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WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the extraordinary moment that brought House Republicans to the brink — and ultimately the moment they found their way back.
Just one vote short of becoming speaker of the House, California Republican Kevin McCarthy stood from his chair and walked down the center aisle to the back of the chamber. It was nearing midnight, and he had already lost 13 votes for speaker over four long days. The room fell almost silent as it became apparent that the GOP leader was now asking — begging, really — the bombastic, blustering, defiant Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to change his vote from “present” to “McCarthy.”
Gaetz, who had hurled personal insults at McCarthy just hours earlier on the House floor, said no.
McCarthy slowly walked back down the aisle, alone, head tilted to the ground. But he turned back around when he heard a scuffle behind him. Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican ally of McCarthy, had angrily confronted Gaetz, telling him he would regret his decision. Lawmakers on the floor yelled in disbelief as Rogers was held back by a colleague.
McCarthy walked back to make sure the argument was over and then returned to his chair, defeated.
He lost the 14th vote. Allies moved to abruptly adjourn the House, their hoped-for unity seemingly coming apart.
Then tempers cooled. And within the hour, McCarthy and his allies had persuaded his other remaining opponents to vote “present” as well, lowering the vote total necessary for McCarthy to win and handing him the speakership by early Saturday morning — after a historic, remarkable and somewhat astonishing week of repeated votes.
“I hope one thing is clear,” McCarthy said when he finally took the gavel after 1 a.m. “I never give up.”
The chaos on the House floor came exactly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. During a late-night session after that attack, McCarthy called it the “saddest day I’ve ever had” as a member of Congress. In the days afterward, McCarthy blamed then-President Donald Trump for encouraging his supporters who attacked the building and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden. But just a few weeks later McCarthy traveled to see Trump in Florida and made amends.
The scene Friday was a different kind of chaos — but it was a full-circle moment for Republicans, who had ceded both chambers of Congress and the presidency to Democrats after the violent insurrection. While many of them denounced Trump at the time, McCarthy’s Florida visit brought him back into the fold, and the former president was working the phones Friday evening, calling Gaetz and the other holdouts.
“He was with me from the beginning,” McCarthy said after the final vote, noting Trump's phone calls as well.
While the U.S. House is often raucous, the week’s events were almost surreal: vote after vote, defeat after defeat, and eventual success after picking off seemingly intransigent opponents.
McCarthy needed two more votes going into the Friday evening tally, which didn’t start until 10 p.m., late enough to provide two of his supporters — one whose wife had given birth that week and another who was ill — time to return to Washington. McCarthy and his allies seemed confident walking in, but as the votes ticked off, it became clear he would be one short.
Two of McCarthy’s closest lieutenants, North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry and Louisiana Rep. Garrett Graves, sat on either side of Gaetz during the vote, with Graves at one point on his knees. But Gaetz could only be partially swayed, and stood to say “present” when the roll call reached his name. It wasn’t enough, and McCarthy approached him just before the vote was called, C-SPAN cameras tracking his short journey.
Gaetz was angrily pointing at McCarthy during the conversation. But Colorado Rep. Ken Buck, a McCarthy supporter who was standing nearby, said the exchange between the two men was pleasant, and that McCarthy just asked him to change his vote. Gaetz said his “present” vote was as far as he was going, Buck said.
McCarthy said afterward that Gaetz eventually “got everybody there to the point that nobody voted against me,” persuading some of his fellow colleagues to vote “present” as well. In the end, no Republican voted against McCarthy.
They wanted to “make this conference united and work together,” McCarthy said.
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Associated Press writers Kevin Freking, Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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2023-01-07T09:26:58+00:00
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- Positive data from a Phase 2 study of IONIS-FB-LRx support further development for treatment of patients with IgA nephropathy
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS), today announced that its long-standing partner, Roche, will license and advance IONIS-FB-LRx, an investigational antisense medicine, into a Phase 3 clinical study in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). IgAN is a rare and serious condition that often leads to chronic kidney disease and renal failure. Roche's decision to advance the program comes after positive data from a Phase 2 clinical study in which IONIS-FB-LRx met its primary endpoint of change in 24-hour urinary protein at 29 weeks compared to baseline.
In the Phase 2 study (NCT04014335), IONIS-FB-LRx demonstrated a favorable safety and tolerability profile. The study data are consistent with the clinical profile seen across Ionis' other LICA programs, further validating how advancements in the company's LIgand-Conjugated Antisense technology platform position Ionis to deliver potentially transformative treatments for a range of unmet medical needs. Data from the Phase 2 study of IONIS-FB-LRx in patients with IgAN has been submitted for presentation at an upcoming medical meeting.
IgAN occurs when too much IgA protein accumulates in the kidneys, causing inflammation and tissue damage, which is the root cause of the disease. IONIS-FB-LRx was designed by Ionis to reduce the production of complement factor B (FB), which is associated with the development of several complement-mediated diseases, including IgAN.
"Roche's decision to advance the program reaffirms our shared confidence in the ability of Ionis' antisense medicines to effectively target the root cause of difficult to treat diseases like immunoglobulin A nephropathy," said Michael McCaleb, Ph.D., vice president, clinical development at Ionis. "The results of the Phase 2 study provide initial clinical evidence that IONIS-FB-LRx reduces complement and protein levels in the urine of patients with IgAN."
Roche will lead and be responsible for the Phase 3 study of IONIS-FB-LRx in patients with IgAN and for future global development, regulatory and commercialization activities.
IONIS-FB-LRx is also being evaluated in GOLDEN (NCT03815825), a Phase 2 clinical study to determine whether the medicine can slow or halt the progression of geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. Ionis will receive $55 million from Roche for licensing IONIS-FB-LRx for IgAN and achieving a development milestone in the GOLDEN study.
Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is an important cause of chronic kidney disease and renal failure. Also known as Berger's disease, IgAN is characterized by deposition of IgA and Complement 3 (C3) activation products in the glomerular mesangium of the kidneys, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. Although IgAN may occur at any age, it generally presents in the second or third decade of life. The clinical presentation, disease progression and histologic findings are highly variable among affected individuals. Current therapies are aimed at reduction of protein levels in the urine with administration of angiotensin inhibitors and control of blood pressure. Sometimes immunosuppressive therapies are given; however, this practice is not universally accepted.
For more than 30 years, Ionis has been the leader in RNA-targeted therapy, pioneering new markets and changing standards of care with its novel antisense technology. Ionis currently has three marketed medicines and a premier late-stage pipeline highlighted by industry-leading cardiovascular and neurological franchises. Our scientific innovation began and continues with the knowledge that sick people depend on us, which fuels our vision of becoming a leading, fully integrated biotechnology company.
To learn more about Ionis, visit www.ionispharma.com and follow us on Twitter @ionispharma.
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding Ionis' business and the therapeutic and commercial potential of Ionis' technologies, IONIS-FB-LRx and other products in development. Any statement describing Ionis' goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those related to the impact COVID-19 could have on our business, and including but not limited to, those related to our commercial products and the medicines in our pipeline, and particularly those inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercializing medicines that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such medicines. Ionis' forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Although Ionis' forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Ionis. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Ionis' programs are described in additional detail in Ionis' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021, and the most recent Form 10-Q quarterly filing, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these and other documents are available from the Company.
In this press release, unless the context requires otherwise, "Ionis," "Company," "we," "our," and "us" refers to Ionis Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries.
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2022-07-11T12:48:12+00:00
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By STEVE LeBLANC and MICHAEL CASEY (Associated Press)
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — Jill D’Amore helped make Our Lady Help of Christians Church beautiful, tending to flowers and decorating the parish season by season. Her mother, 97-year-old Lucia Arpino, never missed morning Mass until the coronavirus pandemic hit. And Jill’s husband, Bruno, proudly flipped burgers at the parish picnic.
Their apparently random beating and stabbing deaths over the weekend — when the church had planned to celebrate the D’Amores’ 50th wedding anniversary in a post-Communion blessing — have shaken the parish and the wider community of Newton, a city comprising a network of villages in suburban Boston.
“It’s a shocking loss, the grief is horrifying. But I’ve got to say the love coming forth from the people has just been not surprising but so edifying and inspiring,” said the church’s pastor, the Rev. Dan Riley.
Christopher Ferguson, 41, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Newton District Court to a murder charge in the death of Jill D’Amore, 73, along with two counts of assault and one count of burglary. Additional charges are expected in the deaths of Bruno D’Amore, 74, and Arpino, 97, after those autopsies are completed.
Jill D’Amore had 32 beating and stab wounds to her upper body, including her head and face, prosecutor Nicole Allain said in court.
Ferguson, also of Newton, was arrested Monday, but it appears he had no other connection to the victims, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said. Investigators have yet to identify a motive.
Judge Mary Beth Heffernan ordered Ferguson held without bail until a probable cause hearing July 25. During Tuesday’s arraignment, at least eight relatives of the victims listened silently in court as prosecutors detailed their investigation. They left without talking to reporters.
A Mass of Peace was scheduled for Tuesday evening but reporters were not allowed inside.
“Bruno was known for his big voice and his exuberant personality,” and for being treated as “head chef” at picnics, Paul and Ginny Arpino, who were related to the victims, wrote in a letter to the church community.
Jill D’Amore, they said, had taken on the ministry of beautifying the church’s environment.
“Without a single day of liturgical training she simply followed her heart, caring for the flowers and decorating for the liturgical seasons,” they wrote.
And, they wrote, “Lucia will be especially missed on the upcoming Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Festa weekend as she faithfully walked in that procession through the streets of Nonantum well into her 90’s,” referring to the heavily Italian American neighborhood where they lived.
The victims were discovered in a bedroom by a friend shortly after they failed to show up for 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Allain said. The friend called police, who discovered signs of forced entry through a window. Investigators found bare footprints on the tile floor, along with blood droplets and fingerprints.
Surveillance video from a nearby home showed a man with no shirt or shoes staggering not far from the D’Amores’ home shortly before 5:30 a.m., Allain said. Several police officers identified the man as Ferguson, whose footprints matched bloody prints found in the home, she said.
Investigators visited Ferguson’s father, who acknowledged that a photo they showed him could be his son, according to charging documents. They then visited an ex-girlfriend of Ferguson who detailed mental health challenges he has faced since February. They finally visited the home he shared with his sister and arrested him, the documents show. Ferguson was taken to Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center for evaluation.
Several bouquets of flowers were placed on the sidewalk outside the D’Amores’ home. A police car was parked in the driveway and the yard was cordoned off by yellow crime tape.
A neighbor from across the street recalled seeing Arpino tending to her garden and going on walks with relatives. Lou Didino said nothing like this had ever happened in the sleepy, residential neighborhood.
“It was a shock, a real shock,” the 61-year-old electrician said. “… All of sudden an incident like that and now the neighborhood is tainted. You have to be careful now.”
___ LeBlanc reported from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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2023-06-28T01:45:00+00:00
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denverpost.com
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https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/27/golden-anniversary-turns-tragic-as-couple-relative-are-fatally-stabbed-and-beaten/
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The company operating a pipeline that leaked about 14,000 bathtubs' worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek is recovering at least a small part of it from what was the largest onshore crude oil spill in nine years.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Canada-based TC Energy has recovered 2,163 barrels of oil mixed with water from the 14,000-barrel spill on a creek running through rural pastureland in Washington County, Kansas, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City.
The EPA also said the company has recovered 435 barrels from the ruptured pipeline, to bring the total amount of oil and water recovered to 2,598 barrels, a figure also released by the company. Each barrel is enough to fill a household bathtub, and the total spill was 588,000 gallons.
Last week's rupture in Kansas forced the company to shut down the Keystone system, and it hasn't said when it will come back online. It is using trucks with what essentially are large wet vacuums to suck out the oil. The company said Thursday evening that the trucks are operating around the clock. The company and the EPA say no drinking water was affected, and no one was evacuated in the wake of the spill.
“Our commitment to the community is that our response efforts will continue until we have fully remediated the site,” the company said in a statement.
The company used booms, or barriers, to contain the oil in the creek and also built an earthen dam to prevent it from moving into larger waterways. The EPA said the company built a second earthen dam to helps support the first.
It was the biggest onshore spill since a Tesoro Corp. pipeline rupture in North Dakota leaked 20,600 barrels in September 2013, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data. The agency's data also said it was the largest spill on the Keystone system since it began operating in 2010 and bigger than 22 previous spills on the system combined.
The spill prompted the U.S. Department of Transportation's pipeline safety arm to order TC Energy to take corrective action.
It said the company must reduce the operating pressure by 20% inside the 96-mile (155-kilometer) segment running from Steele City, Nebraska, south to Hope, Kansas. It also said the company cannot restart operations in that segment without the permission of the pipeline safety regulators.
The company also must identify the root cause of the spill and submit a plan for finding similar problems elsewhere and conducting additional tests by early March.
Bill Caram, executive director of the advocacy Pipeline Safety Trust, said much of the order is standard “boilerplate,” and it would be possible for TC Energy to get the 96-mile segment back online once it does a repair.
“They need to excavate the pipe in such a way that it's preserved just for the investigation, for that root-cause analysis, and that takes probably the most time,” Caram said. “But the actual repair can be pretty quick.”
Concerns that spills could pollute waterways spurred opposition to plans by TC Energy to build another crude oil pipeline in the Keystone system, the 1,200-mile (1,900-kilometer) Keystone XL, which would have cut across Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Critics also argued that using crude from western Canada’s oil sands would worsen climate change, and President Joe Biden’s cancelation of a U.S. permit for the project led the company to pull the plug last year.
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2022-12-13T19:51:38+00:00
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Jayson Tatum, Top Celtics Players to Watch vs. the Kings - March 21
Jaylen Brown and Domantas Sabonis are two players to watch on Tuesday at 10:00 PM ET, when the Boston Celtics (49-23) take on the Sacramento Kings (43-28) at Golden 1 Center.
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, which you can watch on NBA TV with a seven-day free trial to fuboTV!
How to Watch Celtics vs. Kings
- Game Day: Tuesday, March 21
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
- Arena: Golden 1 Center
- Location: Sacramento, California
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Celtics' Last Game
On Saturday, in their last game, the Celtics fell to the Jazz 118-117. With 25 points, Brown was their high scorer.
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Celtics Players to Watch
- Tatum posts 30.0 points and 8.9 rebounds per contest -- both team highs. He is also putting up 4.7 assists, shooting 45.7% from the field and 34.4% from downtown with 3.3 made 3-pointers per game (sixth in league).
- Brown averages 26.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocked shots.
- Derrick White averages 12.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. Defensively, he averages 0.7 steals and 0.9 blocked shots.
- Malcolm Brogdon is posting 14.7 points, 3.6 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game.
- Marcus Smart posts a team-high 6.4 assists per contest. He is also putting up 11.3 points and 3.2 rebounds, shooting 41.3% from the floor and 33.4% from downtown with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game.
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2023-03-21T20:31:17+00:00
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are bringing back defensive end Dante Fowler and running back Rico Dowdle while adding two outside free agents for depth in running back Ronald Jones and lineman Chuma Edoga.
Fowler signed with Dallas last year, reuniting with defensive coordinator Dan Quinn from when Quinn was the head coach in Atlanta. The 28-year-old finished with six sacks, his most since a career-high 11 1/2 with the Los Angeles Rams in 2019.
The signing of Jones on Tuesday comes after the Cowboys released two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott in a cost-cutting move. Jones saw limited duty with Super Bowl champion Kansas City last season.
The Cowboys put the $10.1 million franchise tag on Tony Pollard with the expectation the fifth-year player will be their lead back in 2023. Pollard broke his left leg in Dallas' 19-12 divisional-round loss to San Francisco but is expected to be ready for the season.
Edoga has played mostly tackle in college and the pros but could be an option at guard after the Cowboys lost left guard Connor McGovern to Buffalo in free agency. Edoga was drafted two spots behind McGovern in the third round in 2019.
Dowdle has had three injury-filled seasons with the Cowboys, missing most of 2022 with an ankle issue after a hip problem kept him out all of the previous season.
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2023-03-21T23:44:24+00:00
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.
While not on the ballot himself, Trump has played a role in several races, with candidates bearing his endorsement meeting a variety of electoral outcomes. There have also been tumbles by several incumbents, some taken out by Trump-backed challengers and others bested by fellow representatives in faceoffs forced by redistricting.
Here’s what’s happened so far in primary races across the country:
FALLEN INCUMBENTS
Eight incumbents — three Democrats and five Republicans — lost their U.S. House seats already this year after being defeated in their primary elections.
Four of those losses came in incumbent-on-incumbent races, a result of the once-a-decade redistricting process. But the other four were defeated by insurgent challengers after finding themselves vulnerable as a result of scandal, investigation, irritating progressives or crossing Trump.
Seven-term centrist Democratic U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon fell to progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner in his May 17 primary. Schrader had angered many Democrats by opposing some of President Joe Biden’s priorities, including a $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic relief bill because he didn’t support a minimum wage increase.
Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina was defeated by state Sen. Chuck Edwards after a whirlwind of scandals that included Cawthorn saying he’d been invited to orgies and had seen opponents of drug addiction use cocaine, getting caught twice with guns at airports and appearing in videos showing him in sexually suggestive poses.
On June 14, five-term GOP Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina lost his reelection bid to state Rep. Russell Fry after voting to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. And on June 28, six-term Mississippi Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo lost a runoff to Sheriff Mike Ezell after being accused in a congressional ethics report of misspending campaign funds.
MEMBER-ON-MEMBER FACEOFFS
Redistricting guaranteed that some U.S. House incumbents would be ousted.
The first to fall was Republican Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia, who voted with Democrats in support of Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, betting that West Virginians would reward him for prioritizing such funding in one of the nation’s poorest states. Instead, they dumped him for Rep. Alex Mooney, who opposed the infrastructure bill. Mooney won Trump’s endorsement the day Biden signed the measure into law.
In Georgia, Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath, a gun safety advocate, went district shopping after a GOP-dominated Legislature turned her home area into a Republican stronghold. She defeated fellow Democratic Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, who said she’d considered McBath like a “sister.”
Two Illinois incumbents lost their seats this past week when Republican Rep. Mary Miller defeated five-term Republican Rep. Rodney Davis, and Democratic Rep. Sean Casten beat one-term Democratic Rep. Marie Newman.
Miller won days after she called the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade a “historic victory for white life” during a rally with Trump. Calling it “a mix-up of words,” Miller’s spokesman told The Associated Press that she had intended to say the decision was a victory for a “right to life.”
TRUMP’S TARGETS
Still stinging from his 2020 presidential election loss to Biden, Trump vowed revenge on Republicans who defied him.
He zeroed in on Georgia, recruiting challengers to Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who had rebuffed his efforts to overturn his narrow defeat in the state. But he fell short, with Kemp easily turning back former Sen. David Perdue, and Raffensperger defeating Rep. Jody Hice.
Trump also directed his rage toward the 10 House Republicans who voted with Democrats to impeach him for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Four decided against seeking reelection.
But of those who stayed to fight, Rice became first to lose, a result he acknowledged was possible over a vote he said his conscience forced him to take. Another, Rep. David Valadao of California, finished second in his primary, meaning he advanced to the November general election as one of the top two finishers.
Four of the House Republicans still await their primaries.
In South Carolina, Trump targeted another GOP incumbent, Rep. Nancy Mace, following her criticism of his role in the Jan. 6 attack and her vote to certify Biden’s win. Mace withstood her challenge from Katie Arrington, a Trump-backed opponent.
TRUMP: KEEPING SCORE
Trump helped lift some U.S. Senate candidates to victory. In Ohio, he backed “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance after a furious push by Vance’s opponents to win Trump’s favor. The endorsement just three weeks before the election propelled Vance to a win.
Dr. Mehmet Oz got Trump’s seal of approval about five weeks before Pennsylvania’s primary, a blow to former hedge fund CEO David McCormick, whose wife, Dina Powell, served in Trump’s administration. Oz eked out a slim victory over McCormick after a recount.
In North Carolina, Trump endorsed Rep. Ted Budd a year before his primary, elevating the little-known congressman from a 14-candidate field to win the GOP Senate nomination.
Trump also waded into statewide races, backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against primary challenger George P. Bush. Trump was rewarding Paxton for petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election — an effort the state bar termed “dishonest” as it sought to punish him for it.
Katie Britt nearly won a GOP primary outright to replace her boss, retiring Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, but ended up in a runoff with longtime Rep. Mo Brooks, whom Trump initially supported before pulling his endorsement as Brooks’ polling languished. Trump endorsed Britt only after she finished first in the primary.
Republican voters in Nebraska rejected Trump’s gubernatorial pick, businessman Charles Herbster, who was accused late in the campaign of having groped multiple women, going instead with University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen as their nominee. In a U.S. House race in Georgia, GOP voters picked trucking company owner Mike Collins over Vernon Jones, a Trump-backed Democrat-turned-Republican.
ELECTION DENIERS
Voters handed primary wins to some candidates who supported Trump’s assertions that Biden’s election victory was illegitimate. Those false claims have been roundly rejected by elections officials, Trump’s own attorney general and the courts, including by judges he appointed.
Nonetheless, state Sen. Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania’s crowded Republican gubernatorial primary. He has been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol for his role in a plan to arrange for an “alternate” slate of electors from Pennsylvania for Trump after the 2020 election.
Trump’s pick for Nevada secretary of state, former state lawmaker Jim Marchant, won his primary after spending months arguing that there hadn’t been a legitimate Nevada election for years and that Trump’s victory had been stolen.
In Idaho, Trump’s insurgent candidate Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin lost her bid to oust Gov. Brad Little. McGeachin had said she would “bring integrity to Idaho’s elections,” without citing any inconsistencies. She also said she’d push for a 50-state forensic audit of the 2020 election.
In Colorado, GOP voters chose Pam Anderson as their nominee for secretary of state over Tina Peters, an indicted county clerk who gained national prominence by promoting conspiracy theories about voting machines. Anderson had pledged to keep politics out of running elections, while Peters was indicted on seven felony counts accusing her of taking part in a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology.
LOOK AHEAD
Primary season resumes in earnest in August, with a number of high-profile races still to be decided.
Rep. Liz Cheney faces a stiff primary challenge in Wyoming on Aug. 16 after voting to impeach Trump and becoming vice chair of the House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. Trump has endorsed Harriet Hageman in the race.
In Arizona, one of five battleground states Biden flipped, the former president endorsed a slate of loyalists who promote his false election claims. In the governor’s race, he backed former TV news anchor Kari Lake over developer Karrin Taylor Robson for the GOP nomination to replace Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who resisted Trump’s election year pressure and is barred from another term.
In Arizona’s U.S. Senate race, Trump supports investor Blake Masters for the GOP nomination to face Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly in November. Masters has said “I think Trump won in 2020″ and espoused the baseless “great replacement” conspiracy theory, a racist ideology that says white people and their influence are being replaced by people of color.
And in Arizona’s secretary of state race, Trump backed state Rep. Mark Finchem, who was photographed outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and worked to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss.
In Michigan, one of the country’s top battleground states, Republicans have faced setbacks in their bid to defeat Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November. Five GOP candidates failed to qualify for the Aug. 2 primary after submitting fake signatures collected by paid petition circulators. Another candidate, Republican Ryan Kelley, was charged last month with misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6 attack.
Establishment Republicans are worried about the Aug. 2 GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri, where former Gov. Eric Greitens is trying to make a political comeback, following his resignation four years ago amid investigations into possible campaign finance issues and into whether he blackmailed a woman against speaking about their extramarital affair. Some Republicans fear Greitens would be a weak general election candidate who could cede a safe seat to Democrats.
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2022-07-05T12:23:17+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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WESTFIELD – U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, foresees a settlement to the standoff over the debt ceiling and wants to consider – following the next presidential election – an end to the debt ceiling itself.
“I think that it is unconscionable for one moment that we could contemplate the forgoing of America’s debt obligations,” said Neal, the ranking Democrat on the powerful House Ways & Means Committee. “I don’t see that happening. We’ll strike an agreement of some sort.”
Neal spoke after House Democratic leaders deployed a secret strategy that would force a debt-limit bill to the floor, bypassing Republican leaders who have called for spending cuts in exchange for raising the limit.
“Our Republican colleagues all voted for the pandemic relief. They have all voted for more defense spending,” Neal said Wednesday during a trip to Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield to talk about new F-35 fighter jets.
“Many of them voted for the infrastructure bill. Many of them voted for the CHIPS act. And our economy bounced back faster than any other economy in the world largely because of the investments that we have made,” he said.
Republicans want what the lawmaker sees as unreasonable cuts to Medicaid and to veterans’ benefits.
Allowing a default would harm the United States’ standing in the world, the dollar’s role as a world currency and could destabilize markets, damaging investments like 401(k)s, he said.
“I think that the American people, when they find out the details, they are not going to be happy about that,” Neal said.
President Joe Biden will meet with Republican leaders next week ahead of June 1. That is the date when the treasury secretary believes the country will not be able to fulfill its financial obligations.
Neal suggested that after this raising of the debt limit, and perhaps after the 2024 presidential election, the debt ceiling could be eliminated altogether.
“It’s become a cudgel that both sides over many years have demagogued,” he said.
Neal pointed out that the Reconstruction-era 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says the federal government must pay its debts.
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2023-05-03T22:10:51+00:00
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masslive.com
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https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/05/us-rep-richard-e-neal-sees-amicable-end-to-debt-ceiling-standoff-suggests-eliminating-ceiling-altogether.html
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge dismissed the 2021 kidnapping case against the Colorado gay nightclub shooter even though she had previously raised concerns about the defendant stockpiling weapons and explosives and planning a shootout, court transcripts obtained Friday by The Associated Press reveal.
Relatives, including the grandparents who claimed to have been kidnapped, had also told Judge Robin Chittum in August last year about Anderson Aldrich’s struggles with mental illness during a hearing at which the judge said Aldrich needed treatment or “it’s going to be so bad,” according to the documents.
Yet no mention was made during a hearing this July of the suspect’s violent behavior or the status of any mental health treatment.
And Chittum, who had received a letter late last year from relatives of Aldrich’s grandparents warning the suspect was certain to commit murder if freed, granted a defense attorney’s motion to dismiss the case as a trial deadline loomed and the grandparents had stopped cooperating.
The revelation that Chittum regarded the defendant as a potentially serious threat adds to the advance warnings authorities are known to have had about Aldrich’s increasingly violent behavior and it raises more questions about whether the recent mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs could have been prevented.
Five people were killed and 17 wounded in the Nov. 19 attack. Aldrich was charged last week with 305 criminal counts, including hate crimes and murder. Aldrich’s public defender has declined to talk about the case, and investigators have not released a motive.
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said transcripts of court hearings in the case confirmed his view that “more could have been done to prevent the violence.”
Dershowitz acknowledged that he didn’t know every detail in front of Chittum during the hearings but said that while judges are typically supposed to be umpires, “judges are usually more aggressive in cases like this, when the handwriting is on the wall.”
In many cases, Dershowitz said, prosecutors can overreach to get a conviction, but “here, you have the legal system failing.”
Chittum’s comments in Aldrich’s kidnapping case had previously been under a court seal that was lifted last week at the request of prosecutors and news organizations including the AP. Chittum’s assistant, Chad Dees, said Friday that the judge declined to comment.
“You clearly have been planning for something else,” Chittum told Aldrich during the August 2021 hearing, after the defendant testified about an affinity for shooting firearms and a history of mental health problems.
“It didn’t have to do with your grandma and grandpa. It was saving all these firearms and trying to make this bomb, and making statements about other people being involved in some sort of shootout and a huge thing. And then that’s kind of what it turned into,” the judge said.
Aldrich — whose defense lawyers say is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns — spoke to Chittum in court that day about repeated abuse as a young child by their father and longtime struggles with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder, the transcript shows.
(The vast majority of people with mental illnesses are not violent, studies show, and experts say most people who are violent do not have mental illnesses. Additionally, nonbinary people and advocates warn against making assumptions about people with nontraditional gender identities.)
Aldrich, who was largely raised by their grandparents, wanted to join the military as a teenager but decided it wasn’t going to happen, the transcripts show. The suspect described refusing to take medications and then “getting on track” after moving to Colorado, obtaining a medical marijuana license and starting college, according to the transcripts.
“I also went to the (shooting range) as often as I could since the age of 16,” Aldrich testified, the transcripts show. “My mom and I would go … sometimes multiple times a week and have fun shooting. This is a major pastime for me. Going to school, working and then relaxing at the shooting range.”
Aldrich said they went to Dragonman’s shooting range east of Colorado Springs, where the dirt driveway was lined by mannequins that looked bloodied Friday. Nearby were rusted vehicles, some peppered in bullet holes. Two people who appeared to work at the range said they did not know Aldrich and declined further comment.
Shooting at the range “was highly therapeutic for me, and was a great way to spend spare time,” Aldrich told Chittum.
When Aldrich’s grandparents made plans to move to Florida, the suspect became despondent. Leading up to the 2021 confrontation with authorities, Aldrich started drinking liquor regularly and smoking heroin, dropped out of school and quit working, the transcript shows.
The charges in that case against Aldrich — who had stockpiled explosives and allegedly spoke of plans to become the “next mass killer” before engaging in an armed standoff with SWAT teams — were thrown out during a four-minute hearing this past July at which the prosecution didn’t even argue to keep the case active.
The prosecution was the responsibility solely of the district attorney, said Ian Farrell, associate professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, noting that judges like Chittum have no power to force charges.
“Since a deadline for proceeding with (Aldrich’s) trial was coming up and the prosecution clearly was not ready to proceed … the trial judge had no choice but to dismiss the case,” Farrell said.
Judges can appoint special prosecutors in extreme situations, such as when a decision not to prosecute is done in bad faith, Farrell said. But the 2021 case did not appear to rise to that bar, he said, because witnesses in the case were unavailable.
Howard Black, spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, has said he cannot share information about the kidnapping case because it’s part of the current investigation. El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen has said his office did everything it could to prosecute the case, including trying to subpoena Aldrich’s mother, but has repeatedly declined to elaborate.
During the 2021 standoff, Aldrich allegedly told the frightened grandparents about firearms and bomb-making material in the basement of the home they all shared. Aldrich vowed not to let the grandparents interfere with plans to “go out in a blaze.”
Aldrich livestreamed on Facebook a subsequent confrontation with SWAT teams at the house of their mother, Laura Voepel, where the defendant eventually surrendered, was arrested and had weapons, ammunition and more than 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of explosive materials seized.
The FBI had received a tip on Aldrich a day before the threat but closed out the case just weeks later with no federal charges filed.
By August 2021, when Aldrich bonded out of jail, the grandparents were describing the suspect as a “sweet young” person, according to the transcripts. At two subsequent hearings that fall, defense attorneys described how Aldrich was attending therapy and was on medications, the transcripts show.
In an October 2021 courtroom exchange, Chittum told Aldrich to “hang in there with the meds.”
“It’s an adjustment period for sure,” Aldrich replied, to which the judge replied, “Yeah it will settle, don’t worry. Good luck.”
The case had been headed toward a plea agreement early this year but fell apart after family members stopped cooperating and prosecutors failed to successfully serve a subpoena to testify to Aldrich’s 69-year-old grandmother Pamela Pullen, who was bedridden in Florida.
There is scant discussion in the transcripts of efforts by prosecutors to subpoena other potential witnesses — including Aldrich’s mother, grandfather and a fourth person who is listed in court documents but not identified.
Although authorities missed some warning signs about Aldrich’s capability for violence, the opposite happened across the country in Minnesota this week, where a man who said he idolized Aldrich was arrested after trying to buy grenades from an FBI informant and building an arsenal of automatic weapons to use against police, according to charges.
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Brown reported from Billings, Montana.
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2022-12-17T04:56:47+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-in-2021-judge-warned-of-gay-bar-attackers-shootout-plans/
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This Disney doll is selling out fast
Many fans of “The Little Mermaid” have been patiently waiting for the live-action film to hit the big screen. While the movie isn’t set to release until May 26, you can already get your hands on the merch. One item, in particular, has proven to be a hot commodity; Mattel’s Ariel doll has quickly become a #1 bestseller on Amazon.
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Mattel Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” Ariel Doll
- Official Tiana Classic Doll
- Disney Princess Jasmine Styling Head
Everything we know about “The Little Mermaid”
The Little Mermaid live-action movie will star Halle Bailey, an actress and composer who has appeared in “A Wrinkle in Time,” “Grown-ish” and even Wrestlemania. It will also feature Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem and Awkwafina. It’s the seventh live-action adaptation of Disney animated classics, and the story will be similar to the original animated film.
“The Little Mermaid” Ariel Doll
The doll features a colorful tail and resembles Halle Bailey as Ariel. According to Mattel, it features “her long red hair that celebrates the beauty of natural hair for styling fun.” Reviewers have noted that it looks like the actress, as it even features a beauty mark above its brow. It has posable features but cannot stand on its own.
Some fans have had a hard time getting their hands on the realistic doll, as it sold out multiple times on Mattel’s website.
Best Disney Dolls
Mattel Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” Ariel Doll
This features a realistic portrayal of the live-action Ariel. Reviewers were impressed with its design elements and colors. The arms and tail are posable. It’s relatively affordable and sought after by fans of the movie.
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This doll plays “How Far I’ll Go” from the “Moana” movie when you press the button on its necklace. The necklace lights up, and the doll comes with a crown of flowers to place on Moana’s head. The arms and legs are posable.
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This comes packaged in a gorgeous box and has an ankle-length satin gown. It stands up on its own, making it an excellent choice for display. It comes with a brush, so children can brush her hair.
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This comes with a hair brush and a long skirt with glittering floral accents. The packaging is plastic-free, and the doll is posable. It is made of quality materials, and the hair is soft and thick.
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Disney Princess Jasmine Styling Head
This has long hair that children can brush and style. It stands around 8 inches tall. It has 13 accessories, including a brush, hair clips and bows.
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2023-05-11T06:44:43+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/reviews/br/toys-games-br/dolls-dollhouses-br/halle-baileys-the-little-mermaid-doll-is-already-a-bestseller/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jaylen Brunson scored 34 points to help the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 119-113 on Wednesday night.
RJ Barrett added 27 points in his return from a finger injury that sidelined him six games, and Julius Randle had 14 points and 16 rebounds.
“I was trying to be aggressive,” Barrett said. “I’ve’ been working, I haven’t just been sitting down. I just wanted to find some sort of rhythm. I’m cool with giving it my all and living with the results.”
Buddy Hield led Indiana with 31 points.
After New York led by 25 points in the third quarter, Hield cut it to 105-103 with a 3-pointer with 3:10 left. Brunson countered for the Knicks, scoring the next seven points of the game.
“I think we stayed poised and finished out the game,” Brunson said. “We obviously want to keep a lead and win comfortably, but that team wasn’t going to quit. I have to give them a lot of credit. For us, we have to continue to hold leads better. Keep our foot on the gas with the lead. That is a work in progress for us. But, a win is a win.”
Hield’s four-point play with 1:22 remaining pulled the Pacers to 112-109. He had a chance to tie it on Indiana’s next possession, but his 3-pointer was off the mark.
Quentin Grimes’ 3-pointer with 25 seconds remaining sealed it for the Knicks.
“Once he called my number I knew I had to be ready,” Grimes said. “And if the pass was coming to me I had to knock it down, and that’s what happened tonight.”
Grimes finished with 18 points, Immanuel Quickley had 11 and Mitchell Robinson had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Bennedict Mathurin scored 20 points for Indiana. Tyrese Haliburton, who left with a sore knee late in the third quarter and did not return, had 15.
“Our guys showed great competitive spirit in making an amazing run to cut it I think to two,” Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said. “As a coaching staff, we are really proud of our effort in the second half, particularly in the absence of a lot of our top players.”
TIP-INS:
Pacers: Indiana set a franchise record by hitting at least 10 3-pointers in its 19th straight game. … Carlisle coached Brunson in Dallas for three seasons (2018-21).
Knicks: New York is 11-11 at Madison Square Garden this season. It is the only team in the NBA with a winning record, but without a home mark above .500. … Randle is the only Knick to start all 42 games.
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2023-01-12T16:16:18+00:00
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cbs4indy.com
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2022-08-01T01:53:31+00:00
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wtmj.com
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https://wtmj.com/sports/2022/07/31/ap-top-sports-news-at-739-p-m-edt-24/
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FOXBORO — Dave Romney brings experience, versatility and a rugged durability to the New England Revolution’s back end.
That trifecta of MLS attributes is precisely what Revolution sporting director and head coach Bruce Arena was after when he cut a strictly cash deal with Nashville SC to acquire Romney on Jan. 5. Arena paid out $250,000 in General Allocation money in 2023 and $275,000 of GA due in 2024.
“He is a good defender and he can play in the center back position and he can play out left in a pinch if we need him,” said Arena, following Wednesday’s preseason training session at the Socius.com Training Facility.
“He’s an experienced player in the league and he comes from a team that is very good defensively and he had a lot to do with that. We need more solid play in the back line. He is a good athlete and he doesn’t have a history of being injured.”
Romney, 29, is a veteran of 171 MLS matches, with 155 starts, during his stints with the LA Galaxy (2015-19) and Nashville the last three seasons. Romney has scored seven goals with 13 assists and amassed an ironman 14,000 minutes of pitch time with six additional postseason starts.
“Luck, genetics and just working really hard and being really diligent at home stretching and taking care of myself,” said Romney when asked about his durability since joining MLS out of the University of San Francisco.
“Just doing the right strength and conditioning stuff and knocking on wood right now, a lot of luck in doing the right things, I guess.”
Romney enters a very competitive situation. The Revolution have three outsized center backs on the training camp roster with many of the same qualifications. Andrew Farrell and Henry Kessler has been the backbone of the Revolution’s rear guard, while Omar Gonzalez can play multiple positions.
The Revolution have two speedy athletic outside backs in Brandon Bye and Dejuan Jones back in camp. Romney anticipated there would be fierce competition for playing minutes and he is committed to measuring up.
“I’m coming here to play as many games as I can and help us win trophies,” said Romney. “Farrell has been a mainstay here for 10 years and he’s got over 300 appearances for the club. Kessler has been great the last two years and Omar bring a wealth of experience and then there’s some talented young guys as well.
“I’m just going to play the best I can and play as many minutes as I can and hopefully get as many shutouts as we can. I think we have a lot of attacking firepower so if we can do our job on the back end, we should be really good this year.”
Romney may have been Nashville’s ironman, but Farrell carries that distinction for all of MLS. Farrell has made 304 appearances with 301 starts and logged 26,792 minutes of pitch time, all Revolution records.
Farrell has always been the team’s point man in welcoming and acclimating new arrivals. Romney and Farrell made an interesting connection prior to training camp and it involves their respective uniforms.
Farrell had worn No. 2 since being taken first overall out of Louisville in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Farrell decided to take a new number this season and now wears 88. Romney was given a choice and elected to wear No. 2.
“The equipment guy Scott (Emmens), he was just saying, ‘take a look at the roster and see what numbers are available,’ ” said Romney. “I said. ‘five is open’ and he said, ‘Farrell just switched to 88 so if you want two just take it.’ ”
“My mom loves even numbers. She loves the No. 2 so I took two. Then I thought the fans are going to think I stole his number. But I was told he wanted 88.”
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2023-01-11T20:25:24+00:00
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bostonherald.com
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https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/01/11/center-back-dave-romney-adds-depth-to-the-revolutions-back-line/
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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
Across the Potomac from the Supreme Court, jurors in Alexandria, Virginia spent another day deliberating the fate of Zacarias Moussaoui. Should he be put to death, or sentenced to life in prison? Moussaoui confessed a year ago to six conspiracy counts, claiming that he was planning to fly a plane into the White House. The jury then concluded that, as the prosecution argued, Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty because his lies to FBI agents resulted in a lack of government action that, had it been taken, would have averted the commission of murder on September 11th.
Since then, jurors have heard from several dozen victims and victims' relatives, a minority describing their efforts at reconciliation. The jurors are weighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the calculus of the sentencing phase of a trial.
Victim impact statements in death penalty cases are an interesting extension of criminal justice. The Supreme Court ruled them out in 1987 and let them back in in 1991. Janice Nadler, a research fellow at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, has researched this process and written about it.
And Professor Nadler, why do we have victim impact statements in a capital case, after the fact of a capital crime has been established?
Ms. JANICE NADLER (Northwestern University Law School): Well, victim impact statements make sense in the sense that it's sensible for people to base their judgments about punishment on the harm that was caused by crime. And so victim impact testimony is once source of information for assessing the harm of the crime.
SIEGEL: You actually conducted a study to see whether people hypothetically would sentence someone to more years in prison if they believed the victim to be suffering more or less.
Ms. NADLER: That's correct. We asked community members to read a vignette about a crime and then we varied the extent to which the victim suffered emotionally as a result of the crime. And what we found was that when the victim suffered more severe emotional harm, our mock jurors were more sympathetic toward that victim when emotion was more severe, saw the crime as more serious and sentenced the defendant to more time in prison.
SIEGEL: But obviously, there's a problem implied by that, which is that if a criminal happens to choose someone whose emotional constitution is rock solid to attack, they might get a lesser sentence than if they choose someone who's susceptible to suffering a great deal more after the same attack.
Ms. NADLER: That is correct. Victim impact testimony certainly conveys a nature about the harm of the crime, which is certainly relevant to punishment, but it can convey other information as well, which is arguably not so relevant to punishment. For example, the extent to which a victim happens to be emotionally vulnerable or emotionally robust. It can reveal the extent to which the victim is able to articulately describe his or her emotional experiences as a result of the crime, which itself could depend on factors such as education levels, language ability and finally, victim impact statements reveal the extent to which the victim is perceived by the jury as a valued member of society.
SIEGEL: I assume that that last problem is addressed in a law review article that you cited. It has a wonderful title. I haven't read it. It's Thou Shalt Not Kill Any Nice People. And the problem would seem to be if somebody murders the most idle, vile, misanthropic guy in town, it's still murder, just as much so if you murder the coach of the girls' basketball team, who organizes the blood drive for the neighborhood.
NADLER: That's correct. And so, in theory, there's a sense in which the punishment for those crimes should be the same regardless of who the victim is because in a sense the harm is the same.
SIEGEL: Reporters describe the jurors in the Moussaoui sentencing phase of the trial being teary eyed as they heard accounts of what happened on 9/11. If there's any crime that any American knows a lot about it would be the killings on 9/11. You didn't have to acquaint people for the first time that many people died that day. Is there anything to that beyond simply the emotional manipulation of the jurors?
Ms. NADLER: Well it's true that everybody knows about 9/11 and what happened on 9/11. The argument in favor of allowing victim impact testimony in a trial concerning the events of 9/11 is that it makes some sense to allow victims to come into the courtroom and tell their stories so that jurors get a real sense of the extent of harm from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 which they might not be able to imagine without the victims in the courtroom.
It also allows the jurors to see the faces of the real people who were affected by the terrorism of 9/11 as opposed to just having to imagine them. So I think there is so reason to allow victim impact testimony in criminal trials generally, even in trials where jurors are familiar with the harm involved. But there's another side too. Victim impact testimony in criminal trials generally threatens to bring in information that goes above and beyond the kind of harm we want jurors to consider when they decide about the appropriate punishment in the case. Information about the victim's identity in terms of their esteem in the community, their ability to articulate the harm that they suffered, the extent to which they're emotionally vulnerable.
SIEGEL: Well Janice Nadler, thank you very much for talking with us.
Ms. NADLER: Thank you very much, my pleasure.
SIEGEL: Professor Janice Nadler of Northwestern University Law School, also a research fellow at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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2022-06-07T04:42:32+00:00
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upr.org
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NEW YORK, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RNP) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on March 31, 2023 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In December 2017, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. The policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. In addition, distributions from the Fund's investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) may later be characterized as capital gains and/or a return of capital, depending on the character of the dividends reported to the Fund after year-end by REITs held by the Fund. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
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uppermichiganssource.com
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Jury resumes deliberations in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook trial
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jurors resumed deliberating Friday on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting was a hoax.
Deliberations in the civil trial began late Thursday afternoon but soon broke up for the day. The panel began its work Friday with a request for a dry-erase easel, markers, an eraser and a copy of the jury instructions.
Last year, Jones was found liable for damages. The jury’s task is to decide how much Jones and his company Free Speech Systems should pay to relatives of eight Sandy Hook victims and to an FBI agent who responded to the massacre.
The plaintiffs testified they have been tormented and threatened by people who believed that one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history was a con staged to build support for gun restrictions. Jones repeatedly publicized that false notion his “Infowars” show.
Twenty children and six adults were killed when a gunman stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14, 2012.
Jones testified in the trial, saying he was “done saying I’m sorry” for calling the school shooting a hoax. His lawyers have argued that he’s not responsible for the deeds of anyone who tormented the victims’ families, and that they are overstating how much harm the conspiracy theory caused them.
Outside court, Jones has bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court” that aims to stomp on his free speech rights and put him out of business.
In a similar trial in Texas in August, a jury ordered Jones to pay nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of one of the children killed in the shooting, because of the hoax lies.
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2022-10-07T14:31:03+00:00
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https://www.wlbt.com/2022/10/07/jury-resumes-deliberations-alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial/
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Austin at Large – Texas: Still Broken, Still Sad
Abbott stays one step ahead of the mob amid Lone Star and Uvalde fallout
By Mike Clark-Madison, Fri., Sept. 30, 2022
Some filmmaker – David O. Russell, Adam McKay, one of our local guys – should already be thinking about how to tell the story of Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott's MAGA megastunt to ensure his reelection by fomenting chaos, uncertainty, and fear along the Texas-Mexico border. The panel of solid pros from The Texas Tribune, ProPublica, and Military Times who laid out the Lone Star story so far at last weekend's Texas Tribune Festival could not themselves break character and the fourth wall and say, "Can you believe this sh*t?" or draw too many underlines under the clear evidence that Abbott is running a huge scam and lying about it, and that Texas' state-level militarization of the border is not making anything better, and that the only reason for any of it is Abbott pandering to Fox News Nation and poking at his frenemy Ron DeSantis (whose life is about to change dramatically thanks to Hurricane Ian, so hold your tickets, please). If real people were not being immiserated and oppressed, it would be darkly comic.
The goods, in summary, as presented by journalists Perla Trevizo, Lomi Kriel, Jolie McCullough, James Barragán, and Davis Winkie: Yes, there is a major ongoing surge in migration across the U.S. southern border. This is primarily a humanitarian crisis, but the high-voltage racism of the Fox News voter and the GOP's 60-year embrace of the neofascist conspiracist right mean that Abbott must pretend that it is a security crisis, and that it's Joe Biden's fault even though it began before his election, and that Texas can solve it. So he whipped up a scheme with the Dept. of Public Safety, the Texas National and State Guard, and local sheriffs in desolate rural counties, just in time to show his steel in the March primary against wing nuts Don Huffines and Allen West. Lots of big numbers and milestones have been quoted since, most of them inaccurate (e.g., reported fentanyl seizures are statewide, not just at unauthorized points of entry). Achieving big round-number targets – like deploying "10,000 troops to the border" (in reality no more than 6,500) – became its own reward.
This has all gone pear-shaped in multiple ways. The bright idea to prosecute unauthorized border crossers for criminal trespass has completely overwhelmed small-town courts and jails with thousands of (misdemeanor) cases for defendants who often were deported months ago, or who are now being detained in state prisons that had to be completely emptied of inmates to house border crossers. The National Guard deployment was so mishandled as to get West and Beto O'Rourke on the same page reading Abbott for filth, and to get media-shy soldiers running to fill in reporters about the failures of their chains of command. (Winkie, of Military Times, noted that the entire leadership of the Texas Military Department has been quietly replaced since the stories of starving, suicidal Guard members trapped at the border got out.) Once Abbott realized he could get Fox News' attention just by putting folks on buses to New York, he lost interest in Lone Star, and it's trying to quietly wind itself down, which is difficult since it has cost the state close to $5 billion.
Acute and Chronic Diseases
Everything in Texas is broken and nothing works, and for some reason this has not prevented Abbott from solidifying an above-50% lead over O'Rourke in multiple polls. The failures of Lone Star are par for the course around here now, all reflections of the endemic and systemic decay that's rotting state government down to the foundations. For a while, it looked like the Uvalde catastrophe was the exception that proved the rule – people obviously disagree about the underlying events on principle but they're united in seeking accountability and meaningful change. Right? Maybe.
The TribFest session with the three-member Texas House panel investigating the massacre – Reps. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, and Joe Moody, D-El Paso, and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman – did not bring much sunshine. The 78-minute wait between the first and last shots fired at Robb Elementary, during which hundreds of cops were caught on tape doing squat while dismembered children died in front of them, needs to be replayed every time cops start popping off about how essential they are and how unsafe we'd be without them. But all the victims would likely still be dead. Raising the legal age to own an AR-15 to 21 is the instant response desired by Dems and Uvalde families, but the courts just told Texas it couldn't deny its new permitless carry rights ("constitutional carry") to 18-year-olds, so any age limit may be on shaky ground. The biggest and most useful fix would have been to have a way people could report concerns about troubled young men who've embraced violence to mental health authorities; even if we can't have red-flag laws that get their guns lifted, they could be, you know, given the help they need. But Texas ranks 51st out of 50 in providing mental health care access to young people. Oy.
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2022-10-01T08:45:32+00:00
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ROANOKE, Va. – Attention skywatchers!
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2023-05-23T21:33:16+00:00
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Teen took child out of vehicle and placed him on sidewalk before carjacking, police say
NASHVILLE (WSMV/Gray News) – A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after police say he took a child out of a car and placed him on a sidewalk before stealing the vehicle.
Police say a woman left her vehicle unattended with her son in the backseat at a Nashville shopping center around 5:40 p.m.
The 14-year-old suspect saw the car running with the child in the backseat, according to police. So, police said the boy took the child out of the car and put him on a sidewalk before taking off with the vehicle.
Detectives contacted OnStar to help locate the car. The suspect drove to several locations while a police helicopter tracked him, police said.
Officers used spike strips, and OnStar was able to shut down the vehicle.
The teen ran from police, but he was eventually taken into custody. Detectives said the boy admitted to taking the vehicle and removing the child.
No further information was available, as the suspect is a minor.
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2022-12-14T23:02:02+00:00
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uppermichiganssource.com
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/12/14/teen-took-child-out-vehicle-placed-him-sidewalk-before-carjacking-police-say/
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Here & Now‘s Tiziana Dearing talks with WBUR’s Gabrielle Emanuel about Massachusetts’ new plan to place newly-arrived families in need with host families.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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2023-07-24T18:52:31+00:00
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kvpr.org
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https://www.kvpr.org/2023-07-24/why-massachusetts-is-finding-hosts-for-newly-arrived-migrant-and-unhoused-families
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- More than 50% of ALL outstanding shares are needed to vote favorably to pass Proposal 2
- Strong voting support has been received in favor of Proposal 2 showing high-level of engagement and support from Nikola stockholders
- The large number of individual stockholder accounts, in excess of 700,000, create a challenge in obtaining the votes needed
- Options are available to facilitate passage of Proposal 2 if vote not secured by June 7
PHOENIX, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, encourages ALL stockholders to actively vote today for Proposal 2 before the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 7, 2023. Proposal 2 would allow Nikola to increase its authorized number of shares of common stock.
As of June 5, 2023, Proposal 2 has received positive voting support. Nikola continues to work to secure more than 50% of ALL outstanding shares to vote favorably to pass Proposal 2, noting challenges with obtaining approval due to the significant number of stockholders, including a large number of individual retail accounts, and international accounts.
Nikola faced a similar challenge at last year's Annual Meeting which resulted in several adjournments to allow for more time to get the votes needed. If necessary, Nikola will adjourn its Annual Meeting to allow for more time to vote on all proposals.
The Delaware State Senate recently passed a bill approving proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law that would reduce the threshold for approval to a majority of the shares voting on the proposal. The pending legislation is expected to be effective August 1, 2023. Under this proposed new law, Nikola would have sufficient number of votes today to secure approval for Proposal 2.
Nikola's Board of Directors and leadership team believe it is in the best interest of Nikola and its stockholders to move Proposal 2 forward, to ensure Nikola can continue its ongoing operations, including the need for capital. Nikola is only weeks away from the initial commercial production of its hydrogen fuel cell electric truck. Without the approval of Proposal 2, Nikola's business objectives will be delayed or compromised.
Voting is quick and simple:
- BY PHONE: Please call Alliance Advisors, Nikola's proxy solicitor, toll-free, at (855) 935-2562, if in North America. International voters can call 1 (551) 210-9929. You can also contact Alliance Advisors if you have any questions about voting.
- BY INTERNET: Vote at www.proxyvote.com using your control number by following the instructions shared by your broker, bank or other nominee.
Every vote matters. Stockholders must ACTIVELY VOTE by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 6, 2023, for their vote to count. Stockholders as of the close of business on April 10, 2023, are entitled to vote, even if they no longer own the shares.
The 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held virtually on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., Pacific Time via live audio webcast. In order to attend, register in advance at http://www.viewproxy.com/nkla/2023 by 11:59 p.m., PT on June 6, 2023.
ABOUT NIKOLA CORPORATION
Nikola Corporation is globally transforming the transportation industry. As a designer and manufacturer of zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen station infrastructure, via the HYLA brand, Nikola is driven to revolutionize the economic and environmental impact of commerce as we know it today. Founded in 2015, Nikola Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.nikolamotor.com or Twitter @nikolamotor.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws with respect to Nikola Corporation (the "Company"), including statements relating to the pending legislation in Delaware, its expected effective date and its potential impact on Proposal 2; and statements related to the Company's business milestones and expectations, including commencement of commercial production of its hydrogen fuel cell electric truck and the rollout of the hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about future events based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: whether the pending legislation is signed into law and its final terms and the timing thereof; manufacturing delays and difficulties; risks related to the rollout of the Company's hydrogen fueling infrastructure and the timing thereof; construction risks and delays; the availability of and need for capital; and the factors, risks and uncertainties regarding the Company's business described in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 filed with the SEC, in addition to the Company's subsequent filings with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and, except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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2023-06-05T21:26:44+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/06/05/nikola-stockholders-final-hours-vote-proposal-2/
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The British government on Monday dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners, part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows.
In a dramatic about-face, Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng abandoned plans to scrap the top 45% rate of income tax paid on earnings above 150,000 pounds ($167,000) a year.
He and Prime Minister Liz Truss have spent the last 10 days defending the cut in the face of market mayhem and increasing alarm among the governing Conservative Party.
“We get it, and we have listened,” Kwarteng said in a statement. He said “it is clear that the abolition of the 45p tax rate has become a distraction from our overriding mission to tackle the challenges facing our country.”
The pound rose after Kwarteng’s announcement to around $1.12 — about the value it held before the Sept. 23 budget announcements.
The U-turn came after a growing number of Conservative lawmakers, including former ministers with broad influence, turned on the government’s tax plans.
“I can’t support the 45p tax removal when nurses are struggling to pay their bills,” Tory lawmaker Maria Caulfield said.
It also came hours after the Conservatives released advance extracts of a speech Kwarteng is due to give later Monday at the party’s annual conference in the central England city of Birmingham. He had been due to say: “We must stay the course. I am confident our plan is the right one.”
Truss defended the measures Sunday but said she could have “done a better job laying the ground” for the announcements.
She also said the decision to abolish the top tax rate had been taken by Kwarteng alone. On Monday, Truss’ spokesman said the prime minister still had confidence in her embattled Treasury chief.
Truss took office less than a month ago, promising to radically reshape Britain’s economy to end years of sluggish growth. But the government’s announcement of a stimulus package that includes 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) in tax cuts, to be paid for by government borrowing, sent the pound tumbling to a record low against the dollar.
The Bank of England was forced to intervene to prop up the bond market, and fears that the bank will soon hike interest rates caused mortgage lenders to withdraw their cheapest deals, causing turmoil for homebuyers.
The package proved unpopular, even among Conservatives. Reducing taxes for top earners and scrapping a cap on bankers’ bonuses while millions face a cost-of-living crisis driven by soaring energy bills was widely seen as politically toxic.
Truss and Kwarteng insist that their plan will deliver a growing economy and eventually bring in more tax revenue, offsetting the cost of borrowing to fund the current cuts. But they also have signaled that public spending will need to be slashed to keep government debt under control.
Monday’s change of direction lifts some of the political pressure on the government from inside the Conservative Party, but it still faces skepticism from markets and economists and mounting public opposition to the worsening cost-of-living squeeze.
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, said that unless Kwarteng “also U-turns on some of his other, much larger tax announcements, he will have no option but to consider cuts to public spending: to social security, investment projects or public services.”
Kwarteng has promised to set out a medium-term fiscal plan on Nov. 23, alongside an economic forecast from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
Axing the top-earners tax rate would have cost about 2 billion pounds, a small share of the government’s overall tax-cutting plan. Kwarteng said Monday that the government was sticking to its other tax policies, including a cut next year in the basic rate of income tax and a reversal of a corporation tax hike planned by the previous government.
Tony Danker, who heads business group the Confederation of British Industry, said he hoped the government U-turn would bring stability to the markets.
“None of this growth plan will work unless we have stability. Let’s hope this is the beginning of it,” he told broadcaster LBC.
Opposition parties said the government should scrap its whole economic plan.
“UK gov U-turns on top tax rate abolition because it’s a ‘distraction,’” Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party wrote on Twitter. “Morally wrong and hugely costly for millions is a better description. Utter ineptitude.”
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2022-10-03T15:29:41+00:00
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fox59.com
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https://fox59.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-uk-scraps-tax-cut-for-wealthy-that-sparked-market-turmoil/
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico (UNM) announced Monday there has been a breakthrough in medical research thanks to machine learning. A set of previously unknown genes associated with autophagy, a vital cellular process involved in recycling and maintaining cellular health, has been identified.
A UNM press release states a state-of-the-art machine-learning model helped identify 193 genes as potential contributors to autophagy machinery. What has been referred to as “dark genes” represent a possible avenue to help unravel autophagy’s role in cell function and diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
“This is another form of unbiased, data-driven science,” UNM neuroscientist Elaine Bearer, MD, PhD said. “What machine learning is allowing us to do is avoid the guesswork and do discovery science in a non-hypothesis-driven way.”
The study was recently published in the journal Natural Sciences and aims to identify an autophagy-related gene set by combining diverse biological features and then plugging the data into an artificial intelligence algorithm.
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2023-07-10T21:33:43+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/health/unms-ai-assisted-research-uncovers-dark-genes/
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — With Arizona's numbers on homelessness skyrocketing, agencies across the state are working to address issues connected to affordable housing, services for unhoused individuals and related community concerns.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s 2022 report to Congress shows the state's homeless population grew by 23% from 2020 to 2022, identifying Arizona as one of 27 states where the number of people experiencing homelessness increased during that time.
Pima County is preparing to conduct its 2023 Point-in-Time (PIT) count on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Led by the Tucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness, the count will be one of several across the country taking place that week. Some objectives of the count are:
- to conduct interviews with unhoused individuals experiencing homelessness about where they slept the previous night
- to "help inform a national understanding of homelessness"
- to produce a standardized set to data for national use
The count collects data used in the HUD report, and helps provide local insight to government agencies, non-profits, religious groups and other service providers that strategize to end homelessness in the area.
The Tucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness is looking for volunteers to help with the count in multiple roles, including interviewers, supply runners and administrative support. Volunteer registration is required, and available on the website.
Volunteers will be trained prior to the count.
The 2023 Everyone Counts! Pima County Street Count is on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 25.
— Dept. of Housing & Community Development (@TucsonHCD) January 11, 2023
Join us help to end homelessness in our community! Register: https://t.co/G9xjtVjNAg pic.twitter.com/8FbvE9lgEb
Gov. Katie Hobbs says addressing homelessness is a high priority for her administration, as well. Her second executive order after taking office re-established an interagency council on homelessness and housing.
Hobbs told KGUN 9:
That's gonna go a long way towards building partnerships to work together on solutions, how the state can be a better partner, working with local communities, how we can free up resources and eliminate red tape that's keeping communities from building more affordable housing.
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Anne Simmons is a digital content producer for KGUN 9. Anne got her start in television while still a student at the University of Arizona. Before joining KGUN, she managed multiple public access television stations in the Bay Area and has worked as a video producer in the non-profit sector. Share your story ideas and important issues with Anne by emailing anne.simmons@kgun9.com or by connecting on Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn.
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2023-01-12T22:27:18+00:00
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kgun9.com
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https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/tucson/tucson-pima-collaboration-to-end-homelessness-needs-help-with-street-count
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(NerdWallet) – Women often don’t score as well as men in surveys of financial literacy. One area where we seem to do better is “longevity literacy,” or understanding how long we’re likely to live.
Longevity literacy is essential to smart retirement planning. Overestimate your longevity, and you could retire too late or scrimp too much. Underestimate it and you could run short of money.
In a recent TIAA Institute study, 43% of women correctly estimated the life expectancy of 60-year-old women in the U.S. (The right answer was 85.) Only 32% of men chose the correct answer for the life expectancy for 60-year-old men, which was 82. Men also were far more likely than women to underestimate life expectancy — and that’s a huge potential problem for both sexes.
A man who expects to die in his 70s might draw too much from retirement funds or start Social Security too early. That could leave him — and the spouse who may outlive him — with too little income later on.
“A lot of people do OK in their first 10 years or 15 years of retirement,” says actuary Steve Vernon, a former research scholar at the Stanford Center on Longevity. “It’s often in their late 70s and 80s that they started to struggle.”
What you need to know about life expectancy
The life expectancy statistics that often make headlines aren’t the ones that matter for retirement planning, Vernon says.
For example, in December the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row. But the number the CDC cited — 76.4 years — is life expectancy from birth. That figure includes infant mortality as well as the accidents, diseases, overdoses, homicides and suicides that end lives too early.
The thing about longevity is that it’s persistent. The longer you live, the longer you are likely to live. One out of three men and 1 in 2 women in their mid-50s will live to 90, according to the Society of Actuaries. There’s a 50% chance that at least one member of a heterosexual married couple age 65 will be alive at 92.
With longer lives comes “longevity risk”: the chance that people will outlive their savings. Understanding and addressing that risk is an important element of retirement planning, but most Americans are falling short, says Surya Kolluri, head of the TIAA Institute, which conducts research on financial security.
Most people are longevity illiterate
More than half of Americans don’t understand how long people tend to live in retirement, according to a 2022 survey of more than 3,500 adults nationwide by the TIAA Institute and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at the George Washington University School of Business.
The annual survey, known as the Personal Finance Index, has traditionally measured financial literacy. Last year, the researchers added a longevity question with a multiple choice answer. Men were asked “What is life expectancy among 60-year-old men in the U.S.?” while women were asked “What is life expectancy among 60-year-old women in the U.S.?” (The correct answers were determined by Social Security actuarial data from 2019.)
Men and women were about equally likely to say they didn’t know the correct answer or choose the answer that overestimated life expectancy by six years. But 31% of men selected the answer that underestimated life expectancy by six years, compared to 19% of women.
Researchers aren’t sure why more women than men demonstrated longevity literacy, Kolluri says. One hypothesis is that women are traditionally more involved in caregiving for older relatives and thus better acquainted with the realities of aging, he says. Another is that women are aware they live longer than men and that wives often outlive their husbands.
“I think most women are just more in tune with longevity than men are and maybe are concerned about it,” Vernon says.
Retirees who answered the longevity question correctly were much more likely to report that making ends meet was “very easy” and to be “very confident” they had enough money to last their lifetimes compared to those who lacked longevity literacy, the researchers found.
What you can do to protect against longevity risk
The single most powerful way to mitigate longevity risk is to delay claiming Social Security, Vernon says.
Social Security retirement benefits can start as early as age 62, but applying before your full retirement age — which is currently between 66 and 67 — means your check is permanently reduced. Delaying your application beyond full retirement age can add 8% each year you wait, until your benefit maxes out at age 70.
Delaying is particularly important for the higher earner in a married couple, since it’s the higher earner’s benefit that determines what the survivor gets after the first spouse dies.
A 2022 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research found that virtually all American workers ages 45 to 62 should delay their applications beyond age 65 to maximize their benefits, and that more than 90% should wait until age 70. But currently, only about 10% of applicants wait that long, the researchers found.
“Most people just don’t understand how long they could live in retirement, and they don’t plan for it,” Vernon says.
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2023-06-24T19:12:05+00:00
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wivb.com
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https://www.wivb.com/news/national/youll-probably-live-longer-than-you-think/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo gushed Thursday about remaining with the New York Mets, who guaranteed him $162 million, and agent Scott Boras talked about the difference of dealing with new owner Steve Cohen rather than the old Wilpon regime.
“Our game needs Goliaths. We have to have Goliaths,” Boras said at the news conference for Nimmo’s new deal. “You can envision Steve Cohen hanging on to the Empire State Building. It’s maybe not Steve Cohen, it’s maybe Steve Kong.”
Seeking its first World Series title since 1986, New York is headed to a record a $350 million luxury tax payroll next year in its third season since Cohen bought the team. The Mets went on a $461.7 million spending spree early in the offseason.
Cohen’s wife, Alex, sat in the front row as Nimmo, general manager Billy Eppler and manager Buck Showalter spoke.
“The Cohens have made very, very clear and Billy’s made very, very clear, the goal is to win here and that’s a big reason why we decided to stick around,” Nimmo said. “To be able to start your career with someone, you’ll finish your career with the same team, that’s something really, really special, and not many players get to do that.”
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2022-12-16T14:17:29+00:00
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kron4.com
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https://www.kron4.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-mets-cohen-dubbed-mlbs-new-goliath-gets-nimmo-to-stay/
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One person died Thursday after being trapped in a bedroom during a house fire in Cape May County, authorities said.
Police received a call about 4:15 p.m. reporting a fire and a person trapped in a home in the 2200 block of New York Avenue in North Wildwood, according to city Fire Chief Dominick McClain.
Firefighters arrived to find the 1½-story home in flames with smoke visible, McClain said in a statement.
Within minutes of arrival, firefighters found a person in a rear bedroom of the home. The victim, who was not identified, was removed through a side window and taken to Cape Regional Medical Center, McClain said.
The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital at 5:05 p.m. Thursday, according to the fire chief.
The fire was brought under control by about 4:30 p.m., and no other injuries were reported.
“The fire cause and victim’s name are being withheld until the investigation is completed,” McClain said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family.”
In addition to North Wildwood, fire departments from Stone Harbor, Wildwood Crest, West Wildwood, Rio Grande and Middle Township Rescue assisted, officials said.
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Anthony G. Attrino may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com.
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2023-07-07T15:04:56+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/south/2023/07/person-trapped-in-bedroom-during-nj-house-fire-dies-in-hospital.html
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BANGOR, Maine — For more than a decade, a program at Saint Paul the Apostle Parish in Bangor has helped kids in Greater Bangor get a new set of shoes when they need it most.
Susan Snow, a longtime parishioner at Saint Mary's Church in Bangor, began the “My New Shoes” program back in 2009. According to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, she got the idea after a friend told her about a teacher who bought sneakers for a student after seeing the soles of his shoes flapping in the rain as he walked.
Donations of socks, shoes, and cash are being accepted at six parishes in Greater Bangor until Sunday, Oct. 2.
- St. John Church, Bangor
- St. Mary Church, Bangor
- St. Joseph Church, Brewer
- St. Teresa Church, Brewer
- St. Matthew Church, Hampden
- St. Gabriel Church, Winterport
From there, the shoes and socks are brought to schools in the area to be distributed to kids with shoes that are falling apart or are too small. Volunteers of the program connect with area elementary and middle schools to provide the donations to kids in need.
During the beginning of the program, the shoes and socks were only distributed to Bangor and Brewer schools, but because of the generosity of yearly donors, the program has grown to include Baileyville, Carmel, Eddington, Glenburn, Hampden, Hermon, Holden, Indian Island, Kingman, Levant, Old Town, Orrington, and Winterport.
Joel Bradgon, a physical education teacher at Down East Elementary School in Bangor, provides about 50 pairs of shoes to his students every year.
“I really feel like when a student has a new pair of shoes, they stand taller. It helps their self-esteem," he said. "They feel good about themselves. I think there is a reason the bottom of your shoe is called your sole, so I think it is really important for these kids to have those new shoes.”
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2022-09-30T20:17:03+00:00
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — They broke out windows to escape, barricaded doors and hid under blankets. They silenced their phones — afraid to make even the slightest sound for hours as police searched for a gunman who had already killed three students and critically wounded five others on the Michigan State University campus.
The terror felt by thousands of students was evident in texts to parents, posts on social media and in 911 calls — as some feared that the police coming to rescue them were actually the shooter.
It started around 8:30 p.m. Monday when Anthony McRae, a 43-year-old with a previous gun violation, opened fire in an area of older, stately buildings on the northern edge of the campus, one of the nation’s largest at over 5,000 acres. Just across busy Grand River Avenue lies East Lansing’s downtown, teeming with restaurants, bars and shops.
Alerts sent out to students urged them to “Run, Hide, Fight” and video showed them fleeing as police swarmed toward the chaos. The massive search that ensued ended roughly three hours later when McRae fatally shot himself in a confrontation with police miles from campus, officials said Tuesday.
McRae was neither a student nor an employee of the university. The motive is a mystery.
Ted Zimbo, a 26-year-old astrophysics major, said he was heading back to his residence hall after an off-campus meeting when he saw police cars everywhere and a blood-covered woman hiding behind a car. She told him that someone came into her classroom and started shooting.
“Her hands were completely covered in blood. It was on her pants and her shoes,” he told The Associated Press. “She said, ‘It’s my friend’s blood.’”
That, he said, is when it hit him: “There was a real shooting, a mass shooting.”
The woman picked up her phone and started crying, unsure of what happened to her friend. Zimbo spent the next three hours hunkered down in his Toyota SUV, a blanket tossed over him.
Aedan Kelley, a junior who lives approximately a half-mile east of campus, said he hid with his roommate, locking his doors and covering windows as another roommate was locked down on campus.
“It’s all very frightening. And then I have all these people texting me wondering if I’m OK, which is overwhelming,” he said.
Ryan Kunkel, a 22-year-old student, said he and his classmates turned off the lights and acted like there “was a shooter right outside the door.” For more than four hours, as they waited, “nothing came out of anyone’s mouth,” he recalled.
“This is supposed to be a place where I’m coming, learning and bettering myself. And instead, students are getting hurt.”
Dominik Molotky said he was in a class learning about Cuban history around 8:15 p.m. when he and the other students heard a gunshot right outside the classroom. He told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that a few seconds later the gunman entered the classroom and fired three to four more rounds while the students took cover.
“After that we broke out the window and I climbed out of there and then I booked it back to my apartment,” he said.
Claire Papoulias, a sophomore, told NBC’s “Today Show” she was listening to a history lecture when she heard gunshots and dropped to the floor.
“At that moment,” she said, “I thought that I was going to die, I was so scared.”
She said she quietly called her mom while classmates opened a window and helped people to jump to safety. Once outside, she grabbed her backpack and phone.
“And I remember,” she said, “I just ran for my life.”
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Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press writers Rick Callahan in Indianapolis, Ed White and Corey Williams in Detroit and Freida Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, contributed to this report.
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2023-02-14T19:32:52+00:00
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POCATELLO, ID. — The news of Afghan refugees arriving in the United States is not making headlines anymore, but these families are here to create a new life in America. Months into their resettlement, many of these families are still struggling.
But, one small town in Idaho is resettling refugee families differently, and now, it’s become one of the most successful resettlement efforts in the U.S.
Pocatello, Idaho has a population of 55,000. The quiet community was once a stop on the Oregon Trail. Now, this town is welcoming weary travelers again, but they’re coming to stay.
“As soon as we heard about these folks who are our new neighbors, who are our partners and allies actually in our national defense, who had to flee their country and come here, we were all in,” said Deacon Scott Pearhill from the Holy Spirit Catholic Community Church.
Pocatello has never taken in refugees before, but when Afghan families needed a place to go, community leaders here had an idea.
“We don't look at what we are different. We look (at) what we have the same. That is the secret sauce,” said Dale Spencer, president of the board of directors of Temple Emanuel.
Spencer, Pearhill and several other faith leaders formed an interfaith coalition to help refugees. Typically, refugee families brought to the U.S. are sponsored by one resettlement organization or one church, but many churches and temples in Pocatello pitched in to help the same family.
“It takes a village. In this case, it takes the town of Pocatello to help refugees,” said Pearhill.
The interfaith coalition collects household goods, clothing, bicycles and anything these families will need.
“Our goal is to help them become part of the community, not to keep them as a separate entity,” said Wayne Shipman, the pastor at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd.
“There’s an expression in Judaism called ‘Tikkun Olam,’ which means to ‘heal the world.’ Jews are called to heal the world. Well, I can't heal the world. But, I can heal something in Pocatello,” said Spencer.
The interfaith coalition works with local businesses, collecting donations from anywhere and everywhere.
Local restaurant, The College Market, collected all kinds of household goods and clothing for refugees from the community. Each time the restaurant asked people to donate, they were overwhelmed with responses.
“It makes you more involved in your community, and it helps kind of snowball people into doing more community-oriented stuff, which I think is a big deal,” said Kate Baker of The College Market.
So many people have asked to help, they now have a waiting list of people hoping to donate and mentor refugee families. The Pocatello Church of Latter-Day Saints is also involved in the interfaith coalition and has sent goods and supplies to the families just arriving.
Wendy Lehman of Catholic Charities of Idaho coordinates the collection and drop off of all these items.
“I have goosebumps even talking about it because it's so just powerful and humbling that people are willing to embrace these newcomers that they don't know into their homes,” said Lehman, who drives several hours to the airport to pick up a new family each time one arrives.
Every day, Lehman hears the stories of survival from the refugees themselves. These stories push her to work even harder to welcome these families.
We spoke with a new arrival who we will call Sayid. He was a Black Hawk pilot in Afghanistan and helped U.S. forces for years. He’s asked us to conceal his identity because he’s worried about his relatives in Afghanistan. Still, he described what it was like leaving.
“It was like the darkest day in the history of Afghanistan,” Sayid recounted. “We understand the Taliban is coming, so we didn't have any choice to stay here. Their No. 1 enemy was Afghanistan Air Force members. This was very scary for me. Every squadron, they just tried to get their own aircraft and get out of Afghanistan. The best place that we chose for going, it was Uzbekistan because it was the nearest. So, then we flew to Uzbekistan.”
He said he and some fellow soldiers stayed in Uzbekistan for several weeks, trying to figure out their next steps, when finally, they were flown to the United States.
“Then I came to America. At least I feel that…I know I'm safe,” said Sayid.
Safe because here: he has an opportunity. 100% of refugees have housing because more housing is available here.
“In Boise, and some of the other places, there's 1% availability for rental units where Pocatello was more — 13%,” said Lehman.
Jobs are easier to find in Pocatello too. More than 80% of refugees are employed: a number much higher than the national average. Additionally, the community offers support much longer than the typical few months of help refugees receive.
“We work with them for no less than one year and then up to five years if we need to. So we're here for the long run,” said Lehman.
The long-run means no limits. Pearhill is also teaching many refugees, including Sayid, to drive.
Catholic Charities is also providing mental health support to the refugees in Pocatello.
“There is incredible trauma,” said Pearhill. “We have people who have come to Pocatello who have been shot. We have people who have come to Pocatello who left behind family members. Some of their family members might still be in danger, and very definitely they have trauma. And so Catholic Charities of Idaho actually provides psychological and trauma support.”
Pocatello will likely accept more refugees in the months to come.
“What we're doing is participating in hope,” said Pearhill. “Our community and the whole world needs signs of hope. Needs stories of hope. And this is one of them.”
Pearhill said the Interfaith Coalition is also getting calls from refugees across the country and those who are still in Afghanistan who would like to move to Pocatello.
“What we're hearing is they have friends from Afghanistan that have been settled in bigger cities and are receiving less initial care and support and ongoing support than is found sometimes in those bigger cities,” said Pearhill. “Our small town has really been able to wrap its arms around them and give them a supportive hug, so to speak.”
These efforts make Pocatello one of the most successful resettlement efforts in the country: a model city leaders hope others will follow.
“I'm hoping people will be able to put that fear away and experience the joy that we are experiencing here,” said Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad.
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2022-06-03T18:38:02+00:00
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Communications legends Charlene Wheeless, Jon Iwata, Aedhmar Hynes, and Tom Martin will advise the agency.
TYSONS, Va., Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading communications, analytics, and insights agency PublicRelay announced the formation of an all-new Strategic Advisory Board. These renowned executives are respected worldwide for their communications savvy and strategic brand thinking. Their input will advance PublicRelay's strategy to solve the toughest analytical challenges facing CCOs.
The new Strategic Advisory Board includes:
Charlene Wheeless: A speaker, advisor, and author with decades of experience in communications, including leadership roles at Bechtel and Raytheon, Charlene was Chair of the Page Society and is one of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches. Her accolades include five years on PRWeek's Global Power Book and The Betsy Plank Mentoring Award.
Jon Iwata: Leader of the Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Founding Executive Director of the Data & Trust Alliance, Jon led IBM's global brand, marketing, communications, and citizenship over 35 years. An inductee of the Page Society Hall of Fame and the CMO Club Hall of Fame, he was named a Brand Genius by Adweek.
Aedhmar Hynes: An experienced Board Director advising the IP Group plc, Jackson Family Wines, and Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network, Aedhmar advised leading brands, including Adobe, Cisco, and IBM as CEO of Text100. She was Chair of the Page Society, a PRWeek Hall of Fame inductee, and recipient of The Plank Center Mentoring Award and Page Distinguished Service Award.
Tom Martin: Executive-in-Residence at the College of Charleston, he leads the Martin Scholars program for mentoring. Tom was President of the Page Society, founder of Page Up, and a leader at ITT and FedEx. His accolades include The Plank Center Mentoring Legacy Award, Page Distinguished Service Award, and induction into PR News Hall of Fame.
"We are honored to have this group of respected brand leaders advising us as we continue to innovate," said PublicRelay CEO Eric Koefoot. "Each of these leaders brings a powerful set of experiences and deep strategic thinking that will drive value for our clients – the world's leading CCOs."
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RIGA, Latvia — More than 24 hours after a strange incursion near the Russian-Ukrainian border that President Vladimir Putin labeled a “terrorist attack,” there was no new clarity about the incident, in which the authorities said two people were killed.
Pro-war Russian hard-liners demanded revenge and a tougher approach, with mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group and a trenchant critic of Russia’s military, saying Russia’s “red line” — that it would not tolerate attacks on its own territory — had again been crossed.
“Red lines?” Prigozhin said, answering a question via his press service. “We seem to have run out of red paint, and instead of red, there’s brown.”
Meanwhile, Ukraine denied responsibility for the attack, insisting that it was a sign of internal strife in Russia and rising anti-Putin sentiment exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The cacophony of responses, including a claim of responsibility by the Russian Volunteer Corps, a group of Ukraine-based Russian far-right white nationalists fighting on Ukraine’s side in the war, put a spotlight on the swirling info-war that is being waged in parallel with the real combat, and also on some of the sinister forces — mercenaries, paramilitary formations, nationalist movements, and others — involved in both fights.
While the Russian Volunteer Corps has connections to the Ukrainian military, it operates independently, Ukrainian military officials said. It also is just one of an array of fighting groups — Ukrainian, Russian and others — that do not necessarily answer to the official military chain of command.
Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, released video footage Friday of two vehicles and inert drivers, claiming they were the victims killed by the fighters. One vehicle bore dozens of bullet holes. The video and the deaths of the men could not independently be verified.
Whatever actually happened, Putin used the incident to express concerns about Russia’s border defenses, already in question because of attacks inside Russia, including several drone incidents Tuesday and multiple attacks on Russian air bases in recent months, while Russian hard-liners used it to demand a tougher approach in the war.
Before a meeting of Russia’s Security Council on Friday, called in response to Thursday’s incident, Putin, looking grim, warned of the need to protect the nation’s security and law enforcement bases. “Colleagues, today we have to discuss one but very important issue: that is anti-terrorism security of sites of law enforcement agencies,” Putin said tersely before the council went into a closed meeting.
Hard-line nationalists expressed fury that the assault apparently went unpunished after the self-proclaimed perpetrators reportedly slipped back into Ukraine. For weeks, such hard-liners have voiced doubts over the Russian military’s capacity to inflict a major blow on Ukrainian forces as Moscow’s offensive on multiple fronts in Ukraine makes only glacial progress.
After months of fighting for control of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and thousands of casualties on each side, Wagner fighters led by Prigozhin claimed to be on the verge of taking control of the shattered ruins of the city Friday, in what would be a long-awaited win for Russia. But Ukrainian military officials insisted that their units were not retreating.
In any case, Western military analysts contend that occupying Bakhmut will offer Russia scant military advantage, given the steep battlefield losses, and Ukraine has already prepared fallback defenses.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, the agency that probes major crimes, opened a terrorism case Friday to investigate Thursday’s cross-border attack. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said steps would be taken to prevent a recurrence of such attacks.
Russian authorities claimed that fighters crossed from Ukraine on Thursday, attacked two villages, took several hostages, killed two people and wounded a boy before fleeing back across the border, leaving behind many explosive devices.
But details of the attack remained extremely sketchy, with no video or clear description emerging of the incident itself, unusual in a war when major events are routinely filmed and uploaded.
The Russian Volunteer Corp posted two videos of fighters — including one that appeared to depict its leader, Denis Kapustin, outside a clinic in the village of Lyubechane, close to the Ukrainian border in western Russia — which offered the only clear evidence that the incursion took place.
A call to Kapustin’s phone Friday was picked up but yielded no answers to questions. A text message response from its user ruled out discussing Thursday’s incursion and declined to comment on claims by the FSB that two civilians were killed.
“I cannot tell any details regarding yesterday’s operation,” the text message said, “so if you want to speak on smth different you are welcome.” However, the user did not respond to further calls or messages.
Kapustin is a well-known far-right figure who lived for many years in Germany and was associated with hooligans involved in soccer violence.
The Russian Volunteer Corps, formed in August, is an anti-Kremlin group that believes that Putin is threatening ethnic Russians by turning Russia into a police state. While disdainful of the pro-European approach of President Volodymyr Zelensky, it sees Putin as worse.
The motive of the attack, according to one of the videos posted by the group, was to show Russian citizens that they could seize arms and rise up against Putin. Some Russian critics of the Kremlin suspected the incident could have been a Russian false-flag operation intended to justify a major escalation in the war.
As Russia’s military effort has foundered, Putin has come under increasing pressure from pro-war hard-liners, whose criticisms of the Russian military have largely been tolerated because they reinforce Russian support for the war, despite high Russian casualties.
One military journalist and fervent supporter of the invasion, Yuri Kotenok, said Thursday’s incursion was “clear and visible fruit of the enemy’s impunity.” Moscow’s failure to pay attention to fugitives attacking Russia and “fifth columnists” inside the country only made the enemy bolder, “precisely because of our lack of resistance to evil,” Kotenok wrote on his Telegram blog.
“What else needs to happen for Moscow to stop being impotent in its retaliatory measures against the enemy? Should Ukrainians destroy a nuclear power plant or reach Red Square?” he wrote. “We need to take action!”
Like many other hard-liners, Kotenok blamed “the incompetence of the military leadership” and “limited armament capabilities” for Russia’s failure to ratchet up aggression against Ukraine.
The war blogger and propagandist Semyon Pegov lambasted Russian border officials for allowing the members of the Russian Volunteer Corps to escape from Russian territory after the incursion.
“In general, if the militants fled, this really requires more than serious measures. Another question is whether our border guards are provided with sufficient resources in order to fulfill their duties,” Pegov wrote.
Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said no decision had been taken on introducing martial law in border areas, after the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, whose paramilitary troops have been fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, called for such a step and “the maximum level of response” in areas bordering Ukraine.
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2023-03-03T19:53:55+00:00
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By JILL COLVIN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump began 2022 on a high. Primary candidates were flocking to Florida to court the former president for a coveted endorsement. His rallies were drawing thousands. A bevy of investigations remained largely under the radar.
One year later, Trump is facing a very different reality.
He is mired in criminal investigations that could end with indictments. He has been blamed for Republicans’ disappointing performance in the November elections. And while he is now a declared presidential candidate, the six weeks since he announced have been marked by self-inflicted crises. Trump has not held a single campaign event and he barely leaves the confines of his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Instead of staving off challengers, his potential 2024 rivals appear ever more emboldened. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, fresh off a resounding reelection victory, increasingly is seen as Trump’s most formidable competition.
Trump’s subdued campaign announcement has left even former stalwarts wondering whether he is serious about another run for the White House.
“There was a movie called ‘Failure to Launch.’ I think that’s what Donald Trump’s process of running has been so far. He had the announcement, and he hasn’t done anything to back it up since then,” said Michael Biundo, a GOP operative who advised Trump’s 2016 campaign but is steering clear this time.
“What campaign?” asked longtime GOP donor Dan Eberhart, who gave $100,000 to Trump’s 2020 reelection effort but is now gravitating to DeSantis. “Trump’s early launch seems more a reaction to DeSantis’ overperformance and a legal strategy against prosecution than a political campaign.”
Trump campaign officials insist they have been spending the weeks since his Nov. 15 announcement methodically building out a political operation. Trump, they note, announced just before the holiday season, when politicians typically lie low, and he did so unusually early, giving him plenty of time to ramp up.
“This is a marathon and our game plan is being implemented by design,” said Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung.
“We’re also assembling top-level teams in early voting states and expanding our massive data operation to ensure we dominate on all fronts,” he said. “We are not going to play the media’s game that tries to dictate how we campaign.”
Trump also defended criticism of his campaign’s slow start. “The Rallies will be bigger and better than ever (because our Country is going to Hell), but it’s a little bit early, don’t you think?” he wrote on his social media site.
While he has eschewed campaign events, the former president has nonetheless courted controversy.
There was his dinner with a white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who has been spouting antisemitic tropes and conspiracies; his suggestions that parts of the Constitution be terminated to return him to power; and the “major announcement” that turned out to be the launch of $99 digital trading cards that do not benefit his campaign.
Since his announcement, he has also faced a series of legal losses, including the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into the presence of classified documents at Trump’s Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate inquiry involving Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump’s namesake company was convicted of tax fraud last month for helping executives dodge taxes on extravagant perks. In Georgia, a special grand jury appears to be wrapping up its work investigating his efforts to remain in power.
Trump’s potential rivals have spent months laying the groundwork for their own campaigns, visiting early-voting states, speaking before conservative groups and building the kinds of relationships that could benefit them down the line.
Bob Vander Plaats, the president and CEO of The Family Leader, an Iowa-based conservative group, pointed to Republicans such as former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who have made repeat visits to the state.
“They’ve done the early work that is needed to be out in front of Iowans and they’re very well received,” he said, noting the period since Trump announced his candidacy has been “unusually quiet. In a lot of ways, it kind of feels like it’s the announcement that didn’t even happen or doesn’t feel like it happened because there was no immediate buzz. … I don’t hear from people on he ground, ‘I can’t wait for Trump to run.’ ‘Did you hear Trump’s announcement?’”
He called the poor performance of some Trump-backed candidates in the 2022 midterms a “caution flag” and said that even Trump supporters are open to backing someone else in the 2024 contest.
“For the president, I think he’s definitely going to have to earn the nomination,” he said.
Despite his vulnerabilities, Trump remains the early GOP front-runner. While he is seen as potentially beatable in a one-on-one matchup, he is likely to benefit from a crowded field that splits the anti-Trump votes, just as he did when he ran and won in 2016.
But Biundo, the former Trump campaign adviser, said that after watching likely candidates such as Pence pay visits to early voting states, he too, believes the field is wide open.
“I don’t think Donald Trump has it locked up. I don’t think Ron DeSantis has it locked up. I don’t think anyone has it locked up,” he said. “At this point, it’s an open primary.”
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BELOIT, Wis., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX)
Second Quarter Highlights
- Sales Up 52% Versus PY And Up 12% On An Organic Basis*
- Daily Orders Down 2% In 2Q Versus PY On A Pro Forma Basis
- Backlog Up Over 50% Versus Beginning of 2021; Book-To-Bill Above One For Prior 7 Quarters, Averaging 1.10 In 2021 and 1.05 In 1H 2022
- Strong Gross Margin Improvement Despite Sizable Inflationary & Supply Chain Pressures; Price/Cost Remained Positive
- Adjusted EBITDA Margin* Up 230 Basis Points Versus PY To 21.0%
- Adjusted Diluted EPS* Of $2.76 Versus $2.68 In PY; GAAP Diluted EPS Of $2.12 Versus $2.06 In PY
- Synergies From Rexnord PMC And Arrowhead Systems Transactions Slightly Ahead Of Plan
- Raising 2022 Adjusted Diluted EPS Guidance To A Range Of $10.20 To $10.80 From $10.10 To $10.70 And Revising Its GAAP EPS Guidance To A Range Of $7.01 to $7.61 From A Range Of $6.90 To $7.50
- Repurchased $70M of RRX Shares
CEO Louis Pinkham commented, "I am extremely pleased with our strong 2Q performance. While a host of supply chain and inflation-related challenges continued to confront us, our Regal Rexnord team remained focused on executing what's under our control. By continuing to embrace an 80/20 mindset and act with a sense of urgency to serve our customers, the team delivered 12% organic top line growth, which reflects strong price realization, healthy end markets, and meaningful share gains. We're continuing to build momentum in our outgrowth initiatives by raising service levels, capitalizing on our digital investments, and growing our pipeline of new and often more energy-efficient products and solutions."
"As an enterprise, we also delivered further gross margin and adjusted EBITDA margin gains, fueled by the Regal Rexnord Business System, in addition to our acquisition synergies. I am particularly pleased with our performance at Industrial Systems. Industrial's performance reflects meaningful, durable operational improvements made by that team consistently leveraging an 80/20 mindset and our LEAN tools, and I am confident this business has turned a corner operationally. I also find Commercial System's organic growth and margin performance to be noteworthy because it reflects sustainable outgrowth and mix gains underpinned by our digital initiatives, a healthy new product pipeline and market-leading service metrics."
"We did experience some temporary margin pressure in our Climate Solutions segment during the quarter, mostly due to proactive decisions we made to over-serve certain of our key customers, resulting in stronger growth but also higher costs for items such as expedited freight and supplier premiums. We do, however, see these pressures as temporary and expect our Climate segment margins to track back towards recent historic levels in the high-teens to low-20's by the fourth quarter."
Mr. Pinkham went on to comment, "Another source of strong positive momentum in our business are synergies tied to the Rexnord PMC and Arrowhead transactions. Both our integration team and our core MCS "run" team continue to execute at a high level, and we see increasing upside potential on both cost and revenue synergies versus our current targets. The Arrowhead business, which we now refer to as our Automation Solutions business unit (ASBU), is also seeing strong prospects, with a host of merger-enabled new products now under development, teeing up attractive outgrowth opportunities. We plan to update investors on our synergy targets in greater detail at our upcoming investor day, which we are hosting at the New York Stock Exchange on September 13."
Mr. Pinkham concluded, "In summing up our second quarter results, the Regal Rexnord team is continuing to deliver very strong performance. I remain confident that we still have ample opportunities ahead of us."
*Non-GAAP Financial Measurement, See Appendix for Reconciliation
Guidance Update
The Company now expects organic revenue growth at a high single digit rate, up from its prior range of mid-single digit to high single digit rate.
The Company is raising its 2022 annual guidance for adjusted earnings per share to a range of $10.20 to $10.80, from a range of $10.10 to $10.70 previously, and revising its GAAP earnings per share to a range of $7.01 to $7.61 from a range of $6.90 to $7.50.
Segment Performance
Second quarter 2022 segment results versus the prior year:
- Motion Control Solutions segment net sales were $599.3 million, an increase of 178.6%, or 6.4% on an organic basis. Primary drivers included the merger with Rexnord PMC and the acquisition of Arrowhead and, on an organic basis, broad-based growth and price realization. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 26.4% of adjusted net sales*.
- Climate Solutions net sales were $293.5 million, an increase of 14.1%, or 14.8% on an organic basis. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 17.1% of adjusted net sales*. The segment experienced several points of margin pressure due to recent strategic decisions to over-serve key customers. However, we expect margins to recover to levels more consistent with recent history by the fourth quarter.
- Commercial Systems net sales were $301.9 million, an increase of 12.1%, or 14.6% on an organic basis. Primary drivers included end market strength and share gains especially in the North America general industrial, pool and commercial HVAC markets, along with healthy price realization. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 16.5% of adjusted net sales*.
- Industrial Systems net sales were $154.7 million, an increase of 6.5%, or 9.4% on an organic basis. Primary drivers included strength and outgrowth in Americas general industrial markets, and strong price realization. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 16.2% of adjusted net sales*.
Conference Call
Regal Rexnord will hold a conference call to discuss this earnings release at 9:00 AM CT (10:00 AM ET) on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. To listen to the live audio and view the presentation during the call, please visit Regal Rexnord's Investors website: https://investors.regalrexnord.com. To listen by phone or to ask the presenters a question, dial 1.888.317.6003 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.6061 (international callers) and enter 9880181# when prompted.
A webcast replay will be available at the link above, and a telephone replay will be available at 1.877.344.7529 (U.S. callers) or +1.412.317.0088 (international callers), using a replay access code of 6915791#. Both replays will be accessible for three months after the earnings call.
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord Corporation is a global leader in the engineering and manufacturing of industrial powertrain solutions, power transmission components, electric motors and electronic controls, air moving products and specialty electrical components and systems, serving customers around the world. Through longstanding technology leadership and an intentional focus on producing more energy-efficient products and systems, Regal Rexnord helps create a better tomorrow – for its customers and for the planet.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of four segments: Motion Control Solutions, Climate Solutions, Commercial Systems and Industrial Systems. Regal Rexnord is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin and has manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, visit RegalRexnord.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect Regal Rexnord's current estimates, expectations and projections about Regal Rexnord's future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. Such forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements about the merger with the Rexnord Process & Motion Control business (the "Rexnord PMC business") or the acquisition of Arrowhead Systems, LLC ("Arrowhead"), the benefits and synergies of the transactions described in this communication relating to the acquisitions of the Rexnord PMC business and Arrowhead (the "Transactions"), future opportunities for Regal Rexnord, and any other statements regarding Regal Rexnord's future operations, anticipated business levels, future earnings, planned activities, anticipated growth, market opportunities, strategies, competition and other expectations and estimates for future periods. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "confident," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "project," "forecast," "would," "could," "should," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based upon information currently available to Regal Rexnord and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results referred to in the forward-looking statements Regal Rexnord makes in this release include: dependence on key suppliers and the potential effects of supply disruptions; fluctuations in commodity prices and raw material costs; any unforeseen changes to or the effects on liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenue, expenses, synergies, indebtedness, financial condition, losses and future prospects; the possibility that Regal Rexnord may be unable to achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies in connection with the Transactions within the expected time-frames or at all and to successfully integrate the Rexnord PMC business and Arrowhead; expected or targeted future financial and operating performance and results; operating costs, customer loss and business disruption (including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, customers, clients or suppliers) being greater than expected following the Transactions; Regal Rexnord's ability to retain key executives and employees; the continued financial and operational impacts of and uncertainties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic on customers and suppliers and the geographies in which they operate; uncertainties regarding the ability to execute restructuring plans within expected costs and timing; challenges to the tax treatment that was elected with respect to the acquisition of the Rexnord PMC business and related transactions; requirements to abide by potentially significant restrictions with respect to the tax treatment of the Rexnord PMC business which could limit Regal Rexnord's ability to undertake certain corporate actions that otherwise could be advantageous; actions taken by competitors and their ability to effectively compete in the increasingly competitive global electric motor, drives and controls, power generation and power transmission industries; the ability to develop new products based on technological innovation, such as the Internet of Things, and marketplace acceptance of new and existing products, including products related to technology not yet adopted or utilized in geographic locations in which Regal Rexnord does business; dependence on significant customers; seasonal impact on sales of products into HVAC systems and other residential applications; risks associated with global manufacturing, including public health crises and political, societal or economic instability, including instability caused by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; issues and costs arising from the integration of acquired companies and businesses and the timing and impact of purchase accounting adjustments; Regal Rexnord's overall debt levels and its ability to repay principal and interest on its outstanding debt; prolonged declines in one or more markets, such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, power generation, oil and gas, unit material handling, water heating and aerospace; economic changes in global markets, such as reduced demand for products, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, interest rates, recession, government policies, including policy changes affecting taxation, trade, tariffs, immigration, customs, border actions and the like, and other external factors that Regal Rexnord cannot control; product liability, asbestos and other litigation, or claims by end users, government agencies or others that products or customers' applications failed to perform as anticipated, particularly in high volume applications or where such failures are alleged to be the cause of property or casualty claims; unanticipated liabilities of acquired businesses; unanticipated adverse effects or liabilities from business exits or divestitures; unanticipated costs or expenses that may be incurred related to product warranty issues; infringement of intellectual property by third parties, challenges to intellectual property, and claims of infringement on third party technologies; effects on earnings of any significant impairment of goodwill; losses from failures, breaches, attacks or disclosures involving information technology infrastructure and data; cyclical downturns affecting the global market for capital goods; and other risks and uncertainties including, but not limited, to those described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Regal Rexnord's Annual Report on Form 10-K on file with the SEC and from time to time in other filed reports including Regal Rexnord's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with Regal Rexnord, please refer to Part I, Item 1A in Regal Rexnord's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022 on file with the SEC and subsequent SEC filings. Shareholders, potential investors, and other readers are urged to consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and Regal Rexnord undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this release or with respect to the announcements described herein to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Non-GAAP Measures
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(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share Data)
We prepare financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). We also periodically disclose certain financial measures in our quarterly earnings releases, on investor conference calls, and in investor presentations and similar events that may be considered "non-GAAP" financial measures. This additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our results of operations prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
In this earnings release, we disclose the following non-GAAP financial measures, and we reconcile these measures in the tables below to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures: adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted income from operations, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net sales, net debt, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted bank EBITDA, adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, free cash flow, free cash flow as a percentage of adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, adjusted income before taxes, adjusted provision for income taxes and adjusted effective tax rate. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful measures for providing investors with additional information regarding our results of operations and for helping investors understand and compare our operating results across accounting periods and compared to our peers. Our management primarily uses adjusted income from operations, adjusted operating income, and adjusted operating margin to help us manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions, while adjusted diluted earnings per share, net debt, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net sales, adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, free cash flow, free cash flow as a percentage of adjusted net income attributable to Regal Rexnord Corporation, adjusted income before taxes, adjusted provision for income taxes and adjusted effective tax rate are primarily used to help us evaluate our business and forecast our future results. Accordingly, we believe disclosing and reconciling each of these measures helps investors evaluate our business in the same manner as management.
In addition to these non-GAAP measures, we use the term "organic sales growth" to refer to the increase in our sales between periods that is attributable to organic sales. "Organic sales" to refers to GAAP sales from existing operations excluding any sales from acquired businesses recorded prior to the first anniversary of the acquisition and excluding any sales from business divested/to be exited recorded prior to the first anniversary of the exit and excluding the impact of foreign currency translation. The impact of foreign currency translation is determined by translating the respective period's organic sales using the currency exchange rates that were in effect during the prior year periods.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made energy independence more important than ever during a climate conference in South Florida on Monday.
Pelosi said during the opening session of the Aspen Ideas: Climate 2022 in Miami Beach that the House has already passed legislation to combat climate change, and they continue to work with the Senate to gain bipartisan support.
“We have all the reason in the world to do this,” Pelosi said. “It’s hard to understand why there are obstacles to it.”
Pelosi, who visited Ukraine earlier this month, said climate change has always been an issue of health, economics and security, and she pointed out that nations that have bought oil from Russia, including the U.S. and some European countries, have effectively funded the attack on Ukraine.
“The fact is that people can’t get away with that kind of behavior, and they cannot be financed in doing it by our dependence on fossil fuels in their country,” Pelosi said.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— No end in sight for Ukraine war as Putin hails Victory Day
— Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint
— Russia marks WWII victory overshadowed by Ukraine
— More than 60 feared dead in bombing of Ukrainian school
Follow all AP stories on Russia's war on Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Europe, as it did in World War II, once again has to think about the price to be paid for peace on the continent.
Zelenskyy added that Europe has to think about the price to be paid by Russia “for bringing the evil of total war to Europe again.”
In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said history will hold Russia responsible.
“And we, Ukrainians, will continue to work toward our defense, our victory and on restoring justice. Today, tomorrow and any other day that is necessary to free Ukraine from the occupiers,” Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy ended his radio address by thanking all those defending the country and promising that the Ukrainian flag will one day once again fly over all of its cities.
“The Ukrainian flag will return. Because this is our country. A free European country,” Zelenskyy said.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military said Russian forces fired seven missiles from the air at Odesa on Monday night, hitting a shopping center and a warehouse.
One person was killed and five were wounded, the military said.
“While seeking strategic targets, obsolete missiles managed to hit an ‘extremely dangerous’ shopping center and a warehouse for consumer goods,” Natalya Gumenyuk, a military spokeswoman, said on Facebook.
Photos on the post showed what appeared to be the warehouse engulfed in flames.
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WASHINGTON — Washington sought to portray a united front against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan measure to reboot the World War II-era “lend-lease” program that helped defeat Nazi Germany to bolster Kyiv and Eastern European allies.
The new legislation is largely symbolic, but comes as Congress is poised to unleash more resources of $33 billion or more to fight the war. It all serves as a rejoinder to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has seized on V-E day, the anniversary of Germany’s unconditional surrender and Russia’s biggest patriotic holiday, to rally his people behind the invasion.
Before signing the bill, Biden said that “Putin’s war” was “once more bringing wanton destruction of Europe,” drawing reference to the significance of the day.
Flanked by two Democratic lawmakers and one Republican, Biden signed the bill, which had sailed through the Senate last month with unanimous agreement, not even the need for a formal roll call vote. It passed overwhelmingly in the House, drawing opposition from just 10 Republicans.
“It really matters,” Biden said of the bipartisan support for Ukraine. “It matters.”
Despite their differences over Biden’s approach and perceived missteps in confronting Russia, when it comes to Ukraine the members of the House and Senate have held together in a rare bipartisan fashion. Other measures, including calls to investigate Putin for war crimes, have also gained widespread support.
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WASHINGTON — Lithuania’s top diplomat said Monday that removing Russian President Vladimir Putin from power is the only way to protect the West and its allies from future threats from Moscow, urging an even tougher stance than the U.S. and many NATO allies have been willing to pursue since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In an interview with The Associated Press in Washington, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Putin's annual Victory Day speech was "underwhelming" and that the "gloomy faces" of generals and others were signs of failing in the Ukraine war. Yet, he said a wounded Putin may be even more dangerous and that the only way to remove the threat is to remove him.
“From our standpoint, up until the point the current regime is not in power, the countries surrounding it will be, to some extent, in danger. Not just Putin but the whole regime because, you know, one might change Putin and might change his inner circle but another Putin might rise into his place,” Landsbergis said.
“And so as long as a regime that intends to wage wars outside Russian territory is in place, the countries surrounding it are in danger,” he said. “And, if one thing was proven to those who doubted it after 2008 in Georgia in 2014 when the first war in Ukraine started, it is that Russia is an aggressive country. That’s very clear.”
Lithuania is one of the three Baltic states that among NATO allies are particularly concerned about possible Russian designs on forcefully returning them to Moscow’s rule. Lithuanian officials, including Landsbergis have been especially outspoken about their fears but his overt calls for regime change go beyond what most NATO allies have been willing to express.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The first telephone call Jill Biden made from her black SUV after an unannounced meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart inside the embattled country was to her husband, President Joe Biden.
Biden and Olena Zelenska, who had not been seen in public since President Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s military into her country nearly 11 weeks ago, had just spent about two hours together at a school in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine.
With her visit to the Ukraine war zone, the U.S. first lady was able to act as a second pair of eyes and ears for the president, who so far has been unable to visit the country himself.
“Sometimes the first lady is able to do things and get into places where the president can’t,” said Myra Gutin, author of “The President’s Partner: The First Lady in the Twentieth Century.”
Jill Biden wrapped up her four-day trip to Eastern Europe on Monday after meeting in Bratislava with Zuzana Caputova, Slovakia’s first female president. Her trip over the border on Sunday to meet with Zelenska and refugees from elsewhere in Ukraine was a highpoint of the visit.
Seated across from Caputova, Jill Biden said she told her husband in their phone call “just how much I saw the need to support the people of Ukraine” and about “the horrors and the brutality that the people I had met had experienced.”
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BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France welcomed the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t announce any steps to expand the war in Ukraine, including to other countries, in his speech marking the end of World War II.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters in Berlin that it important there had been no escalation, “at least as far as the rhetoric is concerned” in Putin’s Victory Day speech. “What actually happens in Ukraine is something we’ll see in the next days and weeks.”
His comments were echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron, who added that the goal of diplomatic efforts remains a cease-fire in Ukraine.
“In effect, today was marked by no verbal escalation nor a geographic escalation nor an escalation in the use of arms” he said. “Is this sufficient for us? No.”
“We will remain concentrated on our only goal, do all to get a cease-fire and help Ukraine to negotiate under the terms it decides for itself, because we are on the side of sovereignty and Ukrainian territorial integrity,” Macron said. “No more, no less.”
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BUCHAREST, Romania — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said during an official visit to non-NATO member Moldova on Monday that the consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine escalating are “too frightening to contemplate.”
Guterres, who arrived in Moldova’s capital Chisinau on Monday, said in a joint press conference with Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita, that the impact of Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine “is profound and far-reaching.”
The U.N. chief’s visit to Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest countries, which has a population of about 2.6 million people, follows a series of unsettling incidents that have rocked Moldova’s pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria, which has put officials in Chisinau on high alert.
In late April, three men launched grenades at the region’s state security office, and two large broadcast antennas were downed a day later. On Friday, Police in Transnistria said explosive devices were dropped from a drone leaving 1-meter-deep craters near a village.
“I am deeply concerned about the continuation and possible spread of the war Russia is waging in Ukraine,” Guterres said, adding that Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity “must not be threatened or undermined.”
Transnistria, a small strip of land with a population of about 470,000, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a 1992 war with Moldova. Russia bases about 1,500 troops in the breakaway region, ostensibly as peacekeepers. No casualties were reported in the incidents.
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WASHINGTON — The United States is suspending 25% import taxes on Ukraine’s steel in a show of support for the country’s beleaguered economy during the Russian invasion.
The Commerce Department said Monday that it would withdraw the tariffs for a year. Ukraine accounts for only about 1% of U.S. steel exports.
Some of the country’s largest steel communities have been among those hardest hit during the war, including the Mariupol mill that’s the only part of the strategically important port city not under Russian control.
“We can’t just admire the fortitude and spirit of the Ukrainian people — we need to have their backs and support one of the most important industries to Ukraine’s economic well-being,’’ Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo said. “For steel mills to continue as an economic lifeline for the people of Ukraine, they must be able to export their steel.’’
The steel levies were imposed in 2018 by the Trump administration, which deployed a little-used provision in U.S. trade law to call foreign steel a threat to American national security. The move outraged U.S. allies, and critics said they did little address the real cause of stress for U.S. steel producers: massive overproduction by the Chinese, whose steel shipments to the U.S. are already limited by other trade barriers.
The Biden administration has removed most of the tariffs on steel from the European Union, the United Kingdom and Japan, allowing their metals to come in duty-free up to a quota. No such quota applies to the Ukrainian imports in the move announced Monday.
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WARSAW, Poland — Polish officials say the country is ready to increase its energy assistance to neighboring Ukraine and provide steady deliveries.
Poland’s government ministers made the declaration Monday during a Polish-Ukrainian Energy Forum attended also by other countries and by the International Energy Agency. Climate and Environment minister, Anna Moskwa, said a round-the clock effort is being set in motion to “ensure energy security to Ukraine.”
Poland has been supplying Ukraine with some energy and fuels ever since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. The level of the support is to be increased.
Ukraine’s first deputy minister for the economy, Yulia Sviridenko, said the country urgently needs diesel fuel and gasoline because Russia’s invading troops are destroying its fuels infrastructure, including a refinery.
Poland is in the process of cutting its dependence on Russian energy sources and increasing deliveries from other countries.
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BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is traveling to Hungary in a bid to secure unanimity on the EU’s executive arm’s proposal to ban oil imports from Russia.
A spokesman for the European Commission said von der Leyen will meet with Hungary Prime minister Viktor Orban on Monday to discuss “issues related to European security of energy supply.”
Hungary has blocked progress in discussions to adopt the sixth EU package of sanctions targeting Russia for its war in Ukraine, and ambassadors from the 27 EU countries have so far failed to agree on the details of the new round of measures.
Von der Leyen has proposed having EU member nations phase out imports of crude oil within six months and refined products by the end of the year.
Hungary says it will not vote for the proposed sanctions, saying it would have the effect of an “atomic bomb” on its economy and would destroy its “stable energy supply.”
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ODESA, Ukraine — The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, has lamented that “silos full” of food for export is blocked in the Black Sea port of Odesa, which he visited on Monday.
The Ukrainian city has been the target of Russian missile attacks over recent days.
In a tweet, Michel said he was with Ukraine’s prime minister examining the war’s effect on the port.
“I saw silos full of grain, wheat and corn ready for export,” Michel wrote. “This badly needed food is stranded because of the Russian war and blockade of Black sea ports. Causing dramatic consequences for vulnerable countries. We need a global response.”
Ukraine is a global grain exporter, and U.N. officials have warned that failure for those products to ship will hurt food security in importing countries, especially poorer ones in Africa and elsewhere.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a statement said he spoke with Michel during the Odesa visit. “It is important to prevent a food crisis in the world caused by Russia’s aggressive actions,” Zelenskyy said. “Immediate measures must be taken to unlock Ukrainian ports for wheat exports.”
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ROME — The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow patriarch has made a personal and faith-based appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin for safe passage to Ukrainian soldiers defending the besieged port city of Mariupol.
Metropolitan Onufry recalled in an open letter Monday that Putin’s own family survived the siege of Leningrad in the 1940s. He said Putin’s relatives experienced “what it is like to live in isolation from the great land, under constant bombardment, without food, water, medicine, when death can come at any moment from the impact of a heavy weapon, hunger or lack of medical care.”
He said the civilians and soldiers of Mariupol are in the same situation today, a reference to the Ukrainian troops still defending the Azovstal steel mill. He wrote: “We hope that you will Christianly agree to the extraction procedure for the Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol, and give the opportunity to surrounded civilians, police, border guards and the military to enter the territory controlled by Ukraine or the territory of third countries.”
Onufry’s church enjoys broad autonomy but is loyal to the Russian Orthodox Church and its patriarch, Kirill. It is separate from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which split into an independent church in 2019.
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BERLIN — The Russian ambassador in Berlin used a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating the end of World War II to repeat Moscow’s claims that it is fighting against “Nazism” in Ukraine.
Sergey Nechaev told reporters Monday that Ukraine “will be de-nazified for sure.”
“It will succeed,” he said. “We need a peace without Nazism, in Ukraine and in Europe.”
The diplomat also cited a need for “good cooperation, of course, but at eye level, without ultimatums and without threats and without sanctions.”
The occasion was the 77th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat, traditionally celebrated by Russia on May 9.
A small group of people waved Russian and Soviet flags, despite a ban on doing so by Berlin police, imposed to prevent violence between pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine protesters.
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WARSAW, Poland — Protesters threw what appeared to be red paint, to symbolize blood, at the Russian ambassador as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II.
Ambassador Ambassador Sergey Andreev came to the Soviet soldiers cemetery to lay flowers. A group of activists opposed to Russia’s war in Ukraine were waiting for him.
The protesters carried Ukrainian flags, while some were dressed in white sheets smeared with a red color, symbolizing the Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war. Other men in the diplomat’s entourage were also seen splattered with what appeared to be red paint.
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BRUSSELS — The European Commission will aim to deliver a first opinion in June on Ukraine’s bid to become a member of the European Union.
The 27 EU nations have been fully united in backing Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion, adopting unprecedented economic sanctions against Moscow since the start of the war in February. But leaders are divided on how fast Brussels could move to accept Ukraine as a member.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in a message on Twitter that she discussed Monday with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy “EU support and Ukraine’s European pathway. Looking forward to receiving the answers to the EU membership questionnaire.”
For now, Ukraine has an “Association Agreement” with the EU, which includes a far-reaching free trade pact and helps to modernize Ukraine’s economy.
The Ukrainian fast-track bid could take years, with unanimity among current members required to include a new member.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a video address to the war-ravaged nation on Monday, marking the defeat of the Nazi Germany in the World War II, and promising that Ukraine will soon have “two Victory Days.”
“We will never forget what our ancestors did in World War II. Where more than 8 million Ukrainians died. And every fifth Ukrainian didn’t return home. In total, the war claimed at least 50 million lives,” Zelenskyy said. “We don’t say ‘we can repeat.’”
Zelenskyy stressed that “soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine.” “And someone will not have even one left. We won then, we will win now, too,” he said, in reference to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies.
Speaking Monday at a military parade marking the World War II victory over the Nazis, Putin drew parallels between the Red Army’s fighting against the Nazi troops and the Russian forces’ action in Ukraine.
He said the campaign in Ukraine was a timely and necessary move to ward off what he described as “an absolutely unacceptable threat just next to our borders.”
“The danger was rising” he said, adding that “Russia has preemptively repulsed an aggression” in what he described as a “forced, timely and the only correct decision by a sovereign, powerful and independent country.”
The Russian leader again scolded the West for failing to heed Russian demands for security guarantees and a rollback to NATO’s expansion, arguing that it left Moscow no other choice but to launch an action in Ukraine.
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YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia's prime minister on Tuesday accused a Moscow-dominated security alliance of leaving his country in the cold in the face of a threat of renewed hostilities with neighboring Azerbaijan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been repeatedly critical of what he described as the failure of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, or CSTO, to protect member Armenia amid a standoff with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia, which has sought to preserve strong ties with its ally Armenia while also maintaining friendly relations with Azerbaijan, has engaged in a delicate diplomatic balancing act, avoiding any forceful action. The Kremlin’s clout in the region has become more limited as Russia has focused its resources on the war in Ukraine.
Pashinyan said at a news conference that it wasn't Armenia that is pulling out of the CSTO, but, on the contrary, “the CSTO is pulling out of Armenia, whether it wishes so or not.”
"We are concerned about that,” Pashinyan said.
He emphasized that “the threat of escalation along Armenia's border and in Nagorno-Karabakh is very high now,” noting “increasingly aggressive rhetoric from Azerbaijan.”
Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan soared in December when Azerbaijani protesters claiming to be environmental activists blocked the so-called Lachin corridor, the main road between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, leaving its 120,000 residents short of food and other basic supplies. Last month, the United Nations’ highest court ordered Azerbaijan to allow the resumption of free movement along the road, but the situation has remained tense.
Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994. In 2020, Azerbaijani troops routed Armenian forces in six weeks of fighting that ended with a Russia-brokered peace deal allowing Azerbaijan to take a significant part of Nagorno-Karabakh and reclaim nearby areas which had been in Armenian hands for nearly two decades.
During the latest standoff, Pashinyan and other Armenian officials strongly criticized Russia and the Moscow-dominated CSTO for the failure to ensure a free transit via the Lachin corridotor.
Reflecting its irritation with Moscow, Armenia canceled a planned military exercise by CSTO members set for this year and refrained from naming its representative to the bloc’s leadership.
Pashinyan said that he raised Armenian concerns about the situation during a call on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and mentioned a recent protest staged by Nagorno-Karabakh residents in front of Russian peacekeepers' headquarters.
In another sign of his irritation with Moscow, Pashinyan said that Armenia would welcome other countries, such as the United States and Germany, to help broker peace talks with Azerbaijan.
He also noted that “the existing security architecture didn't work,” adding that Yerevan was taking efforts to “establish military-technical cooperation with many other countries.”
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2023-03-14T12:17:57+00:00
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springfieldnewssun.com
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https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/armenian-pm-critical-of-moscow-dominated-security-pact/KKJFS4MMHBGGFKKTMIGTSUHWRQ/
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JUNO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) announced the appointment of Nicole S. Arnaboldi to its board of directors.
"We're extremely pleased to welcome Nicole to the NextEra Energy board," said John Ketchum, chairman, president and chief executive officer of NextEra Energy. "Nicole brings to our board a wealth of finance and business expertise, along with a proven track record as an experienced leader and strategist in investment banking and private equity for more than three decades. We look forward to benefitting from her valuable insight and counsel as we continue to grow NextEra Energy and position the company to lead the decarbonization of the U.S. economy."
Ms. Arnaboldi has been a partner at Oak Hill Capital Management since 2021. She was previously the vice chairman of Credit Suisse Asset Management and a managing director of Credit Suisse Securities Corp. from 2000 to 2019. Prior to her roles at Credit Suisse, Ms. Arnaboldi served as a managing director of its predecessor, Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette (DLJ), in the firm's venture capital group from 1985 to 1992 and then in its private equity group, where she became a managing director in 1996.
Ms. Arnaboldi holds a law degree from Harvard Law School, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is America's largest electric utility that sells more power than any other utility, providing clean, affordable, reliable electricity to approximately 5.8 million customer accounts, or more than 12 million people across Florida. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive clean energy business, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from seven commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune's 2022 list of "World's Most Admired Companies," recognized on Fortune's 2021 list of companies that "Change the World" and received the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award for leadership in environmental, social and governance. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As the federal government cracks down on child labor violations, some state lawmakers are embracing legislation to let children work longer hours and in more hazardous occupations.
The legislators, mostly Republicans, argue that relaxing child labor laws could ease nationwide labor shortages.
But child welfare advocates worry the measures represent a coordinated push to scale back hard-won protections for minors.
“The consequences are potentially disastrous,” said Reid Maki, director of the Child Labor Coalition, which advocates against exploitative labor policies. “You can’t balance a perceived labor shortage on the backs of teen workers.”
Lawmakers proposed loosening child labor laws in at least 10 states over the past two years, according to a report published last month by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Some bills became law, while others were withdrawn or vetoed.
Legislators in Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa are actively considering relaxing child labor laws to address worker shortages. Employers have struggled to fill open positions after a spike in retirements, deaths and illnesses from COVID-19, decreases in legal immigration and other factors.
Wisconsin lawmakers back a proposal to allow 14-year-olds to serve alcohol in bars and restaurants. If passed, Wisconsin would have the lowest such limit nationwide, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
The Ohio Legislature is on track to pass a bill allowing students ages 14 and 15 to work until 9 p.m. during the school year with their parents’ permission. That’s later than federal law allows, so a companion measure asks the U.S. Congress to amend its own laws.
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, students that age can only work until 7 p.m. during the school year. Congress passed the law in 1938 to stop children from being exposed to dangerous conditions and abusive practices in mines, factories, farms and street trades.
Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law in March eliminating permits that required employers to verify a child’s age and their parent’s consent. Without work permit requirements, companies caught violating child labor laws can more easily claim ignorance. Other measures to loosen child labor laws have been passed into law in New Jersey, New Hampshire and Iowa.
Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law last year allowing teens aged 16 and 17 to work unsupervised in child care centers. The state Legislature approved a bill this month to allow teens of that age to serve alcohol in restaurants. It would also expand the hours minors can work. Reynolds, who said in April she supports more youth employment, has until June 3 to sign or veto the measure.
Republicans dropped provisions from a version of the bill allowing children aged 14 and 15 to work in dangerous fields including mining, logging and meatpacking. But it kept some provisions that the Labor Department say violate federal law, including allowing children as young as 14 to briefly work in freezers and meat coolers, and extending work hours in industrial laundries and assembly lines.
Teen workers are more likely to accept low pay and less likely to unionize or push for better working conditions, said Maki, of the Child Labor Coalition, a Washington-based advocacy network.
“There are employers that benefit from having kind of docile teen workers,” Maki said, adding that teens are easy targets for industries that rely on vulnerable populations such as immigrants and the formerly incarcerated to fill dangerous jobs.
The Department of Labor reported in February that child labor violations had increased by nearly 70% since 2018. The agency is increasing enforcement and asking Congress to allow larger fines against violators.
It fined one of the nation’s largest meatpacking sanitation contractors $1.5 million in February after investigators found the company illegally employed more than 100 children at locations in eight states. The child workers cleaned bone saws and other dangerous equipment in meatpacking plants, often using hazardous chemicals.
National business lobbyists, chambers of commerce and well-funded conservative groups are backing the state bills to increase teen participation in the workforce, including Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political network and the National Federation of Independent Business, which typically aligns with Republicans.
The conservative Opportunity Solutions Project and its parent organization, Florida-based think tank Foundation for Government Accountability, helped lawmakers in Arkansas and Missouri draft bills to roll back child labor protections, The Washington Post reported. The groups, and allied lawmakers, often say their efforts are about expanding parental rights and giving teenagers more work experience.
“There’s no reason why anyone should have to get the government’s permission to get a job,” Republican Arkansas Rep. Rebecca Burkes, who sponsored the bill to eliminate child work permits, said on the House floor. “This is simply about eliminating the bureaucracy that is required and taking away the parent’s decision about whether their child can work.”
Margaret Wurth, a children’s rights researcher with Human Rights Watch, a member of the Child Labor Coalition, described bills like the one passed in Arkansas as “attempts to undermine safe and important workplace protections and to reduce workers’ power.”
Current laws fail to protect many child workers, Wurth said.
She wants lawmakers to end exceptions for child labor in agriculture. Federal law allows children 12 and older to work on farms for any amount of time outside of school hours, with parental permission. Farm workers over 16 can work at dangerous heights or operate heavy machinery, hazardous tasks reserved for adult workers in other industries.
Twenty-four children died from work injuries in in 2021, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Around half of deadly work incidents happened on farms, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office covering child deaths between 2003 and 2016.
“More children die working in agriculture than in any other sector,” Wurth said. “Enforcement isn’t going to help much for child farm workers unless the standards improve.”
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2023-05-25T19:00:16+00:00
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wearegreenbay.com
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https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/state-lawmakers-want-children-to-fill-labor-shortages-even-in-bars-and-on-school-nights/
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(The Hill) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) released a new campaign ad on Friday ahead of Election Day that depicts him as a “fighter” for God.
DeSantis’s wife, Casey, posted the ad on her Twitter account, saying to her husband, “On behalf of millions of people, never stop fighting for freedom.”
The narrator’s lines in the ad appear to be based on a speech that radio broadcaster Paul Harvey gave in 1978, entitled “So God Made a Farmer.”
“And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a protector.’ So God made a fighter,” DeSantis’s ad begins.
The ad shows pictures of DeSantis meeting with officials and civilians while serving as governor. It describes a series of traits God “said” he needs in someone, including a willingness to “travel thousands of miles for no other reason than to serve the people, to save their jobs, their livelihoods, their liberty, their happiness.”
The narrator’s description of each trait ends with him saying, “So God made a fighter.”
DeSantis is running for reelection for a second term as governor of Florida against Democrat Charlie Crist, a former governor and member of the House. Polls have shown DeSantis with large leads, and FiveThirtyEight’s polling average has him leading Crist by almost 12 points.
DeSantis has also been rumored to be a possible contender for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Polls have consistently shown him in second place to former President Trump in a hypothetical Republican primary.
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2022-11-07T18:58:22+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/hill-politics/desantis-releases-new-2022-ad-god-made-a-fighter/
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ARCHERS POST, Kenya (AP) — Letoyie Leroshi walked for five days hunting water. After three years of drought in Samburu County, Kenya, the riverbeds were bone-dry.
Then Leroshi found a patch of wettish sand in the sunbaked Ewaso Ng’iro riverbed. He brought a group of fellow herders to dig. They hit water and the jubilant young men broke into song, a traditional call to their cattle and camels.
Harnessing Eastern Africa’s groundwater could be a huge benefit for a region struggling to slake its thirst. Climate change is making drought more likely but, as in much of the continent, people in East Africa and the Horn of Africa lack the resources to tap groundwater on a wide and efficient scale.
For Leroshi and other Kenyan herders, the situation is desperate.
“We had thousands of livestock four years ago when we experienced short rains,” he said. “We have lost hundreds of our cattle and are now worried that if the rains fail yet again, we will lose everything.”
Leroshi and other herdsmen carry weapons and are prepared to fight if attacked by people trying to steal from them.
“Everyone else around is also armed and ready to steal our livestock,” he said.
The British charity WaterAid and the British Geological Survey found that Africa has enough groundwater for most countries to get through at least five years of drought.
“Groundwater has great potential for drought resilience,” said Girma Ebrahim, a hydrogeologist with the International Water Management Institute.
The United Nations water agency estimates that roughly 400 million people across Africa lack access to clean water.
Lmeshen Lekoomet, 54, recently left with the family’s few remaining animals in search of pasture and water.
As his family waited, his 2-year-old became severely dehydrated and malnourished and was hospitalized. Lekoomet never returned.
In the coastal cities of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 1997, and in Cape Town in South Africa in 2017, drought led people to use groundwater. In Ethiopia, wells equipped with handpumps outperformed all other sources during a drought in 2015 and 2016.
Africa has 72 giant aquifers that are largely untapped, scientists say. Some farming and pastoral communities in these regions already rely on wells, using digging by hand and with solar-powered equipment.
“This is a game-changer,” said Edwin Macharia, the director of programs for the aid agency Mercy Corps in Ethiopia.
Other regions of the world provide cautionary tales of how the misuse of groundwater can make situations worse.
“Not to say it should not be exploited,” said Philip Wandera, former director of the Kenya Wildlife Service and now range-management lecturer at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. But, he said, “Groundwater is not a quick-fix answer for the current drought … if you have been poor managers of surface water, it means you are likely to do the same with groundwater.”
Only 3% of the total cultivated land in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated land, according to the U.N. Only 5% of that land is irrigated with groundwater.
Groundwater exploration and construction are impossible without financing. Many countries outside Africa had enough money to create groundwater databases and hydrogeological maps in the 1980s.
“Smallholder farmers who make up most food producers on the continent,” badly need irrigation technology, said Agnes Kalibata, who heads the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.
The U.N. says that, despite concerns about groundwater, the continent’s resources are largely unaffected by climate change.
“Millions of people don’t have enough safe, clean water to meet their daily needs, let alone face the climate crisis,” said Tim Wainwright the chief executive of WaterAid in the United Kingdom. “Governments, along with the private sector, should use COP27 to agree on investments in responsible groundwater use, along with clear management guidelines to harness it.”
Those in Samburu can’t wait much longer, with many herders on the brink of losing everything.
“I have lost 30 cows in a span of two weeks and if it continues like this we will lose many more. Our women and children are also severely affected,” said 30-year-old herder Lemerwas Limayo. “Drought ravages all living things.”
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2022-11-14T17:03:24+00:00
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https://kfor.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-in-brutal-drought-kenyan-herders-look-for-hope-underground/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it is awarding $100 million in competitive grants for projects that advance environmental justice in communities disproportionately affected by industrial pollution and other hazards.
The funding, established through the 2022 climate and health law signed by President Joe Biden, marks the largest environmental justice grants the agency has ever offered. The projects are among the first from an expected $3 billion in block grants targeting underserved communities authorized under the new law.
The program will be overseen by EPA’s new office of environmental justice and external civil rights, which EPA Administrator Michael Regan created last year. The office includes more than 200 staff members at EPA headquarters and in 10 U.S. regions.
“Since day one, President Biden pledged to prioritize environmental justice and equity for all, and EPA is at the heart of delivering on that mission,” Regan said.
The funding announced Tuesday “is a key step that will help build strong partnerships with communities across the country and move us closer to realizing a more just and equitable future for all,” Regan said.
Grant applications are due April 10, with projects expected to begin as soon as October, EPA said.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat who co-chairs the Senate’s environmental justice caucus, said the grants will “help deliver results for environmental justice communities that have been ignored for too long,” including Chicago’s South Side and an industrial area in Louisiana often nicknamed “Cancer Alley.” The region includes dozens of chemical plants, refineries, fertilizer plants and other industrial sites that have long polluted air and water and caused health problems to nearby residents.
Access to clean air and clean water is more than an environmental issue, Duckworth said: “It’s a matter of health and safety, systemic racism and persistent discrimination against those in low-income communities. Every American deserves access to clean air and water — no matter their ZIP code, the color of their skin or the size of their paycheck.”
The EPA said it will provide $30 million in direct grants to community-based nonprofit organizations and partners, with $5 million reserved for small community-based groups with five or fewer full-time employees.
The program also will provide $70 million in funding to states, local governments and federally recognized tribes.
The EPA awarded $53.4 million in grants in November to enhance air quality monitoring near chemical plants, refineries and other industrial sites. The grants were funded by the climate law and a coronavirus relief plan approved by Congress in 2021.
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2023-01-11T12:58:53+00:00
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kxnet.com
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https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-epa-to-award-100m-to-boost-environmental-justice-programs/
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TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwanese start-up Mbran Filtra, has been recognized as a 2022 CES Innovation Award Honoree for its world's smallest water filter. With the pandemic's end still nowhere in sight, outdoor activities such as hiking and camping have exploded in popularity, and now adventure seekers have a revolutionary product to help them access potable water anywhere. The start-up will be showcasing its technology at 2022 CES.
"Mbran Filtra's water filter is just the size of a person's thumb and weighs just 21 grams, allowing it to slip into any pocket and be used in a myriad of activities such as trail runs, mountain biking, hiking, camping, or any kind of travel exploration. It allows anyone access to safe drinking water virtually anywhere," says Dr. Hsu-Hsien Chang, CEO of Mbran Filtra.
Small footprint, big features
Mbran Filtra's water filter blocks out bacteria, microorganisms, and microplastics, which is considered a necessity for any filter and it can be used without any electricity, making it very convenient for traveling. And finally, it has a high flow rate of 1.2 liters per minute, giving its users plenty of drinking water in a fast and efficient manner.
Unique process
The innovation of this product lies in the manufacturing process, which Mbran Filtra says utilizes polyethersulfone polymer while building multifunctional properties or layers into the pore structure of the hollow fiber membrane. The membrane itself is available in different sizes (0.04 - 0.4 um), allowing it to be used in various applications.
Another unique feature is the filter's highly asymmetric pore structure. Compared to traditional filters with symmetric membranes, this design offers a higher dirt loading capacity, providing better filtration performance and higher flow rates.
With this design, the portable filter has been proven to block out bacteria such as E. Coli with up to 99.9% effectiveness, reducing the colony forming unit (CFU) levels per 100 milliliters from 5700 to less than 1 in a E.Coli test conducted by one of the world's leading testing and certification companies SGS.
The thumb-sized filter also has a total filtration capacity of up to 1,000 liters depending on water quality, giving its users a durable and reliable portable filter which they can use for a long time.
An eye towards sustainability
Aside from class-leading features, the portable filter also adheres to Mbran Filtra's commitment to sustainable manufacturing. It uses environmentally friendly solvents, non-toxic materials, and green manufacturing processes. The filter's long-life cycle also ensures that it has the least impact possible to the environment, and its indirect effect of reducing the use of bottled water means it's a product that boosts sustainability efforts.
About Mbran Filtra
Established in 2019 in Taiwan, Mbran Filtra focuses on the research, manufacture, and production of filtration materials and systems. It produces a broad range of microporous membranes for use in different industries, such as hydrophobic and hydrophilic membranes made from polyethersulfone (PES), polyamide (Nylon), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), and polypropylene (PP), among others. Aside from supplying these membranes into existing filtration products and systems, Mbran Filtra also offers its own microfiltration membrane products through its asymmetrical pore structure technology.
For more information, please visit www.mbranfiltra.com
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2022-07-29T03:47:29+00:00
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Nemanja Matic Yellow Card
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Paulo Dybala Goal
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36
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Rafa Mir Yellow Card
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45
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Lorenzo Pellegrini Yellow Card
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On: Erik Lamela|Off: Bryan Gil
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On: Suso|Off: Óliver Torres
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Gianluca Mancini Yellow Card
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- Bounou
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- Gudelj
- Badé
- Navas
- Rakitic
- Fernando
- GilOn: Erik Lamela | Off: Bryan Gil
- TorresOn: Suso | Off: Óliver Torres
- Ocampos
- En-Nesyri
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VENUE: Puskás Aréna
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Budapest, Hungary
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REFEREE: Anthony Taylor
Match Commentary
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2023-05-31T20:15:20+00:00
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espn.com
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/669254
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IMPERIAL, Calif. (AP) — A California prison inmate serving a life sentence has died after he was attacked with hand-made weapons by two other prisoners, state corrections officials said Tuesday.
William Quintero, 47, was attacked Monday in a recreation yard at Centinela State Prison and was airlifted to a hospital where he died about nine hours later, authorities said.
Two weapons were recovered.
The prison is located in Imperial County, north of the Mexican border.
Quintero and his alleged attackers, Jose Perez and Juan Serrano, were all serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Quintero was serving his sentence from Los Angeles County for first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery.
Perez, 46, was also serving a Los Angeles County sentence for first-degree murder, second-degree murder and kidnapping. He later was convicted of possessing a controlled substance while in jail, and had a prior sentence for being a felon in possession of a gun.
Serrano, 34, was sentenced in Santa Barbara County for first-degree murder, along with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and conspiracy to participate in criminal street gang acts. He was one of a group of defendants convicted for a series of MS-13 gang-related killings in Santa Maria between 2013 and 2016.
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2022-11-16T03:19:06+00:00
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ksby.com
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https://www.ksby.com/news/california-news/convicted-killer-slain-in-california-prison-attack
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Designed to Help Survivors of Domestic Abuse Gain Job Readiness
CONCORD, Mass., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- reacHIRE, committed to supporting people returning to the workplace through returnship programs and technology solutions, announced today that its Aurora SaaS platform will power the new job readiness program from Jewish Women International (JWI) titled ReStart. ReStart connects survivors of domestic abuse in a supportive, cohort model where they receive professional and emotional support to help them embark on their return-to-work journey with confidence. Built on the foundation of reacHIRE's signature return-to-work program, participants will gain access to Aurora, a professional development platform. The Aurora platform includes self-directed and guided support, where survivors will be surrounded by a job-centric readiness curriculum and a secure network of women who face similar challenges and experiences.
Domestic abuse victims almost always face financial abuse from their partners, which might take the form of restricting their ability to work, further trapping victims and continuing the cycle of abuse. Based on the findings of JWI's 2021 Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community National Needs Assessment, 98 percent of responding abuse survivors cited a lack of financial resources as a key barrier to escaping violence.
JWI's new ReStart program consists of four, five-month cohorts of domestic abuse survivors who will form a supportive peer community using reacHIRE Aurora platform to connect and learn. Participants will take part in trauma-informed, survivor centered workshops where they will explore emotions surrounding re-entering or entering the workforce, refresh their professional skills, and gain financial literacy skills with training from JWI's Life$avings program for survivors. Participants will also receive professional work attire from Our Closet In Your Neighborhood. The ReStart program will be offered to current or former clients of the domestic violence programs who are members of the JWI's National Collaborative of Jewish Domestic Violence Programs.
For more information, please visit www.jwi.org/restart or contact communications@jwi.org. To learn more about the full range of solutions available through reacHIRE, please visit www.reachire.com
Jewish Women International (JWI) is the leading Jewish organization working to end violence against women and girls, build access to long-term economic security, and lift women's leadership.
reacHIRE helps companies put action behind Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals by providing experiential and meaningful ways to engage or retain a new or existing workforce. For more information please visit our website.
Media Contact: communications@jwi.org
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2022-10-13T16:40:56+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/10/13/jwi-partners-with-reachire-support-new-restart-program/
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 16-year-old high school football standout now faces adult charges in a Memorial Day double shooting on Fort Lauderdale Beach that left two other teenagers injured.
Defensive tackle Tarrell Greene, who played for Dillard High School and was set to play for Plantation High School in the fall, faced a Broward County judge on Friday.
Police accuse him of pulling the trigger and wounding a 17 and 15-year-old along the 700 block of Seabreeze Boulevard around 7:30 that Monday night.
Authorities said surveillance video from a nearby business showed one of the victims approaching Greene on a bicycle, but, just as he turned to walk away, Greene shoots him and then shoots another teen, also on a bicycle.
Both teenagers were rushed to the hospital and survived while police later found Greene near the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Greene posted on Twitter that he had received offers to play at the University of Alabama, University of Miami and other top schools.
Plantation High School Defensive Line Coach Darel Strong said he’s hopeful that Greene isn’t the one who actually pulled the trigger.
“It comes down to what the court decides to do to him if he even did it,” Strong said. “He is not a bad kid. I hope he can get out and get back to football. He is still young.”
Greene was being held without bond on a number of charges, including aggravated battery and firing a gun in public.
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2023-07-14T23:04:23+00:00
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local10.com
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https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/07/14/high-school-football-standout-charged-as-adult-in-fort-lauderdale-beach-double-shooting/
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LONDON (AP) — British health officials say the monkeypox outbreak across the country “shows signs of slowing” but that it’s still too soon to know if the decline will be maintained.
In a statement on Monday, the Health Security Agency said authorities are reporting about 29 new monkeypox infections every day, compared to about 52 cases a day during the last week in June. In July, officials estimated the outbreak was doubling in size about every two weeks. To date, the U.K. has recorded more than 3,000 cases of monkeypox, with more than 70% of cases in London.
The agency also said more than 27,000 people were immunized with a vaccine designed against smallpox, a related disease.
“These thousands of vaccines, administered by the (National Health Service)to those at highest risk of exposure, should have a significant impact on the transmission of the virus,” the agency said. It said the vast majority of cases were in men who are gay, bisexual or have sex with other men and that vaccines were being prioritized for them and for their closest contacts and health workers.
Last month, Britain downgraded its assessment of the monkeypox outbreak after seeing no signs of sustained monkeypox transmission beyond the sexual networks of men who have sex with men; 99% of infections in the U.K. are in men.
British authorities said they bought 150,000 doses of vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic, the world’s only supplier. The first 50,000 doses have already been rolled out or will be shared soon with clinics across the country and the next 100,000 vaccines are expected to be delivered in September.
Monkeypox spreads when people have close, physical contact with an infected person’s lesions, their clothing or bedsheets. Most people recover without needing treatment, but the lesions can be extremely painful and more severe cases can result in complications including brain inflammation and death.
Globally, there have been more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox reported in nearly 90 countries. Last month, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak to be a global emergency and American officials have classified their epidemic as a national emergency.
Outside of Africa, 98% of cases are in men who have sex with men. With only a limited global supply of vaccines, authorities are racing to stop monkeypox before it becomes entrenched as a new disease.
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2022-08-21T21:15:33+00:00
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wivb.com
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https://www.wivb.com/news/health-news/britain-says-monkeypox-outbreak-shows-signs-of-slowing/
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WHL Scoring Leaders
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- Texts: More Texas officials helped DeSantis migrant flightsNewly released batch of text messages show DeSantis’ staff communicating with Texas officials well in advance of the splashy flight of immigrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.By Guillermo Contreras
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2022-11-16T01:50:00+00:00
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expressnews.com
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Scoring-Ldrs-17587363.php
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The “Couples Retreat” season 3 premiere will air at 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, on MTV.
“Unconventional experts help celebrity couples break out of their comfort zones as they explore the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas Strip and romantic nostalgia beyond the neon lights through themed events, including zip-lining and herding cattle,” MTV says.
The series shows celebrity couples go through a series of activities that will push them to reclaim what brought them together in the first place. The show is hosted by AJ Johnson and Tony Gaskins.
HOW TO WATCH FOR FREE: Philo (free trial); FuboTV (free trial). Also, Sling has promotional offers.
In the season premiere, titled, “Show Us Your Hand,” “AJ is back for another couples retreat and has invited six couples whose love lives have been splashed across the headlines to take a gamble on their love in Las Vegas. Joc & Kendra might have finally settled down, but they haven’t settled up on Joc’s past indiscretions. Returning couple, Ronnie & Shamari Devoe discover their Marriage Ambassador status might go up in flames,” according to TV Guide.
Meet the six couples of season 3, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.
Here’s more info on streaming services if you don’t have cable:
Philo is one of the cheaper options if you’re looking for a live-streaming service, and it offers a free trial. Philo charges users $25 a month and offers more than 60 channels to choose from. FuboTV, which also has a free trial, is $64.99 a month and offers access to TV shows, live sports events and more. Sling offers a variety of packages to choose from, like the Orange and Blue at $55 a month. Your first month is half off.
Watch the season 3 trailer below:
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2023-05-02T19:18:55+00:00
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cleveland.com
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https://www.cleveland.com/tv/2023/05/couples-retreat-season-3-premiere-how-to-watch-mtv-series-for-free-52230.html
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There's a race for dominance in electric vehicles and the batteries that power them. China leads right now, but other countries — including the U.S. — are trying hard to catch up.
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There's a race for dominance in electric vehicles and the batteries that power them. China leads right now, but other countries — including the U.S. — are trying hard to catch up.
Copyright 2023 NPR
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2023-04-20T13:11:30+00:00
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wlrn.org
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https://www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking-news/npr-breaking-news/2023-04-20/what-the-u-s-needs-to-do-to-be-the-leaders-in-evs-and-the-batteries-that-power-them
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DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Correa has tested positive for COVID-19, the Minnesota Twins said after Monday’s 7-5 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
“We found out during the game,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He’s back at the hotel resting and we’ll figure out what the coming days will mean for him.”
Baldelli said the 27-year-old shortstop had not been feeling well but doesn’t have significant symptoms.
“He’s under the weather, but nothing above and beyond that,” Baldelli said. “I think resting and hydrating are the most important things for him right now.”
Monday’s game was the first in a five-game, four-day series against the Tigers.
“We’ve had some guys stay behind in cities, but there are other possible options,” Baldelli said. “We’re going to be here for a while, so no one needs to go anywhere yet.”
Correa is hitting .279 with a .751 OPS in his first season with the Twins. He left the Houston Astros after seven seasons to sign a $105.3 million, three-year contract in March, a deal that allows him to opt out after the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
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2022-05-31T22:36:20+00:00
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wwlp.com
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https://www.wwlp.com/sports/twins-carlos-correa-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
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PHILADELPHIA — Matt Vierling had five hits, including the game-winning RBI single in the 10th, to rally the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
“It doesn’t get much better than that,” Vierling said. “Definitely needed it. We grinded all night.”
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays, who lead the AL wild-card standings.
Bryson Stott led off the 10th with a sacrifice bunt to move pinch-runner Yairo Muñoz to third. Adam Cimber (10-6) then hit Jean Segura before walking Dalton Guthrie on four pitches to load the bases.
Vierling hit a 1-1 chopper up the middle past the five Blue Jays on the infield, then raised his right fist high in the air as he ran to first before being mobbed by his teammates between first and second. The celebration got so rowdy that one of his teammates ripped Vierling’s shirt off his body.
“It got ripped,” Vierling said. “Three buttons fell off. Hopefully, they’ll give me another one.”
The Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 10th against Andrew Bellatti (4-3). But Teoscár Hernandez lined out sharply to second baseman Segura, who stepped on second to double off Bradley Zimmer.
A night after combining for 29 runs in a game in which the Blue Jays recorded 21 hits — including 10 for extra bases — in an 18-11 win, this game was scoreless through seven innings. After Whit Merrifield led off the eighth with a single, shortstop Stott committed a pivotal throwing error on George Springer’s routine grounder. Guerrero made the Phillies pay by driving Seranthony Dominguez’s 1-0, 99-mph sinker into the seats in left for his 30th homer to extend his hitting streak to 14 consecutive games.
Realmuto led off the eighth with a solo shot to left off Yimi Garcia, Philadelphia got within a run on Guthrie’s two-out RBI single to right and Kyle Schwarber tied it with a single to right off Jordan Romano.
Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman gave up five hits while striking out eight and walking two in six innings.
“It’s unfortunate the way we lost, but we’ll just continue to play good baseball,” Gausman said. “It’s gonna happen. That’s baseball. Thai time of year, you don’t want to dwell on anything. On to the next game.”
Phillies starter Zack Wheeler was lifted after four innings in his first outing since Aug. 20 due to right forearm tendinitis. The 2021 NL Cy Young runner-up looked like his old self, giving up two hits, striking out three and walking none while throwing 58 pitches.
“I felt good, felt strong, felt healthy,” Wheeler said.
Noah Syndergaard, acquired by the at the trade deadline, came on for Wheeler and gave up three hits in two innings in his second relief appearance in his 145th career game.
STREAKING JAY
Guerrero is batting .306 with three homers and seven RBIs during his hitting streak.
STRUGGLING PHILLIE
Bryce Harper has struggled since returning on Aug. 26 from a two-month absence due to a broken left thumb and is now batting .220 with two homers and 10 RBIs since his comeback after going 0 for 5 with a pair of strikeouts.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: Cavan Biggio replaced 2B Santiago Espinal in the seventh after Espinal experienced left side discomfort.
Phillies: OF Brandon Marsh was not in the lineup a night after suffering a left knee contusion while crashing into the wall in left-center.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: Open four-game set at Tampa Bay on Thursday. RHP José Berrios (11-5, 4.99) starts for Toronto. The Rays haven’t announced their starter.
Phillies: Begin four-game home series against Atlanta on Thursday, with LHP Ranger Suarez (9-5, 3.53) set to face Braves LHP Max Fried (13-6, 2.52).
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2022-09-22T04:20:46+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mlb/vierlings-rbi-single-in-10th-lifts-phillies-past-blue-jays/2022/09/21/59ab81ee-3a25-11ed-b8af-0a04e5dc3db6_story.html
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- GIACT (a Refinitiv company) commissions identity theft report for the second year, highlights findings
- Record-high rates of identity theft perpetrated against U.S. consumers persisted in 2021
- Incidents targeting consumers 55 and older nearly doubled year-over-year
- Peer-to-peer and buy now, pay later platforms emerged as preferred attack vectors for fraud operators seeking to exploit new vulnerabilities
BOSTON, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aite-Novarica, a research and advisory firm, today announced a new Impact Report commissioned by GIACT, a Refinitiv company, that details excessively high rates of identity theft – including application fraud and account takeover – and its impact on U.S. consumers along with virtually every type of financial product, commercial platform and government subsidy program. GIACT commissioned the report to highlight the persistent and widespread nature of identity theft and its impact on consumers and businesses alike.
Click here to download the report
The report, U.S. Identity Theft in 2021: Adapting and Evolving, tracks the evolution and movement of identity theft throughout different age groups, account types and payments methods. The report also follows customer sentiment around identity theft and remediation.
Report highlights include:
- Identity theft shifts attention back to consumer financial products. After chasing government stimulus payments in 2020 and early 2021, identity theft again turned its attention back to consumer financial products. Twenty-five percent of U.S. consumers were impacted by identity theft in 2021 – slightly down from a record high 27% in 2020, primarily due to an ending of government subsidy programs and disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Identity theft against those aged 55 and above increases. According to the report, 25% of U.S. consumers 55 or older were impacted by identity theft in 2021 – a sharp rise from 12% in 2020 as this group created new digital accounts and may have been more unprepared to protect their data against identity theft scams.
- Identity theft finds a new target in buy now, pay later. While checking accounts, credit cards and mobile phone accounts represent the most common targets of application fraud, a new target emerged: buy now, pay later (BNPL). The report found that 23% of those impacted by application fraud schemes were targeted through BNPL payments.
- Identity theft continues to hammer peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. Twenty-five percent of those impacted by account takeover experienced a fraudulent P2P transfer – the second most common account takeover response. And unlike credit cards, significantly less consumers were satisfied with P2P recovery process (82% were satisfied with credit card recovery; 63% were satisfied with P2P recovery).
- Consumers become less tolerant of fraud. Identity theft is creating more reputational risk as consumers have become less tolerant of financial institutions that allow fraud to take place. For example, 41% of consumer loan application fraud victims said that that they were unlikely or extremely unlikely to do business with the financial institution that allowed the fraud to take place – up from 20% in 2020. Meanwhile, 31% of account takeover victims claimed that they moved their account to another financial institution as a result of account takeover.
"The methods fraudsters use to commit identity theft continue to evolve and grow more sophisticated," said Shirley Inscoe, Strategic Advisor at Aite-Novarica Group and author of the new report. "Firms should review and enhance current application controls and Know Your Customer processes to protect customers against identity theft. This will help reduce fraud losses and improve regulatory compliance as well."
"The findings in the 2021 report send further alarming signals about the evolution of identity theft where one-quarter of the U.S. population has likely been impacted by fraud in just the past year," said James Mirfin, Global Head of Digital Identity & Fraud Solutions at Refinitiv. "Financial institutions, businesses and government entities must act now to manage identity risk, with sophisticated tools and data that can stay ahead of fraud's unrelenting advancements. This continues to be an arms race and the customers are losing out. We thank Aite-Novarica for developing this important report and look forward to meeting the challenge of identity theft head-on."
To download the report, click here.
Aite-Novarica Group is an advisory firm providing mission-critical insights on technology, regulations, markets, and operations to hundreds of banks, insurers, payments providers, and investment firms—as well as the technology and service providers that support them. Comprising former senior technology, strategy, and operations executives as well as experienced researchers and consultants, our experts provide actionable advice to our client base, leveraging deep insights developed via our extensive network of clients and other industry contacts. Visit us on the web and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
GIACT®, a Refinitiv and LSEG company, is a leader in helping companies positively identify and authenticate customers. Since 2004, GIACT has been empowering businesses across all industries with data-driven insights to prevent identity and payments fraud and improve compliance procedures, all through a single platform — the EPIC Platform®. For more information, visit www.giact.com or call 1-866-918-2409. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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2022-06-07T11:56:20+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/06/07/one-four-us-consumers-impacted-by-identity-theft-2021-aite-novarica-consumer-survey-finds/
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Millions of Americans mired in medical debt face difficult financial decisions every day — pay the debt or pay for rent, utilities and groceries. Some may even skip necessary health care for fear of sinking deeper into debt.
To address the problem, an increasing number of municipal, county and state governments are devising plans to spend federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to eliminate residents’ medical debt and ease those debt burdens.
The City Council in the Boston suburb of Somerville last month unanimously passed a resolution to spend $200,000 of the city’s $77 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding that could clear as much as $4.3 million in medical debt, said Willie Burnley Jr., one of the city councilors behind the effort. As many 5,000 of the city’s 80,000 residents could benefit.
Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, and Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Toledo, Ohio, are among more than a dozen communities that have set into motion or are considering similar plans. Democratic Connecticut governor Ned Lamont last week proposed spending $20 million in ARPA funds to eliminate as much as $2 billion in state residents’ medical debts.
Unlike credit card or loan debt, medical debt is not a choice, advocates said.
“Medical debt is something that people can’t help and it’s not their fault,” Burnley said. “No one chooses to get hurt or to get sick.”
Somerville resident Virginia Faust has health insurance, but she still fell several thousand dollars into debt in 2021 when a mental health emergency required a weeklong hospital stay. The debt affected her credit, and in a cruel irony, put additional stress on her mental health.
“This would have a tangible effect on my life and relieve a lot of stress,” Faust, 25, said of Burnley’s plan. “It would mean I would be more likely to go to a doctor and get regular checkups.”
In Toledo, a combined $1.6 million from the city and Lucas County will eliminate as much as $240 million in medical debt for as many as 41,000 residents, according to Ohio state Rep. Michele Grim, who drove the effort when she served as a Toledo city councilor.
“It’s such a great return on investment,” she said. “I really couldn’t think of a better way to use dollars that were meant to aid in the economic recovery of our citizens.”
The cities and states are teaming up with RIP Medical Debt, a New York-based nonprofit that since 2014 has used donations to buy huge bundles of debt from hospitals and other health care providers at pennies on the dollar and pay it off. A single donated dollar erases an average of $100 of debt.
More than 40% of American adults have medical debt and about two-thirds of personal bankruptcies in the nation cite medical debt as a leading cause, said Allison Sesso, president and CEO of the nonprofit.
The money is coming from the federal government’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which included $360 billion for local, state, territorial and tribal governments to provide economic relief.
“This is one of the most impactful and direct ways we can use this money and it would have incredible and quantifiable benefits,” Burnley said.
Eligibility requirements can vary, but to be eligible in Somerville for the debt relief through RIP Medical Debt, individuals or families can have a household income of up to 400% of the federal poverty — that’s $111,000 annually for a family of four according to federal statistics — or have medical debts that exceed 5% of their annual income.
There is no need to apply. RIP Medical Debt determines eligibility and the beneficiaries get a letter informing them that their debt has been acquired and canceled. Not everyone will benefit. People whose debt continues to be held by for-profit collection agencies may miss out.
Unlike federal student loan debt relief, medical debt relief has more widespread and bipartisan support. According to a recent survey by Tulchin Research, more than 70% of Americans support medical debt relief, while only about half of Americans support student loan debt relief. The survey of 1,500 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
Since it’s founding, RIP Medical Debt has raised enough money to eliminate more than $8.5 billion of debt for nearly 5.5 million people. But that’s barely a dent in the total number of people facing tough money choices.
A 2021 study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association determined that Americans have $140 billion in unpaid health care bills at collection agencies alone, and that debt disproportionately affects the poor.
Although it’s a good cause, using ARPA funds to discharge medical debt does not address the underlying systemic problem, said Ray Kluender, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and one of the study’s co-authors.
Medical debt is a “byproduct of the patchwork way we pay for health care,” he said.
“While relieving debts after they have gone through the provider collections process won’t address the issues driving the accumulation of these unpaid bills in the first place, it may nevertheless help people who are struggling to pay back their bills,” he said.
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2023-02-15T14:03:53+00:00
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kxnet.com
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https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/governments-target-medical-debt-with-covid-relief-funds-2/
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During the first week at the U.S. Open. Serena Williams made her exit, and the top two men's seeds were knocked out. An American is through to the quarterfinals, so will this end the U.S. drought?
Tom Goldman is NPR's sports correspondent. His reports can be heard throughout NPR's news programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and on NPR.org.
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2022-09-06T22:37:22+00:00
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kpcc.org
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https://www.kpcc.org/2022-09-06/the-upsets-and-surprises-of-this-years-u-s-open
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Name: Kayci Krucas
Place of Employment: Froedtert South
Job Title/Role: RN, Surgery
Degree/Certification: Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Herzing University
Hometown: Kenosha
What made you decide to become a nurse? I’ve been fascinated with medicine since I was a teenager. The high school I attended offered a CNA class to juniors and seniors and the rest is history!
How many years have worked as a nurse? About two years.
What’s been your most memorable experience? My most memorable experience came when I was still working as a CNA in surgery while in school for my RN. I got to witness an organ procurement- it was a truly life changing experience and solidified my love for my career. I felt honored to be a part of something where someone was being given the gift of life via the procurement.
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What challenges did the pandemic present for you as a nurse? I became a nurse after the pandemic had started, but it presented challenges while I was a nursing student. It made clinical placements and finishing my degree difficult, but I persevered and graduated in 2021.
What motivates you to show up to work each day? What motivates me to show up to work each day is the fact that I get to work with an amazing team of fellow nurses, doctors, surgeons, and other wonderful people to help make others feel better or get on the road to recovery for what ails them.
Who inspires you? My family, my friends, and some of my amazing coworkers inspire me each and every day, as well as making a difference in my patients’ lives, no matter the journey they’re on.
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2023-05-28T21:22:03+00:00
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kenoshanews.com
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https://kenoshanews.com/celebrate-nurses-2023-kayci-krucas-of-froedtert-south/article_8ef70cc4-f81b-11ed-bc38-e37f05587532.html
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McDonald’s announces new Strawberry Shortcake McFlurry
Published: Apr. 3, 2023 at 1:47 PM PDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
(Gray News) – A new flavor of McFlurry is hitting McDonald’s menu for a limited time.
The fast-food chain announced the Strawberry Shortcake McFlurry will be available at participating locations nationwide starting April 12 until supplies last.
The Strawberry Shortcake McFlurry is made with vanilla soft serve, strawberry-flavored clusters and crispy, buttery shortbread cookies.
In a news release, McDonald’s said the fruity flavor is dropping just in time for spring.
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2023-04-03T21:33:13+00:00
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fox5vegas.com
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https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/04/03/mcdonalds-announces-new-strawberry-shortcake-mcflurry/
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Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he’ll be killed in state prison
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says he’s afraid fellow inmates will kill him if he’s sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder.
That’s according to a legal filing by Travis McMichael’s defense attorney that asks a judge to keep McMichael in federal custody when he’s sentenced Monday on a hate crime conviction.
Attorney Amy Lee Copeland wrote that McMichael has received hundreds of death threats since he killed Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in February 2020.
She says McMichael worries “he will promptly be killed” in a Georgia prison system that the Justice Department is investigating for violence between inmates.
Copyright 2022 WHNS. All rights reserved.
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2022-08-08T02:27:20+00:00
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foxcarolina.com
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https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/08/08/lawyer-arbery-shooter-fears-hell-be-killed-state-prison/
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The stretch of U.S. 61 between Baton Rouge and Natchez, Mississippi, is the scene of some of my favorite stories. Here's one:
Mary Sue Meador, of Baton Rouge, tells of a semi-pro baseball team her late husband, Bob Meador, was on years ago.
She says, "The team was made up mostly of LSU players earning money during the summer. They were traveling in two vans on the way to Monroe when one van was stopped between Woodville and Natchez for speeding.
"When the Mississippi patrolman pulled the second van over, the first van kept going. The first van had all of the managers, coaches, part of the team, and all the money.
"The second van, with other players. had to follow the patrolman down a long, dusty road in the country to a justice of the peace's home. There he ordered all of the players out of the van and into the house.
"Even between them they could not come up with the money to pay the speeding ticket.
"Having no way to phone ahead, they decided among themselves that the best way out of the predicament was to choose a guy who was not pitching that night and leave him at the justice of the peace's house to be picked up on the way back to Baton Rouge after the game."
Which reminds me
Speaking of U.S. 61, here's my favorite story about traveling on that highway, as told to me by a Louisiana state trooper many years ago:
He was driving a High State Official to a meeting in Monroe, and stopped in Woodville, Mississippi, to gas up.
The official, who was running for re-election, had been looking at his speech notes during the drive, and had no idea where he was.
When he saw three old guys sitting on a bench in front of the gas station, he jumped out of the car with some campaign literature and bumper stickers, and presented them to the startled codgers, with a request to vote for him "for a better Louisiana."
As they drove off, he told the bemused trooper, "I think I got those three votes."
Special People Dept.
— G.W. Richardson, of Gonzales, celebrates his 103rd birthday Thursday, July 21. He is an Army veteran of World War II, obtaining the rank of staff sergeant.
— Oris “Joe” Pastor, of Bellevue, Washington, celebrates his 96th birthday Thursday, July 21. A native of Crowley, he enlisted during World War II at 16, celebrating his 17th birthday on Guadalcanal. An accounting graduate of the now University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he worked in French Indochina for a decade, then in New Orleans and Houma with the IRS.
— Donald Borngesser, of the Inspired Living assisted living community, Kenner, celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday, July 21. He is a Korean War veteran and former real estate agent.
NASCAR Mom
Kathy Stewart says she promised son Jeffrey he could get his driver's license if he made a B-plus or better on an upcoming math test:
"On a Friday afternoon he came in waving his test paper with a B-plus on it, hollering, 'Mom, let’s go get my license!'
"We hopped in the car and drove three miles to the DMV. He passed all the tests and was ready for his license when the gentlemen giving the test asked for his birth certificate.
"I did not have it with me. I told him I would run home and pick it up. He said, 'Lady, I am closing in five minutes!'
"In a panicked voice, Jeffrey said, 'Mom, just drive like you always do; you can do it!'
"I did, and Jeffrey was happy. However, I am not sure the gentlemen wanted either one of us to have a driver’s license…"
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2022-07-20T22:24:03+00:00
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theadvocate.com
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https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/smiley_anders/article_39a85d6e-0770-11ed-9715-176c800b898e.html
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Three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, Russian authorities said, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of traffic in and out of one of four airports around the Russian capital.
It was the fourth such attempt at a strike on the capital region this month and the third this week, fueling concerns about Moscow’s vulnerability to attacks as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.
The Russian Defense Ministry referred to the incident as an “attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime” and said three drones targeted the city. One was shot down in the surrounding Moscow region by air defense systems and two others were jammed. Those two crashed into the Moscow City business district.
Photos from the site of the crash showed the facade of a skyscraper damaged on one floor. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the attack “insignificantly damaged” the outsides of two buildings in the Moscow City district. A security guard was injured, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.
No flights went into or out of Vnukovo airport on the southern outskirts of the city for about an hour, according to Tass, and the airspace over Moscow and the outlying regions was temporarily closed to all aircraft. Those restrictions have since been lifted.
Moscow authorities have also closed a street to traffic near the site of the crash in the Moscow City area.
Without directly acknowledging that Ukraine was behind the attack on Moscow, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian airforce said that the Russian people were seeing the consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“All of the people who think the war ‘doesn’t concern them,’ it’s already touching them,” spokesperson Yurii Ihnat told journalists Sunday.
“There’s already a certain mood in Russia: that something is flying in, and loudly,” he said. “There’s no discussion of peace or calm in the Russian interior any more. They got what they wanted.”
Ihnat also referenced a drone attack on Russian-occupied Crimea overnight. Moscow announced Sunday that it had shot down 16 Ukrainian drones and neutralized eight more with an electronic jamming system. There were no casualties, officials said.
In Ukraine, the air force reported that it had destroyed four Russian drones above the country’s Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Information on the attacks could not be independently verified.
Meanwhile, two people were killed and 20 wounded by a Russian missile strike late Saturday evening on the city of Sumy in northeast Ukraine. A four-story building belonging to a vocational college was hit, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said. Local authorities said that dormitories and teaching buildings were damaged in the blast and the fire that followed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry reported shooting down a Ukrainian drone outside Moscow on Friday. Four days earlier, two drones struck the Russian capital, one of them falling in the center of the city near the Defense Ministry’s headquarters along the Moscow River about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the Kremlin. The other drone hit an office building in southern Moscow, gutting several upper floors.
In another attack on July 4, the Russian military said four drones were downed by air defenses on the outskirts of Moscow and a fifth was jammed by electronic warfare means and forced down.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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2023-07-30T12:51:49+00:00
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wric.com
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https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-overnight-drone-attack-on-moscow-injures-1-prompts-temporary-airport-closure/
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Poll reveals vast majority of real estate investors saw business growth in 2022, plan to continue investing in 2023
DALLAS, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New Western, the largest national private marketplace for fix-and-flip residential investment properties, today released a report on the state of real estate investment in the United States. The analysis, which offers insight based on both New Western sales data as well as opinion polling from its network of 150,000 buyers, found that investors maintained confidence throughout 2022 and into 2023 even though housing inventory remains low and interest rates continue to rise.
The report, titled "The Flip Side: An Outlook for Residential Real Estate Investing in 2023," found that 73% of investors surveyed said their business grew from 2021 to 2022, and 70% said they plan to invest in 2023. What's more, 63% of investors who are interested in purchasing for the first time in 2023 said interest rates are not too high to keep them from purchasing homes, as 59% plan to use cash or private money.
Additionally, the survey revealed a growing youth movement in residential real estate investment. In fact, 7% of investors who have purchased investment properties previously are 18-29 years old, as are 15% of investors looking to purchase for the first time in 2023. And 86% of Gen Z respondents said they are ready to enter the market once mortgage rates show signs of stabilization.
New Western's report offers predictions for 2023. Given that finding deals, the cost of labor and funding are the three biggest challenges investors cited for 2023, career-rehabbers, mom-and-pop and semi-pros will likely take a conservative approach and look for quality deals. Fortunately, these local investors now have access to the data large-scale institutions use to evaluate deals. They will combine that with their skills and local knowledge to take significantly outdated homes in major cities, rehabilitate them and return them to the market. These are homes the average home buyer won't touch, and are significantly more affordable than new builds: Homes purchased through New Western that are later renovated sell for 31% less than new retail homes for sale in the same market.
New Western's data shows demand is also starting to shift away from some of the top pandemic boom regions. Denver; Nashville, Tenn.; and Austin, Texas, grew at a record pace in recent years, but after Q2 2022 all three cities experienced a major decline in volume of homes sold. At the same time, smaller metro areas are flourishing. For example, Raleigh, N.C., showed a 44% increase in demand year-over-year from New Western investors. Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla., are ripe for growth as well with an increase of 51.4% each in YOY homes sold through New Western, even though Redfin shows a decline of 3.6% and 8.4% in those markets, respectively.
"Even though rising interest rates present a challenge, the reality is we have a deficit of five million families that need homes," said Kurt Carlton, president and co-founder of New Western. "So the demand is there, but inventory nationwide is still very low. We know there will not be enough new builds to close the gap, while the exit of iBuyers from the investor market will open up a surplus of options for individual investors to scoop up deals and provide inventory by rehabbing existing homes. Traditional market headlines will focus on a macro environment that won't appear favorable, but there's more to the story in 2023. Smaller investors will leverage their local knowhow and nimble operations to find opportunities in their neighborhoods, and will continue to grow their fix-n-flip or rent businesses."
New Western's investor survey was conducted in November 2022. It consists of 886 real estate investors ages 18 and up from around the United States who have previously purchased property through New Western or plan to in the future. For more information about New Western, please visit https://www.newwestern.com.
New Western makes real estate investing more accessible for more people. Operating in most major cities, our marketplace connects more than 150,000 local investors looking to rehab houses with sellers. As the largest private source of investment properties in the nation, we buy a home every 13 minutes. New Western delivers new opportunity for all—a fresh start for sellers, exclusive inventory for investors, and affordable housing for buyers. For more information, visit www.newwestern.com.
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2023-01-10T13:40:21+00:00
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newschannel10.com
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https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2023/01/10/new-western-survey-finds-most-investors-are-confident-residential-real-estate-market-despite-challenges/
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INTERLOCHEN — Northwest Lower Michigan’s closest primary contest is over, and sitting Republican Rep. John Roth is running for another term.
Roth, recently of Traverse City but now of Interlochen following the state’s redistricting, trailed challenger Katie Kniss of Fife Lake through part of Tuesday evening as vote counts flowed in across the redrawn 104th District.
Kalkaska County voters favored Kniss by a 584-vote margin, for a total of 1,520 to Roth’s 936. And she came within 42 to 44 votes of tying Roth in Benzie, Manistee and Wexford counties.
That’s based on unofficial vote totals, which appear throughout this article.
Losing Kalkaska early on had Roth wondering if he would come out the winner, he said. But voters in every other county fragment the district will include favored Roth, even if only by less than 50 votes.
“They weren’t big wins but they were wins, and I got the majority, and even in those counties,” he said.
Then Antrim County voters delivered a solid win that put Roth ahead with a lead that never switched back, he said.
Voters in Antrim County chose Roth 2,391-1,874, and in Grand Traverse, 2,433-1,861.
Ultimately, Roth won the GOP nomination by just more than 1,800 votes, with 8,281 to Kniss’ 7,647.
Kniss didn’t respond to a text message seeking comment Wednesday.
Roth credited Kniss’ hard work for her solid voter turnout.
The tight race is also a sign that Roth has plenty of work to do before the November general election to better understand what the district wants from a state representative, he said.
It’s no short order — whereas Roth represents a district with boundaries that currently match Grand Traverse County lines, the new 104th starting in 2023 will include most of the county and parts of Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, Manistee and Wexford.
The state Legislature’s schedule didn’t help, giving Roth about a month to campaign, but he still knocked on lots of doors, he said. He also wondered if some counties in the new district have voters who would rather be left alone by Lansing lawmakers and make their own way locally.
“I think I was probably perceived more as the guy that’s from the state, and my opponent’s definitely an outsider, so that didn’t help me any,” he said. “It’s a matter of finding out what these counties, is that what they want? So it’s a different district, believe me.”
Roth will face Democratic candidate Cathy Albro, of Bellaire, who ran unopposed in the primary.
In a comparison of Roth’s margin to that of other sitting lawmakers for the 103rd and 105th districts, both won their primary challenges comfortably.
For the 103rd, voters chose Rep. Jack O’Malley, R-Lake Ann, over Heather Cerone of Traverse City by 10,495-3,415.
Voters in the 105th gave Rep. Ken Borton, R-Gaylord, an unmistakable nod with 9,841 votes to Kim Morley’s 3,387, Diane Randall’s 3,303 and Mark McFarlin’s 1,199, according to the Detroit Free Press’s unofficial numbers.
O’Malley will face Democratic candidate Betsy Coffia, of Traverse City and a Grand Traverse County commissioner. She won her primary contest versus Michael Brodsky, 12,605 to 2,218.
That district will include all of Leelanau County and parts of Benzie and Grand Traverse counties, state maps show.
Borton will run against Adam Wojdan, of Frederic, another Democratic candidate who faced no primary challenger.
Whoever wins will represent a district that will include all of Crawford, Missaukee, Otsego and Roscommon counties, plus parts of Antrim, Kalkaska and Oscoda counties.
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2022-08-04T13:03:34+00:00
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record-eagle.com
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https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/roth-wins-104th-state-house-primary/article_bd6b71c6-1356-11ed-9f6d-af98d7754221.html
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What’s the best OLED gaming monitor?
From bulky CRTs to ultra-thin displays, gaming monitors have undergone many changes in the last few decades. As development in computer components and gaming consoles drove a need for better, faster and clearer visuals, monitors needed to keep up.
For many years, liquid crystal display monitors were the undisputed kings in gaming, but their use slowly started to diminish in the mid-2000s. The new light-emitting diode technology was thinner and had better visual quality.
The natural progression led to organic light-emitting diodes, making monitors and TVs even thinner. While there is a wider selection of TVs than monitors, the LG Ultrafine 4K 27-Inch OLED Pro Gaming Monitor is excellent.
What to know before you buy an OLED gaming monitor
Display size and image quality
Graphical quality is crucial for an enjoyable video game experience. The heavy lifting is done by the console or the computer’s graphics card, but that’s not all. The size of the monitor also plays a big role in clarity and level of detail.
While it’s usually better to have a big screen, consider where you play most of your games and available space there. A massive monitor isn’t always practical, and few games look amazing on a curved display.
As for professional gamers, they almost always go for a 24-inch monitor. There are various reasons for this, but the most important is that, at this size, they can have faster frame rates than larger screens.
In terms of image quality, OLED is superior to traditional LED technology. It’s based on the same principle, but OLED uses organic molecules to produce colors through an electric current. This produces more vivid colors and a wider viewing angle while using less power.
Refresh rate
A monitor’s refresh rate determines how many frames per second it can display. Most video games are coded for 60 frames per second, but some consoles and titles can go higher. Especially for multiplayer games or first-person shooters, 120 fps is becoming the standard.
Therefore, if you want your monitor to keep up with everything on the screen, it’s best to look for a high refresh rate, measured in gigahertz. Keep in mind that there is a massive improvement between 30 and 60 GHz, but less so when going from 60 to 120 GHz.
What to look for in a quality OLED gaming monitor
Nvidia G-Sync and AMD’s FreeSync
When there are fast-moving objects on the screen, such as in sports, racing or shooter games, a fast refresh rate can help to smooth out the images. But as video games become increasingly detailed, monitors need all the help they can get. That’s why a good-quality gaming display incorporates smoothing technology from two of the largest graphics card manufacturers.
Nvidia’s G-Sync and AMD’s FreeSync are essentially the same in their capabilities, primarily focused on eliminating screen tearing. This happens when the content’s frame rate is faster than the monitor, producing a glitch effect. G-Sync and FreeSync adapt the monitor’s frame rate to the graphics card instead of the card adapting to the monitor.
Multiple connections
You might only play video games on one platform at a time, but you don’t want to swap output cables when changing systems. The best solution for that is to get a monitor with multiple connections.
A few HDMI ports let you connect a computer and a gaming console, and you only need to press a button to access either. Depending on your needs, a few DisplayPort connections will come in handy, as will several USB ports.
Mountable on a wall
Gaming monitors can be relatively large, and if you have limited space on your desk, you might consider mounting the monitor. This can typically be done in several ways, but the two most common methods are mounting it on a wall with a bracket or keeping it upright through a monitor arm.
But there is one aspect that a good-quality monitor will have: compatibility with the VESA mounting system. The Video Electronics Standards Association set out a recommended design for the back of monitors. This ensures that the bracket and mounting holes line up perfectly with the monitor.
How much you can expect to spend on an OLED gaming monitor
The price depends on the monitor’s size and capabilities. A portable OLED monitor costs $400-$500, while a high-quality monitor can cost $1,000-$2,000.
OLED gaming monitor FAQ
Why isn’t there a bigger selection of OLED gaming monitors?
A. There are plenty of OLED TVs to choose from, so it’s easy to assume there should also be a lot of OLED monitors. But that isn’t the case. That’s because they often don’t have high enough frame rates for gamers, OLED burn-in and pixel degradation are problematic, and they are generally more expensive than LED monitors.
Are there plans to make OLED monitors with higher frame rates?
A. Since the visual quality is better than LED, gamers are interested in OLED monitors, but the low frame rate still makes them cautious. But that could all change, as Samsung is working on new OLED panels that can reach 240 hertz.
What’s the best OLED gaming monitor to buy?
Top OLED gaming monitor
LG Ultrafine 4K 27-Inch OLED Pro Gaming Monitor
What you need to know: Sitting on a fully adjustable stand, this monitor produces excellent 4K visuals and is VESA compatible.
What you’ll love: This 27-inch gaming monitor has a refresh rate of 60 hertz, multiple connections including USB-C, DisplayPort and HDMI, and accurate colors through OLED Pixel Dimming HDR technology. The display can also rotate into a vertical orientation.
What you should consider: While there are two DisplayPort connections, there is only one HDMI port.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top OLED gaming monitor for the money
Virzen UHD 15.6-Inch OLED Portable Monitor
What you need to know: A quick and easy solution for OLED gaming, this portable monitor has a built-in battery.
What you’ll love: The monitor has an elegant kickstand at the back that folds up neatly when you need to move it. It has a refresh rate of 60 hertz, a 100% Adobe RGB color gamut, and supports 10-point touch and pinch functions.
What you should consider: It only has a USB-C connection, so for gaming on an Xbox, you’ll need an HDMI adapter.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Aorus 48-Inch 4K OLED Gaming Monitor
What you need to know: The sheer size of this gadget places it closer to a TV, but who wouldn’t want to game on a 48-inch monitor?
What you’ll love: This 4K monitor has a wide 178-degree viewing angle and a refresh rate of 120 hertz, and is compatible with AMD’s FreeSync Premium. It has one DisplayPort, two HDMI connections, two USB 3.0 ports and one USB-C port.
What you should consider: At 48 inches, you will need more space than just a computer desk.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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2022-09-30T12:52:43+00:00
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pix11.com
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https://pix11.com/reviews/br/electronics-br/computer-monitors-br/best-oled-gaming-monitor/
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GOP’s Kevin McCarthy pressured to ‘figure out’ speaker race
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are at a crossroads as leader Kevin McCarthy has failed over and over again to become House speaker, but he remains determined to persuade enough right-flank holdouts to vote for him and end a stalemate with no end in sight.
What started as a political novelty, the first time in 100 years a nominee has not won the gavel on the first vote, has devolved into a bitter Republican Party feud and deepening potential crisis.
McCarthy is under growing pressure from restless Republicans and Democrats to find the votes he needs or step aside, so the House can open fully and get on with the business of governing. His right-flank detractors appear intent on waiting him out, as long as it takes.
“No deal yet,” McCarthy said late Wednesday before the House abruptly adjourned. “But a lot of progress.”
The House, which is one-half of Congress, is essentially at a standstill as McCarthy has failed, one vote after another, to win the speaker’s gavel in a grueling spectacle for all the world to see. The ballots have produced almost the same outcome, 20 conservative holdouts still refusing to support him and leaving him far short of the 218 typically needed to win the gavel.
In fact, McCarthy saw his support slipping to 201, as one fellow Republican switched to vote simply present.
“I think people need to work a little more,” McCarthy said Wednesday as they prepared to adjourn for the night. “I don’t think a vote tonight would make any difference. But a vote in the future could.”
When the House resumes at noon Thursday it could be a long day. The new Republican majority was not expected to be in session on Friday, which is the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. A prolonged and divisive speaker’s fight would almost certainly underscore the fragility of American democracy after the attempted insurrection two years ago.
“All who serve in the House share a responsibility to bring dignity to this body,” California Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker, said in a tweet.
Pelosi also said the Republicans’ “cavalier attitude in electing a Speaker is frivolous, disrespectful and unworthy of this institution. We must open the House and proceed with the People’s work.”
Some Republicans appear to be growing uneasy with way the House Republicans have taken charge after the midterm election only to see the chamber upended over the speaker’s race in their first days in the new majority.
Colorado Republican Ken Buck said he did not encourage McCarthy to step aside. “I told him he needs to figure out how to make a deal to move forward,” he said.
The California Republican, however, vowed to fight to the finish for the speaker’s job in a battle that had thrown the new majority into tumult for the first days of the new Congress.
The right-flank conservatives, led by the Freedom Caucus and aligned with former President Donald Trump, appeared emboldened by the standoff — even though Trump publicly backed McCarthy.
“This is actually an invigorating day for America,” said Florida Republican Byron Donalds, who was nominated three times by his conservative colleagues as an alternative. “There’s a lot of members in the chamber who want to have serious conversations about how we can bring this all to a close and elect a speaker.”
The disorganized start to the new Congress pointed to difficulties ahead with Republicans now in control of the House, much the way that some past Republican speakers, including John Boehner, had trouble leading a rebellious right flank. The result: government shutdowns, standoffs and Boehner’s early retirement.
A new generation of conservative Republicans, many aligned with Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda, want to upend business as usual in Washington, and were committed to stopping McCarthy’s rise without concessions to their priorities.
But even Trump’s strongest supporters disagreed on this issue. Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert, who nominated Donalds the second time, called on the former president to tell McCarthy, “Sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw.’”
By McCarthy’s own calculation, he needs to flip about a dozen Republicans who have so far withheld their backing as he presses on for the job he has long wanted.
To win support, McCarthy has already agreed to many of the demands of Freedom Caucus members, who have been agitating for rules changes and other concessions that give rank-and-file members more influence.
And a McCarthy-aligned campaign group, the Conservative Leadership Fund, offered another concession, saying it would no longer spend money on elections “in any open-seat primaries in safe Republican districts.” The far-right lawmakers have complained that their preferred candidates for the House were being treated unfairly as the campaign fund put its resources elsewhere.
Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, said the latest round of talks was “productive.”
“I am open to whatever will give me the power to defend my constituents against this godforsaken city,” said Texas Republican Chip Roy, another member of the conservative group.
But those opposing McCarthy do not all have the same complaints, and he may never be able to win over some of them.
“I’m ready to vote all night, all week, all month and never for that person,” said Florida Republican Matt Gaetz.
Such staunch opposition carried echoes of McCarthy’s earlier bid for the job, when he dropped out of the speaker’s race in 2015 because he could not win over conservatives.
“We have no exit strategy,” South Carolina Republican Ralph Norman said.
“There’s nothing he can give me or any of our members that’s going to be a magic pill,” Norman said. “We’re here to vet a speaker. Vet the person third in line for the presidency and that’s a good thing.”
Not since 1923 had a speaker’s election gone to multiple ballots. The longest fight for the gavel started in late 1855 and dragged on for two months, with 133 ballots, during debates over slavery in the run-up to the Civil War.
Democrats enthusiastically nominated and renominated their House leader, Hakeem Jeffries, on all six ballots for speaker over the first two days. He repeatedly won the most votes overall, 212.
If McCarthy could win 213 votes, and then persuade the remaining naysayers to simply vote present, he would be able to lower the threshold required under the rules to have the majority.
It’s a strategy former House speakers, including Pelosi and Boehner, had used when they confronted opposition, winning with fewer than 218 votes.
One Republican, Victoria Spartz of Indiana, voted present on Wednesday’s rounds, but it only ended up lowering McCarthy’s total.
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AP writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2023-01-05T11:35:45+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/2023/01/05/gops-kevin-mccarthy-pressured-figure-out-speaker-race/
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KOALA Launches Subscription Memberships To Supercharge Experiences for Timeshare Owners.
NEW YORK, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading timeshare marketplace KOALA will now offer enhanced perks and elevated benefits such as a concierge rental service, verified profiles, Supercharged Listings®️, and advanced tech for its VIP member base.
Announcing a fresh take on subscription memberships. Today KOALA, a leading vacation ownership marketplace for timeshare owners and vacationers, announced the official launch of its VIP Membership program. This program is designed to offer timeshare owners more personalized assistance in their timeshare portfolio with elevated perks, enhanced profiles and featured listings.
The VIP Memberships will feature 3 paid tiers for timeshare owners: Gold VIP at $199 per year, Platinum VIP at $399 per year and KOALA Pro (which will be custom tailored to businesses, brokers and clients – by invitation only).
Prefer No Upfront Fees?
KOALA will still offer a no-upfront-fees option – but even that will be getting an upgrade. "KOALA Silver" is free to join & free to list! This free tier will also be improved and will provide even more features like "Suggested Listings" and soon – proprietary pricing tools to help beginners find success with rentals. As CEO Mike Kennedy explains: "We are enhancing the experience at every tier, including members that still want to list for free. We encourage owners who feel confident in their experience to continue leveraging the free version of the platform. This commitment to consistently creating better products and more value wherever we can is our unwavering mission and promise to timeshare owners."
Mike continues: "DIY rentals with no-upfront-fees work perfectly for many of our members, but what we found is that some timeshare owners require far more assistance to get bookings – or they just don't want their timeshare to feel like a second job. That led us to understand that these timeshare owners are at very different stages of their ownership cycle. As a result, it pushed us to rethink our approach. These memberships enable our team to provide individualized services and products for timeshare owners in a way that fits their needs – and ours as a business."
KOALA Memberships at glance
SILVER
Cost: FREE
- Free to List
- All Bookings Secured & Protected
- Technical Support
- Low Commissions
- $1 Million Timeshare Rental Insurance
GOLD VIP
Cost: $199 per year
- Hub Access: a new innovation for timeshare owners with points
- Supercharged Listings®️ featured, verified and boosted with an extra dose of marketing to 3X your chance of getting booked (up to 5 p/yr)
- Gold VIP Profile Badge
- Verified "Green Check"
PLATINUM VIP
Cost: $399 per year
- KOALA Concierge: Our full service rental management program
- Supercharged Listings®️ featured, verified and boosted with an extra dose of marketing to 3X your chance of getting booked (up to 10 p/yr)
- VIP Hotline: private 1800 # for Platinum VIP Members only
- Platinum VIP Profile Badge
- Verified "Green Check"
KOALA PRO (By Invite Only)
Cost: Custom
- Enterprise Software Integration
- API Connectivity or Automated Inventory Upload
- KOALA Pro "Black" Badge
- Business/Brand Profile Page
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2023-06-20T20:33:36+00:00
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kalb.com
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Harris English quipped to his caddie that no one is beating him at Colonial's par-3 eighth hole, which is true after he followed his birdie in the opening round with a hole-in-one Friday. There is only one player ahead of him on the overall leaderboard.
PGA Tour rookie Harry Hall from England maintained the solo lead through 36 holes at 12-under 128, making a spectacular save from the sand at that same par 3, for a three-stroke lead over English. After opening with an 8-under 62, Hall had four consecutive birdies midway through his second-round 66.
Hall's birdie streak ended with a bogey at the par-4 third, his 12th of the day, when he missed the fairway and then came up short of the green before a two-putt from 9 feet.
In the final group of the day, Hall hit his tee shot at No. 8 into the sand in front of the green. Hall failed to get the ball out of the deep bunker on his first attempt, but saved par by popping it out on the next try to the edge of the green and watching it roll into the cup.
English's ace at the 170-yard eighth was part of his bogey-free 66.
"Hard 9 ... pushed it about 4 or 5 yards right of where I was aiming, but it's a good thing that hole got in the way," English said. "Just one of those shots where I struck it pure, right at the flag."
His third hole-in-one on the PGA Tour was the first at Colonial's No. 8 hole since Jim Furyk in 2011.
English was a stroke ahead of Emiliano Grillo, who shot a round-best 65 to get to 8 under. Adam Schnek (67), Byeong Hun An (66) and Robby Shelton (67) were tied for fourth.
Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player and Colonial runner-up in a playoff last year, had his second consecutive round of 67 and was tied for seventh at 6-under 134. Justin Rose, whose 11 PGA Tour wins include Colonial five years ago, was tied for ninth at 5 under after as bogey-free 66.
Jordan Spieth, still dealing with a sore left wrist, shot 72 both days to miss the cut. The 11th-ranked player had three bogeys and a birdie over his last four holes.
Other than the hole-in-one, it was just a steady round for four-time PGA Tour winner English, who had a third-place finish earlier this month at the Wells Fargo Championship. He hit 11 of 14 fairways and 14 of 18 greens.
"When I did get in trouble off the tee or around the green, I got up and down. Made a really nice par on No. 9," English said. "I had a lot of seemed like 15 or 20-footers and didn't make much. ... But as long as I keep that ball-striking going and keep giving myself chances, then some good things will happen this weekend."
Coming off the hole-in-one, English drove into the right rough at No. 9 and then into a greenside bunker before blasting to 6 feet and made the par-saving putt. His only birdie on the back nine was the 12th, when he made a 17-footer off the fringe.
Grillo, the 30-year-old from Argentina, was even on the round before making the turn with a birdie from a greenside bunker at the 389-yard 10th. That was the first of five backside birdies, including long putts on both par 3s - from 19 foot at No. 13, and nearly 38 feet at the 16th - before an approach to 7 feet at No. 18.
"It's a lot of different clubs off the tee. Got to keep it in the fairway, got to keep it on the green. I would think that's my strong part of the game," Grillo said. "I was lucky enough to make a few good putts on the back nine. So happy to finish with a great shot on 18, and a good putt."
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2023-05-27T01:11:10+00:00
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espn.com
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https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/37737074/tour-rookie-harry-hall-3-harris-english-ace-colonial
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BOSTON, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) has declared a distribution of $0.11 per share payable on March 6, 2023 to shareholders of record on January 20, 2023 (ex-dividend date of January 19, 2023). This distribution is in accordance with the Fund's current distribution policy of paying distributions on its shares totaling approximately 8 percent of its net asset value per year, payable in four quarterly installments of 2 percent. A portion of the distribution may be treated as paid from sources other than net income, including but not limited to short-term capital gain, long-term capital gain and return of capital. The final determination of the source of all distributions in 2023 for tax reporting purposes, including the percentage of qualified dividend income, will be made after year-end.
The distribution will be paid in newly issued shares to all shareholders except those who are not participating in Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's Dividend Reinvestment Plan and who elect to receive the distribution in cash. Shares will be issued at the lower of the February 17, 2023 net asset value per share or market value per share (but not less than 95% of market value). The market value of the Fund's shares for this purpose will be the last sales price on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Fund does not continuously issue shares and trades in the secondary market, investors wishing to buy or sell shares need to place orders through an intermediary or broker. The share price of a closed-end fund is based on the market's value. The Fund's shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ASG. ALPS Advisors, Inc. is the investment advisor of the Fund, a multi-managed, closed-end investment company with more than $302 million in net assets as of January 6, 2023.
Past performance cannot predict future results.
An investment in the Fund involves risk, including loss of principal.
Secondary market support provided to the Fund by ALPS Fund Services, Inc.'s affiliate ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., a FINRA Member. ALPS Fund Services, Inc., ALPS Advisors, Inc. and ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. are affiliated entities.
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2023-01-09T18:18:40+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2023/01/09/liberty-all-star-growth-fund-inc-declares-distribution/
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Bell (Smith), Betty J.
Betty J. Bell, age 97, of Miamisburg, Ohio and formerly of Jefferson Township, passed away on Saturday, March 11, 2023. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Bell; parents, Elmer and Clara Smith; sisters,Edith Casanova, Flora Schroll, her twin sister, Florence Gibby and Marie Hutchinson.
Betty is survived by her son Rodney Bell (Adrianne); grandson, Joshua Bell (Jaime); granddaughters, Nicole DeGroat (Brian), Megan Unthank (Jon) and many great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 12:00 p.m. Thursday, March 16, 2023, at the Miami Valley Memory Gardens Chapel, 1639 E. Lytle- 5 Points Road, Centerville, Ohio 45458. The family will receive visitors at the chapel from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service on Thursday.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Dayton.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.andersonfunerals-franklin.com for the Bell family.
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2023-03-15T05:35:13+00:00
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daytondailynews.com
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https://www.daytondailynews.com/obituaries/bell-betty/3OLJDFWSVFAYNN4CGLNYLWH3FE/
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Capturing a memory, recording your loved one's story in their own voice or sharing something new you've learned – podcasting can serve as a vehicle for all these goals and more. And, of course, it can be a lot of fun, too!
Over the last five years, as part of our annual Student Podcast Challenge, we here at the Education team at NPR have created and gathered resources to help students and teachers produce their own podcasts, and in return, we've received thousands of entries every year.
While many of these resources were created for our audience of students, teachers, educators and parents, it's a great place to start for anyone who wants to make their own podcast! So if that's you, here's a collection of tips & tricks from our very own NPR producers.
Good luck!
GUIDES FOR TEACHERS
Here you'll find a breakdown of podcasting and a series of sample lesson plans to ensure that students have the skills and background knowledge to start making a podcast.
For our contest, teachers must submit entries to NPR, but we expect that students themselves are the ones creating them. (Teachers: The submission form is here!)
GUIDES FOR STUDENTS
Student podcasters, we don't expect you to be experts! In fact, we expect that most of you are putting together a podcast for the first time.
And even though this is a contest, it's also about learning new skills in a fun way. We want to make that easier, so we've put together this guide to help you with planning, recording, editing audio, using music and so much more.
VIDEOS
As the NPR Student Podcast Challenge kicks off its second year, here's a short video guide to making your podcast sound great. A good way to start? Build a pillow fort! Don Gonyea, a veteran NPR correspondent who's filed stories from all over the world, shows us how.
So you've got a great idea for your podcast. You've written up the questions, shaped an outline, lined up your interviews. Now comes the big challenge that can turn a good podcast into a winning entry: gathering great sound. Here are our best tips for gathering great sound and making your podcast sound awesome.
Speaking into a microphone is hard — even for radio veterans at NPR. In this video, voice coach Jessica Hansen and NPR's Training team share a few vocal exercises that will help you sound more natural in front of a mic.
PODCASTS
NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, for grades five through 12*, is open for entries and will close on April 28, 2023. Our judges will select one middle and one high school grand prize winner. This year, we're also introducing a new thematic award for the best mental health podcast.
You can submit your work here. Before you get started, we strongly recommend you read over the following pages:
2023 Contest Announcement
Here's a rundown of this year's contest rules, key dates and resources.
Official rules
Please check out our rules page before starting your podcast or submitting your work!
Submission Guidelines
Got questions? Check out our FAQ page! For any additional questions, please reach out to studentpodcastchallenge@npr.org.
*Note: Our college contest will return in fall of 2023.
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Edited by: Steve Drummond
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2023-02-22T07:22:42+00:00
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kanw.com
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Unborn baby killed after expectant mom, 9 months pregnant, shot in back
GREENWOOD, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – Police are investigating a shooting in South Carolina that killed a man and killed a pregnant woman’s unborn child.
According to the Greenwood Police Department, the woman was nine months pregnant and shot in the back. Although she survived, her unborn baby did not.
Officers were called to the Cardinal Glenn apartments around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday for reports of gunshots.
By the time police arrived, the two shooting victims had already been taken to the hospital. Witnesses told officers that the man and woman were getting inside their car when a suspect approached them and shot them.
The male victim, identified as 24-year-old Gabriel Goode, was shot in the leg and died at the hospital Wednesday morning.
The female victim was shot in the back and suffered non-life-threatening injuries but lost her unborn child.
Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Javier Williams. He was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with murder.
Records show Williams had just bailed out of jail on Monday, the day prior to the shooting, for gun and drug charges that he received a few days before.
On Wednesday, Williams appeared in court where a judge told him he could face the death penalty for the murder charge. He also faces a total of up to 45 years in prison for other charges related to the shooting, including attempted murder and possession of a machine gun.
Copyright 2022 WHNS via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2022-12-22T18:04:51+00:00
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fox5vegas.com
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https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/12/22/unborn-baby-killed-after-expectant-mom-9-months-pregnant-shot-back/
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As if you needed another reason to love Dolly Parton, the country-music icon is now releasing a pet clothing and accessories line, with a portion of the proceeds going to help animals in need.
The new Doggy Parton line of dog apparel and accessories is available on Amazon and includes shirts, dresses, toys and even a full Dolly costume complete with a blonde wig. All products are priced between $10-$26, and all are set to begin shipping between Sept. 17-Nov.1, depending on your order.
Today my new @DoggyParton collection officially launches, and your pet can sparkle too! Part of the proceeds will support Willa B Farms, a rescue where animals in need fine never-ending love. pic.twitter.com/MkzbCaDZgK
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) August 31, 2022
Take a look at just some of the adorable and unique items in the new Doggy Parton collection on Amazon.
Pink Cowgirl Hat with Tiara
Priced at $10, this Pink Cowgirl Hat with Tiara comes in three sizes, so it works for any dog. Made with faux fur on the edges and a sparkly gold tiara accent on top, it also has a pet-friendly elastic stretch chin strap to keep the hat secure, but comfortable.
Easy to put on and off, you’ll want to measure your dog’s neck circumference at the thickest part around to make sure it will be a comfortable fit, then refer to the sizing chart. If your dog wants to stand out even more, you can pair the hat with this blonde wig from the collection.
Pink Cowgirl Collared Dress
Priced at $15, this Pink Cowgirl Dress would pair well with the Pink Cowgirl Hat mentioned above. With fringe and a sparkling star, the cowgirl dress also has a collar.
Made of polyester, it is soft and breathable for all-day wear. It also features a pet-friendly adjustable hook-and-loop closure so it’s easy for you to put on and remove, but also comfortable for your pup.
Black Microphone Toy
Of course, you can’t have a Dolly Parton dog collection without a toy microphone! Made of plush and rope, this Black Microphone Toy is $10 and has a squeaker inside for your dog to make their own music
Made with 100% polyester, your dog can safely play alone with the squeaky portion of the toy or you can play a game of tug-of-war with the cord of the microphone, which is made of rope.
Red Gingham Harness with Bow
If your pooch loves to dress up, this Red Gingham Harness with Bow comes in extra small, small, medium and large. Priced at $15, it features a red-and-white gingham print body harness with a bow, flouncy hem and sparkling butterfly charm, where you can hook a leash.
The harness is held in place with a soft chest strap that stays out of the way and has two adjustment points so your dog stays comfortable. Made of lightweight, breathable material, it can be worn just when heading out for a walk or all day.
Pink Fabulous High Heel Toy
Have a pup that is simply too fabulous for boring toys? This Pink Fabulous High Heel Toy might spark their interest. Priced at $10, the pink and leopard-print high heel toy is plush and has a squeaker.
While it can offer hours of play time and exercise, it also looks soft and cozy, so your furry friend might like using it as a cuddle companion as well.
Costume set with dress, guitar and blonde wig
It doesn’t get any more Dolly than this full costume set with a sequined dress, guitar and blonde wig. Priced at $26, the two-piece set comes with the dress made of sequins and tulle, with the arms holding a guitar, and a blonde wig with a pink bow and Dolly’s signature butterfly.
With a pet-friendly elastic band and hook-and-loop closure on the dress, the wig has a stretchy chin strap, which will keep it secure and comfortable. The set comes in either XS/S or M/L, so make sure you measure your dog and refer to the sizing chart when ordering.
The set is scheduled to ship between Sept. 21-Oct. 12, so if you plan on using it as a Halloween costume, you can order it now and you’ll have it in time.
Blue Printed Denim & Gingham Print Bandana
For a simpler outfit, this Blue Printed Denim & Gingham Print Bandana is priced at $10. The bandana comes in two sizes to fit any dog, and is made of faux blue jean denim and gingham with ric-rac embroidered detail. It’s reversible for days when your pup wants to go with an all-gingham look.
Made from a 95% polyester and 5% spandex blend, it is soft and breathable. The adjustable tie back style means it will also be a comfortable fit and can be adjusted as needed.
Red Dolly’s Guitar Toy
Your pup can live out their inner rockstar with the Red Dolly’s Guitar Toy, priced at $10. The plush toy is inspired by Dolly’s first acoustic guitar and includes a squeaker so your pup play their favorite song.
The guitar toy features a print of Dolly’s signature and a butterfly. Made of 100% polyester, the durable material should last for hours of play time for dogs of all ages.
Pink Glitter Dog Harness and Leash/Collar Set
For dogs that like some sparkle, but don’t enjoy dressing up, this Pink Glitter Dog Harness and Leash/Collar Set is priced at $17.
The two-piece set includes a leash and collar that are covered in sparkly pink sequins and a butterfly charm. The collar features an adjustable width and a sturdy metal D-ring, while the leash is made with a sturdy coated metal quick clip for easy attachment. The small set is 4 feet long, while the larger set is 5 feet.
“In a world full of Jolenes, be a Dolly” T-shirt
Your pup can hand out some pretty solid advice to everyone they meet with this “In a world full of Jolenes, be a Dolly” T-shirt. Priced at $13, the shirt is available in four sizes.
Referencing one of Dolly’s most popular songs, the shirt has a glittery vintage print. Made of breathable material for all-day wear, it is made of 95% polyester and a 5% cotton blend.
Will you be buying some Doggy Parton items for your four-legged friend?
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2022-09-02T00:48:36+00:00
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ktvh.com
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https://www.ktvh.com/dolly-parton-launched-doggy-parton-pet-apparel-line-amazon
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS), a leading private label food and beverage manufacturer in North America, today published its 2022 Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report, which highlights its progress in 2021 towards its ESG goals.
"I am pleased with the progress that we are making on our ESG journey," said Steve Oakland, CEO and President. "I'm even more excited for further opportunities to drive forward our ESG initiatives and make a meaningful impact. We remain committed to weaving environmental stewardship, stakeholder value creation, and thoughtful governance in everything we do."
Notable highlights from the report include:
Environmental
- Reduced scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 4% (compared to 2020 baseline)
- Completed a sustainable packaging assessment for primary and secondary packaging across all TreeHouse categories
- Reduced total waste by 9% and maintained >80% landfill diversion rate (compared to 2020 baseline)
Social
- Distributed ESG survey to food suppliers to assess ingredient sourcing risks as part of responsible sourcing efforts
- Conducted annual employee engagement survey and developed centralized plan to unlock values-led, high performance and customer centric work culture
- Donated $7.9 million to charitable organizations, including 8 million pounds of food to those in need
Governance
- Created Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council in 2021
- Developed a strategic plan with the objective of creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace
On October 3, 2022, the Company completed the divestiture of a significant portion of the Meal Preparation business to Investindustrial. The transaction simplifies the Company, sharpening focus on its higher-growth, higher-margin private label snacking and beverage categories. The divestiture also meaningfully reduces the Company's manufacturing and distribution footprint and enables the Company to accelerate growth and improve operational efficiency.
For more information, visit the ESG page on the TreeHouse website. The 2022 Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report is available on the TreeHouse ESG page.
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. is a leading private label food and beverage manufacturer in North America. Our purpose is to engage and delight - one customer at a time. Through our customer focus and category experience, we strive to deliver excellent service and build capabilities and insights to drive mutual profitable growth for TreeHouse and for our customers. Our purpose is supported by investment in depth, capabilities and operational efficiencies which are aimed to capitalize on the long-term growth prospects in the categories in which we operate.
Additional information, including TreeHouse's most recent statements on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, may be found at TreeHouse's website, http://www.treehousefoods.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and other information are based on our beliefs, as well as assumptions made by us, using information currently available. The words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "plan," "intend," "foresee," "should," "would," "could," and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, or intended. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements following the date of this press release.
Such forward-looking statements, because they relate to future events, are by their very nature subject to many important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this press release and other public statements we make. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the impact that the divestiture of a significant portion of our Meal Preparation Business or any such divestiture might have on the Company's operations; risks related to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak on our business, suppliers, consumers, customers, and employees; the success of our growth, reinvestment, and restructuring programs; our level of indebtedness and related obligations; disruptions in the financial markets; interest rates; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; customer concentration and consolidation; raw material and commodity costs; competition; loss of key suppliers; disruptions or inefficiencies in our supply chain and/or operations, including from the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak; our ability to continue to make acquisitions and execute on divestitures in accordance with our business strategy or effectively manage the growth from acquisitions; impairment of goodwill or long lived assets; changes and developments affecting our industry, including consumer preferences; the outcome of litigation and regulatory proceedings to which we may be a party; product recalls; changes in laws and regulations applicable to us; shareholder activism; disruptions in or failures of our information technology systems; changes in weather conditions, climate changes, and natural disasters; labor strikes or work stoppages; multiemployer pension plans; labor shortages and increased competition for labor; and other risks that are set forth in the Risk Factors section, the Legal Proceedings section, the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section, and other sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made when evaluating the information presented in this press release. TreeHouse expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein, to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto, or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
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2022-11-07T12:53:17+00:00
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live5news.com
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https://www.live5news.com/prnewswire/2022/11/07/treehouse-foods-publishes-2022-environmental-social-amp-governance-report/
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JERUSALEM – Five days ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire his defense minister set off a wave of spontaneous mass protests and a general strike that threatened to paralyze the country, forcing the Israeli leader to suspend his divisive plan to overhaul the judicial system.
But Netanyahu never even sent Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant a formal termination letter, a spokesperson for Netanyahu said. As of Friday, Gallant — whose criticism of Netanyahu's planned judicial changes led to his dismissal — was still on the job. Gallant's aides said it was business-as-usual at the Defense Ministry.
As local media this week crackled with reports of Netanyahu considering whether to replace Gallant with stalwarts of his right-wing Likud party, Gallant remained in limbo — and even so, the public face of his ministry.
He greeted the Azerbaijani foreign minister, toured two military bases and attended Tuesday's security cabinet meeting this week. On Thursday, Gallant attended a celebration ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday with the director of the Shin Bet security service, his office said, releasing a photo of him smiling beside Director Ronen Bar.
“We have a duty to calm the spirits in Israeli society and maintain an inclusive and unifying discourse," Gallant said at the holiday toast.
The questions swirling around the fate of Israel's crucial Defense Ministry — which maintains Israel's 55-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and contends with threats from Iran, Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group and the Gaza Strip's militant Hamas rulers — reflects the tensions tearing at Netanyahu's right-wing coalition after one of the most dramatic weeks for Israel in decades. It's also a leadership test of Israel's longest-serving premier as he governs a deeply polarized country and faces charges of corruption.
Netanyahu's decision to pause plans to weaken Israel's Supreme Court in the face of the country's biggest protest movement underscores the complex juggling act that the prime minister must perform in holding together his governing coalition, experts say.
On the one hand, Netanyahu must please his far-right and religiously conservative coalition partners — supporters of the judicial overhaul — who vaulted him to power despite even as he stands trial.
But he also must weigh grave concerns over the plan from Israel's closet ally, the United States, as well as anger from more moderate politicians and, significantly, dissent from within Israel's military over fears the national crisis could threaten the country's security. A growing number of military reservists had declined to report for duty in protest of the measures, raising concerns that the crisis could harm Israel’s military capabilities.
Netanyahu’s office declined to comment further on Gallant's unresolved situation. But the conflicting pressures have resulted in an impasse over Gallant's future and who serves as defense minister.
“Netanyahu has extremists surrounding him and they want to see blood, they want to see Gallant removed," said Gayil Talshir, a political scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Those politicians include far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezazel Smotrich, who received outsized power in coalition deals that persuaded them to join the government.
But as the first senior Likud official to break ranks over the judicial overhaul, Gallant has proven himself to be “someone who is more concerned about the national interest than the personal interest of Netanyahu," Talshir added.
Officially firing and replacing him could trigger backlash not only from tens of thousands of Israeli protesters taking to the streets weekly and from Israel's already unnerved military officials, but also from the Biden administration, she said.
The U.S., which gives Israel a more-than-$3 billion annual assistance package and diplomatic backing in international forums, has expressed misgivings about Netanyahu's efforts to change the Israeli judicial system. President Joe Biden's blunt criticism of the overhaul this week — even after Netanyahu's decision to halt it — led to a rare open dispute between the allies.
“The Biden administration saw Gallant as someone dependable, someone they can work with,” said Ehud Yaari, an Israel-based analyst for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
The judicial plan would give the embattled Netanyahu and his allies the final say in appointing the nation’s judges. It would also give parliament, which is controlled by his allies, authority to overturn Supreme Court decisions and limit the court’s ability to review laws. Critics say the plan would irreparably weaken Israel’s system of checks and balances and lead the country toward autocracy.
As Netanyahu met this week with potential alternatives to Gallant, such as Economy Minister Nir Barkat, Israeli media reported a flurry of proposals that would allow Gallant to stay on — including that he offer a public apology, or remain as defense minister but resign from parliament and forfeit his ability to vote against the overhaul.
But on Friday it appeared Gallant and Netanyahu had still not reached an agreement.
“At the bottom of all this is the realization by (Netanyahu) and most of the Likud that firing Gallant was a huge mistake," said Yaari. “Netanyahu is trying to stay above water, but he cannot really swim.”
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2023-03-31T12:01:35+00:00
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wsls.com
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) announced today that Dr. Ingrid Delaet will join the company's executive management team as Chief Regulatory Officer effective October 1, leading the regulatory affairs, quality assurance, medical writing, and program management teams. Dr. Delaet has served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Neurocrine since January 2021.
"Ingrid's deep experience in regulatory affairs will be invaluable to Neurocrine as we work to advance our pipeline in our quest to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options," said Kevin Gorman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Neurocrine Biosciences. "We are thrilled Ingrid is joining the management team to help lead our efforts to discover and develop life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders."
Prior to joining Neurocrine Biosciences, Dr. Delaet served as Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Intercept Pharmaceuticals, which she joined in 2016. Between 1997 and 2016, she held various positions of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb in the United States, first in Clinical Research and Development and then in Global Regulatory Affairs, where she served as Therapeutic Area Lead for Immunology. Dr. Delaet started her career in the pharmaceutical industry in Belgium, where she held positions in clinical research at CellPro and Wyeth-Ayerst Research. She received her Ph.D. in Immunology and her M. Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from The Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Neurocrine Biosciences is a neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as over a dozen mid- to late-stage clinical programs in multiple therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie).
Neurocrine, the Neurocrine logo, and INGREZZA are registered trademarks of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are those risks described in our periodic reports filed with the SEC, including without limitation our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Neurocrine Biosciences disclaims any obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.
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2022-09-29T16:03:04+00:00
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/09/29/neurocrine-biosciences-appoints-dr-ingrid-delaet-chief-regulatory-officer/
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Amazing performances are taking the stage with the Grand Rapids Symphony this holiday season, including a popular soundtrack to a movie with local connections.
Organist Cameron Carpenter will be coming to perform with the GR Symphony on November 4 and 5. They will perform a concert dedicated to the king of instruments. Hear Barber’s Toccata Festiva as well as Poulenc’s G Minor Concerto which was specifically written for the organ, timpani, and strings.
Then on November 12 and 13, bring the whole family down for a Christmas celebration with La Sinfonía Navideña. It will be a concert held at the Salvation Army Kroc Center dedicated to holiday favorites like “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!,” ”Sleigh Ride,” “Mexico, Ángel y Pastor” Selections from "The Nutcracker," and much more!
Then watch a holiday classic, "The Polar Express," while listening to the soundtrack live in concert on November 18-20
Learn more about these performances and more at grsymphony.org.
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2022-10-26T15:48:57+00:00
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fox17online.com
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https://www.fox17online.com/morning-mix/holiday-themed-performances-and-more-coming-up-at-the-grand-rapids-symphony
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Boston’s beer gardens and outdoor dining patios can now apply for a special “Dog Friendly Spaces” variance so customers can bring their canines to the al fresco spots, in an effort to make the city “more family-friendly and dog-friendly,” Mayor Michelle Wu’s office said Thursday.
In a statement, Wu’s office said businesses that apply for the variances can start welcoming dogs to outdoor digs as soon as June 1, once the requests are approved by the city’s Inspectional Services Department.
Dog friendly spaces must be entirely outdoors, Wu’s office said, and establishments will have to ensure no food prep’s happening in those areas [not even Alpo]. City officials said customers will be responsible for their dogs’ behavior and that pets must remain leashed at all times.
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“We’re committed to making Boston a vibrant, family-friendly City, and that means rethinking our outdoor spaces to better build community,” Wu said in the statement. “Residents and small business owners have been eager for four-legged family members to be able to enjoy our outdoor spaces too, so we’re happy to make this regulatory change allowing dogs on outdoor patios and beer gardens.”
Her words were echoed by Inspectional Services Department Commissioner Sean Lydon.
“Creating these safe and sanitary dog friendly spaces is an exciting opportunity for both businesses and dog owners,” Lydon said in the statement. “The interest for such an environment has been growing, so being able to create a new policy to accommodate all interested parties is great.”
Segun Idowu, the city’s chief of economic opportunity and inclusion, also praised the dog initiative, which officials said was prompted by feedback from constituents interested in bringing their pets to outdoor eateries and suds stands.
“This policy change will help us advance Mayor Wu’s vision of a city that supports its small businesses, turns our neighborhoods into destinations, and creates opportunities for more residents to engage each other later into the night,” Idowu said in the statement. “I am grateful to the community members who shared feedback leading to this policy change, and to our partners in ISD for setting requirements that keep outdoor spaces safe and healthy while establishing a welcoming environment for our residents and visitors by allowing dog friendly spaces.”
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Businesses can fill out an online application for a dog dispensation, according to Wu’s office. City officials said applications will be processed as they come in.
“We’re thrilled about the City’s decision to welcome dogs in beer gardens and Aeronaut Allston is eager to embrace this policy change,” said Ronn Friedlander, co-founder of Aeronaut Brewing Co., in the statement. “Our passion for cultivating an engaging community space in Allston is only enhanced by the opportunity to include our guests’ furry friends.”
One Allston resident, Laura Jillian Gray, praised city officials for listening to people like her who pushed for the change.
“It means a lot to me to know that the city listened when I pointed out how upsetting it was that we created a new dog park, but still didn’t allow dogs in beer gardens or outdoor establishments in Boston,” Gray said in the statement.
In the past, she said, traveling outside Boston with her dog left her feeling despondent.
“It broke my heart to have to travel to nearby towns that were dog-friendly, because I didn’t feel welcome in my own neighborhood,” Gray said. “With this new change to allow dogs, I can’t wait to enjoy this summer in Allston again!”
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2023-05-04T19:06:46+00:00
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (AP) — El Vaticano informa que el papa Francisco acudió a un hospital en Roma para exámenes médicos de rutina.
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2022-10-24T14:29:35+00:00
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Nissan announced Monday that as part of an accelerated shift to electrified and fully electric vehicles it sees 55% of global mix made up by “electrified” vehicles by 2030—up from its previous 50% forecast. But after the solidification of various pieces of Biden administration EV policy, it hasn’t set any higher target for the U.S. market.
Under the stronger embrace of EVs and hybrids, Nissan now sees 98% of models in Europe electrified, up from 75% as projected in its original Nissan Ambition 2030 plan presented in November 2021.
The target for Japan has been nudged up to 58%, from 55%, while China’s has been dropped to 35%, from the previous 40%—overall shifting the portion of electrified vehicles in its global sales mix up to 44% by 2026, from the previous 40%.
That includes markets like South America, which are anticipated to be somewhat slower with EV adoption. Meanwhile, the company’s U.S. projection remains the same—at 40% fully electric vehicles by 2030.
Nissan emphasizes that its e-Power series hybrid system, which it has positioned since 2016 as building on its electric-car expertise, is an important part of that. While the automaker has suggested in recent years that it’s preparing U.S. models that will use e-Power—at last check, in a hybrid system that prioritizes performance—there’s been no recent update on when it’s arriving for the market.
Last February, the company announced plans to build two fully electric models in Mississippi, starting in 2025. One of those will be a Nissan-brand vehicle expected to replace the gasoline Maxima, while the other will be the first U.S.-market EV for Infiniti.
Nissan’s Infiniti luxury brand had seen a version of e-Power as the core tech for its transition for EVs, allowing a quicker embrace of EVs. But all of those Q Inspiration models have been canceled, along with the brand’s rapid electrification.
Last year a report also suggested that Nissan may be the first major Japanese automaker to announce the end of internal combustion engine development, but the automaker called it speculation and hasn’t yet made that move official.
On the other hand, Nissan sees solid-state battery tech as a key piece for cutting EV battery pack costs in the future, and it’s one of few automakers to invest in its own development of the tech, including a pilot battery plant.
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2023-02-27T23:09:19+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/automotive/internet-brands/nissan-accelerates-ev-plan-for-europe-and-japan-but-not-us/
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WUHAN, China, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DouYu International Holdings Limited ("DouYu" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: DOYU), a leading game-centric live streaming platform in China and a pioneer in the eSports value chain, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
First Quarter 2023 Financial and Operational Highlights
- Total net revenues in the first quarter of 2023 were RMB1,483.1 million (US$216.0 million) compared with RMB1,795.6 million in the same period of 2022.
- Gross profit in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB176.5 million (US$25.7 million), compared with RMB243.8 million in the same period of 2022.
- Net income in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB14.5 million (US$2.1 million), compared with net loss of RMB86.9 million in the same period of 2022.
- Adjusted net income[1] in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB25.8 million (US$3.7 million), compared with adjusted net loss of RMB52.5 million in the same period of 2022.
- Average mobile MAUs[2] in the first quarter of 2023 were 50.2 million, compared with 55.1 million in the same period of 2022.
- Quarterly average paying user[3] count in the first quarter of 2023 was 4.5 million, compared with 6.4 million in the same period of 2022.
Mr. Shaojie Chen, Chief Executive Officer of DouYu, commented, "In the first quarter of 2023, we continued to execute our core growth strategy of fostering a vibrant game-centric content ecosystem by strengthening content development on our platform and reinforcing immersive interactions among our community. As we made further adjustments to our marketing strategy to reduce channel spending on user acquisition, we focused on building a more interactive gaming content community by purchasing the copyrights of selected core tournaments and strengthening our collaboration with game developers. While our proactive measures to bolster our long-term prospects led to a temporary decline in our mobile MAUs to 50.2 million in the first quarter, we effectively fortified the stability of our high-quality user base, encouraging users of this caliber to return to our platform. Going forward, we will continue to propel the healthy development of our game-centric community ecosystem and drive sustainable growth by introducing an array of premium gaming content and fostering engaging interactions, all with a focus on improving user quality. We will also continue to explore new avenues of growth while solidifying our comprehensive competitiveness and leadership position in the domestic game livestreaming industry."
Mr. Hao Cao, Vice President of DouYu, commented, "In the first quarter of 2023, our total revenues were RMB 1.48 billion. Our gross profit was RMB 177 million, representing a gross margin of 11.9%. During the quarter, we further refined our operating and revenue-generating activities in accordance with our development strategy, which aims to attain sustainable and healthy growth in the long run. We also continued to reduce marketing promotion activities, replacing them with a product-driven model to stabilize our livestreaming revenue. In addition, our consistent efforts to optimize our operating expenses led to an adjusted net profit of RMB 25.8 million. Going forward, as we persistently pursue stability in our core business, we are poised to explore new avenues of monetization, striving to create long-term value for our shareholders."
First Quarter 2023 Financial Results
Total net revenues in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 17.4% to RMB1,483.1 million (US$216.0 million), compared with RMB1,795.6 million in the same period of 2022.
Livestreaming revenues in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 20.7% to RMB1,369.0 million (US$199.3 million) from RMB1,727.2 million in the same period of 2022. The decrease was mainly attributable to our continued operational adjustments in our livestreaming business and our focus on healthy margin activities and events.
Advertising and other revenues in the first quarter of 2023 increased by 66.6% to RMB114.1 million (US$16.6 million) from RMB68.4 million in the same period of 2022. The year-over-year increase was primarily attributable to the increase in other revenues contributed by game-specific membership services.
Cost of revenues in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB1,306.6 million (US$190.3 million), a decrease of 15.8% compared with RMB1,551.9 million in the same period of 2022.
Revenue sharing fees and content costs in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 19.1% to RMB1,084.4 million (US$157.9 million) from RMB1,340.6 million in the same period of 2022. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in revenue sharing fees, which was in line with the decrease in livestreaming revenues, as well as a decrease in content costs as a result of reduced low-margin operating activities related to self-produced content. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in copyright costs as a result of our purchase of the LPL tournament copyright.
Bandwidth costs in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 18.0% to RMB124.5 million (US$18.1 million) from RMB151.9 million in the same period of 2022. The decrease was mainly due to improved efficiency of the increased peak bandwidth usage caused by growing tournaments viewing demand, mainly through dynamic bandwidth allocation.
Gross profit in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB176.5 million (US$25.7 million), compared with RMB243.8 million in the same period of 2022. Gross margin in the first quarter of 2023 was 11.9%, compared with 13.6% in the same period of 2022. The decrease in gross margin was mainly attributable to the increase in other costs as a percentage of revenues, which was partially offset by the decreased percentage of revenues attributable to revenue sharing fees and content costs.
Sales and marketing expenses in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 51.3% to RMB90.7 million (US$13.2 million) from RMB186.4 million in the same period of 2022. The decrease was mainly attributable to the significant decrease in both marketing expenses for user acquisition and branding expenses.
Research and development expenses in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 37.8% to RMB72.3 million (US$10.5 million) from RMB116.3 million in the same period of 2022. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in personnel-related expenses.
General and administrative expenses in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 33.6% to RMB59.8 million (US$8.7 million) from RMB90.1 million in the same period of 2022, mainly due to decreased share-based compensation expenses, as the vast majority of shares under our share incentive plans were fully vested.
Other operating income, net in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB19.0 million (US$2.8 million), compared with RMB47.8 million in the same period of 2022.
Loss from operations in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB27.3 million (US$4.0 million), compared with RMB101.2 million in the same period of 2022.
Adjusted operating loss, which adds back share-based compensation expenses, was RMB27.3 million (US$4.0 million) in the first quarter of 2023, compared with adjusted loss from operations of RMB68.0 million in the same period of 2022.
Net income in the first quarter of 2023 was RMB14.5 million (US$2.1 million), compared with net loss of RMB86.9 million in the same period of 2022.
Adjusted net income, which excludes share-based compensation expenses, the share of (loss) income in equity method investments, and impairment loss of investments, was RMB25.8 million (US$3.7 million) in the first quarter of 2023, compared with adjusted net loss of RMB52.5 million in the same period of 2022.
Basic and diluted net income per ADS[4] in the first quarter of 2023 were both RMB0.05 (US$0.01). Adjusted basic and diluted net income per ADS in the first quarter of 2023 were both RMB0.08 (US$0.01).
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and bank deposits
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term and long-term bank deposits of RMB6,597.1million (US$960.6 million), compared with RMB6,808.8 million as of December 31, 2022.
Conference Call Information
The Company will hold a conference call on May 18, 2023, at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time (or 7:00 p.m. Beijing Time on the same day) to discuss the financial results. Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:
The replay will be accessible through May 25, 2023, by dialing the following numbers:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.douyu.com/.
About DouYu International Holdings Limited
Headquartered in Wuhan, China, DouYu International Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: DOYU) is a leading game-centric live streaming platform in China and a pioneer in the eSports value chain. DouYu operates its platform on both PC and mobile apps to bring users access to immersive and interactive games and entertainment livestreaming, a wide array of video and graphic contents, as well as opportunities to participate in community events and discussions. By nurturing a sustainable technology-based talent development system and relentlessly producing high-quality content, DouYu consistently delivers premium content through integration of livestreaming, video, graphics, and virtual communities with a primary focus on games, especially on eSports. This enables DouYu to continuously enhance its user experience and pursue long-term healthy development. For more information, please see http://ir.douyu.com/.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted operating income (loss) is calculated as operating income (loss) adjusted for share-based compensation expenses. Adjusted net income (loss) is calculated as net income (loss) adjusted for share-based compensation expenses, share of income (loss) in equity method investments and impairment loss of investments. Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to DouYu is calculated as net income (loss) attributable to DouYu adjusted for share-based compensation expenses, share of income (loss) in equity method investments and impairment loss of investments. Adjusted basic and diluted net income per ordinary share is non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per ordinary share. The Company adjusted the impact of (i) share-based compensation expenses, (ii) share of income (loss) in equity method investments, (iii) impairment loss of investments to understand and evaluate the Company's core operating performance. The non-GAAP financial measures are presented to enhance investors' overall understanding of the Company's financial performance and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of the historical non-GAAP financial measures to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. As non-GAAP financial measures have material limitations as analytical metrics and may not be calculated in the same manner by all companies, they may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. In light of the foregoing limitations, you should not consider non-GAAP financial measures as a substitute for, or superior to, such metrics in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Results" near the end of this release.
Exchange Rate Information
This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars at a specified rate solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB6.8676 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on March 31, 2023, in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board. The Company makes no representation that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled in U.S. dollars, at that rate on March 31, 2023 or at any other rate.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward- looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and a number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's results of operations and financial condition; the Company's business strategies; general market conditions, in particular the game live streaming market; the ability of the Company to retain and grow active and paying users; changes in general economic and business conditions in China; the impact of the COVID-19 to the Company's business operations and the economy in China and globally; any adverse changes in laws, regulations, rules, policies or guidelines applicable to the Company; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
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2023-05-18T08:39:35+00:00
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2023/05/18/douyu-international-holdings-limited-reports-first-quarter-2023-unaudited-financial-results/
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IRVINE, Calif. (WXIN) – The joyous day is nearly upon us: Mexican Pizza will be back on the menu at Taco Bell on Thursday, but some fans can get it early.
The return was met with nationwide acclaim by Taco Bell devotees when it was announced in April.
Hundred of thousands petitioned the fast-food giant on social media and on Change.org when the pizza-quesadilla hybrid was originally taken off the menu in the fall of 2020.
And while everyone can order a Mexican Pizza on May 19, there is a select group that can get one on May 17 and May 18.
According to the company’s website, Taco Bell Rewards loyalty members get first dibs, two days ahead of the official comeback. It only applies to in-store/drive-thru pickup orders made via the Taco Bell mobile app. Members should check their local Taco Bell for availability.
The pizza-tostada hybrid, featuring pizza sauce, beans, cheese and other toppings layered on crispy tortillas, has developed quite a following over the years.
Then on Nov. 5, 2020, fans were dismayed to hear that Taco Bell was removing the Mexican Pizza from the menu to “[pave] the way for fresh new ideas.”
The upcoming return of the item, the company has said, is a permanent one.
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2022-05-17T17:02:08+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/how-to-get-taco-bells-mexican-pizza-before-its-official-return/
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Decades after five women were killed, their unsolved murders were finally solved on Monday inside a Long Island, New York, courtroom.
Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham pleaded guilty Monday to killing 23-year-old Diane Cusick in February 1968 and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, the Nassau County district attorney’s office said in a news release.
Cottingham also admitted to the deaths of four other women, Mary Beth Heinz, Laverne Moye, Sheila Heiman, and Maria Emerita Rosado Nieves, who were all killed in the 1970s, prosecutors said. But as part of a plea deal, Cottingham received immunity from prosecution for those killings, according to the news release.
"Serial killer Richard Cottingham has caused irreparable harm to so many people and so many families,” district attorney Anne Donnelly said in a statement. “Today, he took responsibility for the murder of five young women here in Nassau County between 1968 and 1973. He overpowered, assaulted and brutally murdered them to satisfy his craven desires. Thankfully he will spend the rest of his life in prison where he belongs.”
Last year, the county medical examiner's office began retesting evidence related to the case, the news release said. Then early this year, they were able to match the DNA collected at Cusick's crime scene to Cottingham, the AP reported.
Cottingham is known as the “Torso Killer" because he allegedly cut some of his victims' limbs off, authorities have said, the AP reported.
The 76-year-old has been serving time since 1980, the Associated Press reported.
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2022-12-06T20:47:06+00:00
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ksby.com
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https://www.ksby.com/news/national/torso-killer-admits-to-killing-5-women-in-new-york-decades-ago
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U.S. Rep. George Santos was charged with criminal theft in Pennsylvania in 2017 in connection with bad checks apparently used to buy puppies from dog breeders, according to a lawyer who said she helped the Republican with the case.
The case was ultimately dismissed after Santos said the nine checks, totaling more than $15,000, were from a checkbook that had been stolen from him, according to information provided to The Associated Press on Thursday by the attorney, Tiffany Bogosian.
The theft case, first reported by Politico, adds to the controversy surrounding the first-term Long Island congressman, who faces multiple investigations and has acknowledged lying about elements of his life story.
A spokesperson for the York County district attorney’s office in Pennsylvania, where the charges were filed, said the office cannot comment on expunged cases. Pennsylvania state police officials did not return messages seeking comment.
A congressional aide to Santos referred questions to his attorney, Joseph Murray, who didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Santos has previously denied any illegal doings.
The charges date to a time when Santos claimed to be leading a group, Friends of Pets United, that benefited sick, abandoned or neglected animals.
Some people familiar with the group have questioned what became of the money it raised. FBI agents recently visited a New Jersey man who complained that Santos had raised $3,000 for his terminally ill dog, but never delivered the cash or helped the sick animal.
It’s not the first time Santos has been linked to a criminal investigation involving checks. Court records in Brazil, first reported by The New York Times, show Santos was the subject of a criminal charge there for using two stolen checks in 2008, when he would have been 19, to buy about $1,350 worth of items at a clothing shop in the city of Niteroi.
The Times quoted local prosecutors as saying the case was dormant because Santos had never appeared in court. Santos has denied being sought by authorities in South America.
Bogosian said she began helping Santos with the Pennsylvania theft case in 2020, after he told her he had been served with an extradition warrant. She gave the AP email correspondence she had with a Pennsylvania state trooper in February 2020.
In the email to the trooper, she wrote that Santos told her one of four checkbooks he received from his bank disappeared in 2017 and he immediately called the bank, had the checks canceled and put stop pay orders on all the checks. He later closed the account.
In the email, Bogosian said Santos was not aware of the checks written to the dog breeders until after he was charged. Defending her friend, she also wrote that the signatures on the checks differed from each other and from Santos’ own signature.
“A review of the below and attached will make clear my client is not only the victim of fraud but so are the additional payees listed below and whom received the attached checks,” Bogosian wrote in the email.
Santos, she wrote, suspected that his roommate at the end of 2017, “a person only known as ‘Sydney Lima,'” had access to the checks and was perhaps responsible.
The charges were later expunged, but it is not clear exactly why.
The memo lines on some of the bad checks written to the dog breeders said they had been used to buy “puppies.”
Shortly after the checks were written, Friends of Pets United held a puppy adoption event at a pet store in New York City, at which people paid hundreds of dollars for the animals.
The New York Times reported Monday that after that adoption event, in November 2017, Santos asked the pet store owner to write a check from the proceeds to Anthony Devolder, the name Santos was going by at the time.
The owner rejected the request and instead made the check payable to Friends of Pets United. The owner, Daniel Avissato, told the Times he later discovered in his bank records that someone had blotted out Friends of Pets United on the check’s recipient line and replaced it with Anthony Devolder.
Santos has refused to answer questions about Friends of Pets United, but said in a tweet responding to some of the fundraising allegations that “my work in animal advocacy was the labor of love & hard work.”
He said he had rescued many dogs over the years.
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2023-02-10T13:02:19+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/santos-had-2017-pennsylvania-theft-charge-expunged-lawyer-says/
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CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star shortstop Dansby Swanson is joining the Chicago Cubs, finalizing a $177 million, seven-year contract on Wednesday.
The addition of Swanson is the biggest of three major moves by the Cubs since the end of the season. Right-hander Jameson Taillon signed a four-year contract worth roughly $68 million, and 2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger got a $17.5 million, one-year deal.
With Swanson in the fold, Nico Hoerner likely moves from shortstop to second base. When coupled with Bellinger in center, the Cubs should be one of the majors’ best teams when it comes to up-the-middle defense.
The 28-year-old Swanson is coming off perhaps his best big league season, hitting .277 with 25 homers and a career-best 96 RBIs in 162 games for Atlanta. He made the NL All-Star team for the first time and won his first Gold Glove.
Swanson’s deal includes a full no-trade clause. The Cubs have scheduled a Wednesday news conference for a formal introduction.
Chicago went 74-88 this year and finished third in the NL Central. It was its second straight losing season, but it went 40-31 in its last 71 games.
The Cubs also bolstered their bullpen when they agreed to a $2.8 million, one-year contract with Brad Boxberger last week.
Swanson was part of a stellar group of free agent shortstops that also included Trea Turner, Carlos Correa and Xander Bogaerts. He was the last one of the four to decide on a team.
Swanson was selected by Arizona with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 amateur draft, but he was traded to Atlanta in a multiplayer deal that December.
With the Braves, Swanson became part of a young core that led the franchise back to the top of the NL East. He batted .248 with 27 homers and 88 RBIs in 2021, helping Atlanta to its first World Series championship since 1995.
While Atlanta managed to sign a couple of its young stars to team-friendly, long-term deals, it was unable to do the same with Swanson. After the team was eliminated by Philadelphia in the NL Division Series, the Braves gave Swanson a $19.65 million qualifying offer. But the Kennesaw, Georgia, native declined the proposal.
Swanson, who played college ball at Vanderbilt, made his big league debut with Atlanta in 2016. He is a .255 hitter with 102 homers and 411 RBIs in 827 career games.
Swanson and Chicago Red Stars forward Mallory Pugh got married this month in Georgia.
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2022-12-21T18:50:05+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/sports/sports-news/ap-cubs-all-star-ss-swanson-finalize-177-million-7-year-deal/
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LOS ANGELES >> Congratulations are in order for Taylor Swift and her loyal fans, known as Swifties. The pop star officially has more No. 1 albums than any woman in history.
“Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”, released earlier this month, is the third in her endeavor to re-record her first six albums, instigated by music manager Scooter Braun’s sale of her early catalog. It has officially debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming her 12th album to reach the top spot.
Previously, Barbra Streisand held the record, with 11 No. 1 albums.
Swift ties Drake’s record of 12 No. 1 records, but sits just behind Jay-Z, who has 14 No. 1 albums to his name, and the Beatles, who have 19.
In addition to hitting this incredible milestone, Swift has 2023’s biggest album release to date, with 716,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate. An impressive 506,600 are in traditional album sales (a combination of 410,000 physical and 96,600 digital sales.)
With those figures, Swift has dethroned country singer Morgan Wallen, whose album “One Thing at a Time” sold 501,000 units in its first week.
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2023-07-17T22:36:03+00:00
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staradvertiser.com
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/07/17/breaking-news/taylor-swift-notches-more-no-1-albums-than-any-woman-ever/
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Kasaju joins a series of strong executive hires from Veeva, McKinsey, Amazon
MIAMI, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RxDefine, a leading engagement platform dedicated to educating and empowering healthcare consumers and HCPs, today announced the hire of Pujan Kasaju as SVP of Finance and Operations. In this role, he will lead the finance, accounting, and administrative operations function at RxDefine.
"The addition of Pujan to the executive team is a critical next step for RxDefine's growth," said Ahmed Elsayyad, co-founder and president of RxDefine. "His background in high-growth technology startups and investment management is exactly the combination of skills we need as we enter the company's next phase of growth."
Kasaju brings significant leadership and expertise in strategic finance through his experience in principal investing at Blackstone (NYSE: BX), where he sourced, evaluated, executed, and managed private credit and equity investments across various industries for five years. He is also a proven operator, having previously served in an executive finance capacity within the venture-backed startup ecosystem.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to help shape RxDefine's growth trajectory and inspired by our mission of evolving the healthcare experience for consumers and providers while impacting the lives of everyday people," said Kasaju.
Kasaju holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and BBA/BA/MPA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.
RxDefine is a healthcare engagement platform that helps consumers and HCPs find the information and services they need to take the best next action, while also giving brands the data and insights they need to effectively maximize marketing efforts. The RxDefine platform is composed of RxNavigate, a solution that offers consumers a personalized journey to help address their needs via empathetic 1:1 interactions; RxTelehealth, a telehealth solution that allows for a seamless transition from engagement to virtual care; and RxJourney, an analytics tool that connects the dots between online and offline actions to help measure and improve engagement efforts. For more information about RxDefine, visit www.rxdefine.com.
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2022-08-24T16:13:28+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/rxdefine-grows-executive-team-with-hire-pujan-kasaju-svp-finance-operations/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday:
PayPal Holdings Inc., up $2.38 to $80.80.
The digital payments platform gave investors a strong profit forecast.
DexCom Inc., up $10.65 to $117.89.
The medical device company reported strong fourth-quarter financial results.
Cloudflare Inc., up $1.93 to $60.10.
The San Francisco-based internet security firm gave investors an encouraging financial forecast.
Expedia Group Inc., down $10.07 to $107.64.
The online travel company’s fourth-quarter financial results fell short of analysts’ forecasts.
Lyft Inc., down $5.91 to $10.31.
The ride-hailing service reported a surprisingly big fourth-quarter loss and gave investors a weak revenue forecast.
Newell Brands Inc., up 17 cents to $14.77.
The owner of Elmer’s glue, Coleman camping gear and other brands named Chris Peterson as its new CEO to replace Ravi Saligram.
Honda Motor Co., up 59 cents to $25.13.
The Japanese automaker beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts.
RBC Bearings Inc., up $4.50 to $236.50.
The Connecticut-based precision bearing manufacturer reported strong fiscal third-quarter financial results.
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2023-02-10T22:02:17+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/paypal-dexcom-rise-expedia-lyft-fall/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 17-year-old Cleveland youth was sentenced to eight years in adult prison Monday for shooting another teen in the nose in Cleveland Heights last Halloween.
Eric Williams had pleaded guilty last month to felonious assault charges in front of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Michael Astrab.
Williams admitted to police that he shot the 17-year-old during an altercation on Noble Road. Williams also pleaded guilty to a felonious assault charge in connection with the shooting of another teen that night, although Williams was not believed to be the actual shooter. The second victim, who also was 17, was shot in the buttocks.
Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Norman Schroth said Williams was partly identified in a photo lineup because of a tattoo on his neck. Cleveland Heights police identified Williams as a student who had been expelled from Monticello Middle School.
Williams shot the teen with a .380-caliber handgun after first shooting him with a paint gun.
The second shooting that night happened near the corner of Greyton and Spangler roads in Cleveland Heights. Schroth said someone in the group of teens Williams was with shot at another group of teens after a confrontation.
The actual shooter has yet to be identified. Williams was charged as an "aider and abettor" in the second shooting, Schroth said.
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2022-05-21T07:50:13+00:00
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cleveland.com
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https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/11/teen_sentenced_to_8_years_pris.html
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MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Sunday, June 11
Wondering who will be pitching to start today's MLB action? Below you'll find a list of every probable starting pitcher matchup on Sunday, including Martin Perez and the Rangers going up against Shane McClanahan and the Rays.
Read on to find the probable pitching matchups for every contest on the schedule for June 11.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Diamondbacks at Tigers Probable Pitchers
The Arizona Diamondbacks will send Zac Gallen (7-2) to the mound as they take on the Tigers, who will counter with Joey Wentz (1-6) when the teams play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Diamondbacks at Tigers
- ARI Odds to Win: -225
- DET Odds to Win: +180
- Total: 8 runs
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Astros at Guardians Probable Pitchers
The Houston Astros will send Brandon Bielak (3-2) to the mound as they play the Guardians, who will give the start to Shane Bieber (4-3) when the clubs meet Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Astros at Guardians
- CLE Odds to Win: -145
- HOU Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8 runs
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Nationals at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Trevor Williams (2-4) to the bump as they play the Braves, who will look to Bryce Elder (4-0) when the clubs face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Braves
- ATL Odds to Win: -275
- WSH Odds to Win: +220
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Royals at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The Kansas City Royals will send Carlos Hernandez (0-3) to the mound as they face the Orioles, who will give the start to Kyle Gibson (7-3) when the clubs meet Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Royals at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -185
- KC Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 9 runs
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Mets at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The New York Mets will send Carlos Carrasco (2-2) to the mound as they take on the Pirates, who will look to Mitch Keller (7-2) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Mets at Pirates
- PIT Odds to Win: -120
- NYM Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 9 runs
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Dodgers at Phillies Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Dodgers will send Victor Gonzalez (1-2) to the mound as they take on the Phillies, who will look to Taijuan Walker (5-3) for the matchup between the clubs on Sunday.
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Twins at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Minnesota Twins will send Louie Varland (3-2) to the mound as they face the Blue Jays, who will look to Kevin Gausman (5-3) when the teams face off on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Twins at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -210
- MIN Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 8 runs
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Rangers at Rays Probable Pitchers
The Texas Rangers will send Perez (6-1) to the hill as they take on the Rays, who will look to McClanahan (9-1) when the clubs play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Rangers at Rays
- TB Odds to Win: -190
- TEX Odds to Win: +155
- Total: 8 runs
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Marlins at White Sox Probable Pitchers
The Miami Marlins will send Braxton Garrett (2-2) to the hill as they face the White Sox, who will hand the ball to Lucas Giolito (5-4) for the matchup between the teams on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Marlins at White Sox
- CHW Odds to Win: -150
- MIA Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Athletics at Brewers Probable Pitchers
The Oakland Athletics will send JP Sears (0-3) to the mound as they face the Brewers, who will counter with Freddy Peralta (5-5) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Athletics at Brewers
- MIL Odds to Win: -210
- OAK Odds to Win: +170
- Total: 8 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
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Reds at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Hunter Greene (1-4) to the hill as they play the Cardinals, who will give the start to Adam Wainwright (2-1) when the clubs play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Cardinals
- STL Odds to Win: -140
- CIN Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Padres at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The San Diego Padres will send Blake Snell (2-6) to the mound as they play the Rockies, who will give the start to Dinelson Lamet (1-3) when the clubs meet on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Padres at Rockies
- SD Odds to Win: -185
- COL Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 12 runs
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Cubs at Giants Probable Pitchers
The Chicago Cubs will send Hayden Wesneski (2-2) to the mound as they take on the Giants, who will look to John Brebbia (2-0) when the clubs face off on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Cubs at Giants
- SF Odds to Win: -145
- CHC Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Mariners at Angels Probable Pitchers
The Seattle Mariners will send Logan Gilbert (4-3) to the bump as they play the Angels, who will give the start to Griffin Canning (4-2) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Mariners at Angels
- LAA Odds to Win: -120
- SEA Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 9 runs
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Red Sox at Yankees Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send Brayan Bello (3-4) to the bump as they play the Yankees, who will give the start to Clarke Schmidt (2-6) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Red Sox at Yankees
- NYY Odds to Win: -125
- BOS Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 8.5 runs
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2023-06-11T11:08:44+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/sports/betting/2023/06/11/mlb-probable-starting-pitchers/
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(NEXSTAR) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is reiterating its “Do Not Drive” warning for hundreds of thousands of cars after another person died as a result of a Takata airbag exploding upon deployment in a Fiat Chrysler vehicle.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed the death Monday. It was the third death attributed to a recalled Takata airbag in a Fiat Chrysler sedan in 2022 and the fifth in total involving such airbags in any car over the past year.
Fiat Chrysler’s latest “Do Not Drive” warning concerns around 276,000 vehicles, including 2005-2010 Dodge Magnums, Chargers and Challengers, and Chrysler 300 sedans of the same model year. Owners of these vehicles are encouraged to check if their cars’ Takata airbags are included in the recall and to call 833-585-0144 to schedule tows and repairs free of charge.
Those with vehicles containing the recalled Takata airbags are also urged not to drive the cars until repairs are made. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is also offering to provide transportation to and from its service centers for affected drivers.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles had initially issued its “Do Not Drive” warning in November, after two people were killed in separate accidents involving 2010 Dodge Chargers with defective Takata airbags. The recalled airbags can deteriorate over time, the NHTSA explained, especially when exposed to high heat and humidity.
“Left unrepaired, recalled Takata airbags are increasingly dangerous as the risk of an explosion rises as vehicles age,” NHTSA Acting Administrator Ann Carlson said at the time. “Every day that passes when you don’t get a recalled airbag replaced, puts you and your family at greater risk of injury or death.”
When deployed, the recalled airbags can also send metal fragments toward the occupants of the car, resulting in situations that “can kill — and has — killed or maimed people,” the NHTSA said.
Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge and Chrysler, issued another statement following the NHTSA confirming the latest Takata-related fatality, reiterating its “Do Not Drive” warning and urging customers to get their vehicles repaired.
“We have the parts, and the service is free,” said Tom McCarthy, global head of Technical Safety and Regulatory Compliance at Stellantis, in a statement shared with Nexstar. “We will provide alternative transportation, also free, to help people get to and from our dealerships, as needed.”
As for the latest confirmed fatality, Stellantis said the vehicle owner actually inquired about a fix for the airbag issue in 2018 but declined to schedule the necessary repairs.
“We understand the holiday season is a busy time,” McCarthy said. “But nothing is more precious than family and friends who may also be exposed to danger by further delaying service which, again, is free.”
Overall, at least 24 deaths have been linked to defective Takata airbags over the past two decades. Tens of millions of cars from various automakers have been recalled upon discovery of the issue in the mid-2010s, effectively making it the largest automobile recall in U.S. history.
The Takata Corporation declared bankruptcy in 2017. The company was acquired by Key Safety Systems the following year, Reuters reported.
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2022-12-20T18:45:02+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/do-not-drive-chrysler-dodge-owners-urged-to-repair-vehicles-following-another-airbag-related-fatality/
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Live! Gaming & Entertainment District, anchored by Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia, will set a new standard for development in the Commonwealth and will serve as a new world-class attraction for Petersburg and the greater Central Virginia region
Developed in phases, the project will generate more than $10 billion in economic benefits, $1.1 billion in total tax revenue, and create more than 10,000 new jobs upon full build-out
PETERSBURG, Va., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cordish Companies unveiled details today for a $1.4 billion transformative mixed-use development in Petersburg, VA. Live! Gaming & Entertainment District will set a new standard for development in the Commonwealth, creating a world-class entertainment destination and mixed-use project with gaming that will generate billions of dollars in economic benefits and spinoff development, create thousands of new jobs and benefits to the local community, and become a major new tourist destination for the City. Ideally located at the intersection of Wagner Road and Interstate I-95, the Live! Gaming & Entertainment District will offer easy access on and off the east coast's major north-south interstate.
Rendering files and fact sheet can be downloaded here.
"The details unveiled today show what the City's vision is for this type of project and why we wanted to work with Cordish as the developer," said Petersburg Mayor Sam Parham. "An important part of our selection process was to identify a development partner with a proven track record in developing and operating mixed-use and casino properties, a long history of revitalizing cities across the country, and strong community engagement practices. Cordish is the only company, of the many we consulted with, that showed Petersburg a plan that goes beyond a casino and gives us a path to revitalize our city. We are confident that we have the ideal partner in The Cordish Companies to bring our vision to fruition."
Cordish is one of the largest, most respected developer-operators of upscale mixed-use, entertainment and casino resort destinations in the United States. Its Live! brand is one of the most recognized and established entertainment and casino brands in the country. In gaming, The Cordish Companies has developed the most successful casino entertainment resorts in the U.S. including the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL; the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, FL; Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland; Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia; and Live! Casino Pittsburgh. The Cordish Companies has been awarded an unprecedented seven Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence in recognition of its urban revitalization accomplishments, more than any other developer in the world.
"The Cordish Companies is pleased to unveil details today for this major transformative development," said Zed Smith, Chief Operating Officer of The Cordish Companies. "Live! Gaming & Entertainment District will be a catalyst for change and significant urban development, will transform the City by creating a thriving entertainment and hospitality attraction for the entire Region, and provide first-class amenities for the local community while generating spin-off economic development, creating thousands of new jobs for area residents, and substantial opportunities for local, minority, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses. We look forward to continuing our work with the City to bring their vision to life."
Developed in phases, the Live! Gaming & Entertainment District, upon full build-out, will generate the following over 15 years:
- $10+ billion in economic stimulus to the Region
- $1.1 billion in total tax revenues
- 10,000 jobs
- 4 million square feet of overall mixed-use development including over 1,300 residential units, 500 hotel rooms, and 600,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space
The initial phase of the development, Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia, will set a new standard for gaming, hotels and entertainment in the Commonwealth, and serve as a new world-class attraction for Petersburg and the greater Central Virginia region. In its first 15 years, Live! Casino & Hotel will generate:
- $3.6 billion in economic stimulus to the Region
- $675 million in gaming tax revenues including $214 million to the City
- $350 million in economic spend during construction
- $220 million in annual economic benefits each year after opening
- Over 4,000 new construction and permanent jobs
The world-class casino resort destination will feature:
- More than 670,000 square feet of first-class gaming, hotel, dining and entertainment space
- An upscale 200-room hotel featuring 20 suites, resort pool and fitness center
- Over 2,000 slots and electronic table games and 60 live action table games including poker
- Sportsbook
- State-of-the-art event center for top name entertainment, meetings, conventions, and social gatherings
- Over a dozen best-in-class dining and entertainment options
- Free surface parking
Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia will serve as a transformative development, creating maximum community benefits for the City of Petersburg and its residents. The Cordish Companies has long embraced a strong approach to community integration and involvement. The Company is committed to supporting non-profit organizations in Petersburg, acting as a convener to assist community organizations and non-profits in their fundraising efforts and volunteerism, an endemic value to the Company and its team members. The Cordish Companies is consistently among the largest supporters of non-profits and philanthropic organizations in markets where it does business and recognized as a valued community partner.
Live! Casino & Hotel will provide substantial benefits to the community including:
- A commitment to diversity and inclusion in all facets of the Project including a comprehensive plan to ensure minority and local participation in ownership, construction, permanent employment and ongoing operational purchasing.
- $147 million in estimated new wages and salaries (direct and indirect) during construction.
- Construction and vendor opportunities for local, minority, women-owned, and veteran owned businesses.
- Workforce development, training, mentoring, internships, tuition reimbursement and other programs through area community colleges, universities, and vocational schools to support local employment and career advancement.
- Apprenticeships and training programs.
- Marketing partnerships with area sports teams, businesses, and attractions to promote the City of Petersburg and surrounding communities.
- Enhancement of hotel, dining, and entertainment amenities in the region to attract thousands of new visitors to the area.
Live! is an economic engine in communities where its properties are located and places a high priority on hiring local residents. Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia is committed to making the same impact with the creation of over 4,000 new jobs including 2,500 new construction jobs and 1,500 new permanent jobs averaging $60,000 in compensation with benefits.
Job opportunities will be available in every field, including hotel operations, finance, marketing, human resources, information technologies, food and beverage, facilities, security and surveillance, and casino operations. Hiring preference will be given to local residents first, then surrounding communities. Live! will partner with local educational institutions to provide training programs for jobs within the complex, including gaming and hospitality positions. The Live! team is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. Local residents will have ample opportunities to learn about jobs at Live! through programs such as:
- Pre-opening community-based job fairs
- Local job placement workshops
- Online job postings, job matching and customized recruitment services
- Contractor mentoring and apprenticeships
- Community-based information sessions on job opportunities and training programs
- Community College and University partnerships for job placement
Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia will purchase tens of millions of dollars in goods and services in the Region. The Cordish Companies has an unparalleled track record of supporting local and regional businesses, particularly local, MBE/WBE, women and veteran-owned businesses, by providing access to contract opportunities and is projected to purchase tens of millions of dollars in goods and services in the Region. The following are some of the categories of goods and services to be purchased:
- Gaming Operations
- Hotel Operations
- Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment
- Engineering, Facilities and Maintenance
- Food & Beverage
- Office and Computer Supplies
- Professional Services
Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia will be developed, owned and managed by PPE Casino Resorts Petersburg, LLC, an affiliate of The Cordish Companies. Authorization of a casino in Petersburg is subject to legislative approval by the Virginia General Assembly, Governor and licensing by applicable Commonwealth agencies including the Virginia Lottery.
For more information, please visit www.valive.casino.
The Cordish Companies' origins date back to 1910 and encompass four generations of privately held, family ownership. During the past ten decades, The Cordish Companies has grown into a global leader in Gaming & Entertainment; Commercial Real Estate; Entertainment Districts; Sports-Anchored Developments; Hotels; Residential Properties; Restaurants; Coworking Spaces; and Private Equity. One of the largest and most respected developers in the world, The Cordish Companies has been awarded an unprecedented seven Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence for public-private developments that are of unique significance to the cities in which they are located. The Cordish Companies has developed and operates highly acclaimed dining, entertainment and hospitality destinations throughout the United States, many falling under The Cordish Companies' Live! Brand, highly regarded as one of the premier entertainment brands in the country. Welcoming over 55 million visitors per year, these developments are among the highest profile dining, entertainment, gaming, hotel and sports-anchored destinations in the country. In gaming, The Cordish Companies has developed among the most successful casino hotel resorts in the world, including the Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos in Hollywood and Tampa, FL, Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland, Live! Casino Pittsburgh and Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia. Over the generations, The Cordish Companies has remained true to the family's core values of quality, entrepreneurial spirit, long-term personal relationships and integrity. As a testimony to the long-term vision of its family leadership, The Cordish Companies still owns and manages virtually every business it has created. For more information, visit www.cordish.com or follow us on Twitter (@cordishco).
"The Cordish Companies," "The Cordish Company" and "Cordish" are trademarks used under license by independent corporations, legal liability companies and partnerships ("Cordish Entities"). Each Cordish Entity is a separate, single-purpose legal entity that is solely responsible for its obligations and liabilities. No common operations or financial interdependency, and no intermingling of assets or liabilities of the Cordish Entities exists, or should be deemed to exist, as a result of the potential common reference to multiple independent entities operating under the names "Cordish," "The Cordish Companies" or "The Cordish Company" here or elsewhere.
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2022-12-14T03:12:26+00:00
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wlox.com
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COVINA, Calif., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- xtype, the agile software delivery company, today launches xtype View™, the world's first multi-instance viewer and platform engineering dashboard designed for ServiceNow professionals.
Native to ServiceNow, xtype View is the first ever real-time, multi-instance dashboard designed exclusively for ServiceNow professionals to see all their plugins and applications across their ServiceNow landscape in one place. xtype View is free and is designed to reduce the conflicts and errors that lead to configuration drift between ServiceNow instances. xtype View reduces conflicts and errors by removing the need to manually build error-prone spreadsheets and perform other time-consuming tasks.
xtype View provides the following features:
- All scoped apps, store apps, and plugins are automatically enumerated and tracked.
- View all ServiceNow release versions across all instances
- View all scoped apps, store apps, and plugins deployed across all instances, including version numbers.
- Filters allowing quick identification of missing or mismatched plugins, apps, or instance versions.
Ron Gidron, co-founder and CEO of xtype said "xtype View was built to accelerate technology innovation and outcomes for enterprises. We've created a real-time solution to solve the time-draining, manual development challenges ServiceNow professionals have been facing for far too long. It's about time deployment becomes the fastest and smoothest part of any software project."
Founded by senior software engineers, xtype is a platform engineering company committed to solving the problems that compound the growth of software backlogs and giving core platform and engineering teams their time back. By optimizing deployments, xtype helps users get ahead of ServiceNow projects, allowing them to focus on driving innovation that will give their companies a competitive edge.
Compatible with ServiceNow releases Utah, Tokyo, and San Diego, xtype View is available on the ServiceNow® store here.
xtype is a proud sponsor of this week's ServiceNow Knowledge 2023, and you can meet xtype's founders and see xtype in action at booth 435.
About xtype
Founded in 2020, xtype is a venture-backed startup reimagining the agile software delivery approach on the ServiceNow platform. The company offers an off-the-shelf option for customers to meet any level of demand on the ServiceNow platform and drive improved business outcomes at scale. To date, xtype worked with organizations such as Zurich Insurance, large international banks and technology companies globally.
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2023-05-15T17:56:21+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2023/05/15/xtype-launches-xtype-view-worlds-first-servicenow-store-application-provide-multi-instance-visibility/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is trying to project calm after regional bank failures, saying on Tuesday that the U.S. banking system is “sound” but additional rescue arrangements “could be warranted” if any new failures at smaller institutions pose a risk to financial stability.
Yellen, who made her remarks at the American Bankers Association, said that overall “the situation is stabilizing.”
“And the U.S. banking system remains sound,” Yellen said.
Yellen’s remarks come after a series of troubling bank developments this month.
Silicon Valley Bank, based in Santa Clara, California, failed on March 10 after depositors rushed to withdraw money amid anxiety over the bank’s health. It was the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history. Regulators convened over the following weekend and announced that New York-based Signature Bank also had failed. They said that all depositors at both banks, including those holding uninsured funds, those exceeding $250,000, would be protected by federal deposit insurance.
And last week a third bank, San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, was fortified by $30 billion in funds raised by 11 of the biggest U.S. banks in an attempt to prevent it from collapsing.
The government is now determined to restore public confidence in the banking system and to prevent any more turmoil. The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have launched investigations into the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and President Joe Biden has called on Congress to strengthen rules on regional banks and to impose tougher penalties on executives of failed banks.
Yellen said the government’s intervention was necessary to “protect the broader banking system” and more rescue efforts could be necessary.
“Similar actions could be warranted if smaller institutions suffer deposit runs that pose the risk of contagion,” she said.
Yellen faced the Senate Finance Committee last week and offered upbeat reassurances to rattled bank depositors and investors that the U.S. banking system “remains sound” and Americans “can feel confident” about the safety of their deposits.
She will appear in front of congressional panels twice more this week, in the Senate and the House, and will inevitably face more questions about the nature of the bank failures and the government’s effort to quell them.
“Let me be clear: The government’s recent actions have demonstrated our resolute commitment to take the necessary steps to ensure that depositors’ savings and the banking system remain safe,” she said.
While details are still being released on the banks’ failures, Democratic lawmakers and some economists say a 2018 rollback of portions of a far-reaching 2010 law intended to prevent a future financial crisis were a primary cause of the institutional failures.
Ahead of Yellen’s speech, at a panel discussing the state of the banking system, Scott Anderson, president of Zions Bank, said he doesn’t think the 2018 rollback is related to the bank failures.
“Congress needs to be careful,” Anderson said. “They need to look at what happened. They need to have a thorough debate and a thorough discussion. But they shouldn’t jump to any immediate conclusions. I don’t think these failures show that there’s any problem within the banking regulations that we have now.”
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Follow the AP’s coverage of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at https://apnews.com/hub/janet-yellen.
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2023-03-21T17:39:12+00:00
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abqjournal.com
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https://www.abqjournal.com/2583725/yellen-says-bank-situation-stabilizing-system-is-sound.html
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jena Antonucci turned a Triple Crown marred by thoroughbred deaths on the track and threatened by bad air quality from wildfires in Canada into a celebration for racing and women.
Arcangelo took the lead at the top of the stretch and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, making the 47-year-old Antonucci the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race.
After the horse crossed the finish line, Antonucci doubled over and rested her arm and head on the back of a chair. She kissed the horse on the nose when it returned to the area in front of the winner’s circle.
“When we were walking out, I said there is not a table made for you,” she said. “You make the table. You put great people around you, you work hard. Work your tail off. It will come if you do it the right way. Do it the right way.”
Antonucci and Arcangelo did everything right as the 3-year-old son of Arrogate finished the 1 1/2-mile race in 2:29.23 and by 1 1/2 lengths in front of favored Forte, with Tapit Trice third.
“They say there’s no crying in baseball. But they’ve never said it about horse racing,” Antonucci said. “You fight for that spot and you feel you have to prove your worth. Horses don’t care. They don’t care who you are. They know who you are. To have a horse believe in you, and your team, the way this horse does … I wish more people could be like horses.”
Jockey Javier Castellano, who rode Mage to victory in the Kentucky Derby and picked up the ride on Arcangelo when the colt was not entered in the Belmont, said Arcangelo was great.
“This is a wonderful horse. I’m really happy for her, you know, she’s a really good woman,” Castellano said of Antonucci. “She’s a good horseman.”
The heart-warming victory put a positive note on a Triple Crown series marred by deaths of 12 horses at Churchill Downs in the weeks around the Kentucky Derby and another on Preakness day for a trainer Bob Baffert. It also ended a week in which the Belmont Stakes was put in jeopardy by air quality problems caused by wildfires in Canada.
Those cleared on Friday and the cloud over thoroughbred racing lifted on Saturday, briefly.
In the final race on the card, Excursionniste sustained a catastrophic injury to his left front leg. Despite efforts by veterinarians, the horse was euthanized. It was the third horse to incur a fatal injury at the current meet. There have been 213 races involving 1,662 horses.
Antonucci, who started riding show horses as a preschooler and later held a plethora of jobs in racing, became a trainer in 2010, running a modest stable. She had sent less than 2,000 horses to the post in her first 13 years.
All the work paid off in one race.
Antonucci was only the 11th woman to race a horse in the Belmont and the first since Kathy Ritvo sent out Mucho Macho Man to a seventh-place finish in 2011. Dianne Carpenter’s Kingpost had the previous best finish, second to Risen Star in 1988.
Arcangelo came into the Belmont off a hard-fought victory in the Peter Pan Stakes.
Arcangelo, who broke from the No. 3 post position, was always close to the lead in the nine-horse field. Preakness winner National Treasure led a group of seven within striking distance after a half, but as the race progressed Arcangelo stayed on the rail and was running head to head with National Treasure on the far turn that leads to the stretch.
By the time they reached the stretch, Arcangelo moved to the front, opened some daylight and never let any horse get closer than the final margin.
“He’s got the heart of a champion,” Antonucci said.
Arcangelo paid $17.80, $7.20 and $4.,90 and earned $900,000 for Blue Rose Farm, which is owned by Jon Ebbert.
“It’s amazing,” Ebbert said. “What an amazing ride. I’m so proud of the horse. He’s an amazing horse. He’s all heart. We knew he had it in him. Javier rode him perfectly and Jena is an amazing trainer. I’m so lucky to find her. The rest is history.”
Forte returned $4.30 and $3.30 and Tapit Trice was $4.10 to show. Both were trained by Todd Pletcher.
“I’m super proud of both horses,” Pletcher said. “I knew we were asking a lot coming off the 10-week layoff (with Forte). He got shuffled back a little bit and once he got him outside in the clear, he was still making impact at the end, but he just ran out of time getting there.”
Baffert said National Treasure never relaxed for jockey John Velazquez.
“He gave us a little bit of a thrill turning for home, but he was just wasn’t … .” Baffert said.
Hit Show finished fourth and was followed by Angel of Empire, National Treasure, Il Miracolo, Red Route One and Tapit Shoes.
The 13-race card on Saturday was filled with at least a half-dozen outstanding races, headlined by the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap on the dirt and the $750,000 Manhattan Handicap on the turf.
Cody’s Wish ($3.30) posted his sixth straight win for trainer Bill Mott in capturing the Met Mile in 1:34.36, while the Pletcher-trained Up to the Mark ($5.30) was an easy winner in the Manhattan.
Mott also saw another streak continue when Elite Power won his seventh straight in taking the $250,000 True North.
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AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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2023-06-11T14:25:54+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/sports/ap-sports/arcangelo-wins-belmont-stakes-to-make-jen-antonucci-1st-female-trainer-to-win-the-race/
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NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yomico Moreno, world renowned tattoo artist, unveiled the new standard for the Tattoo industry and community with the launch of the first ever Yomico Art event in New York last week.
The newly initiated launch of the Master Class Summit showcased insight on color theory, real time tattooing, panel, workshops, celebrity guests, MeetUps and special sponsored experiences. The event was a tremendous success with over 155 attendees, over 2M social media impressions, setting the new standard for the Tattoo Industry.
Highlights of the Event:
- Over 155 attendees
- 2.5M Social Media Impressions
- Live Tattooing to demonstrate technical aspects of a tattoo
- Featured Panel included guest speakers:
Next stop on the Master Class Summit tour will be a return to Yomico's homeland of Caracas Venezuela, dates and more information will be announced soon.
This is only the beginning of what is yet to come in uniting and building this community to drive the tattoo culture and lifestyle forward, said Yomico Moreno, Founder of Yomico Art.
Presenting sponsors included Cheyenne, Gorilla Gloves, H2Ocean, INTENZE PRODUCTS, Sullen Art Collection, Zoa and the New York Empire State Tattoo Expo.
Yomico Moreno was born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela and has been working as a tattoo artist since 2005. Moreno has worked in some of the most prestigious tattoo studios across various countries and continents such as Venezuela, Switzerland, Europe, Central America and South America. While In Caracas, he gained nationwide recognition winning first place prizes at various local tattoo conventions.
Yomico has been featured on CNN, Daily Mail (UK), Newsweek, Paramount Network "The Art of Ink", Sullen TV, Inkedmag, VIX, among others. He has been part of several art exhibitions including "Tattoo Forever" Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, 13th Hour and Flesh to Canvas with Last Rites Tattoo, NY and in Japan.
In 2019 he opened his private studio, Yomicoart Studio in New York. In 2021 Yomico collaborated with The Rock on the "Evolution of the Bull" tattoo and a short documentary was released about the process. He is currently working on many new projects, including a Masterclass, an NFT project "The Tattoo Shop" and continues to travel around the world to do collaborations with other artists, teach seminars, as well as creating new stories with his tattoos to push his art to new levels.
Currently, Yomico resides in New York City, where he owns a private tattoo studio.
Contact Information:
Raquel Gonzalez
raquel@theflolab.com
956-572-6042
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2022-06-03T17:21:20+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/06/03/yomico-art-sets-standard-tattoo-industry/
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