bad men do what good men dream. It’s always interesting to me that crime stories are popular among people who wouldn’t so much as steal a candy bar, but they are [interested] and the reason they are is [crime stories] open up a lot of universal feelings.
Q. With “Jacob’s” success, your life must’ve totally changed.
A. In a way it has, but in a way it hasn’t. It’s not like being an actor or a musician, where live performance is necessary — people consume it in private. You’re not present for a lot of the success.
Q. Right, but most people don’t get the call that their book is going to be adapted for a series, or that Chris Evans signed on.
A. [laughs] Yeah, that is the exception. They filmed here; I went several times to the set to watch actors recite lines that I just made up.
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Q. What did you think of the show?
A. I loved the show. It was different from the book and I never had any objection to that.
Q. What was your reaction when you found out Chris Evans was signing on?
A. Bliss. I was over-the-moon. To get an A-list film star attached to your TV project is no small thing. The fact that he’s a Bostonian was icing on the cake.
Interview has been edited and condensed. Learn more about the book and upcoming virtual events here. | 2023-03-08T22:39:41+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/08/arts/11-years-after-defending-jacob-newtons-william-landay-is-back-with-new-boston-set-crime-thriller/ |
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(NewsNation) — Years of crucial research into Alzheimer’s disease may have been tainted by made up scientific findings, a new whistleblower report says.
Vanderbilt University neurologist Matthew Schrag, in a bombshell interview with Science, laid out findings he made that showed over a decade of industrywide Alzheimer’s research may have been based on fabricated pieces of evidence involving a plaque protein found in the brain.
Shrag alerted his findings to the National Institute of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, but also went public in the media with findings he believe will have a big impact on Alzheimer’s research, a branch of science that gets millions of dollars in funding every year.
“You can cheat to get a paper. You can cheat to get a degree. You can cheat to get a grant. You can’t cheat to cure a disease,” Shrag told Science. “Biology doesn’t care.”
Shrag’s finding indicate that Alzheimer’s research conducted by University of Minnesota professors Slyvain Lesne and Karen Ashe may have used images of proteins that were altered to look like something they were not.
A Harvard University researcher who reviewed Shrag’s findings said there was “no other explanation” to contradict that manipulation had occurred in the research, according to Science.
A spokesperson from the University of Minnesota confirmed to NewsNation it is aware of the skepticism surrounding Lesne’s research and said “the university will follow its processes to review the questions any claims have raised.”
NewsNation was told neither Lesne or Ashe would be available for an interview. Both are still employed by the school. | 2022-07-27T14:48:19+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/decades-of-alzheimers-research-may-have-been-fabricated/ |
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities said Saturday that they have recovered a significant part of the 18th-century treasures stolen from Dresden’s Green Vault museum in a spectacular break-in more than three years ago.
Prosecutors and police said in a statement that they secured 31 items in Berlin overnight, including “several pieces that appear to be complete.” They were taken to Dresden, more than 160 kilometers (100 miles) away, where police and then officials from the authority that oversees the city’s art collections plan to check their authenticity and examine whether they are intact.
Some prominent items are still missing, authorities said.
Saturday’s statement gave no details of where exactly the items were found and in what circumstances.
But they said that the find was preceded by exploratory talks between prosecutors and the defense in an ongoing trial over the theft on a possible agreement that would include the return of stolen items. They added that they can give no further information ahead of the next trial session scheduled for Tuesday.
Six men went on trial in Dresden in January, accused of gang robbery and arson over the Nov. 25, 2019, robbery. The German nationals were accused of stealing jewelry with a total insured value of at least 113.8 million euros ($121 million).
Officials said at the time that the items taken included a large diamond brooch and a diamond epaulette. The treasury of Augustus the Strong of Saxony was established in 1723 and contains around 4,000 objects of gold, precious stones and other materials on display in Dresden’s Royal Palace.
Prosecutors have said that the suspects laid a fire just before the break-in to cut the power supply for street lights outside the museum, and also set fire to a car in a nearby garage before fleeing to Berlin.
Saxony’s regional culture minister, Barbara Klepsch, said officials are waiting to see experts’ assessment and discover what condition the recovered pieces are in.
“I remain hopeful that the wound opened in the historic Green Vault in the 2019 robbery will soon be closed,” Klepsch said in a statement. “This shows that, even three years after this painful break-in, it is worth not giving up hope and pursuing all tracks that arise.” | 2022-12-17T15:37:49+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/part-of-haul-from-2019-german-museum-jewelry-heist-recovered/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
(iSeeCars) – While questions about electric vehicles and their ability to serve mainstream consumers remain, there’s no denying the automotive industry’s increasing focus on electrification and the inevitable crossover from internal combustion to electricity as the powertrain of choice. This doesn’t mean we’ll all be driving electric models next month, next year, or even next decade. But government regulations from countries like China and the U.S., as well as localized requirements across cities in Europe and states like California, are forcing every automaker to plan for a fully electric future.
In the near term we’ll likely see an uptick in plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models, as these can offer zero-emission, all-electric driving for between 10 and 60 miles of range, and high EPA efficiency ratings; all while still providing a long range solution for owners that don’t want to deal with EV chargers on an extended road trip. But PHEVs aren’t fully electric, so they don’t get the latest EV tax credits just enacted by congress and they ultimately won’t be legal to sell in several markets by the mid-2030s. To bridge this gap, and save money, several automakers have designed modular platforms allowing both hybrid and electric versions of a vehicle to be built on the same chassis.
We’ve seen a major uptick in new car EV offerings from traditional brands over the past 2 years, including models from Ford (Mustang Mach E), General Motors (Cadillac Lyriq), Hyundai (Ioniq 5), Mercedes-Benz (EQS), and Porsche (Taycan). We’ve also seen startups like Lucid (Air) and Rivian (R1T) release their first production models, while both traditional and start-up brands assure us more are on the way.
Let’s take a look at what the next 12-24 months looks like for future electric cars.
Acura Precision EV
That name may or may not hold for the production car, but Acura just showed an all-electric SUV concept that previews a soon-to-arrive production model. Likely borrowing its platform from parent company’s Honda Prologue (see below) Acura’s first electric vehicle is set to launch.
Audi Q6 e-Tron
Following up on its recently released Q4 e-Tron, Audi will release the 2024 Q6 e-Tron in two body styles, extending the brand’s electric SUV offering with a larger, more luxurious model featuring Audi’s trademark exterior and interior styling (which we quite like).
Audi Sphere Concepts
If the Q6 e-Tron is still too traditional for your tech-oriented eyes, Audi has released three “Sphere” concepts over the past year, and all of them look pulled from a Buck Rogers movie set. We really like the SkySphere and GrandSphere, and Audi has suggested a production version is coming…
BMW i7
As a follow up to its entry-level i4 models, BMW is planning a full-fledged, no-compromises luxury sedan with its upcoming i7. Expect all of BMW’s latest interior and driver assist tech…along with all of its most aggressive front-end styling…(you can’t win ‘em all…).
Chevrolet Silverado
Chevrolet will launch its first electric pickup next year, riding on GM’s Ultium platform (also used by the Hummer EV) while offering all-wheel drive and up to 400 miles of driving range. The Silverado looks good on paper and should give Ford’s F-150 Lightning some competition.
Fisker Ocean
Henrik Fisker has proven, repeatedly, he can design a beautiful car. He’s also proven (at least once) he can’t launch a successful car company. But he’s at it again with the Fisker Ocean, a sleek electric SUV that is supposed to be built by Magna in Austria and arrive soon. We’ll see…
Ford E-Transit Van
Promising lower maintenance, an on-board power supply (to run worksite equipment), and multiple configurations, Ford’s new E-Transit van is an all-electric cargo hauler for business or personal use. But be wary of your route distance – they top out at 116 miles of range.
Genesis G80 and GV70
Genesis has a proven track record of appealing style, advanced tech, and high-quality materials. And it’s already launched the all-electric GV70 crossover. Next up: electric versions of the brand’s sleek G80 sedan and GV70 SUV.
Honda Prologue
Honda hasn’t done much in the all-electric world. Yet. But the 2024 Prologue is meant to change all that with a fully electric SUV. Honda claims it will offer a range on par with its conventional SUVs and it will have a long wheelbase to maximize interior space.
Hyundai Ioniq 6
Hyundai is taking a different approach with its next EV. Rather than the utilitarian hatchback shape of the Ioniq 5, the 2023 Ioniq 6 will be a streamlined sedan with premium styling cues inside and out. It will come with a single or dual motor drivetrain, and have a range up to 379 miles.
Hyundai Ioniq 7
If the sleek looks of the Ioniq 6 don’t appeal to you, the 2024 Ioniq 7 will go the complete opposite direction. An upright, boxy utility device meant to offer a maximum (and high tech) interior space, the 7 should have a 300-plus-mile range.
Jeep Wrangler EV
The success of Jeep’s hybrid 4xe models has confirmed a ready and willingness for Jeep buyers to go all electric. It makes sense when one considers the instant torque that comes from an electric motor and how it aids four-wheel-drive endeavors when off roading.
Kia EV6 GT
This is basically a sports car version of the EV6, so it looks almost identical but it has waaaaaay more horsepower (577!) and accelerates to 60 mph in about 3.5 seconds before hitting a top speed of 161 mph. Did we mention it was fast? Because it’s fast. Really fast.
Kia EV 9
If you think the EV9 is just Kia’s version of the Hyundai Ioniq 7…well…you’re right. But electric vehicles are expensive to produce and sell, so saving money by spinning two models off one nearly-identical chassis is smart business. Plus the EV9 looks even cooler than the Ioniq 7.
Lexus RZ450e
Was it time for an electric version of Lexus’ perpetual top-selling RX? Maybe past time? Well her it comes, riding on the same platform as Toyota’s bZ4x and the Subaru Solterra. Advanced all-wheel drive (AWD) and interior controls should give it a high-tech-luxury look and feel.
Lotus Eletre
One might expect Lotus’ first EV to be a svelte roadster that finally breaks the “all EVs are heavy” rule. But even Lotus can’t deny physics, so its first electric car is an SUV that still manages some impressive performance figures, including 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and 370 miles of range.
Maserati Grecale Folgore
Get used to seeing the “Folgore” attached to Maserati’s future models, as the term means “thunderbolt” and it’s the designation for the brand’s electric models. The Grecale already exists as a luxury SUV with traditional and hybrid drivetrains. Soon an all-electric model will debut.
Mercedes-Benz EQE
Following in the footsteps of the larger, pricier EQS, the EQE will be Mercedes’ midsize luxury sedan featuring many of its big brother’s styling cues and technology features. Its 90 kWh battery pack should provide more than 400 miles of driving range.
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV
Bringing the style (and platform) of the EQS sedan together with the increased interior space of an SUV is pretty much what the name says, right? The EQS SUV will seat up to seven and offer lots of power (536 hp), lots of torque (633 lb-ft) and at least 400 miles of range
Nissan Ariya
After being one of the first automaker to produce a high-volume electric vehicle (the Leaf), Nissan has sort of fallen off the lead in the electric vehicle race. The Ariya SUV should set things straight, with attractive styling and a 310-mile range.
Polestar 3
The Polestar 1 was an interesting performance coupe, and the Polestar 2 offered effective utility in a compact package. But the Polestar 3 will be a true SUV, with all the interior space and functionality that term promises. Range is predicted at 372 miles, and it looks cool, too.
Porsche Macan Electric
The 2024 Porsche Macan will offer an all-electric drivetrain and an advanced 800-volt electric charging system to fill the battery as quickly as possible. Rumors of 250 miles capture in 20 minutes sound promising, as does an active rear spoiler and Porsche-worthy driving dynamics.
Rivian R1S
As a follow-up to the well-received R1T truck, the R1S is Rivian’s SUV, featuring much of the same styling and innovative tech. A zero-to-60 time of 3 seconds, and a towing capacity of 7,700 pounds are intriguing, as is 3 rows of seating and 316 miles of range.
Tesla Cybertruck
Even allowing for “Elon Musk Time” this Tesla model is way late. Lucky for Musk, his latest Model Y offering has proven quite popular, and there’s apparently no end in site (yet…) to Tesla’s demand. Still, he’s letting everyone from Ford to Rivian beat him to market in the pickup truck segment.
Volkswagen ID. Buzz
Is there a more appropriate successor to the original VW Microbus than an electric version called the VW ID. Buzz? We don’t think so, and with electric power this version will actually get out of its own way. We’re hoping the early reports of a 250-mile range prove pessimistic.
Volvo XC90
Platform sharing strikes again, this time in the form of Volvo’s all-electric XC90 and the aforementioned Polestar 3. But again, that’s okay if each model has its owner personality, and the Volvo XC90 will likely share much of its exterior with Volvo’s Concept Recharge (yay!).
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This article, Future Electric Cars, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com. | 2022-09-11T23:26:16+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/automotive/the-future-of-electric-cars/ |
Max Verstappen won the 25th pole of his career and moved one step closer to tying the late Ayrton Senna for Formula One victories as the two-time reigning world champion overcame wet conditions in Saturday qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Verstappen, who has won five of seven races this season, will lead the field to green Sunday as he attempts to win his 41st career race. It would tie him with Senna for fifth on F1’s all-time winners list.
Rain in Montreal hampered most of Saturday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and although the track was only slightly slick at the start of qualifying, it was absolutely pouring by the pole-deciding third session. The 10 drivers who advanced into the round tried to get a clean lap down, but Oscar Piastri of McLaren crashed and Alex Albon of Williams didn’t get on track.
Most of the drivers returned to their garages with time still on the clock.
“I like driving in the wet. I come from Holland and we are used to driving in the wet,” said Verstappen, who competes under the Dutch flag.
“I feel in general it helps if you’re confident in the wet. It’s sort of a feeling, knowing how to drive it, what lines to take and it is difficult to fully explain,” Verstappen said. “It’s something you’ve been learning since you were little kids. I remember back in the karting days, my dad was standing on the track telling me where to drive in the wet because I think back in the day he was also quite good in the wet. So I think it’s just learning and understanding yourself what is going on and what you have to do and how to drive fast in the wet.”
Nico Hülkenberg of Haas initially qualified second, but hours later was handed a three-place penalty on the starting grid for violating rules during a red flag. He’ll now start fifth despite his strong qualifying effort.
“It was crazy, the changing conditions are tricky. It was wet to dry to back to wet, so you have to readjust all the time,” Hülkenberg said of his qualifying run.
Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin was third and believes if it rains Sunday, he has a shot at challenging Verstappen. He’ll now start alongside Verstappen following Hulkenberg’s penalty.
“We have a chance to put some pressure,” Alonso said. “They have had it very easy winning and hopefully (Sunday) they have to push.”
Red Bull is a perfect 7 for 7 so far this season, with Sergio Perez winning the two races that Verstappen did not. The Red Bull dominance has been jarring because of the massive margin of victory race after race.
Asked what kind of pressure Alonso planned to put on Red Bull, he said: “Two seconds behind them. Not 20 seconds behind them.” He also noted that Perez and Charles Leclerc starting in the back should help other teams challenge Verstappen.
Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and George Russell qualified fourth and fifth, but with penalties will start on the second row.
Esteban Ocon of Alpine qualified sixth and was followed by Lando Norris of McLaren. Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari was eighth but summoned to the stewards after the session for “unnecessarily impeding” Pierre Gasly during qualifying.
Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty.
Gasly was livid over his radio at Sainz, calling his driving “completely inappropriate” and blamed the Spaniard for Gasly’s failure to advance out of the first group.
“Definitely (should be a penalty) but it’s not even what I care about as the damage has been done,” Gasly said. “I’m sitting here in P17 when we have the pace to be in the top 10, 8 or even 6 in these conditions, so whatever they decide — OK, it’s gonna damage him, but it’s not going to give us back the qualifying we should have had.”
Charles Leclerc qualified 11th for Ferrari and was disappointed in team strategy for the changing weather conditions.
“This time it wasn’t hard to read that it was a dry track,” Leclerc said. “I said that on the out lap. I don’t know why stayed with intermediates (tires) on a dry track. We went on slicks when it started to rain. It was supposed to be an easy session, so I don’t agree with the team.”
Perez of Red Bull qualified 12th.
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Bryce Young? Will Levis? C.J. Stroud? NFL mock draft selections for Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts will definitely be taking a quarterback first in the 2023 NFL Draft, at least according to multiple national media outlets (and Jim Irsay).
Fresh off hiring Shane Steichen to be their next head coach, the Colts hold the No. 4 overall pick in the draft and are in desperate need of a longtime fix at the quarterback position. Will Indianapolis stay at No. 4 to see who falls, or will they trade up to get the guy they want?
Alabama's Bryce Young, Kentucky's Will Levis and Ohio State's C.J. Stroud and possibly more players are all possibilities at this point. Here are the latest mock drafts from national media outlets:
Todd McShay, ESPN: Bryce Young, QB, Alabama
Colts trade up to No. 1
New Colts coach Shane Steichen got Justin Herbert up to speed when he was the Chargers' offensive coordinator during Herbert's rookie season, and then helped turn Jalen Hurts into one of the league's top quarterbacks over his two years with the Eagles. Indianapolis has plenty of playmakers already on the roster, but Steichen now needs a signal-caller to build around.
Young's combine measurements will be important, considering his slender frame (listed at 194 pounds), but he's my top prospect right now thanks to elite poise in the pocket, good mobility and great field vision. Nothing seems to rattle him, and he can hit all of the NFL-level throws. The Colts must clean up the offensive line to protect him, but Young has a very high ceiling and could help turn the organization around quickly.
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Michael Renner, Pro Football Focus: Bryce Young, QB, Alabama
Colts trade up to No. 1
It’ll take a premium to move up for a prospect like Bryce Young (Pick Nos. 4 and 36 and a 2024 second-rounder is what I’d project), but it’s well worth it for the quarterback-starved Colts. What Young did to an NFL defense in Georgia's 2021 unit makes me worry a lot less about his size going forward.
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Joseph Acosta, SBNation: Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Colts trade up to No. 1
Levis is a guy who I think can be good in the NFL, but the post-snap decision making and processing is a little questionable. With that being said, Levis is also 6’3 and 230 pounds. He’s the physical prototype for an NFL QB, and when things are going perfectly, you can see the arm talent and accuracy. The Colts have a new offensive mind as head coach, and Chris Ballard and Jim Irsay could fall in love with Levis and make him the top pick.
Joe Broback, Pro Football Network: C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State
Colts trade up to No. 1
Indianapolis can’t afford to wait for other teams to trade above them. So they send a few picks to Chicago to ensure they get their guy. Someone needs to run the offense, and C.J. Stroud is the guy for the job.
A great arm with tremendous accuracy, Stroud brings everything you want in a quarterback. Throw in that he’s 6’3″, and that combination will make Colts fans ecstatic that they traded up.
Diante Lee, The Athletic: Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
If I had to pick a team most likely to trade up to No. 1, it’d be the Colts. No matter what happens with Indianapolis’ coaching search, this team isn’t leaving the offseason with another veteran retread at quarterback.
Here, they take Will Levis, who — when he has had the right supporting cast around him — has played just as well as any quarterback in this class. The Colts’ running backs and receiving corps are interesting, but for Levis to maximize those pieces and help out his offensive line, the Colts would have to allow him to do something Kentucky wouldn’t: use his legs. If we see more of Levis’ athletic potential, the tools are all there.
Ryan Wilson, CBS Sports: C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State
Since Andrew Luck's retirement, the Colts have had little success turning to QBs nearing the end of their careers, and it's safe to assume that owner Jim Irsay will be looking for the team's next face of the franchise. C.J. Stroud has flown under the national-media radar all season, but some NFL teams will tell you he'll be in the running for QB1, and his performance in the College Football Playoff semifinal game vs. Georgia showed that he can beat you with his arm and his legs.
Brentley Weissman, Draft Network: Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Securing a quarterback of the future is priority No. 1 for Chris Ballard and Co. and they are very likely to do so in the draft as they have struck out on numerous free-agent options over the years. Will Levis is a toolsy prospect with outstanding size, arm talent, and athletic ability. He is a bit rough around the edges, but he is worth the gamble for this Colts team.
Walter Football: Bryce Young, QB, Alabama
The Colts need to find a permanent solution at quarterback, rather than play musical chairs at the position. In this scenario, the Colts can trade up with the Bears to leapfrog the divisional rival Texans to obtain the quarterback they want in this class.
Bryce Young has size issues - he's 5-11 - but he has drawn comparisons to Kyler Murray. | 2023-02-15T20:15:44+00:00 | indystar.com | https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2023/02/15/nfl-mock-draft-2023-colts-select-quarterbacks/69906809007/ |
ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EnerDel Energy Solutions and SunSource Inc. agree to a sales representation agreement that takes effect immediately. The agreement enables SunSource to sell EnerDel's high voltage lithium-ion battery packs for new fluid power and motion control systems engineered and sold by SunSource. Additionally, the SunSource - EnerDel agreement enables EnerDel to reach more customers and further expand into industrial, construction and on-site machinery markets. The EnerDel 705-volt energy pack will be the primary battery pack for new fluid power and motion control systems engineered by SunSource.
The agreement increases and diversifies EnerDel's customer and market reach by adding representation from SunSource Sales and Engineering to EnerDel's direct sales.
"EnerDel is very excited to partner with SunSource on our joint electrification efforts. With a shared strategic mission and markets, electrification of our key segments will achieve new levels of success."- Kev Adjemian, EnerDel Chief Strategy Officer.
About EnerDel Energy Solutions
Founded in 2004, EnerDel is headquartered in Anderson, IN. EnerDel was the first in the U.S. for commercial-scale production of large-format, prismatic, lithium-ion battery packs. Over the last decade, EnerDel has worked to perfect the cell modular stacking architecture and battery management system, providing customers with production-ready solutions to address a variety of power and energy storage needs. This includes leveraging EnerDel's standard, off-the-shelf DC solutions, plus customized and bespoke designs to customer requirements.
EnerDel's Vigor+ packs offer versatility across applications, including transportation in EV/Hybrid buses and trucks; industrial equipment, trams, construction, agricultural machines, and military and civilian stationary and mobile hybrid power systems. They are designed and built in the United States in compliance with the various requirements of the Buy America Act. EnerDel's lithium-ion Energy Storage System (ESS) products offer, long life, and outstanding warranty. And EnerDel's next generation of pack, the iEGO brand pack is the answer for flexible configurations and state of the art battery management system controls! It has many configurations, used in applications like transportation, mining, agriculture, construction, industrial lift, micro-grid, and marine.
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About SunSource
SunSource is a privately held, industrial distribution company headquartered in Addison, IL. It has over 200 branches nationally serving the automation, fluid power, fluid process, fluid conveyance, and service and repair markets. SunSource is a full-service resource for the mobile equipment manufacturers, providing technical value-added solutions from design to assembly, supply chain management, and repair. The company has a commitment to high quality customer service and technically sound, cost-effective solutions.
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I really like to drive. I don’t have a fast car or anything, but I love to get in the car and drive.
I love to try new food all the time, so going to restaurants is something I like. Living relatively close to San Francisco, I have that opportunity pretty much every day since I practice at a golf course in South City. Within 20 minutes, there are all kinds of restaurants I can try. That’s pretty exciting for me.
We eat really well in Latin America. Peruvian food is the best to me. The ceviche is great, and they have some good sushi. The fresh seafood there is incredible. It was the freshest seafood I’ve had outside of California.
One of my teammates at San Jose State, Vijay Srinivasan, whose parents are from India, invited me to dinner at their house one night. His mom makes an unbelievable butter chicken curry, and Ms. Srinivasan’s butter curry chicken is awesome. She served it with this naan bread that’s really, really thin. If that were my last meal, I would eat that with some jasmine rice. Actually, you could scoop four giant spoons of Vijay’s mother’s butter curry chicken and I’d be great. That’s literally all I need.
OK, not true. His mom also makes this incredible strawberry lime juice. It’s so good. But no dessert for me. I try not to eat sugar, so I generally don’t eat desserts. That was a personal choice I made in college. I used to drink three Jamba Juices per day. After that, I started feeling bad, so I basically quit sugar.
I wasn’t always like that, someone who avoided sugar. I used to eat a lot of cereal, the sugar cereals like Frosted Flakes. It’s the best. When I go home, I still have Frosted Flakes, but I only have one bowl in the morning and that’s it. When I was a kid, I would have a bowl in the morning, then I came home from school and had another bowl and then a bowl before dinner and then maybe one before bed. And I could substitute Frosted Flakes for Lucky Charms. I love cereal.
I do love music, but I’ve only been to one concert in my life. I went to see Jason Aldean at Shoreline (Amphitheatre) in Mountain View, California. It was awesome. I’m not really a live-music guy, and there are a lot of live-music opportunities in (San Francisco). I commute three hours pretty much every day to practice, from Danville to San Francisco. It’s about an hour and 15 each way. As I said, I love to drive, and I like to listen to music. Three Days Grace, Daughtry, Death Cab for Cutie, Avril Lavigne, The Fray, The Killers. I even like Nickelback. I know that may not be popular.
I practice and play out of California Golf Club. It’s as good as it gets. There’s not a better spot. It’s the only place in Northern California for a professional golfer. The club has a really good program that helps out professional golfers, and we have a few guys in the program. Isaiah, Thomas Hutchison, Finnigan Tilly, Eddy Lai, Hayden Shieh. | 2022-06-17T04:01:13+00:00 | pgatour.com | https://www.pgatour.com/la/en/news/2022/06/17/player-s-take--kevin-velo.html |
CINCINNATI, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jason Combs, chief financial officer of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), and Rebecca Riegelsberger, treasurer and vice president of tax, will discuss the company's business strategies at the 2022 Bank of America Securities Leveraged Finance Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 29, in Boca Raton, Florida.
Combs and Riegelsberger will meet with investors that day and present at 2:50 p.m. Eastern time. Live audio of the presentation will be webcast to the public from 2:50 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. Eastern. To listen, visit www.scripps.com and click on "investor information." A replay will be available there under "audio/video links" for approximately 90 days.
About Scripps
The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation's largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Defy TV, Grit, ION Mystery, Laff and TrueReal. Scripps is the nation's largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find their own way."
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Former President Trump will participate in a CNN town hall event in New Hampshire next week, the network announced on Monday.
Trump, who last fall became the first Republican to officially seek the party’s nomination for president, has not participated in a town-hall style interview in more than two years, last sitting with NBC’s Savanah Guthrie late in 2020.
The event, which will take place at St. Anselm College, will be moderated by CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and air at 9 p.m. Eastern.
The network said it will fill the venue with a live audience of New Hampshire Republican and undeclared voters who say they intend to vote in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.
Trump’s decision to sit with CNN for a town-hall style event is a significant departure from his usual appearances on Fox News and smaller conservative channels such as Newsmax and OAN.
The former president, who regularly derided CNN as “fake news” under its previous leadership, recently sued the network for defamation over its coverage of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and false claims of voter fraud. | 2023-05-01T20:31:33+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/trump-to-sit-for-cnn-town-hall/ |
ALBANY — A coalition of progressive groups, seizing on a vacancy at the state’s highest court, is spurring Gov. Kathy Hochul to pick a top judge who has never worked as a prosecutor and is committed to protecting abortion rights and “vulnerable” New Yorkers.
In a letter sent to Hochul, more than 110 groups, including the union-backed Working Families Party, and the Center for Community Alternatives, sharply criticized the recent direction of the Court of Appeals. The groups accused Chief Judge Janice DiFIore, an appointee of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, of presiding over “institutional dysfunction” and issuing decisions allegedly harmful to immigrants, workers and tenants.
The Center for Community Alternatives said the court now has a majority of judges whose backgrounds include stints as prosecutors, lamenting that none of the current jurists have been civil rights lawyers or public defenders.
The liberal advocates also skewered the top court for its decision earlier this year that rejected Hochul’s approval of gerrymandered congressional and state Senate district lines. That decision set the stage for a Republican judge to turn redistricting over to a special master who came up with new maps that have led to some incumbents facing primary election battles.
“We urge you to nominate a thoughtful, principled lawyer who will safeguard New Yorkers’ rights, bring independence and a demonstrated appreciation for the law’s power to protect the most vulnerable, and defend our democracy in the challenging years ahead,” the groups told Hochul.
The progressive organizations include ones that have supported the Defund the Police movement.
Peter Kehoe, a veteran attorney who is the executive director of the New York State Sheriffs Association, said he was dismayed that any group would try to pressure Hochul into excluding potential judicial candidates because they have worked as state or federal prosecutors. Hochul’s husband, William Hochul, is a former U.S. Attorney for Western New York.
“Those positions provide some of the best training a lawyer can get,” Kehoe said.
Under the selection system for the Court of Appeals positions, a governor appoints new judges from a list of qualified nominees furnished by a judicial nominating commission. The nominee must be confirmed by the state Senate.
Having appointed judges instead of ones elected by voters was an attempt to depoliticize the selection process, but the new controversy shows there is now “politics on steroids” in the current process, Kehoe said.
“They’re not interested in hearing anything about the person’s qualifications, education, experience, abilities ,” Kehoe said. As the progressive advocates see it, he argued, the judicial candidates are only qualified if they agree with progressive policies
One seasoned prosecutor, Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl, said it would be unwise if Hochul agrees to exclude members of his ranks from consideration for the top bench.
Far more important than whether a candidate has a liberal or conservative bent is the individual’s capability and judgement, Muehl said. “Just pick somebody who can do the job,” he said.
“But these groups don’t want judges who will follow the law,”: he said. “They want judges who legislate from the bench and create laws that even the Legislature may be unwilling to pass.”
The president of the state District Attorneys’ Association, J. Anthony Jordan, said he encourages the governor to appoint a chief judge who can “think independently and act fairly, separate and irrespective of any specific prior employment.”
“To single out any specific prior roles or job titles and exclude candidates based on arbitrary previous employment of any type would be an insult to the integrity of our judicial system,” Jordan said.
The governor’s office’s only response to the selection controversy was to point to remarks Hochul made last month.
“Regardless of any predispositions, a judge is expected to look at every case that comes before them with a balanced eye,” Hochul had told reporters. She said she expects to appoint “a thoughtful individual, someone who’s well regarded in the legal community.” | 2022-08-16T04:52:15+00:00 | niagara-gazette.com | https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/progressives-claim-top-court-is-no-place-to-park-prosecutors/article_a0b93e6c-1cfe-11ed-b2dc-2b4cf0bd52bb.html |
Florida Gov. DeSantis says Disney lawsuit is political
By MOSHE EDRI and TIA GOLDENBERG
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday shrugged off Disney’s lawsuit against him as politically motivated, and that it was time for the iconic company to stop enjoying favorable treatment in his state.
Disney sued DeSantis on Wednesday over the Republican’s appointment of a board of supervisors in its self-governed theme park district, alleging the governor waged a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” after the company opposed a law critics call, “Don’t Say Gay.”
The legal filing is the latest salvo in a more than year-old feud between Disney and DeSantis that has engulfed the governor in criticism as he prepares to launch an expected 2024 presidential bid.
“They’re upset because they’re having to live by the same rules as everybody else. They don’t want to pay the same taxes as everybody else and they want to be able to control things without proper oversight,” DeSantis said during a visit to Israel. “The days of putting one company on a pedestal with no accountability are over in the state of Florida.”
DeSantis was speaking on the third leg of an international trip meant to burnish his foreign policy credentials ahead of a potential campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as a key rival to former President Donald Trump.
DeSantis has dived headlong into the fray with Disney, a major driver of tourism and a font for employment in Florida, as business leaders and White House rivals have bashed his stance as a rejection of the small-government tenets of conservatism.
The fight began last year after Disney, in the face of significant pressure, publicly opposed a state law that bans classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades, a policy critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”
DeSantis then took over Disney World’s self-governing district and appointed a new board of supervisors to oversee municipal services in the sprawling theme parks. But before the new board came in, the company pushed though an 11th-hour agreement that stripped the new supervisors of much of their authority.
The Disney lawsuit asks a federal judge to void the governor’s takeover of the theme park district, as well as the DeSantis oversight board’s actions, on the grounds that they were violations of the company’s free speech rights.
In a speech to a conference at Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance, DeSantis spelled out his Middle East policy, speaking of the importance of the U.S.-Israel alliance. He said Israel was the only authority that could protect freedom of worship for all in combustible Jerusalem and that the U.S. embassy was rightfully moved to the city by the Trump administration, despite opposition from Palestinians.
He repeated his opposition to the deal that aimed to rein in Iran’s nuclear program, saying it empowered that country’s rulers rather than held them back. The Iran nuclear deal passed under Obama. His sucessor, Trump, revoked the U.S. agreement to it.
DeSantis also said the U.S. shouldn’t interfere in the way Israel chooses to be governed, a direct critique of President Joe Biden, who has voiced concerns about a contentious Israeli government plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.
DeSantis began his multi-country trip in Japan and then traveled to South Korea. After Israel, he heads to Britain.
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Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. | 2023-04-27T16:16:34+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/news/2023/04/27/florida-gov-desantis-says-disney-lawsuit-is-political/ |
The top-tier wrestlers across the state continue to one-up themselves.
Paramus Catholic senior Max Acciardi won his 110th career bout, making him the winningest grappler in program history, our No. 1 pound-for-pound wrestler in St. Joseph Mont.’s Jimmy Mullen surpassed 100 wins and many others eclipsed the century and 90-win mark. | 2023-02-01T20:17:34+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/njs-100-win-wrestlers-who-joined-the-century-club-ahead-of-the-postseason.html |
Manhunt underway for suspect accused of killing mother of 6
Police searching for Terry L. Jackson, 42
Police searching for Terry L. Jackson, 42
Police searching for Terry L. Jackson, 42
A manhunt is underway for the suspect police say killed a 30-year-old mother of six in Racine
Police found Brittany Booker's body Sunday morning in her vehicle near 13th and Villa streets.
"This is not fair. This is not fair to her," said Brittany's cousin Shameeka Boykin. "No one is doing good right now."
Investigators said one of Booker's friends was involved in an abusive relationship.
They said in February when Booker helped her friend, the friend's boyfriend attacked her with a hammer.
That time, Booker survived.
Two months later, police said that same man came back and killed her.
The suspect has been identified by police as 42-year-old Terry L. Jackson.
"She didn't deserve it. He didn't have to do her like that. She didn't deserve it," said Faith Spencer, Booker's cousin.
"One thing that I'm going to miss is her telling her telling me that she loved me," said another cousin, Kayla Nelson.
"I don't really know what to say. I miss my cousin like crazy. That was my favorite cousin," said Brianna Harris.
Booker's youngest child was 2 years old.
WISN 12 News talked to Booker's father, Leonard Larry. He said Booker was a daddy's girl and he would trade places with her if he could.
Jackson is considered armed and dangerous. Racine police say if anyone sees him, do not approach him.
If anyone has any information on his whereabouts, they are asked to call 262-939-2437 or 262-635-7761 with any information. People can also call Crimestoppers anonymously at 262-636-9330. | 2022-04-26T03:41:52+00:00 | wisn.com | https://www.wisn.com/article/manhunt-underway-for-suspect-accused-of-killing-mother-of-6/39819816 |
Rejoice in the ultimate Taco Tuesday with 10 mini tacos for $2 deal
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 7-Eleven, Inc. is giving customers something to taco 'bout! On October 4, aka National Taco Day, 7-Eleven is inviting 7Rewards® and Speedy Rewards® members to celebrate with 10 mini tacos for just $2*. This irresistible deal is available at participating 7-Eleven®, Speedway®, and Stripes® stores.
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TROY — Miami County is implementing its first Mental Health Court.
The first docket for the specialty court was held June 9 in county Common Pleas Court before Judge Stacy Wall. The county has had a specialty Drug Court for several years.
Wall said she explored the Ohio Supreme Court requirements for Mental Health Courts and visited those in Delaware and Montgomery counties during the more than eight months of working on the court development.
The court is voluntary and intended for people charged with felony offenses who have been diagnosed with certain mental health disorders amenable to treatment. Participants can be referred from several sources.
Among criteria for participants will be:
- The offender is charged with a non-violent felony.
- The offense is an F-3, F-4 or F-5 level (not the most serious levels of felonies).
- The offender cannot face a sexually oriented offense or have a status of sex offender.
- The offender is a county resident.
- The offender’s mental health disorder was a factor in the behavior that resulted in the charge(s) and, unless treated, the disorder is likely to contribute to future criminal actions.
- The offender has a pattern of severe and persistent mental illness.
- The offender is appropriate for care available in the community.
More information on the Mental Health Court is available on the Common Pleas Court’s website, under Judge Wall’s forms.
Those chosen to participate in the court must have mental health issues as their primary diagnosis. While many coming through the court may have dual mental health and drug abuse issues, the new court is for those with mental health as the primary concern. If the person’s diagnosis is primarily drug abuse and some mental health, they would be considered for the drug court.
“The focus is recidivism. We don’t want these people who have true mental health diagnoses to reoffend because the mental health is their driving issue,” Wall said.
The program will be individualized for each mental health court participant. The court will meet every other Thursday at noon with participants receiving homework assignments.
They also will interact regularly with their probation officer to help build trust and ensure issues specific to the participant are being addressed. Those issues might include taking medication as required, securing transportation or housing and meeting other needs.
An advisory committee representing the jail, treatment providers, Job and Family Services and other resources for the court will meet quarterly to help oversee the court, while a treatment team will work with participants.
Sheriff Dave Duchak said the specialty court is a continuing collaborative effort to help address the mental health crisis locally.
He credited Wall for her efforts to create the court, including spending time visiting the other courts.
“I think this will greatly assist with diverting those individuals who are not threats to public safety into the proper treatment setting, which most of the time is not jail. Judge Wall has placed many guidelines to ensure compliance of those defendants who enter the program.,” Duchak said.
“Mental health has and continues to be a large issue to tackle for the criminal justice system and this is one more large tool now available in the Common Pleas Court to assist with addressing the problem,” he said.
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About the Author | 2022-06-10T08:53:12+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/miami-county-starts-mental-health-initiative-in-court-system/OU4DXYV2AZFCPNQNK5FRVWFGU4/ |
Editor’s note: This is the fifth of a seven-part series previewing local high school football teams.
The 2022 high school football season has already been a bit of an adventure for the Grizzlies, even before they have played any games.
Logan has been practicing all summer on natural grass while waiting for the new track to be installed at Crimson Field. It’s a project that won’t be finished before the Grizzlies’ home and season opener, thus they will be squaring off against Viewmont on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Green Canyon High School.
Fortunately for Logan, everything should be in order for all of its Region 11 showdowns at Crimson Field.
“With the (game at) Utah State (University) in Week 3 and then we don’t play another home game until Week 6, I feel pretty confident that we’ll get the rest of our (home) season after this Week 1,” said Logan head coach Bart Bowen, who is entering his fourth season in charge of the program. “It’s been fine. We go out to the grass and I kind of like the grass better. It’s not as hot and our kids are going to feel like they’re moving 100 miles an hour once they get on turf because they move a lot slower on grass.”
Logan has some stability under Bowen and his coaching staff, but there are a lot of unknowns heading into the 2022 campaign. The Grizzlies were a very solid football team a year ago before suffering some key injuries. Logan won five of its first six games, including a big victory over eventual 5A state semifinalist Stansbury, but ended up losing four of its final five contests.
The Grizzlies will be replacing the lion’s share of their offensive starters and more than half of their defensive starters. Logan graduated a good two-year starting quarterback in Kody Kirk, plus dynamic skill position players Matthew Mason, Jaelin Hoth, Gage Jenson and Josh Thomsen — guys that were difference-makers on both sides of the ball. They will also need to fill the shoes of solid defensive performers such as Porter Douglass, Bryce Garlick and Michael Cabrera, who paced the team in tackles as a sophomore with 111. Unfortunately for Logan, Cabrera’s family moved.
Indeed, the Grizzlies have some questions to answer, starting this Friday, but Bowen is confident he has a group of kids that are hungry and up to the challenge.
“We’ve spent since January in the offseason working these kids extremely hard,” Bowen said. “We got really good buy-in from our key guys. We want to keep them healthy, obviously, because once injuries started happening to us last year, it was pretty tough. So, the goal is to keep kids healthy, play tough football and we want to compete in the region this year. We’ve got a pre-region schedule where we think we can compete really well with those teams. The last two years we’ve finished fourth (out of six teams) in the region and we’ve struggled with those top three teams, and we want to go in and we want to play tough with them.”
Logan will be breaking in a new signal caller this season in junior Keaton Pond, who attempted 10 passes at the varsity level as a sophomore. Bowen asserted “Keaton can make some plays with his arm and his legs,” but establishing their rushing attack will be the Grizzlies’ primary objective offensively in ’22. Pond’s backup will be sophomore Tytan Mason.
“We’re going to be tough-nosed, run the ball and take time off the clock,” Bowen said when asked about his team’s offensive identity. “We’re not going to be a hurry up, take-big-chunks-of-yards team this year. It’s going to be very methodical, just work the ball down the field, take as much time off the clock as we can.”
The Grizzlies pride themselves on running the ball effectively and efficiently, and they will be relying on guys like seniors Kai Laing and Ethan Bracken, plus Mason, to get the job done this season. Laing is one of Logan’s top returning performers on the defensive side of the ball, and Bowen also raved about his ability to break tackles.
“You’re going to have to have a couple of guys taking him to the ground,” Bowen said.
Andrew Thornley is the most experienced of Logan’s wide receivers. Fellow seniors David Audd and Andrew Crookston are the Grizzlies’ other primary wideouts, while sophomore Reed Olsen will line up at tight end.
Logan’s offensive line will be anchored by senior right tackle Tilose Tupou, a returning starter who is an all-state caliber performer. Center Riley Peterson, also a senior, saw a lot of action a year ago. Other O-linemen the Grizzlies are counting on are left tackle Boede Rudd, left guard James Wang, right guard Kru Kennington and versatile junior Makiya Denny. Rudd. Wang and Kennington were among Logan’s top defensive players last season, but are not as experienced on the offensive side of the ball.
Wang returns as a starter at defensive end for the Grizzlies in their 3-4 base defense. Olsen will also start at defensive end, with Tupou holding down the fort at nose guard. Bowen is anticipating a breakout season from Olsen.
“I have a lot of high hopes for Reed Olsen,” he said. “I mean, he’s a 6-5 kid, tough kid and it’s really tough to block him.”
Denny will rotate in at nose guard for the Grizzlies, with sophomores Jak Strubhar and Alston Roach, plus Bracken, adding depth in the defensive trenches.
The Grizzlies have a trio of proven linebackers in Rudd, Kennington and Laing. Rudd finished with 92 tackles, 4.0 sacks and two interceptions last season, while Kennington and Laing — who “is a run stopper all the way,” Bowen proclaimed — teamed up for 102 tackles and 6.0 sacks. Mason will be Logan’s other starting linebacker.
Twin brothers Alan and Ryan Lazzari will be Logan’s starting cornerbacks, with Brock Brown and Cooper Redd patrolling the secondary at the two safety spots. All four of these athletes are sophomores or juniors, so the future appears to be bright for Logan’s secondary.
“The Lazzaris are really tough kids,” Bowen said. “They’ll fight for a play. They’re not going to give up on a play, so we’re excited to see what they do. Brock Brown has a ton of potential.”
Other defensive back who should see substantial playing time for the Grizzlies are sophomore Tomas Nielsen, Audd and potentially Thornley, who is battling it out with standout soccer player Isaac Lopez to be the team’s starting kicker. Thornley will also likely be the team’s go-to punter, although Mason is also in the mix. Thornley and Audd will return kickoffs.
In addition to Viewmont, Logan’s other non-region games are on the road against Juan Diego, Woods Cross and Cottonwood, and in Week 3 against Bonneville (Idaho) in USU’s Maverik Stadium. Three of Logan’s five region outings should take place at Crimson Field.
“We’re excited for the season,” Bowen said. “After eight months of lifting weights and running, our kids are ready to go play some football.” | 2022-08-11T02:49:59+00:00 | hjnews.com | https://www.hjnews.com/sports/school/prep-football-grizzlies-lack-experience-but-are-hungry/article_ae448a19-92c7-536b-a3b3-e812564fcd70.html |
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a truck driver and understand that the average owner-operator cannot afford expensive pumping equipment for tanker trailers like the big companies. I created the T-CONNECTOR as a simple and affordable means of offloading liquid cargo for delivery. My design eliminates the need to invest in pumps that are very expensive to install and maintain."
The patent-pending invention provides a new fitting to link a semi-truck's air line connector to the tank for pressurization and dispensing of liquid cargo. In doing so, it offers an alternative to using a hydra-chem pump or a PTO pump. As a result, it would simplify the pressurization process. The invention features a simple design that is easy to install and maintain so it is ideal for truck drivers hauling fluids in tank trailers.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-TLP-212, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Parts of western Mississippi remain littered with debris and rubble after a powerful tornado plowed through the state late Friday night, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Homes were ripped from their foundations, vehicles were tossed through the air and at least 25 people were killed as a result of severe weather, including a powerful EF-4 tornado. At least one person died in neighboring Alabama.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday that dozens of people remained injured.
Major Larry, a truck driver in Rolling Fork, said he jumped out of bed and ran to the corner of the room when he heard the tornado alert.
"As I was standing in the corner, debris was falling all around me, the roof was coming down in the house," he said.
Early on Sunday, President Biden approved a federal disaster declaration for Mississippi, which frees up federal funding for the affected counties.
Crews with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, had already been dispatched to Mississippi to assist state and local emergency responders.
Here is a look at some of the tornado damage in Rolling Fork, Mississippi from the storm on March 24, 2023. #mswx pic.twitter.com/gRZfySOjdd
— msema (@MSEMA) March 26, 2023
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to Mississippi on Sunday and met with Gov. Tate Reeves and other officials to assess the damage. Emergency workers were also preparing for more severe weather on Sunday, with thunderstorms, hail and additional tornadoes in the forecast.
On Saturday, Reeves declared a state of emergency and shared images on social media of rescue workers and others helping in the recovery effort throughout the day.
"Incredibly inspired by how Mississippians have come together in this tragic moment," he said. "God is good, and our state is strong."
Now, survivors are returning to their homes to look for important items, such as car keys and medicine. Rescuers are sifting through rubble to ensure no other survivors are trapped, while utility workers have been racing to restore power. People are also handing out food, bottles of water and clothing to those in need.
The powerful twister that began Friday night around 8 p.m. local time roughly an hour's drive from Jackson lasted for more than an hour and traversed roughly 170 miles.
One of the hardest hit areas was Rolling Fork, a predominantly Black town of about 2,000 residents, which Reeves described as "ground zero" for the storm.
The roof of Rolling Fork's city hall was ripped off, the business district was badly damaged and the tornado even toppled the town's water tower.
In the rural True Light community nearby, Kimberly Berry was among the survivors. She managed to get to a shelter before the tornado hit, but her home was wiped away.
"I mean, I can get all this back. I'm not sad. I'm not mad. I'm not going to be depressed," Berry said.
"I'm not going to be none of that, because I lost everything, but I gained another day above ground. That's it. I can't ask for nothing else."
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Premium outdoor oven brand Gozney hosted a one-of-a-kind pop-up in New York City on May 30th to celebrate the iconic, once a year phenomenon, Manhattanhenge, which sees the sunset perfectly line up with the New York skyline. Gozney set up shop and gave away over 400 free pizza slices at Union Square, which is known as one of the best spots to view Manhattanhenge.
NYC locals were treated to a menu of craft pizza from the chefs at CG Pizza and had the opportunity to experience the Gozney Domes in action, while also entering a give-away on social media for a chance to win the Limited Edition Yellow Gozney Roccbox Oven.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Russell Westbrook left the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason finale because of an injured left hamstring after five scoreless minutes off the bench Friday night.
Coming off the bench for the first time since he was a rookie, Westbrook entered midway through the first quarter in the Lakers’ 133-86 loss to Sacramento. He missed two 3-pointers and had two turnovers.
LeBron James led the Lakers with 12 points, playing 20 minutes. Los Angeles also was without Anthony Davis, with the big man skipping the trip for precautionary reasons because of lower-back tightness.
The Lakers are set to open the regular season Tuesday night at defending champion Golden State.
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WA Portland OR Zone Forecast for Saturday, November 19, 2022
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National Weather Service Portland OR
333 AM PST Sun Nov 20 2022
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Night, and Tuesday.
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South Washington Coast-
Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle,
Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment
333 AM PST Sun Nov 20 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy.
Widespread frost in the morning. Highs around 50. Southeast wind
5 to 10 mph becoming light in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows around
40. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
morning. Highs 50 to 55. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows
40 to 45. Light wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs around 50. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts
to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Lows
around 45.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Highs 50 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 40 to 45.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly sunny. Highs 55 to 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 45.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 55. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lows 40 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
50 to 55.
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Willapa Hills-
Including the cities of Willapa, Frances, Elk Mountain,
and Ryderwood
333 AM PST Sun Nov 20 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy.
Widespread frost in the morning. Highs in the mid to upper 40s.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain after midnight.
Lows 35 to 40. Light wind.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Rain at times. Highs 45 to 50. South wind 5 to 10 mph
becoming 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Lows
40 to 45.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 35 to 40.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 35 to 45.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to
mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
45 to 50.
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Including the cities of Toutle, Ariel, Lake Merwin, Yale Lake,
and Cougar
333 AM PST Sun Nov 20 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy until afternoon, then mostly cloudy. Areas
of frost in the morning. Highs 45 to 50. Southeast wind 5 to
10 mph becoming light in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. East wind 5
to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 45 to 50. Southeast wind 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows 35 to 40. Light wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then showers
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s. Southeast wind 5 to 10
mph shifting to the south in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
morning. Highs 45 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 35 to 40.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 45 to 55.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 35 to 40.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 45 to 55. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs
45 to 50.
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South Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center,
Mount St. Helens, and Wind River Valley
333 AM PST Sun Nov 20 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level rising to 8000
feet in the afternoon. Light wind.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Free air freezing level lowering to
7500 feet after midnight. Light wind.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Free air freezing level 7500 feet.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy.
A 20 percent chance of rain. Snow level increasing to 6500 feet
after midnight. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Snow level 6500 feet. South wind
5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Showers likely in the evening, then a
slight chance of showers after midnight. Snow level decreasing to
5500 feet after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
morning. Snow level 4500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Free air freezing level
9000 feet rising to 11000 feet after midnight.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level
12000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level
12000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the
afternoon. Snow level 7500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. Snow level decreasing
to 6500 feet after midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain or
snow. Snow level decreasing to 4500 feet in the afternoon.
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HOUSTON, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Talos Energy Inc. ("Talos" or the "Company") (NYSE: TALO) announced today that its Board of Directors approved a $100 million share repurchase program of the Company's common stock. This approval grants Talos's management the authority to repurchase shares opportunistically in the open market from time to time, in privately negotiated transactions, or by such other means as will comply with applicable state and federal securities laws. This is the Company's first authorization for share repurchases since its founding.
Talos President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy S. Duncan commented: "We believe our stock has traded at a significant discount to our fundamental value for some time. At current trading levels, that discount creates a buying opportunity too compelling to pass up and has led to the decision to revise our capital allocation framework and approve a substantial share repurchase authorization. We remain excited about the catalysts in the stock and the outlook for our business. Accelerating our repurchase program provides an additional impactful opportunity for our shareholders."
The timing of any repurchases under the share repurchase program will depend on market conditions, contractual limitations and other considerations. The program may be extended, modified, suspended or discontinued at any time, and does not obligate the Company to repurchase any dollar amount or number of shares.
ABOUT TALOS ENERGY
Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) is a technically driven independent exploration and production company focused on safely and efficiently maximizing long-term value through its operations, currently in the United States and offshore Mexico, both upstream through oil and gas exploration and production and downstream through the development of future carbon capture and storage opportunities. As one of the Gulf of Mexico's largest public independent producers, we leverage decades of technical and offshore operational expertise toward the acquisition, exploration and development of assets in key geological trends that are present in many offshore basins around the world. With a focus on environmental stewardship, we are also utilizing our expertise to explore opportunities to reduce industrial emissions through our carbon capture and storage initiatives along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico. For more information, visit www.talosenergy.com.
TALOS ENERGY INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT
Sergio Maiworm
investor@talosenergy.com
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Ten months after being appointed to a seat on the Bristol Virginia School Board, Breanne Forbes Hubbard is running to fill out the remaining two years of that term in the Nov. 8 election.
Forbes Hubbard succeeded Tyrone Foster, who resigned after being elected sheriff. She is unopposed in a special election for that seat.
“I’ve always been tangentially involved with the school system. I worked for the schools, Nate [husband] teaches there, my kids go there and, working for the health department, I worked really closely with all the school systems in the area,” Forbes Hubbard said.
“I just really have loved being on the board so much, which is why I decided to run to finish the term. I hope I’ve been able to be a good School Board member. I feel I’ve done my best to be a voice for the teachers, staff and students,” she said. “I do not have the patience to be a teacher, but I love being in the school system. I’ve tried to be of service to the system and bring the skills I have.”
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Forbes Hubbard said she and her family enjoy hiking.
“We’ve been really into the national parks this year. We’ve been trying to hit all the national parks that are nearby and we went out west for a family trip and did a few out there. That kind of kicked us off,” she said.
She enjoys cooking and reading and, for the past two years, has taken fiddle lessons.
“I took piano when I was 7, flute and played in the marching band in high school in Texas,” she said. “When we moved here to Bristol we started going to Rhythm & Roots 10 years ago and Rhythm & Roots is my favorite weekend of the year…I thought, I should learn how to play the fiddle.”
The candidate finished high school in the Netherlands because her father moved there for his job.
“I pitched a horrid fit because my parents moved me between my sophomore and junior year because they were making me go live in Europe,” she said. “There were some Americans, British kids, Dutch kids, kids from all over the world whose parents were living and working in The Netherlands…It was a great experience. The whole student body was pretty welcoming because everyone knew what it was like to be the new kid.”
Name: Breanne Forbes Hubbard
Age: 37
Education: BA from UNC-Chapel Hill (International Studies, Psychology), Masters in public health from Michigan State
Current employer/job: Virginia Department of Health, Community Health Improvement Trainer
Family: Husband, two children
1. What makes you best suited to serve on the Bristol Virginia School Board? (100 word limit)
I am enthusiastically dedicated to serving on the board - I regularly check in with constituents and educators, and attend all BVPS events I can. I am married to a teacher, worked at two BVPS elementary schools, and my children attend school in the division. I care deeply about our staff, because I know what it is like to be in their shoes. I care deeply about our educators, because I see the enormous efforts they put in behind the scenes to make our students successful. And I love our students like they are mine, because two of them are.
2. Please list the two greatest challenges presently facing the city school system and what would you do to address them? (200 word limit)
Chronic absenteeism and lack of engagement have been two of our biggest challenges. BVPS continues to partner with community agencies and has created new positions focused exclusively on efforts to increase student attendance and family engagement. The learning loss over the last few years has been striking, and our students cannot learn if they are not present. We know that the best outcomes for our students happen when their parents or guardians are working together with our teachers to meet individual needs, and when families, teachers, and students are equally invested in a child’s academic success. I will continue to work with our administration on innovative approaches to increasing attendance, whether that is incentives for students or new staff positions in our schools.
Another top priority is staff recruitment and retention. As a board, we were able to give raises to our staff this year, which is an excellent step towards hiring and keeping the best staff and educators. We must continue to excel in our compensation system for all staff, and focus on ensuring that our staff have the resources needed to do their jobs. This includes being visible in our support for staff as School Board members.
3. Should increasing funding for teachers and staff remain a priority for the School Board or should the focus shift to something else? Please explain your answer. (150 word limit)
Ensuring adequate funding for teachers and staff should always remain a priority for the School Board. This includes funding for salaries, resources to ensure our staff can do their jobs well, and funding for new or future positions that address social and behavioral needs of our students. Our educators and staff are the most valuable resource we have, and are the most important factor in student success. As a board, we set multiple priorities each school year. As we continue to work towards other goals, like increasing student achievement, expanding gifted and career and technical education offerings, and virtual reality programming, our focus on staff compensation should remain an anchor. | 2022-10-22T01:30:03+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/forbes-hubbard-running-to-finish-term/article_732f0d78-5160-11ed-acfd-a331056c559a.html |
SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurointerventional surgeons from around the world will convene at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 20th Annual Meeting from July 31 through August 3 in San Diego, California, to discuss groundbreaking research and developments in the field of neurointerventional surgery and reflect on global achievements over the two decades since the Society's first annual meeting.
Meeting sessions will cover new research on topics that include treating stroke in pediatric patients and implementing new procedures that can minimize the number of days stroke patients remain hospitalized. Sessions also will include master classes and offer a look at the future of neurointervention. In addition, attendees will discuss international developments in neurointervention, as well as how the field can better embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in both its practices and treatments.
This year's Amy Walters Patient Lecture will be given by U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and introduced by his treating physician, SNIS member Sudhakar Satti, MD. Professor Nobuyuki Sakai, MD, a renowned neurointerventionalist, will deliver the Grant Hieshima Luminary Lecture. Professor Sakai will discuss innovations in neurointerventional care.
"Our members' dedication to the highest levels of patient care is evident as we celebrate this 20-year milestone," said SNIS President J Mocco, MD, MS. "The field of neurointerventional surgery has changed rapidly and on a global scale. Our practitioners use the SNIS Annual Meeting to stay on top of technology and treatment paradigm innovations. The convening provides critical education, much-needed scientific discourse, and crucial opportunities for academia and industry partners to discuss better ways to help our patients."
The 20th Annual Meeting will highlight promising new neurointerventional research, with press releases available on the following abstracts:
- "Projected Increase in Thrombectomy Volume Based on Large Core Trials"
- "Comparing Outcomes After Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to Large-Vessel Occlusion: Children vs. Adults—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"
- "Impact of Stent Retriever Tip Design on Distal Embolization During Mechanical Thrombectomy—A Randomized In Vitro Evaluation"
- "The Safety and Feasibility of a Care Hotel Model in Elective Neuroendovascular Interventions—A Single Institutional Experience"
- "Safety and Functional Outcomes With Early Initiation of Antiplatelet Therapy Following Mechanical Thrombectomy in Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes: A Single Institution Registry Study"
- "Treatment Outcomes for ARUBA Eligible Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: A Comparison of Real-world Data from the NVQI-QOD AVM Registry to the ARUBA Trial"
This year's conference features a hybrid format with both in-person and livestreamed content. Attendees using the virtual option can watch the sessions in real time, participate in live surveys, and pose questions to the speakers during presentations. All registrants will have access to a virtual meeting platform with recordings of every session.
When: July 31–August 3, 2023
Where: San Diego, California
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)College of Charleston’s streak goes on.
It wasn’t always pretty for the 22nd-ranked Cougars, but it was a 78-60 victory over Elon – their 17th straight – in extending the nation’s longest run.
You won’t hear Charleston coach Pat Kelsey complaining.
”I give a lot of credit to Elon,” Kelsey said. ”They brought their A game. I thought they executed very well. They made shots and got off to a great shot. I don’t want to say we were lackadaisical defensively because they were stepping up and making shots.”
Dalton Bolon scored 21 points and Ante Brzovic added 17 to lead four players in double figures for the Cougars (18-1, 6-0 Colonial Athletic Association).
After an emotional 71-69 road victory over UNC Wilmington on Wednesday night that ended the nation’s second-longest win streak at the time, a hangover was probably expected for the Cougars.
Despite not having defeated a Division I team all season, the Phoenix (2-16, 0-5) gave the Charleston all it could handle early-on.
Shooting better than 60% from the floor, Elon used an 11-0 run to open up a 23-14 lead on Sam Sherry’s layup with 10:11 to play before halftime.
”I was really proud of the way our guys competed,” Elon coach Billy Taylor said. ”It was hostile environment on the road against a ranked opponent. We’ve had a lot of injuries this year. We really competed and fought hard and I was proud. College of Charleston continued to push and took control in the second half.”
The Cougars answered with a 12-2 run of their own and tied the game at 26 on a tap-in from Charles Lampten with 5:41 to play in the opening half.
Charleston, the top 3-point shooting team in the CAA, relied on its long distance shooting in the second half. The Cougars took a season-high 45 shots from beyond the arc, making 15.
”You look at the box and that’s a lot of 3s, but that was what the game kind of dictated,” said Charleston guard Reyne Smith, who was 4 of 13 from long distance. ”We took what the defense was giving us.”
After trailing by a basket at halftime, the Cougars came out on a 22-6 run to grab a 54-40 lead on one of Bolton’s six 3-pointers with 11:35 to play in the game.
”I think in the second half we attacked the basket,” Kelsey said. ”We wanted to touch the paint and generate shots that way. I thought we were settling for the first pretty good shot and not working to get a great one. We did a lot better job of that in the second half.”
At one point, the Cougars connected on six straight 3s to extend their advantage.
Smith finished with 14 points, and Ryan Larson added 12 in the victory.
Elon was led by Max Mackinnon’s 17 points.
BIG PICTURE
Elon: The Phoenix figured to be overmatched from the get-go, yet hung in for a half as they continue looking for their first CAA win – and victory over a Division I – opponent this season.
College of Charleston: The Cougars came out flat after a highly charged 71-69 victory at UNC Wilmington on Wednesday. They found themselves, along with their outside shooting, in time to prevent one of the season’s biggest surprises.
GOUDELOCK HONORED
Former College of Charleston guard Andrew Goudelock was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame during a halftime ceremony.
Goudelock, a second-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers, is the Cougars’ all-time leading scorer with 2,571 career points from 2007-11 which ranks 46th all-time in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball.
UP NEXT
Elon: Plays at UNC Wilmington on Monday night.
College of Charleston: Plays William & Mary on Monday night.
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AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 | 2023-01-15T03:36:08+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/scoreboard/bolon-hits-6-3s-no-22-charleston-tops-elon-for-17th-in-row/ |
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 12/6/2022
The Associated Press
Stocks fell again on Wall Street, extending the market’s recent string of losses.
Investors are worried that the Federal Reserve will need to keep applying the brakes to the economy in order to get inflation under control, raising the risk of a sharp recession.
On Tuesday:
The S&P 500 fell 57.58 points, or 1.4%, to 3,941.26.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 350.76 points, or 1%, to 33,596.34.
The Nasdaq fell 225.05 points, or 2%, to 11,014.89.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 27.65 points, or 1.5%, to 1,812.58.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 130.44 points, or 3.2%.
The Dow is down 833.54 points, or 2.4%.
The Nasdaq is down 446.61 points, or 3.9%.
The Russell 2000 is down 80.26 points, or 4.2%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 824.92 points, or 17.3%.
The Dow is down 2,741.96 points, or 7.5%.
The Nasdaq is down 4,630.08 points, or 29.6%.
The Russell 2000 is down 432.74 points, or 19.3%. | 2022-12-06T23:48:23+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/12/06/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-tuesday-12-6-2022/ |
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR is very much still a hot ticket in its Charlotte hub.
Charlotte Motor Speedway announced a sellout for the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, meaning approximately 100,000 fans are expected to attend NASCAR’s longest race of the season.
Grandstand seats sold out earlier this week, and officials announced Saturday that all premium, reserved and standing-room-only seats have all been purchased as well. It will be the largest crowd for the Coca-Cola 600 since 2017.
“This being Memorial Day weekend, it is the biggest weekend in motorsports,” Marcus Smith, president and chief operating officer for Speedway Motorsports, told The Associated Press on Saturday.
“And we love being the grand finale to the greatest day in motorsports, starting in Monaco and then Indianapolis and then Charlotte with the Coke 600.”
NASCAR the past few years has made multiple tweaks to its traditional schedule but the 600 has remained untouched. It’s 100 miles longer than any other event on the Cup schedule and tests teams from day-to-night during challenging changing track conditions.
“One of my goals is for our events, in particular the Coca-Cola 600, not to grow old, but to grow legendary,” Smith said. “And anybody who loves to go to events, you want to go to some of those legendary events that have been around for a long time.
“It’s been 63 years now, and the Coke 600 is now on our fourth generation of NASCAR fans. People have been coming to Charlotte Motor Speedway with their fathers and grandfathers and are now bringing their own kids. I think that is a really special thing for us.”
CONFEDERATE FLAG
CMS track officials asked a vendor on a neighboring property to take down the Confederate flag he was flying this week — and the person agreed.
NASCAR banned Confederate flag at all events in 2020, saying it “runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry.”
Smith said when fans at tracks owned by Speedway Motorsports have flown the Confederate flag they have asked them the remove them and haven’t had any issues.
“People might think this is a big fight to keep it up, but it is really hasn’t been,” Smith said. “That says a lot about NASCAR fans and who our fan base is. … When race fans come to a NASCAR race, we are all just NASCAR fans. We are not part of a political party or an agenda of any kind. It’s just enjoying a good time with family and friends and racing.”
TIRE CONCERNS
Goodyear has been dealing with a spate of flat tires in recent weeks, and the manufacturer said it stems from higher rear loads on the Next Gen car than what teams saw in previous Cup Series iterations.
“The balance of the Next Gen car is definitely shifted towards the rear of the car,” said Greg Stucker, Goodyear’s director of racing.
Teams will utilize the same tire package seen at Darlington Raceway earlier this month and the right-side tire that has been used at Fontana, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kansas Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway.
Teams will have 13 sets of tires for the Cup race, including 12 sets of stickers and one set of scuffs from qualifying.
ROOTING FOR JIMMIE
All-Star race winner Ryan Blaney joked that he will be rooting for seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson to finish fourth Sunday at the Indianapolis 500 — behind fellow Team Penske drivers Scott McLaughlin, Will Power and Josef Newgarden.
“I will be rooting for Jimmie because it will be really special for him,” Blaney said. “Talking to him, he has been having a lot of fun up there and doing a pretty good job. I always make sure I watch to see how those guys are doing. … I know he will appreciate that he gets to do that and he is very deserving to get to run the 500.”
REDDICK’S RUN
Tyler Reddick’s results have been inconsistent this season, but he’s still one to watch this weekend.
The driver of the No. 8 Chevrolet has posted top-10 finishes in both of his Coca-Cola 600 starts and has increased his overall speed this year. He has two runner-up finishes in his last five outings, but also three finishes of 30th or worse.
MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE
Keeping with tradition, drivers will feature the names of a fallen soldier on the front of their car’s windshield for the Coca-Cola 600 as part of the Memorial Day weekend celebration.
“To race on Memorial Day and put a name on the windshield, I never quite feel fulfilled enough and that we’re doing enough,” said Ross Chastain, driver of the No. 1 Chevy. “We give their families just a few hours to watch auto racing and enjoy it. If it takes them away from their everyday life and the real world, that’s great that we can do that for them.”
ODDS AND ENDS
Larson is the 5-1 favorite to repeat at the Coca-Cola 600, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
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AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-05-29T08:54:06+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/hot-ticket-nascar-hub-gets-sellout-for-memorial-day-weekend/ |
EL PASO, Texas – A large group of migrants in Mexico who were poised to barge into the U.S. over the weekend were blocked from crossing a bridge leading from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said.
The migrants were “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry,” and physical barriers were put up to restrict their entry at the Paso Del Norte International Bridge on Sunday afternoon, spokesman Roger Maier said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday.
Barricades also were used in El Paso for a short time Sunday afternoon at other border crossings including the Bridge of Americas and the Stanton-Lerdo bridge, Maier said.
Video of the scene at the Paso Del Norte bridge on Sunday showed hundreds of migrants brush past Mexican National Guard officers on the Mexican side, some carrying children on their shoulders. Many appeared to be Venezuelan, by their accents.
Shouting “We want to get through!,” the migrants ran up to the center line of the bridge, where U.S. authorities had erected concrete and plastic barriers strung with concertina wire.
The migrants were stopped by the barrier, and remained on the Mexican side, shouting “Open up for us!” to the U.S. officers. After a time, the migrants ran back toward the Mexican side.
Traffic was reopened and flowing in both directions as of Sunday evening, Maier said. It wasn’t immediately known what caused the attempted mass crossing. A message seeking comment was left with the mayor’s office in El Paso.
The rush across the bridge may have been sparked by false rumors, said Camilo Cruz, who works with the U.N. migration office in Ciudad Juarez.
Cruz said there was “a rumor that they were going to let them cross massively, particularly people who arrived with children.”
Cruz said the rumors are a recurrent problem. About a month ago, messages began circulating “that there were going to be buses on the U.S. side to take them to Canada ... and when they arrived, they were told it was a lie.”
The worst thing, Cruz said, is that migrants often leave the shelters where they are staying to attend such mass crossing attempts, only to find the shelters full when they return.
Many of the migrants on Sunday appeared to be asylum seekers. One woman held out what appeared to be an appointment slip at the barricade. Migrants seeking asylum, a legal immigration pathway for people fleeing persecution in their own country, have been frustrated by newly-implemented limits on those showing up at the southwest border, as many Venezuelans do.
There has been frustration with the U.S. government’s CBPOne mobile app for making appointments to apply for asylum, which has been overloaded since the Biden administration introduced it Jan. 12. New appointments are available each day at 6 a.m., but migrants find themselves stymied by error messages.
Also causing frustration is a pandemic rule, scheduled to end May 11, that denies migrants a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. Under the public health rule, known as Title 42, Mexico recently began taking back Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who crossed.
In addition, the Biden administration has said it will generally deny asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S. southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through. | 2023-03-13T19:05:07+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2023/03/13/us-repels-migrants-as-asylum-app-frustration-grows-in-mexico/ |
HOUSTON (AP) — Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey and is credited with elevating the city’s hip-hop scene, died after collapsing during a show in Texas, a local official said Monday.
Tom Gillam III, a justice of the peace in Jefferson County, where Powell was performing when he collapsed Sunday, said an autopsy to determine the cause of death was pending. He said Powell was 48.
Powell was a member of Houston’s rap collective Screwed Up Click that was formed by the late DJ Screw. Powell was performing at a bar in Beaumont called Pour09, whose owner, Min Dai, told the Houston Chronicle that police were on onsite and able to provide medical help “instantly” before emergency responders rushed the rapper to a hospital.
A statement on Powell’s official Instagram page said he was “well loved by his family, friends, and his loyal fans.”
Tributes from other artists poured in across social media.
Rapper Bun B called Powell “one of the most naturally talented artists” in Houston.
“He’d pull up, do what he had to do and head home. One of the pillars of our city,” Bun B said on Instagram. | 2023-06-20T14:04:14+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/houston-rapper-big-pokey-dies-after-collapsing-at-show-in-texas/ |
(Motor Authority) — Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, received conditional approval on Monday for a $2.5 billion loan from the Department of Energy to help fund the construction of three battery plants in the U.S.
The plants will be in Warren, Ohio, Spring Hill, Tennessee, and Lansing, Michigan, with job creation expected to total 6,000 jobs during the construction phase and 5,100 jobs when the plants are at full capacity. The Warren plant is scheduled to be ready later in 2022 while the Spring Hill and Lansing plants are scheduled to be ready in 2023 and 2025, respectively. The three plants will have the capacity to supply batteries for the production of one million EVs annually.
The loan will be paid back by Ultium Cells with income generated on sales of batteries to GM and other companies using GM’s Ultium EV platform, such as Honda and Cruise. Honda will use the platform for its upcoming Prologue SUV as well as an SUV from Acura. Cruise will use the platform for its Origin self-driving shuttle.
Ultium Cells’ batteries feature large-format, pouch-style cells consisting of nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum chemistry. The cells are unique in the industry in that they can be stacked vertically or horizontally within a battery pack. The design provides engineers with more flexibility when it comes to fitting batteries into various vehicle types.
News of the loan coincides with an announcement made by GM that it has contractually secured battery raw materials for production of one million EVs annually by 2025. | 2022-08-01T23:13:03+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/automotive/gm-lg-battery-joint-venture-earmarked-for-2-5b-doe-loan/ |
LONDON (AP) — England’s women’s soccer team is continuing to generate unprecedented fan interest following its European Championship victory, with its planned game against the United States at Wembley Stadium in October selling out in less than a day.
The game pitting the European champion against the reigning world champion was announced on Tuesday by England’s Football Association and will be played Oct. 7, subject to England having secured World Cup qualification in September.
The Lionesses’ official Twitter account posted an update early Wednesday that read: “YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. 65,000 tickets have already been sold for our October international against the United States!”
The team later said the game was sold out, but did not say how many tickets had been put up for general sale.
The ticketing website briefly crashed on Tuesday amid the huge demand.
It comes after a crowd of 87,192 — the biggest-ever attendance for a European Championship match, men’s or women’s — saw the Lionesses beat Germany 2-1 after extra time at Wembley on Sunday as England’s women’s team secured its first major trophy.
Sarina Wiegman’s team will play World Cup qualifiers against Austria away on Sept. 3 and then Luxembourg at Stoke’s stadium three days later. Ticket sales for the latter fixture had reached 20,000 by midday on Tuesday.
England currently tops its World Cup qualifying group with a maximum 24 points from eight matches and would seal qualification for next year’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand with a draw against second-place Austria or a win against Luxembourg.
If England has to play in the World Cup playoffs in October, anyone with a ticket for the U.S. game would be entitled to a refund, the FA said.
The team is also using its Euros success to urge politicians to do more to promote the women’s game.
The Lionesses wrote an open letter Wednesday to the two candidates in the running to be Britain’s next Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, calling on them to prioritize funding for girls’ soccer in schools.
“We have made incredible strides in the women’s game, but this generation of school girls deserve more,” the letter said. “This is an opportunity to make a huge difference. A change that will impact millions of young girls’ lives.”
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-03T18:30:17+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/65000-tickets-sold-in-24-hours-for-england-us-womens-game/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A promoter’s lawsuit against FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation can proceed toward trial after a lower-court judge had thrown it out, a federal appeals court decided Tuesday.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the lawsuit by Relevant Sports, controlled by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, after the USSF refused to sanction a league match between Ecuador’s Barcelona and Guayaquil in Miami Gardens, Florida.
In its refusal, the USSF had cited a 2018 FIFA policy that its ruling council “emphasized the sporting principle that official league matches must be played within the territory of the respective member association.”
In a decision written by Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr., the 2nd Circuit said a three-judge panel disagreed with a lower court judge who said Relevent needed to have evidence to prove that the soccer entities had agreed in advance to adopt the 2018 policy.
“Relevent plausibly alleges that the 2018 Policy reflects a contractual commitment of head-to-head competitors to restrict competition,” the appeals court said.
It added that Relevent’s lawsuit alleged that the policy itself violates antitrust laws and its implementation provides direct evidence of collusion among the parties.
The 2nd Circuit rejected arguments by FIFA that it isn’t subject to a lawsuit in New York. It said the USSF is FIFA’s agent and transactions substantial business on behalf of FIFA in New York.
Relevent had first sued in 2019 over the issue in New York Supreme Court after the USSF refused to sanction the 2018-19 league match between Barcelona and Guayaquil.
It later withdrew the state lawsuit and brought the claims to federal court, also in 2019, citing antitrust law.
In 2020, the U.S. Justice Department warned FIFA that a prohibition against staging league matches internationally could violate American antitrust laws.
“Today’s ruling is an important victory for both American soccer and the global growth of the game,” Relevent said in a statement. “By paving the way for the best teams and players from football clubs around the world to compete in competitive matches in the United States, more fans will have the chance to witness the sport being played at its highest level and directly experience all that it has to offer.”
Relevent added “there’s still additional work ahead to make this vision a reality.”
FIFA said in a statement that it “will review the written decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals before deciding next steps.”
USSF CEO JT Batson did not respond to a request for comment.
Relevent is represented by Jeffrey Kessler, the lawyer retained by members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team who settled their wage and gender discrimination lawsuit against the USSF for $24 million.
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Associated Press Sports Writer Ron Blum works in New York.
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/apf-Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-03-08T04:46:11+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/appeals-court-restores-promoters-lawsuit-against-fifa/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes are hoping Jesse Puljujarvi's best days are ahead of him.
The Edmonton Oilers have traded the 2016 fourth overall draft pick to the Hurricanes in exchange for forward prospect Patrik Puistola.
There was no salary retained in the deal, meaning the Hurricanes absorb the balance of Puljujarvi's $3-million cap hit.
To say Puljujarvi's career to date has been underwhelming would be an understatement. In 317 career games with the Oilers - interrupted by a season played back in his natuve Finland - Puljujarvi recorded 51 goals and 61 assists.
As much as they tried, the Oilers struggled to find a fit for him, with his skillset perhaps not quite suited to hang with the like of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
It's without the puck, though, that Puljujarvi seems to excel.
"Jesse possesses a great blend of size and skill, and he will add to the depth of our forward group," said Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell. "He has familiarity with some of our other Finnish players, and we see him as a great fit for our team and locker room."
Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen jump out as fellow Finns who'll welcome Puljujarvi to town.
The salary to production ration for Puljujarvi certainly turned teams off, but even after the deal, the Hurricanes still have plenty of cap space to play with ahead of Friday's trade deadline.
They have $7.1 million available to inverst in further acquisitions, according to Cap Friendly.
It's a fairly low-risk move for a team already sitting second overall in the NHL standings, with a potentially decent payoff if Puljujarvi is a contributing member during the postseason and signs a team-friendly extension in the summer. | 2023-02-28T18:51:19+00:00 | wfmynews2.com | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-charlotte/hurricanes-show/carolina-hurricanes-make-trade-betting-better-days-ahead-for-puljujarvi/535-9e39dbf0-f759-45a9-b827-e24d54eb5657 |
Oh, the insanity.
Edison recovered two on-sides kicks in the final 2:53, turning one into a touchdown and the other into a game-winning field goal with four seconds left and the Eagles scored an improbable and chaotic, 33-31 victory over North Brunswick Friday night in North Brunswick.
The victory, Edison’s sixth in its last seven games, advanced the Eagles (8-3) to Central Jersey, Group 5 final next week against Lenape (6-4), which rallied for a 21-20 victory over Atlantic City on Friday. The win also avenged the 13-10 loss to North Brunswick on Sept. 9.
It was hard to believe anything could top the craziness that ended the first half. But Edison, somehow, did.
“You never quit, never laid down and never gave in,” Edison head coach Matt Fulham told his team afterward.
North Brunswick (8-2) appeared to put the game away with its second touchdown of the second half — a 14-yard run by Zahmir Dawud and a two-point pass from Frankie Garbolino to his younger brother, Jack. It gave North Brunswick a 31-17 lead with 3:58 left.
If Edison didn’t quit, it certainly came darn close at that point.
“We didn’t quit, but it didn’t look good at that point,” said Edison quarterback Matt Yascko, who ran for 74 yards and passed for 135.
“We picked up a couple of first downs and then we hit that long pass to Rickey (Harvey) and that got us back in it,” Fulham said.
The pass from Yascko to Harvey, down the Edison sideline, covered 36 yards and gave Edison a first down at the North Brunswick 22 yard line. Two players later, Yascko, who started the second half just one-of-six passing, fired an 18-yard strike to Kevin Smith. The PAT kick by eventual hero, Selbin Sabino, made the score 31-24 wi 2:53 left.
On the ensuing kick, Sabino kicked an end-over-end bouncer, which Isaiah Rego recovered an instant after the ball went the required 10 yards.
“It was a special play,” Sabino said. “We made it look like we were going to kick the ball right so it created a hole on the left.”
Starting from the North Brunswick 49, Edison picked up a key first down on a pass interference call. Then, a 17-yard pass from Yascko to Hemza Nasser gave Edison a first down at the North Brunswick 19. Two players later Yaszcko hit Harvey for nine yards and a first-and-goal from the three.
Two plays later, Yascko plowed over left guard for a 2-yard touchdown. Down 31-30 with 39 seconds left, Fulham went for two and the win.
Yascko, under pressure on the RPO call, pushed a pass to Nyekir Eaton, who was stopped inside the one.
Everyone in the stadium knew what was coming. North Brunswick sent out its hands team. Again Fabio’s kick went end-over-end. Edison’s Ah’mer Gibbs came out of the pile with the football giving Edison another chance at the North Brunswick 44 with 37 seconds left.
“I’ve been head coach at Edison for 18 yards and a coach for 30 and I’ve never seen two onsides kicked recovered in a row like that,” Fulham said. “And we recovered it against their hands team.”
The drive began with North Brunswick being flagged for pass interference on consecutive plays, moving the ball to the North Brunswick 19.
Yascko was dropped for a two-yard loss trying to run left. On the next play, Yascko took a couple of choppy steps left. Under pressure, he scrambled. He shook off a tackler and raced all the way to the far sideline where he slid at the North Brunswick 13 yard line with eight seconds left.
“I told Matt if he got in trouble to run and get whatever he could,” Fulham said.
“I never watched him (Sabino) kick in warmups, but I watched him make one from 40 in pregame,” Yascko said.
“He (Sabino) has made kicks from 50,” Fulham said.
This time, however, Sabio needed to convert from 30 yards.
“My teammates believed in me and put me in a spot to win the game,” Sabio said.
The winning kick, a high, majestic boot well above up uprights, came one year to the day Sabio kicked a game-winning field goal against Manalapan.
Sabio also kicked a first-half field goal from 21 yards that gave Edison a 3-0 lead with 8:50 left in the second quarter.
After an exchange of TDs, a short pass from Yascko to Michael Strachan gave Edison a 17-8 lead with 31 seconds left before halftime. But that’s when the mayhem began.
A person foul on Edison, which was penalized 12 times for 102 yards, gave North Brunswick a first down at the Edison 22 with 9/10s of a second left. In less than a second, Edison was called for targeting and had a player ejected for the hit. Edison was then called for pass interference and unsportsmanlike conduct with no time left on the clock. North Brunswick was given an untimed down and scored on a two-yard run by Frankie Garbolino. The successful PAT pulled North Brunswick to within 17-15 at intermission.
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NBA Playoffs Game 2
Published: Apr. 19, 2023 at 4:49 PM EDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
The Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves are playing in the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, with Game 2 on tap.
In this article, you will find odds and spreads for the Nuggets vs. Timberwolves matchup across multiple sportsbooks.
Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Game Info
- Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
- Time: 10:00 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT, ALT, and BSN
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Venue: Ball Arena
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- The Nuggets average 115.8 points per game (12th in the league) while giving up 112.5 per outing (eighth in the NBA). They have a +273 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by 3.3 points per game.
- The Timberwolves put up 115.8 points per game (12th in league) while allowing 115.8 per outing (18th in NBA). They have a -3 scoring differential.
- The teams combine to score 231.6 points per game, 9.6 more points than this matchup's total.
- Opponents of these teams score 228.3 points per game combined, 6.3 more points than this matchup's over/under.
- Denver is 44-36-2 ATS this season.
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Chief responds as Las Cruces Police Officer's Association releases scathing letter about department leadership
LAS CRUCES - The Las Cruces Police Officer's Association released a scathing letter expressing concerns about the Las Cruces Police Department leadership.
The letter, dated May 3, accused department leadership of favoritism and said their response to multiple officer injuries was "pathetic." It was penned by LCPD's police association which consists of the vast majority of the department's staff. The letter was sent to the city manager and the entire city council and was obtained by the Sun-News via public records request.
"The department today does not suffer from a lack of management," the letter said. "The department suffers from a lack of leadership, from a lack of transparency, from a lack of accountability, from miscommunication, and a discounting by the chiefs of the learned input of personnel, supervisory and non-supervisory, who possess specialized knowledge and skills that the department’s chiefs do not have."
In addition to the department facing public scrutiny over the killing of a 75-year-old woman in April, the letter comes amid a labor shortage that left the department with just 77 percent of its maximum operating force in June 2021. It's unclear how understaffed the department is now, but the letter addresses an "extreme shortage of officers necessary to keep the community safe," and points to veteran officers leaving for better opportunities outside the department.
The letter also comes as the police association and the city continue negotiations for a new police contract.
In an interview May 5, Las Cruces Police Department Chief Miguel Dominguez said the letter was something he was taking seriously while contesting some of the allegations made against his leadership.
"They make some valid points," Dominguez said referring to the police association's criticisms about his lack of public appearances.
Silence after officer injuries
The letter's writers, which are not named by the police association, said that trouble in the department became most noticeable when a string of officers were injured in February 2021.
The letter pointed out two instances in which officers nearly died while working. That month, Officer Joshua Herrera was run over outside a Las Cruces apartment complex and the next day, Officer Adrian De la Garza was shot in the freeway gunfight following the killing of New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott.
"We learned that although Chief Dominguez could have given a statement expressing solidarity with and concern for these officers and for the department as a whole, which suffered the huge loss of these officers, Chief Dominguez decided not to say a word," the letter said.
The letter said the chief's silence was deafening.
"Chief Dominguez’s silence was not lost on LCPD officers of all ranks when they saw the NMSP Chief stand before the public to express support for the officers and their families. Chief Dominguez’s excuse that the case was 'under investigation' as a rationale for not saying anything, was and is pathetic," the letter said.
The letter pointed out that two weeks later another officer was run over while working.
"Once again, Chief Dominguez had nothing to say in support of his officers. Is it any wonder why morale in the department is in the gutter?" they wrote.
Transparency concerns
Transparency was a major theme in the letter. The letter accused Dominguez and other leaders of telling police officers not to use email because the public could obtain that information via public records requests. Dominguez contested that account. He told the Sun-News that he told staff to be cautious about what they put in emails but did not tell staff not to use it.
The letter also took aim at Deputy Chief Kiri Daines and her spouse. The letter said that Daines' spouse received favorable treatment when she quit the police academy, was allowed to rejoin then crashed a police car during training.
Dominguez said that he couldn't comment on the matter but did say that Daines' spouse was not the first cadet to be granted readmission into the police academy.
Ultimately, Dominguez said that the letter did raise important issues. He said that he would reconsider his approach to officer morale and transparency around incidents that involved officers' safety.
"The perception is out there that I am not being transparent to (the police association) or to the media," Dominguez said. " I need to work on that and get better at that transparency for sure."
Justin Garcia is a public safety reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News. He can be reached at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney visited Michigan on Tuesday to support Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who the the Wyoming representative crossed party lines to endorse last week in a first.
“If we want to ensure the survival of our republic, we have to walk away from politics as usual,” Cheney said. “We have to stand up, every one of us, and say we’re going to do what’s right for this country. We’re going to look beyond partisan politics.”
Slotkin is a two-term House member competing against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan’s redrawn 7th Congressional District, which includes Lansing. The contest is among the most expensive House races in the country and is considered a toss-up.
Slotkin, who described herself as a Democrat representing a Trump-voting district, told reporters that Cheney approached her last month on the House floor about the possible endorsement. Slotkin acknowledged during her speech that the two differ on most policy issues, joking that the last time Cheney was in the area was to counter something the Lansing-area Democrat was doing.
“But there is one really, really big thing we agree on and that is preserving the American democracy,” Slotkin said.
Cheney’s visit to the battleground state comes as she considers a 2024 presidential run after losing her primary earlier this year. Cheney was one of eight House Republicans who lost primaries or chose not to seek reelection after voting to impeach former President Donald Trump in 2020.
In her endorsement last week, Cheney mentioned that she’s become acquainted with Slotkin while serving together on the House Armed Services Committee. Slotkin also worked in U.S. intelligence, national security and defense during the Obama and Bush administrations.
Cheney said that this was the first time she has ever campaigned for a Democrat but that “it was not a hard decision at all.”
Both have been vocal critics of House Republicans who have sought to downplay the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Cheney is vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, which recently issued a subpoena for Trump to testify.
“As a nation today, we are facing an ongoing assault by the former president and by people that are spreading his lie,” Cheney said Tuesday.
Following Cheney’s endorsement last week, her primary opponent Harriet Hageman and former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard both announced that they were supporting Barrett in the Lansing-area race.
Barrett criticized Cheney during an event Tuesday morning for having the “audacity” to endorse his opponent in a critical race that will “decide which party controls Congress.”
“Elissa Slotkin and Liz Cheney prove that the political establishment has an unquenchable thirst for military engagement abroad,” Barrett said during the Howell event.
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Joey Cappelletti is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2022-11-02T22:41:40+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-gops-cheney-visits-michigan-to-support-democrat-slotkin-bid/ |
3M Open ready to host thousands of fans in Blaine
BLAINE, Minn. (FOX 9) - The 3M Open kicks off at TPC Twin Cities golf club on Thursday, and tournament director Mike Welch says the course is ready to welcome 15,000 to 17,000 fans each day, from Thursday through Sunday.
"The course is in beautiful shape, it looks amazing out here," Welch told Fox 9 on Tuesday. "You’re going to see five of the top 50 players in the world."
For those concerned about the July heat ruining the fun, he says "We have many measures taken into consideration [including] air conditioning."
The 3M Open offers five different "fan journeys" to cater to different types of fans; from food lovers, to science enthusiasts, or large families.
"Come on out to the 3M Open because we’ve got something for everyone," Welch said. "You’re going to find not just golf, but incredible food and beverage, incredible sponsor activations, just an incredible time if you are with a family or if you’re just here with one of your friends."
Fan Trevor Edmunds was in town from Manitoba, with his 3-year-old daughter Eva.
"She’s having lots of fun, she doesn’t want to go home, I asked her if she wants to go home and see mommy and she said ‘no, she wants to stay and play and watch the golfers’" Edmunds said. "They’re really good with the kids, a lot of the players come up to the kids."
This year, the tournament winner will take home $1.35 million. Tickets to see the action are still available online, with seven different options to choose from, by clicking here. | 2022-07-20T05:31:32+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/3m-open-ready-to-host-thousands-of-fans-in-blaine |
TBT releases field and matchups for 2023 Wichita Super Regional
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – the $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks – announced the bracket for this year’s tournament.
AfterShocks, the Wichita State alumni team, and Mass Street, the Kansas alumni team, will serve as the featured teams for the Wichita Super Regionals, which comprises two separate eight-team events. The games will take place at Charles Koch Arena from July 19-23. Charles Koch Arena will also host a TBT quarterfinals game on July 25.
AfterShocks, the number one seed in their regional, is organized by former Wichita State basketball players Zach Bush, JR Simon, and Garrett Stutz. Bush will continue to be the team’s head coach. AfterShocks’ roster currently includes:
- Conner Frankamp (2015-18)
- Markis McDuffie (2015-19)
- Darral Willis (2016-18)
- Samajae Haynes-Jones (2017-19)
- Asbjorn Midtgaard (2017-20)
- Trey Wade (2019-21)
- Alterique Gilbert (2020-21)
- Marcus Lee (Kentucky/Cal-Berkeley)
- Tyrus McGee (Iowa State)
- Jordan Parks (North Carolina Central)
The rest of the region includes:
- #2 seed Purple & Black (Kansas State alumni): The Kansas State alumni team features Jacob Pullen, Henry Walker, Kamau Stokes, and Marcus Foster, amongst other former Kansas State players.
- #3 seed Team Arkansas (Arkansas alumni)
- #4 seed Beale Street Boys (Memphis alumni)
- #5 seed Broad Street Birds (Temple alumni)
- #6 seed Ram Up (Colorado State alumni)
- #7 seed DaGuys STL
- #8 seed B1 Ballers
AfterShocks will take on the #8 seed B1 Ballers in the team’s first-round game on Thursday, July 20 at 8 p.m. If the AfterShocks advance to the second round, they will face the winner of #4 seed Beale Street Boys and #5 seed Broad Street Birds on Friday, July 21 at 8 p.m. The regional championship game for the AfterShocks bracket will be Sunday, July 23 at 4 p.m.
Mass Street is organized by Mass Street Collective, the Name, Image and Likeness collective for University of Kansas student-athletes. Former Kansas stars and current NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris will serve as the team’s coaches. Initial commitments include:
- Keith Langford (2001-05)
- Mario Little (2008-11)
- Tyshawn Taylor (2008-12)
- Thomas Robinson (2009-12)
- Jamari Traylor (2012-16)
- Marcus Garrett (2017-21)
- Dedric Lawson (2018-19)
The rest of the region includes:
- #2 seed Heartfire
- #3 seed LA Cheaters
- #4 seed Show Me Squad (Missouri alumni): The first year Missouri alumni team features Dree Gholston and Isiaih Mosley from this year’s Missouri NCAA Tournament team, in addition to other alumni like Jordan Geist, Jontay Porter, and Mitchell Smith. Phil Pressey will be the team’s head coach.
- #5 seed Vegas Rebellion (UNLV alumni)
- #6 seed Living The Dream
- #7 seed Juco Products
- #8 seed We Are D3
Mass Street will take on the #8 seed We Are D3 in the team’s first-round game on Wednesday, July 19 at 8 p.m. If Mass Street advances to the second round, they will face the winner of #4 seed Show Me Squad (Missouri alumni) and #5 seed Vegas Rebellion (UNLV alumni) on Saturday, July 22 at 3 p.m. The championship game for Mass Street’s regional will be Sunday, July 23 at 2 p.m.
The winner of the AfterShocks’ regional will take on the winner of Mass Street’s regional at Charles Koch Arena in TBT’s quarterfinals game on Tuesday, July 25, at 8 p.m.
For more information on the Wichita Super Regional or to purchase tickets, visit //TheTournament.com/Wichita.
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ALHAMBRA, Calif., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed," and together with its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMEH), a leading physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare company focused on enabling providers in the successful delivery of value-based care, today announced that it and its affiliated California medical corporation have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the fully diluted capitalization of All American Medical Group ("AAMG") and For Your Benefit, Inc. ("FYB"), as well as certain related managed care assets.
AAMG is a primary and specialty care physicians' group focused on providing high-quality, culturally competent care to local communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. FYB is affiliated with AAMG and is licensed by the California Department of Managed Health Care as a full-service Restricted Knox-Keene licensed health plan, which enables FYB to assume full financial responsibility, including both professional and institutional risk, for the medical costs of its members under the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975. The Company anticipates closing this series of transactions by the end of the first quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approval, and will fund the transactions through a combination of cash on hand and stock.
The investment and partnership with AAMG and FYB will bring over 15,000 Medicare Advantage, Commercial, and Medicaid patients in the City and County of San Francisco and San Mateo County under ApolloMed's umbrella of services, further expanding the Company's presence in Northern California following the recent acquisitions of Access Primary Care Medical Group and Jade Health Care Medical Group. With the addition of AAMG and FYB to the ApolloMed family, ApolloMed will serve over 30,000 members in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Brandon Sim, Co-Chief Executive Officer of ApolloMed, stated, "We are incredibly excited to partner with the over 250 mission-driven physicians at AAMG and FYB, allowing us to combine our core competency of managing a patient's total health with AAMG's decades of leadership in the community and its ability to provide high-quality, culturally competent care. The benefits for patients will be multifold: firstly, we will further broaden our already expansive network to include the most trusted doctors in San Francisco and San Mateo counties, providing more high-quality choices to our members. In addition, by assuming financial responsibility for a patient's entire care continuum—in both professional and institutional settings—we will be even better positioned to coordinate and deliver the best possible care for our patients. AAMG and FYB are known not only for their stellar reputation in providing accessible healthcare to local citizens but also for their deep involvement in the community. They provide patients with access to in-person and online health education and resources to promote healthy living in their communities and, with their non-profit partner Chinese Community Health Care Association, award grants that help fund programs geared towards educating the community on health-related topics. We are honored to have the opportunity to continue supporting these types of healthcare advocacy and education initiatives."
Dr. Man-Kit Leung, Chairman of AAMG, added, "We are thrilled to join ApolloMed and its extensive end-to-end care delivery network. ApolloMed is a leader in empowering providers in the delivery of value-based care, and our physicians look forward to onboarding onto the ApolloMed platform, which will bring numerous advantages in care management and patient data analysis. We believe joining the ApolloMed family will enable our providers to put greater focus on doing what they love—serving their patients—while allowing them to continue running their independent practices."
Dr. Edmund Tsoi, CEO and Chairman of FYB, added, "We look forward to becoming a part of the ApolloMed family with whom our physicians will join forces to continue striving to provide superior patient experience and clinical outcomes for the local community. FYB's full-service Restricted Knox-Keene license opens up a number of potential opportunities for our combined company, allowing us to assume global risk for our members by managing their full spectrum of care. I am excited to see this partnership take off and transform how healthcare is delivered nationwide."
ApolloMed is a leading physician-centric, technology-powered, risk-bearing healthcare management company. Leveraging its proprietary end-to-end technology solutions, ApolloMed operates an integrated healthcare delivery platform that enables providers to successfully participate in value-based care arrangements, thus empowering them to deliver high quality care to patients in a cost-effective manner.
Headquartered in Alhambra, California, ApolloMed's subsidiaries and affiliates include management services organizations (MSOs), affiliated independent practice associations (IPAs), and entities participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI) innovation models. For more information, please visit www.apollomed.net.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, such as statements about the Company's acquisition strategy, continued growth, operational focus and strategic growth plans. Forward-looking statements reflect current views with respect to future events and financial performance and therefore cannot be guaranteed. Such statements are based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of the Company's management, and some or all of such expectations and assumptions may not materialize or may vary significantly from actual results. Actual results may also vary materially from forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors, known and unknown, including the risk factors described from time to time in the Company's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including, without limitation the risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
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BERLIN (AP) — A 100 billion-euro ($107 billion) fund to strengthen the German military cleared its final legislative hurdle on Friday, winning approval from parliament’s upper house.
The decision clears the way for the government to move ahead with a massive procurement drive that Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Parliament’s upper house, which represents Germany’s 16 state governments, signed off on the plan a week after the lower house gave its blessing. Scholz’s governing coalition held lengthy negotiations with the main opposition Union bloc to secure wide backing ahead of the votes.
Scholz announced the fund on Feb. 27, three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, and said that Germany would now spend over 2% of its gross domestic product on defense — a NATO target on which it has long lagged. The government and the opposition agreed that defense spending would meet the 2% target “on a multi-year average,” with help from the special fund.
Officials acknowledge that the German military, the Bundeswehr, has for years suffered from neglect and in particular from aging, poorly functioning equipment.
Among other things on the shopping list, the defense ministry says it will buy 60 Chinook CH-47F transport helicopters, made by Boeing. The government also wants to buy up to 35 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets to replace aging Tornado aircraft.
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Darrell Brooks trial: Week 3 recap, judge threatens to end defense
WAUKESHA, Wis. - Darrell Brooks could call his mother to the stand and testify himself Monday, Oct. 24 before jury instructions begin in the Waukesha Christmas parade trial. This, after a shocking end to the third week of the trial, which saw the defendant give the judge a "stare down" that she said scared her to the point where she had to call for a break in the proceedings.
During the third week of the trial, the state rested its case after calling 57 witnesses over 11 days. Before resting, the prosecution focused on Brooks' arrest the night of the parade attack and Brooks' subsequent interviews with detectives. The jury was also taken out of the courtroom to view the red SUV.
Brooks then delivered his deferred opening statement, crying as he told the jury he was speaking "from the heart." Brooks then began to call defense witnesses, representing himself.
MONDAY, Oct. 17
On Monday morning, the first day of the third week of the trial, prosecutors read Brooks a pretrial offer which they said was given to Brooks' former attorneys in July 2021 and January 2022. Brooks fired his attorney days before the start of the trial. Brooks said he never received this pretrial offer. The state noted it would involve Brooks pleading guilty to 67 of the charges in the case. He would then receive six life sentences for the six homicide charges filed against him and unspecified prison on the other counts.
Brooks continued his subject matter jurisdiction arguments Monday, as he has every day during the trial. It relates to Brooks' "sovereign citizen" arguments. The Southern Poverty Law Center says "sovereign citizens believe they are not under the jurisdiction of the federal government and consider themselves exempt from U.S. law." Judge Jennifer Dorow referred to a written ruling issued on this matter Friday, Oct. 14.
TESTIMONY: Sean Backler, Waukesha homeowner
The first witness for the prosecution Monday was Sean Backler, who accused Brooks of "trespassing" in his yard the day of the Waukesha Christmas Parade. He identified Brooks in court as the person he saw in his yard that day. He said something seemed "off" about Brooks.
"He was wearing a T-shirt. No shoes. Sweating. His eyes were huge. He was just acting -- when he came out from the garage, he asked if I could call him an Uber," Backler said.
Backler said he didn't call an Uber, telling Brooks to leave.
On cross, Backler said he called the non-emergency line to report this encounter.
"I said the individual was either black, mixed or Latino," said Backler.
Sean Backler
Backler added, "I was positive it was you."
"Who's you?" Brooks asked.
"You. I’m looking at you," said Backler.
Backler said the next morning, he got the police report and mugshot.
"I said, 'That’s the guy,'" said Backler. "You were the guy in my yard. I was curious if you were the person and the one who did the atrocities at the parade."
TESTIMONY: Domanic Caproon, Waukesha homeowner
Domanic Caproon was then called to the stand by the state and said rooks came up his driveway, lifted his shirt and said he did not have any weapons and needed a phone to call an Uber. Caproon stated he handed him a phone.
Caproon positively identified Brooks as the man he met in his driveway. He testified he remembered a tattoo above Brooks' eye.
"He wasn’t wearing a jacket or shoes," said Caproon. "He was wearing blue jeans and a red T-shirt."
Caproon later indicated he provided police with his phone so investigators could see who Brooks called on that date.
Domanic Caproon
"He called somebody, which, at the time, I thought was Uber," said Caproon. "A lady called me. I asked if she was an Uber. She said, ‘Is she an Uber?’"
He said Brooks eventually left.
TESTIMONY: Erin Cordes, Waukesha homeowner
Erin Cordes testified for the state next on Monday, telling the court she was near the end of the parade route when she saw an officer fire "three shots at the vehicle."
"Our kids were in the middle of the road picking up candy at that time," said Cordes.
She said they parked on Elizabeth Street near Aries Industries. That's where she and her family ran into Darrell Books when he came out of the bushes. She positively identified Brooks in court after he removed his mask.
"It was a windy, cold night," said Cordes. "He was shivering, had a red shirt on and no shoes."
Cordes said he asked for a phone, telling Cordes and her husband, "I’m not going to hurt you. I just need to use your phone."
Cordes stated Brooks appeared to be calling his mother to call him an Uber.
Erin Cordes
"There was a sense of urgency, and he needed it now," Cordes said.
Cordes also testified Brooks was cold and asked her and her husband where there was a place he could warm up.
Video was shown of Brooks walking up to the doors of Aires Industries before turning away.
On cross, Cordes told Brooks she couldn't see into the SUV and didn't know if any of the bullets fired by the officer hit it.
TESTIMONY: Anthony Winters, Lyft driver
Anthony Winters, a Lyft driver, testified next for the state. Winters testified he was called for a ride Aires Industries.
"The fare came in from Dawn," said Winters. Dawn is Brooks' mother's first name. "I was told I was looking for a Black guy with dreadlocks."
When Winters arrived at the pickup location, he said the parking lot was empty. There was no one there.
Anthony Winters
"I got out of the car, knocked on the door, sent a message saying there was no one around," Winters testified.
Winters said he waited more than seven minutes. Nobody showed up, and he then canceled the ride.
TESTIMONY: Daniel Rider, Ring camera captured Brooks at his doorstep
The state then called Daniel Rider, who gave Ring camera footage to law enforcement and the media showing Brooks at his front door after the parade attack.
"There was a man who rang my Ring doorbell, said he was homeless and cold and needed my phone," Rider said, noting the man was wearing a T-shirt and no shoes.
Rider said he invited the man in, made him and sandwich and offered him a coat and a phone. He said Brooks appeared to be on the phone with his mother.
He said after Brooks left, he came back in because he forgot his ID.
Daniel Rider
"The suspect came back a minute later, asking to come back inside and that he left his ID. I went back in to look for it but didn’t let him back inside. There was nothing left in my house," said Rider.
On cross, Brooks asked Rider about the fact that the footage was on social media.
"I released it," said Rider. "The news wanted the footage. I thought this was good footage for this community to see the suspect in cuffs, so I released it."
He said he was paid for the footage.
"We were getting bombarded with media requests, and we worked with an agent and I don’t know what we got on the back end," he said.
Darrell Brooks at Daniel Rider's home
TESTIMONY: Rebecca Carpenter, Big Bend police officer, body camera footage of Brook's arrest
The court then saw body camera video of Brooks' arrest the night of Nov. 21, 2021, when Big Bend Police Officer Rebecca Carpenter was called to testify.
Carpenter said she to Elizabeth Street after hearing there was a man going door-to-door asking for people's phones to call an Uber. She said she and other officers started looking for this person.
Officer Carpenter told the court that during her encounter with Brooks on Elizabeth Street, he identified himself as "Darrell Brooks." She first saw him on Daniel Rider's porch, wearing a T-shirt and no shoes.
"I was coming from the parade route. I have a friend over there. Did I do something?" Brooks asked Carpenter in the body camera video.
In the body camera video, Brooks is heard asking Carpenter, 'Can I please just sit up?" He told a second officer his name was "Darrell Brooks." Carpenter asked, "Where are your shoes?" Brooks said his flip-flops were in Rider’s house. No shoes were inside.
Carpenter said she took an ID, a credit card and a car key from Brooks. Carpenter said she found a sandwich in Brooks’ pocket. Rider made Brooks a sandwich after knocking on his door, telling Rider he was homeless.
No weapons were found during a search of Brooks, who was taken to a squad car because he "was not dressed for the weather."
Carpenter testified Brooks was wearing "jogging pants." On cross, Brooks questioned Carpenter about whether the pants the suspect was wearing in the body camera video were really blue jeans.
He also asked about the police report.
"Do you recall writing the subject was being detained for investigative purposes…" asked Brooks.
"At the time, I was not fully aware of the circumstances," said Carpenter.
She said she "knew people had been hurt" and she knew shots were fired, but she didn't know the "magnitude."
"Just that something violent had happened," she said.
Rebecca Carpenter
Brooks asked if she gave him a reason as to why he was being detained. She said he was informed he was being detained for investigative purposes -- "an answer that's appropriate for the circumstances."
"I did not have a lot of information to give you, sir," said Carpenter.
"You keep saying 'you,'" said Brooks. "Who is the 'you' that you keep referring to?"
"You, Darrell Brooks. The defendant. Seated at the defense table," said Carpenter.
On re-direct, prosecutors asked whether Brooks was thrown to the ground during his arrest. A police officer later testified Brooks was taken to the hospital complaining of injuries after his arrest.
"We did not," said Carpenter.
TESTIMONY: Garrett Luling, Waukesha police officer, responded to Brooks' detention
Garrett Luling testified he responded to Elizabeth Street where Brooks was arrested. He identified the subject being detained as "Darrell Brooks." He identified "Darrell Brooks" as the defendant.
He said he did not see Brooks slammed to the ground or any use of force toward Brooks.
Luling testified he searched Brooks before he was placed into a squad and found a "black Ford key."
Luling said Brooks questioned why he was being detained. He said he told Brooks he was being detained because he matched the description from an incident in the downtown area. He didn't mention the parade.
Garrett Luling
On cross, Brooks asked Luling whether Officer Moss said a witness indicated they saw multiple suspects exit the vehicle. Luling said two officers heard there may have been more than one suspect who ran from the vehicle.
Brooks asked Luling what the person being detained was wearing. He stated a red T-shirt and blue jeans. Brooks asked if they were jogging pants. Luling confirmed they were blue jeans.
The defendant asked why the person was being detained.
"You were being detained for being involved in a crash in the downtown area," said Luling.
Brooks asked Luling, "Where is the footage of you finding the key?" to the Ford SUV. Luling said he was not wearing a body camera when he responded on Elizabeth Street.
TESTIMONY: Draelon Leija, Waukesha police officer, drove Brooks to Muskego PD
Waukesha Police Officer Draelon Leija testified about his transporting Brooks to the Muskego Police Department from Waukesha Memorial Hospital, where he was taken for treatment of injuries he claimed to have sustained during his arrest on Elizabeth Street.
He said Waukesha PD had no holding cells and Muskego was willing to hold Brooks on mutual aid.
Draelon Leija
As they drove, Leija said Brooks, noticing the police presence due to the parade response, said, "Damn, it looks like they’re dealing with something heavy."
Leija said he watched Brooks overnight.
TESTIMONY: Detective Jay Carpenter, Waukesha Police Department, interviewed Brooks
Next up for the state was Waukesha Police Detective Jay Carpenter, who was actually marching in the parade with the Honor Guard unit. He then responded to the scene after the red SUV went through. He described how the incident evolved into two different forms called for ambulances to tend to the wounded while dispatchers also learned someone was loitering around 500 Elizabeth that some believed may have been a suspect.
"The descriptions… were comparable, nearly identical to the descriptions I was hearing for the driver in the parade incident," said Carpenter.
He said he heard officers from a separate jurisdiction had come in contact with the suspect and that he was in custody, identified as Darrell Brooks.
"Information that I heard over police radio was an African American male, blue jeans and a red T-shirt," said Carpenter.
He said when he responded to the scene on Elizabeth Street, Brooks was already in custody and handcuffed. Carpenter said Brooks was placed in the rear of a Waukesha police car, taken into custody for loitering and suspected as the driver in the parade incident.
He was asked if he had any information about the vehicle used when coming in contact with the suspect.
"Yes, a red SUV that was actually a red Ford Escape," said Carpenter. "The vehicle was parked over on Maple Avenue, which is about 2.5-3 blocks west of Elizabeth Street where Mr. Brooks was located and taken into custody."
He said he spoke with Brooks at a substation on Les Paul Avenue. He identified the defendant as "Darrell Brooks."
Carpenter was asked in Brooks looked different in court than he did on Nov. 21, 2021.
Detective Jay Carpenter
"At the time of the incident, Mr. Brooks had longer hair, braided style hair that probably went halfway down his back," said Carpenter.
He said Brooks had a beard at the time that was longer.
He said he received items that were on Brooks' person at the time of his arrest, including an ID card with Darrell Brooks' name and photo on it, a Quest card with Brooks' name on it, along with credit cards with Brooks' name on them and an EBT card with Brooks' girlfriend's name on it. He added there was $4 in cash and a Ford key.
Carpenter was shown a still image from "the middle of the parade" and identified the driver of the red SUV as Darrell Brooks.
While speaking with Brooks at a police substation, Carpenter said he complained of injuries during his arrest, so he was taken to the hospital.
"Mr. Brooks told us his shoulder was injured when he was arrested. He indicated the arresting officers slammed him to the ground," said Carpenter.
He said he reviewed Rebecca Carpenter's body camera video of Brooks' arrest and saw "no" use of force.
"There was no force used at all," said Det. Carpenter. "Mr. Brooks was given verbal directions by officers to get down onto the ground, and he did so entirely on his own."
At the hospital, Carpenter said, "We escorted Mr. Brooks into a room, trying to keep him away from the victims."
Doctors ultimately cleared him.
Carpenter interviewed Brooks at the hospital, recorded through hospital security cameras and Carpenter's phone for audio. Two FBI agents joined him.
"The FBI became involved in the investigation early on because we were not certain at that point whether this was a terrorist incident," said Carpenter.
He said when the FBI agents introduced themselves to Brooks, Brooks was "very surprised."
TUESDAY, Oct. 18
To begin the day Tuesday, Brooks made his subject matter jurisdiction arguments again.
Judge Dorow noted a second copy of her written statement on this matter was provided to Brooks.
"I know you saw it because you tore it up yesterday," said Dorow.
There was then a warning from prosecutors about Brooks' interviews with law enforcement that would be played in court. Deputy District Attorney Lesli Boese told the court that extreme care had been taken to ensure no portion of these interviews would be played containing evidence that had previously been ruled inadmissible by the court. Before the trial, the judge said no references to other cases (such as previous domestic cases involving Brooks' ex, Erika Patterson) would be allowed during the parade trial. Boese made note that, while Brooks would have the opportunity to cross-examine, should he choose to play a portion of the video/audio that would "open the door" to the evidence ruled inadmissible, she would feel "compelled to address it," saying Brooks would do so "as his own risk."
TESTIMONY: Waukesha Police Detective Jay Carpenter, interviewed Brooks
Detective Carpenter was then brought back to the stand and audio was played of his interview with Brooks at the hospital.
"FBI. FBI?!" Brooks said in the recording.
"We’re just kind of helping out because we’re so short-staffed tonight, so that’s all it is," an agent said.
"Y’all for real? The FBI for real?" Brooks later said.
"We get that reaction from most people," the agent said.
"No cause it’s like, am I in a movie right now?" asked Brooks. "Y’all pranking me or something?"
Carpenter then began speaking with Brooks, indicating he had "one side" of the story and needed "Darrell's side."
In speaking with Carpenter, Brooks had light chatter, talk that included Brooks' children, where he went to high school and even Brooks mentioning this was the first time he had ever talked with anyone from the FBI.
"I was just like, I need to get a Uber. I have money on my Cash App card. I’m not trying to rob anybody! I’m not trying to break in, and obviously, you can tell I’m not drunk. I’m not under the influence of anything," Brooks told Carpenter, referencing reports of someone going door-to-door on Elizabeth Street.
Brooks eventually told Carpenter he did not want to speak with him.
After Brooks' transport from the hospital to Muskego PD, Carpenter responded in the morning and tried to talk to Brooks again. Carpenter said that morning, he learned more information about the Frame Park domestic incident between Brooks and Patterson that prosecutors say preceded the parade attack.
"Only thing I want to know is why in the hell am I being charged with anything?" said Brooks, noting Patterson's allegations against him were "total BS."
"She’s the one that acts the fool, and I’m the one that pays for it!" Brooks added.
Detective Jay Carpenter
Brooks said he came to Waukesha Nov. 21 to watch the Packers game with a friend at a house, but he could not provide the address or the last name of his friend.
When asked about Patterson, Brooks said he was meeting with her because she had been holding money for him. He said he told her, "I'm not supposed to be around you."
"I love you to death. You my baby mama. I’ll meet up with you to get the money. I’m not going to have sex with you. I’m not going to hang out with you. None of that," said Brooks.
Brooks again asked to know what he was being charged with.
"Listen, Carpenter, you’ve been straight with me. I just want to know what am I looking at, so I can let my girls know," said Brooks.
TESTIMONY: Juan Marquez, first witness for Brooks as he represents himself
Juan Marquez was called out of order at this point in the trial due to the availability of a Spanish interpreter.
Juan Marquez testified that he was marching in the Waukesha Christmas Parade with his wife and son with the Catholic Communities of Waukesha. At some point, he said he felt something hit his leg. When Marquez was asked by Brooks if he remembered what that was, Marquez said, "A vehicle."
Brooks let it slip that Marquez originally told the FBI the SUV was black. Marquez told the court he could not remember what color the truck was that struck him on the parade route.
On cross, Boese asked if Marquez ever heard a horn honking before he was hit by the SUV. He said "no."
Juan Marquez
Marquez said after he was hit, he was thrown between 15-20 feet and his body "flew through the air." He said his son, David, was also struck. Marquez had to have surgery on his leg.
At this point, Dorow kicked Brooks out of the courtroom after warning him to "stop with the commentary," noting 10 interruptions before 10:30 a.m.
"Are you holding me in contempt?" Brooks asked the judge.
The judge noted Brooks "objected to every question by the state, and when the court overruled, his commentary became much more audible, clearly showing disrespect for the court and proceedings."
"It has been very apparent that any time the jury has been brought in, Brooks has accused the court of misconduct or bias," said Dorow. "This court is not doing any such thing. He has forfeited his right to be present."
Dorow addressed Brooks' question of contempt, noting that he faces the possibility of life in prison and "contempt is not a viable path for the court."
"It would allow him to profit from his own wrongdoing. There would be a delay in the proceedings. That is not something this court is even willing to do," said Dorow.
TESTIMONY: Detective Carpenter, Waukesha Police Department, interviewed Brooks
After this, Detective Carpenter returned to the stand to resume testimony regarding his interviews with Brooks.
Brooks said he came in a Kia with a friend, noting he had a license but not a vehicle.
"My mom doesn’t know how to drive," said Brooks. "She doesn’t have a car."
Prosecutors say Brooks was driving his mother's red SUV in the parade attack.
"Whose car did you drive out here?" Carpenter asked.
"I didn't drive at all," said Brooks.
Brooks talked about meeting with Erika Patterson and watching the Packers game with his friend.
This interview took place Nov. 22, one day after the Christmas parade attack.
"Yesterday was a mistake," said Brooks. "I should have just watched the game."
"You did not come out here in a tan Kia. You have a key in your pocket for a car in your mom’s name. For the love of God, for yourself and family, tell me what happened?" said Carpenter in the interview.
"What am I being investigated for?" asked Brooks.
"We have been cool this whole time…" said Brooks.
"You have lied to us. You came out in the red Ford Escape. You had the key. I want to give you a chance to reset, start over. You aren’t giving us an accurate story," said Carpenter.
"All I want to know is am I charged with anything?" said Brooks. "I’ll tell you anything you want to know."
In his testimony, Carpenter noted that Brooks did not walk to Frame Park to meet Patterson, but rather, took the same SUV that went through the parade route.
In the next interview clip, Brooks acknowledged the red SUV for the first time.
"It's my mom's car," he said.
In the next clip, Brooks said he was "getting railroaded," again demanding to know what was going on and what he was being charged with.
"If I tell you… will you be straight up with me with everything that I’m facing?" said Brooks.
Carpenter testified that Brooks never told him someone else was driving the SUV.
In the next video clip, Brooks finds out that "a lot of people got hurt" at the parade.
"Are you serious?" asked Brooks. "Like, bad? A stroller? So a kid got hurt?"
Brooks then made a joke and laughed.
Carpenter testified Brooks never asked how any of the injured were doing. Carpenter told the jury Brooks never told them why he drove through the parade or what was going through his mind.
In one interview, Carpenter showed Brooks a video on his phone, which he later testified showed the SUV going through the parade. Brooks wouldn't watch.
"I understand my life is over," said Brooks. "This is how my story ends."
On cross, Brooks asked why the suspect was questioned at the hospital versus the police station. Carpenter noted that Brooks requested medical clearance and "there is a risk" with any prisoner transport, so they wanted to avoid that risk. Carpenter noted that there were four officers, including himself, at the hospital, so they were confident they could secure Brooks.
He also asked Carpenter about standard procedure in detaining people suspected of crimes.
"You just said you try not to assume until you have all the facts. Is it fair to say all the information you had before you were not sure about?" asked Brooks.
"I wasn’t sure if you were the driver initially, but I was sure you were involved," said Carpenter.
"And you knew that to be fact?" asked Brooks.
"Yes. The information provided was that you were involved," said Carpenter.
Brooks asked about the significance of the FBI being present during his interviews. Carpenter again said there were concerns this was a terror attack.
Brooks asked what he meant by "this."
"When you drove your vehicle through the parade and struck people..." said Carpenter.
Carpenter was asked if the FBI continued their investigation. The witness noted it was eventually run strictly by Waukesha police. Brooks asked why.
"My understanding is there wasn’t a terrorism link," said Carpenter.
Brooks asked if Carpenter had ever conducted an interrogation with the FBI present, and he said not prior to this interrogation of Brooks.
Brooks also questioned Carpenter about a comment he made in the interrogation that the FBI was present because they were "short-staffed." Brooks then asked for that portion to be replayed.
"They're just kind of helping out because we're so short-staffed tonight," Carpenter says in the audio recording.
"From hearing the audio… do you recall saying the FBI was present because you were short-staffed?" asked Brooks.
"That is my voice. I don’t recall saying that in the moment, but that is my voice," said Carpenter. "We were just very short on resources with what happened down at the parade route and the mass casualties and the amount of officers it took to secure that location. We were very short on people."
Brooks asked if the FBI is usually present in a "situation of short-staffing." Carpenter said "no."
There was then a discussion about Brooks being read his Miranda rights during the "first interrogation attempt" at the hospital, and Carpenter said, "You indicated you didn't wish to speak with me."
Brooks asked why Carpenter continued to record even though Brooks invoked his Fifth Amendment.
"We are trained in our police department, when you do an interrogation, that the recording is to be left on pretty much until you affect transport…" said Carpenter.
Brooks wants Carpenter's initial hospital interrogation stricken
Judge Dorow then dismissed the court to take up two legal issues -- first, police policy (why Brooks thought it was relevant in regard to his questioning of Carpenter) and second, the questions he was asking, Dorow said, went to a legal issue the court has already determined.
Brooks said the police policy was relevant because he believed it should be stated for the record why Carpenter continued his phone recording despite Brooks invoking his Fifth Amendment right.
"At that point, the interrogation has to stop completely," Brooks said. "I believe that if that’s, in fact, policy, it should be proven. It should be proven that that’s a fact, that it’s a real policy. For all we know, he could just be saying that it’s a policy…"
The judge said he was assuming facts that weren’t in evidence, and she didn’t see the relevance. She said Brooks was making assumptions.
"Frankly, his conduct isn’t on trial. We’re not here on a police misconduct trial. I’m not saying that some of this information might not be relevant to his credibility...Why do you believe those policies relate to an issue of fact in this case or otherwise go to your defense?"
Brooks said he believed anything related to the first interrogation shouldn't be admitted as evidence per his Fifth Amendment right.
Detective Jay Carpenter
The judge said that was a legal determination she had already made.
"To make this trial about that interrogation, it’s not relevant," Dorow said. "I’ve already ruled on the admissibility. It’s a legal determination."
Judge Dorow said she gave Brooks some leeway in his questioning Carpenter and said she believed he was questioning Carpenter on legal issues that are not relevant, trying to illicit info out of Carpenter that is not relevant.
"I know the law on this area, and I know when a subject invokes their Fifth Amendment… because you only invoked your right to remain silent, they waited to question you until a sufficient amount of time had passed, in addition to a number of other reasons," Dorow said.
TESTIMONY: Detective Jay Carpenter, Waukesha Police Department, more Brooks' cross
As for the second interrogation at Muskego PD, Carpenter said he explained to Brooks that they had more information about the domestic incident before the parade attack, "and that's what I was looking to speak to you about."
Brooks questioned Carpenter about the Miranda rights, and Carpenter said they were read 15 minutes into the interrogation.
"I’m not required to read them immediately… I read them before I asked you any specific questions about that event," said Carpenter.
Brooks asked if there was any reason why he wouldn’t explain the real reason why the detainee was being detained.
"At that point, the (Frame Park) domestic was part of the reason you were being held in custody," said Carpenter.
Carpenter testified that, at a certain point, the parade became the primary focus of the investigation/questioning.
Carpenter did admit there was "information I withheld from you" during the interrogations.
"I wanted to be sure the information you gave me was truthful," said Carpenter.
"I think it’s important to note – and this is proven by evidence – you lied to me about your mother owning the vehicle. You lied about coming out here in a possible tan Kia," said Carpenter, adding that Brooks also "lied about being body-slammed by officers" during his arrest on Elizabeth Street.
The defendant asked Carpenter about his showing a video to the detainee in a "forceful" manner.
"I was attempting to show you a video of when you drove your vehicle through the parade route," said Carpenter. "I felt it was very important for you to see the damage that was caused by the incident."
Carpenter testified about items seized from Brooks' jail cell to be tested for DNA evidence.
During questioning by Brooks about the arrest on Elizabeth Street Carpenter said when he arrived, "I believe you were already in the back seat of a squad car. You were detained."
"The suspect," said Brooks.
"The suspect is you, Darrell Brooks," said Carpenter.
Brooks' last question to Carpenter was whether there were reports of multiple suspects in connection with the parade incident.
"Yes. It was chaotic early on. There were reports of possible multiple suspects early on," said Carpenter.
On redirect, Boese asked about "excited utterances," and Carpenter explained that this involves statements made by an individual of their own accord and not in response to any question. Carpenter said "yes" when asked if it is important to capture these utterances and "yes" when asked if that's one reason to consider a recording after an interview is over.
Boese asked if Brooks ever said there was anyone else in the red SUV, possibly Erika Patterson. Carpenter said "no."
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19
As the proceedings began Wednesday morning, Judge Dorow informed the court that two jurors tested positive for COVID-19. She then brought the entire jury panel in to question them as to any health concerns. All said they had "no" concerns. Brooks questioned the judge as to whether all jurors should be tested since there was potential exposure. She said she would not mandate testing, and noted Brooks had not been exposed due to his distance from the jury.
TESTIMONY: Steven Schlomann, IT director at Waukesha School District
Steven Schlomann, Waukesha School District IT director – Schlomann testified he was contacted by Waukesha police in regards to cameras on school district property on Maple Avenue. He said he found video that might be helpful to police and turned it o
First to testify Wednesday was Steven Schlomann, Waukesha School District IT director. Schlomann told the court there are roughly eight cameras on a school district property at 222 Maple. He said he was contacted by Waukesha police about the cameras and whether they had captured anything on the day of the Waukesha Christmas Parade.
Schlomann said he found video that may be helpful to police and turned it over to them.
TESTIMONY: Robert Stone II, homeowner with security camera
Robert Stone II
Robert Stone II then testified for the state. He lives on Dunbar Avenue and has security cameras. Stone told the court he retrieved footage from those cameras following the Waukesha Christmas parade incident and turned it in to police.
TESTIMONY: Andrew Amerson, homeowner with security camera
Andrew Amerson
A third person with security camera access was next to testify for the state in the Brooks trial. Andrew Amerson lives on Dunbar Avenue and also has surveillance cameras.
"My cameras are evident from the street," Amerson said. "Police wanted to look at them."
TESTIMONY: Leonard Miller, homeowner with security camera
Leonard Miller
Leonard Miller, another homeowner with a security camera, testified for the state. He lives on Central Avenue.
"I started looking through my cameras. I saw someone running up my driveway," Miller said, adding that he did not recognize the person
TESTIMONY: Kyle Becker, Waukesha Police Department, involved in Maple Street search
Next to take the stand for the state was Waukesha Police Officer Kyle Becker. Prosecutors indicated he was part of a search team canvassing the area immediately following the Waukesha Christmas parade incident.
Kyle Becker
Becker testified about the items that investigators located at a residence on Maple, including a blue sandal.
"I thought Mr. Brooks lost the first sandal jumping the fence, "Becker said. "I located the gray hooded sweatshirt that Brooks was wearing in the parade, and in close proximity was the other sandal," said Becker.
On cross, Brooks asked Becker if items are "usually kept for this length of time.
"Yes. Until the investigation is complete," said Becker.
Jurors view red SUV
Around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, jurors were taken to see the red SUV in a secure garage that's part of the court complex.
FOX6 News was told Brooks did attend that "jury view."
There were previous discussions about whether Brooks would be present. Brooks told the court he did not wish to be present and did not see the relevance of the jury view occurring at all. Dorow told Brooks his lack of consent would not stop the jury view.
She initially demanded that he be present for the jury view, but a day later, she changed her mind, telling Brooks she thought about it overnight and would not require him to be there.
In the end, he did attend.
Online court records show Brooks did a "walk around" of the vehicle with a bailiff. Brooks' restraints were removed before the jury entered. Jurors were escorted around the vehicle once before leaving the garage. Footage was provided of the vehicle in the garage after the jury view.
There was no talking allowed during the viewing. Jurors were not allowed to take notebooks. The walls of the Waukesha County Jail garage were covered to avoid any chance of bias in front of the jury.
TESTIMONY: Justin Rowe, Waukesha Police Department detective, mapped Brooks' path
After the jury view, Justin Rowe, Waukesha Police Department detective, took the stand. He was tasked with going to the Maple Avenue area to search for items discarded by Darrell Brooks.
Detective Rowe mapped Brooks’ path the night of the Waukesha Christmas Parade.
Rowe said the dashed red line in the map is the path Brooks took on foot. It shows Officer Salyers (who was off duty) in close proximity to where investigators say Brooks ditched the SUV.
Further south on the map, Rowe said Brooks stopped to try and get cellphones and "call an Uber." Prosecutors say Brooks was calling his mother.
The map and timeline show Officer Scholten fired shots at Brooks at 4:39 p.m. Nov. 21 as Brooks left the parade route. Brooks was arrested at 5:14 p.m.
Justin Rowe
Rowe said there are some areas they don’t have video of Brooks traveling.
On cross, Brooks asked how police know he crossed N. West Ave if there were no cameras or witnesses present.
"You were arrested on Elizabeth Street," said Rowe.
In other words, Brooks got across the street somehow.
TESTIMONY: Ryan Schultz, Wisconsin State Patrol, examined red SUV
Next up for the state was Ryan Schultz, Wisconsin State Patrol mechanical inspector.
Schultz testified he looked at the SUV to see if there was anything wrong with it prior to the crash that would have contributed to it crashing.
"The vehicle had quite a bit of front end damage, hood folded up in the air, there was quite a bit of debris stuck on it..." he said.
Schultz said the brakes on the SUV were in "good, working condition," and the brakes still "fully" functioned after the crash. He said the tires were "evenly worn."
He said there were no obstructions to the throttle pedal, which acted just as it should. The power steering system was also working properly.
He testified he did not open the hood of the vehicle because of the DNA evidence on it.
Schultz said when he ran the ignition, there were no diagnostic codes that came up. He said there were no recalls on this vehicle, only an extended service warranty from Ford that elapsed due to the vehicle’s mileage.
Schultz was asked if he observed anything that would have prevented the vehicle from stopping of the brake pedal was applied, and he said "no." Boese followed up by asking whether he observed anything that would have contributed to the crashes the SUV was involved in. He said "no."
On cross, the witness said there was a coolant leak in that there was no coolant in the vehicle. Brooks questioned Schultz about a loose ball joint in the front left of the vehicle. Brooks asked how this would affect the vehicle, and Schultz said it would only wear down, eventually causing the wheel not to be able to steer, but the wheel on the red SUV was still steerable.
Brooks also questioned Schultz about the report he wrote, and Schultz said the high-mount brake lamp was inoperable when he inspected it, meaning someone traveling behind the red SUV would not be able to see the brake light that's located on the hatch of the SUV. His report stated it was not known if this was working before the crash.
"I would have no way to tell when that light bulb went out," said Schultz.
On redirect, Boese referenced the high-mount lamp and asked whether the left brake light was working, and Schultz said the left stop lamp was working. Boese then asked about the ball joint and whether you can safely operate a vehicle if the ball and socket joint is not separated. Schultz said "yes," and he said the ball and socket were not separated on this vehicle.
Boese then asked if the engine controls acceleration, braking, steering or gear shifting. He said "no."
Boese then asked for clarification on what was leaking from the vehicle, if anything.
"Yes, so water pump, water coolant, it’s all interchangeable as far as the cooling system for the engine goes, and the cooling system was low at the time of the inspection and had been leaking, but from where, I don’t know," said Schultz.
Boese then asked if that controls the steering, the braking or the acceleration, and Schultz said "no."
Finally, Boese asked if the use of the high beams on the SUV would have been any assistance if the vehicle was coming up behind people, and Schultz said "no."
Judge calls for break: 'I don't find it funny'
After sending the jury off for a 15-minute afternoon break, the judge asked Brooks what he was referring to when he said, "That’s hilarious." Brooks said he was referring to the fact he saw some of the questions he asked were overruled, but the state could ask, and his objections were thrown to the side.
"I just think that’s funny," Brooks said.
"Well, sir, I don’t find it funny," Dorow said.
Dorow noted Brooks made disparaging remarks during Schultz' testimony.
Boese said she took note of one of Brooks’ comments. His response was, "Stop trying to be slick."
"Yes, I did say that," said Brooks.
TESTIMONY: Chris Johnson, Wisconsin State Crime Lab, performed DNA analyses
Next up for the state was Chris Johnson, chief of the Office of Crime scene response for the division of forensic sciences within the Wisconsin State Crime Lab. He talked about how he was called out to Maple Street to process a vehicle abandoned in a driveway. He responded with a crime scene response photographer.
"It was reported to me that the vehicle was more than likely involved in running through the Waukesha Christmas Parade," said Johnson.
He talked about how he collected "fragile" items from the SUV, including some examination gloves and a winter hat, along with a headband around the driver door mirror of the SUV, which was broken. Johnson noted during transport, this item would have most likely fallen off.
He said the front bumper of the SUV had to be lifted up with bungee cords and resecured for the tow truck transport so that it would not be further damaged.
Johnson said from Maple Street, the SUV was taken to the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department's secure facility.
Johnson said the inside and outside of the vehicle were inspected for DNA evidence.
He said he found a hat on the front passenger seat cushion.
He said a detachable hood from a jacket and a winter hat were found pinned to the windshield by a windshield wiper arm and the "crumpled hood."
He said there was paperwork inside the vehicle that had the name "Darrell E. Brooks" on it.
Brooks admonished again
The judge excused the jury for a legal discussion, and Brooks nearly got removed to the adjacent courtroom due to his interruptions. Brooks was upset after it was noted that Opper placed some evidence on the table for Johnson, the witness.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. On the table? How did it get on the table?" Brooks asked.
"No one is doing something that is prohibited by this court…" said Dorow.
She warned him that if he interrupted the proceedings again, he would forfeit his right to be present in the main courtroom.
Brooks responded by saying, "You might as well remove me then." Brooks told the judge she did not know what he was trying to do.
"You’re making a record of me trying to look bad. It’s not going to work!" said Brooks.
As Brooks yelled, Dorow advised Brooks to be respectful.
"Don’t nobody tell me what to do. I don’t tell nobody else what to do. I’ve never told you to do anything at all," said Brooks. "I’m a grown man with grown kids. Don’t nobody talk to me like that. Nobody."
TESTIMONY: Chris Johnson, Wisconsin State Crime Lab, Brooks' cross-examination
Brooks began his cross-examination of Johnson by asking about the DNA analysis. Brooks specifically asked if Johnson, who did not perform the DNA analysis, knew the results. Johnson said he spoke with the investigator who performed the DNA analysis, but he said "I don't know the exact results, no."
The witness was asked by Brooks about the headband on the vehicle and how it got there. Johnson said it likely got there when the vehicle came into contact with something or someone who was wearing it. Brooks asked if he knew that for sure, and he said "no."
He said the examination of the vehicle itself took "probably over 40 hours," not including the report he wrote, which was a summary of his inspection.
"The vehicle needed a comprehensive evaluation, processing, examination of pretty much every side and surface of that vehicle," said Johnson.
On redirect, Opper asked what Johnson meant when he said the vehicle was secured when he arrived on Maple Street.
"The perimeter was secured with crime scene tape, and there were officers that were standing at the location where the vehicle was," said Johnson.
He said anyone that would have come up to the vehicle would have been stopped by law enforcement.
TESTIMONY: Trevor Naleid, senior forensic analyst, performed DNA analyses
The state's last witness Wednesday was Trevor Naleid, Wisconsin Department of Justice State Crime Lab senior forensic scientist in the DNA analysis unit.
Naleid said he developed DNA profiles from the swabs of the steering wheel of the SUV.
"It was a two-person mixture with at least one male," said Naleid, adding that he was able to identify those people using software. "Based on it being a two-person mixture, Erika Patterson and Darrell Brooks are both very strong support for inclusion."
He said the swab of the gear shift was a three-person mixture with at least one male contributor. The software result was "the same as the steering wheel."
"So Erika Patterson and Darrell Brooks are both very strong support for inclusion," said Naleid.
In layman's terms, Naleid said it was at least one quadrillion times more likely the DNA was from Brooks/Patterson (and someone else for the gear shift) versus three random people.
Trevor Naleid
As for the hat that was found in the SUV, Naleid said it was a two-person mixture with at least one male contributor.
"Erika Patterson has a very strong support for exclusion. Darrell Brooks has strong support for exclusion. Wilhelm Hospel (Milwaukee Dancing Grannies volunteer killed in the parade attack) has very strong support for inclusion. He is above that one quadrillion threshold that we have," said Naleid.
A sweatshirt was also analyzed. He said a reddish brown stain on the right sleeve tested presumptive positive for blood. Five hairs were also retrieved. Naleid said the DNA was a three-person mixture with at least one male contributor, with the same mixture on the cuff links. The stain was a two-person mixture with at least one male.
Using the software, Naleid said as to the collar and the cuffs, "Mr. Brooks has very strong support for inclusion." As to the stain, "Both Erika Patterson and Darrell Brooks have very strong support for inclusion."
On cross, Brooks asked for clarification on what Naleid meant when he said DNA "mixture."
"A mixture just means that it is more than one person present in the profile," said Naleid.
Brooks questioned Naleid about why it took so long for his analysis to be completed. The witness noted the evidentiary items weren't received until January, and he completed his report in April. Naleid said he generated 583 pages, and his final report was 15.
Brooks also questioned the witness about the process of obtaining the evidentiary items and where they went after he was done with them. Naleid said they were unsealed when he began his analysis, and they were returned to the evidence technician and put back into storage when he was done.
Brooks asked about the "three-person mixtures" and questioned whether there is DNA that was found that is still unknown.
"That's correct," said Naleid.
On redirect, Opper asked about the source of the hairs on the sweatshirt. Naleid said Darrell Brooks was the source.
THURSDAY, Oct. 20
The prosecution rested Thursday after calling 57 witnesses over 11 days. Then, Darrell Brooks cried as he delivered his deferred opening statement and began calling witnesses, representing himself in this trial.
As proceedings began Thursday morning, the judge noted she provided Brooks with an excerpt from her judicial bench book to help him prepare his opening statement, which she said should be a roadmap/framework of his case to help the jury better understand his evidence.
She said his opening statement must not contain reference to subject matter jurisdiction, something Brooks brought up multiple times every day during the trial.
Brooks noted he was "pretty aware that subject matter jurisdiction wouldn't be part of my opening or closing statement."
"Okay. Great," said Dorow.
Prosecutors move to amend complaint
Prosecutors then introduced a motion Prosecutors asked to change it to "near Frame Park." This particular count relates to the fight prosecutors say Brooks was involved in with his ex-girlfriend, Erika Patterson, before the Christmas parade attack. Prosecutors argued that this change would be more in line with Patterson's testimony and noted it was "a very small change in the charging documents."
Brooks argued that this case had been charged for "the better part of a year."
"If there was one word that needed to be changed, there was ample time for it to be changed," he said.
The judge granted the state's request.
State recalls Detective Thomas Casey
The court then discussed prosecutors' request to recall Detective Casey, who previously testified over two days earlier in the trial. Prosecutors noted there wouldn't be any duplication in their questioning. Rather, they said his first testimony focused on the parade layout, and they now wanted to ask about victim identification, driver identification and vehicle identification -- things that had been addressed in testimony since Casey was first on the stand.
Prosecutors argued that, "as the lead detective in the case," it would assist the jury in understanding some of the things on the back end that he was involved in.
Casey initially testified that Brooks hit him with the red SUV before the parade attack, and he tried to stop the vehicle. He was on scene after the parade attack and later became lead detective.
Brooks argued that he felt the state had been "efficient in their presentation." He said their arguments seemed to be "an attempt to get more questions in that could have been asked in the first place." Brooks also argued that Casey was excused from his subpoena in this case after his prior testimony.
Dorow allowed the state to recall Casey.
Brooks prepares ‘counter’ plea offer
Before the jury was brought in, Brooks noted the state's pretrial offer, which would involve Brooks pleading guilty to certain counts and receiving six life sentences for the homicide charges plus unspecified prison on other convictions. Brooks claimed he never had that pretrial offer until the trial. Prosecutors claimed it was given to Brooks' prior attorneys on at least two occasions.
Brooks said Thursday morning he was in the process of putting together "a counteroffer."
TESTIMONY: Detective Thomas Casey, Waukesha Police Department, recalled by prosecution
Called back to the stand by the state, Casey told the court that police detectives were sent to five different hospitals to identify possible victims as they came in. As part of the process, the detective said, officials had to come up with parameters that would positively identify a true victim. He said the victims had to be in the street of the parade route and receive hospital care. The detective said people who were injured after the fact, from other instances, were not considered victims. In other words, there were more victims from the parade attack than those associated with the 76 total counts filed against Brooks in this case – including 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety related to the injured victims.
The detective testified investigators obtained "300 to 400 videos" of the parade incident. He stated he watched all of them and asserted Brooks was driving the red SUV through the parade in all of them.
"I've never seen anyone driving the SUV other than the defendant. None of the videos we looked at showed anyone else in the vehicle," Casey said. "Never showed the vehicle coming to a complete stop on the parade route."
Waukesha Police Detective Thomas Casey
Some of the videos captured the license plate of the red SUV involved in this case. Casey testified police also found a music video on social media where Brooks was recorded next to the SUV with matching plates.
The detective testified that the SUV was found on Maple Road and that officials got a key from Brooks. At that time, Casey said, the red SUV was in processing, so he took the key there and it worked the door lock and the ignition lock of the vehicle. Casey also told jurors Brooks' fingerprints, the three women he has children with and Brooks' mother all identified the suspect in the parade incident as Darrell Brooks. However, Brooks objected to "being called that name."
"That's the name he's always gone by," Casey said.
The jury was shown video of the backyard of Dawn Woods, Brooks' mother, which showed a red Ford Escape – the type of SUV in question. That video was dated 1:26 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2021 – the afternoon of the parade attack. Casey testified that Woods gave police the video that night.
Brooks began his cross-examination of Casey around 10 a.m. During this cross, Brooks argued no one can tell who has their back to the camera in the photo that had been shown in court. Casey said he watched the entire video, and he testified it was indeed Brooks.
The state initially showed a still from the music video with Brooks' back to the camera but later showed the whole video.
Casey further testified that he learned Brooks had use of the SUV at the time of the attack. He also said he had been to Brooks' mother's house to talk to her and knew the video of the SUV in the backyard on the afternoon of Nov. 21, 2021, was from that house.
Casey again testified about what he saw at the parade scene.
"I remember a horn beeping and (Brooks) driving into me and not stopping when I pounded on the vehicle," said Casey, describing Brooks as looking angry. "I've been driving a long time. When people beep their horns, they are late or angry. That's why I concluded they were angry."
Casey added it was a possibility that someone would beep their horn to get out of the way.
Brooks gets angry after state shows music video
The judge sent the jury out mid-morning Thursday for a legal discussion that focused specifically on the video prosecutors say Brooks appears in. Casey testified it was taken from Brooks' Facebook page. Brooks described it as "mind-boggling," saying he had never seen that video before, and it wasn't previously admitted.
"When was this video made an exhibit?" Brooks asked.
Opper argued the exhibit was included with the initial discovery materials sent to Brooks' former attorneys. Brooks again argued this video was never part of the information he received.
"I see what you people are trying to do, and it's not fair, and it's not right," said Brooks. "That video was not part of (initial discovery)."
Judge Dorow said she was satisfied with the state's offer of proof that the video was previously submitted to counsel. Brooks asked if prior counsel could testify to that.
Dorow asked Brooks if he was familiar with the video, and Brooks asked what that had to "do with it." The judge noted it was a music video that Brooks was in, along with the red SUV.
"That video is relevant for a number of different reasons," said Dorow, adding that it would go to the identification of Brooks, the identification of the vehicle.
The judge noted Brooks "opened up the door" to this evidence during his cross-examination of Detective Casey regarding Casey's ability to identify Brooks.
"And when I say identification -- specifically as to Casey's opinion of whether that's you in the video," said Dorow, adding, "It's up to the jury to determine that."
"You directly attacked the credibility of Detective Casey through his knowledge of it and his identification of you in it because the still image of you in it was your back," said Dorow.
Brooks wanted to know why this video was made an exhibit "out of the blue" on Thursday morning.
Opper gets emotional
This led to an emotional statement from DA Opper regarding Brooks' actions in court.
"He challenges the court's authority repeatedly," said Opper. "This court absolutely has the ability to tell him to sit down and be quiet. You haven't done that, and we know why you haven't done that. We respect that."
Opper noted, as Dorow did, that the video was relevant based on Brooks' questioning of Casey challenging Casey's ability to identify the person with their back to the camera in the still shot.
"Trials are fluid," said Opper. "When he opened the door to that, we came up with the video, which Casey testified repeatedly as to how he know that was Mr. Brooks because he had seen the rest of the video."
Opper said she originally wasn't going to ask for the audio to be played but Brooks "pressed it again."
"His voice and his manner of speech would help the jury identify..." said Opper. "You smartly asked me to play it without the audio. This is all to the benefit of this defendant. He doesn't like it because the evidence is stacking up and stacking up. Whenever it does, his response is to accuse you and the prosecutors of being unethical."
Opper added that, "There is nothing in law that prevents me from pulling something out right now and making an exhibit."
"There is no law that I can't make an exhibit on the fly," said Opper.
Brooks got upset and started yelling about the prosecution laughing throughout the trial.
The judge admonished both parties.
Brooks responds
Brooks then argued Opper had been "laughing and talking under her breath the whole trial," telling the court, "I'm not an idiot."
"Why is something always funny at that table?" Brooks asked the judge.
"I think I deserve a chance to rebut what was just said," said Brooks. "For her to sit there and play this off…she must think I'm an idiot."
"That is not what happened," Dorow said as Brooks covered the microphone and laughed.
He told the court that Opper had just admitted on the record that she just made the exhibit up that morning. The judge called that a mischaracterization and asked for a legal basis for his objection.
"So I'm just supposed to come up with that off the top of my head?" asked Brooks.
"Yes," said Judge Dorow.
"That's ridiculous," said Brooks.
"You're representing yourself. It's not ridiculous," said Dorow.
The judge then put Brooks on notice regarding his interruptions.
Judge cuts off discussion
Before the morning break, the judge tried to address two other issues that came up during Brooks' cross of Casey. First, questioning by Brooks related to Casey speaking with Brooks' mother, Dawn Woods, in August, and references made to Brooks' niece and nephew. An objection by the state was sustained by the judge during cross.
The second issue related to questioning regarding Casey's search of Brooks' jail cell.
"Do you want the opportunity to question Detective Casey about these topics?" Dorow asked the judge.
Brooks would not answer the question and continued to argue with Dorow.
The judge eventually cut off the discussion and put the court into recess.
Music video exhibit addressed
Upon return from the morning break, the court addressed Brooks' arguments regarding exhibits, specifically the music video.
"I don't think what I say doesn't much matter," Brooks said. "What I have to say about anything doesn't matter."
"This court takes your position on legal argument," Dorow said as Brooks interrupted. "You make disparaging remarks, roll your eyes. Just previous to the break I couldn't get a word in. You wanted to debate decisions already ruled on."
"Did I raise my voice? Was I frustrated? I absolutely was," Judge Dorow continued. "I just wanted to get through some issues outside the presence of the jury. That's the proper procedure."
"There is nothing improper about what the state did, and I want to make that record very very clear," said Dorow.
"Trials are fluid," the judge said. "Things happen. Parties can open the door to what might be inadmissible evidence. For example, this court made pretrial warnings related to other acts evidence (this relates to information about other cases involving Brooks not being admissible in this trial). You came close. I had the witness (Casey) turn to me and say, 'I don't think I can answer that.' Casey understood his obligation to honor the pretrial rulings. I bet that's happened a half a dozen times. That's to protect your rights, sir."
Brooks' opening statement
After lunch, Brooks cried as he delivered his deferred opening statement to the court, telling the jury he was speaking "from the heart."
In it, he didn't provide details about what happened or lay out his defense, nor did he reveal who he would be calling to testify.
He began by telling the jury, "There's two sides to every story."
"I’ve watched for a year about the countless narratives, and finally, everyone gets the chance for the full story," Brooks said. "You won’t hear me try to argue facts. This was tragic."
Brooks choked back emotion as he continued to present his opening statement.
"This incident was not planned. It was not intentional," Brooks said. "There’s been a lot of suffering involved in this incident; a lot, obviously, with the families."
Brooks asked the jury to "keep in mind" the power that they have, saying it has been a "long process for everybody."
"Lot of speculation, lot of ridicule," said Brooks, wiping tears from his eyes. "Words like ‘demon.’ Words like ‘monster'…I know a lot of the time I've been before you, you've seen me with this mask on. I've had my reasons for that, but I feel now is the time that it's important that you see me for who I am. No mask. For who I am. I think this is the moment for that."
"I pray that your eyes and ears remain as open as possible. I understand that you alone decide this case, this matter," said Brooks, addressing the jury. "The power is in your hands – all of you – to determine for yourself what truth is. Thank you."
TESTIMONY: Brooks calls "State of Wisconsin"
Brooks tried to call the state of Wisconsin as his first witness during the presentation of his case-in-chief. He had previously called Juan Marquez out of order during the state's case-in-chief presentation due to the need for a Spanish interpreter.
Dorow denied his request to call the State of Wisconsin to the witness stand.
TESTIMONY: Nicholas Kirby, with Kori Runkel (Brooks' ex-girlfriend's roommate) in Waukesha
Brooks then called Nicholas Kirby, who was with Kori Runkel, the roommate of Erika Patterson, Brooks' ex-girlfriend, on Nov. 21, 2021, in Waukesha.
Runkel testified for the state about a fight near Frame Park that preceded the attack involving Brooks and Patterson. Runkel said she was also present, along with a "Nick."
"Did you ever go to a park?"
Brooks asked Kirby.
"No," said Kirby.
Brooks asked Kirby about making reference to knowing Darrell Brooks a week before.
"She showed me your rap sheet…" said Kirby of Patterson, whom Kirby said he had known for a couple weeks.
Nicholas Kirby
"I’ll stop you unless you want to go there – about priors," warned Judge Dorow.
Brooks asked about Kirby's meeting up with Patterson Nov. 21, 2021.
"We were walking towards the area where Erika was walking and saying she was being attacked," said Kirby.
Kirby said prior to that, he got a call from Patterson.
"When she said she was in trouble, I ran to where she told me to go," said Kirby.
Brooks asked if he provided a description to police of who was assaulting his friend. Kirby said he had a description of the vehicle.
"Ms. Patterson told me over the phone she was in a red SUV," said Kirby. "There aren’t many women in Waukesha screaming from a red SUV."
As he approached the area, Kirby said he heard Patterson scream.
"That's what caught my attention," he said.
He said "Patterson doesn't know Waukesha" and that she knew she was on White Rock but wasn't sure how far down she was.
"It wasn’t until I saw the red SUV parked in front of the apartments that I knew where she was there," said Kirby.
Kirby testified that Runkel saw Patterson before he did and said, "She's over there."
"We went across the street, and there was Ms. Patterson, hobbling down the street with fluid on her leg," said Kirby.
Brooks asked if, while walking with Runkel, he saw Patterson in the SUV. Kirby testified Runkel was with him when the phone call came in about Patterson being in trouble. He said he would assume if someone told him they were in a vehicle, they were in a vehicle. He said Patterson may not have been in the vehicle when he got there.
Referencing the video, Brooks pointed to people seen walking in the area and asked if Kirby remembered people in that area near White Rock School.
"I was only focused on the one, and that was the one in danger," said Kirby.
He said he could not see Patterson at that point.
Kirby said he was on the phone with Patterson when he was near White Rock and Hartwell, and she said she was near some red apartment buildings. He still could not see Patterson.
Brooks then pointed to Kirby and Runkel seen walking past White Rock School in the video. They still could not find Patterson. Kirby said he was trying to call her at that point, and she wasn't answering.
"That scared me, so I told Kori to keep an eye out and keep looking for her, while I kept calling her," said Kirby.
Kirby said Runkel finally spotted Patterson near Frame Park and a boat launch. They grabbed her and started to leave.
Brooks asked if Patterson was inside the SUV. He said she was not.
Brooks followed up by asking when, if at all, he saw Patterson in the vehicle. Kirby said she did when she went into the vehicle to grab her things.
Kirby said the first time he saw the red SUV was after zig-zagging up White Rock with Runkel. He said it was parked in front of some apartments, and Patterson came from the passenger side. He assumed she had just gotten out of the vehicle. Brooks asked if he knew that for sure.
"I am not actually sure if she was in the vehicle at that time," said Kirby. "I was just going off of what she said on the phone, so my assumption was that she was in the vehicle."
Brooks asked to play a different video previously admitted as a state exhibit to see if it might offer a better view of Kirby and Runkel coming into contact with Patterson.
After the video was played, Brooks asked if it showed Kirby and Runkel running toward the SUV as it drove away. Kirby said "yes." He was asked where Patterson was at this point.
"I didn’t see her right away. Kori did, and she just told me she was in a red car, so that’s what we were looking for," said Kirby.
Brooks asked if Patterson was inside the vehicle at that time.
"I do not recall," said Kirby.
He added that he did see the owner of the vehicle get out of the vehicle, "and that was my primary concern."
Brooks backed things up, asking why they ran toward the SUV.
"Ms. Patterson is a mutual friend of ours. She said she was in trouble. I don’t play around with people who are in trouble," said Kirby.
Kirby then testified about the "physical altercation" between Brooks and Ms. Kori and Ms. Erika. He said he was worried about Patterson getting hurt, so he stepped between then and told Brooks he needed to leave.
Brooks asked whether there was a knife involved.
"No, that is a miscommunication, and I will clarify that," said Kirby.
Dorow stopped Kirby, asking him to wait for Brooks to ask a question.
Brooks asked if Kirby saw Patterson get back into the vehicle. He reiterated that he saw her reach into the vehicle for something. He said he did not see her get into the vehicle.
Kirby said his black jacket he was wearing in the video "hit the ground" as soon as Brooks "started going for the two women."
Brooks asked why.
"Well, if the court don’t hate me for it, I’m just gonna say it’s a good thing there were two women in my way at that moment in time," said Kirby. "That means when my jacket comes off, trouble is going to happen, especially if you are going to try to assault a woman in front of me."
Going back to the report of the knife being involved in this fight, Kirby said, "That was not put into a report. That was a miscommunication between me and an officer. I had been knifed earlier that week and had 12 stitches in one hand. I said, ‘Now, I have a friend being assaulted, and I need back up here.’"
He said when police stopped and asked if there was a knife, Kirby said, "No, there was never a knife involved."
Brooks asked if Patterson ever said the name of the person who assaulted her.
"She was meeting one person that day, and I knew exactly who it was because she had shown me his picture and rap sheet prior. Her child’s father is who she was meeting up with that day, and I told her multiple times, ‘That’s not a good idea. I have a bad feeling about this,'" said Kirby.
Brooks asked questions about the police report, including if Kirby recalled stating that the "alleged defendant" tried to punch and push him.
"The alleged defendant being you, yes -- attempted to," said Kirby.
Brooks asked whether the video showed that.
"No, it does not," said Kirby. "It shows me pulling two women away from the situation."
Brooks asked why he would tell detectives that the "alleged defendant" tried to assault him.
"Probably because there were three people’s fists flying," said Kirby, adding he was trying to protect the two people he cared about.
Brooks asked about the parade.
"I wasn't attending the parade," said Kirby. "I was in the area that the parade route was in. My street is the parade route."
Brooks asked if he saw anyone injured that day.
"Yes, after I walked back through that area, I saw a red SUV take off like a bat out of hell down Main Street and go through a crowd of people," said Kirby.
"The question was, did you see this take place?" said Brooks.
"With my own freaking eyes, yes. How many times do I have to say yes for you to understand it? Y-E-S spells yes," said Kirby.
The defendant asked if the video showed three people throwing punches. Kirby said three people were throwing hands: Erika, Kori and Brooks. He said you'll see three pairs of hands go up toward one another in the video.
After the fight, he said they walked back down White Rock to Main, cutting through the neighborhood to go back towards the Women's Center in Waukesha where Patterson and Runkel lived.
"However, things took a drastic turn when the red SUV that I’ve described multiple times went down the opposite direction…then turned back around and came back down…" said Kirby.
The judge struck that response.
Kirby said he was stopped by an officer partway down White Rock, and Kirby let them know they needed to be on the lookout for a red SUV. The officer asked if there was someone with a knife. Kirby said he showed the officer the stitches in his hand and said "no."
"I'm guessing that's where the miscommunication with the knife came in," said Kirby.
Brooks asked if Kirby was injured during the fight. He said he ripped three of the stitches in his hand, but he said that was more from pulling Runkel away from Brooks.
After dropping Patterson and Runkel back at the Women's Center, Kirby said he started running back toward Main Street to see if he could avoid the parade traffic.
"And that’s when I saw the red SUV go down Main Street," said Kirby.
The state had no cross.
In a one-on-one interview with FOX6 News after his testimony, Kirby, a defense witness, said he believes Brooks is "100% guilty," and Kirby said he, himself, feels responsible for the parade attack because he told Brooks to leave after the fight near Frame Park.
TESTIMONY: Heather Riemer, Waukesha Christmas Parade attendee
Brooks' next witness was Heather Riemer. Riemer was at the Waukesha Christmas Parade with her husband, three friends and one of their children.
Following her testimony, we learned Riemer was called out of order by Brooks due to unavailability on Friday.
She described a "commotion" during the parade and a red SUV "driving through faster than all the other cars in the parade." She said the horn was honking.
"Well, I heard honking. I’m not positive if it was the red SUV or another car," said Riemer.
Brooks asked Riemer why someone would honk a horn, in her opinion.
"To alert somebody," said Riemer.
Heather Riemer
She said she did not see the driver of the vehicle and could not recall whether the windows were tinted. She was not able to see into the SUV. She did not get a license plate number. She could not recall if the windows were up or down. She said she did not see anyone hurt by the vehicle.
On cross, Assistant District Attorney Zachary Wittchow asked Riemer to look at the defendant.
"Have you ever seen that man before?" he asked.
"Yes," said Riemer. "As we were driving to the parade, we were coming to a stoplight, and we saw the red SUV coming down the wrong way on the road and I slowed down because the car in front of me started to back up to let him through."
She said this happened outside a gas station.
Wittchow asked if she saw Brooks at that time. Riemer answered that she didn't know the name at that time but said "yes." She identified him as the defendant in court.
On redirect, Brooks asked Riemer questions referencing the map of the gas station. She said "yes" when asked if the SUV she saw at the gas station was the vehicle she later saw at the parade.
Brooks asked how she knows the driver at the gas station was the driver at the parade if she didn't see the driver at the parade. She said the vehicles at both scenes were the same color, make and model -- a red Ford Escape. She added that she knows "a decent amount about cars."
Brooks' last question to Riemer was whether she knew whether the driver of the red SUV was the same at the gas station and the parade. She said "no."
FRIDAY, Oct. 21
Darrell Brooks brought nine more witnesses for his defense to the stand in his trial on Friday.
At the end of the day Thursday, there was talk that all testimony could be wrapped up by the end of Friday. Brooks himself said: "That's not gonna happen."
By the end of Friday, the judge said everyone who had been subpoenaed to testify had done so, but Brooks himself still had the right to testify or not. There was also talk about Brooks calling his mother, Dawn Woods, to the stand.
As soon as court went into session on Friday, Brooks immediately asked the court for paperwork he said he was missing related to the first witness he planned to call Friday. Brooks said he would not call any witnesses until he had that paperwork in hand, but Judge Jennifer Dorow said it was Brooks' responsibility to have what he needed for his own defense.
"So what am I supposed to ask him?" said Brooks. "Want to come look at the box yourself? Trying to always pull a fast one."
Dorow demanded that Brooks "call your next witness, please," and Brooks told the court there was a "rush to judgment," holding up Dorow's oath of office.
"You are refusing to call your witnesses," said Dorow. "It is now 8:44."
Brooks then brought up Detective Casey's testimony Thursday when he was recalled by the state.
"Casey testified yesterday for the second time under oath and showed the backyard of my mother’s home. Casey said he had been to my mother’s home and didn’t even speak to my mother," said Brooks.
"You want to add your mother to your witness list?" asked Dorow.
"Yes," said Brooks.
Dorow told Brooks he could call Detective Casey again if he wanted.
TESTIMONY: Douglas Kolar, attended parade with daughter
First to take the witness stand on Friday for the defense was Douglas Kolar. He attended the Waukesha Christmas Parade with his daughter, who was marching in it. Kolar testified about what he saw involving a red vehicle.
Neither Kolar nor his daughter were hurt in the parade attack.
"As we were approaching White Rock I noticed a vehicle coming through where the parade participants were going. It was a red vehicle. It was honking its horn," Kolar said. "Between two of the groups, it veered to the left. A police officer attempted to stop the vehicle – reached for the door handle. The vehicle started to speed off."
Brooks asked Kolar if, as the vehicle sped off, it looked as if it were trying to avoid hitting people. Kolar answered: "At that point, yes."
Douglas Kolar
Kolar testified after he saw the vehicle speed off, he grabbed his daughter and walked as fast as they could to their car.
The witness described the vehicle as a "red SUV" – later adding that the rear windows were tinted.
Opper asked a couple of questions during cross-examination. One referred to the manner in which the red SUV was being driven. Kolar answered "yes" to whether it was driving erratically.
Opper also asked Kolar about a description of the person who was driving the vehicle. Kolar described the person has a Black male with dreadlocks and tattoos.
TESTIMONY: Steven Guth, Waukesha police detective, talked with Patterson after fight near Frame Park
Waukesha Police Detective Steven Guth was next to take the stand. Guth previously testified for the state.
Friday, the detective testified about making contact with Erika Patterson, Brooks' ex-girlfriend and mother to his child.
"(Patterson) stated she met with Brooks at Frame Park, she didn’t give him money, and he slapped her in the face," Guth said. "The next day she clarified it happened on (Nov. 21). He took her phone because she thought he was talking to other guys."
Brooks asked the detective about a fight near Frame park, and if he recalled recovering a knife:
Guth: "There was no knife."
Brooks: "Reported as a knife fight?"
Guth: "That's how it was originally reported and communicated to dispatch…She did not give me all the details of the incident initially."
Brooks: "Do you recall why?"
Guth: "I don't know why she didn't…She told me she was extremely afraid of you and that's why she didn't tell everything."
Steven Guth, Waukesha Police Detective
Brooks had no other topics for questioning Guth, and the state had no cross-examination.
Dispute over witness order
Mid-morning, after excusing the jury, the court asked Brooks to provide his next witness. It was expected to be Patterson, but the defendant appeared to be stalling.
Dorow told Brooks she could force him to call the next witness, or she would be released from her subpoena. Brooks questioned if the judge had that authority, and she explained that she did.
"I don't take that as a game. This is not a game for me. Nothing about this is a joke. It's disrespectful to me that you'd – your life is not on the line, mine is," Brooks said.
When the jury returned from break, Brooks again raised the "subject matter jurisdiction" claim that he has repeatedly discussed throughout the trial.
TESTIMONY: Erika Patterson, Brooks' ex-girlfriend
After a break, Brooks called Erika Patterson to the witness stand. Patterson had previously been called to testify by the state.
The line of questioning from Brooks centered on an incident that happened near Frame Park before the Waukesha Christmas Parade. Patterson testified she had argued with Brooks. Brooks pressed Patterson, asking whether she was forthright with information when she spoke with Guth about the Frame Park incident.
Erika Patterson
Patterson: "I just didn’t tell him everything right away."
Brooks: "Why not?"
Patterson: "I don’t know, Mr. Brooks."
Patterson continued to testify about how she knows Brooks, including for how long and where they met, topics also discussed during her testimony for the state.
Argument over questioning of Patterson
When Brooks attempted to introduce new pictures into evidence. Brooks was trying to dispute testimony that there had been no contact between Patterson and Brooks since the night of the parade attack.
"You stated there’s been no contact. How would the alleged defendant obtain photos if they’d been no contact?" asked Brooks.
Brooks also asked Patterson, "If you’re so deeply afraid why send pictures?"
Brooks said he had a document that showed a battery incident involving Patterson on Nov. 20 did not happen.
"When did you receive this document? I want to see the document," said Dorow.
That set off another chain of exchanges between Dorow and Brooks.
"Stop it. You are a public servant. Your job is to be the umpire," Brooks said.
Dorow noted the document was in reference to Count 77, a battery count that was dismissed.
"She did not have any visible marks or injuries from that event," said Opper. "We didn’t want to confuse the record if there was a battery on 11/20."
"Now you are saying there’s some document that goes to the credibility of this witness," said Dorow. "I need to ask a few questions to determine the relevancy."
"Why do you believe the letters came from Ms. Patterson?" asked Dorow.
"I have a child with this woman. How would I not know her handwriting?" said Brooks.
"Why do you believe they are from her?" asked Dorow.
"Because they are from her," said a frustrated Brooks. "I didn’t get these pictures from anyone else."
Wittchow told the court he believed the pictures were an effort to "make Patterson look like a bad mom," noting that Brooks impregnated Patterson when she was a minor.
Following this exchange, the judge called for an early lunch break.
"A rough day"
When court returned to session after the early lunch break, Brooks was in the adjacent courtroom. Dorow explained why, noting that it had been "a rough day, to say the least."
"In my almost 11 years on the bench… to say that this is the most challenging of my career would be an understatement," said Dorow, noting Brooks' "tone, demeanor and decorum."
"It’s apparent when the jury enters and exits the courtroom Brooks references subject matter jurisdiction. His objections have been noted -- well documented. Once that objection is made, it’s preserved. Brooks brings this up in front of the jury to distract and delay. When there is a ruling Mr. Brooks disagrees with, he has a pattern now asking for verified law -- debating the topic once again or turning us away from that by bringing up another topic. He tries to divert things down a different path to delay or disrupt."
She called Brooks' behavior "volatile" and said he was "blatantly pushing the limits of the court."
After initially saying he did not want to return to the main courtroom, there was soon a break to bring him back in.
Brooks was not able to provide an offer of proof as to why the judge should allow the document/letter discussed in connection with Patterson's testimony.
"What topics were you generally going to question her about?" asked Dorow.
Brooks made hand gestures.
"There was so much that happened in the last hour or so," said Brooks.
"I need an offer of proof on the new topics," said Dorow.
Brooks told the court he didn't recall what Patterson testified to when she was a state witness, indicating it was a long time ago.
"I trust you are prepared," said Dorow. "These are your witnesses."
Judge threatens to end Brooks defense -- no more witnesses
The judge eventually ended questioning of Patterson.
"Man, I object to that, too. I might as well have stayed over there. Just put me over there. You hold me in contempt," said Brooks, of the adjacent courtroom.
"You’re not in contempt," said Dorow.
There was another break to again move Brooks to the adjacent courtroom, where he asked about subject matter jurisdiction.
"So I have to be quiet like a little kid," said Brooks.
There was no cross of Patterson from the state, and she stepped down from the witness stand.
The jury was then excused yet again to bring Brooks back into the main courtroom. This, after Dorow warned to end his defense entirely.
"If you don’t call your next witness, you’ll forfeit your right to call any other witnesses," said Dorow.
"Mr. Brooks, all I’m asking is you conduct yourself with dignity, decorum and respect. You need to ask me to come back into the courtroom," said Dorow.
I simply do what I do because I don’t have the understanding," said Brooks. "I feel very, very disrespected. Of course, it’s going to make me upset."
Brooks was then brought back into the main courtroom, again.
TESTIMONY: Deanna Aldrich, lives on Maple Avenue in Waukesha
Brooks called Deanna Aldrich to the stand. She lives on Maple Avenue in Waukesha and testified she heard a "large thumping noise in my neighbor's yard." When she came out, Aldrich stated she saw an SUV that was "smashed to smithereens."
Aldrich testified she did not have her glasses on, so she could not clearly see the person who got out of the SUV. She was "running in and out" of her house to get her glasses.
Deanna Aldrich
Brooks asked Aldrich if she recalled whether the SUV had any tinted windows; she said she did not. Aldrich further testified that she did not learn what the loud noises were before she saw the SUV.
Aldrich added that she was aware of the parade, but did not attend it. There was no cross-examination from the state.
TESTIMONY: Christopher Bertram, saw ‘smashed up red car,' heard gunshots
Next to testify for Brooks was Christopher Bertram, a person stated he saw a "smashed up red car" on the evening of the Waukesha Christmas Parade.
Bertram stated he did not see if the vehicle had any tinted windows, and did not recall a description of the driver. However, he testified he saw the driver reach down and grab something – possibly a gun.
Brooks asked Bertram if he recalled telling law enforcement about hearing a lot of gunshots.
"Yes, sounded like it came from downtown," Bertram said. "A full magazine."
Christopher Bertram
The state did not cross-examine Bertram.
Brooks stares down Judge Dorow: 'Frankly, it makes me scared'
Brooks became upset due to the state declining to cross-examine his witnesses. He also suggested that the witnesses taking the stand were coached by the prosecution on their answers.
"All of the sudden the state doesn’t have questions – rush through the case. I see through it. I’m far from an idiot," said Brooks.
Moments later, Brooks slammed his hand on the table and began staring very intensely at Dorow, who quickly called for a recess.
"This man is having a stare-down with me," the judge said. "Frankly, it makes me scared."
TESTIMONY: Jason Hayes, attended Waukesha Christmas Parade
After arguments over who would be his next witness, Brooks called Jason Hayes to testify. Hayes said he went to the parade as a spectator with his daughter and was not injured in the attack.
Brooks asked Hayes if "anything unusual" caught his eye the day of the parade, Nov. 21, 2021. Hayes said a "red truck" came through near Main and White Rock. He said the vehicle "honked and swerved," but did not know why.
Hayes further testified that it was a single "honk" and that he "saw it continue" through the parade. He described what he told police in an interview "a couple days after" the parade attack.
"In your opinion, (the SUV) wasn't trying to strike the kids?" Brooks asked.
Jason Hayes
"Yes," Hayes said. The witness added that he did not see the vehicle hit anyone.
Opper cross-examined Hayes, asking what he recalled about the incident – such as if the vehicle sped off and if he saw police run after it. Hayes said he thought he remembered seeing an officer run after the vehicle and that the driver had a "dark complexion."
On redirect, Brooks asked Hayes what he would consider a dark complexion. Hayes just repeated the description, Brooks said it was "kind of hard" to describe and asked Hayes if he noticed the driver's clothing or hair. Hayes said no, and was excused.
TESTIMONY: Abel Lazcano, attended Waukesha Christmas Parade
The defendant called Abel Lazcano to testify Friday. Lazcano attended the parade with his wife and daughter and said he came across the red SUV parked on Maple.
Before his testimony, there was a discussion about whether there would be questioning about Lazcano's criminal history, and the parties agreed he could be questioned regarding his seven prior convictions.
Lazcano identified the driver of the SUV as Brooks and said he flagged down an officer at the scene. He did not recall if the SUV had tinted windows.
"Do you remember saying you saw three Black males fleeing the vehicle?" Brooks asked.
"I do not," Lazcano answered.
Brooks asked Lazcano how he found the vehicle on Maple. Lazcano said he was walking with his family back to their car, trying to get them to safety, when he saw it. He added that he found it parked in the driveway of a home. He said he saw a few people standing around the vehicle.
Abel Lazcano
"Do you recall stating that one Black subject was described as tall, blue and black pants, others described as two short Black males wearing sweatpants?" asked Brooks.
"Barely, a little bit of it," said Lazcano.
"Which of these subjects do you remember? Where did you observe those people?" asked Brooks.
"Standing by the vehicle where I spotted it," said Lazcano.
"Just so we have clarity, describe the subjects you saw standing by the vehicle," asked Brooks.
"I don’t remember them … I can’t tell you. That was too long ago," said Lazcano.
"Do you recall why the report says that you advised Detective Moss that there are three Black subjects, specifically Black subjects running from the vehicle?" asked Brooks.
"No, I don’t remember," said Lazcano.
Brooks asked Lazcano whether he told another detective there were three or four people in the SUV as it passed him.
"No, I don't remember that," said Lazcano. "Reason I came up with three to four people...there were two or by the vehicle. I figured they must have been ones trying to hide the vehicle, standing in front of it or close to it."
"Did they look nervous?" asked Brooks.
"They were the only ones not doing much, so yeah, they stood out," said Lazcano, who noted everyone else in the area was running or walking fast.
Brooks followed up by again asking whether Lazcano remembered telling a detective that there were three to four people in the car when it passed him during the parade.
"No, I don't remember that,"
"Any reason why he'd report that?" asked Brooks.
"Like I said, I saw two to three people by vehicle and assumed they were with vehicle," said Lazcano. "I saw the driver because he hit somebody right in front of us."
On cross, Opper asked Lazcano if he saw the SUV hit people in the parade.
"It just kept swerving, plowing everybody out of the way until it got to the front of us and hit somebody and did like a cartwheel in the air," said Lazcano.
Opper also asked about how Lazcano came upon the SUV. He was shown an exhibit and identified the vehicle and the area it was in, as well as the people who were standing around it. Dorow sustained an objection from Brooks for speculation.
Again, for the court, Lazcano identified Brooks as the driver. He described people running and said he'd never spoken to Opper.
Upon redirect, Brooks asked Lazcano more questions about the driver he saw. Lazcano said he saw the driver for a "couple seconds" and described the driver as a Black man with a scruffy beard. He also, again, described seeing people standing around the parked SUV.
After his testimony, in a one-on-one interview with FOX6, Lazcano, a defense witness, also said he believes Brooks is guilty.
TESTIMONY: Kathleen Yourell, kids were in the parade
Brooks called Kathleen Yourell to the stand. Yourell testified that she dropped off her kids, who were participating in the parade, at the corner of Main and East.
Upon questioning, Yourell said she did not recall if there were barricades set up. She said she left her kids and was leaving to get to the end of the parade, so she could pick them up. She described what she saw.
"At this time a car was beeping and weaving through around a slight curve White Rock has and then continued on," said Yourell. "Started to move forward, then straight across, thinking it would leave the parade route."
Kathleen Yourell
Yourell said she did not see the driver, did not recall seeing anyone get hit and did not recall if the SUV had tinted windows. She said the vehicle was speeding and was close enough that it "could've easily clipped" her or the people she was with. She was not injured.
Wittchow cross-examined Yourell. She said she was in the crosswalk and that it was clear to her that there was a parade route. She agreed that it was clear that the driver should not have driven into the route.
Yourell became emotional on the stand as Wittchow asked about her four kids, who were all in the parade. She said two of her kids were marching with the Xtreme Dance Team. She did not see her other two kids for days, she testified, because she was staying with her two injured kids in the hospital for days.
TESTIMONY: Katric Babiasz, law enforcement dispatch supervisor, attended the parade
Katric Babiasz, a law enforcement dispatch supervisor who was at the parade, was the ninth and final witness called to testify Friday. She testified that she saw a red SUV and that it almost hit her daughter.
"The vehicle, the driver, was honking the horn," she said.
Babiasz described "gesturing" from the driver. Brooks asked for clarification, and she said she took the gestures as trying to tell people to get out of the way. She said she "looked the driver right in the eyes" and the driver "looked, like, through me." The witness described the driver as having hair "like dreads" and facial hair. She also described seeing barriers positioned along the route – but didn't see if anyone was hit.
"I lost sight of the SUV once it went into a bunch of people," said Babiasz.
Babiasz testified she left the parade after seeing the SUV. She said she was injured – but later specified that she was not physically injured. She said she "didn't want to talk to anyone about the traumatic incident" and did not file any claims.
Brooks asked Babiasz if she thought the SUV was trying to hit anyone.
"Yes," said Babiasz. "I saw that an officer had to get out of the way. He was attempting to stop Mr. Brooks from driving through the parade, and he was – at the last minute – jumped out of the way of the vehicle, otherwise, he would've been struck."
Katrice Babiasz
The defendant then began a line of questioning about Babiasz's subpoena to testify. Dorow explained the situation:
Dorow: "Mr. Brooks, she's here under your subpoena."
Brooks: "What? This is mind-boggling."
Dorow: "I'm asking you to move on."
Brooks: "You're all just ridiculous, man."
Throughout the exchange with the judge, Brooks tried to continue questioning Babiasz – implying the witness was coached on her answers. Brooks added "this is ridiculous" as the judge tried to move him along.
The state cross-examined Babiasz, who said she and her kids were in the roadway when SUV drove through. She said they saw Santa, which marks the end of the parade. Brooks' interruptions continued during cross-examination – his objections overruled.
"Of course, as usual, it's always overruled," he said.
Babiasz further described seeing police try to stop the SUV near Main and White Rock. She added that other people tried to stop it, too. She said it appeared to speed up and that it "drove side-to-side" as it went through the people.
Upon redirect, Brooks asked Babiasz to confirm she saw multiple officers try to stop the SUV. She said she did. Brooks then called Babiasz's recollection into question:
Brooks: "There may be some details you don't recall, so would it be fair to say you don't quite recall the path of the vehicle?"
Babiasz: "No, that is not correct."
Brooks: "What other details do you not recall?"
A member of the state laughed, objecting, asking how it would be possible for someone to state what they do not recall.
Brooks: "Seems almost as if you're recalling what you want to recall and purposely not."
Dorow then sustained an objection that Brooks was badgering the witness. She ordered Brooks to not badger or intimidate the witness, explaining that his facial expressions counted.
"You can't be serious now? What have I done to intimidate the witness?" said Brooks, adding after Dorow's response. "How are you even a judge?"
Brooks continued muttering during jury instructions.
He was then asked if he filled out a subpoena for his mother, Dawn Woods.
"If I want her to be here, she’s going to be here," said Brooks. "All I gotta say is come. She gonna come. That simple."
As the judge tried to get through some housekeeping matters before putting the court into recess, Brooks began yelling at Dorow, telling the judge, "Just do what you got to do so I can get out of here."
Brooks was then moved to the adjacent courtroom again.
With Brooks out of the courtroom, Dorow continued to explain her rulings. She said he was "disparaging the court" and "standing for hours even though I directed him to sit down."
"It was very apparent to this court and anyone watching that Mr. Brooks was not pleased with the witness' answers. He’d roll eyes, make other gestures that, it was apparent to this court he did not like her testimony," Dorow said of her badgering-the-witness ruling. "He was being very argumentative with that witness who again, he called."
Will Brooks testify?
Before going into recess Friday, the judge said the court got through all the witnesses that were subpoenaed to testify for Brooks' defense. Dorow said Brooks gave permission to call his mother as a witness.
The only other witnesses Dorow said she could identify for testimony would be Brooks himself, giving him the weekend to consider whether he would testify or not.
"It is his decision and his decision alone on whether to testify," Dorow said.
If Brooks did not answer whether he would like to testify, the judge said it would be interpreted by the court as a "no," meaning he chose not to testify, given "how the trial has progressed."
Prosecutors said they did not plan to have rebuttal witnesses.
The judge told the state to be prepared for closing arguments during Week 4 of the trial and lengthy (more than 100 pages) jury instructions.
Before court ended, the judge asked Brooks if he had anything to address.
"Why haven't I been given the chance to offer my filings into evidence? I would like every single filing I place into evidence. Every last one of them," said Brooks.
"You all need to cut it out, seriously. Stop it. Seems like all you want to do is gang up, be biased, be prejudiced and gang up.
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BOSTON – Harvard University announced Thursday that it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist after its initial denial sparked widespread criticism.
Kenneth Roth, who was the executive director of Human Rights Watch, or HRW, until last year, was recruited by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy to become a fellow and he accepted. But a few weeks later, in July, Roth said the center called and told him that the dean of the school, Douglas Elmendorf, had not approved it.
Roth said he wasn’t given a reason but believes it was due to his and his group’s criticism of Israel.
In a statement Thursday, Elmendorf said he “made an error in his decision" not to appoint Roth and would now offer him the fellowship. He said his initial decision was not influenced by donors or to limit debate at the Kennedy School but based on “my evaluation of his potential contributions to the School.”
“I am sorry that the decision inadvertently cast doubt on the mission of the School and our commitment to open debate in ways I had not intended and do not believe to be true,” he said. “The broader faculty input I have now sought and received has persuaded me that my decision was not the best one for the School."
Roth posted a statement on his Twitter feed, saying he was “thrilled” with Harvard's decision. He told The Associated Press he hopes to start in February.
“I have long felt that the Carr Center and the Kennedy School would be a congenial place for me to work on the book that I am writing,” he tweeted. “I look forward to spending time there with colleagues and students.”
But Roth also called for greater transparency from Harvard to explain what led Elmendorf to make the initial decision and called on the university to demonstrate that its response wasn't simply because he was a “well-known individual.”
“What I am hoping is that the Kennedy School and Harvard University more broadly will use this as an opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to academic freedom even when Israel is criticized," he told the AP.
A son of a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, Roth has acknowledged that his work has made him enemies around the world. In a brief conversation with Elmendorf before his fellowship was denied, Roth said he told the dean that he had been sanctioned by the Russian and Chinese governments and “was pretty sure the Israeli government detests me."
"That turned out to be the kiss of death,” he said.
Over the years, the group has issued a number of reports saying that Israel appears to have committed war crimes against the Palestinians.
And in 2019, Israel expelled the group’s local director, accusing him of boycott activity. Roth, who at the time was HRW’s executive director, said Israel was joining a “fairly ugly group of governments” that have barred the group’s researchers. Two years later, HRW said Israeli policies toward the Palestinians amounted to apartheid. Israel vehemently denies the label and comparisons to apartheid-era South Africa.
Rights and free speech groups welcomed Harvard's decision.
“The Harvard Kennedy School’s decision to offer Ken Roth the fellowship he earned through decades of pathbreaking work defending human rights is welcome news," Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education at PEN America said in a statement.
“By denying him the fellowship, the university sent an alarming message that champions of human rights could see their academic careers derailed for speaking out against powerful governments," he continued. "It is important for institutions to be able to recognize where they have made an error that encroaches on free speech and academic freedom and to correct it; Harvard deserves credit for that.”
Harvard’s Palestine Solidarity Committee also came out in support of the decision but said Harvard needed to do more to support academic freedom and bolster protection of Palestinian students and scholars on campus.
“Roth’s presence on Harvard’s campus will be of great value to Harvard Kennedy School students and broader human rights discourse, but Harvard’s administration must also do more to actively center Palestinian voices and perspectives," the group said in a statement. “As Roth’s case shows, Harvard students and faculty are increasingly aware of the injustices Palestinians face on and off campus, and will not stand idly by if the university continues to silence legitimate criticism of Israel.”
But a pro-Israel watchdog group that criticizes rights organizations, which praised the initial decision, criticized the latest move.
“NGO Monitor is disappointed by the reversal by the dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government regarding Ken Roth’s application for a fellowship in human rights,” the group said in a statement. “During 30 years as head of Human Rights Watch, Roth has consistently singled out Israel uniquely for demonization and delegitimization, which contributed to the rise in antisemitism and discrimination, including against Jewish students on university campuses.”
The Israel-Palestinian conflict is an extremely fraught subject on college campuses these days.
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LONDON (AP) — The technicolor, dance-filled London Pride march briefly came to a halt Saturday as climate activists blocked a Coca-Cola float to protest event organizers accepting sponsorship money from “high-polluting industries.”
Seven members of the group Just Stop Oil were arrested for public nuisance offenses, police said.
The demonstration was the latest in a long line of actions by the group to stop traffic or disrupt high profile events as part of its campaign to stop new oil and gas projects. Two protesters were arrested earlier in the week after charging onto the pitch of the Ashes Test cricket match at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
“These partnerships embarrass the LGBTQ+ community at a time when much of the cultural world is rejecting ties to these toxic industries,” the group said. “High-polluting industries and the banks that fund them now see Pride as a useful vehicle for sanitizing their reputations, waving rainbow flags in one hand whilst accelerating social collapse with the other.”
The protest halted the march that drew tens of thousands of participants. It was the 51st year of the march and the theme was “Never March Alone” in support of transgender and non-binary people.
Will De’Athe-Morris, a spokesperson for Pride in London, the organization that runs the U.K. capital’s Pride events, told the BBC he did not want the demonstration to distract from the parade’s message.
“Pride is a protest and pride is a celebration,” De’Athe-Morris said. “Anyone who tries to disrupt that protest and parade is really letting down those people who use this space once a year to come together to celebrate and protest for those rights.”
The Just Stop Oil demonstration began with a person laying down in front of the Coke float as participants danced to the thumping beat of “I Love It” by Icona Pop.
Two other protesters carrying gold-colored fire extinguishers began spraying pink and black paint on the road and the side of the sparkly red float truck. They then sat down with four others in front of the truck and chanted “Just stop oil!”
The protest lasted just over 15 minutes before police carried the protesters from the road. The crowd lining the route cheered when they were carried away and the march resumed.
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A West Virginia man initially charged with assaulting a police officer who died after defending the U.S. Capitol from a mob pleaded guilty on Wednesday to misdemeanor offenses that could allow him to avoid more jail time. Another man accused of attacking the officer with bear spray is weighing a stricter plea deal that calls for a prison sentence exceeding six years.
A federal grand jury indicted George Pierre Tanios last year on felony charges that he conspired with a Pennsylvania man, Julian Elie Khater, to assault and injure Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with chemical spray during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Tanios, 40, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, each of which carries a maximum sentence of one year of imprisonment.
Tanios’ attorney, Elizabeth Gross, said in an emailed statement that the parties “worked diligently toward a fair and just resolution short of trial” and that the misdemeanors “better reflect the limited actions” of Tanios on Jan. 6.
Prosecutors also have extended an offer for Khater to plead guilty to felony assault charges. If he accepts the offer, estimated sentencing guidelines will recommend a prison term ranging from six years and six months to eight years and one month. Khater hasn’t decided whether to accept that plea offer, one of his lawyers said Wednesday during a virtual hearing.
The medical examiner’s office in Washington, D.C., determined in April 2021 that Sicknick, 42, suffered a stroke and died from natural causes.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan is scheduled to sentence Tanios on Dec. 6. Hogan said the estimated sentencing guidelines for Tanios range from no jail time to six months of imprisonment for both counts. Tanios was jailed for about five months after his arrest and could get credit for time served.
Khater has remained jailed while awaiting a trial in October on felony charges, including assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. Prosecutors’ offer to Khater would require him to plead guilty to that charge. The offer expires on Aug. 17.
Tanios, of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Khater, of State College, Pennsylvania, weren’t charged in Sicknick’s death. But the case against them has been among the most prominent brought by the Justice Department, which is prosecuting hundreds of people for their conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Sicknick and other officers were standing guard behind metal bicycle racks as the mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Prosecutors have said Khater sprayed Sicknick and other officers with bear spray after retrieving a canister from Tanios’ backpack.
Tanios’ attorneys have said he brought the chemical spray to Washington for self-defense at the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6. In a court filing last year, they said there was no evidence that Tanios and Khater planned to use the spray in “an ultra-coordinated attack” on police.
“Indeed, had Mr. Tanios been a violent member of a mob and a willing participant in a riot, he would have been running around spraying people himself. He never did because that was not the reason for his travel to Washington, D.C.,” they wrote.
Tanios pleaded guilty to two counts: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. Both are misdemeanors punishable by a maximum sentence of one year of imprisonment and a fine of up to $100,000.
Tanios isn’t accused of entering the Capitol on Jan. 6.
A trial for Khater is scheduled to start on Oct. 5.
Hogan had refused to free Tanios and Khater from jail before trial, calling them dangerous. The judge said Tanios “coordinated the direct assault” on Sicknick and two other officers.
“Mr. Khater did the spraying. Mr. Tanios did not, but he obviously worked with him on that despite (defense) counsel’s arguments,” Hogan said during a May 2021 hearing, according to a transcript.
But a federal appeals court ruled in August 2021 that Tanios could be released from pretrial detention. A three-judge panel concluded that Hogan erred in assessing the danger posed by Tanios, who didn’t have any felony convictions or ties to any extremist organizations.
Tanios operated a sandwich restaurant in Morgantown near West Virginia University’s campus. Khater told investigators that he drove from New Jersey to pick up Tanios in West Virginia before they traveled to Washington on the eve of the riot.
In a court filing last year, prosecutors said Tanios and Khater “carefully timed their assault on the officers to occur in tandem with an attack on the police barrier.”
“This allowed the defendants to assault the officers while they were distracted, maximizing their chances of landing chemical spray in their eyes and thus incapacitating them to the point where the police line would break,” they wrote.
More than 100 police officers were injured at the Capitol.
The medical examiner’s office concluded that a medical condition alone — not an injury — caused Sicknick’s death. U.S. Capitol Police said the medical examiner’s findings didn’t change the fact that Sicknick had died in the line of duty, “courageously defending Congress and the Capitol.”
“The attack on our officers, including Brian, was an attack on our democracy,” police officials said in a statement last year.
More than 840 people have been charged with federal crimes related to Jan. 6. Over 340 have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors, and over 200 have been sentenced. More than 260 people are charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement during the riot, according to the Justice Department.
The longest prison sentence for a Capitol rioter so far is five years and three months. | 2022-07-27T23:11:33+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/man-tied-to-officers-attack-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charges/ |
Judge mulls mental evaluation in Kavanaugh threat case
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland said Wednesday that there is a “very high likelihood” he will order a mental evaluation for a California man charged with trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte said during a brief hearing that he believes a mental evaluation will show him whether Nicholas John Roske, 26, is fit to assist his defense, enter a possible guilty plea or stand trial. No trial date has been set. Messitte said he is likely to order a mental evaluation for Roske when the parties return after approximately 45 days for a subsequent hearing.
Defense Attorney Andrew Szekely told the judge that the defense doesn’t have any present concerns about Roske’s mental competency.
The judge asked Roske several routine questions including his age, last address and last job to get “preliminary sense of where he is.” Roske answered the questions without a problem and said he knew he was appearing in federal court.
According to court filings previously made public, Roske told unidentified internet users that his goal was to reverse the then-leaked draft decision that ultimately overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling establishing constitutional protection for abortion.
Roske is charged with attempting to murder a justice of the United States. He has pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors say Roske, who had recently worked as a substitute teacher, traveled from California to Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with the intent of killing him. Roske pulled up near the home in a taxi shortly after 1 a.m. on June 8 carrying a suitcase with a gun and ammunition; a tactical chest rig with pepper spray and a knife; a flashlight; a laser; a thermal monocular and other burglary tools, according to court papers.
Spotted by two U.S. marshals who were part of 24-hour security provided to the justices, Roske was apprehended after he called 911 and told a police dispatcher that he was near Kavanaugh’s home and wanted to take his own life.
The leaked opinion draft led to protests, including at several of the justices’ homes. Roske’s arrest spurred the House to approve a bill expanding that around-the-clock security protection to the justices’ families.
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On Feb. 28, 1953, two scientists named James Watson and Francis Crick had a flash of insight that changed the world. They discovered the double helix structure of DNA.
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On Feb. 28, 1953, two scientists named James Watson and Francis Crick had a flash of insight that changed the world. They discovered the double helix structure of DNA.
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CANBERRA – An Australian national day of mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday centered on Parliament House, where dignitaries placed sprigs of golden wattle — the national floral emblem — in a wreath.
The focus at the ceremony at Parliament’s Great Hall was a portrait of the former monarch of Britain and Australia in a yellow dress adorned with golden wattle motifs that she wore on her first night in Australia in 1954, known as the “Wattle Painting,” created by Australian artist William Dargie.
The queen’s death on Sept. 8 came in the Southern Hemisphere spring when wattle blooms, its golden flowers and green leaves reflecting Australia's national colors in what has become a symbol of unity.
The government declared Thursday a nationwide public holiday and the ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley, King Charles III’s representative in Australia. Both had returned Wednesday from the queen’s funeral in London.
The holiday has been marked by some protests that focused on the harm British colonization caused Indigenous Australians. Australia is one of the few former British colonies that never struck a treaty with the Indigenous population.
Hurley used his speech to highlight the reactions of some Indigenous Australians, who die younger and are more likely to be imprisoned than any other ethnic minority there.
“I acknowledge that her passing has prompted different reactions for some in our community,” Hurley said. “I’m conscious to respect that the response of many First Nations Australians is shaped by our colonial history and broader reconciliation journey, that is a journey we as a nation must complete."
The government plans to change the Australian constitution with a referendum that would create a mechanism for Indigenous people to consult Parliament about policies that effect their lives.
Indigenous responses to the queen’s death have been mixed. Indigenous dancers and singers started the Parliament House ceremony.
Albanese, who wants Australia to replace the British monarch with an Australian head of state, spoke about how the nation had changed since 70% of the population turned out to see the queen in 1954.
“Perhaps the greatest tribute we can offer her family and her memory is not a marble statue or a metal plaque,” Albanese said. “It is a renewed embrace of service to community."
Two opinion polls published since the queen’s death show most Australians want to remain a constitutional monarchy. Advocates for an Australian republic argue that this is a temporary reaction to the intense media coverage of a popular monarch.
Political leaders past and present, judges, military chiefs and other dignitaries were among 700 guests at the service.
The queen officially opened Parliament House in 1988. Her father opened a temporary Parliament House nearby in 1927. King George VI was then Duke of York, making his daughter the first reining monarch to visit Australia. | 2022-09-22T06:04:55+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/2022/09/22/australia-holds-national-day-of-mourning-for-british-queen/ |
BAODING, China, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 30, 2022, GWM unveiled a full range of models such as WEY Lanshan-PHEV, HAVAL H-DOG, POER-Shanhai and TANK500 PHEV (the name of models for Chinese market) at the 20th Guangzhou Auto Show, and also revealed its global layout in the future.
At the exhibition, WEY Lanshan-PHEV, the first flagship six-seat intelligent SUV, made its global debut. WEY Coffee 01, Coffee 02, HAVAL H6 NEV series and HAVAL H-DOG (PHEV) were unveiled. GWM also displayed TANK500 PHEV, a new energy off-road SUV based on the upgraded off-road super hybrid architecture. And GWM ORA series, attracting users' attention from the public with smart functions and stylish design.
POER-Shanhai, the large-scale high-performance luxury pickup, was officially launched, which brought infinite possibilities for an all-scenario pickup driving experience. Zhang Haobao, the CEO of GWM Pickup, revealed this model will consist of HEV and PHEV versions. In the future, GWM Pickup will focus on the layout of new energy products in to global market, and create a matrix of pure electric, hybrid and hydrogen energy pickup trucks. It will strive to be the first-tier group of high-end pickups.
A number of the latest new energy products were displayed, which indicated GWM's a new start to deepen its global strategic layout in 2023, and further explained its vision of driving the low-carbon and intelligent development of the global automobile industry. Empowered by the Forest Ecosystem, GWM has built an advantageous industrial chain in the field of new energy and intelligent technologies. GWM is actively developing hydrogen power technologies, and building a clean energy system based on carbon neutrality that covers hybrid, pure electric and hydrogen energy.
Mu Feng, the President of GWM, pointed out that GWM will continue to accelerate the iteration and upgrading of models with more advanced technologies to fully promote the strategic process of new energy. It will create diversified products according to the needs of different markets and consumers and accurately lay out the global market.
Faced with the accelerated trend of the new energy transformation in the global automobile, GWM released the "ONE GWM" global brand strategy in 2022, and actively participate in global competition. Under the guidance of the new strategy, GWM will continue to be user-oriented, and continuously create different categories of new energy vehicles. It will strive to provide global consumers with an intelligent, personalized and environmentally friendly new travel experience.
According to the "2025 Strategy", GWM will scale its sales proportion of new energy vehicles to 80% by 2025. And it will invest a total of CNY 100 billion in the R&D of new energy and intelligent technologies. GWM will also promote the popularization of green and intelligent travel around the world and accelerate its transformation toward the goal of becoming a global intelligent technology company.
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Young angler reels in unusual catch in neighborhood pond
(Gray News) – A young fisher in Oklahoma caught an unusual bite in a neighborhood pond over the weekend.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said in a post on Facebook that Charlie Clinton reeled in a Pacu, a South American fish closely related to Piranha.
“Non-native Pacu are most likely the result of individuals buying them as pets and releasing them when they outgrow their tank,” ODWC explained, adding they can reach sizes up to 3.5 feet and 88 pounds.
While officials said these fish are generally harmless to humans, they can cause damage to the ecosystems.
Anyone who catch Pacu are asked to remove them from the watershed and contact their local game warden.
“As for Charlie, we’re told you can find him back at the pond on the grind for his next great catch,” ODWC wrote. “We wish you luck and tight lines, Charlie!”
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-19T17:33:45+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2023/07/19/young-angler-reels-unusual-catch-neighborhood-pond/ |
By STEVE REED
AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets All-Star point guard LaMelo Ball sprained his left ankle in the third quarter of a preseason game against the Washington Wizards on Monday when his foot was stepped on while he was driving to the basket.
The Hornets announced that Ball will not return to the game.
Ball was driving the left side of the lane when Washington’s Anthony Gill inadvertently stepped on Ball’s foot, causing the third-year pro’s ankle to twist awkwardly.
Ball remained on the floor for several minutes before getting to his feet and gingerly walking to the free throw line. He shot two free throws, then immediately checked out of the game and headed straight to the locker room.
Ball is considered the centerpiece of the Hornets’ offense, averaging 20.1 points, 7.6 assists and 6.7 rebounds per game last season.
Ball had nine points and six rebounds before leaving the game.
Charlotte open the regular season next Wednesday at San Antonio.
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WASHINGTON >> President Joe Biden today hailed Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo.
Among the athletes at the South Lawn ceremony were swimmer and seven-time gold medalist Katie Ledecky, celebrated bobsledder Elena Meyers Taylor and ice dancer Zachary Donohue, as well as competitors from the past two Paralympic Games.
Biden noted the Team USA athletes won some 260 medals in Beijing and Tokyo. Equally impressive as their performances, Biden suggested, was the athletes’ ability to unite Americans during a period marked by the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic and deepening partisanship after the 2020 election.
“You represent the very soul of America,” Biden told the athletes. “It’s been a very divided nation … but you brought us together. No matter the divisions, when we see you compete, we feel a common pride in those three letters: USA.”
The Tokyo Games were delayed one year due to COVID-19 and took place last summer, largely without spectators. First lady Jill Biden led the U.S. delegation to Japan. At the Beijing Olympics this past winter, also held largely without spectators, the United States staged a diplomatic boycott due to China’s human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Jill Biden, in her remarks today, hailed the athletes for persevering under challenging circumstances, saying Americans were “grateful for the gifts” they gave the country at a difficult time.
“Now I know that these Games may not have been exactly as you once imagined with stadiums packed with people and all of your loved ones screaming from the sidelines,” she said. “Olympian or a Paralympian is a rare accomplishment in a normal time, but you did it during a global pandemic. You are forever one of the most elite, most celebrated athletes in this world.”
The president also recognized that the unusual and largely fan-free games were a hardship for the athletes.
“I’m sorry you had to wait that year. … I mean, you’ve been through so damn — darn much,” Biden said. | 2022-05-05T04:10:24+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/05/04/sports/sports-breaking/biden-says-olympians-brought-a-bit-of-unity-to-weary-nation/ |
CHICAGO (WGN) — More migrants are set to arrive in Chicago from Texas on Monday, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot is asking Gov. Greg Abbott to stop.
“We simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources to accommodate an increase of individuals at this level,” a letter penned by Lightfoot reads, in part.
Chicago has welcomed more than 8,000 asylum seekers since last August, with Lightfoot saying many of those who have been bussed or flown in are in dire need of basic resources.
Her letter states further, “I know by your actions that you either do not see or do not care about the trauma these migrants have already faced and continue to suffer under the humanitarian crisis you have created. But I beseech you anyway: treat these individuals with the respect and dignity that they deserve.”
While Chicago is bracing for another influx of migrants, it is not the only city dealing with the problem.
El Paso, Texas, mayor Oscar Leeser declared a state of emergency for his city, effective starting Tuesday and lasting for the next week.
“We figure there’s anywhere between 10-12,000 people that are ready to come on May 11th, May 12th,” Leeser said. “So effective at 12:01 May 1st, I am declaring a state of emergency in our community.”
The measure will allow for the opening of temporary shelters in El Paso and comes ahead of the expiration of Title 42, which allowed officials the ability to turn away those seeking asylum in the United States based on helping prevent the spread of COVID-19.
It is unclear at this time what measures the City of Chicago will take if migrants continue to arrive from Texas. | 2023-05-01T21:43:22+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/we-simply-have-no-more-shelters-lightfoot-implores-abbott-to-stop-sending-migrants/ |
Preventative fires credited with saving Yosemite sequoias
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A famed grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than a century, thanks to efforts to regularly burn the undergrowth beneath the towering trees, a forest ecologist who toured the site said Tuesday.
Small, intentionally lit fires over the past 50 years essentially stopped the fire in its tracks when it hit the Mariposa Grove and allowed firefighters to stand their ground and prevent flames from doing more than charring the thick bark on the world’s largest trees, Garrett Dickman said.
“We’ve been preparing for the Washburn Fire for decades,” said Dickman, who works for the park. “It really just died as soon as it hit the grove.”
The fire that started Thursday near the grove had burned 5 square miles (13 square kilometers) Tuesday, but was 22% contained and moving away from the largest grove of sequoias in the park. Based on prevailing winds, it was unlikely to return to the grove.
The blaze started near a trail. Authorities said it wasn’t from lightning and wouldn’t comment on whether it was sparked accidentally, intentionally or through negligence.
Hundreds of visitors and residents were evacuated from the nearby community of Wawona on Friday and the grove and southern entrance of the park were closed. The rest of Yosemite remained open, though it has been blanketed in heavy smoke at times.
Some of the sequoias were charred by flames that reached 70 feet up their trunks, but Dickman said he surveyed the grove and did not think any of the trees would die. The Galen Clark tree, a large tree at the top of the grove named for the park’s first guardian, was one of the few named trees that burned.
“It got a little bit of heat,” Dickman said. “But from the pictures I’ve seen it, too, is gonna survive.”
The sequoias are adapted to fire — and rely on it to survive. But more than a century of aggressive fire suppression has left forests choked with dense vegetation and downed timber that has provided fuel for massive wildfires that have grown more intense during an ongoing drought and exacerbated by climate change.
So-called prescribed burns — most recently conducted in the grove in 2018 — mimic low intensity that help sequoias by clearing out downed branches, flammable needles and smaller trees that could compete with them for light and water. The heat from fires also helps cones open up to spread their seeds.
While intentional burns have been conducted in sequoias since the 1960s, they are increasingly being seen as a necessity to the save the massive trees. Once thought to be almost fire-proof, up to 20% of all giant sequoias — native only in the Sierra Nevada range — have been killed in the past five years during intense wildfires.
Fighting fire with fire, however, is a risky endeavor and has occasionally gotten out of control.
In New Mexico, firefighters were working Tuesday to restore mountainsides turned to ash by the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history that broke out in early April when prescribed burns by the U.S. Forest Service escaped containment following missteps and miscalculations.
The Santa Fe County Commission in an afternoon meeting blasted federal officials and unanimously passed a resolution calling on the Forest Service to conduct a more comprehensive environmental review as it looks to reduce the threat of wildfire in the mountains that border the capital city.
The Mariposa Grove, home to over 500 mature giants, and Yosemite Valley were protected by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 — almost a decade before Yellowstone became the first national park in 1872 and decades before Yosemite was added to the system in 1890.
Dickman said the grove had not seen a wildfire in over 100 years. Several large blazes have come close in the past decade but they stopped before reaching the grove.
The current fire remains small by those standards and has not been driven by wind. But it is burning in forest littered with dense stands of trees killed by bark beetles and drought, as well timber blown down in a powerful windstorm last year that also toppled more than two dozen sequoias.
The previous prescribed burns in the grove gave firefighters a chance to set up sprinklers to protect trees that have lived longer than 3,000 years and grow above 300 feet (90 meters) in height.
So far in 2022, over 35,000 wildfires have burned nearly 4.7 million acres (1.9 million hectares) in the U.S., according to the National Interagency Fire Center, well above average for both wildfires and acres burned.
In Utah, smoke and ash emanating from a growing wildfire in rural Tooele County blew into Salt Lake City on Saturday. By Monday night, the Jacob City Fire had grown to 6.4 square miles (16.6 square kilometers), with 19% containment, officials said.
Elsewhere in Utah, firefighters contending with heavy winds battled the 15.9 square-mile (41-square-kilometer) Halfway Hill Fire in Filmore. Law enforcement on Saturday arrested four men who investigators said abandoned a campfire that ignited the blaze. | 2022-07-13T02:16:04+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/07/12/preventative-fires-credited-with-saving-yosemite-sequoias-2/ |
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Olo Inc..
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — No woman is expected to serve on the South Carolina Supreme Court for the first time in 35 years.
Lawmakers appear poised to replace Justice Kaye Hearn with Judge Gary Hill after the two other candidates under consideration — both women — dropped out. Five men would sit on the bench if lawmakers confirm Hill at a Feb. 1 joint session.
The Judicial Merit Selection Commission’s chief council confirmed to The Associated Press that Stephanie McDonald and Aphrodite Konduros submitted letters of withdrawal on Tuesday — the first day the three nominees could seek lawmakers’ support. In a statement to the AP, Hill called the other two judges “accomplished colleagues” and “friends for whom I have great respect.”
“I am honored and humbled by the tremendous support of the legislature,” Hill said. “If elected, I will continue to serve the citizens of South Carolina with an unwavering commitment to the rule of law, as I have for nearly 20 years.”
The often-overlooked function of government has received increased scrutiny in GOP-controlled South Carolina ever since a recent state Supreme Court ruling delivered a blow to a major Republican priority. Frustrated after justices struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban as a violation of the state’s right to privacy, Republicans have shown renewed interest in reexamining the state’s fairly unique judicial selection process.
In most states, voters or the governor take the lead in choosing who sits on state courts. Alongside Virginia, South Carolina is one of two states where lawmakers exercise near-complete power in filling the bench.
Under the current process, lawmakers consider a pool of up to three candidates for the high court who have been deemed qualified by a Judicial Merit Selection Commission comprised of four members of the public and six legislators. Candidates must then get a majority of the votes cast in a joint session of the state Legislature.
In the wake of the state Supreme Court’s narrow 3-2 decision, leading Republican politicians pledged more scrupulous candidate screenings. Gov. Henry McMaster called for “more transparent and accountable” processes in his inauguration speech. Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey said the abortion ruling has invited questions from lawmakers about judicial philosophy.
Rep. Micah Caskey, a member of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, said the commission evaluates qualifications and does not analyze philosophy.
But Caskey said the recent Supreme Court ruling has definitely changed the approach taken by his colleagues in the General Assembly, who he expects to increasingly consider judicial philosophy when they vote on judges.
“We’re not going back,” Caskey said. “Legislators, for the foreseeable future, are absolutely going to incorporate that into their own individual decision-making processes.”
The lead opinion in that monumental decision was written by Hearn. During oral arguments over the state’s abortion law this past October, Hearn drew attention to her status as the sole woman on the high court.
Hearn, who left a vacancy after reaching the court’s retirement age of 72, was only the second female justice in the court’s history. She followed Jean Toal, who became the state’s first female justice in 1988. When Toal was sworn in as chief justice in 2000, she invited her two daughters and 100 other women who said Toal inspired them.
The number of women entering the legal profession rose over the course of Toal’s career. Toal was only one of a handful of women lawyers when she passed the Bar in 1968, but one of about 2,500 when she took over the high court three decades later.
“I join those women lawyers in rejoicing today,” Elizabeth Van Doren Gray, who would later become president of the South Carolina Bar, said at Toal’s swearing in as chief justice. “You have set a standard for us to strive for, and just to keep us on our toes, you have raised it.”
Those rising numbers contrast with what is set to become an all-male bench after Hill’s widely expected selection next month. According to a May 2022 report by the Brennan Center for Justice, men hold 59 percent of state Supreme Court seats across the country. South Carolina’s bench had been one of nine high courts with just one woman prior to Hearn’s vacancy, according to the report.
Sen. Katrina Shealy said she found all three candidates to be qualified but was “disappointed” that lawmakers wouldn’t have a choice. While Shealy said any judge should rule by the constitution, she added that gender representation is as important on the judiciary as it is in the General Assembly. She questioned how the high court will look next year when the Legislature is tasked with replacing Chief Justice Donald Beatty, the only Black person on the bench.
“Not that it should matter, but it does have a very bad appearance,” said Shealy, who noted she was the only woman in the Senate when she first got elected. “It’s almost like South Carolina is moving backward instead of forward.”
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Associated Press writer Jeffrey Collins contributed to this report. James Pollard is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2023-01-19T14:23:37+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-south-carolina-supreme-court-set-for-all-male-bench/ |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The United States women lost again, falling 2-1 to Germany on Thursday night for their first three-game skid since 1993 and first home defeat in more than five years.
Paula Krumbiegel scored the decisive goal in the 89th minute for third-ranked Germany in the exhibition at DRV PNK Stadium.
Megan Rapinoe scored in the 85th minute for the top-ranked Americans, who had been unbeaten in 71 straight games at home. The team’s last loss on U.S. soil came to Australia in July 2017. The U.S. lost at England and Spain last month.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said while he was unhappy with the loss, he saw many positives.
“We saw what we wanted to see,” Andonovski said. “We were talking about precision in the final third, we talked about connection between the three forwards, we talked about the connection between midfielders and forwards. So everything that we said we wanted to see in this game, we saw. Now obviously we didn’t see the final touch, and that’s what we were missing.”
Lindsey Horan had a good chance for the United States in the 34th minute but her header was just off. Moments later, Rose Lavelle’s attempt appeared to deflect off Horan and hit the crossbar, but fell just outside the the goal line.
Horan tried a bicycle kick early in the second half that went off the post. On the counter, U.S. goalkeeper Casey Murphy made a dramatic save, but Klara Buhl had the rebound, which hit the post and bounced off Murphy for an own goal in the 52th minute.
Rapinoe, who came off the bench in the 73rd minute, scored off a cross from Alex Morgan to tie the game.
“We changed tactics at halftime and the U.S. had really strong standards. Then we had a quick change when we scored unexpectedly and after that we did really well. (The U.S.) got the goal against us in the last couple minutes and then we had to score. Did really well and scored the last two minutes,” Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said through a translator.
It was the first time the U.S. has conceded multiple goals in three straight games since 2001. The Americans fell to England 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on Oct. 7, then lost 2-0 to Spain in Pamplona on Oct. 11.
It was the first of two friendlies against Germany to conclude the year. The teams meet again Sunday at Red Bull Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, as they prepare for next summer’s Women’s World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
The United States has won the past two women’s World Cups and has four titles overall. Germany is the only other team to win multiple women’s World Cups, with titles in 2003 and 2007.
Germany lost to England in the final of the Women’s Euro this summer but has won four straight since.
The United States has retooled its roster since its bronze-medal finish at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Andonovski has brought in younger players, including 22-year-old forward Sophia Smith, who was named MVP of the National Women’s Soccer League this season.
“I trust these players. I believe that these players are capable of scoring goals. In fact, the front line consists of the three best goal scorers from the NWSL that are eligible to play for this country,” Andonovski said, referring to Smith, Morgan and Mallory Pugh. “They’ve proven that they can score goals, they’ve proven can play through this. They can score goals, different ways and sometimes it just doesn’t happen. But like I said, I’m not concerned but I for sure want them to score more goals.”
The United States heads to New Zealand in January for training camp and a pair of exhibitions against the Kiwis on Jan. 18 and Jan. 21, both in stadiums where the Americans will play during the group stage of the World Cup.
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French performance marque Alpine is close to unveiling a concept that will preview the first member of its future electric fleet.
The concept is called the A290 Beta, and teaser shots released on Friday confirm it as a hatchback. The production version is due in 2024. It could be a tuned version of parent company Renault’s upcoming 5 hatchback, and be inspired by the original 5 of the 1970s, which was sold in the U.S. as the Le Car.
The A290 Beta concept will make its debut on May 9 at an event in the U.K. to be presented by Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi and design chief Antony Villain.
The concept’s arrival will also mark the start of the next evolution in Alpine’s naming strategy. It starts with A for Alpine, then uses the first digit of a three-digit numerical portion of the name to signify the vehicle’s size and positioning, while the remaining two digits signify the vehicle as either a sports model or a lifestyle model. Sports models will use a 10, like the current A110 sports car, while lifestyle models like the upcoming hatch will use a 90, resulting in the A290 name for the production version. The Beta symbol signifies this version as a concept car.
Alpine is known to be working on a compact crossover and an electric successor to the A110, due around 2025 and 2026, respectively. The A110 successor will use a platform being developed by Lotus for a sports car that will likely end up as an Elise successor. Alpine’s hatchback and crossover will use platforms from the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance.
Alpine has also hinted at two larger crossovers likely sitting in the same segments as the Porsche Macan and Cayenne. These are expected to arrive beginning in 2027 and use platforms from Zhejiang Geely.
These larger crossovers will be critical in expanding Alpine sales to the U.S. and China, though a launch in those two key markets hasn’t been confirmed.
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Sam’s Club selling premade Thanksgiving feast (feeds 10) for under $70
(Gray News) - Sam’s Club says it’s offering an affordable and simple way to feed a party of 10 for Thanksgiving.
According to the membership-only retail warehouse club, several premade items for your Thanksgiving meal are available for purchase.
Representatives with Sam’s Club said Thanksgiving favorites can be purchased for under $70 and feed your family or friends by simply heating them up.
Some of the items listed to complete your feast are below:
- Member’s Mark hickory smoked fully cooked turkey - $2.48/pound (10 to 16 pounds)
- Member’s Mark Yukon Gold mashed potatoes - $7.98 (4 pounds)
- Heinz HomeStyle roasted turkey gravy - $4.78 (3 Pack, 18 ounces)
- Member’s Mark brussels sprouts with onion jam parmesan - $6.92 (1.25 pounds)
- Kings Hawaiian original dinner rolls - $6.58 (32-pack)
- Member’s Mark 12-inch pumpkin pie - $6.98 (3.6 pounds)
Sam’s Club representatives said the retail warehouse is bringing back its Taste of Sam’s event on Nov. 18 through Nov. 20 where guests can sample select Thanksgiving meal favorites and some new seasonal sweet treats.
More information on Sam’s Club is available online.
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The Boston Celtics are in position to take a commanding lead in the NBA Finals, while the Golden State Warriors are hoping they don’t have to play without star guard Stephen Curry.
Boston is halfway toward winning its first NBA title since 2008 and the Celtics will look to take another step Friday night when they host the Warriors in Game 4 of the best-of-seven series.
Boston is looking to grab a 3-1 lead after outplaying Golden State for most of the contest in Wednesday’s 116-100 home victory.
The Celtics have had issues at home in the postseason but the raucous Game 3 atmosphere fueled a fast start and an energetic ending.
“This is the finals, it’s big,” Boston star forward Jayson Tatum said. “But at the same time, you want to keep that same focus of we’ve got a game on Friday, we’ve got to lock in and things like that. When you walk in the Garden and it’s already filled while you’re warming up, you definitely notice a different energy.”
The Warriors are more concerned about the left foot of Curry, who was injured during a scramble for the ball when Celtics big man Al Horford landed on his leg. Curry was in pain on the floor and initially remained in the game with 4:07 to play. He was removed less than two minutes later when coach Steve Kerr decided the game was out of reach.
“We’ll see how it responds,” Curry said. “Not much (else) to say. I don’t feel like I’ll miss a game. Take advantage of these next 48 hours to get ready.”
Curry scored 31 in Game 3 and made 6 of 11 from 3-point range. He is averaging 31.3 points and has made 18 of 37 (48.6 percent) of his shots from 3-point range in the series.
Fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson is hopeful Curry will be on the floor on Friday.
“Well, we need him if we want to win this thing,” Thompson said. “I know Steph is going to do everything he can in his power to play. I am really hoping he’s OK because he’s our identity, and without him, it will be very difficult.”
Golden State continued its trend of stellar third quarters as it outscored Boston 33-25 to trail 93-89. But the Warriors tallied just 11 final-quarter points on 5-of-15 shooting, including misses on eight of nine 3-point attempts.
A lot of the credit for the Celtics’ strong defensive showing went to big man Robert Williams III, who contributed eight points, 10 rebounds, four blocked shots and three steals.
“Rob is really a game changer,” Horford said. “We’re very fortunate to have a guy that impacts winning in the way that he does, because it’s beyond the numbers with him. It’s just all the things that he brings, being in the right places. I’ve been so impressed with Rob, just his ability to just continue to get better and learn.”
Boston has been impressed with the way Williams has fought through a left knee injury. He has missed just one of the team’s past 10 games despite the ailment that limited him to 14 ineffective minutes in Game 2.
“It’s been rough. Throwing everything at it,” Williams said. “Usually it’s more sore the day after the game. …
“I think it’s a matter of playing through pain. Obviously, not getting the time off that I need for this injury. We’ll focus on that after the season.”
Williams helped Boston possess a 47-31 rebounding edge in Game 3. Golden State forward Draymond Green had just two points and four rebounds.
“I just think I never found a rhythm, really on both ends of the floor,” Green said. “Not enough force. But just got to find a rhythm quicker. … I was soft. That’s what was most disappointing to me.”
Thompson enjoyed his best game of the series with 25 points.
Boston had three players top 20 points: Jaylen Brown (27), Tatum (26) and Marcus Smart (24).
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Ever since Paul Mcintosh received the call-up to Triple-A, he has swung the hottest bat out of all former WVU players in professional baseball.
McIntosh, the former WVU catcher, recorded five multi-hit showings in his first 10 Triple-A games for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp of the Miami Marlins organization.
During the 10-game span that concluded on Friday, McIntosh went 13-for-40 (.325 average) with three home runs and six RBIs while playing catcher and acting as the team’s designated hitter.
He hit two of his home runs in back-to-back days on Thursday and Friday against the Charlotte Knights. In both games, he recorded two-or-more hits.
McIntosh’s four-game hit streak came to an end on Saturday. However, he has now reached base in all five games played this month after drawing a walk in his 0-for-3 performance.
He signed with the Miami Marlins in 2020 after going undrafted that summer.
Last year, he finished fourth on the Pensacola Blue Wahoos – the Marlins’ Double-A affiliate – in hits (82) and second in home runs (13) and runs batted in (51). He holds the most home runs, doubles (25), runs scored (66), and total bases (148) by a catcher in team history. His .844 OPS was also a team-high.
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Fifteen Republicans joined the entire Democratic caucus in advancing a gun-control bill hatched by a bipartisan group of 20 senators. With the biggest hurdle behind the legislation, it should clear the Senate and head to the House in the coming days.
The vote passed the chamber by a 65-34 margin. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was among the GOP members voting in favor.
The bill has garnered the opposition of the National Rifle Association. Unlike in the Senate, where leadership was in favor of the compromise, House GOP leadership is whipping members against the measure.
The legislation will include the following:
- Funds for states to implement red flag laws
- Family mental health spending
- Getting rid of the so-called “boyfriend loophole” by including those convicted of domestic abuse in background checks
- Funding for school-based mental health programs
- Funding for school safety resources
- Clarifying the language of a federally licensed firearm dealer
- Investments in telehealth programs
- Implementing a waiting period on gun purchases for those under age 21
- Penalties for straw purchases of firearms
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, spent the last week finalizing details on the bill. One concern he noted was on the boyfriend loophole and clarifying the language on domestic relationships.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he hopes to have a final vote on the legislation by the end of the week. The bill then would go to the House where only a simple majority is needed for passage.
While mental health has become a key component of gun control talks, mental health experts have advised the public not to associate mass shootings with mental health issues automatically.
"Attempts to connect mental illness to mass shootings are a distraction that inflicts enormous damage by taking attention from solutions that could actually prevent such events," a group of mental health organizations wrote. "This perpetuates a false narrative that encourages stigmatization of and discrimination against the millions of Americans living with mental health conditions who are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it." | 2022-06-23T18:04:14+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/senate-gun-control-package-passes-procedural-vote-heads-towards-approval |
Congress has begun paying more attention to counties whose poverty rates persist at 20% or more over a 30-year period. Forty-three of Mississippi’s 82 counties rate among these “persistent poverty counties,” according to the Congressional Research Service.
The 2022 report said up to 15.9% of the nation’s 3,143 counties suffer persistent poverty. But Mississippi’s ratio was triple that at 52.4%.
What is Mississippi’s strategy to address persistent poverty in these counties?
Well, there is a statewide goal, often expressed as “moving people from poverty to prosperity.” Of course, a glib goal is neither a strategy nor a plan.
The concept that Mississippi leaders appear to have embraced is that putting people to work will eradicate poverty. So, the state has invested heavily in basic skills and workforce training to prepare poor people with few skills for jobs.
The State Workforce Investment Board, called the SWIB, controls state and federal dollars to fund these programs. Federal dollars go into programs for “out-of-school youth” and adult “dislocated workers” coordinated through regional Workforce Investment Boards and planning and development districts. State dollars mostly go into community college training programs but also into targeted training programs run by other organizations.
However, training programs are not available in all areas, so daily transportation is a problem for many. Lack of money to pay fees is another.
The federally funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program managed by the Mississippi Department of Human Services also has a role in placing poor people into jobs.
However, we have seen TANF money corruptly siphoned off and used for other purposes. And in many years, the state somehow was unable to use all its TANF funds despite thousands of unaccepted applications.
Despite all the training that is available, the lack of available jobs in rural, persistently poor counties makes it tough to put people to work in their home areas.
Then there is the hole in the whole — the great big hole in the whole scheme. In Mississippi, putting people to work often does not alleviate poverty. With the lowest average wages in the nation, Mississippi has many hard-working people who earn so little they remain in poverty.
Indeed, many poor people find themselves worse off when they take low-wage jobs. Costs for child care and traveling eat up limited income. Rent subsidies and charitable care in emergency rooms disappear. When they get behind on bills their meager pay can be garnished.
Tough, say the politicians who determine state policies. Taxpayers shouldn’t bear their burdens. Cut back on federally funded subsidies, tighten up access, and make ’em go to work.
Alternatively, places committed to working with poor families have plugged the hole. Using well-coordinated federal, state, and local resources sustained over time, they step many families out of poverty.
In Mississippi the mechanisms are in place but not sustained commitment and coordination. Instead we sustain our persistent poverty, low-wages, world-leading incarceration rate, and nation-lowest workforce participation rate.
“But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself” – Romans 2:5.
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In late November, as anti-COVID lockdown protests broke out across cities in China and photos and videos were shared over social media, researchers noticed something odd on Twitter. When they searched for the names of large cities in China, the results included scads of suggestive images and posts advertising escort services. Some observers accused the Chinese government of attempting to drown out reporting on the protests.
Using irrelevant spam content from automated accounts (known as bots) to drown out material targeted for suppression - or "flooding" - is a known tactic that the Chinese government has used during protests in Hong Kong and COVID lockdowns, say researchers at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. One of the hallmarks of such information operations is the activation of long-dormant accounts, which has been observed during this round of protests.
Researchers at the DFR Lab have suggested that tweeting over 72 times a day is bot-like behavior. NPR identified over 3,500 accounts that have done so and mentioned China's three largest cities at least once a day from Nov 21, 2022 to Nov. 30. The data shows an uptick in the number of these accounts, peaking on Nov. 28.
The seeming surge in spam accounts also comes as Twitter's new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, has slashed the company's teams that worked in non-English languages and monitored the site for disinformation, manipulation and government-sponsored propaganda campaigns. Musk dissolved Twitter's outside Trust and Safety Council on Tuesday.
But researchers caution that the narrative of government-sponsored spam accounts trying to drown out news of the protests online is not cut and dried. Attributing bot activities to the Chinese government typically requires more concrete evidence, and bots advertising sexual content and mentioning city names were active and pervasive on Twitter for at least several weeks before a deadly fire in the Chinese city of Urumqi set off the protests.
Whose spambots?
Researchers say that spamming activity alone isn't conclusive evidence to suggest a government information operation. It could simply be what social media watchers call hashtag hijacking, in which organizations identify trending topics - sometimes using bots - and incorporate them into their tweets to drive traffic to their accounts.
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, raising ire from the Chinese government and generating significant discussion online, fan groups of Korean and Chinese entertainers used hashtags related to the visit to boost their idols' social media popularity, even when there was no relationship between the pop stars and the hashtags, DFR Lab researchers told NPR.
Chinese information operations tend to target more specific topics, individuals or small groups rather than city names, the researchers say.
Rather than focus on Shanghai, the Chinese government would more likely try to flood mentions of locations where the protests happened, say Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren at Clemson University's Media Forensics Hub.
They also say that other known information operations considered linked to the Chinese government tend to not only engage in flooding, but also amplify messages aligned with the state's agenda.
A prominent example is from 2019 when Twitter identified over 900 accounts the company said were linked to the Chinese government. While Twitter was never specific about how it zeroed in on those accounts, researchers at the analytics firm Graphika identified patterns of behavior and unearthed a network of related accounts across other social media platforms like YouTube and Twitter. Graphika's report identified narrative themes the accounts would coalesce around, ranging from personal attacks to support for the police.
Search results of major cities outside of China also turn up similar escort ads, wrote Ray Serrato, a former member of Twitter's safety and integrity team, in a blog post.
Some of the bots could also just be advertising sex services, which are banned in China, researchers say. A reporter for Semafor reached out to one of the advertised accounts and received a response asking where in Beijing the potential client is.
Preparing for unrest?
It's also possible that the bots were created in anticipation of unrest tied to the 20th Party Congress, where Chinese President Xi Jinping solidified his precedent-breaking third-term rule, DFR Lab's Kenton Thibaut says.
About half the bot-like accounts NPR identified, both before and after the fire, were created in 2022 - recent creation is a major sign of inauthentic activity. NPR shared a random sample of tweets with researchers at the Social Media Research Foundation, a non-profit that analyzes social media content. Their network analysis showed a large group of accounts that repeatedly post escort ads - not all at a bot-like level - and do not otherwise interact with other users. The escort ad group of accounts was the largest group in the search results before the fire and initially after the fire, and they were mostly created from September to October of 2022.
"They would want to have that infrastructure in place to be able to roll out quickly in case something needed to happen," says Thibaut.
Researchers, activists and policy makers have raised concerns that government-backed influence operations could flourish on Twitter after Musk's takeover and subsequent cuts to its trust and safety teams. The company says it is committed to providing a safe environment to users and will rely more heavily on automated tools.
The spamming doesn't seem tied to Twitter's change in management. Social Media Foundation researchers pulled search results days before and after Musk's takeover and showed that spam accounts were already the largest cluster of accounts at that point.
As NPR has reported, Twitter, like other major social networks, has struggled with moderating content outside of the US, facing challenges in navigating non-English languages, politics and culture. With prior mechanisms of international content moderation now degraded, many worry that the situation is going to worsen.
Ultimately, researchers say it wouldn't be surprising if some government-linked bot accounts were part of the activity in November. "I bet there is something in that data, but separating the wheat from the chaff is really hard." Linvill says.
As November turned into December, the number of active bot-like accounts returned to pre-protest level. Local governments in China relaxed COVID restrictions, authorities tracked down protest participants and the on-the-ground protests in China subsided.
Methodology
NPR downloaded Twitter search results mentioning either Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in Chinese from Nov 21, 2022 to Dec. 1, broke up the dataset into three tranches of equal amount of time - Nov. 21 to Nov.24, Nov. 24 to Nov. 27, and Nov. 27 to Nov. 29, and shared samples containing 5% of these tranches with the Social Media Research Foundation. View NPR's analysis here.
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President Biden is heading to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening to deliver his State of the Union address for 2023. But his message — and his performance — will be closely watched for what they say about 2024, and what's expected to be his second presidential race.
Biden has not yet officially announced whether he has decided to make good on what he has said is his intention to run for a second term in office. But he's expected to do so in the near future. The State of the Union speech, and its large broadcast audience, is an opportunity to show what he plans to run on — and that he has what it takes for a grueling re-elect race as the oldest presidential candidate in history.
"This speech is undoubtedly being seen in the White House as part of the re-elect effort," said Peter Wehner, who wrote speeches for former President George W. Bush. "And what that means is this is a kind of speech that begins to lay out the broad contours of a reelection campaign."
Biden is expected to draw a contrast with Republicans
Presidents of both parties have used this annual speech to spell out their agenda, and express — sometimes indirectly — how that agenda differs from the opposition.
"State of the Unions at their very best are often eloquent laundry lists, but they're also political speeches," said Michael Waldman, lead speechwriter on four of former President Bill Clinton's State of the Union addresses.
"And it's a very political season and people are already running for president ... and so you're going to hear, I'm sure, a contrast between Democrats and Republicans play out on the screen in this speech," Waldman said.
It will be Biden's first speech to a Congress where Republicans now control the House of Representatives, and gives him the chance to articulate an agenda that draws battle lines with the Republican party — particularly on the debt ceiling showdown.
But former presidential speechwriters say there's a careful balance to strike.
"You're speaking to an audience that includes the opposition party as well as your own, and you don't want to, as a president, come across as petty or divisive," said Wehner.
Clinton used a similar opportunity to deal with questions about his electability
In his 1995 State of the Union, Clinton was facing a newly-elected Republican Congress after the Republican Revolution in the 1994 midterms, in which the GOP took control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
Pundits had interpreted the midterm elections as a clear rebuke of Clinton, and people questioned whether he had any political future.
But Clinton found opportunity in that moment of political peril, his former speechwriters said. He tried to use charm to show he could reach across the aisle.
"Bill Clinton, he always had the hand out," said Carolyn Curiel, one of his speechwriters. "There is nobody he didn't want to befriend, even those who had done him harm in politics and otherwise. And if he took the stage with any feelings that were bad, he let them go. Because you need as many people in the room as possible to think, 'He's not a bad guy. Maybe I can work with him.'"
But that speech wasn't just about convincing the politicians in the room that Clinton had a political future: it was also about answering lingering questions from the public after that midterm shellacking.
"He reminded people of what they liked about his policies and about him," said Waldman. "What people wanted to see from him was that he was still standing ... part of what Clinton had to do in that speech was show that he still had his good humor."
Democrats didn't face a huge political rebuke last November — they did better than expected in the midterms.
Biden faces a different lingering question — his age, said multiple former speechwriters, both Republican and Democrat.
"He would be 86 at the end of the second term. It's an issue that's going to be it's going to be on people's minds," said Waldman. "And he will want to use this a forum to show he's vigorous, he's commanding."
Biden will try to show life, and politics, can get back to normal
There are certain traditions in every State of the Union — the platitudes, the pleas to end partisanship, the overtures to work across the aisle — and the ritual of graciously greeting the newly elected House speaker.
"Biden believes in the rituals of democracy," said Waldman. The formalities of the State of the Union are a part of that.
"It's important in Biden's longer-term project of both being normal and in sort of restoring the soul of the country, as he puts it, by reconnecting people to their kind of civic rituals," he said.
Biden, like his predecessors, will likely speak about trying to find unity, but there are limitations in working across party lines in what has become a hyperpartisan climate, said Cody Keenan, a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama.
The new Republican majority in the House has made clear it intends to pursue multiples investigations into the Biden administration. The discovery of classified documents in Biden's personal files add to the tensions.
Still, Keenan said Biden's speech has an important function: it can dare Republicans to oppose potentially popular policy ideas, while also articulating a future agenda for Democrats.
"It's his biggest audience of the year to lay down a marker so that people really know what's at stake," Keenan said.
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BOISE, Idaho — The third-longest continuous partnership between ECHL and NHL clubs will continue for at least two more years. The Idaho Steelheads, Texas Stars (AHL) and Dallas Stars on Thursday announced an extension agreement through the 2024-2025 season.
Since the 2005-2006 season, the Steelheads have served as the ECHL affiliate for the National Hockey League's Dallas franchise. The Stars and Steelies also were partners during the 2003-2004 campaign.
During the partnership's successful tenure, 11 former Idaho players have suited up for the Dallas Stars. This year's ECHL Kelly Cup Finals roster included five players under NHL contracts in Adam Scheel, Dylan Wells, Rémi Poirier, Antonio Stranges and Dawson Barteaux.
Eight different players also skated with both the Steelheads and AHL Stars during the 2022-2023 campaign. In May, Dallas recalled seven players from its American Hockey League development affiliate.
Two former Idaho head coaches have climbed the organization's ladder, including Neil Graham, who was appointed head coach of the Texas Stars in 2019. At the time, Graham was the youngest coach in Steelheads' history. Idaho won 40 games in three-straight seasons before his promotion.
Derek Laxdal, who was with Idaho from 2005 to 2010, led the Texas Stars for six seasons in the AHL. Laxdal is now the assistant coach in Dallas.
Idaho's Everett Sheen, who won this year's John Brophy Award as ECHL Coach of the Year, called the affiliation a "great relationship," while applauding the partnership's commitment over the years.
"We’re extremely excited to renew our long-standing affiliation with the Dallas Stars and Texas Stars,” Sheen said. “This has been one of the longest affiliations in the ECHL and we are very fortunate to be a part of this great relationship. We look forward to continuing to develop both players and coaches during our time with one another."
Dallas made its way to the Western Conference Finals during the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs after defeating Minnesota (4-2) and Seattle (4-3). The Stars lost in six games to the future champion Vegas Golden Knights.
The Steelheads made their fourth Kelly Cup Finals appearance this year since becoming the ECHL affiliate of Dallas. Idaho set many league records – including regular season points (119) and wins (58) – but was eventually swept by the back-to-back champs in Florida.
Dallas Stars Assistant General Manager and Texas Stars General Manager, Scott White, said the Steelheads success is a reflection of their "commitment to the development of their players."
Idaho begins the 2023-2024 season on Oct. 20 against the Allen Americans at the electric Idaho Central Arena in downtown Boise.
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Top Warriors vs. Lakers Players to Watch - Western Conference Semifinals Game 5
Jordan Poole and Anthony Davis are two players to watch when the Golden State Warriors (44-38) and the Los Angeles Lakers (43-39) meet at Chase Center on Wednesday. Tip-off is scheduled for 10:00 PM ET.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to keep your eye on in this matchup on TNT.
How to Watch Warriors vs. Lakers
- Game Day: Wednesday, May 10
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
- Arena: Chase Center
- Location: San Francisco, California
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The Lakers knocked off the Warriors, 104-101, on Monday. LeBron James poured in a team-high 27 points for the Lakers, and Curry had 31 for the Warriors.
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Warriors Players to Watch
- Curry is averaging 29.4 points, 6.3 assists and 6.1 rebounds per game.
- Poole puts up 20.4 points and 4.5 assists per game -- both team highs. He is also averaging 2.7 rebounds, shooting 43% from the floor and 33.6% from downtown with 2.6 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Klay Thompson posts 21.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 43.6% from the floor and 41.2% from downtown with 4.4 made 3-pointers per game (first in NBA).
- Draymond Green is tops on the Warriors at 6.8 assists per contest, while also averaging 7.2 rebounds and 8.5 points.
- Kevon Looney is tops on the Warriors at 9.3 rebounds per game, while also posting 2.5 assists and 7 points.
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Lakers Players to Watch
- Davis paces the Lakers in rebounding (12.5 per game), and puts up 25.9 points and 2.6 assists. He also averages 1 steal and 2 blocked shots.
- James is averaging team highs in points (28.9 per game) and assists (6.8). And he is delivering 8.3 rebounds, making 50% of his shots from the field and 32.1% from beyond the arc, with 2.2 treys per game.
- D'Angelo Russell is averaging a team-best 6.2 assists per contest. And he is producing 17.8 points and 3 rebounds, making 47% of his shots from the field and 39.7% from 3-point range, with 2.7 triples per game.
- Jarred Vanderbilt is putting up 7.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, making 54.6% of his shots from the field.
- Malik Beasley is putting up 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, making 39.5% of his shots from the floor and 35.7% from beyond the arc, with 2.9 triples per game.
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French President Emmanuel Macron visited a camp in France where authorities rounded up Jews before and during World War II, and said Monday it’s time to “open our eyes” to resurgent antisemitism and xenophobia.
The Camp des Milles “is not an accident of history, but the fruit of a deliberate slide” toward genocide rooted in historic French antisemitism and the “slow erosion of the republican spirit,” Macron said.
“Here, at the Camp des Milles, France was what it should never again become,” he said, calling for his country to be “the voice of humanism” instead.
The camp is now a memorial site that includes more than 400 illustrations and murals painted on the walls by artists and intellectuals who were once interned there, including Max Ernst. Visitors can see where the internees slept, or managed to hide, and walk the path they took to deportation convoys.
“Let us open our eyes to the rise of xenophobia and antisemitism, tune our ear to the resurgence of racism. Let us never be fooled by the new clothing adopted by the same ideologies of division,” Macron said.
The French Interior Ministry reported a rising number of acts of vandalism, public insults and other infractions based on race or religion last year.
Macron faced two far-right challengers in this year's presidential election. The far-right National Rally party won a record number of seats in the lower house of parliament, while Macron’s centrists lost their majority.
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has sought to distance the party from antisemitic views espoused by her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen; the party now focuses its anger on immigration and Muslim practices it sees as a threat. | 2022-12-05T17:32:59+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lets-open-our-eyes-to-rising-xenophobia-macron-warns/2022/12/05/7042e8c4-74be-11ed-a199-927b334b939f_story.html |
Do essential oils work?
Essential oils are highly concentrated botanical extracts made from the flowers, leaves and stems of plants. Essential oils have a host of medicinal and therapeutic properties and can help achieve various health and beauty goals. Aromatherapy and topical application are the most popular ways to use essential oils to improve skin, treat congestion, promote relaxation and much more.
What are essential oils?
Essential oils are aromatic compounds extracted from plants through distillation or cold pressing. The oil contains the unique “essence” and characteristic aroma of the plant.
Some view essential oils as powerful botanical medicines with immense and limitless benefits. In contrast, others simply enjoy the pleasant, relaxing qualities essential oils bring into a home through diffusion and other modes of use.
Common essential oils and their uses
Lavender oil is excellent for relieving stress and promoting relaxation. You can also spray it on your pillow or add it to your bath to help you fall asleep faster.
Tea tree oil is widely used for its antiseptic properties. You can also use it as an acne treatment. Apply directly to pimples with a cotton swab to reduce the appearance of blemishes and promote healing.
Eucalyptus oil is often used for topical pain relief as well as for decongestion. Diffuse a small amount of eucalyptus oil in a diffuser when struggling with a cold or allergies to find relief from nasal congestion.
Peppermint oil is also often used for cold and flu prevention and treatment, as it’s a natural anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial oil. You can also add a bit of peppermint oil, always diluted in a carrier oil, to your temples to energize, promote memory and stay awake when studying, for example.
Bergamot oil is often used to promote smooth skin and can be added to a carrier oil and applied directly to your face for this purpose.
How to use essential oils for aromatherapy
The most common way to use essential oils is to add them to an essential oil diffuser for aromatherapy.
Essential oil diffusers spray essential oils into the air as a breathable mist and come in various styles. Use an ultrasonic aromatherapy diffuser to get the most benefit out of your essential oils.
Follow your diffuser’s instructions for use. Generally, you’ll operate your diffuser by filling the tank with water and adding up to 20 drops of essential oil to the water before turning on your diffuser.
How to use essential oils topically
Another popular way to use essential oils is to apply them topically and allow them to absorb into the skin.
You can apply essential oils to most parts of your body, barring sensitive areas. Some of the best places to apply essential oils are on your wrists, the tops of your feet, on your neck and behind your ears.
Any time you plan to apply essential oils to your skin, it’s important to use a carrier oil. A carrier oil is a neutral, plant-based oil that holds your essential oils. Common carrier oils include coconut oil, avocado oil, vegetable oil, sunflower seed oil, almond oil and jojoba oil.
Diluting essential oils in a carrier oil is crucial because it makes a skin reaction less likely and allows essential oils to work better. Essential oils on their own tend to evaporate before your body has time to absorb the molecules present in the oil. A carrier oil slows down the process of evaporation.
When diluting essential oils, aim for a ratio of about 15 drops of essential oil per ounce of carrier oil. You store your mixture of essential oil and carrier oil in a rollerball bottle.
How to use essential oils in the bath
Adding essential oils directly to your bath water is a great way to incorporate essential oils into your self-care routine to unwind, relax and get ready for bed.
Another way to use essential oils in the bath is to buy bath products that contain essential oils. For example, you can get tea tree oil shampoo, lavender epsom salts or an essential oil shower steamer.
Other essential oil uses
Add a few drops of your favorite essential oils or essential oil blend to wool laundry balls. Laundry balls replace dryer sheets and are better for the planet, more cost-effective and will make your clothes smell like whatever you want them to.
You can easily create your own cleaning products and sprays with essential oils. To create a disinfecting surface spray, mix together 1 cup water, ½ cup white vinegar, ½ tablespoon baking soda and at least 5 drops of your essential oil of choice. Store your DIY cleaning products and air sprays in a glass bottle set. Use with reusable rags for zero waste cleaning.
Make your own fluffy whipped body butter by combining ¾ cup cocoa butter with ¼ cup coconut oil and 20 drops of your favorite essential oil or a blend. Melt the butter and oil in a double boiler or bowl and then, once melted, let harden in the freezer for about 15 minutes. Remove the mixture from the freezer and whip for about 5 minutes with a hand mixer. Store in a glass jar.
How do I use essential oils safely?
Essential oils are entirely safe to use, but there are guidelines you should follow. Remember that everyone’s reaction to a particular plant oil is different, and you should consult your doctor before you use a new health or beauty product.
Start with a drop
Essential oils are incredibly potent, and you should always use less than you think you need when you’re beginning to experiment with them. One or two drops are often more than enough for most purposes.
Dilute
Even though some essential oils are labeled for direct application to the skin, it’s always a good idea to play it safe and dilute essential oils before you place them on your skin. We recommend carrier oil for this purpose.
If you’ve applied an essential oil to your skin and are experiencing skin irritation or another reaction, apply vegetable oil to the affected area to relieve the effects.
Read the label carefully
Follow the manufacturer’s instructions on your essential oil’s label. Some essential oils are safe for direct topical application, while some may be irritating.
Where not to apply oils
Never apply oils inside your eyes, ears, nose or other sensitive areas.
Who shouldn’t use oils
Many essential oils aren’t safe for use around children under the age of 5, so practice extreme caution when determining which, if any, oils to use around children.
Pregnant or breastfeeding women shouldn’t consume or dispense essential oils in the air without a doctor’s approval.
Never apply essential oils directly to pets, as the oils can have extremely irritating effects on animals’ skin and may lead to injuries. Some essential oils that are safe for humans are toxic for pets, so you must consult a veterinarian before diffusing any oil in a home with pets.
What you need to buy to use essential oils
Vitruvi Ceramic Ultrasonic Essential Oil Diffuser
This is a high-quality porcelain essential oil diffuser with a matte ceramic finish that looks elegant and uses ultrasonic technology to diffuse essential oils without heat. It has a very sleek design, a long run time and an automatic shut-off.
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Lagunamoon Essential Oils Set of 6
This option is a great starter set of the six most popular essential oils. It comes with lemon grass, peppermint, orange, lavender, eucalyptus and tea tree essential oils. Use with a diffuser or apply topically with a carrier oil.
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Liantral Essential Oils Storage Rack
Keep your essential oils neat and on display in this aesthetically pleasing wood-crafted bottle organizer. It looks great on an end table or shelf next to a diffuser.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was able to visit Washington in triumph on Wednesday because Senate Republican leaders decided they could not trust their party’s new majority in the House to deliver a budget — without delays and drama — that included the help Ukraine needs.
Republican senators came close to saying as much. “My concern is that a new House, very small majority, new leadership, is going to have to take over, and to have to start from behind?” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (N.D.). “That concerns me. That could have negative consequences.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) underscored the urgency of aid to Ukraine in a speech on the Senate floor in the hours before Zelensky’s arrival. The case McConnell made hinted at the divisions in his party between passionate supporters of Ukraine and those influenced by Trumpist America First nationalism.
“The reason that a big bipartisan majority of the American people and a big bipartisan majority in Congress support continuing to assist Ukraine is not primarily about inspiring speeches or a desire to engage in philanthropy,” McConnell said. While “the Ukrainian people are courageous and innocent,” he added, the “most basic reasons for continuing to help Ukraine degrade and defeat the Russian invaders are cold, hard, practical American interests.”
Those final words made clear that, for many Republicans, particularly in the House, the moral argument for supporting a democratic nation against a despotic invader is not a sufficient rationale for U.S. action.
In urging the Senate to “send President Zelensky back to Ukraine” with the assistance his country requires, Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) brought the Republican split to the surface: “I hope that Donald Trump’s friendship with [Vladimir] Putin is not motivating House Republicans to turn a blind eye to Ukraine’s suffering and desperate need for help.”
In fact, by reaching a budget agreement, Senate Republicans might have saved House GOP leader and speaker-hopeful Kevin McCarthy deadly headaches. One Senate Democratic aide said McCarthy was saying a loud “no” publicly while privately welcoming how the deal would allow the new House to get organized and not face a budget showdown in its first months.
McCarthy is still scrambling for right-wing votes to secure the majority he needs to become speaker. So to bring conservative hard-liners to his side, he has been over-the-top in condemning his Senate colleagues.
McCarthy pledged on Twitter on Tuesday that if the Senate approved the new budget, even Republican-authored Senate bills “would be dead on arrival” in the House next year. While expressing support for McCarthy’s leadership bid, Cramer shot back in an interview with the Washington Examiner. McCarthy, he said, “can do that if he wants, but it doesn’t get him anywhere. I mean, I think it even sounds naive.”
Democrats were as eager as Republicans to reach a compromise, create at least some stability in government finances and avert the economic wreckage a budget confrontation could leave in its wake. So while Democrats could brag about domestic spending in the deal for veterans, Pell Grant increases for low-income college students, child care, substance abuse and food assistance, their concessions were substantial, involving what Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) called “painful cuts.”
Among the Republicans victories: big increases in defense spending and the bill’s failure to provide additional money the Biden administration says it needs to combat covid-19. Shamefully, the agreement failed to restore even a pared-down expansion of the poverty-fighting child tax credit.
Still, the negotiations reflect what governing looks like when competing political parties decide that compromise in the name of economic stability and foreign policy responsibility is no vice.
What’s alarming is how afraid responsible Republicans are of what 2023 and 2024 will look like with the House in the hands of an erratic majority easily pressured by its right wing and under leadership in a very weak position to resist forces not interested in governing.
Zelensky’s visit is a reminder that democracy is worth fighting for and that bravery in the face of what seemed to be insuperable odds can achieve what was once regarded as impossible. It would be a national dereliction of duty if factions within the Republican Party were allowed to endanger all that the Ukrainian people have achieved.
And it will require a quieter no less important form of bravery to keep our own democracy functioning in the face of extremists willing to risk calamity if that is what it takes for them to win. | 2022-12-21T21:20:54+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/21/budget-deal-senate-fears-gop-house-ukraine/ |
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