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GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) – The Hamilton boys basketball team fell to Avoca-Prattsburgh in the Class D state semifinal Saturday afternoon 64-41.
Hamilton was led by Reese Snyder who finished the day with 12 points. Ethan Nagle added 11 points. Avoca-Prattsburgh had four players score in double figures. Titans were led by Haden Abbott who finished with 21 points. | 2023-03-18T22:55:07+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/local-sports/hamilton-falls-in-class-d-state-semifinal/ |
- The platform lets user research and product teams rapidly validate ideas, test designs and new features and gather user feedback through its in-product video interview and survey tools which customers integrate through a simple one-time integration.
- The additional funding will help grow the Ribbon team and develop new products to streamline user research and product testing.
LONDON, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ribbon, a startup building an in-product research platform to help user research and product teams understand their customers' behavior and experiences, has raised £2.63m in seed stage funding. The round is led by Octopus Ventures with participation from earlier backers MMC Ventures and Concept Ventures. Angel investors also joining the seed include Matt Robinson (founder of GoCardless and Nested), Keith Grose (Head of UK at Plaid) Ross Sheil (SVP Global Revenue at Infogrid) and Felix Leuschner (Group Business Development Director at Cazoo).
Ribbon is a user research platform that provides an all-in-one place for user and product research teams to do research and product discovery with their users. Ribbon's customers can run studies like video interviews and in-product surveys which are deployed to active users based on product interactions and user behaviors, enabling them to continuously undertake product research to validate product decisions and build better user experiences.
The company was born from frustration. Founder Axel Thomson, an earlier product manager at UK unicorn Gousto, realized there had to be a better way to include targeted feedback from real users into the product design and development process. He comments, "We would often talk about product decisions in terms of making 'bets'. We just didn't have the time or tooling to gather the data needed to make informed product decisions."
Axel Thomson said, "By making it easy to speak with real customers directly in the customer journey through a simple one-time integration, researchers can make more informed product decision and build better products for their users."
Karan Mehta, Investor at Octopus Ventures commented, "Ribbon is offering consumer facing companies a pioneering way of generating user feedback at scale. As investors we know the best companies are built on consumer demand and win in the long run by adapting to their users. Ribbon enables companies to gain this advantage by making it easy to continuously make better product decisions backed by targeted research."
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SOURCE RIBBON APP | 2022-10-13T18:15:16+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/prnewswire/2022/10/13/ribbon-raises-263m-change-how-companies-do-user-product-research/ |
Lawdragon recognizes Frank Branson, Debbie Dudley Branson, Tim Newsom
DALLAS, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran trial lawyers Frank Branson, Debbie Dudley Branson and Tim Newsom have been recognized in the 2022 edition of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers for representing those injured in catastrophic vehicle crashes, at dangerous work sites, or by defective products.
The highly respected legal guide conducts extensive research and vetting to compile a list identifying trial lawyers who in the words of Lawdragon CEO Katrina Dewey "relish their role of underdog, taking on the toughest cases and typically only getting paid if they win – Talk about heroes."
Click here to see the 2022 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide.
Lawdragon honors are just the latest recognition for the three attorneys. Mr. Branson is a Lawdragon Hall of Fame honoree and has been named among the Top 10 lawyers in the state by Texas Super Lawyers every year since 2007. He is a repeat honoree of The Best Lawyers in America and has been named to Texas Lawbook's "Lions of the Bar," the National Law Journal's "50 Most Influential Lawyers in the U.S.," and D CEO's "Dallas 500: The Most Powerful Business Leaders."
In 2019, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association presented Mr. Branson with its Lifetime Achievement Award, while the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association named him among its Living Legends. In 2021, he received the Texas Bar Foundation's highest honor for a trial lawyer – the Ronald Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award for attorneys demonstrating the highest moral and ethical standards and professional conduct.
Ms. Branson is a trial lawyer known for her skill in analyzing jury pools and connecting with jurors. She has held leadership positions within governmental, political, business and legal organizations at the national and regional levels. In addition to Texas Super Lawyers, she has been recognized among D Magazine's Best Lawyers in Dallas and by The Best Lawyers in America. She is a past President of the Texas Trial Lawyers, was Chairman of the Board of Managers at Parkland Hospital 2012-2016, and received the 2016 Linz Award for her civic/humanitarian efforts for the city of Dallas.
With a rare double board certification in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law, Mr. Newsom has extensive courtroom leadership experience. He currently serves as president-elect of TEX-ABOTA, the Texas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a past President of the Amarillo Bar Association and a recipient of the Bob Black Bar Leaders Award. Mr. Newsom has been recognized every year since 2005 by Texas Super Lawyers for his Plaintiff's Personal Injury work and was recently recognized by The Best Lawyers in America.
The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson represents clients in cases involving complex product liability, catastrophic injury, truck accidents, commercial air crashes, electrical and gas explosions, and truck and auto catastrophic injury. To learn more about the firm, visit http://www.flbranson.com.
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SOURCE Law Offices of Frank L. Branson | 2022-06-07T21:42:22+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/06/07/talk-about-heroes-three-law-offices-frank-l-branson-honored-top-plaintiff-consumer-lawyers/ |
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle opted for a little glitz and a lot of glamour for their 2022 Christmas Card.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released their Christmas card on Friday and it features the couple at the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award Gala from earlier this month in New York City. Meghan and Harry, who were among the gala's honorees that also included late NBA legend Bill Russell and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, looked dashing in a stunning white strapless dress and a black tuxedo.
The black and white photo featured on the GIF card was sent via an Archewell Foundation email.
"From our family to yours, and on behalf of our teams at The Archewell Foundation, Archewell Audio, and Archwell Productions, we wish you health, peace, and a very happy new years!' the card read. The couple signed it, "Prince Harry & Meghan The Duke & Duchess of Sussex."
Harry and Meghan's Christmas card comes three days after Prince William and Kate Middleton released their holiday family portrait. The Christmas card also comes one day after Vol. 2 of their docuseries, Harry & Meghan, dropped on Netflix, with the latest episodes putting Harry and William's relationship at the forefront.
In the series' final three episodes, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex open up about their exit from royal life, with Harry claiming his brother screamed and shouted at him after he and Meghan decided to step away from their royal duties.
ET spoke with royal expert Katie Nicholl who weighed in on how the docuseries will affect the possibility of a reconciliation between the brothers, who have not been on good terms.
"Well, I think that given the allegations that Harry has made in the latest three episodes of this docuseries are so personal towards his brother, I think it really does set back any chance of a rift for the foreseeable future," Nicholl shared. "Even if William hasn't watched this docuseries, and it's my understanding that he hasn't, he will be very aware of the headlines. He will be very aware of the damage inflicted on his reputation, and I think it also goes a long way in explaining why the brothers are not on talking terms."
Quite simply, Nicholl said, William feels betrayed and is worried that any conversation between the two of them stands the chance to end up in Harry's upcoming tell-all book.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport announced Tuesday that comfort dogs would soon be coming to a gate near you.
Starting the week of Thanksgiving, Traveler Loving Canines (TLC), along with their handlers, who have been trained and certified though the Alliance of Therapy Dogs will be sent out into the airport’s terminal to help flyers that may be suffering from stress or anxiety related issues.
The Comfort Dog program will start with six teams of volunteers, but once established will be actively recruiting other certified animals and handlers to join the TLC crew.
If you and your pup want to become TLC volunteers, or if you just want to learn more about the therapy dog certification process, click here. | 2022-11-15T20:52:24+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-shuttlesworth-international-airport-announces-new-comfort-dog-program/ |
Revered former chairman and CEO continues to pursue role as
lyricist-performer as he releases his second single, 'Deep'
CHICAGO, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Powerful new music has hit the radio airwaves and streaming platforms nationwide today, as Tom Burrell, the renowned, highly acclaimed founder of Chicago-based Burrell Communications Group, one of the most highly regarded multicultural advertising agencies in the U.S., has set aside his adman hat to don the role of song lyricist and performer.
Burrell has released his latest music single, "Deep." The track is a captivating, head-nodding spoken word composition now available on Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and wherever digital music is sold. Burrell wrote and recites thought-provoking lyrics, skillfully delivered in a compelling musical composition and arrangement.
"'Deep' is essentially a love song dedicated to my wife, Madeline, expressing how 'deep' she is, along with a few general themes that fit the deep description such as Finnegans Wake and Deepak Chopra. It's a tribute to all Black women," states Burrell. "Think comparatives or similes. She is not an uncommon trope, but in this case the comparatives are largely of people, places and things tied to Black culture, Black history and Black icons," he adds. "The lyrics are designed to let you feel (the emotional part) and make you think (the cerebral part). The intent is to give the listener information he or she may already know, but also information that would be valuable to learn."
"In a world with so much idle chatter about things that don't much matter you magically appear, filling empty space with wisdom, substance, grace and mucho mas. Baby, you've got gravitas," Burrell wistfully writes. "You're the company I want to keep, because you're deep..."
"Deep like MLK, Marvin Gaye, Lady Day, Janelle Monae…deep like Barry tones, James Earl Jones. The profound sound that is Nina Simone's," he continues. "Deep like Invisible Man, Trouble Man, I AM A Man, Nothing But A Man," his lyrics emphatically intone.
The uplifting and empowering spirit of "Deep" resonates through Burrell's potent pen and expressive delivery at an important time, when society is grappling with the dual trauma of post-pandemic and post-George Floyd social justice reckonings. Peering knowingly through the haze of today's tumultuous climate, Burrell's lyrics at once pay a heartfelt and loving tribute to his wife, while also reminding listeners that knowledge is power.
All of this is seamlessly captured in the compelling words that have long been a part of his ad business persona.
This work represents only the latest in a growing repertoire of songs with lyrics written and produced by Burrell, with the common theme focusing on leveraging music to draw people in, so that meaningful messages can be delivered. Other notable tracks to be found here are "Say What?," and "Straight Talk" from his debut album Squeezin' the Juice, and "Not the Song I Want to Sing," written and performed on jazz artist Marlene Rosenberg's album MLK Convergence, also featuring Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, Robert Irving III and Burrell.
His prior single, "Hate Power," performed by Joe Bruce, is an entrancing song that implores audiences to look within to, in the words of the Southern Poverty Law Center's campaign, "Fight hate. Ignoring it will not make it go away."
"Let me just state: Love is losing ground to the power of hate," Burrell narrates. "Hate Power is gaining ground by the hour. Well fed; surging ahead. Let's make 'love conquers all' more than a platitude. Love needs to change its attitude."
Burrell, who grew up in Chicago, established Burrell Communications Group in 1971 and led the company through 2004, recasting his career to become an author, lecturer and authority on media, culture, social science and history. He is author of the acclaimed book, Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority (©2010, Hay House/Smiley Books). The agency that bears his name to this day boasts a roster of premiere, blue-chip clients that lead in their respective categories, including Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Toyota, the National Park Foundation, Walmart and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
ABOUT BURRELL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP:
Celebrating more than 50 years of best-in-class transcultural communications, Burrell Communications Group is the largest U.S. agency specializing in communications to diverse audiences. The agency is known for its strategic thought-leadership and creativity. The foundation of its success lies in uncovering rich insights and a deep understanding of the Black community. Burrell's strong relationship with the Black community has influenced the development of humanitarian campaigns, such as "Black Is Human," "The Fatherhood Initiative" and Allies of Innocence.
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-- Company to present registrational PIONEER trial results at 2023 AAAAI Annual Meeting --
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC) today announced the submission of a supplemental new drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AYVAKIT® (avapritinib) for the treatment of adults with indolent systemic mastocytosis (SM). AYVAKIT was designed to potently and selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT, the underlying cause of SM in about 95 percent of cases.
The submission includes data from the registrational PIONEER trial, the largest randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study ever conducted in indolent SM. The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to AYVAKIT for the treatment of moderate to severe indolent SM.
"This regulatory submission for AYVAKIT marks an important milestone to address the medical needs of a broad population of patients with systemic mastocytosis, characterized by debilitating symptoms and lifelong disease burden across multiple organs," said Becker Hewes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Blueprint Medicines. "By targeting the primary driver of SM with AYVAKIT, we are seeking to transform treatment beyond symptom-directed therapy, modify the course of disease and ultimately, make a meaningful difference in patients' lives. Our FDA filing marks the first regulatory application seeking approval for the treatment of indolent SM, and we look forward to working closely with the agency toward our goal of bringing AYVAKIT to indolent SM patients as quickly as possible."
In addition, Blueprint Medicines today announced the acceptance of multiple abstracts highlighting registrational PIONEER trial data for oral and poster presentation at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting, February 24-27, 2023. AAAAI plans to post accepted abstracts at www.annualmeeting.aaaai.org on February 3, 2023.
About AYVAKIT (avapritinib)
AYVAKIT (avapritinib) is a kinase inhibitor approved by the FDA for the treatment of adults with Advanced SM, including aggressive SM (ASM), SM with an associated hematological neoplasm (SM-AHN) and mast cell leukemia (MCL), and adults with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) harboring a PDGFRA exon 18 mutation, including PDGFRA D842V mutations. For more information, visit AYVAKIT.com. This medicine is approved in Europe (AYVAKYT®) for the treatment of adults with ASM, SM-AHN or MCL, after at least one systemic therapy, and adults with unresectable or metastatic GIST harboring the PDGFRA D842V mutation. Please click here to see the full U.S. Prescribing Information for AYVAKIT, and click here to see the European Summary of Product Characteristics for AYVAKYT. AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT is not approved for the treatment of any other indication in the U.S. or Europe.
To learn about ongoing or planned clinical trials, contact Blueprint Medicines at medinfo@blueprintmedicines.com or 1-888-BLU-PRNT (1-888-258-7768). Additional information is available at blueprintclinicaltrials.com or clinicaltrials.gov.
About Systemic Mastocytosis
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare disease primarily driven by the KIT D816V mutation. Uncontrolled proliferation and activation of mast cells result in chronic, severe and often unpredictable symptoms across multiple organ systems. The vast majority of those affected have non-advanced (indolent or smoldering) SM. A broad range of symptoms, including anaphylaxis, maculopapular rash, pruritis, diarrhea, brain fog, fatigue and bone pain, frequently persist in patients with non-advanced SM despite treatment with multiple symptom-directed therapies. This burden of disease can lead to a profound, negative impact on quality of life. Patients often live in fear of severe, unexpected symptoms, have limited ability to work or perform daily activities, and isolate themselves to protect against unpredictable triggers. Currently, there are no approved therapies for the treatment of non-advanced SM.
A minority of patients have advanced SM, which encompasses a group of high-risk SM subtypes including ASM, SM-AHN and MCL. In addition to mast cell activation symptoms, advanced SM is associated with organ damage due to mast cell infiltration and poor survival.
About Blueprint Medicines
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate our scientific innovation into a broad pipeline of important approved and investigational precision therapies aimed at addressing difficult-to-treat cancers and blood disorders. Today, we are delivering our approved medicines to patients in the United States, Europe, and in other geographies ourselves or through our partners. In addition, we are globally advancing multiple programs for systemic mastocytosis, lung cancer, breast cancer, and other genomically defined cancers, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding the submission of a supplemental new drug application to the FDA for AYVAKIT for the treatment of indolent SM; plans and timing for presenting detailed data from the PIONEER trial of AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM, and, expectations regarding the potential benefits of AYVAKIT in treating patients with non-advanced SM; statements regarding plans, strategies, timelines and expectations for interactions with the FDA and other regulatory authorities; statements regarding plans and expectations for Blueprint Medicines' current or future approved drugs and drug candidates; the potential benefits of any of Blueprint Medicines' current or future approved drugs or drug candidates in treating patients; and Blueprint Medicines' financial performance, strategy, goals and anticipated milestones, business plans and focus. The words "aim," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," "potential," "continue," "target" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to Blueprint Medicines' business, operations, strategy, goals and anticipated milestones, including Blueprint Medicines' ongoing and planned research and discovery activities, ability to conduct ongoing and planned clinical trials, clinical supply of current or future drug candidates, commercial supply of current or future approved products, and launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability and plans in continuing to establish and expand a commercial infrastructure, and successfully launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand the approved indications for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT or obtain marketing approval for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT in additional geographies in the future; the delay of any current or planned clinical trials or the development of Blueprint Medicines' current or future drug candidates; Blueprint Medicines' advancement of multiple early-stage efforts; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully demonstrate the safety and efficacy of its drug candidates and gain approval of its drug candidates on a timely basis, if at all; the preclinical and clinical results for Blueprint Medicines' drug candidates, which may not support further development of such drug candidates either as monotherapies or in combination with other agents or may impact the anticipated timing of data or regulatory submissions; the timing of the initiation of clinical trials and trial cohorts at clinical trial sites and patient enrollment rates; actions of regulatory agencies, which may affect the initiation, timing and progress of clinical trials; Blueprint Medicines' ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT or any drug candidates it is developing; Blueprint Medicines' ability to develop and commercialize companion diagnostic tests for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT or any of its current and future drug candidates; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand its operations, research platform and portfolio of therapeutic candidates, and the timing and costs thereof; Blueprint Medicines' ability to realize the anticipated benefits of its executive leadership transition plan; and the success of Blueprint Medicines' current and future collaborations, financing arrangements, partnerships or licensing arrangements. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Blueprint Medicines' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Blueprint Medicines' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any other filings that Blueprint Medicines has made or may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release represent Blueprint Medicines' views only as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Except as required by law, Blueprint Medicines explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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NEW YORK, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of DouYu International Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: DOYU) resulting from allegations that DouYu may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased DouYu securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=15999 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On May 9, 2023, DouYu announced in a press release that, "Hubei provincial branch of the Cyberspace Administration of China (the "CAC") has sent an inspection team to the Company due to certain alleged violations of content rules and regulations on its platform. The CAC team is expected to conduct a one-month on-site inspection of the Company's content platform, which DouYu will fully cooperate with. DouYu is also concurrently conducting a comprehensive internal review of its content monitoring system. As a platform committed to regulatory compliance and the safety of its user community, DouYu plans to implement all necessary remedial measures based on the CAC inspection and its own internal review."
On this news, DouYu's stock price fell as much as 1.84%%, in intraday trading on May 9, 2023. Then, on May 10, 2023, DouYu's stock price fell 9.52%
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
14-16-20-24
(fourteen, sixteen, twenty, twenty-four)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Match 4" game were:
14-16-20-24
(fourteen, sixteen, twenty, twenty-four) | 2023-01-09T05:56:13+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Match-4-game-17703953.php |
Michael J. Fox to be awarded honorary Oscar
(CNN) – Michael J. Fox has been selected to receive an honorary Oscar award.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give him the Jean Hershold Humanitarian Award in November.
It’s both for his work as an actor and as a founder of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Fox started the foundation in 2000, nine years after he was diagnosed with the disease.
The actor rose to fame in the 1980s when he starred as young capitalist Alex Keaton on the TV show “Family Ties.”
He’s also starred in several movies, most notably as the protagonist Marty McFly in the “Back to the Future” franchise.
Fox has won Emmy awards, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild awards and even a Grammy, but this will be his first Oscar.
The award will be presented at the Academy’s Governors awards Nov. 19.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-23T13:13:08+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2022/06/23/michael-j-fox-be-awarded-honorary-oscar/ |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Elected officials in one rural Nevada county decided Thursday to postpone until Friday certifying results of the 317 ballots cast in their jurisdiction during the state’s June 14 primary election.
The decision in Esmeralda County, the least populous county in the state, comes a week after lawmakers in a Republican-leaning rural New Mexico county initially refused to certify their primary election results.
Esmeralda County Commission Chairman De Winsor and Vice-Chairman Timothy Hipp responded to complaints about the voting process with a promise to recount the votes themselves before an end-of-day Friday deadline set in state election law.
“The grassroots effort starts right here,” Winsor said midway through a contentious 90-minute meeting at which the three-member commission in the Republican-leaning county met to sign off on the results of the vote. “This is where we proved we do it right.”
Hipp was out of town and participated in the meeting by teleconference. He said he could be back in the county seat, Goldfield, by 2 p.m. Friday to begin counting ballots. Audio of the meeting was streamed on the internet.
County District Attorney Robert Glennen III advised Winsor and Hipp that they could suspend the meeting to reconvene Friday at 2 p.m. He said they have until 11:59 p.m. under state election law to finish.
The third commissioner, Ralph Keyes, said he was already willing to accept the count of the vote conducted by county officials — including a hand-count on Wednesday by county employees of the 177 paper ballots and paper records of 140 ballots that county Clerk-Treasurer LaCinda Elgan said were cast by machine.
In a telephone interview, Elgan noted that a deputy clerk, Michelle Garcia, administered the primary because Elgan was on the Republican ballot for reelection. She drew 57.5% of the vote.
Elgan called the primary in Esmeralda “absolutely safe and fair.”
One vote cast on one ballot was unintelligible, she said, but all ballots were tallied and reported. None was rejected.
It did not appear the number of votes in question could affect results of primary contests that chose candidates for federal and state offices including U.S. Senate, Congress, governor, state attorney general and the top elections official in Nevada, the secretary of state.
Lawyers at the Nevada state Attorney General’s Office were researching state election law for guidance about the effect of a county refusing to certify the results by Friday’s deadline, spokesman John Sadler said Thursday. He said that to his knowledge, that had never happened before in Nevada.
State law makes county lawmakers’ roles “ministerial only,” Attorney General Aaron Ford said in a Wednesday statement responding to questions from AP. If county commissioners or elections officials refused “based on posturing designed to undermine faith in our democratic process,” the statement said, “the state will proceed with legal options.”
Facing a Friday deadline, eight rural Nevada counties have approved their so-called canvass of the primary vote, including Lyon County on Thursday afternoon. Esmeralda and eight others — including Clark, covering the Las Vegas area; Washoe covering the Reno area; and Nye, a Republican-leaning county including Pahrump and Tonopah — are scheduled Friday.
The results from Nevada’s 17 counties go to the secretary of state, who “cannot reject or otherwise not accept the results,” said Jennifer Russell, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, a Republican.
“If a Nevada county refuses to certify, we would work with the (state attorney general’s) office to determine a path forward,” Russell said.
The standoff in Nevada bore echoes of concerns raised in rural New Mexico’s Republican-leaning Otero County, where commissioners stalled before splitting their vote and approving election results. Officials there cited unspecified concerns with Dominion voting systems, a target of widespread conspiracy theories since the 2020 presidential election.
New Mexico’s Democratic secretary of state appealed to that state’s Supreme Court to intervene before two commissioners relented — complaining that they felt they were little more than rubber-stamps.
The three commissioners in Esmeralda voted in April to join commissioners in neighboring Nye County calling for elections to be conducted using paper ballots — and without Dominion machines. Elgan and the elected county clerk in Nye County, Sam Merlino, both said they did not believe it was feasible to stop using electronic voting machines this year.
In email and in-person comments protesting the Esmeralda County primary vote, resident Mary Jane Zakas made no reference to New Mexico.
But she alleged that “hot dog tongs could have breached” ballot boxes that she said didn’t meet security standards; that partisan workers drove ballots from a remote polling place to Goldfield; and that a Dominion representative provided assistance to an election worker. Zakas said that showed the poll worker wasn’t properly trained.
Elgan and Garcia responded that the worker was trained, but the Dominion representative was there to help. The county clerk said no computer malfunctioned.
Zakas also alleged in her email that “the vote could have been flipped or tampered with” during the five minutes she said a poll worker carried a thumb drive from a vote tally computer out of a room.
In audio streamed from the meeting, Elgan and Garcia responded that a printer was in the other room. Elgan said a printer will be installed in the counting room for the general election.
“We’ve got a problem. People don’t trust the system,” Zakas told the commissioners. “We’ve got a situation where a lot of people are really concerned about the safety of their votes.”
Esmeralda County, a former mining boom area, is about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno. It is home to fewer than 1,000 residents. Nearly 54% of the county’s 621 active registered voters are Republicans, according to the Nevada Secretary of State, and more than 25% are non-partisan.
President Donald Trump won 82% of the vote in Esmeralda County in 2020.
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This story has been updated to correct that no computer malfunctioned. This story also was updated to correct that the last name of the county district attorney. He is Robert Glennen III, not Glennon.
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Associated Press writer Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, and Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed to this report. | 2022-06-25T03:59:24+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/national/ap-us-news/rural-nevada-county-postpones-accepting-primary-vote-results/ |
WA Seattle WA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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146 FPUS56 KSEW 161010
ZFPSEW
Zone Forecast Product for Western Washington
National Weather Service Seattle WA
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Friday.
WAZ558-162300-
Seattle and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Seattle, Shoreline, Federal Way, and Kent
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain early in the
afternoon. A chance of rain late in the afternoon. Highs in the
60s to lower 70s. South wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. West wind
to 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the morning,
then rain likely in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts less than a
tenth of an inch likely. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. North
wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south
after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Seattle 67 52 62 / 30 10 60
$$
WAZ559-162300-
Bremerton and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Bremerton and Silverdale
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain early in the
afternoon. A chance of rain late in the afternoon. Highs in the
60s. South wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. North
wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 10 mph or less after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning, then a
chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to mid
60s. North wind to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s. Southwest wind to 10 mph becoming south around
10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Southwest wind to 10 mph increasing to
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening.
Lows near 50.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bremerton 66 50 62 / 40 10 50
$$
WAZ507-162300-
Everett and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Everett, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Marysville,
and Arlington
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain late in the
morning. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s to
lower 70s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming south in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Northwest
wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 10 mph or less after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the
60s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s. West wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. South wind to 10 mph becoming southeast in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
in the lower to mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Edmonds 67 53 63 / 30 10 50
Everett 66 51 62 / 30 10 40
$$
WAZ509-162300-
Tacoma Area-
Including the cities of Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, and Sumner
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain early in the
afternoon. A chance of rain late in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid to upper 60s. Light wind becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening.
Lows near 50. West wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of
an inch possible. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Light wind
becoming west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
50. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
lower to mid 60s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows near 50.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Puyallup 69 52 64 / 30 20 70
Tacoma 67 50 62 / 30 10 60
$$
WAZ556-162300-
Bellevue and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and Issaquah
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of rain late in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. South wind to 10 mph becoming
southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. West wind
to 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning, then a
chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
North wind to 10 mph becoming northwest around 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s. West wind to 10 mph becoming south after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
lower to mid 60s. South wind to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bellevue 69 52 64 / 30 20 50
$$
WAZ555-162300-
East Puget Sound Lowlands-
Including the cities of Gold Bar, Enumclaw, North Bend,
and Buckley
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of thunderstorms early in
the afternoon. A chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s to
lower 70s. South wind to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening.
Lows near 50. West wind to 10 mph becoming north after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of
an inch possible. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. North wind to
10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
50. West wind to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. South wind to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gold Bar 69 52 65 / 50 10 50
Enumclaw 66 49 61 / 30 20 70
North Bend 70 51 65 / 40 20 60
$$
WAZ503-162300-
Western Whatcom County-
Including the cities of Bellingham, Blaine, and Lynden
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s. South wind to
10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear with a slight chance of thunderstorms in
the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows near 50.
Southwest wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the 60s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 40s to mid 50s. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
60s. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning,
then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
in the lower to mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning.
Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the mid to upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bellingham 66 50 66 / 40 20 30
Sumas 68 51 69 / 50 30 30
$$
WAZ506-162300-
Western Skagit County-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley,
and Burlington
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s. South wind to
10 mph becoming west around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows near 50. West wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the 60s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s. West wind 10 to 20 mph becoming south 10 to
15 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. South wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to
10 mph or less in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning,
then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows
in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the mid 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Anacortes 65 51 64 / 30 10 30
Mount Vernon 68 52 65 / 40 10 30
$$
WAZ001-162300-
San Juan County-
Including the cities of Friday Harbor, Eastsound,
and Roche Harbor
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in the
60s. South wind to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 10 to
15 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the 60s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph
decreasing to 10 mph or less in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
60s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
morning. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Friday Harbor 65 49 65 / 30 10 20
Eastsound 62 51 61 / 20 10 20
$$
WAZ510-162300-
Admiralty Inlet Area-
Including the cities of Port Townsend and Port Ludlow
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain early in the
afternoon. A chance of rain late in the afternoon. Highs in the
60s. South wind to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows near 50. West wind 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 40s to mid 50s. West wind 10 to 20 mph becoming south to
10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 50s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Oak Harbor 63 50 62 / 30 10 30
Port Townsend 62 50 62 / 40 10 30
$$
WAZ511-162300-
Hood Canal Area-
Including the cities of Hoodsport and Brinnon
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s. South
wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. West wind to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the
upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west
after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows near 50.
.JUNETEENTH...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Shelton 66 47 64 / 50 10 60
$$
WAZ504-162300-
Southwest Interior-
Including the cities of Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Centralia,
and Toledo
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain late in the
morning. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s.
South wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening.
Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. West wind to 10 mph becoming
northwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of
an inch possible. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest
wind to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows near 50. West
wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Southwest wind to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows near 50.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows near 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows near 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Chehalis 66 49 61 / 50 20 60
Olympia 66 48 62 / 50 10 60
$$
WAZ512-162300-
Lower Chehalis Valley Area-
Including the city of Montesano
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s. Light
wind becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 40s. West wind
to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s to
mid 60s. Light wind becoming west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows near 50. West
wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 10 mph or less after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Southwest wind to 10 mph becoming west
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the upper 40s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 60s.
$$
WAZ514-162300-
Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca-
Including the cities of Sequim and Port Angeles
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
near 60. Wind variable to 10 mph becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening.
Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Wind variable to 10 mph
increasing to west 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s. Wind variable to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows near
50. West wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs near 60.
Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to variable to 10 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows near 50.
.JUNETEENTH...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Highs in
the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Port Angeles 61 49 62 / 50 20 30
Sequim 62 49 63 / 50 20 30
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WAZ515-162300-
Western Strait of Juan De Fuca-
Including the cities of Joyce and Clallam Bay
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Wind variable to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid to
upper 40s. Wind variable to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
near 60. Light wind becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows near 50.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s to lower 60s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows in the upper 40s.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs near 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs near 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Sekiu 58 48 61 / 50 20 20
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WAZ517-162300-
Central Coast-
Including the cities of Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Westport,
and Ocean Shores
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the upper
50s to mid 60s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in
the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest wind to 10 mph becoming
west around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper
40s to mid 50s. West wind to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s to lower 60s. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows near 50.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs near 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs near 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hoquiam 62 50 60 / 50 0 40
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WAZ516-162300-
North Coast-
Including the cities of Neah Bay, La Push, and Forks
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid
50s to lower 60s. Light wind becoming west to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind to
10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
in the mid 50s to lower 60s. North wind to 10 mph becoming
northwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows near 50.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 10 mph or less after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the 50s
to lower 60s. Southwest wind to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
evening. Lows near 50.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy. Highs near 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs near 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs near 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs near 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Forks 61 46 61 / 50 10 20
$$
WAZ513-162300-
Olympics-
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow
level near 6500 feet.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
evening. Snow level near 6000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 6500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 6500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in
the morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
Snow level near 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening. Snow level near 6500 feet.
.JUNETEENTH...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Snow
level near 7000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 9500 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 9500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Snow level near 7000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hurricane Ridge 45 36 46 / 50 20 30
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WAZ567-162300-
Cascades of Whatcom and Skagit Counties-
Including the cities of Marblemount and Concrete
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Showers, snow likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms and
showers in the afternoon. Snow level near 7000 feet. Rainfall
amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch possible, except higher
amounts possible in thunderstorms. No snow accumulation.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms and
showers in the evening. Snow level near 7000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Snow level near 7500 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a chance of rain and snow after midnight. Snow level
near 7500 feet. Rainfall amounts a quarter to a half inch
possible.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of showers, snow showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow level near
6500 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 6500 feet.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow. Snow level near 6500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening, then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Snow
level near 7500 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 7500 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mount Baker 50 40 54 / 70 20 30
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WAZ568-162300-
Cascades of Snohomish and King Counties-
Including the cities of Snoqualmie Pass, Darrington, and Index
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then a chance of
showers, snow showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Snow level near 7000 feet. Rainfall amounts a tenth to
a quarter of an inch possible, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms. Afternoon pass temperatures in the 50s. Light wind
in the passes.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms and
showers in the evening. Snow level near 7000 feet. Light wind in
the passes.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow
level near 7000 feet. Afternoon pass temperatures in the lower to
mid 50s. Light wind in the passes.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Snow level near 7000 feet. West wind in the passes around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Snow
level near 6000 feet. Afternoon pass temperatures near 50. Light
wind in the passes.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 6500 feet.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow. Snow level near 6500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening, then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Snow
level near 7500 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 9000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 10000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain. Snow
level near 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Snoqualmie Pass 57 41 54 / 40 10 60
Stevens Pass 52 40 52 / 60 10 50
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WAZ569-162300-
Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties-
Including the cities of Randle, Packwood, Ashford, and Morton
309 AM PDT Thu Jun 16 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning. A chance of showers, snow and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow level near 7000 feet.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms and
snow in the evening. A slight chance of rain late in the evening.
A slight chance of rain and snow in the morning. Snow level near
7000 feet. No snow accumulation.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then rain and snow in the afternoon. Snow level near
7000 feet. Rainfall amounts a tenth to a quarter of an inch
possible. No snow accumulation.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight.
Snow level near 6500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in
the morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
Snow level near 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow in the
evening. Snow level near 6000 feet.
.JUNETEENTH...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
Snow level near 6500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow
in the evening. Snow level near 7500 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 9500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 11000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 10500 feet.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Police Chief Erika Shields will step down in January, less than two years after she took the job amid tensions over the department's handling of Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting by police.
Louisville Mayor-elect Craig Greenberg said Monday that he recently spoke to Shields and she offered to submit her resignation, giving Greenberg the opportunity to pick a new chief when his term begins on Jan. 2.
Shields took over in January 2021, months after the Taylor shooting and a summer full of street protests that called attention to the shooting and police treatment of protesters. She was the fourth chief to lead the department after Taylor was killed in March 2020. Former Chief Steve Conrad was fired and two interim chiefs served short terms in 2020.
Greenberg, a Democrat who won the mayor's race earlier this month, said he would name an interim chief to serve beginning in January while the new chief is selected.
“A search for a new chief of police will begin immediately,” Greenberg said Monday. “We will consider all applicants. I will seek the input of those on my transition team, as well as from other folks around our entire community.”
Crime in Kentucky’s largest city was a major topic during the mayor's race won by Greenberg, and he also became a victim after surviving a shooting at his campaign office earlier this year. His opponent, Republican Bill Dieruf, had pledged to shake up the police department.
Greg Fischer, a Democrat, is leaving the mayor’s office after three terms. He presided over one of the most turbulent times in the city’s history, as a pandemic gutted the downtown business district and protesters took to the streets for months after Taylor's death. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice charged three Louisville officers with conspiring to put false information in the warrant used to raid Taylor’s apartment.
Fischer thanked Shields in a media release for accepting the chief's job during a “challenging time.” He said her focus on reducing violent crime helped to cut homicides by 14% and shootings by 30% over last year. Louisville had seen two years of record homicides in 2020 and 2021.
Shields, who was Atlanta's police chief before coming to Louisville, stepped down from the top Atlanta post in June 2020 after the death of Rayshard Brooks. Brooks was shot in the back by police in a restaurant parking lot after reports that he fell asleep at the wheel in a drive-thru lane. Shields was hired by Fischer after a panel unanimously selected her during a monthslong search process. | 2022-11-21T22:10:36+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Louisville-police-chief-to-resign-in-at-end-of-17601839.php |
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Walmart employee who survived last week’s mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter — a store supervisor — “who had known propensities for violence, threats and strange behavior.”
The lawsuit, which appears to be the first to stem from the shooting, was filed Tuesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court by Donya Prioleau.
Walmart, which is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, said in a statement that it was reviewing the complaint and will respond “as appropriate with the court.”
“The entire Walmart family is heartbroken by the loss of the valued members of our team,” the company said. “Our deepest sympathies go out to our associates and everyone impacted, including those who were injured. We are focused on supporting all our associates with significant resources, including counseling.”
Prioleau’s suit alleges that she has experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, including physical and emotional distress, from witnessing the rampage in the store’s breakroom on Nov. 22. Her lawsuit offers fresh details of the terrifying attack and provides a long list of troubling signs displayed by the shooter that she claims managers failed to address.
“Bullets whizzed by Plaintiff Donya Prioleau’s face and left side, barely missing her,” the lawsuit states. “She witnessed several of her coworkers being brutally murdered on either side of her.”
The lawsuit adds: “Ms. Prioleau looked at one of her coworkers in the eyes right after she had been shot in the neck. Ms. Prioleau saw the bullet wound in her coworker’s neck, the blood rushing out of it, and the shocked look on her coworker’s helpless face.”
Store supervisor Andre Bing, 31, fatally shot six employees and wounded several others before he died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, police said.
The lawsuit alleges that Bing “had a personal vendetta against several Walmart employees and kept a ‘kill list’ of potential targets prior to the shooting.”
The list is in reference to a “death note” found on Bing’s phone and released Friday by authorities. The note appeared to contain specific references to people he worked with, but authorities redacted their names.
Bing was a Walmart team leader who had worked for the company since 2010. He was responsible for managing the overnight stocking crew, including Prioleau, who started her job in May 2021, the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit claims management knew or should have known about Bing’s disturbing behavior and lists several instances of alarming conduct.
“Prior to the shooting, Mr. Bing repeatedly asked coworkers if they had received their active shooter training,” the suit states. “When coworkers responded that they had, Mr. Bing just smiled and walked away without saying anything.”
Bing “made comments to other Walmart employees and managers suggesting that he would be violent if fired or disciplined,” according to the suit, which also says Bing “was disciplined leading up to the shooting, making his violent outburst predictable.”
In another instance, Bing told co-workers “he ran over a turtle with a lawnmower just to see its (guts) spray out, which made him hungry and reminded him of ramen noodles,” the lawsuit says.
Bing was previously disciplined for bad behavior and harassing employees, but Walmart “kept employing him anyway,” the suit says.
In her court filing, Prioleau states that she and her mother attempted to take action against Bing.
Prioleau had submitted a formal complaint on a Walmart Global Ethics Statement Form indicating that Bing had “bizarrely and inappropriately commented on Ms. Prioleau’s age,” the lawsuit stated.
The lawsuit alleges that Bing told her: “Isn’t your lady clock ticking? Shouldn’t you be having kids?”
Prioleau also complained that Bing had harassed her for “being poor and being short,” according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit states that she also informed Walmart that Bing called her a “bitch” under his breath.
In September, Prioleau’s mother expressed concerns to a Walmart manager about her daughter’s safety “because it appeared their concerns were falling on deaf ears,” the lawsuit states.
The manager said “there was nothing that could be done about Mr. Bing because he was liked by management,” according to the suit.
Before the shooting, Bing told co-workers that “the government was watching him,” the suit says. “He kept black tape on his phone camera so no one could spy on him.”
In the note left on his phone, Bing claimed he was harassed and said he was pushed to the brink by a perception that his phone was hacked. The note also accused colleagues of mocking him.
Bing’s death note rambles at times through 11 paragraphs, with references to nontraditional cancer treatments and songwriting. He says people unfairly compared him to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
Jessica Wilczewski, a Walmart employee who witnessed the shooting, told The Associated Press last week that Bing seemed to target certain people.
“The way he was acting — he was going hunting,” she said.
In a note to employees on Tuesday, Walmart president and CEO John Furner wrote that the people who were killed were “amazing, irreplaceable members of our family.”
“The Walmart Foundation also intends to contribute $1 million to the United Way of South Hampton Roads’ Hope & Healing Fund, which will support those impacted by the shooting and the broader Chesapeake community,” Furner wrote. | 2022-11-30T15:13:04+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/business/ap-survivor-of-virginia-walmart-mass-shooting-files-50m-suit/ |
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo.
Blame for the botched police response was being directed heavily at Arredondo when Rizo texted him just days after the shooting: “Been thinking of and praying for you.”
Two months later, with investigations and body-camera video spotlighting the hesitant and haphazard response by police to the killing of two teachers and 19 students, Rizo remains worried about Arredondo. He also wants him fired.
Rizo’s complicated feelings toward his Uvalde High School classmate capture the type of mixed emotions that families of victims and many residents of this close-knit community are navigating as they channel their grief and fury into demands for change.
“I care about Pete. I care that he’s mentally OK. I don’t want a human to start to lose it,” said Rizo, who is distantly related to a 9-year-old girl who was killed at Robb Elementary. “But I also want to hold people accountable who don’t perform their jobs properly.”
The 50-year-old Arredondo, who as head of the school district’s small police department was one of the first officers on the scene, has taken much of the blame for not immediately storming the classroom and confronting the shooter. He has not responded to repeated requests for comment from The Associated Press.
This week, the Uvalde school board abruptly scheduled a meeting to discuss firing Arredondo, only to cancel it days later. As officials weigh their options, residents are growing impatient with unanswered calls to hold people accountable for the bewildering 77 minutes of inaction by nearly 400 police officers who responded to the school shooting.
But the mere possibility of his firing after months of resistance from local officials stands as a demonstration of the victims’ families’ rising political clout.
The strain over how to move forward is visible in the signs that have popped up all over town. “Uvalde United.” “Uvalde Must Stand Together.” While those signs mean different things depending on whom you ask, other signs are more pointed: “Prosecute Pete Arredondo.”
Family ties and political struggles go back generations in Uvalde, a community where nearly three-quarters of the residents are Hispanic. Locals had largely revered the police before the shooting. Uvalde’s leaders, many of whom are white, share church pews with their fiercest critics. And demanding accountability can mean calling for the job of your friend, neighbor or employer.
It’s a town with a “power structure” and “unwritten rules” that make it hard for many people to speak out, said Michael Ortiz, a local college professor who moved to Uvalde 13 years ago and said his tenure allows him to be vocal in a way that’s not viable for many of the community’s mostly working-class residents.
“Someone’s boss might not like that,” Ortiz said. “They are afraid even to march.”
Since the shooting, the mostly Hispanic parents of the victims have struggled to make their demands heard by the city and school district. Local officials initially resisted releasing information and calls to fire officers. But things are shifting.
In a sign of growing political activism, more than 300 people have registered to vote in Uvalde since the shooting — more than double the number in the same period during the last midterm election season. And in July, over 100 protesters braved 106-degree heat to call for stronger gun regulations — including raising the minimum age to buy an assault weapon — and for greater transparency from local and state authorities investigating the shooting.
That was the largest local demonstration since 1970, when the school district’s refusal to renew the contract of a popular Robb Elementary teacher prompted one of Texas’ longest school walkouts over demands for equal education for Mexican American residents. That teacher’s son is Ronnie Garza, a Uvalde County commissioner.
Garza said the shooting has changed the community, uniting people in grief but dividing them on questions of accountability. “We are a desperate people right now. We are yelling here that way, we are yelling (the other) way, for somebody to listen to us, to come and help us,” said Garza.
Faced with incomplete and contradictory accounts from local and state law enforcement, the families of those killed in Uvalde have begun to make people listen.
After state lawmakers issued a damning report that found “systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making” by both police and school officials, the Uvalde school board held a special session to hear from parents. Superintendent Hal Harrell apologized for previously being “too formal” and not letting the victims’ families say their piece.
“Trying to find the right time, the right balance out of respect, I did not do well,” said Harrell, who is white and spoke in an auditorium named for his father, who was also superintendent.
For the next three hours, grieving parents and community members upbraided the board, saying that if it didn’t hold people accountable they would lose their jobs. Some told Harrell he wasn’t living up to his father’s legacy, while others referenced the 1970 lockout and said they hoped he would do better, drawing applause. People called for the whole school police force to be fired and jeered at state troopers standing at the room’s edges.
Rizo, who was at that meeting, said he cannot respect how the police chief or the many other officers he knows handled their jobs that day. “There are consequences to that,” he said. “I can’t understand why he wouldn’t just resign.”
But the long history between them tugs at Rizo too. In the text he sent Arredondo days after the shooting, he said: “Please be strong and be patient.”
Arredondo responded: “Good to hear from you, bro. Thank you and please keep praying for the babies.” They haven’t spoken since.
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For more AP coverage of the Uvalde school shooting: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shooting | 2022-07-23T15:22:35+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/national/ap-us-news/in-uvalde-closeness-complicates-accountability-for-shooting/ |
Hurricane Ian struck a large swath of Florida on Wednesday. Evacuations were ordered ahead of the tropical system, but some travelers got stuck trying to leave; other residents decided to try to ride out the storm.
Here are some of the stories and scenes from Florida and beyond, as slow-moving Ian affected millions of people in the United States after pummeling Cuba.
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Clearwater resident Erik Moon lives in an evacuation zone but decided to stay in his apartment after he was unable to find plywood to secure his home. For now, Moon is staying put in his two-level unit with his cat, Gonzo, and his dog, Dallas.
Moon, 36, lives about half a mile from the beach, and while he’s concerned about storm surge, he said Wednesday that he thought it would likely present a bigger danger to property than his own life.
Moon, a DJ at a club in Tampa, said he doesn’t have renter’s insurance but is counting on the building owner’s insurance to cover things. His main worry was the health and well-being of his Florida friends, but he wasn’t second-guessing his decision to stay.
“Sometimes you just want to be around where you are from,” Moon said. “Now, I paid attention, and I would have evacuated if I really felt it was that much of a danger to my life. But I think I made the right choice.”
- Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Columbus, Ohio
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Jackson Boone gathered with some of his employees and their pets at his law firm in Venice, Florida, to ride out the storm. They gathered in an interior part of the building and tried to follow officials' guidance.
At one point Wednesday, Boone opened the door. The wind howled. Rain was pelting horizontally, he said.
“We’re seeing tree damage, horizontal rain, very high wind — I think it’s a 100 plus sustained outside right now,” Boone said, via text message. “We have a 50-plus-year-old oak tree that has toppled over.”
Boone left his two-story home closer to the coast, where surges were expected to crest 10 feet (3 meters) or more.
“We never want to deal with water. Water when it gets to that high is extremely dangerous, no matter how high your house is,” said Boone.
- Bobby Caina Calvan, New York
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Dozens of passengers were stranded Wednesday at Orlando International Airport after their flights were canceled and the airport closed mid-morning.
An airport employee went around to clusters of passengers, telling them to move to the food court, where they would be directed to buses that would take them to shelters.
Amidou Kone had traveled to Clearwater for a weekend vacation with his two daughters. When his flight out of Tampa was canceled, he tried Orlando. Now, he's stranded: “We came for a weekend trip, and now we are stuck.”
Paula Bowles was visiting family in Orlando and decided to head home to Atlanta, but her flight was canceled, too. “Being stranded is a feeling like nobody cares,” she said. “It’s scary.”
Paul and Brittany Inglesby found themselves stranded with their infant. They were able to find a flight for Friday morning, but now they must get by until then.
“It kind of sucks because we only planned for so many days, so we’re a little bit low on diapers and stuff like that,” Paul Inglesby said, “but we’ve got enough for now, hopefully.”
His wife added: "When you have a little kid with you, he takes top priority. So when he starts running low on stuff, that’s when it gets kind of terrifying.”
- Mike Schneider and Daniel Kozin, Orlando
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Robert and Debbie Gruver of Port Charlotte, Florida, stopped Wednesday afternoon at a South Carolina rest area. But they are not fleeing the storm; they are driving back to their west Florida home from a trip to Buffalo, New York.
The couple said they have lived in Florida for 25 years and recalled Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm that hit the state in 2004. They were on their trip when they learned of the threat from Ian.
The couple's plan is to wait things out in Savannah, Georgia, for a day or two, then head down to Port Charlotte to survey any potential damage.
“We have a new roof so hopefully it’s still there,” Debbie Gruver said.
“We planned on being back at this time, but we didn’t plan on a hurricane,” her husband said.
-James Pollard, Orangeburg, S.C.
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At the Hilton Garden Inn in Fort Myers, guests — including some forced to evacuate their homes — sought refuge from the raging storm.
As of Wednesday morning, all 126 rooms were booked, and people were still trying to find a room at the hotel, near the Southwest Florida International Airport.
“There was a definite influx,” said Kerry Collins, who works at the hotel’s front desk.
The hotel is in a flood zone and had to switch to a generator after the power went out.
“Anybody who is staying with us has to sign a waiver saying we are not responsible for anything,” she said.
- Steve LeBlanc, Boston
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After evacuating unnecessarily five years ago for Hurricane Irma, Suzanne Meirink and her husband, Tom, decided to stay put a mile from the coast in Sarasota County and ride out Hurricane Ian.
Their adult children weren’t happy with the decision. First, Suzanne's daughter in St. Louis called urging her to leave. Then her son in Denver, who hardly ever calls, did the same. Next came a daughter-in-law’s urgent text and a call from a grandson in Washington.
But the couple didn’t plan to budge from their condo. Instead, they filled buckets of water, did laundry, stuffed their freezer full of food, and waited.
“We are doing fine,” Suzanne Meirink said. “This is the first time I’ve disobeyed my children. You’re allowed to do that once.”
- Mike Schneider, Orlando
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“The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom; eating, drinking, & dancing.”
That was the tweet from Sunken Gardens, a botanic attraction in St. Petersburg, Florida. A photo showed the gardens' flock of flamingos being sheltered in a restroom during Hurricane Ian.
St. Petersburg was hit with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains during the storm, but seemed as of Wednesday evening to have been largely spared the major effects to the south.
- Curt Anderson, St. Petersburg | 2022-09-29T12:05:15+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2022/09/28/storm-scenes-voices-of-fear-hope-as-ian-lashes-florida/ |
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(THE CONVERSATION) An updated version of this article was published on March 30, 2023. Read it here.
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is turning 86 on July 6, 2021. With his advancing age, the question of who will succeed him has become more pressing.
One of the most recognizable faces of Buddhism, the dalai lama is an important figure bringing Buddhist teachings to the international community.
The successor to the dalai lama is traditionally identified by senior monastic disciples, based on spiritual signs and visions. In 2011, however, the Chinese foreign ministry declared that only the government in Beijing can appoint the next dalai lama, and no recognition should be given to any other candidate.
As a scholar of transnational Buddhism, I have studied Buddhism and its refashioning in the context of globalization. The dalai lama is a highly influential figure, and choosing a successor is not just a religious issue, but a political one as well.
The dalai lamas in Tibetan Buddhism
All dalai lamas are thought to be manifestations of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokitesvara. Bodhisattvas are beings who work solely for the benefit of others.
For Buddhists, the ultimate goal is enlightenment, or “nirvana” – a liberation from the cycle of birth and death. East Asian and Tibetan Buddhists, as part of the Mahayana sect, believe bodhisattvas have reached this highest realization.
Furthermore, Mahayana Buddhists believe bodhisattvas choose to be reborn, to experience the pain and suffering of the world, to help other beings attain enlightenment.
Tibetan Buddhism has developed this idea of the bodhisattva further into identified lineages of rebirths called “tulkus.” Any person who is believed to be a reborn teacher, master or leader is considered a tulku. Tibetan Buddhism has hundreds if not thousands of such lineages, but the most respected and well-known is the dalai lama. The 14 generations of dalai lamas, spanning six centuries, are linked through their acts of compassion and their wish to benefit all living beings.
Locating the 14th dalai lama
The current Dalai Lama was enthroned when he was about 4 years old and was renamed Tenzin Gyatso.
The search for him began soon after the 13th Dalai Lama died. Disciples closest to the Dalai Lama set about to identify signs indicating the location of his rebirth.
There are usually predictions about where and when a dalai lama will be reborn, but further tests and signs are required to ensure the proper child is found.
In the case of the 13th Dalai Lama, after his death his body lay facing south. However, after a few days his head had tilted to the east and a fungus, viewed as unusual, appeared on the northeastern side of the shrine, where his body was kept. This was interpreted to mean that the next dalai lama could have been born somewhere in the northeastern part of Tibet.
Disciples also checked Lhamoi Latso, a lake that is traditionally used to see visions of the location of the dalai lama’s rebirth.
The district of Dokham, which is in the northeast of Tibet, matched all of these signs. A 2-year-old boy named Lhamo Dhondup was just the right age for a reincarnation of the 13th dalai lama, based on the time of his death.
When the search party consisting of the 13th dalai lama’s closest monastic attendants arrived at his house, they believed they recognized signs that confirmed that they had reached the right place.
Dalai lama memoirs
The 14th Dalai Lama recounts in his memoirs about his early life that he remembered recognizing one of the monks in the search party, even though he was dressed as a servant. To prevent any manipulation of the process, members of the search party had not shown villagers who they were.
The Dalai Lama remembered as a little boy asking for the rosary beads that monk had worn around his neck. These beads were previously owned by the 13th Dalai Lama. After this meeting, the search party came back again to test the young boy with further objects of the previous Dalai Lama. He was able to correctly choose all items, including a drum used for rituals and a walking stick.
China and dalai lama
Today the selection process for the next dalai lama remains uncertain. In 1950 China’s communist government invaded Tibet, which it insists has always belonged to China. The Dalai Lama fled in 1959 and set up a government in exile. The Dalai Lama is revered by Tibetan people, who have maintained their devotion over the past 70 years of Chinese rule.
In 1995 the Chinese government detained the Dalai Lama’s choice for the successor of the 10th Panchen Lama, named Gendun Choeki Nyima, when he was 6 years old. Since then China has refused to give details of his whereabouts. Panchen lama is the second most important tulku lineage in Tibetan Buddhism.
The Tibetan people revolted when the newly selected 11th Panchen Lama was detained. The Chinese government responded by appointing its own Panchen Lama, the son of a Chinese security officer. The panchen lamas and dalai lamas have historically played major roles in recognizing each other’s next incarnations.
China also wants to appoint its own dalai lama. But it is important to Tibetan Buddhists that they are in charge of the selection process.
Future options
Because of the threat from China, the 14th Dalai Lama has made a number of statements that would make it difficult for a Chinese-appointed 15th dalai lama to be seen as legitimate.
For example, he has stated that the institution of the dalai lama might not be needed anymore. However, he has also said it is up to the people if they want to preserve this aspect of Tibetan Buddhism and continue the dalai lama lineage. The Dalai Lama has indicated that he will decide, on turning 90 in four years’ time, whether he will be reborn.
Another option the Dalai Lama has proposed is announcing his next reincarnation before he dies. In this scenario, the Dalai Lama would transfer his spiritual realization to the successor. A third alternative Tenzin Gyatso has articulated is that if he dies outside of Tibet, and the Panchen Lama remains missing, his reincarnation would be located abroad, most likely in India. Experts believe the Chinese government’s search, however, would take place in Tibet, led by the Chinese-appointed panchen lama.
Finally, he has mentioned the possibility of being reborn as a woman – but he added in interviews in 2015 and 2019 that he would have to be a very beautiful woman. After this comment received widespread criticism in 2019, his office released a statement of apology and regret for the hurt he had caused.
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The Dalai Lama is confident that no one would trust the Chinese government’s choice. The Tibetan people, as he has said, would never accept a Chinese-appointed dalai lama.
The U.S. government has expressed support for the Dalai Lama. In December 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act, which recognizes the autonomy of the Tibetan people. The Biden administration reiterated in March 2021 that the Chinese government should have no role in the Dalai Lama’s succession.
No matter the outcome, I believe the process of finding the 15th dalai lama will certainly be different. It will likely take place outside of Tibet and under the watch of international media and a global Tibetan diaspora – with much at stake.
This is an updated version of a piece published on July 3, 2019.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her in 2013 testified Tuesday that she had feelings of guilt and disgust that began soon after she let him into her hotel room and lasted for years.
The woman, a model and actor living and working in Rome who was in Los Angeles at the time for a film festival, said that starting the following day she began drinking heavily.
“I was destroying myself,” she said. “I was feeling very guilty. Most of all because I opened that door.”
The woman was the first of eight Weinstein accusers set to testify in a courtroom in Los Angeles where the 70-year-old movie mogul is on trial on multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. Weinstein, who is already serving a 23-year sentence for a conviction in New York, has pleaded not guilty.
Most of the women said that their assaults began with what were supposed to be business meetings with Weinstein at hotels. However, the woman testifying Tuesday said she was stunned to find him knocking at her door late on a night in February 2013 after she had met him only briefly earlier in the evening at the Los Angeles Italia film festival.
Staying in the hotel under a pseudonym, she said she had no idea how Weinstein even knew her room number and that she let him through her door initially without thinking there was any harm in it. That shifted quickly when Weinstein became sexually aggressive, she said.
The woman, whose first language is Russian, said that her English was very poor at the time though it has improved considerably since, and she thought she might have miscommunicated.
“I was feeling guilty that I did something or said something that made him think something could happen between us,” she said.
She said Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex on her hotel bed.
“I was kind of hysterical through tears,” she said. “I kept saying ‘no, no no.'”
She said she physically feared Weinstein, who outweighed her by 100 pounds or more.
She said she considered running, or hitting or biting him.
Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson asked why she didn’t.
“I don’t know,” she answered. “I regret this a lot.”
She said by the time Weinstein took her into the bathroom to rape her, she stopped physically resisting, though still objected verbally.
“I would just freeze, like my body wouldn’t listen,” she said.
She said she struggled to face her children after the incident, and felt the need to confess it to her Russian Orthodox priest. Prosecutors sought for the priest to testify, but he declined, citing religious privilege. The woman’s daughter, now 21, is set to testify later.
In his opening statement, Weinstein attorney Mark Werksman said many of the counts his client is charged with were actually consensual sex that his accusers reframed after he became a lightning rod for the #MeToo movement in 2017.
But in the case of the woman testifying Tuesday, Weinstein’s attorneys deny that the events in her hotel room happened at all. No records, surveillance video or other evidence places Weinstein at the woman’s hotel, Mr. C Beverly Hills, on the night she says she was raped.
Weinstein attorney Alan Jackson pressed her on this during cross-examination, asking how Weinstein could have learned her room number and been allowed to her door, and why she made no complaints to hotel staff over “this terrible breach of protocol.”
She answered, “Because of what happened to me. Because I didn’t want anybody to know.”
Jackson then asked why she stayed in the same hotel for weeks afterward, and did not even change rooms.
“You stayed in the very room that you claim you were attacked and victimized by a sexual predator?” Jackson asked.
The woman conceded that she had.
She cried occasionally during her testimony, but remained mostly composed, looking down when she grew emotional to gather herself.
A day earlier she was sobbing so much in her account of the assault, court adjourned a few minutes early.
“I want to apologize for my breakdown yesterday,” she said when she returned to the stand Tuesday. “Unfortunately I cannot control that.”
She is expected to return to the stand Wednesday.
The woman’s name is not being revealed in court. She is being referred to as “Jane Doe 1.”
The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A rare and powerful tornado sent residents of a coastal city in Virginia fleeing for cover over the weekend as it peeled roofs from buildings and pushed homes from their foundations.
It was the most powerful tornado ever to hit Virginia Beach, Virginia, officials confirmed Monday. No one was reported injured, despite few residents being prepared for tornadoes. Several people described taking cover under stairwells; most lack basements because the water table is so high.
Wreckage from destructive weather dotted the U.S. Monday as officials took stock of unrelated tornadoes and flooding damage from over the weekend, stretching from Florida to Maine.
In Virginia Beach, residents credited a cellphone warning system for helping them take shelter in time. One family escaped injuries by reacting to a weather alert that came less than a minute before the tornado hit.
“It just happened suddenly,” Lori Camper said. “The whole thing lasted 10 seconds.”
She and her visiting daughter looked out the window and saw the trees bending in the wind and ran. The family, including Camper’s grandchildren, aged 2 years and 5 weeks, as well as two dogs, ran into a stairwell — the only place without windows.
“Then all the windows blew out in the kitchen and sucked everything out of the kitchen and a tree fell through the roof,” Camper said. “And now one side of the house is leaning.”
She hadn’t experienced a tornado that strong in the 19 years she had lived there.
“I’m grateful,” she said. “God took care of us.”
No injuries were reported.
Elsewhere, officials were assessing damage Monday in West Virginia, Maine, Florida and California. The National Weather Service confirmed a Saturday tornado in Florida. And high water on the Mississippi River is testing flood defenses in Iowa and Illinois as the river crests in the area Monday.
West Virginia’s eastern mountains could see up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow Tuesday morning as a rare May winter storm moves through, forecasters said. The snow won’t help the area’s ski resorts, which had already closed for the season.
In California, a late-season weather system brought showers and the possibility of high-elevation snow in the Sierra Nevada through the week. Fears of flooding shut down of parts of Yosemite Valley over the weekend. But the National Park Service said the Merced River did not rise as much as expected and the valley reopened on Monday.
In Maine, heavy rain and powerful wind gusts knocked out power for more than 50,000 homes and businesses on Monday morning. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph (115 kph) were reported Sunday near Matinicus Island, about 20 miles offshore, and up to 65 mph (100 kph) onshore in Bath, where Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works has numerous cranes. Rainfall approaching 5 inches (13 centimeters) also led to flood warnings on several rivers in parts of southern Maine.
The Virginia Beach tornado damaged at least 100 buildings, tearing through them with wind speeds as high as 150 mph (240 kph), officials assessing the wreckage and weather data said Monday. The National Weather Service’s Wakefield, Virginia, office confirmed Monday morning that the tornado was rated at EF-3, with wind estimates of 140 mph (225 kph) to 150 mph (240 kph). It’s the first tornado to be rated that high, according to NOAA records, with wind gusts exceeding those of the largest hurricanes recorded around the city.
A.T. Price, 73, was at his stove making tacos Sunday when his phone started to buzz with severe weather alerts. At first, he pooh-poohed it.
“But it kept buzzing and buzzing. I checked it again and it says, ’Immediate danger. Tornado down,’” Price said. He dove into the closet below his first-floor stairwell, crouching into a fetal position under his winter coats.
“I heard the freight-train sound, and it sounded like it was going right over the house,” Price said. “I would tell people to heed those alerts.”
Virginia Beach Director of Emergency Management David Topczynski said Monday that the city got lucky because the storm blew in Sunday during a music festival, where an emergency operation center was already set up, allowing for a swift response.
The tornado caused an estimated $15 million in residential damage, with nine homes destroyed, the city said in a Monday afternoon news release. Another 36 homes sustained major damage that made them unlivable, while “many more” had significant damage, the city said.
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UNION, N.J., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) today announced that it filed a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") registering additional shares of its common stock ("Shares") available for sale under the Company's existing at the market offering program ("ATM Program") with a maximum aggregate offering amount of up to $150 million. The ATM Program initially launched on August 31, 2022. Pursuant to the ATM Program, the Company previously sold an aggregate of 12,000,000 Shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $75 million. The potential net proceeds from the additional issuance and sale of Shares are intended to be used for general corporate purposes, including to drive immediate strategic priorities such as rebalancing the Company's assortment and inventory, and addressing the Company's debt.
The Company's prospectus supplement filed today supplements information contained in the accompanying prospectus contained in the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267173) for the offering of the Shares. Potential investors should review the prospectus, the prospectus supplement and all other related documents that the Company has filed with the SEC for complete corporate information, including information pertaining to the ATM Program and the risks associated with investing in the Company. Investors can obtain copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus by visiting the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, potential investors may contact Jefferies LLC, who will arrange to provide them these documents, at: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022; by phone at (877) 821-7388; or by e-mail at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com.
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About the Company
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is an omnichannel retailer that makes it easy for our customers to feel at home. The Company sells a wide assortment of merchandise in the Home, Baby, Beauty and Wellness markets. Additionally, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond.
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.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ187-132015-
Bandera-
Including the city of Bandera
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. More humid with highs in the upper 80s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ193-132015-
Bastrop-
Including the city of Bastrop
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. East winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast around
5 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ190-132015-
Blanco-
Including the city of Blanco
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ172-132015-
Burnet-
Including the city of Burnet
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 90. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows around 60. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower
50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ208-132015-
Caldwell-
Including the city of Lockhart
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ206-132015-
Comal-
Including the city of New Braunfels
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. More humid with highs around 90. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ224-132015-
De Witt-
Including the city of Cuero
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers this afternoon.
Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 90. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
Temperature falling into the lower 80s in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ228-132015-
Dimmit-
Including the city of Carrizo Springs
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around
70. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ184-132015-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows around 60. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ209-132015-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ219-132015-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ188-132015-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ223-132015-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers this afternoon. Highs
in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ207-132015-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ191-132015-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. Lows
in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ222-132015-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers this afternoon. Highs
in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 90. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ189-132015-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ186-132015-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ202-132015-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. More humid with highs in the upper 80s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ225-132015-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast this afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Temperature falling into
the lower 80s in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ194-132015-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs around 90. East winds around 5 mph, becoming
southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. Gusts up
to 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Cooler with
lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ171-132015-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Much cooler with highs in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ217-132015-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Highs
in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ204-132015-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. More humid with highs in the lower 90s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ185-132015-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ203-132015-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. More humid with highs around 90. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ173-132015-
Williamson-
Including the city of Georgetown
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 90. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Much cooler with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A
slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ221-132015-
Wilson-
Including the city of Floresville
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ218-132015-
Zavala-
Including the city of Crystal City
204 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 90. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Highs
in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs around 70.
$$
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Company has three distinct rare disease programs in clinical development - myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
On track for preliminary assessment of AOC 1001 MARINA™ trial in fourth quarter
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNA), a biopharmaceutical company committed to delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics called Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™), today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 and highlighted recent corporate progress.
"Consistent with our guidance for 2022, we have progressed three programs addressing three distinct rare diseases into clinical development, and we remain on track for our preliminary assessment of the MARINA™ trial this quarter," said Sarah Boyce, president and chief executive officer. "Our team continues to execute on our plan as we advance AOC 1020 for FSHD in the FORTITUDE™ trial and AOC 1044 for DMD in the EXPLORE44™ trial. With close to 40 participants enrolled in the MARINA trial, we continue to gather data on AOC 1001 as we work to resolve the recent partial clinical hold on new participant enrollment as swiftly as possible."
Recent Highlights
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed a partial clinical hold on new participant enrollment in the Phase 1/2 MARINA clinical trial of AOC 1001 in adults with DM1. The partial hold is in response to a serious adverse event reported in a single participant in the 4mg/kg cohort of the MARINA study. All current participants, whether they are on AOC 1001 or placebo, may continue in their current dosing cohort and roll over into the MARINA open label extension (MARINA-OLE™) where they will receive AOC 1001.
- The Company remains on track to report a preliminary assessment from the MARINA trial in the fourth quarter of 2022.
- The FDA cleared Avidity to proceed with Phase 1/2 trials for AOC 1020 for adults with FSHD and AOC 1044 for participants with DMD mutations amenable to exon 44 skipping (DMD44).
- Avidity also announced that it presented five poster presentations at the 27th International Hybrid Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. To view those presentations, please visit the publications page on the Avidity website.
Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
- Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities: Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities remained constant at $405.5 million as of September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively. In addition, subsequent to September 30th, we have raised $19.4 million through our "at the market" program.
- Collaboration Revenue: Collaboration revenue, including reimbursable expenses, which primarily relates to Avidity's partnership with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), increased to $2.5 million for the third quarter of 2022 from $2.2 million for the third quarter of 2021 primarily due to an increase of reimbursable internal costs driven by the increase in labor rates.
Collaboration revenue was $6.5 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared with $7.5 million for the first nine months of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to timing of reimbursable collaboration-related research and development expenses resulting in the recognition of lower corresponding revenue under the collaboration with Lilly. - Research and Development (R&D) Expenses: R&D expenses include external and internal costs associated with research and development activities. These expenses were $37.3 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared with $24.8 million for the third quarter of 2021, and $104.8 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared with $68.2 million for the first nine months of 2021. The increase was primarily driven by the advancement of AOC 1001, AOC 1020, and AOC 1044, as well as internal and external costs related to the expansion of the company's overall research capabilities.
- General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses: G&A expenses primarily consist of employee-related expenses, professional fees, insurance costs, and patent filing and maintenance fees. These expenses were $10.1 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared with $6.6 million for the third quarter of 2021, and $27.3 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared with $18.8 million for the first nine months of 2021. The increase was primarily due to higher personnel costs and professional fees to support the company's expanded operations.
About Avidity
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Avidity's proprietary AOCs are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to target the root cause of diseases previously untreatable with RNA therapeutics. Avidity's advancing and expanding pipeline has three programs in clinical development. AOC 1001 is designed to treat people with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and is currently in Phase 1/2 development with the ongoing MARINA™ and MARINA-OLE™ trials. AOC 1020 is designed to treat people living with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and is currently in Phase 1/2 development with the FORTITUDE™ trial. AOC 1044 is designed for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mutations amenable to exon 44 skipping and is currently in Phase 1/2 development with the EXPLORE44™ trial. AOC 1044 is the first of multiple AOCs the company is developing for DMD. Avidity is also broadening the reach of AOCs beyond muscle tissues through both internal discovery efforts and key partnerships as the company continues to deliver on the RNA revolution. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our science, pipeline and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Statements
Avidity cautions readers that statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the company's current beliefs and expectations. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: expectations related to Avidity's ability to resolve the partial clinical hold and resume enrollment in and complete the MARINA™ study, the continuation of participants in the MARINA trial and enrollment of participants into the MARINA-OLE™, and the reporting of data from the preliminary assessment of the MARINA study and the timing thereof; the progression of clinical programs for AOC 1001, AOC 1044 and AOC 1020 and the timing thereof; the initiation of the FORTITUDE™ and EXPLORE44™ trials; the potential of Avidity's product candidates to treat rare diseases; Avidity's plans to expand its AOC platform into additional muscle diseases; and the sufficiency of the company's current financial position to fund its development programs, investments in its pipeline and platform, and operations into 2024. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by Avidity that any of these plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this press release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in the business, including, without limitation: Avidity may not be able to resolve the partial clinical hold and the analysis related to the underlying cause of the serious adverse event may result in delays in the MARINA study or an inability to compete the study; unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate efficacy of its product candidates that may delay or limit their development, regulatory approval and/or commercialization, or may result in clinical holds, recalls or product liability claims; Avidity is early in its development efforts; Avidity's approach to the discovery and development of product candidates based on its AOC platform is unproven, and the company does not know whether it will be able to develop any products of commercial value; potential delays in the commencement, enrollment and completion of preclinical studies or clinical trials; the success of its preclinical studies and clinical trials for the company's product candidates; the results of preclinical studies and early clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results; Avidity's dependence on third parties in connection with preclinical and clinical testing and product manufacturing; regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries, including acceptance of INDs and similar foreign regulatory filings and the proposed design of future clinical trials; disruption to its operations from the COVID-19 pandemic or the war in Ukraine; Avidity could use its available capital resources sooner than it currently expects; and other risks described in prior press releases and in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Avidity cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, which is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investor Contact:
Kathleen Gallagher
(858) 401-7900 x550
investors@aviditybio.com
Media Contact:
Navjot Rai
(858) 401-7900 x550
media@aviditybio.com
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s state TV said Thursday the country’s foreign ministry recalled its ambassador from Sweden after an Iranian citizen was sentenced to life by a Swedish court for committing war crimes and murder during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
The report quoted ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying the ambassador took the action for some “consultation” over the life sentence for Hamid Noury earlier this month.
The Stockholm District Court said that Noury took part in severe atrocities in July and August 1988 while working as an assistant to the deputy prosecutor at the Gohardasht prison outside the Iranian city of Karaj.
The court said 61-year-old Noury participated “in the executions of many political prisoners” in Iran that summer.
Throughout the trial, Noury denied wrongdoing and Iran called the court a “show” based on political motives.
The development comes at a tense time for ties between Stockholm and Tehran. A number of Europeans were detained in Iran in recent months, including a Swedish tourist, two French citizens, a Polish scientist and others.
The detentions aroused concerns that Iran hoped to leverage the prisoners as bargaining chips to pressure the United States and European nations to grant the sanctions relief it received under its tattered 2015 nuclear accord.
Noury was arrested in November 2019 when he arrived in Stockholm on a tourist trip.
In a separate development, Iran summoned Argentine’s charge d’affaires in Tehran because of the travel ban that Buenos Aires imposed on five Iranian flight crew members after their plane landed in an airport of the south American nation in June.
Prosecutors in Argentina said they launched investigations to figure out whether the crew members — 14 Venezuelans and five Iranians — have any ties to international terrorism or other illicit activity.
Iran denies the charge and consider the travel ban a violation of rights of the crew. | 2022-07-21T17:15:13+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/iran-recalls-ambassador-to-sweden-over-court-decision/ |
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear regulator on Friday approved details of a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea next year.
The approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority will enable Tokyo Electric Power Co. to start building necessary facilities ahead of the discharge. It came two months after a preliminary greenlight and a subsequent public review process.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings submitted the plan in December based on a government decision last year to release the wastewater as a necessary step for the plant’s ongoing decommissioning.
A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s cooling systems, causing triple meltdowns and the release of large amounts of radiation. Water that was used to cool the three damaged reactor cores, which remain highly radioactive, has since leaked into basements of the reactor buildings but was collected and stored in tanks.
Local fishing communities and neighboring countries have raised concerns about potential health hazards from the radioactive wastewater, which TEPCO and government officials say will be treated to levels far below releasable standards. They maintain that the environmental and health impacts will be negligible.
Japan nuclear authority chairman Toyoshi Fuketa told reporters Friday that the release plan had no major technical or safety issues. He said the regulators will ensure approved procedures are strictly followed with transparency.
The government and TEPCO say that of more than 60 isotopes selected for treatment, all but one, tritium, will be reduced to meet safety standards. Scientists say impacts of long-term, low-dose exposure to tritium for the environment and humans are still unknown. Tritium affects humans more when it is consumed in fish, they say.
The contaminated water is being stored in about 1,000 tanks at the damaged plant. Officials say they must be removed so that facilities can be built for its decommissioning. The tanks are expected to reach their capacity of 1.37 million tons next year.
TEPCO said it plans to transport treated and releasable water through a pipeline from the tanks to a coastal facility, where it will be diluted with seawater and then sent through an undersea tunnel with an outlet about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) away to minimize the impact on local fishing and the environment.
The government and TEPCO still need to gain local consent for building the tunnel and other related facilities. They plan to begin gradually releasing the treated water in spring 2023.
Japan has sought help from the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure the water release meets international safety standards and reassure local fishing and other communities and neighboring countries that have opposed the plan.
Experts from the IAEA visited the plant earlier this year and said Japan was taking appropriate steps for the planned discharge.
In a statement Friday, TEPCO pledged to sincerely respond to the IAEA reviews, ensure safety, provide data to the public and strengthen its radiation monitoring. The company also vowed to do its utmost to explain the water discharge plans and gain the public’s understanding about the decommissioning.
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — With fireworks about to go off across the country this holiday weekend, veterans are reminding people that the celebrations can be extremely difficult for those who have served our country and are struggling with PTSD.
Brent Larsen, a Marine Corps veteran who has lived with PTSD, spoke about his journey and why fireworks can be so damaging for veterans experiencing PTSD.
Larsen served for more than five years. He was part of the invading force into Afghanistan in September of 2001 and was in the country for eight months.
“I served in Afghanistan with some very brave men and women,” he said. “We served in combat and saw our fair share of things. I got out in late 2003.”
When he got back, he said he was struggling with school, jobs and relationships.
“I was just angry at others and angry at the world,” he said. “And angry at the system. I was able to coast on that for a little bit.”
It wasn’t until his son was born that he finally realized he needed help with his PTSD. He said that “just changed it all,” and “caused a level of vulnerability” he didn’t anticipate.
“Even the birth of my son brought back things from my military service in Afghanistan,” Larsen said. “So all of that triggered and snowballed in my life.”
He went through trauma treatment, which he described as extremely difficult. It can be very painful for veterans, as the therapy focuses on the memory of the traumatic events. Eventually, Larsen said he started to get better.
“I started to see the changes in my life,” he said. “I started to be able to engage in my kids’ lives. I started to be able to go out and do things.”
Larsen said he received treatment alongside other veterans, learning from them, as well. He soon realized he wanted to help his fellow veterans, too.
“Having that recovery with my peers was like, ‘OK, I want to help you do this,’” he said.
For a decade since, he has helped other veterans going through PTSD as a peer support specialist at the Battle Creek VA. He recently started a new position at the medical center as an administrative officer for medical services.
“You go there, you will be surrounded by other veterans,” he said. “You’ll be able to hear their stories, not just of what they’ve been through, but what they’ve done to recover, what they’ve done to grow.”
Larsen said it’s about “learning their stories, learning what they’ve been through, and how they struggle.”
“It’s really intimate work,” he said. “It’s difficult work. But at the same time, it’s been the most rewarding work I’ve ever done.”
Brent Larsen, a Marine Corps veteran, served for more than five years. He was in Afghanistan for eight months. (Courtesy Brent Larsen) Brent Larsen, a Marine Corps veteran, served for more than five years. He was in Afghanistan for eight months. (Courtesy Brent Larsen)
‘UNEXPECTED ONES ARE THE WORST’: THIS FOURTH OF JULY, BE COURTEOUS
With the Fourth of July weekend approaching, Larsen wants to remind people that for veterans with PTSD, fireworks can trigger traumatic events from their past.
“It brings you back there,” he said. “The sights, the smells, the memories. It doesn’t just bring you back there, it brings you back to the most horrific things that you’ve ever experienced.”
Larsen said veterans obviously expect fireworks on the Fourth of July when it starts to get dark out. But it’s especially difficult when the fireworks pop at unexpected times.
“The late-night ones that wake you out of your dead sleep, when you can’t be prepared for it, those are unbelievably triggering,” he said. “What happens isn’t something you can think and control.”
When a PTSD episode happens, Larsen says it’s not something you can just sleep off.
“Those types of events often bring back higher swings of PTSD,” Larsen said. “They can bring back periods of depression. It’s not just an overwhelming state that simply goes up and goes away, it can last periods of time.”
Larsen emphasized that veterans fought for people’s freedom and they don’t want to restrict the Fourth of July celebrations.
“But at the same time, it is good to have respect,” he said.
Larsen is asking people to be courteous if there’s a veteran in your neighborhood. Some have signs in their yards indicating that.
“If there’s veterans that are in the area that have those signs up, be a bit respectful,” he said. “It doesn’t mean you don’t have them. But consider when you light them off. Those unexpected ones are the worst.”
Also, if you are setting off fireworks in your neighborhood, don’t do it too late at night.
“When you’re local and fireworks are going off, or the stadium fireworks are going off, those are great times,” he said. “That is a great time of day. That was very considerate of them when they planned those. I would follow that same rule of thumb in your area.”
For veterans struggling with PTSD, there’s always help available.
“You can’t keep avoiding,” Larsen said. “It will run your life if you do.”
If you are a veteran experiencing PTSD, help is available at the Veterans Crisis Line by calling 1.800.273.8255. You can also send a text to 838255.
“It saved my life,” Larsen said of his decision to get help.
“It made me a better father, a better husband, a better friend,” he added. “It brought back who I was in the core, who I felt on the inside.” | 2022-07-03T13:50:00+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/it-brings-you-back-there-for-veterans-with-ptsd-july-fourth-can-be-difficult/ |
(NerdWallet) – When Atlanta resident Morgan Nichole Scott financed a used Infiniti QX60 in late summer 2020, car prices were starting to skyrocket. But the single, working mother of four couldn’t delay the purchase because her old car had stopped running.
Fast-forward to March 2023, when used-car prices had declined from record highs. Scott visited a dealership wanting to trade in the now-refinanced car and encountered obstacles because of negative equity, or owing more on her loan than the car was worth.
Scott says the dealership wouldn’t take her car as a trade-in unless she paid the negative equity. Alternatively, the salesperson said she could keep her current car and get a new $62,000 loan for a 2023 Infiniti QX60. That would mean she’d continue to pay a $400 monthly car payment and add to it a $1,300 payment for the new car — bringing her total to $1,700 a month.
“I was very clear that I didn’t want a mortgage payment for a car payment,” says Scott. “I was looking at the paperwork like, ‘I know that’s not what this says.’”
Many car owners who bought during the pandemic are finding themselves with growing negative equity. According to automotive research firm Edmunds, the average negative equity value of auto trade-ins was $5,445 in April 2023, up nearly 24% compared with the previous year.
Why is the amount of negative equity growing?
Negative equity, also called being underwater or upside-down, isn’t new, as cars have always depreciated. However, many people in the automotive and finance industry worry a perfect “negative equity” storm is brewing as a result of pandemic-related factors.
During COVID-19, microchip shortages and supply chain issues caused new-car inventory to plummet, forcing many car buyers to purchase used vehicles. Lack of supply for new and used cars pushed vehicle prices to record highs. As recently as December 2022, the average transaction price for a new car peaked at $49,507, according to data company Cox Automotive. That’s compared with $38,948 in December 2019, before the pandemic hit in the U.S. In April 2023, the average used-car listing price was nearly $27,000, an increase of 35% since 2019.
At the same time, government stimulus payments and less consumer spending enabled some people to improve their financial situations.
“All the stars aligned to create this scenario where people were able to spend more and probably get higher loans. And now, as vehicle values are starting to decrease, it’s starting to catch up with them,” says Chris Kleczynski, PenFed Credit Union assistant vice president and head of product for automotive lending.
On top of higher loan amounts, car buyers who financed in the past year committed to paying more in interest. When the Federal Reserve began increasing the federal funds rate in early 2022, auto loan rates followed, reaching a 15-year high. In April 2023, average APRs were at 7% for new cars and 11.1% for used, according to Edmunds.
Kleczynski believes negative equity will likely become a bigger issue. “I think we’re in the early cusp of it, because really used car prices started dropping at the end of last year,” he says. “For that matter, they actually stabilized and recently increased slightly. So, we’re still early on in the cycle.”
Why having a car with negative equity can be a problem
Having negative equity isn’t necessarily a problem if a car owner keeps a car, but selling or trading in a vehicle when its loan is upside-down can be an expensive challenge.
If a person owes $30,000 on a car that’s worth $25,000, the vehicle has $5,000 worth of negative equity. To trade or sell the car, the owner would need to pay the $5,000 difference.
The same is true if the car is totaled in an accident. The auto insurance company would pay only its current estimated value of the car, leaving the borrower responsible for the negative equity amount to pay off the loan.
What to do about a car’s negative equity
Car owners can take various approaches to handling negative equity.
Scott decided to forgo the purchase of a new car and focus on paying down the balance of her current one.
Kleczynski says that’s often the best approach. “At a certain point, your vehicle value will stabilize. Your loan balance will finally go down and be below the amount that the vehicle is worth.”
Paying extra on the loan each month, even a small amount, and making sure it goes to the loan principal can help turn negative equity positive faster and make it easier to sell or trade the car. You might also consider purchasing gap insurance to cover the difference between an insurance settlement and loan payoff if the car is totaled while still upside-down.
For some car owners, keeping a car with negative equity isn’t an option. Neither is paying thousands of dollars out of pocket to trade or sell it. Selling or trading the car, and rolling its negative equity into a loan for a new car, may be the only choice. This means you would still be paying negative equity, with interest, as part of your monthly payment on the new car.
Chris Kukla, auto finance senior program manager with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says a person should try to reduce the amount of negative equity rolled over. Use online pricing guides to know a fair trade-in value for your car, or try different ways of selling your car to get the most out of it. Also, shop and compare lenders using an auto loan calculator to find the lowest rate on the new loan.
Another possibility is keeping the car and refinancing it at a lower interest rate and payment, to help get negative equity under control. But, refinancing a car with negative equity may not work for everyone.
In today’s rising rate environment, it may be difficult to refinance to a lower rate. And, to avoid simply accumulating more negative equity, you would need to refinance to a shorter term requiring a higher monthly payment. Also, with a high amount of negative equity, you might not meet lender loan-to-value requirements to qualify for refinancing.
Kleczynski and Kukla agree car owners should ask themselves if replacing an underwater vehicle is a need or a want. The answer to that question can help determine which path is best for them. | 2023-06-18T15:11:33+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/how-car-owners-can-cope-with-owing-more-than-its-worth/ |
Max Pacioretty was in a unique, if not uncomfortable spot going into NHL free agency coming off tearing his right Achilles tendon twice in the past year.
Turns out it was just the right time to hit the market.
The post-pandemic hockey landscape meant another year with just a $1 million increase to the salary cap, but everyone in the league knows it’s set for a big leap next summer. That made short contracts — many with performance bonuses like Pacioretty’s with the Washington Capitals — a popular route for players and teams willing to take moderate risks and kick money down the road.
“We had limited cap space, and we were trying to add certain elements to the team,” Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said Sunday. “That opportunity within the CBA to have a lower cap hit and carry over if those bonuses are achieved was appealing to us because we got him at a $2 million cap hit instead of a higher cap hit, which we might not have been able to afford.”
They weren’t alone. Of the 166 NHL unrestricted free agent contracts signed Saturday, 68 were one- or two-year deals. The Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers were also among the teams to hand out contracts with bonus incentives.
New York signed veteran winger Blake Wheeler, fresh off his buyout in Winnipeg, to an $800,000 contract with $300,000 more in bonuses and two-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Jonathan Quick, fresh off backing up for Vegas on its title run, to an $825,000 contract with $100,000 more in bonuses.
That was certainly a plan going into the offseason for Rangers GM Chris Drury, who knew he’d be losing wingers Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko in free agency because of his team’s cap picture.
“You create your lists and get guys in order and start doing your homework,” Drury said Saturday. “I think everyone in this business — agents and players alike — are aware of the limited cap space we do have and did have.”
That’s a big club that includes everyone from the 2020 and ’21 champion Tampa Bay Lightning to the Boston Bruins, coming off setting NHL records for wins and points in a regular season and losing in the first round of the playoffs.
“The flat cap is difficult for all 32 GMs,” Lightning GM Julien BriseBois said. “It’s not tougher for me than it is for them.”
BriseBois was sad to see big winger Alex Killorn leave for a lucrative deal in Anaheim and Ian Cole sign in Vancouver, but he added versatile winger Conor Sheary for three years, defensive center Luke Glendening for two and depth forward Josh Archibald and defenseman Calvin de Haan for next season.
The Lightning also traded three-time Cup winner Patrick Maroon and fellow forward Max Cajkovic to Minnesota for a 2024 seventh-round pick. Tampa Bay retained 20% of Maroon’s $1 million salary, which clears enough space to sign a player at the league minimum of $775,000 — perhaps with bonuses.
The Bruins similarly said goodbye to winger Tyler Bertuzzi and Garnet Hathaway and defenseman Dmitry Orlov: their three trade deadline acquisitions who helped them break the records. Boston, among several bargain contracts, brought back 2011 Cup winner Milan Lucic — on a bonus-heavy deal paying him $1 million with $500,000 in incentives.
Bertuzzi joined the one-year-contract trend, signing for $5.5 million with Toronto for next season.
With seasoned GM Ken Holland heading into likely his final season on the job and aiming to win right now, Edmonton was even more creative in signing winger Connor Brown, who’s coming off tearing the ACL in his right knee. Brown’s one-year contract is for $775,000 with $3.225 million in potential bonuses.
That’s how contenders need to operate in navigating a flat cap world. So many short-term deals could set up an interesting season of motivated players in contract years and potentially set up a bigger free agent frenzy next summer.
“We’re in a very fluid situation, especially with a flat cap essentially for three years, and all of a sudden getting some money back hopefully next year and continuing forward,” Cole said. “I think we’re kind of in some uncharted territories and I think it’s going to be an interesting landscape moving forward.”
Among the moves made Sunday:
— Evan Rodrigues cashed in on his 30-point season with then-defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado by signing a $12 million, four-year contract with now-reigning Eastern Conference champion Florida.
— The Avalanche re-signed defenseman Jack Johnson to a one-year contract worth $775,000.
— The Detroit Red Wings signed intriguing 26-year-old forward Christian Fischer to a $1.125 million contract for next season. Fischer was not tendered a qualifying offer by Arizona.
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AP freelance reporter Denis Gorman contributed.
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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-07-03T03:45:28+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/ap-short-contracts-and-bonus-money-prove-to-be-popular-in-nhl-free-agency-this-year/ |
IRVING, Texas, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- State Bank of Texas (SBT) is the number one, top-performing community bank with more than $1 billion in assets as ranked by the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) for 2023. The ICBA compiled this year's rankings to recognize community banks that are consistently high performers. Using FDIC data, they took pre-tax return-on-assets (ROA) figures from the past three years, with the most recent year more heavily weighted.
SBT credits its growth to being owner operated and as such, can adapt quickly to market demands and client needs. Additionally, being focused on hospitality lending contributed to the bank's growth and success. During the COVID-19 crisis, when many banks halted lending to hotels, SBT saw an opportunity to acquire new clients. By helping to finance new hotel owners and assist them on their entrepreneurial journey, SBT is seen as more than just a lender or a bank.
"Combined, our owners and board own nearly 165 hotels in the US. That knowledge and experience is of significant benefit to the health of our business and to our clients," said Sushil Patel, President, SBT. "Our clients understand the value of having a lender they can contact at any time. SBT, as a community bank, is best positioned to serve their financial needs, making their dreams a reality. We didn't create hospitality lending, but we're making it better."
About ICBA
The Independent Community Bankers of America® creates and promotes an environment where community banks flourish. ICBA is dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the community banking industry and its membership through effective advocacy, best-in-class education, and high-quality products and services.
With nearly 50,000 locations nationwide, community banks employ nearly 700,000 Americans and are the only physical banking presence in one in three U.S. counties. Holding $5.8 trillion in assets, $4.8 trillion in deposits, and $3.8 trillion in loans to consumers, small businesses and the agricultural community, community banks channel local deposits into the Main Streets and neighborhoods they serve, spurring job creation, fostering innovation and fueling their customers' dreams in communities throughout America. For more information, visit ICBA's website at www.icba.org.
About State Bank of Texas
State Bank of Texas (SBT) as founded in 1987 by hotelier Chan Patel and continues to be owned and operated by the Patel family, with Chan Patel (father) serving as CEO, Sushil Patel (son) as President, and Rajan Patel (son) as Chief Lending Officer and EVP. As the largest Indian American-owned bank in the U.S., the bank focuses on lending within the hospitality industry. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, in 2022 SBT was the top originator of commercial real estate loans for hotels/motels, by the number of loans in the country. For more information, visit statebnk.com. Follow SBT on social at LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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President Biden says Title 42 enforcement will continue, libertarian policy analyst says policy makes U.S.-Mexico border situation worse
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Title 42, a policy that allows border agents to immediately remove some asylum-seeking migrants from the U.S. will remain in place until likely next summer.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday night to let the policy carry on, and the Biden Administration says it will follow the court’s ruling.
Title 42 was set to expire it, and a group of Republican attorneys general are now celebrating a victory with the Supreme Court holding Title 42 in place.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement, “Our office has been proud to lead the charge on this important issue. It’s disappointing the Biden administration is willing to sacrifice the safety of American families for political purposes.”
The Biden administration wanted to let Title 42 expire saying it’s overdue and should not be extended indefinitely, however, President Biden said on Tuesday evening that his administration has to enforce it following the Supreme Court ruling.
Republicans on Capitol Hill criticized the administration for wanting to let the policy expire, some saying it would have catastrophic effects and fuel a humanitarian and security crisis.
David Bier, an immigration policy expert from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, is critical of the policy. He partially blames Title 42 for overwhelming border communities in Texas and Arizona.
Bier said, “As long as Title 42 is around, we’re going to have the chaos. We’re going to have all of the people trying to evade detection.”
Bier argues that the policy encourages migrants to enter illegally instead of claiming asylum at a port of entry, and said the policy is causing repeat illegal crossings.
Bier said, “It’s clear as day to anyone who looks at the numbers that this policy has failed and will continue to fail for the rest of the time that it’s in place.”
There are more than a million and a half asylum applications pending, a record high according to analysis by Syracuse University.
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STOCKHOLM, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioArctic AB's (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOA B) partner Eisai presented new data for lecanemab (BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD) with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology in the brain, at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) held in San Diego, California and virtually July 31 through August 4, 2022.
Eisai presented lecanemab data and research in one oral and eight poster presentations at the meeting. Highlights included new data on a subcutaneous formulation of lecanemab. The new data has been used to define the appropriate subcutaneous dosing now being further evaluated in the Phase 3 Clarity AD open label extension study. A further highlight was the presentation of a modeling simulation of the impact of ApoE4 genotype on the incidence of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities – edema/effusion (ARIA-E) – in subjects treated with lecanemab. The modeling predicted incidence on ARIA-E in ApoE4 carriers (homo- and heterozygotes) and non-carriers, and corresponds well with what has been observed in the Phase 2b core and open label extension studies.
"Eisai's broad clinical program for lecanemab continues to deliver data regarding how lecanemab could be used as a potential disease-modifying treatment for patients with Alzheimer's disease. The subcutaneous dosing currently being evaluated in the Clarity AD open-label extension study can potentially be of further benefit for patients. There is a great enthusiasm in the Alzheimer field for lecanemab and the other late-stage second generation anti-amyloid antibodies with Phase 3 readouts in the coming months. We are eagerly looking forward to the topline data of the Clarity AD Phase 3 study this fall and the possibility of helping the Alzheimer community battle the disease," said BioArctic's CEO Gunilla Osswald.
In July 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for lecanemab under the accelerated approval pathway and was granted priority review, with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of January 6, 2023. The readout of the primary endpoint data of Clarity AD will occur in the fall of 2022. The FDA has agreed that the results of Clarity AD when completed, can serve as the confirmatory study to verify the clinical benefit of lecanemab.
All Eisai's presentation and posters from the AAIC congress regarding lecanemab are available on www.bioarctic.com.
This release discusses investigational uses of an agent in development and is not intended to convey conclusions about efficacy or safety. There is no guarantee that any investigational uses of such product will successfully complete clinical development or gain health authority approval.
For further information, please contact:
Gunilla Osswald, CEO
E-mail: gunilla.osswald@bioarctic.se
Phone: +46 8 695 69 30
Oskar Bosson, VP Communications and IR
E-mail: oskar.bosson@bioarctic.se
Phone: +46 70 410 71 80
The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact persons above, on August 5, 2022, at 08:00 a.m. CET.
About lecanemab (BAN2401)
Lecanemab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody for Alzheimer's disease (AD) that is the result of a strategic research alliance between BioArctic and Eisai. Lecanemab selectively binds to, neutralize and eliminate soluble toxic Aβ aggregates (protofibrils) that are thought to contribute to the neurodegenerative process in AD. As such, lecanemab may have the potential to have an effect on disease pathology and to slow down the progression of the disease. Eisai obtained the global rights to study, develop, manufacture, and market lecanemab for the treatment of AD pursuant to an agreement concluded with BioArctic in December 2007. In March 2014, Eisai and Biogen entered into a joint development and commercialization agreement for lecanemab. Currently, lecanemab is being studied in a pivotal Phase 3 clinical study in symptomatic early AD (Clarity AD), following the outcome of the Phase 2b clinical study (Study 201). In addition, the Phase 3 clinical study, AHEAD 3-45, for individuals with preclinical (asymptomatic) AD, meaning they are clinically normal and have intermediate or elevated levels of brain amyloid, is ongoing. AHEAD 3-45 is conducted as a public-private partnership between the Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium, funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, and Eisai. In 2021, DIAN-TU selected lecanemab for a clinical trial for dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease as a background anti-amyloid treatment when exploring combination therapies with anti tau treatments in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease subjects. In June 2021, FDA granted lecanemab Breakthrough Therapy designation and in December 2021, FDA granted lecanemab Fast track designation. Furthermore, Eisai has performed a lecanemab subcutaneous dosing Phase 1 study and the subcutaneous formulation is currently being evaluated in the Clarity AD open label extension study.
About the collaboration between BioArctic and Eisai
Since 2005, BioArctic has long-term collaboration with Eisai regarding the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The most important agreements are the Development and Commercialization Agreement for the lecanemab antibody, which was signed in December 2007, and the Development and Commercialization agreement for the antibody BAN2401 back-up for Alzheimer's disease, which was signed in May 2015. Eisai is responsible for the clinical development, application for market approval and commercialization of the products for Alzheimer's disease. BioArctic has no development costs for lecanemab in Alzheimer's disease and is entitled to payments in connection with regulatory filings, approvals, and sales milestones as well as royalties on global sales.
About BioArctic AB
BioArctic AB (publ) is a Swedish research-based biopharma company focusing on disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and ALS. BioArctic focuses on innovative treatments in areas with high unmet medical needs. The company was founded in 2003 based on innovative research from Uppsala University, Sweden. Collaborations with universities are of great importance to the company together with its strategically important global partner Eisai in Alzheimer disease. The project portfolio is a combination of fully funded projects run in partnership with global pharmaceutical companies and innovative in-house projects with significant market and out-licensing potential. BioArctic's Class B share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap (ticker: BIOA B). For more information about BioArctic, please visit www.bioarctic.com.
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Greenshades poised for accelerated growth as the leading provider of Payroll, HR and Tax solutions to mid-market companies centered around the 'deskless worker'
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GearBox Capital, LLC ("GearBox") today announced that it and WayPoint Capital Partners ("WayPoint") led a growth recapitalization of Greenshades Software, Inc. ("Greenshades"). Existing investors, including SFW Capital Partners ("SFW"), the Greenshades Founders David Rosas and Matt Kane, as well as management, will continue to retain a substantial ownership position in the company. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Greenshades is a rapidly growing Payroll and HR platform serving mid-market companies with complex, compliance-heavy HR and payroll processes. Greenshades' all-in-one software platform enables businesses to run payroll in-house via accurate payroll, proactive compliance, automated tax calculations, and robust employee engagement. Greenshades' solutions are underpinned by deep integrations into mid-market ERP platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics, Bullhorn, and Sage Intacct among others. Greenshades' customers include more than 3,700 mid-sized businesses that employ approximately 4 million people across the United States.
"Given the prior knowledge and understanding of our business, our growth strategy, and a strong alignment on the approach to value creation, GearBox led the right investor group to support us on the next phase of our evolution and growth," said Rosas. "With the significant capital and resources from GearBox and WayPoint, Greenshades is uniquely positioned to serve the growing needs of organizations with complex, compliance centric HR and Payroll processes oriented around the deskless workforce."
"I am very excited to partner with Greenshades' co-founder and CEO David Rosas, WayPoint, and the entire Greenshades team to continue supporting the execution of the value creation plan for Greenshades," said Omair Sarwar, Managing Partner at GearBox. "Based on recent investments made at the company, Greenshades is strongly positioned to capture significant market share in the mid-market for Payroll and HR solutions through its unique focus on complex, compliance-centric workflows for businesses that rely on a deskless workforce. Differentiated technology and a unique go-to-market underpin strong growth fundamentals that Greenshades will look to supplement, with our support, through its 'build-partner-buy' strategy."
"We are excited about our partnership with GearBox, David and the entire Greenshades team," said Kevin Collins, Principal at WayPoint Capital. "Greenshades is an exceptional company with a world-class group of employees and an industry-leading solution that helps address the most challenging payroll, tax and compliance challenges for its customers. Rapid innovation coupled with a differentiation go-to-market strategy offers a compelling opportunity for future growth."
GearBox Capital is a private equity firm applying an operational approach to supporting the growth and transformation of bootstrapped and founder led technology companies. With an approach to product, commercial, talent and operational strategy refined over 15 years, GearBox is oriented towards implementing the handful of key levers that have an outsized impact on the growth and development of bootstrapped businesses. www.gearboxcap.com
WayPoint Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity investment platform anchored by a New York-based single family office. WayPoint partners with entrepreneurs and family-led enterprises across the North American software/technology, industrial/logistics, and healthcare industries. We enable our partner companies to reach or enhance their market leadership positions by delivering the resources and expertise of a large global investment platform without inflexible and burdensome requirements.
Greenshades is a leading provider of mid-market Payroll and HR solutions serving over 3,700 customers and over 4 million employees across the US. Our Mission is to provide a Payroll and HR Platform that empowers workers and brings peace of mind to their employers. We are tailored to US mid-market companies, especially those that service a large number of deskless employees. We navigate their complex compliance challenges while making it easier than ever to keep their employees happy. We provide more freedom and flexibility, lower costs, and far superior customer service than our competitors. www.greenshades.com
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On Sunday Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the northern occupied West Bank, after two settlers were shot dead by a Palestinian gunman. In the rampage through the town of Huwara, Israeli settlers torched cars, burned buildings, and destroyed homes.
said he held the Israeli government fully responsible for what he called “the terrorist acts carried out by Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces.”
appealed for calm and urged settlers to allow the Israeli military and security forces to focus on finding the gunman who killed the two Israelis.
“I ask that when blood is boiling and the spirit is hot, don’t take the law into your hands,” he said in a video statement.
We look at whether this violence in the territory might spiral out of control.
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Police: Truck driver killed after another semi’s tires fall off, strike vehicle
LAKE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - A driver is dead after a set of tires struck a semi truck on an Ohio highway Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the accident happened shortly before 2 p.m. near Lake Township.
Troopers said the tractor-trailer was traveling southbound on I-280 when it lost a set of dual tires from one of its axles.
The tires went through the median and struck another semi truck traveling northbound on the same highway and killing the driver.
The highway patrol said the first semi truck did not stop after the accident took place.
Officials have not publicly identified the driver who was killed but said they were from Michigan.
Anyone who has any information on the incident or the driver of the first semi truck is asked to call the Ohio State Highway Patrol at 419-352-2481.
Copyright 2023 WTVG via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-18T02:19:15+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2023/01/18/police-truck-driver-killed-after-another-semis-tires-fall-off-strike-vehicle/ |
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, many states are looking to restrict abortion or ban it entirely. In response, some people have shared purported recipes to induce an abortion at home.
An ER doctor took to Twitter to respond to a TikTok video that implied a plant called pennyroyal could function as an abortifacient, or something that can cause an abortion. “This is incredibly dangerous,” the doctor warned. “It can cause liver failure, seizures and DEATH.”
The person who originally posted the pennyroyal tea post to their TikTok account with 25,000 followers has since deleted the video. They’ve posted a series of apology videos after taking the original down.
THE QUESTION
Can pennyroyal, a proposed herbal abortifacient, cause death?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, pennyroyal can cause death. Do not use it to induce abortions.
WHAT WE FOUND
According to the UK’s National Biodiversity Network, pennyroyal is a plant in the mint family with a strong fragrance similar to spearmint. Two varieties of it, one native to Europe and one native to the U.S., have been used in a number of historical folk remedies. Some of these remedies involve ingesting the oil found in its leaves directly, and some involve drinking pennyroyal tea, which still contains the oil.
The National Capital Poison Center describes pennyroyal oil as a “potentially toxic folk remedy.”
“It is most notable for its use to induce menstruation and abortion,” the National Capital Poison Center says. “Use of pennyroyal oil has led to severe adverse reactions - and even death.”
According to the National Capital Poison Center, pennyroyal oil contains pulegone, a highly toxic, naturally occurring, organic compound. Pulegone can initially lead to gastrointestinal distress such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. It can later lead to liver and kidney failure which then results in bleeding, seizures, multiple organ failure and death.
Other side effects of ingesting pennyroyal oil, the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus says, include nervous system damage, burning of the throat, fever, confusion, restlessness, dizziness, vision and hearing problems, high blood pressure and lung failure.
The National Capital Poison Center says there is no antidote for pennyroyal oil poisoning. Early treatment in a pennyroyal poisoning case is key.
Pennyroyal oil is extracted from the plant’s leaves, and is therefore present in pennyroyal tea. Although the National Institute of Health says pennyroyal tea has been used “without serious side effects,” MedlinePlus says there “isn't enough reliable information to know if pennyroyal is safe to use as a tea.” That’s because medical experts don’t know how much of the oil an adult can ingest before it becomes dangerous and then deadly.
Because of the dangers it poses and the unknowns regarding safe dosage, medical experts strongly caution people do not use pennyroyal in any way for any medical treatment, including abortion.
According to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, there are several reports from the last few decades of young women who took pennyroyal oil to induce abortion and died of multiorgan failure. The center also says there have been at least two cases of multiorgan failure in infants who were given pennyroyal herbal tea as home remedies.
Both MedlinePlus and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say there is no scientific evidence to support the herb’s purported uses, including to induce abortion.
The viral TikTok also mentioned mugwort as an ingredient. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says there isn’t enough evidence that mugwort, which is promoted as a remedy for digestive problems, irregular menstruation, high blood pressure, as a sedative, as a laxative and as a liver tonic, is actually beneficial for any of these conditions. More importantly, it says “very little research has been done on mugwort in people” and “little is known about whether it’s safe to take mugwort orally or to use it topically.”
You should never prepare your own herbal medicines, the National Capital Poison Center says, and you should always check with a healthcare provider before taking any traditional medicine, botanical product, tea, herb or dietary supplement.
“This will help them manage your care and keep you safe,” the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center says.
Isn’t this the herb Benjamin Franklin recommended for abortions?
One viewer reached out to VERIFY to ask about a separate claim — did Benjamin Franklin write instructions on how to end a pregnancy with herbs?
That claim is true, but it’s a recipe you shouldn’t try to use yourself.
According to the National Archives, Benjamin Franklin published a book called The American Instructor, a manual to just about everything the authors’ believed to be practical, in 1748. It was mostly a reprinting of a similarly titled book for British audiences by George Fisher, with some omissions and additions from Franklin himself.
One such guide in the book is for “suppression of the courses,” which is a how-to on "purging" what Franklin called "female infirmities." This recipe doesn’t use the word “abortion” directly, but it is made up of ingredients commonly believed to be abortifacients at the time.
Among the ingredients in this recipe is a “quarter of a pint of pennyroyal water.” As mentioned before, pennyroyal is highly toxic and can kill the person who ingests it. Don’t try to copy Franklin’s recipe from nearly 300 years ago. | 2022-07-01T20:15:55+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/verify/medicine/pennyroyal-tea-abortion-dangerous-causes-death/536-8c957fd9-446a-47e8-8138-981f24f4a985 |
NEW ORLEANS (AP)Jaylen Forbes’ 26 points helped Tulane defeat UL Monroe 75-60 on Monday night.
Forbes also contributed seven rebounds and four steals for the Green Wave (5-2). Jalen Cook added 14 points while shooting 5 for 12 (1 for 7 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free throw line, and he also had eight assists. Kevin Cross recorded 12 points and was 5 of 12 shooting and 2 of 5 from the free throw line.
Tyreke Locure led the way for the Warhawks (2-6) with 14 points and two steals. Victor Baffuto added 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocks for UL Monroe. Jamari Blackmon also had nine points and eight assists.
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Updated February 28, 2023 at 11:51 AM ET
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday to take control of municipal services and development for the special zone encompassing Walt Disney World. The move deals a major blow to the company's ability to operate with autonomy.
DeSantis says that the special district surrounding Disney World has enabled the park to unfairly skirt local rules and building codes.
But DeSantis' critics say the bill looks like retaliation for a growing feud between Disney and the governor, which hit a tipping point last year. DeSantis said Disney "crossed the line" by opposing an education bill that restricts classroom discussion around gender identity and sexual orientation.
Here's a rundown of the situation.
What's in the new bill?
"The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end," DeSantis said during a news conference announcing the move on Monday. "There's a new sheriff in town, and accountability will be the order of the day."
The heart of the bill is the appointment of a five-person state board to oversee municipal services, such as fire protection and road maintenance, where Disney World operates.
The newly appointed board will have the ability to raise revenue to fund services and pay off Disney's debts. DeSantis' previous pledge to strip Disney of its special tax status sparked fears that local taxpayers would be left on the hook, which would, in turn, spark a significant spike in local tax rates.
DeSantis stressed on Monday that under the new structure, Disney would still be responsible for its municipal debts and local governments would not raise taxes.
The governor said the five board members include people who "very much want to see Disney be what Walt envisioned," implying that Disney's values wouldn't be negatively impacted.
The members include Michael Sasso, a local elections lawyer, and Bridget Ziegler, a conservative school board member and wife of the Florida Republican Party chairman.
In press materials released with the bill signing, DeSantis' office said the bill would also end some of Disney's other special privileges, such as exemption from state regulatory reviews.
What does the bill mean for Disney?
The creation of the self-governing zone, known as Reedy Creek Improvement District, was instrumental to Disney's decision to build its theme park near Orlando in the 1960s, according to WMFE reporter Amy Green.
The zone sites on nearly 25,000 acres, sandwiched between Orange and Osceola counties. Once a remote and rural area, the Reedy Creek Improvement District received electricity, water, roads and police thanks to Disney's investments.
According to a local tax collector, Disney has taxed itself roughly $53 million each year to pay off the debts from that development.
Disney did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment, but the company has previously told media outlets that it wouldn't fight the government takeover.
What's behind the Disney-DeSantis feud?
Disney, which employs nearly 80,000 people in central Florida, wields great influence in the state.
The company donated to DeSantis during the 2020 election cycle. In 2021, the governor's staff reportedly worked with Disney to give it an exemption from a law designed to crack down on big tech companies.
But the relationship between the two started to sour that same year after Disney took a stricter stance on preventing the spread of COVID-19, mandating its workers show proof of vaccination and its theme park guests continue to wear face coverings.
At the same time, Disney was increasingly drawing criticism from conservatives for making changes to its parks and films to increase inclusivity. Disney World closed Splash Mountain, for example, after a petition accusing it of "stereotypical racist tropes" gained 21,000 signatures.
DeSantis, who has been fighting what he calls "woke indoctrination," said the company "crossed the line" when Disney CEO Bob Chapek said he'd support the repeal of Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, known by its critics as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
DeSantis immediately turned Chapek's statement into a fundraising point. A month later, he introduced legislation on revoking Disney's special tax status.
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Isolated mountain snow showers for Sunday with lots of rain and snow for the work week
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy conditions are in store for the rest of the night across all of eastern ID and western WY with only stray light snow showers across our mountain tops. Winds will be light between 5-10 mph. Low temperatures go down to the 10's and single digits.
TOMORROW: Groups of isolated snow showers will cross over our local mountains for Sunday with only one or two of those snow showers reaching the valleys. Winds will be mostly light between 5-15 mph. High temperatures get into the 30's.
LONG TERM: Widespread valley snow and rain showers come into the region starting Monday morning and will stay with us all the way up until Wednesday afternoon. Mountains should expect only snow showers. Snowfall accumulation after Wednesday shows about an inch to 4 inches in the valleys, 4 inches to a foot in valleys around the mountains, and a foot to a foot and a half of snow for the mountains. Dry conditions follow for everyone for Thursday and Friday before more chances for rain and snow are back for next weekend. Winds will be breezy for Tuesday and Wednesday between 15-25 mph. High temperatures will increase into the upper 30's and lower 40's for the beginning of the week before cooling down to the low to mid 30's by the end of the week.
WATCHES/WARNINGS:
The Forest Service Sawtooth Avalanche Center in Ketchum has CONTINUED an AVALANCHE WARNING which is in effect until 01:00 AM MST Sunday for The Sawtooth, Smoky, White Cloud, Boulder, Soldier, Pioneer, and southern Salmon River mountains, including the mountains near Banner Summit, Stanley, Atlanta, Smiley Creek, Galena Summit, Ketchum, Hailey, Bellevue, Carey, and Fairfield. The backcountry avalanche warning does not apply to highway avalanche programs or operating ski areas.
FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MDT SUNDAY for Blaine County. | 2023-03-11T23:35:48+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/weather/local-forecast/2023/03/11/isolated-mountain-snow-showers-for-sunday-with-lots-of-rain-and-snow-for-the-work-week/ |
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that it will release its third quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Monday, October 31, 2022. Harmonic will host a live webcast to discuss the company's results at 2:00 p.m. PT on the same day.
To participate via telephone, please register in advance using this link, register.vevent.com/register/BIcb6f0c646052472a9304345609e1cfce.
Upon registration, telephone participants will receive a confirmation email detailing how to join the audio version of the webcast, including the dial-in number and a unique registrant ID. The live webcast will be available via Harmonic's Investor Relations website at investor.harmonicinc.com. The company suggests participants for both the conference call and those listening via the web dial in or sign on at least 15 minutes in advance of the call.
For those unable to participate in the live event, a replay will be available on the same website after 5:00 p.m. PT.
Further information about Harmonic and the company's solutions is available at www.harmonicinc.com.
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in virtualized cable access and video delivery solutions, enables media companies and service providers to deliver ultra-high-quality video streaming and broadcast services to consumers globally. The company revolutionized cable access networking via the industry's first virtualized cable access solution, enabling cable operators to more flexibly deploy gigabit internet service to consumers' homes and mobile devices. Whether simplifying OTT video delivery via innovative cloud and software platforms, or powering the delivery of gigabit internet cable services, Harmonic is changing the way media companies and service providers monetize live and on-demand content on every screen. More information is available at www.harmonicinc.com/.
Harmonic, the Harmonic logo and other Harmonic marks are owned by Harmonic Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
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Champion Plumbing discusses benefits of alternative water heating solution
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Champion Plumbing, a leading provider of plumbing services to the Oklahoma City area, says purchasing a water heater is an investment for local homeowners. When it's time to make that decision, Champion encourages residents to consider tankless water heaters as an option.
Tankless water heaters have grown in popularity over the years due to numerous benefits and savings associated with the product.
"With inflation on the rise, homeowners are seeking ways to keep more money in their pocket," said Brent Harpole, owner of Champion Plumbing. "Due to their highly efficient nature, tankless water heaters can provide larger savings as opposed to more traditional options. Those looking for more cost-effective water heating solutions should consider tankless water heaters."
According to the Department of Energy, homeowners can save up to 50% more in savings when using a tankless unit. These savings are generated because the water heater only turns on when hot water is in use.
In addition to savings, tankless water heaters provide reliable hot water on demand. The heating elements in tankless units only heat the water when needed creating an unlimited supply of hot water. For traditional units, the hot water is stored in a single tank and can run out.
"No one likes to be in the middle of a shower only to have the water turn cold," Harpole said. "Tankless units solve that problem by providing endless amounts of hot water. The energy savings combined with its hot water supply makes these water heaters a valuable investment and asset for those looking to upgrade or switch to an alternative solution."
For more information about Champion Plumbing, visit https://callthechamps.com/.
Started in 2015, Champion Plumbing is led by the husband-and-wife duo of Leslie and Brent Harpole. Champion provides plumbing and water quality services to the residents of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and surrounding areas. The team specializes in water heater services, drain cleaning, garbage disposals, water filtration systems, pipe lining and whole house repipes. The company is dedicated to giving back to the local community in addition to helping them with their plumbing needs.
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Ripley PR
(865) 977-1973
hripley@ripleypr.com
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LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the British Parliament on Wednesday in a surprise visit that comes as Britain has pledged to train Ukrainian fighter pilots.
Since the invasion, Zelensky has rarely traveled outside of the Ukraine. His first international trip was in December, when he traveled to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and rally for continued American support.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office on Wednesday also announced plans for boosting military support, including training Ukrainian fighter pilots and marines.
“As part of today’s talks, the Prime Minister will offer to bolster the U.K.’s training offer for Ukrainian troops, including expanding it to fighter jet pilots to ensure Ukraine can defend its skies well into the future,” Downing Street said in a statement.
Zelensky will hold talks with Sunak as well as the defense and security chiefs as part of discussions over the training offer for Ukrainian troops, Sunak’s office said, describing the visit as a “testament to the unbreakable friendship” between the countries.
“Since 2014, the U.K. has provided vital training to Ukrainian forces, allowing them to defend their country, protect their sovereignty and fight for their territory.
“I am proud that today we will expand that training from soldiers to marines and fighter jet pilots, ensuring Ukraine has a military able to defend its interests well into the future.”
Downing Street also said that Britain will announce further sanctions on Wednesday that will target “those who have helped Putin build his personal wealth, and companies who are profiting from the Kremlin’s war machine.” | 2023-02-08T10:02:44+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/08/zelensky-britain-uk-parliament-visit/ |
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Christian McCaffrey already played his first game with the San Francisco 49ers. Robert Quinn and James Robinson joined their new teams this week. More players will be on the move by Tuesday.
The NFL trade deadline is far more exciting than it used to be.
“I think really it depends on the team’s philosophical approach and I think there’s teams that have done it a certain way that have had an incredible amount of success for a really long period of time,” Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay said. “Then there’s some different approaches where you want to take advantage of being in those windows if you will call it that way.”
The Rams are known for being aggressive. General manager Les Snead’s “Bleep them picks” philosophy helped Los Angeles win the Super Bowl last season. The Rams acquired star pass rusher Von Miller from Denver one day before the trade deadline after dealing a slew of draft picks in trades for quarterback Matthew Stafford and running back Sony Michel before the season.
“It takes a great owner that gives you the willingness to not only be able to make some of those decisions, but also giving you the freedom to fail because not every single decision we’ve made has been perfect,” McVay said. “I don’t think we’re afraid to admit that either, but you try to learn from it and then you continue to shoot your shot and that’s what we’re going to do, that’s what we’ll always do, and it’s how we like to live.”
Aiming to compete with the Rams (3-3) in the NFC West, the 49ers (3-4) traded picks in the 2023 second, third and fourth rounds and a 2024 fifth-rounder to Carolina for McCaffrey.
The undefeated Philadelphia Eagles (6-0) sent a fourth-round pick to Chicago for Quinn, the three-time Pro Bowl defensive end. Quinn has one sack this season after breaking Hall of Famer Richard Dent’s franchise record with 18 1/2 sacks last year.
The New York Jets (5-2) quickly moved to get Robinson from Jacksonville after losing rookie running back Breece Hall to a season-ending knee injury. The Jets gave the Jaguars a conditional late-round draft pick for Robinson.
Browns running back Kareem Hunt, Rams running back Cam Akers, Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool, Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks and Broncos edge rusher Bradley Chubb are among the players who might end up on new teams before Tuesday’s deadline at 4 p.m. EDT.
Denver is 2-5 so a loss to Jacksonville in London on Sunday could impact general manager George Paton’s approach.
“We’re going to do what’s best for the team,” Paton said when asked about being sellers.
A couple weeks before Miller was traded last October, the Eagles sent three-time Pro Bowl tight end Zach Ertz to Arizona for a rookie cornerback and a fifth-round pick. The Patriots traded five-time Pro Bowl cornerback Stephon Gilmore to the Panthers for a 2023 sixth-round pick.
In 2020, defensive ends Carlos Dunlap and Yannick Ngakoue, defensive back Desmond King and linebackers Kwon Alexander and Avery Williamson were among the notable players traded ahead of the deadline.
Star cornerbacks Jalen Ramsey and Marcus Peters and wideouts Emmanuel Sanders and Mohamed Sanu were dealt before the 2019 deadline.
A flurry of trades before the deadline wasn’t always common in the NFL. There were occasional blockbuster moves such as Herschel Walker and Eric Dickerson getting traded, but it was mostly boring.
Now, there’s more parity and the playoffs have been expanded to 14 teams so more teams are still in playoff contention and looking to bolster their chances.
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Activists preparing for ‘an absolutely crazy year’ in first full statehouse sessions since Supreme Court overturned Roe
By Jessica Schneider and Devan Cole, CNN
Restricting abortion is at the top of the to-do list for many Republicans around the country as state legislatures gavel in for their first full session since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
“We’re definitely preparing for an absolutely crazy year,” said Ingrid Duran, the director of state legislation for the anti-abortion group National Right to Life Committee. Her group has tracked more than 200 bills related to abortion in the last year, and she expects that number to skyrocket.
“We can see maybe a 100% increase in states on both sides of the issue,” Duran said.
Wyoming Republican state Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams introduced a full abortion ban this week, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
The bill would ban all abortions — including medication abortion — except to save the life of the mother. It would also make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $20,000 fine, though it specifically exempts women who have an abortion from being prosecuted. The bill also would allow women to sue providers who have performed an abortion on them.
“Every child’s life is of equal worth, no matter how they were conceived,” Rodriguez-Williams told CNN.
“The people of Wyoming, through their elected representatives, have made clear that they believe life is a human right and that women deserve real support,” Rodriguez-Williams added. “My colleagues and I want to preserve the lives of the most vulnerable, while ensuring that women have real support.”
Wyoming tried to ban abortion last year — Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed a trigger law set to take effect when the Supreme Court overturned Roe, but state courts have since blocked the ban.
The latest Wyoming bill is partly a result of a push from the anti-abortion lobbying group Americans United for Life. According to its general counsel Steven Aden, AUL provided the template for the Rodriguez-Williams bill, and Aden says more states are considering introducing similar legislation, though he would not disclose specifically which states.
“We expect the interest to begin to snowball as we go forward into the spring legislative sessions,” Aden said. AUL has already doubled the size of its staff since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe came down last June.
Even more lawmakers in Republican-led states are expected to make a big push to limit abortion rights in the months ahead, since legislatures had limited time to act last summer. By the time the Supreme Court overruled Roe, nearly every state had already wrapped up its legislative session for the year, making it almost impossible for lawmakers to respond with legislation in the immediate wake of the ruling.
“It feels like we’re really entering into a period of experimentation when it comes to the types of legislation we’re going to be seeing,” said Elizabeth Nash, who tracks state action on abortion for the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights research group. “Once they ban abortion and they’re still seeing people accessing medication abortion, the question becomes, ‘how can we limit access to medication abortion?’ They’re trying to build up a mountain of barriers for someone getting an abortion.”
Twenty-two states are now solidly controlled by Republicans — meaning they have majorities in their state legislature and control the governor’s office. Seventeen states are all blue — meaning Democrats control the state legislature and governor’s office.
The split is highlighting a stark contrast in priorities: Republican-led states are leading their new sessions pushing bills that limit, or even eliminate, the right to abortions; Democratic-led states like Michigan are putting greater protections in place for women.
States poised to act
Advocates watching this year’s sessions unfold are keeping a keen eye on four states in particular: Virginia, Nebraska, North Carolina and Florida, said Katie Glenn, the state policy director at Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin asked the state’s lawmakers to “choose life” in his State of the Commonwealth address delivered last week on the first day of the state’s legislative session.
“As we embark on the next 46 days, when it comes to unborn children, we can come together,” Youngkin said, laying out his proposal to ban abortion after 15 weeks in the state. “It is clear, Virginians want fewer abortions, not more.”
Under current law, Virginia allows abortions during the first two trimesters, up until about 26 weeks, and only allows the procedure in the third trimester if three doctors certify the mother’s life or health are in serious jeopardy.
But the 15-week abortion ban, and other calls to ban abortion outright in the state, will face an uphill battle given the split in control at the legislative level: Democrats control the state Senate and Republicans control the House of Delegates. This week, for instance, Democrats passed the Contraceptive Equity Act out of a Senate committee. The bill would require insurance companies to cover the price of birth control without cost sharing.
Nebraska Republicans introduced the Nebraska Heartbeat Act this week — a bill that would ban abortions around six weeks, when embryonic cardiac activity is detected. The ban would provide exceptions for medical emergencies, and would not apply in cases of rape or incest.
The state’s lawmakers failed to approve a trigger law that would have automatically banned abortion after the Dobbs decision last summer, but Glenn said the state’s new anti-abortion governor is likely providing the greatest impetus for this latest attempt to restrict abortion.
“There is a definitely a lot of political will and interest in passing more protective laws,” Glenn said.
Nebraska currently allows abortions up until 20 weeks, but Gov. Jim Pillen said during his campaign that completely banning abortion in the state would be a “top priority” of his administration and he vowed to do everything in his power to protect the unborn.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the state’s 15-week abortion ban into law in April, but lawmakers there are saying they’re ready to go further.
Republicans won supermajorities in Florida’s legislature in the midterms, and state Senate President Kathleen Passidomo told reporters there will be an avalanche of bills filed to restrict abortion even more. Passidomo is already advocating support for a 12-week ban with exceptions for victims of rape and incest, citing the fact that 80% of all abortions in the states are performed in the first 12 weeks.
The leaders of North Carolina’s House and Senate promised greater abortion restrictions even before Republicans secured majorities in the midterms.
In a statement released after the Dobbs decision in June, state House Speaker Tim Moore said, “North Carolinians can also expect pro-life protections to be a top priority of the legislature when we return to our normal legislative session in January.” State Senate Leader Phil Berger echoed the sentiment with his own statement, saying he remained “committed to the right to life and protecting the unborn.”
But lacking a veto-proof majority in the North Carolina House, GOP efforts to further restrict the procedure will likely be undermined by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has previously said he’ll use his veto power to preserve existing protections in the state, which currently allows abortions up until 20 weeks.
The first effort to push the envelope could unfold in South Carolina, where the state’s Supreme Court recently ruled that the state’s six-week abortion ban violated the state Constitution. The ban is struck down, and since it can’t be appealed to the US Supreme Court because it doesn’t involve federal law, the only option is for state lawmakers to draft a new law. South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Kaye Hearn wrote the majority opinion, which left the door open for future restrictions as long as the “time frames imposed … afford a woman sufficient time to determine she is pregnant and to take reasonable steps to terminate that pregnancy.”
Republicans responded immediately, promising they’d go back to the drawing board to draft new abortion restrictions that might pass muster if they’re challenged up to the state’s Supreme Court again. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster promised he would “work with the General Assembly to correct this error,” and state Attorney General Alan Wilson noted his office would work with the “Governor’s office and legislature to review all our available options moving forward.”
Democrats pushing back
Democrats aren’t standing by. While Republicans are introducing abortion restrictions or even all-out bans, Democrats are looking for ways to bolster protections for women, and in some cases protect abortion in the long-term.
Michigan Democrats — who now control the governor’s office and the state legislature for the first time in four decades — are emboldened after big wins in November, and the approval from voters of a ballot proposal that enshrined abortion rights in the state’s constitution.
Michigan state Senate Leader Winnie Brinks told CNN one of the first priorities will be to repeal a 1931 abortion ban that has long been on the books but was put back in play after the Supreme Court overturned Roe. A state court blocked the law in September, but Democrats are still looking to fully repeal it this session.
“We’re definitely going to take that law off the books,” Brinks said. “It’ll be early in our session.”
In Maryland — which Democrats completely control after increasing their supermajority and electing a Democratic governor — lawmakers are also working to shore up protections for the procedure.
Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones wants to enshrine the right to abortion into the state constitution — she plans to reintroduce a bill that would put a constitutional amendment question on the ballot in 2024.
“Body autonomy should never be up for debate,” Jones told CNN. “This year, we’re passing legislation guaranteeing that women’s reproductive health care is never bargained for and that abortion providers and patients are protected. Maryland will be a safe haven for reproductive liberty.”
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A man was arrested for walking away from a crash scene where he caused several damages, according to the Webb County Sheriff’s Office.
Guillermo Josue Ramos-Martinez, 27, was arrested and charged with striking an unattended vehicle, striking a fixture and resisting arrest.
The case unfolded on Sunday, when a male waved down a Sheriff’s Office deputy in the 900 block of Espejo Molina Road in Rio Bravo. The male stated that a vehicle had crashed into his truck by his home in the 600 block of Martha Drive.
Authorities responded to the residence on Martha and observed a GMC Terrain with major front-end damage. The GMC had crashed into a parked Dodge Ram. The crash caused the truck to collide with a pole, and the pole then fell onto the truck.
Deputies received information that the two occupants of the GMC were walking about a block away. Deputies then caught up to the occupants of the GMC. Authorities identified the driver as Ramos-Martinez and a 24-year-old woman as the passenger.
The woman stopped walking while Ramos-Martinez kept on going. Ramos-Martinez then resisted the detention but was eventually arrested. The woman stated that Ramos-Martinez had told her to walk away from the crash scene, according to court documents. | 2022-07-28T22:51:11+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Man-involved-in-hit-and-run-crash-in-Rio-Bravo-17336004.php |
This marks the third investment in DWHP Founders Fund
TORONTO and PARK CITY, Utah, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DW Healthcare Partners ("DWHP"), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, announces the completion of its investment in LKC Technologies, Inc. ("LKC", or the "Company"). LKC manufactures electrophysiology testing devices used as an aid in the diagnosis and management of retinal and optic nerve diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.
"We are really looking forward to this partnership with LKC," said Gabe Becher, Managing Director at DWHP. "We believe the Company is in the early stages of a tremendous global growth opportunity. LKC's innovative products help preserve vision by offering technology that makes functional retinal assessments."
"This partnership with DWHP is very exciting for us," said Jim Datovech, former CEO and President at LKC. "We believe that DWHP's experience in growing exceptional medical device companies will give us a big boost and allow our products to reach more people in need of being diagnosed before their vision issues become more serious. Early diagnosis saves vision."
Dina Dubey is transitioning into the role as CEO. She stated, "Jim Datovech's tremendous contribution to LKC over such a long time period is instrumental in where it is today. I want to thank Jim for the impact he has had and look forward to leading the Company moving forward."
About LKC
LKC manufactures electrophysiology testing devices to provide objective information on the function of the visual system. Their flagship product, RETeval, is a handheld electroretinography (ERG) & visual evoked potential (VEP) device used as an aid in the diagnosis and management of retina and optic nerve diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and inherited retinal dystrophies. For more information, please visit: lkc.com
About DW Healthcare Partners
DW Healthcare Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. The firm has over $1.6 billion in aggregate capital commitments across all funds since inception and invests in healthcare companies with strong management teams. DW Healthcare Partners is led by seasoned healthcare executives with more than 120 years of combined industry experience. The firm provides capital, strategic guidance, and acquisition expertise to help mid-stage companies grow and scale. For more information, please visit: dwhp.com
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House Democrats are up in arms that the White House isn’t pushing harder for tax hikes for the wealthy as part of the debt ceiling talks, fuming that the deficit-reduction debate has centered on Republicans’ insistence on sharp spending cuts.
While President Biden has repeatedly called for tax hikes on wealthy Americans to accompany the talks, he’s stopped short of demanding such provisions as part of a final deal. And there’s been no sign the White House officials on the front lines of the negotiations are threatening GOP leaders with red lines on the issue.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), meanwhile, has rejected new revenues out of hand, saying they’re a non-starter in the conservative-leaning House GOP conference that controls the lower chamber.
The combination, according to the Democratic critics, makes for a lopsided negotiation — one where both sides want to raise the debt ceiling, but Democrats are asked to swallow unpopular cuts to get it while Republicans don’t have to give up anything at all.
“That’s what sucks,” Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) said. “We should have a 1-to-1 ratio between revenue and cuts.”
The dynamics mark a sharp departure from debt ceiling fights in the past, when both sides of the budget ledger were represented at the table. In those battles, Republicans would demand cuts to federal programs, Democrats would insist on revenue hikes, and both parties acknowledged a deal was impossible without ceding something to the other side.
Some Democrats are blaming Biden — who initially refused to negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling — for waiting too long to launch the talks, thereby undermining the Democrats’ leverage to demand revenues.
“I think that ship sailed, and it’s disappointing to me that that wasn’t injected from the very beginnings of this negotiation,” said Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), a member of the centrist Problem Solvers Caucus.
“I do not want to undermine the current negotiation,” he added, “but I’m deeply disappointed that wasn’t immediately met with demands for revenue increases — at least loophole closures, for goodness’ sakes. That was a big mistake.
“You’re negotiating against yourself if you’re not asking for something.”
The White House has rejected the idea that the administration is not fighting for revenue raisers, saying it’s made clear publicly and behind closed doors that it wants tax hikes to be a part of the final package — and it wants Biden’s Democratic allies to help apply the pressure on Republicans to accept those terms.
As the debate has evolved, Biden has claimed a series of victories on the revenue side, saying he’s rejected GOP demands for billions of dollars in tax breaks for major oil companies, billions more in “excess payments” to big pharmaceutical companies, and will continue to fight to raise the actual tax rates on billionaires and major corporations.
“They just said revenue is off the table. Well, revenue is not off the table,” Biden said Sunday during a press briefing in Japan. “We are willing to cut spending, as well as raise revenue, so people start paying their fair share.”
But those claims are being met with some skepticism among House Democrats, who have been cut out of the direct negotiations and are waiting anxiously to learn what Biden’s team has agreed to.
“It is almost impossible to reconcile what we’re hearing about Biden pushing back with all of the other stuff we’re hearing that suggests the opposite. So I think there’s a great level of discomfort,” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) said.
“He’s not only not pushing back hard enough, he has dignified this notion that McCarthy is an honest broker and a reasonable leader,” Huffman continued. “If you look a little deeper, these are extreme, reckless demands linked to a default, and we have not projected that narrative at all — in large part because the White House just hasn’t done it.”
The criticisms arrive as Biden and McCarthy are racing for a deal to lift the debt ceiling and prevent an unprecedented government default, which the Treasury Department has warned could occur as soon as June 1.
The debate is reminiscent of 2011, when former President Obama squared off against then-Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a battle that threatened a default and sparked the first credit downgrade in U.S. history. But there are significant differences between then and now.
Republicans are still demanding sharp spending cuts below current levels, but unlike Boehner, they have refused to accept tax hikes in return. McCarthy has defended that position, arguing that federal revenues, as a percentage of the economy, are higher than they’ve been in years.
“So it’s not a taxing issue. What it really is is a spending issue,” the Speaker said recently on Fox Business. “And the White House needs to understand this.”
Biden and his Democratic allies have rejected that argument, noting that tax rates — particularly for wealthy individuals and corporations — are lower than they’ve been in decades, and maintaining those low rates should not come at the expense of federal programs for low-income people.
“We need to cut spending, but … here’s the disagreement,” Biden said Monday evening, just before meeting with McCarthy at the White House. “We should be looking at tax loopholes and making sure the wealthy pay their fair share. I think revenue matters as well — as long as you’re not taxing anybody under 400,000 bucks.”
Not all Democrats are blaming the White House for the absence of revenues in the current debate. Some lawmakers accused McCarthy of simply refusing to negotiate on the issue — at the threat of a debt default.
“This is not negotiation; this is extortion and it’s hostage-taking. Because they are not open to any sort of counter in the form of revenue raises,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). “[Biden] has demanded it; he has introduced that. And they are walking away.”
Still, others say McCarthy’s strategy is working at least in part because the White House has failed to make that case to the public.
“It is extreme and the White House is not helping us explain that to the American people,” Huffman said. “Which is really putting us in a poor negotiating posture.” | 2023-05-24T01:03:22+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/hill-politics/democrats-fume-that-white-house-isnt-demanding-tax-hikes-in-debt-fight/ |
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LONDON (AP) — Stinking piles of garbage on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and safety of the public, a health authority warned Saturday as strikes by garbage collectors in the Scottish capital moved into their ninth day.
The warning from Public Health Scotland came as garbage collectors in Newham, a borough of London, also walked out for a week over a pay dispute.
Images of food waste and diapers rotting on the streets is just adding to scenes of chaos in U.K. as industrial disputes multiply amid soaring food and energy costs. Bathers in the U.K. were warned last week to stay away from dozens of beaches as heavy rain flushed raw sewage into rivers and seas.
Public Health Scotland told local authorities that the “decontamination of public areas where bins have overflowed may be required.” It warned that “if organic waste builds up, it can become a risk to human health.”
Garbage collectors walked out on Aug. 18 and plan to stay off work until Aug. 30. Even more strikes lay ahead if the pay dispute is not resolved.
Britain is facing a massive cost-of-living crisis, with wage increases failing to keep up with inflation, which last week stood at 10.1%. Those financial challenges have only been increased due to soaring energy costs — authorities say residents in Britain will see an 80% increase in their annual energy bills in October.
The country has seen waves of strikes this summer, with the public transport system grinding to a virtual halt on several days due to rail strikes. Primary schools and nurseries in Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city, will be forced to close for several days next month if a strike from council workers goes ahead.
In London, garbage drivers in Newham Council began a week of walkouts on Saturday, with union officials warning there could be more. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, said those workers were paid less than others in neighboring councils.
“The council must now focus on reaching a deal with the workers, who face a financial crisis,” Graham said. “If they don’t, then the coming days will undoubtedly mean more industrial action.”
Britain’s image has taken a battering this summer. French lawmakers in the European Parliament complained this week that the raw sewage flushed into rivers and seas by the U.K. also threatens bathing waters, fishing grounds and biodiversity in the European Union as well.
Parts of Britain’s sewage system became overwhelmed after several days of unseasonably heavy rainfall.
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TELLICO PLAINS, Tenn. (WATE) — A Florida man has died in a motorcycle crash on the Cherohala Skyway in East Tennessee.
James L. Stevens, 69, of Florida died when the motorcycle he was riding crashed around 1 p.m. on May 21, in the portion of the Skyway that is in Monroe County, near mile marker 18, according to the preliminary report.
A preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol states that Stevens’ was driving a 2007 Harley Davidson Fat Boy west on the Skyway when the motorcycle went off the right side of the road and overturned. The driver was thrown from the vehicle.
The Cherohala Skyway is a 43-mile National Scenic Byway that runs from Tellico Plains to Robbinsville, North Carolina. It winds up and over 5,400 foot mountains for 18 miles in North Carolina and descends another 23 miles into the deeply forested back country of Tennessee. | 2023-05-23T16:59:19+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/monroe-county-news/florida-man-killed-in-crash-on-cherohala-skyway/ |
A chance of some rain returns on Thursday
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Our sunny day was not as bright as it could have been as areas of smoke were sneaking into our skies over head from fires going on up in Canada.
Temperatures were still very pleasant in the 70 and 80s with not much humidity.
Clouds will be on the increase tonight and western Siouxland will have a chance of seeing a few rain showers as lows head into the upper 50s.
Thursday will give us a chance of some isolated showers during the morning hours before a better chances of some rain and even thunderstorms moves in during the afternoon with highs in the mid 70s.
The chances of rain will be moving to the east by early in the night Thursday night with lows getting cooler in the upper 40s.
The sunshine will return on Friday but it will be a cooler day overall with highs in the mid 60s and a stronger northerly wind at 15 to 25 miles per hour.
We’ll then be warming back up some over the weekend with highs in the mid to upper 70s with plenty of sunshine expected.
Will the warmer weather conditions persist into next week?
I’ll have the latest on your 10-day forecast tonight on News 4 at 5, 6, and 10.
Copyright 2023 KTIV. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-17T20:56:07+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2023/05/17/chance-some-rain-returns-thursday/ |
Of all the recent developments in our politics, few are as unsettling as the virulent reactionary turn in red states. This has involved the rank weaponizing of state governments against “woke” corporations, teachers who violate orthodoxy on race and sex, and migrants who are regularly rounded up and shipped to liberal strongholds like herds of culture-war chattel.
So, now that Democrats won back a good deal of ground on the state level in 2022, can they counterprogram this hard-right turn by redoubling their own use of state governments — judiciously — to advance a blue-state cultural agenda?
To answer this, keep an eye on Michigan. After flipping the state legislature and reelecting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last year, Democrats opened their legislative session with a barrage of culturally liberal legislation, including new LGBTQ protections and repeal of an onerous antiabortion statute, which Republicans had blocked in the majority.
Suddenly, Democrats have many such openings. After seizing full command in Michigan, Maryland, Minnesota and Massachusetts, Democrats control governorships and state legislatures in 17 states. While Republicans control 22 state governments, those mostly represent less populous states. More Americans now live in states fully controlled by Democrats. That’s a big comeback from years in the state-level wilderness.
But Michigan is particularly notable. After Donald Trump shocked Democrats everywhere by winning it in 2016, the Democratic comeback has been decisive. Liberal cultural values have gained ground in former Trump country, culminating in a 2022 referendum that codified state constitutional abortion rights passing by a wide margin.
Now, Michigan Democrats can legislate a clear alternative to the reactionary lurch by red states.
“I hope that we do become the model,” state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who represents a district in the Detroit area, told me. She said Michigan should become a “microcosm for reinvigorating the American Dream” around the principles that “everybody is welcome” and “we talk about our past in honest terms.”
“For this to come from a state from the Midwest” and not a “coastal Democratic state,” McMorrow said, will illustrate a “different way forward.”
When McMorrow dressed down a Republican last year who smeared her as a pedophile over LGBTQ issues, her speech went viral. That exposed a deep hunger among liberals for Democrats to forcefully defend their values.
Along with culturally liberal legislation, Michigan Democrats are pushing bills to reverse an anti-union “right to work” law and require union wages for construction workers. Democrats hope to move the state in a socially liberal direction while boosting working-class-economic prospects.
That’s in keeping with Whitmer’s approach, as HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn reported, which involved learning from Trump’s win by fusing an attack on right-wing culture-warring with a focus on economic fairness. This could undercut GOP efforts to cast social liberalism as contrary to “working-class values.”
Even Republicans admit their culture-mongering has become a loser. After Whitmer defeated challenger Tudor Dixon’s culture-war-obsessed campaign, a Michigan GOP memo ripped Dixon for alienating independents by sinking excessive resources into “ads on transgender sports.”
“Republicans really leaned into anti-trans, anti-LGBT issues,” Heather Williams, acting head of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, told me. Democrats hope governing inclusively on those issues can cement a long-term shift. “You will see people’s lives changed,” Williams said, and in 2024, Democrats will “talk to voters about what they did with the power that they had.”
Blue states, of course, have long used legislative power to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights and other liberal priorities. Now, the question is whether Democrats can pass more measures — in blue and swing states alike — that function as direct responses to red-state attempts to deploy state power toward reactionary ends.
Those red-state innovations are intensifying. Anti-trans restrictions have reached ugly levels of intrusiveness. The movement to ban books from schools is growing. Prohibitions on straying from orthodoxy on race and LGBTQ issues are prompting teachers to muzzle themselves and are being deployed to censor books that merely contain LGBTQ themes and characters.
The result, as the Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein details, has been a “great divergence” between red and blue states, with the former walling off a socially separate America that’s rolling back swaths of the civil rights revolution. This places new obligations on Democrats.
Acadia University political scientist Jeffrey Sachs, who tracks red-state laws, suggests Democrats should experiment more with state bills that affirmatively protect those laws’ targets. Those could include prohibiting libraries from banning books for political reasons and requiring transparent processes in response to right-wing demands for book removal.
“A liberal cultural agenda for schools and libraries should empower local schools and communities while ensuring that a small clique of ideologues cannot capture public institutions,” Sachs told me.
Some Democrats are showcasing examples of this in red territory. One bill in Missouri would expressly allow teachers to discuss LGBTQ history to promote tolerance. A proposal in Texas would repeal restrictions on critical race theory. Meanwhile, a Virginia bill would bar removal of instruction materials solely on grounds that their subject matter includes classes protected from discrimination.
With recouped state-level power, Democrats can do more of that. It would illustrate to the country contrasting cultural values shaped around the idea, as The Post’s E.J. Dionne notes, that “the efforts to close minds” by a “willful ideological minority” will not make our nation “stronger” or “more moral.”
The future of this type of politics begins with success in places such as Michigan. | 2023-01-19T20:32:55+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/19/red-state-book-bans-michigan-mallory-mcmorrow-gretchen-whitmer/ |
California could face floods, blizzards from huge US storm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses was set to pound California on Friday, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards.
The National Weather Service warned of a “cold and dangerous winter storm” through Saturday. As much as 5 feet (1.5 meters) of snow could fall in some mountains near Los Angeles, which could create whiteout conditions as winds gust to 75 mph (120 kph) and an increased risk of avalanches, forecasters said.
The weather service issued rare blizzard warnings for Southern California mountain areas and urged drivers to avoid dangerous roads.
Storms already have battered the Plains states and northern regions of the country for days, and the National Weather Service predicted continuing problems from ice, snow and freezing rain into the weekend.
In the Pacific Northwest, much of Oregon’s largest city was shut down after almost a foot (30 centimeters) of snow fell unexpectedly. It took drivers in Portland by surprise, stalling traffic during the Wednesday evening rush hour and trapping motorists on freeways, some of whom spent the night in their cars.
Maia Foley-Weintraub’s 5-year-old son had to spend the night at daycare because she was stuck in snow-stalled traffic for nine hours. In a moment of panic during that time, her van slid down an icy hill, forcing her to use the emergency brake. It took her until 2 a.m. Thursday to make it home safely.
“People were just spinning out and getting stuck left and right,” she said. “It was just one thing after another. I did not have any idea that that was going to turn out the way it did.”
The snow began to melt later in the day, but as temperatures dropped and night fell, roads became slick with black ice.
Portions of Interstate 80 in California and Wyoming were closed because of impassable conditions. That included about a 70-mile (112-kilometer) stretch over the top of the Sierra Nevada linking California and Nevada.
The weather also knocked out power to nearly 1 million homes and businesses in multiple states and closed dozens of schools. Weather also contributed to airport snarls. At one point on Thursday, more 2,000 flights were grounded and nearly 14,000 were delayed across the country, according to the tracking service FlightAware.com.
Widespread power outages were reported in Michigan, Illinois, California, New York and Wisconsin, according to the website PowerOutage.us.
The largest outages by far were in Michigan, where at one point more than 820,000 customers were without electricity, mostly in the state’s southeast corner. Some 3,000 power lines were knocked down after being coated with ice as much as three-quarters of an inch thick and crews were struggling to get the juice back by the end of Sunday, utilities said.
“Utilities across the country fear ice storms like we fear nothing else,” said Trevor Lauer, president of DTE Electric. “We’ve not had an ice storm in the last 50 years that has impacted our infrastructure like this.”
A Michigan firefighter died Wednesday after coming in contact with a downed power line in the village of Paw Paw, authorities said.
Winter storm warnings remained in effect in northern Michigan and parts of New England could see sleet, snow and freezing rain as a cold front stretched from the eastern Great Lakes to East Texas, the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said.
But the weather front was creating vastly different conditions in different parts of the country.
“Southerly flow ahead of the front is creating mild and warm conditions for much of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic while northwesterly winds behind the front are pushing cold arctic air into the Plains and Upper Midwest,” the weather service said.
Usually balmy California saw unusual winter weather.
Karen Krenis was driving to a pottery studio in Santa Cruz in the San Francisco Bay area on Thursday when she stopped in her tracks after seeing snow on the beach. She got out of her car and went to take photos. By the time she left, about 50 other people were there. Adults were snapping photos, and children were making snowballs.
“I have lived in California for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” Krenis said.
In Southern California, the storm began moving Thursday with widespread rain and some snow flurries. There was even a dusting of snow or graupnel — a sort of soft hail — Thursday morning in the hills near the Hollywood sign, although it quickly vanished.
Flood watches and warnings were in effect through Saturday afternoon for some coastal regions and valleys, and the potential for heavy rainfall causing flooding and debris flow in some areas burned by wildfires in recent years.
Evacuation warnings also were issued in Ventura County for four areas that were considered unstable after being hit hard by storms last month.
The weather service said temperatures could drop far below normal in the region. That posed a special risk to thousands of homeless people, with shelter space limited and freezing temperatures expected in some areas.
Terry Stephens, who lives in a trailer with her son and his girlfriend in Palmdale, was temporarily placed in a hotel room in the Antelope Valley city northeast of Los Angeles after shivering through the night on Wednesday.
“It was frigid; your bones ache and you can’t get warm,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “I had three blankets on me last night and I was still freezing. Nothing helped.”
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Associated Press writer Andrew Selsky in Salem, Oregon, Olga Rodriguez in San Francisco, Ed White in Detroit and other AP reporters from around the country contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-24T13:10:31+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/02/24/california-could-face-floods-blizzards-huge-us-storm/ |
Professor Martin Green, Professor Andrew Blakers, Dr Aihua Wang and Dr Jianhua Zhao are awarded the world's most prestigious engineering accolade for transforming the efficiency of solar cells and dramatically reducing costs, making solar the cheapest source of electricity in most countries.
LONDON, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) is today awarded to Professor Martin Green, Professor Andrew Blakers, Dr Aihua Wang and Dr Jianhua Zhao for their research work and development of Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) solar photovoltaic technology that has underpinned the recent growth of high performance, low-cost solar electricity, to harness the power of the sun.
Awarded annually, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is presented to engineers responsible for ground-breaking innovations that have been of global benefit to humanity. Celebrating its tenth year in 2023, the Prize announcement was made by Lord Browne of Madingley, Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation.
The 2023 Laureates greatly improved the energy conversion efficiency of commercially dominant silicon cells by improving the quality of both the top and the rear surface of standard silicon solar cells. PERC introduced an additional layer on the back surface that helped prevent recombination and further, reflected unused photons back into the silicon to generate more electrons.
In 1983, Green and Blakers at the University of New South Wales produced solar cells with 18% efficiency, surpassing the 16.5% recorded previously. Over the next few years, they published cell results of 19% and 20% efficiency, and theoretically determined the maximum achievable efficiency to be close to 30%. Green's Lab at the University of South Wales held the global record for efficiency for 30 of the 40 years from 1983 to 2023, with Wang and Zhao leading the work which eventually reached Green's 25% efficiency target.
Recognising the important role PERC technology plays in the development of solar energy, the awardees published their findings with no patent, encouraging further developments within the field and driving down the cost of production to the benefit of wider society.
Through continued research and development, and the help of many others worldwide, the 2023 laureates have significantly reduced the costs of solar panels, with the cost of solar power generation falling by over 80% in the past decade[1]. PERC technology is now the most commercially viable and efficient silicon solar cell technology used in solar panels and large-scale electricity production, and accounts for almost 90% of the global solar cell market.
The increased adoption of solar energy, alongside other renewable energies, is key to reducing more than three quarters of present-day global emissions and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 - as called for in the Paris Agreement. Solar energy provides a solution that is not only clean and sustainable, but accessible and affordable to the wider public.
The demand for solar energy is growing around the world. With global economies increasingly recognising its benefits, the IEA estimates global solar PV capacity to almost triple over the 2022-2027 period, becoming the largest source of power capacity in the world.[2] Currently, Solar is providing about half of new-build electricity generation capacity worldwide.
Not only is solar being introduced into major national electricity grids but because of its low cost and easy installation, it is also being utilised in microgrids for communities across global low- and middle-income countries.
"I am honoured to share this esteemed award with Andrew Blakers, Aihua Wang and Jianhua Zhao. As engineers, we are constantly striving to improve the world we live in. As the world feels the devastating impacts of our changing environment and collapsing ecosystems, I feel passionately that more must be done to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and keep up with the trajectory of human civilization. I hope that PERC technology winning the QEPrize will open many people's eyes to the possibilities of renewable energy." - Professor Martin Green
"It is a privilege to receive the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering alongside Martin Green, Aihua Wang and Jianhua Zhao. The QEPrize aims to inspire a new generation of engineers and I hope that this year these engineers will be inspired, like me, to create solutions that can help us tackle the biggest challenges faced by humanity, such as climate change."- Professor Andrew Blakers
"Achievements in engineering can have a remarkable impact all over the world and we are very grateful that the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has selected PERC technology among many global innovations. It is my pleasure to share this award among friends and colleagues who each played a critical role in achieving the energy efficiency target." - Dr Aihua Wang
"I am greatly honoured and pleased to receive this award. We have been deeply committed to the research and development of PERC technology for many decades, and so to be recognised alongside Martin Green and Andrew Blakers for this contribution is very special." - Dr Jianhua Zhao
"The QEPrize celebrates the engineers who time and time again solve the impossible and transform our world for the better. PERC solar technology is one of those innovations. I believe that everything we do has to be oriented around the global energy transition, so we can achieve net zero, for the planet and the people that live on it. This year's innovation has been and will continue to be integral to this journey. We are in the process of global energy transition, with PERC and solar power in the front seat, and I wholeheartedly congratulate Professors Green and Blakers, and Drs Wang and Zhao for their contribution to humanity." - Lord Browne of Madingley, Chairman, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation
"Over the last ten years, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has highlighted the importance of engineering to better society. This year's winners – Professor Martin Green, Professor Andrew Blakers, Dr Aihua Wang and Dr Jianhua Zhao – encapsulate the aims of the QEPrize perfectly. They are behind the development and commercialisation of PERC technology, which has helped to drive the supply of clean energy around the world as part of the drive to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The future of solar cells is enormous and could make major contribution to delivering net zero emissions." - Professor Dame Lynn Gladden, Chair of the QEPrize Judging Panel
Marking a significant milestone for the QEPrize, Green, Blakers, Wang and Zhao receive this award on the Prize's 10th anniversary. Over the past decade, QEPrize has honoured 20 engineers whose innovations have had a significant impact on billions of lives around the world. The 2023 laureates will be formally honoured at the QEPrize presentation ceremony later this year. They will receive £500,000 and a unique trophy, designed by the 2023 Create the Trophy winner Anja Brandl, a 24 year-old Masters Student from Switzerland.
To find out more about this year's winning innovation, visit www.qeprize.org/winners
A major new gallery exploring how engineers change the world will open at the Science Museum in London on 23 June 2023. Marking the 10th anniversary of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize), the Engineers gallery will showcase previous winners of the prize, alongside some of the most exciting engineering innovations of recent years.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals traded slugger Carlos Santana and nearly $4.3 million to the Seattle Mariners for right-handers Wyatt Mills and William Fleming on Monday, clearing the way for Kansas City to bring up hot prospect Vinnie Pasquantino .
The Royals optioned Mills, a 27-year-old veteran, to Triple-A Omaha while designating right-hander Ronald Bolaños for assignment. Fleming was assigned to Class-A Quad Cities.
Kansas City agreed to send $4,269,231 to Seattle, leaving the Mariners to pay just $1.5 million of the remainder of Santana's salary in the second year of a two-year, $17.5 million contract.
After hitting 19 homers in 158 games for Kansas City last season, and providing some veteran leadership to a team going through a long and difficult rebuild, the 36-year-old first baseman is hitting just .216 with four homers through 52 games this season.
This is the second time Santana has been with Seattle, though the first stint lasted a mere 10 days. He was acquired along with J.P. Crawford from Philadelphia for infielder Jean Segura, right-hander Juan Nicasio, and left-hander James Pazos on Dec. 3, 2018; the Mariners then traded him away as part of a three-team deal with Cleveland and Tampa Bay.
This time should be different as the 36-year-old gives Seattle a useful switch-hitter and an option at first base with leading hitter Ty France on the injured list with an elbow injury. Santana has been the primary first baseman for the Royals and has been better at the plate over the past month with a .357 batting averaging and a 1.032 OPS in June. Seattle also is receiving $4,269,231 from Kansas City to offset Santana’s remaining contract, with $1.5 million paid by the Mariners.
With the Royals last in the AL Central at 26-45 heading into Monday night's game against Texas, and Santana nearing the end of his contract, it was prudent for Kansas City to clear the way for Pasquantino to begin his big league career.
The 24-year-old was picked in the 11th round of the 2019 first-year player draft out of Old Dominion and was generally one of the Royals' overlooked prospects until the past couple of seasons. He was hitting .280 with 18 homers at Omaha, and was among the Triple-A leaders in extra-base hits, runs, homers and slugging percentage.
The fact that they got a couple of promising pitchers in Mills and Fleming was a bonus.
Mills had a 4.15 ERA in eight appearances for Seattle this season, along with going 1-0 with a 1.83 ERA in 19 2/3 innings for Triple-A Tacoma. Fleming was picked in the 11th round of last year's first-year player draft out of Wake Forest and was 6-6 with a 4.92 ERA in 14 starts for Class-A Modesto this season.
Bolaños had a 4.42 ERA in eight appearances for Kansas City this season.
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AP Sports Writer Tim Booth in Seattle contributed.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Justin Verlander became the major leagues’ first 13-game winner, striking out nine and topping 99 mph in his final inning to lead the Houston Astros over the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Saturday.
Verlander (13-3) allowed four hits in seven innings to win his fifth straight start and lower his ERA to 1.86, second in the American League to Shane McClanahan’s 1.71 for Tampa Bay.
A 39-year-old right-hander who missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, Verlander averaged 96.3 mph with his fastball, 1.4 mph above his season average coming in.
“I feel like I haven’t been able to let it go like that in a long time,” Verlander said.
He said he was throwing the ball recently on an off day and tried a different arm path. He saw positive results in his last start before the All-Star break.
‘It was a solid one tick up,” he said. “I was able to do that again today and a lot more times, so I’m definitely happy and a bit surprised. Surprise is the wrong word — I was hopeful that this this could happen.”
Verlander retired 15 straight between Adam Frazier’s second-inning single and Carlos Santana’s ninth home run, which cut the lead to 2-1 in the seventh. Seattle loaded the bases on walks by Eugenio Suárez and pinch-hitter Kyle Lewis around Frazier’s single, and Verlander struck out No. 9 hitter Sam Haggerty on his 101st and final pitch, clocked at 97.4 mph.
Verlander has allowed one earned run or fewer in seven of his last eight starts.
“I remember the greats, Bob Gibson and (Tom) Seaver, and I told him, ‘You know, when they were in trouble, they knew how to pitch out of trouble,’” Houston manager Dusty Baker said. “The mark of a good pitcher is figuring out how to get either a double play or a popup or a strikeout, and I tell you, that one that was great. I mean, we needed that. He needed it. We’re operating on fumes today, so I’ll say that was a great victory.”
Kyle Tucker and Yuli Gurriel hit RBI doubles in the fourth to help the Astros to their fourth consecutive win and send Seattle to its second straight loss after a 14-game winning streak.
Houston is 27-9 since June 12 and ended the Mariners’ streak of eight consecutive winning series.
Logan Gilbert (10-4) gave up two runs and five hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and one walk. He struck out his first four batters, but gave up back-to-back doubles to Gurriel and Tucker with two outs in the fourth after his only walk, to Yordan Álvarez.
Jose Altuve scored on Ryan Boruki’s wild pitch in the eighth.
Bryan Abreu got three straight outs to finish the four-hitter for his second big league save, his first since May 26 last year.
“We haven’t lost a series in a while,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “We’ve played so well. We’ve been getting all those big hits in those big moments. It just hasn’t happened the last couple of nights.”
SANTANA
Santana has nine homers against Verlander, a two-time Cy Young Award winner.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: Closer Ryan Pressly could return to an overused bullpen Sunday from paternity leave. … RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (right forearm strain) made a rehab start Friday for Double-A Corpus Christi, striking out three over two innings. He threw 40 pitches, allowing a run. McCullers has missed the entire season. “I heard he had good velocity,” Baker said. “I heard he threw the ball well, and I’ve heard he’s very happy with his performance, especially the first time out. I’m sure he was a little nervous. But I’m waiting to hear today from our trainers to see if he has the aftereffects.”
Mariners: Servais said All-Star rookie Julio Rodríguez remains day to day after missing a second day due to a left wrist strain. The center fielder was not available off the bench Saturday, and Servais said he would remain out of the lineup until there was no soreness. Servais wasn’t sure when Rodríguez injured the wrist. He jammed it against the Rangers last Sunday sliding into second, but told Servais he wasn’t hurt afterward and appeared to participate in the Home Run Derby without issue. “If anybody’s ever been involved in an event like that — not many of us have — but the adrenaline rush just has to be out of this world, you know, with everybody on their feet and you’re doing your thing and you’re 21 years old,” Servais said. “And I’m guessing he felt that the next day after or something like that.”
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Astros: LHP Framber Valdez (8-4, 2.66 ERA) returns to the mound for the first time following his All-Star Game win. He struck out 10 over six scoreless innings during his last start, a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on July 14.
Mariners: LHP Robbie Ray (8-6, 3.54) is 4-0 in his last eight starts, matching his season high with 12 strikeouts at Texas on July 15.
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-- Future clinical trials to determine if combination chloroquine and venetoclax addresses disease comeback
NEW YORK, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the promise of new medications that promote cancer cell death in people with acute myeloid leukemia, leukemic cells often adopt features that let them evade the drugs' effects within a year.
Now, new research using human tissue samples and mouse models has found that resistance of leukemia cells to a widely prescribed drug called venetoclax occurs because of a rapid increase in the breakdown and turnover of mitochondria, structures inside the cell that help power its functions. In addition to their role in producing energy, mitochondria also tell cells to die under certain adverse conditions.
This process of "programmed cell death" often goes wrong in cancer. Damaged mitochondria can also undergo a form of "self-eating" termed mitophagy that prevents them from sending "death signals."
Led by scientists at NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center, the study showed that mitophagy helps leukemia cells to evade the killing effects of venetoclax, a drug in a class of medications known as BH3 mimetics.
Publishing in the journal Cancer Discovery online April 24, researchers found that the levels of several genes associated with mitophagy were increased in 20 leukemia patient samples compared with normal controls. The level of these genes was even higher in samples from leukemia patients with drug resistance than in those leukemic patients who were not. Particularly notable was the increased expression of the gene for Mitofusin-2 (MFN2), which codes for a key protein in the outer mitochondrial membrane.
Further experiments using mice into which bone marrow from acute myeloid leukemia patients was transplanted showed that the drug chloroquine, a known mitophagy inhibitor, restored the ability of venetoclax to kill the cancer cells.
"Overcoming resistance to BH3 mimetic drugs like venetoclax is of unique clinical significance because these medications are often used for treating people with acute myeloid leukemia," said study co-lead investigator Christina Glytsou, PhD, a former postdoctoral researcher at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and now an assistant professor at Rutgers University.
"Acute myeloid leukemia is notoriously difficult to treat, with fewer than a third of those affected living longer than five years after their diagnosis, so it is important to maximize the impact of existing therapies," said study co-lead investigator Xufeng Chen, PhD, an instructor in the Department of Pathology at NYU Grossman.
"Our preclinical findings suggest that combining BH3 mimetics like venetoclax with either MFN2 or general mitophagy inhibitors could possibly serve as a future therapy for acute myeloid leukemia, as current drug treatments are stalled due to drug resistance," said study senior investigator Iannis Aifantis, PhD.
Aifantis, the Hermann M. Biggs Professor and chair of the Department of Pathology at NYU Grossman and Perlmutter, says the research team plans to design a clinical trial to test whether chloroquine, when used in combination with venetoclax, prevents drug resistance in people with acute myeloid leukemia.
Speaking about other study results, the researchers say they not only found that MFN2 was overly active in people with drug-resistant disease, but also that cancer cells exposed to similar cell-death-inducing compounds demonstrated a doubling in mitophagy rates.
Additional testing in cancer cells engineered to lack MFN2 showed increased sensitivity to drugs similar to venetoclax compared with cells that had functional MFN2. The new study and previous research by the team showing misshapen mitochondria in drug-resistant leukemic cells confirmed that increased mitophagy was the source of the problem.
Acute myeloid leukemia, the most common form of adult leukemia, originates in the bone marrow cells and involves the rapid buildup of abnormal blood cells. The blood cancer results in the deaths of more than 11,500 Americans annually. Current treatments include chemotherapy and a limited number of targeted drug therapies. Bone marrow transplantation has also been used when other options fail.
Funding support for the study was provided by National Institutes of Health grants P30CA016087, P30CA013330, R01CA178394, R01CA173636, R01CA228135, R01CA229086, R01CA242020, and K99CA252602. Additional funding support was provided by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and by AstraZeneca, which provided several of the BH3 mimetic drugs used in these experiments.
Aifantis has received additional research funding from AstraZeneca. This arrangement is being managed in accordance with the policies and practices of NYU Langone Health.
Besides Glytsou, Chen, and Aifantis, other NYU Langone study investigators are Wafa Al-Santli, Hua Zhou, Bettina Nadorp, Soobeom Lee, Audrey Lasry, Zhengxi Sun, Dimitrios Papaioannou, Michael Cammer, Kun Wang, and Aristotelis Tsirigos. Other study co-investigators are Emmanouil Zacharioudakis and Evripidis Gavathiotis, at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, who have filed a patent on mitofusin inhibition based on this research; Tomasz Zal, Malgorzata Anna Zal, Bing Carter, Jo Ishizawa, and Michael Andreeff, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston; and Raoul Tibes, at AstraZeneca in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.
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It’s like Groundhog Day with shady debt collectors. Over and over, the state shuts down predatory operations, only to have to do it over and over again, with different companies.
How odd that in this highly regulated state, lawmakers in Albany do nothing about a deceptive industry known to bilk unsuspecting New Yorkers of money they don’t owe.
There’s a solution: Require licensing of debt collectors. Other states do it. So should this one.
Attorney General Letitia James on Monday announced her office’s latest action against a debt collection outfit. The operation was actually made up of five companies which the attorney general's office said inflated the debt owed, lied about harsh consequences and harassed victims by contacting friends, family members and employers. Those actions violate both state and federal laws, which is why the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was also involved in the case.
The companies were owned by Dr. Scott A. Croce, a chiropractor, his wife, Susan, and by sales professional Christopher L. Di Re, who co-owns a Williamsville water filtration business. They were managed by Brian J. Koziel and Marc D. Gracie.
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Together, they will pay $4 million in penalties and damages and are permanently barred from the debt collection industry.
This is the second such action against a Western New York operation in less than half a year. In December, James’s office announced that companies run by Andrew Fanelli would be closed for abusive collection practices. He was fined $1.2 million. In 2019, James won a $60 million judgment against Douglas MacKinnon.
It is a long, sordid tale in Western New York, where office space is comparatively inexpensive, jobs have been historically hard to come by and licensing is unneeded. That’s helped to make Buffalo and the region “an epicenter” of fraudulent debt collection, according to the National Consumer Law Center, even attracting organized crime.
As of last June, Erie and Niagara counties were home to 156 debt collection companies, some of them legitimate, according to the state Labor Department. At least 39 companies had been prosecuted for illegal debt collection practices.
Debt collection isn’t illegal, nor should it be. The problem is the number of illegal operators who have infested the area like fleas on a dog. It demands the state’s attention.
Some municipalities have their own regulations. They include Buffalo, Yonkers and New York City. That poses no hurdle for illegal debt collectors, who simply go elsewhere.
It is a problem that is expanding. Rules announced last year allow debt collectors to try to reach debtors by social media. They an also send emails and text messages. For honest companies, these new avenues for collecting legitimate debts are not unreasonable.
But, as April Kuehnhoff, a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, told National Public Radio last year, for illegal operators, these are new avenues of attack. Albany needs to act.
State Sen. Brian Kavanagh, D-Manhattan, has tried. He sponsored a bill last year to require licensing in the state. On Jan. 5, it was referred to the Senate Banks Committee, where it remains with only a few weeks left in the session. Similar bills have been introduced five times since 2009.
Where is our Western New York delegation on this? They should be leading the charge. We don’t need this dirty reputation.
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2 extremely rare leopard cubs born at Saint Louis Zoo
One of the world’s rarest cats has a new addition to the family.
Two Amur leopards, named Anya and Irina, were born last month at the Saint Louis Zoo. The female cubs are the first born at the zoo since 2010 and are a significant contribution to the animal’s population, the zoo said.
The Amur leopard is considered one of the most endangered cats in the world. The World Wildlife Fund says the animal is critically endangered, which means only around 100 remain in the wild.
The Amur leopard lives in the forests of the Russian Far East and northeast China, with a few possibly also in North Korea.
The creatures are nocturnal, and they live and hunt alone. During the harsh winter, their coats can grow up to nearly three inches long. They’re also known for their big, furry tails that they use to wrap around themselves to keep warm.
According to the WWF, Amur leopards have been hunted mercilessly over the past decades due to their beautiful, unique coats. They’re also hunted for their bones, used in traditional Asian medicines.
Camouflage pattern of a rare Amur leopard at Marwell Zoo, Winchester, April 30, 2010. (Simon Lees/Digital Camera magazine via Getty Images)
Adding to the reason for their decrease in population, their homelands have been destroyed by logging, forest fires and other industrial developments.
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Amur leopard cubs are born after a gestation period of approximately 100 days.
In the wild, cubs stay with their mother for about a year and a half, according to the zoo. Young females may continue to share the mother's territory as they mature. Young males must establish their own territories elsewhere.
The female cubs at the Saint Louis Zoo are staying for now with their mother in a private, indoor maternity den. This allows the cubs to grow "large enough to safely navigate all of the obstacles in the outdoor habitat," the zoo said.
"Dot is an excellent mother. It's exciting to see this first-time mom providing great care to her cubs," said Steve Bircher, Kevin Beckmann Curator of Carnivores, Saint Louis Zoo. "There are so few of these rare big cats left in the world and each birth is extremely important for the survival of the species."
Dot is four years old and has been with the Saint Louis Zoo since 2020. She bred with Samson, who has been with the zoo since the fall of 2021.
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There have been four other cubs in three litters born at the Saint Louis Zoo since 1991: Anastasia (female, 2010), Sofiya (female, 2008), and Sergi and Dimitri (males, 1991).
"There are more Amur leopards in human care than exist in the wild," said Bircher. "In all, the population of Amur leopards in zoos all around the world numbers just about 300 individuals. Without the conservation effort of zoos, this species could go extinct."
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It was the 1980s, and Cantu was in her early 20s, fresh out of nursing school and working as a public health nurse at the health department in Waco — nearly 200 miles from her hometown of San Antonio. She and the rest of the public health team routinely received referrals from the two city hospitals regarding new mothers who couldn’t afford postnatal care. They’d do home visits to ensure each child received immunizations and the like.
In one case, a baby named Jonathan didn’t look right. His coloring seemed off, and he was having trouble feeding. For months, Cantu visited the mother and baby, and on one visit brought a pediatrician to examine Jonathan for free. But the baby died, and the grief-stricken mother stayed in touch with Cantu. When her family said she was visiting the grave too frequently for a baby who died at less than 1 year old, Cantu told her that it was not only OK to grieve as she did but that it was important.
“That was really the moment, my springboard, to really understand that I have the potential to really have an impact,” Cantu said. “It was such a tragic event for everyone, but it also built up some confidence in myself that I could do this.”
Cantu has devoted her life to public health. In San Antonio, she gets out in the community, knocking on doors, passing out flyers and attending public events. Rather than stay stationed at a hospital or clinic, Cantu likes to work with people where they live to promote health education, discuss options and make a difference where it matters most.
Now 67, Cantu has not slowed.
She’s been at the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing for more than 20 years, researching and teaching public health, nursing and the social determinants of health, particularly the impact of environmental health on communities. She is a member of the Alliance of Nurses for Health Environments and vice chair for both CPS Energy’s rate advisory committee and the city of San Antonio’s climate equity advisory committee.
Cantu recently conducted a simulation for her summer nursing students designed to show them what it’s like to live below the poverty line in the United States. Such exercises, she believes, can help improve the future.
“There is a movement for public health out there,” she said. “We just have to keep moving it forward.”
A natural calling
When Cantu was in high school, a nurse visited for career day and spoke about her job. In awe, Cantu ran home and told her mother that this was what she wanted to do.
Well before that day, Cantu was a helper. She was a natural mediator, the middle child of seven. Her father owned and worked at a garage with his brother, and her mother stayed at home to mind the family. They were “stable and very protected,” she said, “and I think I wanted to help people realize the same stability and health.”
When the nurse came to her school, it all felt natural.
Cantu grew up in primarily Latino communities on the West and Northwest sides of San Antonio. Her mother was from Stockdale, Texas, and her father was a San Antonio native — the oldest of seven siblings. His own father had been physically abusive and eventually, in fourth grade, he told him to leave and go back to Mexico. Cantu’s father then dropped out of school, and he and his brothers supported the family. Eventually, he served in World War II before returning to San Antonio to start the auto shop.
“As I get older, these stories, this history really adds to my understanding of the people that I work with,” she said. “There are so many kids out there who are lacking support and stability within their families, to grow.”
Cantu attended nursing school and earned a bachelor’s degree at Incarnate Word College, now called University of the Incarnate Word. But when she got her first job at Santa Rosa Hospital downtown, she hated it. She never got to know her patients, there was so much paperwork, and she was immediately overwhelmed.
She quit after nine months, something Cantu likes to tell her students now. She couldn’t do it anymore and needed to find something new.
Cantu took a seasonal job at a summer camp in Pennsylvania instead — her first time outside Texas and away from her family and her Catholic, Hispanic community. The camp was completely different from home, entirely white and primarily Jewish. But she liked the change and the newness. And when she returned to San Antonio, she knew she couldn’t go back to Santa Rosa — to the paperwork and fleeting conversations.
So she took the public health job in Waco and left San Antonio again for an experience she was drawn to. There, she experienced community engagement, public education and depth. She had a boss with a master’s degree in nursing — a woman Cantu admired for her calmness, resilience and ability to never get flustered no matter what a patient was going through.
With that in mind, Cantu left again after a year and went to Dallas to get a master’s in community public health at Texas Woman’s University. She stayed in Dallas for nearly a decade, until her early 30s, working at the public health department at the university and growing as a provider.
Cantu eventually returned to San Antonio. Though she loved Dallas, she missed her big family immensely and yearned for San Antonio’s small-town vibe.
It was also a community she cared for deeply and wanted to help. For over a decade, throughout the 1990s, Cantu worked at the University Health System. She helped residents sign up for affordable health care plans, supervised the walk-in clinic and ultimately became director of patient satisfaction.
When she left University Health, she felt she had grown immensely. She knew public health was a constantly adapting field and one to learn more from experience. She watched residents struggle to afford health care and wait long hours for appointments. She built bonds and trust with people who distrusted hospitals, and she listened to their daily public health concerns.
“It wasn’t just managing the programs and the clinics,” Cantu said. “But it was after the fact too, when the patient was discharged, to help them understand what they needed to do beyond the health system.”
For Cantu, that’s always been the case. It wasn’t just health care. It was a community.
Beyond health
For the past 20 years, Cantu has been at UT Health San Antonio. She received her doctorate in 2006 and continued to teach and conduct research at the university level.
Over time, her role in the community grew. Since 2003, Cantu has joined 13 community groups, mentored students outside the classroom, sat on numerous boards and been a member of five nursing associations.
And for the past decade or so, Cantu has been at the forefront of the environmental justice and health movement in San Antonio. As a member of the Alliance of Nurses for Health Environments, she strives to teach future nurses about environmental health issues, such as climate change, pollution and industry.
Throughout her work in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, environmental health issues were a constant in Cantu’s field. In particular, asthma, lung issues and an increase of allergies among vulnerable communities arose repeatedly. Whether it was from industry or smog from ozone pollution, Cantu saw how the environment impacted the health in certain neighborhoods, and how those communities had less access to health care and more stresses of everyday life.
“As a nurse, my job is to note the problem and then see what are the causes,” Cantu said, “and how we can resolve it.”
She was seeing cancer, too. Sometimes, entire families or several neighbors would get the same cancer. In one family, the father got colon cancer and died and then the mother got it.
“You start seeing things in the community that seemingly don’t have any explanation, these random things. And suddenly, you start looking really at the environment,” she said. “Then you start making connections.”
As vice chair for the city’s climate equity committee and CPS’ rate advisory committee, these are examples she often thinks about and raises. She has presented to her colleagues on the committees how a coal plant can affect nearby health in populations. Perhaps it is not a direct link. Perhaps it’s cumulative with other social determinants, such as income or health care, but breathing in coal dust certainly does not help, she said.
Getting tougher environmental regulations for CPS Energy’s coal-fired J.K. Spruce Plant is not Cantu’s only public health goal, but it’s a big one to which she’s dedicated a lot of time.
In the past, Cantu said, she got frustrated with the pace of public health. But now, she sees that it doesn’t help. Instead, it’s all about cooperating and listening to other opinions and maybe finding a middle ground.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Cantu said public health is on people’s minds more than ever, and there’s more work to be done. She’s hopeful. Her students — whom she’s teaching population health, the social determinants of health and environmental consequences — will be the world’s new health leaders, perhaps sitting on their own committees and pushing for change in their own neighborhoods.
Cantu was the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine in San Antonio. Members of media crowded her as she received that dose in December 2020. And while the occasion was momentous, it was after the media left that it really mattered.
“Community members came up to me later, told me they were going to get the shot because I did,” she said. “Because they already knew me, from being out in their neighborhood, talking with them, building a relationship.”
And that, Cantu said, is public health.
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CA Phoenix AZ Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 16, 2022
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213 AM MST Sun Jul 17 2022
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Northwest Valley-Buckeye/Avondale-Deer Valley-Central Phoenix-
North Phoenix/Glendale-Scottsdale/Paradise Valley-East Valley-
South Mountain/Ahwatukee-Southeast Valley/Queen Creek-
Including the cities of Circle City, Surprise, Wittmann, Beardsley,
Sun City West, Avondale, Cashion, Goodyear, Liberty, Peoria, Phoenix,
Paradise Valley, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, Gilbert, Sun Lakes,
and Queen Creek
213 AM MST Sun Jul 17 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 83 to 90. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 111. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 83 to 91. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 104 to 108. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 83 to 91. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows in the lower 80s to
lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 105 to 109.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 83 to 90.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 106 to 109.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 83 to 90.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 110.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the 80s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs 100 to 105. Chance of rain
30 percent.
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Cave Creek/New River-Fountain Hills/East Mesa-
Apache Junction/Gold Canyon-
Including the cities of Scottsdale, Fountain Hills,
and Apache Junction
213 AM MST Sun Jul 17 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 76 to 86. East wind around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 104 to 109. South wind around 5 mph in
the morning becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 77 to 87. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 102 to 107. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 77 to 87. West wind 10 to 15 mph
in the evening decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 104 to 109.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows in the upper 70s to
upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 102 to 107.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 102 to 107.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A 10 percent chance of afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Highs 104 to 109.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of afternoon showers
and thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs 99 to 104.
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AZZ553-554-171100-
Northwest Pinal County-West Pinal County-
Including the cities of Casa Grande, Cactus Forest, Florence,
and Coolidge
213 AM MST Sun Jul 17 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 77 to 87. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 105 to 110. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows 77 to 87. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 103 to 108. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 77 to 87. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 104 to 109.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows in the upper 70s to
upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 103 to 108.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows in the upper 70s to
upper 80s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 104 to 109.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness with a 30 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs 100 to 105. Chance of rain
30 percent.
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Imperial County West-
Including the cities of Coolidge Springs, Salton City, Winona,
Coyote Wells, Ocotillo, and Plaster City
213 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 80 to 90. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Very hot. Highs 110 to 115. Southeast wind 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
79 to 89. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph in the evening becoming south
5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot. Highs 107 to 112. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 80 to 90. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 109 to 114.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as warm. Highs 104 to 109.
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Imperial County Southwest-
Including the city of Mountain Spring
213 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 82 to 92. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Hot. Highs 109 to 114. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows 81 to 91. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot. Highs 106 to 111. North wind 5 to 10 mph in the
morning becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows 82 to 92. Southwest
wind 15 to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 80s to
lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows 80 to 90.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 80 to 90.
.FRIDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 109 to 114.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as warm. Highs 104 to 109.
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CAZ560-561-171100-
Joshua Tree NP West-Joshua Tree NP East-
Including the cities of Cottonwood Visitor and Lost Horse-Keys
Village
213 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 77 to 87. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs
100 to 110. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
75 to 85. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs 95 to
105. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 76 to 86. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 98 to 108.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 97 to 107.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 99 to 109.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 99 to 109.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as warm. Highs 93 to 103.
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Chef Michael Lomonaco, Renowned Restaurateur and Culinary Professor, to Attend as Featured Speaker
LAKELAND, Fla., April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Hospice Women of Giving, a philanthropic group, today announced plans to host the Eighth Annual Seasons of Service, presented by WellSky. The luncheon, in support of Good Shepherd Hospice, takes place on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Bonnet Springs Park Event Center at 400 Bonnet Springs Boulevard in Lakeland. The theme of the luncheon is "The Power of Resilience and Healing." All proceeds from the event support philanthropic projects benefiting patients and families of Good Shepherd Hospice.
During the event, renowned restaurateur and distinguished culinary professor, Chef Michael Lomonaco will share his story of grief and hope after caring for his wife of 42 years while she suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Chef Lomonaco's personal connection to hospice comes from his appreciation of the care provided to his wife until she passed in 2021.
"I am happy to be visiting Lakeland to be with the Hospice Women of Giving," said Chef Lomonaco. "These incredible women do such important work and help so many in their communities with compassion and loving kindness."
Chef Lomonaco is a partner of highly respected and successful restaurants such as Porter House Bar and Grill, Center Bar and his latest project, Hudson Yards Grill. An original star of the Food Network and travel host on Discovery and Travel Channels, Chef Lomonaco is also a distinguished professor at the City University of New York. After surviving the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, he raised 22 million dollars for restaurants impacted by the attacks. Chef Lomonaco's restaurant, Windows of the World, was in the north tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. More than 70 employees and nearly 100 guests lost their lives in the attacks.
"I am humbled and elated to have Chef Lomonaco with us for this very special Seasons of Service," said Jayne Hughes, education committee chair, Hospice Women of Giving. "His story is one of resilience and love. It is the perfect way to commemorate this occasion with our members and guests. His story will surely have a lasting impact on all who attend."
If you're interested in making an impact for those in need by becoming a sponsor, please contact Paula Creamer, director of philanthropy for the Chapters Health Foundation in support of Good Shepherd Hospice at 863.559.2944 or email creamerp@chaptershealth.org.
To register for the Eighth Annual Seasons of Service, please visit chaptershealth.org/foundation/seasons-of-service-registration/.
About Good Shepherd Hospice
Good Shepherd Hospice, an affiliate of Chapters Health System, is a community-based, not-for-profit organization that supports more than 4,000 patients each year in Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties as they face the challenges of advancing age and illness. Since 2008, the organization has been accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation's premier healthcare accrediting body.
About Chapters Health Foundation
Chapters Health Foundation is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization committed to supporting Chapters Health System, a progressive leader in home health, palliative care, hospice, and grief support. Chapters Health Foundation provides more than $7.4 million annually to help offset the accumulated costs of unfunded and underfunded programming. The programming includes, but is not limited to charity care, bereavement support and special needs funds designed to help meet the needs of patients and families who cannot afford hospice services.
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Monday’s Top Stories
- Balloon Fiesta vendors feel impact of weather amid 50th anniversary
- Chaves County officials searching for woman in murder case
- National Hispanic Cultural Center holds 2022 Albuquerque Folk Festival
- Man charged following Albuquerque bank break-ins
- Indigenous People’s Day closures around Albuquerque
- Here’s when you can see the Hunter’s Moon
- US headed to recession that was ‘totally avoidable,’ chief economist says
- North Korea confirms simulated use of nukes to ‘wipe out’ enemies
- Russia blasts Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities in deadly strikes
Monday’ Five Facts
[1] FBI looking for suspect in 2020 death – The FBI is asking for help finding the person or people responsible for the death of a Native American man found dead nearly two years ago. Isiah Terrell Billy was found dead near a gas station on October 5, 2020. Officials say he was strangled to death. There is a $10,000 award for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible.
[2] Linguist: Spanish dialect spoken in New Mexico is fading away – Researchers said the Spanish language spoken by many New Mexicans, their family members, and their ancestors is starting to disappear. Dr. Devin Jenkins, a linguist, said it’s a mixture of old Spanish words, Indigenous words, and English. The language can be found all over the state, primarily in northern New Mexico. Jenkins said the language is fading away as older generations are passing away and their younger relatives no longer learn the dialect. Researchers found the language could be gone within the next 50 years due to a generational shift; younger generations are mostly learning English.
[3] Storms Monday, ahead of drier and warmer week – Many areas will stay drier today with afternoon sun. Storms will be possible in southeast NM, the Gila, western mountains and northern mountains. The valley, Four Corners, and northeast highlands will stay drier and sunnier. Drier air will take over the state on Tuesday, leaving everyone dry for the rest of the work week. Temperatures will rebound on Tuesday, thanks to westerly wind flow, and highs will be back to around and above average.
[4] Project aims to protect, raise awareness about the Gila – Student filmmakers from New Mexico State University are getting hands-on experience out in the field, while also learning about the history of the Gila wilderness. NMSU partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to create the Gila Film School. Students have made six short documentaries. These documentaries were shot during a nearly two-week, 17 mile backpacking trip in the Gila. The documentaries will be showcased by the U.S. Forest Service. The films will then be sent to different fourth grade classrooms across New Mexico.
[5] Albuquerque teen sets up Halloween display for neighborhood – One house in northeast Albuquerque is hard to miss thanks to the Halloween display one Albuquerque teen puts on. Elias Aragon has been a fan of spooky season ever since he was a kid and was inspired by his uncle who would also go all-out for Halloween. Elias says putting buying and building his own decorations is not easy, but it is worth it. He says he hopes to continue the tradition for years to come. | 2022-10-10T13:21:08+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/newsfeed/krqe-newsfeed-asking-for-help-dialect-fading-away-dry-week-nmsu-film-students-halloween-display/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — Policía reporta 5 muertos y 19 hospitalizados tras tiroteo en desfile de 4 de Julio en Highland Park, cerca de Chicago.
- Laredoan wins Miss ECO USA title
- Unauthorized road work on Mines Road causes holiday weekend congestion
- Former United ISD police officer with ties to controversy in Uvalde resign
- Man shot over a girlfriend; 3 arrested
- Brothers arrested in west Laredo shooting
- Sky-high meat prices won't stop Laredo cookouts
- Fourth of July celebration at Sisters of Mercy Water Park
- LPD: Argument over infidelity allegedly leads woman to punch, swing at...
- Newest LMC residents talk about experience
- Woman, child taken to LMC following near drowning
- Some locals struggling to get in the holiday spirit
- Laredo pools free on Monday, Fourth of July celebrations set
- Pets are being given up as owners struggle to pay bills
- Photos: You could win $4.5M Mexican drug lord's mansion for $10
- Man tried smuggling teen, infant through USBP checkpoint
- San Antonio native on writing for HBO, inspiring Latinx talent
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court has affirmed a ban in three states on enforcing a federal vaccine mandate for workers who contract with the federal government.
A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Thursday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that said the mandate was unconstitutional. President Joe Biden’s administration is not enforcing the rule while legal battles play out around the country.
A federal judge in Louisville, Kentucky, blocked the Biden rule in November 2021 for that state and two others: Tennessee and Ohio. The mandate requires workers contracting with the federal government to wear face masks and be vaccinated for COVID-19.
The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a similar ruling in December for Indiana, Louisiana and Mississippi.
“The Sixth Circuit’s decision is a resounding victory against unlawful federal overreach into the personal medical decisions of Kentuckians,” Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said in a statement Thursday.
Cameron, a Republican running for governor, brought the Kentucky lawsuit in 2021. | 2023-01-12T22:17:53+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/appeals-court-rules-against-vaccine-mandate-in-3-states/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Cognyte Software Ltd. ("Cognyte" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CGNT). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Cognyte and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On June 28, 2022, Cognyte issued a press release announcing its financial results for the Company's first fiscal quarter of 2022. Among other items, Cognyte reported revenue of $86.7 million, missing consensus estimates by $25.9 million. Cognyte said that its results were "impacted by slow pipeline conversion and supply chain" and said that the Company was "unable to give guidance" at that time.
On this news, Cognyte's stock price fell $1.84 per share, or 29.66% percent, to close at $4.58 on June 28, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets — and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves — seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months of internal debate and quiet talks with allies.
Biden announced during last week’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, that the U.S. would join the F-16 coalition. His green light came after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spent months pressing the West to provide his forces with American-made jets as he tries to repel Russia’s now 15-month-old grinding invasion.
Long shadowing the administration’s calculation were worries that such a move could escalate tensions with Russia. U.S. officials also argued that learning to fly and logistically support the advanced F-16 would be difficult and time consuming.
But over the past three months, administration officials shifted toward the view that it was time to provide Ukraine’s pilots with the training and aircraft needed for the country’s long-term security needs, according to three officials familiar with the deliberations who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
Still, the change in Biden’s position seemed rather sudden.
In February, Biden was insistent in an interview with ABC’s David Muir that Ukraine “doesn’t need F-16s now” and that “I am ruling it out for now.” And in March, a top Pentagon policy official, Colin Kahl, told U.S. lawmakers that even if the president approved F-16s for Ukraine, it could take as long as two years to get Ukrainian pilots trained and equipped.
But as the administration was publicly playing down the prospect of F-16s for Ukraine in the near term, an internal debate was heating up.
Quiet White House discussions stepped up in February, around the time that Biden visited Ukraine and Poland, according to the U.S. officials.
Following the trip, discussions that included senior White House National Security Council, Pentagon and State Department officials began on the pros and cons and the details of how such a transfer might work, officials said. Administration officials also got deeper into consultations with allies.
In April, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin heard from defense leaders from allied countries during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group who were looking for U.S. permission to train the Ukrainians on F-16s, according to a Defense Department official who was not authorized to comment publicly. Austin raised the matter during the NSC policy discussions and there was agreement that it was time to start training.
Austin also raised the issue with Biden before the G7 summit with a recommendation “to proceed with approving allies” to train the Ukrainians and transfer the aircraft, the department official said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also was a strong advocate for pushing forward with the plan during the U.S. policy talks and conveying to Biden increasing European urgency on the issue, officials said.
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan traveled to London on May 8 for talks with British, French and German allies on Ukraine, and F-16s were high on the agenda. They got into the nitty gritty on how to go about provide training and which countries might be willing to transfer jets to Ukraine. It was agreed that the focus would be on training first, according to one of the officials.
Sullivan, before leaving London, spoke by phone with his counterparts from the Netherlands and Poland, both countries that have F-16s and “would be essential to any efforts to provide Ukraine jets for any future use.” Denmark also could potentially provide the jets, the official added.
Biden and Sullivan discussed how the upcoming G7 summit in Hiroshima could provide a good opportunity for him to make the case to key allies on the administration’s shifting stance on fighter jets.
They also discussed Biden backing allies providing jets to Ukraine — a line he had previously appeared not to want to cross out of concern that it could draw the West into what could be seen as direct confrontation with Moscow.
Biden, in private talks with fellow G7 leaders on Friday, confirmed that the U.S. would get behind a joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 and that as things went on, they would work together on who would provide them and how many would be sent.
State, Pentagon and NSC officials are now developing the training plan and “when, where and how to deliver F-16s” to Ukraine as part of the long-term security effort, the official said.
U.S. officials say it will take several months to iron out details, but the U.S. Air Force has quietly determined that the actual training could realistically be done in about four months. The Air Force based the far shorter estimate on a visit by two Ukrainian pilots to a U.S. air base in March, where they got to learn about the F-16 and fly simulators. The training, officials say, would take place in Europe.
White House officials have bristled at the notion that Biden’s decision amounted to a sea change.
The administration had been focused on providing Ukraine with weapons — including air defense systems, armored vehicles, bridging equipment and artillery — that were needed for a coming counteroffensive. There also were concerns that sending F-16s would eat up a significant portion of the money allocated for Ukraine.
What changed, the official added, is that other allies got to a point where they were willing to provide their own jets as part of a U.S.-based coalition.
The Biden administration is still examining whether it will directly provide its own F-16s to Ukraine. Regardless, it needed buy-in from other allies because the U.S. wouldn’t be able to provide the full fleet of jets Zelenskyy says is needed.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the F-16 will give Ukraine a key capability for the long term but it won’t be a “game changer.”
Kendall told a gathering of reporters on Monday there has been an awareness that “we needed to go there at some point, but we didn’t have a sense of urgency about this. I think we’re at a reasonable place to make that decision now.”
Another potential wrinkle in the F-16 conversation involves Turkey.
Turkey wants to buy 40 new F-16s from the U.S., but some in Congress oppose the sale until Turkey approves NATO membership for Sweden, which applied to join the alliance in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has objected to Sweden’s perceived support of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, the leftist extremist group DHKP-C and followers of the U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara claims was behind a failed military coup attempt in 2016.
Erdogan is facing opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a runoff election on Sunday. If Erdogan wins, as expected, White House officials are increasingly hopeful that the Turkish leader will withdraw his opposition to Sweden’s membership, according to the U.S. official.
If Erdogan drops opposition to Sweden joining NATO, it could lead to Turkey getting its long desired F-16s and may eventually add to the number of older F-16s in circulation, which could benefit Ukraine.
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Associated Press White House correspondent Zeke Miller contributed reporting. | 2023-05-23T09:53:58+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/your-local-election-hq/ap-bidens-shift-on-f-16s-for-ukraine-came-after-months-of-internal-debate/ |
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), a biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease, granted six newly-hired employees options to purchase an aggregate of 27,000 shares of Akebia's common stock on August 31, 2022, as inducements material to each such employee entering into employment with Akebia. The options were granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The options have an exercise price of $0.36 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Akebia's common stock on the grant date. Each stock option vests over four years, with 25% of the shares vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 75% of shares vesting quarterly thereafter, in each case, subject to the new employee's continued service with Akebia. Each stock option has a 10-year term and is subject to the terms and conditions of Akebia's inducement award program and a stock option agreement covering the grant.
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company with the purpose to better the lives of people impacted by kidney disease. Akebia was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit our website at www.akebia.com, which does not form a part of this release.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Bird Global, Inc. ("Bird" or the "Company") (NYSE: BRDS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Bird and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On November 14, 2022, Bird disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that "[o]n November 11, 2022, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors . . . , after discussion with management, determined that (i) the Company's audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and for the years then ended, and quarterly periods within those years, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the [SEC] on March 15, 2022, (ii) its condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2022, and for the three months then ended, included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022 and (iii) its condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2022, and for the three and six months then ended, included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022 (collectively, the 'Original Filings', and each such quarterly or annual period covered therein, an 'impacted period'), should no longer be relied upon." Bird further advised that "[t]he determination results from an error identified in connection with the preparation of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2022, and the three and nine months then ended, related to its business system configuration that impacted the recognition of revenue on certain trips completed by customers of its Sharing business ('Rides') for which collectability was not probable."
On this news, Bird's stock price fell $0.07 per share, or 15.94%, to close at $0.36 per share on November 14, 2022.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) _ Etsy Inc. (ETSY) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $73.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the Brooklyn, New York-based company said it had profit of 51 cents.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 35 cents per share.
The online crafts marketplace posted revenue of $585.1 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $561.5 million.
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Key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base in North Carolina are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, which were used by the first Black Marines, trained roughly 20,000 men.
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WASHINGTON >> No fingerprints or DNA turned up on the baggie of cocaine found in a lobby at the White House last week despite a sophisticated FBI crime lab analysis, and surveillance footage of the area didn’t identify a suspect, according to a summary of the Secret Service investigation obtained by The Associated Press. There are no leads on who brought the drugs into the building.
U.S. Secret Service agents found the white powder during a routine White House sweep on July 2, in a heavily trafficked West Wing lobby where staff go in and out, and tour groups gather to drop their phones and other belongings.
“Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered,” Secret Service officials said in the summary.
It’s most likely the bag was left behind by one of the hundreds of visitors who traveled in and out of the building over the weekend, according to a person familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing probe and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The presence of cocaine at the White House prompted a flurry of criticism and questions from Republicans, who requested a briefing today on the probe. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden believed it was “incredibly important” for the Secret Service to get to the bottom of how the drugs ended up in the White House. The Secret Service is responsible for securing the White House and led the investigation.
Biden wasn’t there at the time of the discovery. He was at Camp David with members of his family for the holiday weekend.
The complex was briefly evacuated as a precaution when the white powder was found. The fire department was called in to test the substance on the spot to determine whether it was hazardous, and the initial test came back negative for a biohazard but positive for cocaine.
The bag was sent for a secondary, more sensitive lab analysis. Homeland Security’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center analyzed the item for any biothreats. Tests conducted at the facility came back negative.
The cocaine and packaging underwent further forensics testing, including advanced fingerprint and DNA work at the FBI’s crime laboratory, according to the summary. The FBI also did chemical testing.
Meanwhile, Secret Service investigators put together a list of several hundred individuals who may have accessed the area where the drugs were found. Anyone who comes through the White House must give identifying information and pass through security before entering.
But the lab results didn’t turn up latent fingerprints or DNA, so agents can’t compare anything to the possible suspect pool. White House staff are fingerprinted; participants in tour groups are not.
Video of the West Executive street lobby entrance did not identify the person or provide any solid investigative leads, the Secret Service said.
The lobby is open to staff-led tours of the West Wing, which are scheduled for nonworking hours on the weekends and evenings. Those tours are invitation-only and led by White House staff for friends, family and other guests. Most staffers who work in the complex can request an evening or weekend tour slot, but there is often a long waitlist. There were tours on the day, a Sunday, the drugs were found, as well as on the two preceding days.
The Situation Room, where staffers would drop their phones before entering, has been undergoing construction work and was not in use at the time the baggie was found, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said last week. | 2023-07-13T18:59:16+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/07/13/breaking-news/no-fingerprints-or-dna-from-cocaine-found-at-white-house/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The winners of this year’s Elevate Prize include social entrepreneurs who help Detroit children prepare for school, build technology labs in rural Kenya, and improve road safety in India.
The Elevate Prize Foundation announced 12 winners Monday, instead of the usual 10, because there were so many strong candidates the selection committee couldn’t narrow the field further, foundation chairman and founder Joseph Deitch told The Associated Press. Each winner will receive a $300,000 unrestricted grant to continue their work and $200,000 in support services to help them reach a wider audience, as part of the foundation’s goal to “make good famous.”
“I realized I couldn’t not have them all,” Deitch said. “I want to work with them. I want to go on this journey with them. I just want them to reach their potential and they all just have massive potential and passion and purpose.”
Cindy Eggleton, co-founder and CEO of Brilliant Detroit — a nonprofit dedicated to providing early childhood development programs to kids in their own neighborhoods – said the Elevate Prize comes at a time when her organization is poised for a national expansion.
“We’re at such an inflection point and winning this, literally I was shocked and full of tears,” Eggleton said. “It’s such an honor.”
Brilliant Detroit, which started in 2015 with 50 children under 8 years old, now supports 16,000 people including children and their families in 14 neighborhoods, where they have seen significant improvements in students’ reading levels. The plan is to expand to 24 Detroit neighborhoods next year, while also helping programs start in other cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago, and Cleveland. Eggleton said there are currently 21 cities on the waiting list for her programs, which focus on a holistic approach to helping children by providing them and their families with health, education and other support services at a house in their neighborhood.
“We’re on to something because this is a different kind of model,” she said. “What we hope to do with the Elevate Prize Foundation is work on how we going to scale this.”
Initially, Deitch said he thought Brilliant Detroit was “too local” to be considered for the Elevate Prize, which seeks to attract attention for solutions to global problems.
Then, the more he looked at the nonprofit’s processes and their results, he said he thought, “Cindy for president!”
“We’re all ‘Cindy for president!’,” added Carolina García Jayaram, Elevate Prize Foundation’s CEO.
“This model that she’s created — which seems so oddly simple – is brilliant,” Deitch continued. “When people are so full of common sense and clarity, they make it look so easy, but she’s extraordinary.”
Eggleton, like the other 11 Elevate Prize winners, was chosen by a panel of leaders in academia, activism, business and the media, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who received the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award last year for her work inspiring social action.
Jayaram said one of the criteria for selecting the winners is whether they bring a unique point of view to the group. “It’s magical what happens when we bring them together,” she said, adding that several past winners are now collaborating. “The diversity yields many benefits to us and to the winners. In terms of the ‘make good famous’ piece, the story just gets richer and richer by virtue of the fact that they’re coming from such different places in the world.”
In addition to Eggleton, this year’s Elevate Prize winners are:
— Nelly Cheboi, of TechLit Africa, a nonprofit that uses recycled computers to create technology labs in schools. Cheboi was selected as part of The Elevate Prize Foundation’s collaboration with CNN Heroes. (Kenya)
— Crystal Echo Hawk, of IllumiNative, a nonprofit project that amplifies contemporary Native voices, stories, and issues to increase the influence of Native peoples. (United States)
— Dr. Cynthia Fast, of APOPO, a research nonprofit that trains animals to root out landmines and work alongside medical professionals to detect disease in patients. (Belgium)
— Atif Javed, of Tarjimly, a mobile app that lets multilingual speakers remotely volunteer as translators and interpreters for refugees. (United States)
— Namya Mahajan, of Rocket Learning, a nonprofit focused on distributing research to support early childhood education and community engagement. (India)
— Elijah McKinnon, of Open Television, a nonprofit platform for intersectional television that supports marginalized and underrepresented artists to help bring their stories to the public. (United States)
— Sana Mustafa, of Asylum Access, a nonprofit helping forcibly displaced individuals navigate systemic barriers so they can reclaim their rights. (United States)
— Rachel Silverstein, of Miami Waterkeeper, a nonprofit advocating for clean water and ecosystem protection, as well as combating climate change. (United States)
— Piyush Tewari, of SaveLIFE Foundation, a nonprofit committed to improving road safety and access to emergency medical care. (India)
— Bianca Tylek, of Worth Rises, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to dismantling the prison industry. (United States)
— Teresa Wanjiku Njoroge, of Clean Start Solutions, a social enterprise that works with women and children impacted by the criminal injustice system to support successful reintegration. (Kenya)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood is gearing up for the 95th Academy Awards, where “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in the lead nominee and the film industry will hope to move past “the slap” of last year’s ceremony. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 Oscars, including when they are, where to watch the live show and this year’s controversies.
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WHEN ARE THE OSCARS?
The Oscars will be held Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony is set to begin at 8 p.m. EST and be broadcast live on ABC.
CAN YOU STREAM THE OSCARS?
The broadcast can be streamed with a subscription to Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and Fubo TV. Some of these services offer brief free trials. You can also stream the show on ABC.com and on the ABC app by authenticating your provider.
WHO’S HOSTING?
Jimmy Kimmel will host for the third time and his first time since 2018. That was also the last Oscars to feature a solo host. The show went hostless for several years after Kimmel’s last outing. Last year, Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes hosted as a trio. In an ad for this year’s show styled after “Top Gun: Maverick,” Kimmel made his humble case for being the right person for the job while noting that he can’t get slapped because “I cry a lot.”
WHAT’S NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE AT THE 2023 OSCARS?
The 10 movies competing for best picture are: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Women Talking.” Here’s a guide to how you can watch them.
WHO’S PRESENTING?
The first announced round of presenters are: Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Deepika Padukone, Questlove, Zoe Saldaña and Donnie Yen.
WHAT ELSE IS IN STORE FOR THE SHOW?
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has said that winners to all categories will be announced live on the show. (Last year, some categories were taped in a pre-show, something that caused an uproar among academy members.) All signs point to a full slate of musical performances, with Rihanna performing “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and Kala Bhairava singing M.M. Keeravaani’s “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR.” No official word yet on whether Lady Gaga will sing “Hold My Hand,” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” during the show.
WHO ARE THE FAVORITES?
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s indie sci-fi hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in with a leading 11 nominations. Close on its heels, though, is the Irish friends-falling-out dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin,” with nine nods, a total matched by Netflix’s WWI film “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) may have a slight edge on Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) for best actress. Best actor is harder to call, with Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Austin Butler (“Elvis”) in the mix. In the supporting categories, Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) are the frontrunners, though Jamie Lee Curtis’ Screen Actors Guild Awards win may have thrown a wrench into the supporting actress category. Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”) may win his third best director Oscar, though the Daniels may have emerged as the favorites.
WHAT’S BEEN CONTROVERSIAL THIS YEAR?
Aside from the usual snubs and surprises, this year’s biggest to-do has been the debate surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s unexpected nomination for best actress. Riseborough was nominated for the little-seen Texas-set drama “To Leslie” after many A-list stars rallied around her performance. When two other best-actress contenders — Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) and Viola Davis (“Woman King”) — were snubbed, some saw that as a reflection of racial bias in the film industry. The academy launched an inquiry into the star-studded, grassroots campaign for Riseborough but found no reason to rescind her nomination.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR?
Just the reading of the title to one of this year’s short film nominees should prompt a wave of giggles. John Williams (“The Fabelmans”), up for best score, is the oldest nominee ever, at 90 years old. After historic back-to-back best-director wins by Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), no women were nominated this year for best director. Also don’t expect to see Will Smith at the Oscars anytime soon. After striking Chris Rock at last year’s ceremony, Smith was banned by the film academy from attending for 10 years.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
5-6-5-7, FIREBALL: 7
(five, six, five, seven; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
5-6-5-7, FIREBALL: 7
(five, six, five, seven; FIREBALL: seven) | 2022-11-03T00:29:30+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17553934.php |
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Art Laboe, the pioneering DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97.
Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said Joanna Morones, a spokesperson for Laboe's production company, Dart Entertainment.
Laboe's last show was produced last week and broadcast Sunday night.
Laboe is credited with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows at drive-in eateries that attracted whites, Blacks and Latinos who danced to rock-n-roll and shocked an older generation still listening to Frank Sinatra and Big Band music.
Laboe is also credited with coining the "oldies, but goodies" phrase. In 1957, he started Original Sound Record, Inc. and in 1958, released the compilation album "Oldies But Goodies: Vol. 1," which stayed on the Billboard's Top 100 chart for 183 weeks.
He later developed a strong following among Mexican Americans for hosting the syndicated "The Art Laboe Connection Show." His baritone voice invited listeners to call in dedications and request a 1950s-era rock-n-roll love ballad or a rhythm and blues tune from Alicia Keys.
His radio shows gave the families of incarcerated loved ones, in particular, a platform to speak to their relatives by dedicating songs and sending heartfelt messages and updates. California and Arizona inmates would send in their own dedications and ask Laboe for updates from family.
It's a role Laboe said he felt honored to play.
"I don't judge," Laboe said in a 2018 interview with The Associated Press at his Palm Springs studio. "I like people."
He often told a story about a woman who came by the studio so her toddler could tell her father, who was serving time for a violent crime, "Daddy, I love you."
"It was the first time he had heard his baby's voice," Laboe said. "And this tough, hard-nosed guy burst into tears."
Anthony Macias, a University of California, Riverside ethnic studies professor, said the music Laboe played went with the dedications enhancing the messages. For example, songs like Little Anthony & the Imperials' "I'm on the Outside (Looking In)" and War's "Don't Let No One Get You Down" spoke of perseverance and desire to be accepted.
Born Arthur Egnoian in Salt Lake City to an Armenian-American family, Laboe grew up during the Great Depression in a Mormon household run by a single mom. His sister sent him his first radio when he was 8 years old. The voices and stories that came from it enveloped him.
"And I haven't let go since," Laboe said.
He moved to California, attended Stanford University and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Eventually, he landed a job as a radio announcer at KSAN in San Francisco and adopted the name Art Laboe after a boss suggested he take the last name of a secretary to sound more American.
When the United States entered World War II, Laboe served in the Navy. He later returned to Southern California area, but a radio station owner told the aspiring radio announcer he should work on becoming a "radio personality" instead. As a DJ for KXLA in Los Angeles, Laboe bought station time and hosted live overnight music shows from drive-ins where he'd meet underground rockabilly and R&B musicians. "I got my own built-in research," Laboe said.
He was one of the first DJs to play rock-n-roll in California
Laboe soon became one of the first DJs to play R&B and rock-n-roll in California. Teen listeners soon identified Laboe's voice with the fledgling rock-n-roll scene. By 1956, Laboe had an afternoon show and became the city's top radio program. Cars jammed Sunset Boulevard where Laboe broadcast his show and advertisers jumped to get a piece of the action.
When Elvis Presley came to Hollywood, Laboe was one of the few to get an interview with the new rockabilly star.
The scene that Laboe helped cultivate in California became of the nation's most diverse. Places such as the El Monte's American Legion Stadium played much of the music Laboe aired on his radio show, giving birth to a new youth subculture.
Laboe maintained a strong following throughout the years and transformed into a promoter of aging rock-n-roll acts who never faded from Mexican American fans of oldies. A permanent display of Laboe's contributions resides in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland.
In 2015, iHeartMedia's KHHT-FM (92.3) dropped Laboe's syndicated oldies show after the station abruptly switched to a hip-hop format sparking angry protests in Los Angeles. "Without Art Laboe, I'm So Lonely I Could Cry," wrote essayist Adam Vine. Later that year, Laboe returned to the Los Angeles airwaves on another station.
Lalo Alcaraz, a syndicated cartoonist and television writer who grew up listening to Art Laboe in San Diego, said the DJ maintained a strong following among Mexican Americans for generations because he always played Latino, white and Black artists together on his shows. Laboe also didn't appear to judge his listeners who asked for dedications for loved ones in prison, Alcaraz said.
"Here is someone who gave a voice to the most humble of us all through music," Alcaraz said. "He brought us together. That's why we sought him out."
Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the Los Angeles-based National Hispanic Media Coalition, said generations of Latino fans attended Laboe-sponsored concerts to hear the likes of Smokey Robinson, The Spinners or Sunny & The Sunliners.
"I see these really tough looking guys in the crowd. I mean, they look scary," Nogales said. "Then Art comes out and they just melt. They love him."
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Russian diplomat says prisoner swap with US remains possible
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States have repeatedly been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, adding that a deal is still possible before the year’s end.
The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow.
Asked by reporters whether a swap is possible before the year’s end, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov responded that “there always is a chance.”
“Regrettably, there have been a few occasions when it seemed that a decision in favor of it was about to be made, but it never happened,” he said without elaborating.
“If that happened, if would undoubtedly send a positive signal that not everything is so utterly hopeless in Russian-U.S. relations,” Ryabkov added.
He reiterated Moscow’s call for the U.S. to discuss the issue discreetly and refrain from making public statements. He lamented that “Washington has been abusing ‘loudspeaker diplomacy’ instead of a quiet one, which didn’t help us to do business.”
Earlier this month, Griner began serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 kilometers (210 miles) east of Moscow, after a Russian court had rejected the appeal of her August conviction.
The all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medal winner was detained in February when customs agents said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
At her trial, Griner admitted to having the canisters in her luggage but testified she packed them inadvertently in her haste to make her flight and had no criminal intent. Her defense team presented written statements saying she had been prescribed cannabis to treat chronic pain.
Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence in Russia for espionage.
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AP source: Meadows complies with Justice Dept. subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff under former President Donald Trump, has complied with a Justice Department subpoena and turned over records as part of a federal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a person familiar the matter said Thursday.
The records produced by Meadows are the same ones he earlier provided to a House committee conducting a similar investigation, according to the person, who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing Justice Department probe.
The subpoena to Meadows, first reported by CNN, makes clear that Justice Department officials are seeking information from the most senior of Trump’s White House advisers as they examine wide-ranging efforts to overturn the results of the election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
The department, whose work at times has mirrored or overlapped with that of the committee, this month served a broad wave of grand jury subpoenas and search warrants to Trump allies.
Meadows has been a pivotal figure in the House investigation, his name invoked repeatedly in testimony by other Trump advisers, including by his own top aide. He had provided the committee with thousands of text messages, including communications with outside Trump allies and advisers.
In a filing in April in a federal lawsuit over his House subpoena, a lawyer for Meadows accused the committee of trying to vilify him publicly, noting that all of the texts it had been provided had been disclosed to the news media. The committee declined at the time to respond to the accusation.
Meadows did not provide to the committee records he believed were subject to claims of executive privilege, and those documents were also not produced to the Justice Department.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country's National Guard on Tuesday searched one of the most famous Orthodox Christian sites in the capital, Kyiv, after a priest spoke favorably about Russia – Ukraine’s invader – during a service.
The search of the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex was highly unusual. Its cathedral, churches and other buildings are a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site. Overlooking the right bank of the Dnieper River, it has been a pilgrimage site for centuries.
The search, motivated by apparent security service suspicions of possible Russian covert operations at the complex, highlighted deep splits in the Orthodox church in Ukraine that have been sharpened by the nine-month Russian invasion.
Hundreds of Ukrainian Orthodox communities have cut their ties with the Moscow-governed branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that was long one of the main sources of Russian influence and power in Ukraine. They transitioned to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
But others remain loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate. The Pechersk Lavra monastic complex is part of that church. An Associated Press journalist saw dozens of officers conducting checks Tuesday both inside and outside the site, which remained open to visitors who showed their IDs.
The Ukrainian counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism service said the search is part of its “systematic work to counter the subversive activities of the Russian special services in Ukraine.”
Because of the Russian invasion, “the risk of committing terrorist acts, sabotage, and hostage-taking increases, especially in places with a large concentration of citizens,” said a statement from service, known by its initials in Ukrainian, the SBU.
It said officers were searching buildings for any hidden weapons or foreign citizens and potential intelligence. It said another site was also being searched in the Rivne region, 240 kilometers (150 miles) west of Kyiv.
In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukrainian authorities of “waging a war on the Russian Orthodox Church."
He described the search as “as another link in the chain of these aggressive actions against Russian Orthodoxy.”
Moscow-based church authorities have repeatedly voiced support for the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, who heads the Russian Orthodox Church, has described the war as a “metaphysical struggle” between Moscow and the West. He condemned Tuesday's search as “an act of intimidation.”
The SBU operation follows a Nov. 12 service at the Pechersk Lavra complex where a Ukrainian Orthodox priest was filmed talking about the “awakening” of Russia.
The SBU said it was “looking into the details of the incident that happened in one of the temples of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - where songs praising the ‘Russian world’ were sung.”
“Those who, in the conditions of a full-scale war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine, are waiting for the ‘awakening of Mother Rus’ should understand that this harms the security and interests of Ukraine and our citizens. And we will not allow such manifestations,” the head of the SBU, Vasyl Maliuk, said at the time.
The SBU then opened criminal proceedings because it said propaganda “praising the ‘Russian world’ was heard in the church.”
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AP journalist Inna Varenytsia in Kyiv contributed. | 2022-11-22T16:08:06+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Ukraine-searches-monastic-complex-prompts-anger-17603485.php |
MADISON, Wis., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Madison Liquidators has expanded their training table product selection by adding versatile, flip top tables to the online marketplace. The flip top nesting tables by furniture manufacturer Office Star Products (OSP) are a high-quality and convenient solution to most office training rooms. The goal with this new line is to solidify Madison Liquidators as a top provider in office furniture by offering affordable options for office spaces, including training room furniture.
Flip top tables are perfect for a wide range of commercial and educational uses. Utilizing the unique design of these space-saving solutions allow them to be nested together tightly on the side of the room to avoid dominating the available square footage of the space. This key factor makes the OSP flip top tables highly desirable for any institution needing table space periodically.
By expanding with products that can be used in a multitude of situations, Madison Liquidators hopes to take on the space-saving benefit of multiuse furniture. With several models to choose from, customizing to fit any space will be a simple task. Many flip top table designs are perfect for classrooms, office training rooms and as conference tables. The training tables feature commercial grade laminate tops with steel frames that come in several finishes. Being able to store furniture simply is an overlooked feature by many customers, but this flip top training table can fold and lock with one-touch and can be stored securely with other folding training tables.
While they are often used for training situations, additional conference space and extra workstations are an added benefit. Within the confines of the work area, they offer a simple solution to a major issue within many offices - limited space and the ability to vacate the space when not in use. Pairing these with simple nesting chairs, will offer the same benefits for seating solutions.
The ever-expanding list of multipurpose office furniture Madison Liquidators brings to the marketplace continues to mix quality and timeless design, with trends and convenience to fulfill for customers their needs of the moment and possibilities of the future. These flip top tables are the next step in the roll out of new and innovative furniture that is arriving to the online marketplace of Madison Liquidators.
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Man Accused of Child Porn Crimes Pleads Not Guilty; Remains in Custody
A Casper-area man charged with three child pornography-related counts will remain in custody unless a viable plan for his release can be developed, a federal judge said Monday.
Nathaniel Wayne Stratton heard the single counts of attempted production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography during his initial appearance in federal court last week.
Monday, Stratton pleaded not guilty to the charges before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Shickich during the arraignment and detention hearing by videoconference in Casper.
The detention hearing accompanying the arraignment wasn't as easy.
Even though Stratton had little if any criminal history, the charges and background of the investigation pose some questions, Shickich said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Christyne Martens said Stratton used Twitter to talk to girls, the youngest being 8, and encourage them to sent him pornographic images from October 2021 to July. Some of the images portrayed children engaging in sex acts and sadistic conduct, she added.
No evidence was found that Stratton physically contacted any of the alleged victims, Martens said.
Stratton could be released if it was possible for him to live away from children, she added.
Federal Public Defender Tracy Hucke argued for his supervised release,
Stratton is the sole breadwinner for the family and works an intense schedule, leaving early in the morning and coming home late at time with his truck-driving job, Hucke said.
Other noncustody possibilities include an electronic monitoring device, or the possibility of living with his parents who have a house on his land, Hucke said.
In deliberating what to do, Shickich said the charges are very troubling and very serious.
Despite the proposals for a supervised release, the judge decided to keep Stratton in custody for the time being. | 2022-10-05T20:40:19+00:00 | k2radio.com | https://k2radio.com/man-accused-of-child-porn-crimes-pleads-not-guilty-remains-in-custody/ |
NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ SmallCap: "TAYD") announced today that it had 2nd quarter sales of $10,497,366, up 35% from last year's 2nd quarter sales of $7,757,986 while sales for the 1st six months were $19,588,065, up 30% from last year's 1st six-month sales of $15,065,723.
Net earnings for the 2nd quarter were $1,559,508, up significantly from last year's 2nd quarter net earnings of $659,804 with net earnings for the 1st six months finishing at $2,561,879, also up significantly from last year's net earnings for the 1st six months of $841,681.
"Our FY23 2nd quarter and 1st half sales finished significantly better than last year's levels respectively with all three of our customer product groups; Aerospace/Defense, Structural and Industrial, sales levels improved year-on-year," stated Tim Sopko, CEO. He continued, "This also sets a new high record for sales in the first six months of a fiscal year concurrent with sales in the quarter exceeding the $9 million threshold for the 3rd consecutive quarter, another first for our company." He further commented, "Earnings for the 2nd quarter and 1st half are also significantly improved over last year's levels both in total dollars as well as a percentage of sales; 136% better for the quarter and 204% better for the 1st half." He continued, "This profitable growth is largely due to our team's disciplined adherence to our growth strategies as well as their excellent work on continuous improvements implemented over the past several years across all functions in our business." He concluded, "As we enter the 2nd half of our FY23, we will continue to focus on our growth strategies supported by our continued investments in our team, technologies (R&D) and facilities which we expect will continue to support our profitable growth going forward."
The company's firm order backlog was $18,100,000 at the end of the 1st six months of this fiscal year as compared to $17,000,000 at the end of the 1st six months last fiscal year. While too late to be included in the backlog as of November 30, 2022, the Company recorded an additional $12 million of sales order bookings in the month of December.
Taylor Devices, Inc. is a 67-year-old company engaged in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of shock absorption, rate control and energy storage devices for use in various types of vehicles, machinery, equipment and structures. The company continues to target growth in the domestic Aerospace and Defense market as well as global Structural Construction and Industrial markets.
Taylor's website can be visited at: www.taylordevices.com ; with company newsletters and other pertinent information at www.taylordevices.com/investors.
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DALLAS — The girlfriend of a man arrested Tuesday in a shooting that wounded three women of Asian descent in a hair salon in Dallas' Koreatown told police that he has delusions that Asian Americans are trying to harm him, an arrest warrant affidavit states.
Jeremy Smith faces three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said. Smith is being held on $300,000 bond, according to jail records that do not list an attorney for him. In public records, his age is listed as both 36 and 37.
When asked if he considered the shooting an issue of racism, mental health or both, Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia said it's too early to tell.
"Right now, it's an issue of hate. It's a hate crime. However that manifests itself, I'm not here to say that. I can tell you that I know our community sees it as a hate crime. I see it as a hate crime and so do our men and women," Garcia said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier Tuesday, the FBI said it has opened a federal hate crime investigation along with federal prosecutors in Texas and the U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division.
Police have said the shooting last Wednesday at Hair World Salon might be connected to two previous drive-by shootings at businesses run by Asian Americans. But Garcia said Tuesday that police are still investigating whether Smith, who is Black, was involved. The description of the suspect's vehicle was similar in all three shootings.
According to the affidavit, Smith's girlfriend told detectives that he had been delusional about Asian Americans ever since being involved in a car crash two years ago with a man of Asian descent. She said he had been admitted to several mental health facilities because of the delusions.
Whenever Smith is around an Asian American, "he begins having delusions that the Asian mob is after him or attempting to harm him," his girlfriend told police. She said he was fired for "verbally attacking" his boss, who was of Asian descent.
Garcia declined to comment on whether Smith has been diagnosed with a mental illness or whether Smith legally obtained the gun used in the shooting, saying both questions are still being investigated.
The shooting in Dallas occurred a few days before a white gunman killed 10 Black people Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., and a gunman who authorities said was motivated by political hatred for Taiwan killed one person and wounded five Sunday at a southern California church where mostly elderly Taiwanese parishioners had gathered.
Anti-Asian violence has risen sharply in recent years amid the pandemic of COVID-19, which was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Last year, six women of Asian descent were among the eight killed in a shooting at massage businesses in and near Atlanta, heightening anger and fear among Asian Americans. In February, a man from Midland, 330 miles west of Dallas, pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for an attack in 2020 on an Asian family because he believed they were Chinese and responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authorities in Dallas have said a man dressed all in black opened fire in the salon, then drove away in a maroon minivan. Garcia said investigators found that a similar vehicle had been reported as involved in two other recent shootings. Someone opened fire in an April 2 drive-by near the salon and Garcia said the vehicle was also linked to a May 10 shooting about 25 miles southeast of there. No one was injured in either of those shootings.
The three women who were shot at the salon last Wednesday were taken to a hospital with injuries that weren't life-threatening. Garcia said the suspect walked into the salon with a .22-caliber rifle and fired about 13 times. One woman was injured in her arm, one in her foot and another in her lower back, he said. They have all been released from the hospital and are recovering, according to police.
One of the women injured in the shooting spoke Monday night at a community meeting with police. Her arm in a sling, she said in Korean that she was worried about how she would continue to make a living.
"There are lives that have changed forever because of this," Garcia said Tuesday.
Police Sr. Cpl. Soo Nam also addressed the reporters at Tuesday's news conference, delivering a statement on the arrest in Korean for Texas-based Korean-language journalists in attendance. Garcia said the department has 10 officers who speak Korean.
Dozens of people had filled a room at the Korean Culture Center of Dallas on Monday evening for a town hall meeting with police on safety. Garcia at that meeting had assured attendees that detectives were working nonstop on the case while attendees asked questions about effort police were making to make their community safer.
The salon is in the heart of Koreatown, which is in a part of the city that was transformed in the 1980s from an industrial area to a thriving district with shopping, dining, markets, medical offices and salons.
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CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Consol Energy Inc. (CEIX) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $193 million.
On a per-share basis, the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania-based company said it had net income of $5.39. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $3.89 per share.
The coal company posted revenue of $637.2 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $467 million, or $13.07 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.1 billion.
Consol Energy shares have fallen 10% since the beginning of the year. The stock has more than doubled in the last 12 months.
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How to Watch the Cubs vs. Guardians Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 1
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Cubs vs. Guardians Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 1, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Venue: Wrigley Field
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Cubs Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Cubs rank 18th in MLB action with 89 total home runs.
- Chicago ranks 16th in MLB with a .402 slugging percentage.
- The Cubs are 16th in the majors with a .249 batting average.
- Chicago ranks 12th in runs scored with 369 (4.6 per game).
- The Cubs rank eighth in baseball with an on-base percentage of .328.
- The Cubs strike out 9.1 times per game to rank 19th in MLB.
- The pitching staff for Chicago has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
- Chicago has a 3.92 team ERA that ranks 10th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Cubs have the ninth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.255).
Guardians Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Guardians' 54 home runs rank last in MLB this season.
- Cleveland is 26th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .373 this season.
- The Guardians' .247 batting average ranks 18th in the league this season.
- Cleveland has scored 322 runs (just four per game) this season, which ranks 27th in MLB.
- The Guardians have the 22nd-ranked on-base percentage in MLB this season (.312).
- The Guardians have shown patience at the plate this season with the second-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.1) among MLB offenses.
- Cleveland averages just 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the majors.
- Cleveland has pitched to a 3.84 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
- Guardians pitchers have a 1.268 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
Cubs Probable Starting Pitcher
- Marcus Stroman will try for his 10th win when he makes the start for the Cubs, his 18th of the season. He is 9-5 with a 2.47 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 102 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent time out on Sunday, the righty went 3 1/3 innings against the St. Louis Cardinals, giving up three earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- Stroman is looking to pick up his 15th quality start of the season.
- Stroman enters this game with 15 outings of five or more innings pitched this campaign.
- In six of his 17 total appearances this season he has not allowed an earned run.
Guardians Probable Starting Pitcher
- Tanner Bibee (4-2) will take to the mound for the Guardians and make his 12th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in six innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers.
- He has earned a quality start four times in 11 starts this season.
- Bibee will look to pitch five or more innings for the third start in a row.
- He has not pitched this season without allowing at least one earned run.
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- EQONEX will streamline to focus on Asset Management and Custody
- EQONEX to proactively exit the crowded crypto exchange space, closing its crypto Exchange on August 22, 2022
- Exchange clients will have sufficient time to manage and close their trading positions and withdraw their assets off the exchange
- The Exchange closure will materially reduce the Company's cost structure and position the Company for sustainable growth.
SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) ("EQONEX" or the "Company"), a digital assets financial services company, today announced that it is taking decisive action to streamline its operations and focus resources primarily on the businesses that offer the most potential for revenue growth and long-term financial sustainability: Asset Management and Custody. The Company will proactively exit the crowded crypto exchange space by closing the Exchange.
EQONEX Chairman Chi-Won Yoon recently outlined the Company's strategic priorities and intention to focus its resources on businesses where it has significant competitive strengths and can leverage its traditional finance expertise and experience. The decision by the EQONEX Board of Directors to accelerate its strategic plan and close the Exchange is in alignment with this strategic framework.
Closing the Exchange will improve the Company's financial position by materially reducing the high-cost structure associated with operating the Exchange, and free up resources to drive growth in the segments where it has significant competitive strengths.
The Exchange was launched during a period of rapid growth and competition within the crypto industry, and the market is now comprised of close to 300 spot exchanges, many of which share comparable features. Intense market competition and low margins, combined with the significant technological load required to ensure optimal performance has made running a profitable exchange increasingly challenging, especially in the current environment where crypto exchange volumes have fallen.
EQONEX's Asset Management business encompasses Investment Products and Bletchley Park, a fund of crypto hedge funds. The Investment Products business recently received approval from Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) for the issuance of an exchange-traded products, which resulted in the launch of the EQONEX Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Note (ETN) on the Deutsche Börse XETRA Exchange in July 2022.
In addition, EQONEX will be launching a Structured Products business in the near future that will offer professional investors and institutions exposure to bespoke crypto investments. The Company also recently announced several high-caliber, senior appointments to the Asset Management team to drive growth in Asia and Europe.
Digivault, the group's digital asset custody business, is in the unique position of being one of only a few digital asset custody providers to be registered with the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom. Digivault is a provider of choice for law enforcement agencies and recently became the first custody partner of poundtoken.io, the first British-Isles regulated and 100% backed GBP stablecoin.
The Company's focus on regulation and governance has also been a driving feature since its inception, and it plans to continue its efforts to secure regulatory licenses for its on-going businesses with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.
EQONEX CEO Jonathan Farnell said, "We are focused on opportunities that will drive revenue growth and position us for long-term success. Closing the Exchange will significantly simplify our business, narrow our focus, free up resources, and allow us to operate as a more efficient organization with capacity to aggressively go after market segments that offer the most potential."
"The recent extreme market volatility and declining trading volumes have added to the headwinds being felt by exchange operators. We take a realistic view that our exchange will not move the needle for us financially over the near-to-medium term. We don't see value in continuing to bear the costs of operating an exchange during what may be a prolonged market downturn. We have conviction that proactively exiting the crowded exchange space is the right decision to deliver shareholder value."
"Our Asset Management and Custody business, Digivault, have already made solid progress with the additional resources that we have allocated to them recently, and we are bullish about their prospects as we become an organization focused on these high-potential business areas".
EQONEX Chairman Chi-Won Yoon said, "Nimble and resilient companies can adapt and evolve to navigate market conditions and exploit opportunities. We are now firmly committed to the areas where we have the expertise and experience to serve a growing customer segment, and where we can ultimately deliver the most investor value."
"Digital asset custody and asset management businesses have high barriers to entry given their unique security, technology and regulatory specifications. We have already laid solid foundations for our businesses to thrive, and with increased focus and resources, we are well positioned to harness our competitive advantages and capitalize on market opportunities."
EQONEX's principal place of business will move from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom given Asset Management and Custody operations are predominantly UK-based, together with the majority of the Executive Management team.
Timeline for Exchange customers:
EQONEX aims to provide customers with sufficient time to trade out of existing derivative positions and withdraw assets from the exchange before it ceases operations.
- The Exchange will close for trading at 08.00 AM UTC on 22 August 2022. Clients should aim to close out their derivative trading positions during this seven-day window.
- Customers will then have between 15 August and 8.00 AM UTC on 14 September (30 days from this announcement) to withdraw their assets into another wallet. Withdrawal fees will be waived.
- The EQO token, being an exchange-only token that cannot be withdrawn, will cease trading with immediate effect. EQONEX will communicate with holders directly regarding their EQO balance.
- More detailed customer information is available at www.eqonex.com
About EQONEX
EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) is a technology driven digital assets financial services group that provides institutional grade infrastructure and a full suite of trading, custody and asset management solutions to clients. The Group's digital assets ecosystem has been designed to accommodate the needs of institutions and individuals with the same degree of regulatory oversight and security they are accustomed to in traditional financial markets. EQONEX's ecosystem primarily encompasses Digivault, a FCA- registered custodian, Asset Management which encompasses investment products, and Bletchley Park, a fund of crypto-hedge funds, and Brokerage which includes Structured Products, OTC and lending services.
For more information visit: https://group.eqonex.com/
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Forward-Looking Information
Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on available current market material and management's expectations, beliefs and forecasts concerning future events impacting EQONEX. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions, which, if they were to ever materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results of EQONEX to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation, except as required by law, to provide updates, revisions or amendments to any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in our expectations or future events.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland invites the community to share ideas and opinions on how to improve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA).
As part of Great Lakes Science Center's free admission day on Jan. 16, NASA will host an open-forum discussion from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to make recommendations on how to improve community engagement, including
- Methods of improving communication of NASA topics to the broader community
- Ways to increase diverse interest in NASA STEM activities, outreach events, internships, and employment
- Strategies to encourage equity of participation in NASA opportunities
NASA will collect feedback and share how the center plans to use the information to help inform the center's DEIA efforts. Visitors also will have the chance to learn about NASA internships, events, and programs, as well as engage with the latest immersive technology.
In alignment with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision to build an equal and inclusive community, NASA seeks to inspire a new, more inclusive generation. NASA is committed to creating equitable opportunities; removing barriers for underrepresented audiences; and engaging, inspiring, and promoting diverse student populations in STEM.
For more information on NASA, visit:
Jacqueline Minerd
Glenn Research Center, Cleveland
216-905-6774
jacqueline.minerd@nasa.gov
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How do investigators begin to consider the task of prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine? NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Wayne Jordash, managing partner at Global Rights Compliance.
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How do investigators begin to consider the task of prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine? NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Wayne Jordash, managing partner at Global Rights Compliance.
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COLUMBIA -- South Carolina Aviation Week is Aug. 14-20.
The South Carolina Aviation Association, in partnership with South Carolina Aeronautics Commission, is celebrating this week with a series of events that highlight the impact aviation has on economic development and educational initiatives.
South Carolina has six commercial service airports, 58 general aviation airports and five military airfields. Each of these facilities provide essential support to the state’s diversified business base through recreational flying, providing gateways to communities and tourism, accommodating agricultural spraying, supporting air cargo and air freight shipments, helping law enforcement, supporting military operations, providing access in times of emergency and supporting medicine and health care.
“South Carolina’s airports are economic multipliers," South Carolina Aviation Association President Terry Connorton said. "They help retain and attract business to the state thus providing jobs and economic prosperity.”
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The state’s aviation industry supports more than 122,000 jobs with an estimated annual payroll of $4.8 billion. Annually, at least $16.3 billion in economic activity can be traced to aviation in South Carolina.
Featured events for the week include:
Saturday, Aug. 13 --- Tour De York Aerial Parade at 10:30 a.m. at Rock Hill/York County Airport and celebration of Charles Lindbergh's S.C. visit at 6:30 p.m. at Converse University.
Sunday, Aug. 14 -- Grand opening of the Clear Skies Cafe at 11 a.m. at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport.
Monday, Aug. 15 -- Student Discovery Flights at 9 a.m. at Fairfield County Airport.
Wednesday, Aug. 17 -- Cargo expansion ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. at Greenville Spartanburg International Airport.
Thursday, Aug. 18 -- Maintenance Personnel Training /Cookout at 10:30 a.m. at Jim Hamilton/L.B. Owens Airport and Celebration of Aviation at 11 a.m. at Bamberg County Airport. SCAA Board of Directors meeting at 1 p.m. at Bamberg County Airport.
Friday, Aug. 19 -- Airport Directors & Managers Meeting at 10 a.m. at the SC Aeronautics Commission. Celebration luncheon at noon at the SC Aeronautics Commission.
Saturday, Aug. 20 -- FOD Walk at 6:45 a.m. at Greenville Downtown Airport
Sunday, Aug. 21 -- SC Breakfast Club at 9 a.m. at Triple Tree Aerodrome
SCAA actively promotes and encourages aviation and airport development to meet air transportation needs and assist the state in achieving economic development goals. Its membership is comprised of airports, aviation industry partners and aviators across South Carolina. For more information, visit scaaonline.com. | 2022-08-06T17:59:00+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/news/local/bamberg-airport-playing-role-in-aviation-week/article_9ff86666-c0f9-5f78-b4b8-9dd1eccd6326.html |
Derby theater sees huge crowds for Top Gun premier
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - After a two-year wait due to the pandemic, Top Gun: Maverick is finally premiering this week, and for many fans, this is their first time back in theaters.
Father and son, Eddie and Liam are avid Top Gun fans and have been anticipating this movie for years.
Eddie said, “let’s just say we watched top gun the original all this week.”
“Seriously. We literally planned this out as top gun week,” said Liam.
Fans at the Derby Plaza Theater Saturday say they were excited about the film and say this top gun might be better than the first. Derby Plaza staff says it’s great to see crowds like this again and that it finally feels like a normal summer again.
Kelly Geren, a moviegoer, says, “Oh, a movie at the theater. It’s been, oh, I don’t know, a couple of years.”
According to an entertainment source, Deadline, this could be a record-breaking memorial day weekend for the movie. Top gun two is set to earn more than $140 million in its first week. The pandemic hit local theaters like Derby Plaza hard, so the owner Lori Armstrong says the crowds are much needed.
Armstrong says, “it means the world, it means our doors stay open. and we can continue to have these movies for our guests and community.”It’s not pre-pandemic yet, but it’s better than last year.”
She says this week is predicted to be busier than usual, so she advises fans wanting to see the movie should plan ahead, come early, and be understanding of the staff.
“Be patient. Be patient with us. We are trying to have as much staff here as possible and come early,” says Lori.
Fans who attended opening night say this top gun might be better than the first. Lori hopes that for big opening nights like Top Gun’s, people will support local small theaters in the future.
Copyright 2022 KWCH. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-28T21:18:05+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/05/28/derby-theater-sees-huge-crowds-top-gun-premier/ |
Starting Today Ryan's World Animated Characters Red Titan and Combo Panda Will Deliver Personalized Cameo Video Messages Powered By Innovative AI-Driven Technology
LOS ANGELES, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pocket.watch, the leading kids and family studio creating global franchises for Generation Alpha, and Sunlight Entertainment, the studio behind Ryan's World, have launched the first animated character on Cameo Kids based on a real-life kid with Red Titan, the massively popular animated superhero alter ego of Ryan from Ryan's World. Red Titan and his best friend Combo Panda are available on Cameo Kids for parents and loved ones to book personalized Cameo video messages for kid fans, powered by AI voice and animation technology.
The popular Ryan's World characters will deliver personalized Cameo videos in their own voices in a way never before possible, enabling Ryan to connect with his fans in a personalized way that is fun, safe and scalable. The launch of Ryan's World paves the way for pocket.watch to bring many more kid-creators to Cameo Kids through the power of AI-driven animation. This is yet another way that pocket.watch is extending kids and family creator franchises to kids everywhere.
Launched in December 2022, Cameo Kids is a new destination where parents and loved ones can book personalized Cameo videos from kids' favorite family entertainment stars. It's an extension of the popular Cameo platform, long-known for creating authentic fan experiences across every pop culture vertical. The new pocket.watch characters are the first on the platform to be powered by Cameo's proprietary AI animation technology. They are also the first to join from a YouTube property based on a real-life kid and will continue to bring the fandom of digital-first stars to the growing Cameo Kids platform.
"We're proud to welcome the popular characters from Ryan's World to Cameo Kids as we expand the number of child-friendly stars we have available for families to enlist for life's important moments," said Steven Galanis, Cameo Co-Founder and CEO. "As we continue to grow our offering, it's important to partner with the most sought after franchises that kids know and love, and pocket.watch, which is pioneering new territory in the kids and family category, helps us reach an incredible new audience and achieve that goal."
Personalized Cameo videos from Red Titan and Combo Panda can be booked on Cameo Kids to bring joy around birthday celebrations, help kids overcome everyday hurdles like going to school, provide encouragement or guidance around homework, help ease bedtime routines, and deliver sweet get-well messages. New occasions and characters are expected to launch over the coming months.
"Through Cameo Kids, parents can enlist the beloved Ryan's World animated characters to magically speak directly to kids, helping them celebrate the special moments in their lives," said Chris M. Williams, Founder and CEO, pocket.watch. "Pocket.watch is committed to extending our creator franchises everywhere that kids are, and this opportunity lets us provide personalization at scale to engage fans in a meaningful way while prioritizing the health and safety of our kid-creators."
Joining Cameo Kids allows pocket.watch to provide its creators an opportunity to reach their millions of fans in a personalized way. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the animated characters are able to connect directly with their kid fans while both the talent and the kid audiences stay safe. Red Titan is voiced by Ryan Kaji, the 11-year-old star of Ryan's World, and the technology innovation to use his real voice was achieved in partnership with AI leader Veritone.
About the characters:
- Red Titan: He's the star of the popular Titan Universe content specials on The Roku Channel Kids & Family and Ryan and Friends Plus, the largest independent kids and family SVOD. In Ryan's World, he is Ryan's animated superhero alter ego. Brave, kind with superpower strength, he goes on adventures with his friends, knows right from wrong, and loves helping people. The character has also been extended into toys, costumes and Skechers shoes.
- Combo Panda: Starring alongside Ryan in episodes across 40+ streaming platforms, Combo Panda also stars in his own gaming YouTube channel with 2 million subscribers. He is a confident teenage panda who loves games such as Roblox and Hello Neighbor, and isn't afraid of anything. Kids understand that he enjoys learning from his friends and never backs down from a challenge.
To book a Cameo video, visit CameoKids.com. For more information about the pocket.watch roster of franchises and creators and its premium slate of content, visit pocket.watch, or check out @pocketwatchHQ on Instagram, /PocketwatchHQ on Facebook, @pocketwatchhq on TikTok @pocketwatchhq, and pocketwatch-studios on LinkedIn.
Cameo is the leading marketplace connecting fans and brands directly with tens of thousands of pop culture personalities in the form of personalized video messages, engaging fan experiences, and marketing and content partnerships. Founded in March 2017, Cameo's mission is to create the most personalized and authentic fan experiences on Earth. In 6 years, Cameo has fulfilled more than 4.5 million magical moments ranging from birthday and good luck messages to prom invitations, marriage proposals and direct fan interactions across every continent in the world. The platform has also helped raise more than $2 million for a wide range of charities. For more information, visit https://www.cameo.com/.
Sunlight Entertainment is Ryan Kaji's family-owned and operated production company that develops family-friendly content that is driven to help kids learn. Founded in 2017, Sunlight Entertainment was created by Ryan and his family to help streamline the workflow of one of YouTube's largest kids' channels, Ryan's World. The company continues to grow and currently manages ten YouTube channels: Ryan's World, Ryan's World Español, Ryan's World in Japanese, EK Doodles, Ryan's Family Review, Vtubers, Combo Panda, Gus the Gummy Gator, The Studio Space and the Stick with Kaji - Podcast. Sunlight Entertainment employs a 30-person team of videographers, editors, animators, writers and voice actors to help produce live action and animated content -- releasing about 25 videos a week. Currently, Ryan's World has rapidly evolved from a toy review YouTube channel to a global kids play and entertainment brand through digital and broadcast entertainment, toys, and consumer products.
Pocket.watch is the leading studio building kids and family entertainment franchises with the most popular digital creators in the world. Pocket.watch harnesses the power of audiences built on YouTube and expands them across all types of diverse kids and family platforms and experiences. The company brings kids more of what they love from these creators by producing original video and audio content, mobile games, metaverse worlds, live events and robust consumer products lines ranging from toys to toothbrushes. Key pocket.watch franchises include Ryan's World, Love, Diana, Onyx Monster Mysteries and Toys and Colors: Kaleidoscope City.
The company's content library, consisting of tens of thousands of kids and family videos, is distributed globally on over 40 platforms, generating hundreds of millions of hours of viewership every month. The content library comprises many seasons of the company's breakthrough MishMash™ format alongside pocket.watch originals including the Emmy-nominated Ryan's Mystery Playdate and the animated series Onyx Monster Mysteries and Love, Diana Adventures.
Pocket.watch's gaming division, p.w Games, boasts multiple mobile game successes including Love, Diana Fashion Fabulous and Tag with Ryan, which together boast over 40 million downloads.
The company generates massive value for advertisers and digital creators through their in-house creative and media agency, clock.work, which creates best in class media and branded entertainment campaigns with the world's largest advertisers, marrying the massive reach of the pocket.watch network audience with custom integrations and scaled media programs across YouTube, YouTube Kids, mobile gaming, OTT channels and the metaverse.
Founded in 2017 by Chris M. Williams (CEO), the company's headquarters and filming studios are located in Culver City, Calif. The executive team includes studio veterans and visionaries from a mix of traditional and digital entertainment backgrounds, including Albie Hecht, David Williams and Jon Moonves.
For more information about pocket.watch, please visit pocket.watch.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluerock Value Exchange (BVEX) announced the successful full-cycle sale of five distinct Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) programs held for 1031 exchange investment. The individual property sales occurred between August 8 - August 15, 2022. The five programs collectively comprised more than $393 million in total sell-out value, with more than $101 million in total net returns to investors, inclusive of annual cash distributions (1.87x average equity multiple), and 16.7% average annual returns over an average approximate 5-year hold period.
The five separate DST / 1031 exchange investment programs represent geographically diverse apartment communities located in high economic growth areas strategically selected by Bluerock for their highly attractive live/work/play attributes catering to the sought-after renter-by-choice cohort and were acquired between 2015 and 2018 and summarized below:
- BR Sonoma Pointe DST, located in Orlando, Florida, was acquired for $44.72 million by investors (inclusive of all costs) in August 2017, and sold for $68 million on August 15, 2022 (5-year hold period) generating a total return to investors of $24.73 million, inclusive of annual cash distributions, for a 2.3x equity multiple and a 26% average annual return.
- BR Clearwater DST, located in Clearwater, Florida, was acquired for $46.4 million by investors (inclusive of all costs) in September 2015, and sold for $66.9 million on August 8, 2022 (6.8-year hold period) generating a total return to investors of $24.33 million, inclusive of annual cash distributions, for a 2.26x equity multiple and a 18.4% average annual return.
- BR Grand at Westside DST, located in Orlando, Florida, was acquired for $74.78 million by investors (inclusive of all costs) in February 2018, and sold for $101 million on August 8, 2022 (4.5-year hold period) generating a total return to investors of $24.83 million, inclusive of annual cash distributions, for a 1.75x equity multiple and a 16.9% average annual return.
- BR Axis West DST, located in Orlando, Florida, was acquired for $70.2 million by investors (inclusive of all costs) in May 2018, and sold for $86.5 million on August 8, 2022 (4.2-year hold period) generating a total return to investors of $13.22 million, inclusive of annual cash distributions, for a 1.42x equity multiple and a 10.0% average annual return.
- BR Grand Dominion DST, located in San Antonio, Texas, was acquired for $57.13 million by investors (inclusive of all costs) in September 2017, and sold for $71 million on August 8, 2022 (4.9-year hold period) generating a total return to investors of $14.12 million, inclusive of annual cash distributions, for a 1.6x equity multiple and a 12.2% average annual return.
"We are very pleased to have delivered attractive double digit annualized returns over a reasonably shorter hold period to all of our investors in these programs," said Josh Hoffman, President of BVEX. "Our DST / 1031 exchange investment programs are designed to provide investors seeking ongoing tax deferral with competitive and consistent monthly cash distributions with annual capital appreciation which we seek to accelerate through state-of-the-art revenue management programs, oversight by high quality third-party property management teams, and active value-add property enhancements. These areas of focus and quality implementations continue to provide robust returns for our investors," added Hoffman.
Bluerock Value Exchange is a national sponsor of syndicated 1031-exchange offerings with a focus on Premier Exchange Properties™ that seek to deliver stable cash flows and potential for value creation. Bluerock has structured 1031 exchanges on approximately $2.4 billion in total property value and 12 million square feet of property.
Bluerock is a leading institutional alternative asset manager with more than $15 billion of acquired and managed assets headquartered in Manhattan with regional offices across the U.S. Bluerock principals have a collective 100+ years of investing experience with more than $48 billion real estate and capital markets experience and have helped launch leading private and public company platforms. Additional information can be found at www.Bluerock.com.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is receiving treatment for shingles at a hospital in her home state, she said in a statement on Thursday.
“I was diagnosed over the February recess with a case of shingles. I have been hospitalized and am receiving treatment in San Francisco and expect to make a full recovery. I hope to return to the Senate later this month,” Feinstein, 89, said.
Shingles is a nonlife-threatening illness and usually occurs in older adults who had a chickenpox infection, sometimes decades earlier. The virus can resurface after being dormant for years, leading the patient to endure rashes and, in some cases, more rare symptoms of facial paralysis, deafness and blindness. | 2023-03-03T00:31:31+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/us-political-news/hill-politics/feinstein-hospitalized-with-shingles/ |
Spotty showers early give way to another shot at record temperatures
HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - We shattered temperature records on Wednesday. Can we make another run at 80 today?
Today and Tonight
Some folks will need the umbrella for a bit this morning until the rain fizzles out, which should be by about mid-morning. Most will wake up in the 60s, even with the rain chances. Southwest winds kick back in again today, gusting up to 25 mph or better, helping push our air temps back to near the 80-degree mark. If we make it to 80 again, we would tie the record set back in 2018 at NWS Jackson and break the record of 77 set back in the same year at the London-Corbin Airport. Time will tell this afternoon. We will see a mix of partly to mostly cloudy skies during the daytime hours.
Tonight, the mainly dry cold front moves in and temperatures will crash nearly 40 degrees overnight. Some stray rain chances are possible, but I don’t think we see anything too widespread. Lows will drop to around 40.
Extended Forecast
Outside of a stray rain chance early Friday, most of the day should be dry. Temperatures will not be nearly as warm as the last couple of days and will likely only top out in the low 50s. The rain will not stay away too long though. Chances return late Friday night as lows drop into the upper 30s.
Saturday looks a bit soggy at times, but shouldn’t be an all-day washout. Highs will climb back close to the 50-degree mark before dropping into the low 40s overnight.
Sunday looks a little better, but some rain chances will still be floating around. Highs will be closer to 60 during the day and drop into the mid-50s overnight.
The rain chances pick right back up to start the new work and school week on Monday with highs soaring back into the upper 60s.
Copyright 2023 WYMT. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-23T07:22:56+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2023/02/23/spotty-showers-early-give-way-another-shot-record-temperatures/ |
Though they may not know it, about half a billion people worldwide depend on the ecosystems created and sustained by corals. And with climate change threatening coral's survival, marine scientist Enric Sala had a goal that might have seemed impossible.
"We wanted to get into a time machine, go back hundreds of years and actually see a coral reef like they used to be everywhere, before we started exploiting them and polluting them and killing them all over the world," Sala said.
The goal was, in essence, made possible during an expedition that Sala led in 2009 with National Geographic Society. The team traveled to a corner of the South Pacific Ocean, to see if the vibrant and virtually untouched reefs there held any clues to bringing damaged reefs in other parts of the ocean back to health.
"The bottom was covered by thriving coral. It was, like, crystal-clear, blue, turquoise water, schools of silver jacks. And then the corals, pastels, oranges and beiges — it was so beautiful. It was like an impressionist painting," Sala said of the first time he saw those thriving reefs.
His team presented their findings to officials in the island country of Kiribati. The Kiribati government took steps to protect the waters from fishing and other human activity, but between 2015 and 2016, record levels of ocean warming decimated half the coral reefs the team had been studying.
After hearing that news, they lost hope for the health of coral reefs, thinking that the increase in temperature meant a certain doom. But, the study continued, and last year, they went in for another dive. Sala, dreading what he was about to find, jumped in with no gear.
"I look down, and my first thought is, did anything ever happen to this reef?"
Despite the reported conditions, the reef had somehow restored itself, filled with life and color once more. Sala and his team were elated. This resurrection is something that Sala says can be traced to two key factors.
The first is, thankfully, half of the corals had not died, as was previously thought. Despite the rise in temperatures, there were enough surviving corals left behind to help reproduce and replenish the reefs.
The second factor was the Kiribati government's decision to fully protect those waters.
"It has an abundance of fish that is off the charts. So they were eating all the algae that would smother the dead coral skeletons, and make it impossible for the corals to come back, which is what happens in other places like the Caribbean," Sala explained.
Protecting oceans from overfishing, Sala added, allows the ecosystem itself to become more resilient. In highly protected areas, the populations of fish grow so much that they spill over the boundaries of their areas and help replenish surrounding fishing grounds, in addition to allowing the ocean to capture and store more carbon to mitigate climate change.
"So if countries want a future for the fisheries, they need to manage their fisheries in a more responsible way around areas that are set aside to help regenerate the rest of the ocean," Sala said.
For him and his team, the rebirth of the coral reef in Kiribati is a beacon of hope among so much pessimism surrounding the future of reefs.
"It's great to show that protection of biodiversity, protection of marine life can actually provide resilience to global warming," he said.
For more on this story, visit National Geographic.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-02T14:46:53+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-11-02/this-coral-reef-resurrected-itself-and-showed-scientists-how-to-replicate-it |
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It’s the middle of the afternoon and Jada Williams begins a live stream on Instagram. In a heartbeat, more than 1,000 of her 671,000 followers join the broadcast and begin typing in questions and comments.
Williams does her best to follow along as the comments and questions scroll past. She laughs and interacts with fans, whether the topic is her basketball career or what shoes and clothes she should wear on an upcoming trip.
If there’s a face of the bold new frontier of name, image and likeness (NIL) at the high school level, it might as well be the 17-year-old Williams, who is a senior point guard at San Diego’s La Jolla Country Day. Engaging and charismatic, she constantly updates her feed with photos and videos from her 6 a.m. basketball workouts, anything to do with her high school team and women’s hoops and her flair for fashion.
Social media is a big part of NIL, which allows athletes to get paid without jeopardizing their eligibility. There are certainly bigger names in the prep ranks, like Bronny James, the son of LeBron James, and Arch Manning, the third generation of the first family of quarterbacks. James has more than 10 million followers on social media and Mikey Williams of San Diego’s San Ysidro High and a Memphis commit, has more than 5 million.
Jada Williams has been a fixture on social media since she was 11 and stands out because of her flair for engagement. With the advent of NIL, she has parlayed her basketball skill and social media presence into six major endorsement deals that bring in a total of six figures a year. Among them are Spalding, Gym Shark and Move Insoles, which was cofounded by NBA star Damian Lillard.
She moved with her mother, Jill McIntyre, and an older sister from a Kansas City suburb to enroll at the same high school that counts WNBA star Kelsey Plum among its alums, and take advantage of California being the first state to allow high school NIL.
Williams’ videos of crazy basketball shots first got her noticed on social media and ultimately led to endorsement deals.
“As a young kid everyone just expected the boys to do all the crazy stuff,” Williams said. “I was doing 360 layups and between-the-legs layups and people haven’t seen that from a girl. It made a lot of people realize, ‘Oh my.’
“So then a lot of girls started doing it and then we just all created a women’s basketball community that we’re now fighting for to get equal rights and stuff. It’s kind of cool to see.”
Williams began mixing in her interest in fashion. “I am Jada without basketball as well,” she said. “And then it kind of took on a life of its own. I had to get used to it at a young age. But now it’s something fun. I don’t stress out about it but it also does help me get a lot of endorsement deals. That’s my platform that I use to kind of spark that.”
She decommitted from UCLA and then committed to Arizona late in the summer, announcing her decision during an Instagram live. At one point, she had some current Wildcat athletes join her.
One of her former club coaches, James Parker, remembers seeing up to 60 kids gathered along one baseline at a game a year ago, all hoping to meet Williams. She’s managed not to be overwhelmed by the attention, saying she considers her social media followers more like family than fans.
“That’s kind of how I got here, and so I make sure I continue to thank them because they’re also following me,” she said. | 2022-11-30T11:52:56+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Social-media-makes-Jada-Williams-a-face-of-high-17620389.php |
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Mountain Stage is coming to Clarksburg for the first time in its nearly 40-year-old history this August according to a Tuesday morning release from the Cultural Foundation of Harrison County.
The show will be held at the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center on August 27, 2023, at 7 p.m. and will feature the following artists:
- Tony Trischka’s EarlJam
- Jason Carter Band
- The Watson Twins
- And more artists to be announced
The show will be hosted by Kathy Mattea and broadcast to more than 280 radio stations across the world according to the release.
“Having Mountain Stage at the Robinson Grand is a dream come true,” said Jason A. Young, program manager at the Robinson Grand. “We are thankful that they agreed to visit our incredible venue and that The Cultural Foundation agreed to support their visit.”
If you are a Friend of the Robinson Grand, tickets are already available for purchase at the Robinson Grand website or by calling the Robinson Grand ticketing center at 855-773-6283. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Friday, June 9 at 10 a.m. and start at $35. | 2023-06-06T19:17:40+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/harrison/the-mountain-stage-music-show-is-coming-to-clarksburg-for-the-first-time/ |
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WSAV) — As a paramedic, nothing would stop Sara Cathey from stepping up to save a life. As it turned out, the South Carolina EMS worker was able to help one of her own family members.
It was a devastating day when she found out that 2-year-old Natalyn had a genetic condition that nearly killed her.
“She had a double nephrectomy, so both her kidneys got removed June of last year,” said Sara.
The whole family took tests to find out who might be a kidney match.
“You never think it’s going to be you,” she said. “I am out here every day with strangers. I love these strangers. I really enjoy being a paramedic, helping people. I get emotionally invested with these complete strangers. So I can’t really explain how much it really hits when it’s her.”
Sara was a perfect, 100% match to donate a kidney to Natalyn, but her weight stood in the way. The aunt was about 270 pounds at the time. According to doctors, she was not physically fit enough to make the donation.
“I save complete strangers on a daily basis. There was nothing that was going to stand in my way,” said Sara.
Instead of giving up, she started trying to lose weight.
“It was all the motivation I needed. I had a great support team, my family 110% stood behind me,” said Sara. “My co-workers, they are eating salads with me. The fire department is eating salads with me. The ER department is hiding the snacks so I don’t eat them when I come in.”
She said her biggest cheerleader was also her smallest.
“When she was in the hospital and I was on the treadmill, we would FaceTime,” Sara smiled. “Natalyn would cheer for me. That’s all the motivation I needed, truly.”
“She brightens my day,” she said of her niece. “Makes any bad day good.”
Through diet and a lot of exercise, the Beaufort County paramedic lost 125 pounds in just over one year and was cleared by the doctors for surgery.
“She didn’t even know she was a match and said, ‘I’m going to do it. I’m going to do it for her,'” said Erika Mann, Natalyn’s mom. “I couldn’t have asked for anyone better to be there for her.”
Sara and Natalyn go under the knife next week. There’s recovery time ahead for both. Natalyn will be in the hospital for a few weeks, and Sara off the job for two to three months.
But everyone says it will be worth it.
“She’s going to be good,” said a teary-eyed Sara. “She’s got her second chance and we are doing it. We are doing it.”
Because of the live donor and family match, the hope is that Natalyn won’t have to worry about another kidney for almost 20 years.
This pair is positive — already making plans for after surgery.
“She keeps saying, ‘Nope I don’t need to eat,'” Sara smiled. “‘Not until Aunt Sara gives me her kidney. When I get Aunt Sara’s kidney, I can have my macaroni.’
“That’s all she wants is some macaroni and chocolate and she’s going to get it. And I am going to eat some mac and cheese with her. I think I’ve earned some mac and cheese.”
If you would like to help the family with expenses, a GoFundMe has been set up in Natalyn’s name. | 2022-06-29T19:38:36+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/paramedic-loses-125-pounds-to-donate-kidney-to-2-year-old-niece/ |
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