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Missouri proposal goes farther than ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
By SUMMER BALLENTINE
Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri K-12 teachers would be banned from talking about being gay with students without first getting parents’ permission under a pending bill. LGBTQ rights activists asked lawmakers Tuesday not to pass the legislation during a public hearing at the Capitol, while supporters argued parents should be informed about those conversations. The proposal goes farther than a Florida law dubbed by critics as “Don’t Say Gay.” The Missouri measure would limit discussions on gender identity and LGBTQ issues unless school staff are licensed mental health care providers. Republican state Sen. Mike Moon’s bill is among several filed across the nation this year that are similar to Florida’s new law. | 2023-02-08T01:07:47+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/02/07/missouri-proposal-goes-farther-than-dont-say-gay-bill/ |
Volvo Group North America will pay $130 million for failing to recall vehicles quickly enough in a consent order issued by U.S. regulators.
The civil penalty follows a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation that found the company failed to recall vehicles in a timely fashion and fell short of other reporting requirements such as notifying owners of recalls and reporting death and injury incidents.
Volvo Group North America is a collective of several manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks and buses. It is a separate entity from Volvo Cars.
Volvo Group North America has agreed to oversight by an independent third-party auditor and will meet regularly with NHTSA to ensure that it addresses any potential safety issues.
It will also develop and implement a safety data analytics infrastructure to enhance its ability to detect and investigate potential safety defects and develop written procedures and training for its employees on compliance with the Vehicle Safety Act, regulations, and the consent order, as well as a training schedule to ensure that its employees are onboarded and trained appropriately.
The consent order has a three year term and may be extended for up to two additional years. | 2023-01-30T17:32:29+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/business/article/volvo-group-north-america-faces-130m-civil-17751470.php |
COLUMBUS, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CF Bankshares Inc. (NASDAQ: CFBK) (the "Company"), the parent of CFBank, NA, today announced that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.05 per share. The dividend is payable on October 25, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 14, 2022.
CF Bankshares Inc. (the Company) is a holding company that owns 100% of the stock of CFBank, National Association (CFBank). CFBank is a nationally chartered boutique Commercial bank operating primarily in Four (4) Major Metro Markets: Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The current Leadership Team and Board recapitalized the Company and CFBank in 2012 during the financial crisis, repositioning CFBank as a full-service Commercial Bank model. Since the 2012 recapitalization, CFBank has achieved a CAGR of nearly 25%.
CFBank focuses on serving the financial needs of closely held businesses and entrepreneurs, by providing a comprehensive Commercial, Retail, and Mortgage Lending services presence. In all regional markets, CFBank provides commercial loans and equipment leases, commercial and residential real estate loans and treasury management depository services, residential mortgage lending, and full-service commercial and retail banking services and products. CFBank is differentiated by our penchant for individualized service coupled with direct customer access to decision-makers, and ease of doing business. CFBank matches the sophistication of much larger banks, without the bureaucracy.
CFBank ranked #7 on American Banker's listing of Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks based on 3-year average return on equity as of December 31, 2021 and has been recognized as a Small Cap All-Star performer by Piper Sandler in 2021, 2020, and 2019. In addition, CFBank was ranked #4 in Performance and #2 in Growth Strategy by Bank Director magazine based on 2020 performance and growth.
Additional information about the Company and CFBank is available at www.CF.Bank
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SOURCE CF Bankshares Inc. | 2022-10-04T13:40:52+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/10/04/cf-bankshares-inc-parent-cfbank-na-announces-quarterly-cash-dividend/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials are cleaning up a massive oil spill from a multistate pipeline that ruptured in rural Tennessee.
According to the state Department of Environment and Conservation, approximately 201,600 gallons of crude oil spilled from the pipeline on June 29 and entered Horse Creek in Henderson, some 88 miles northeast of Memphis.
The department says the spill was "secured" on June 30. There are no surface drinking water intakes in the community, there were no impacts to nearby drinking water wells reported; no water contact advisories issued so far; and no fish kills observed to date, officials said.
It was the second-largest recorded crude oil spill in the state, advocacy group Pipeline Safety Trust said in a statement.
The spill occurred when a mowing contractor struck the Mid-Valley Pipeline Company's pipeline, officials said. The cleanup response is being led by the pipeline's parent company, Energy Transfer, with help from the Environmental Protection Agency and state agencies.
The line was repaired and safely returned to service, Energy Transfer said in a statement. Specialized crews remained at the scene Wednesday as the company concludes the recovery process, the statement said.
State officials said they have asked for weekly monitoring of water quality near the spill. | 2022-07-07T16:07:50+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/State-201K-gallons-of-oil-spill-from-pipeline-in-17290080.php |
Wild hogs: Minnesota hopes to restrict Eurasian pig population
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Seeking to reign in the Eurasian wild pig population in Minnesota, lawmakers are set to add new restrictions to the animal's release and transportation throughout the state.
Also known as the wild boar, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the feral swine are "smart and elusive and destructive on landscapes… Feral hogs are spreading across North America, trampling, foraging, wallowing, and rooting up land as they go."
Damages to crops are estimated to be $1.5 billion annually nationwide, according to the DNR.
Although Minnesota is currently considered free of established herds of feral swine, according to the University of Minnesota Swing Extension program, loose pig sightings are becoming more common.
In an effort to limit their reproduction and curtail uncontrolled growth, the 2023 omnibus agriculture policy bill before the Minnesota Legislature would require a person to notify a DNR conservation officer and the Board of Animal Health within 24 hours about any intentional or accidental release of a Eurasian wild pig or Eurasian-domestic hybrid pig in the state. Any potential violations would be enforceable by a misdemeanor.
The bill would also eliminate an existing permit exemption for those who possess the pig for up to two days before slaughtering the animal for human consumption.
Permits could be issued for the transportation, possession, purchase, or importation of the Eurasian wild pig for scientific research, educational, or commercial purposes.
However, a permit could be revoked if any conditions aren’t met, including the animal accidentally escaping.
The bill will appear before the House Floor for a vote on Thursday. | 2023-04-19T22:36:19+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/wild-hogs-minnesota-hopes-to-restrict-wild-pig-population |
New study on diet-medication interactions warns that targeted treatment alectinib becomes less effective when taken with a low-fat breakfast.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New research in the June 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network found that when alectinib—a safe and effective small molecule kinase inhibitor used to treat some types of advanced lung cancer—was taken with a fuller breakfast, or with lunch, it resulted in significantly higher drug concentrations than when taken with a low-fat breakfast. The researchers, based out of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, evaluated 20 randomized patients who took one of two daily alectinib doses with either low-fat yogurt alone, a full continental breakfast, or a lunch of their choosing. Taking alectinib with low-fat yogurt resulted in 14% less exposure than in the continental breakfast group, and 20% less than in those who took the medication with lunch.
"This is important information for patients, since we know that higher alectinib concentrations in blood could result in more efficacy of the drug, a longer treatment duration and therefore, hopefully, a better survival," said lead researcher Daan A.C. Lanser, MSc, Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center. "Sometimes, we hear that patients are advised to take their twice daily alectinib strictly 12 hours apart, with the result that some patients will take it with just a small snack in the morning or evening. We believe that taking it with a substantial meal containing enough fat is far more important for the absorption and efficacy of the treatment than to wait 12 hours between doses."
The relative differences in alectinib plasma concentrations were measured 12 hours after the last dose. The researchers also studied the number and severity of side effects—and found no significant differences between the three groups, which were low overall.
"This important study highlights the key role of diet on the efficacy of oral cancer drugs," commented Sandip Patel, MD, Professor in the Department of Medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Medical Oncologist at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, who was not involved in this research. "Medication-diet interactions are just as important as medication-medication interactions for oral cancer treatments."
Dr. Patel, a Member of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) Panel for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, continued: "Alectinib is a standard-of-care oral small molecule inhibitor for patients with ALK-rearranged metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Maintaining therapeutic doses long-term is key to this drug's activity. In this study, the effect of taking a dose of alectinib with a small, low-fat snack resulted in more than a third of patients not reaching the goal alectinib drug concentration in blood, which highlights the need for education and dietary modification for patients taking these drugs long term."
To read the entire study, visit JNCCN.org. Complimentary access to "Influence of Food With Different Fat Concentrations on Alectinib Exposure: A Randomized Crossover Pharmacokinetic Trial" is available until September 10, 2023.
About JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
More than 25,000 oncologists and other cancer care professionals across the United States read JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. This peer-reviewed, indexed medical journal provides the latest information about innovation in translational medicine, and scientific studies related to oncology health services research, including quality care and value, bioethics, comparative and cost effectiveness, public policy, and interventional research on supportive care and survivorship. JNCCN features updates on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), review articles elaborating on guidelines recommendations, health services research, and case reports highlighting molecular insights in patient care. JNCCN is published by Harborside. Visit JNCCN.org. To inquire if you are eligible for a FREE subscription to JNCCN, visit NCCN.org/jnccn/subscribe. Follow JNCCN on Twitter @JNCCN.
About the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) provide transparent, evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for cancer treatment, prevention, and supportive services; they are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently-updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients® provide expert cancer treatment information to inform and empower patients and caregivers, through support from the NCCN Foundation®. NCCN also advances continuing education, global initiatives, policy, and research collaboration and publication in oncology. Visit NCCN.org for more information.
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Get the Facts: 1873 Comstock Act used in abortion pill decision
Fact-check shows how federal judge in Texas used century-and-a-half-old law to order halt to mifepristone access
Fact-check shows how federal judge in Texas used century-and-a-half-old law to order halt to mifepristone access
Fact-check shows how federal judge in Texas used century-and-a-half-old law to order halt to mifepristone access
A federal judge’s decision overturning the Food and Drug Administration’s decades-old approval of a pill widely used in medical abortions relied, in part, on a century-and-a-half-old law called the Comstock Act.
Enacted in 1873, the law — not enforced in decades — prohibited the mailing of contraceptives, “lewd” writings and any “instrument, substance, drug, medicine or thing” that could be used in an abortion.
Watch our story above to ‘Get the Facts’ on the Comstock Act.
- Watch our ‘Get the Facts’ story on whether conservative Supreme Court justices promised to not overturn Roe v. Wade during their confirmation hearings.
Mark Albert is the chief national investigative correspondent for the Hearst Television National Investigative Unit, based in Washington D.C. Wendy Wilk, Tamika Cody, and David Barcenas contributed to this report.
If you know of a topic or claim that you want us to ‘Get the Facts’ on, send confidential tips, information and documents to the National Investigative Unit at investigate@hearst.com. | 2023-04-12T23:16:34+00:00 | wxii12.com | https://www.wxii12.com/article/get-the-facts-1873-comstock-act/43581979 |
NEW YORK , May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NRO) (the "Fund") has announced a distribution declaration of $0.0312 per share of common stock. The distribution announced today is payable on June 30, 2022, has a record date of June 15, 2022 and has an ex-date of June 14, 2022.
Under its level distribution policy, the Fund anticipates that it will make regular monthly distributions, subject to market conditions, of $0.0312 per share of common stock, unless further action is taken to determine another amount. There is no assurance that the Fund will always be able to pay a distribution of any particular amount, or that a distribution will consist of only net investment income. The Fund's ability to maintain its current distribution rate will depend on a number of factors, including the amount and stability of income received from its investments, availability of capital gains, the amount of leverage employed by the Fund, the cost of leverage and the level of other Fund fees and expenses.
The distribution announced today, as well as future distributions, may consist of net investment income, net realized capital gains and return of capital. In compliance with Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, a notice would be provided for any distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income. The notice would be for informational purposes and not for tax reporting purposes, and would disclose, among other things, estimated portions of the distribution, if any, consisting of net investment income, capital gains and return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions paid in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. With offices in 25 countries, Neuberger Berman's diverse team has over 2,500 professionals. For eight consecutive years, the company has been named first or second in Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management survey (among those with 1,000 employees or more). In 2020, the PRI named Neuberger Berman a Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The PRI also awarded Neuberger Berman an A+ in every eligible category for our approach to ESG integration across asset classes. The firm manages $447 billion in client assets as of March 31, 2022. For more information, please visit our website at www.nb.com.
Statements made in this release that look forward in time involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the adverse effect from a decline in the securities markets or a decline in the Fund's performance, a general downturn in the economy, competition from other closed end investment companies, changes in government policy or regulation, inability of the Fund's investment adviser to attract or retain key employees, inability of the Fund to implement its investment strategy, inability of the Fund to manage rapid expansion and unforeseen costs and other effects related to legal proceedings or investigations of governmental and self-regulatory organizations.
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ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice minister insisted Thursday his office bore no responsibility for the escape of a Russian businessman wanted by the United States, and blamed Milan judicial authorities for having released him to house arrest despite a flood of U.S. warnings that he posed a high flight risk.
In a briefing to lawmakers, Justice Minister Carlo Nordio denied he had any authority to reverse the Milan court’s decision and send Artyom Uss back to prison pending his extradition process. But Nordio said he had requested that prosecutors initiated a disciplinary investigation into the court’s decision and moved to freeze Uss’ assets.
Uss, the 40-year-old son of a Russian regional governor, escaped from Italy on March 22, a day after a Milan court recognized as legitimate the U.S. extradition request, and surfaced in Russia earlier this month.
He had been detained in October 2022 at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on a U.S. warrant accusing him of violating sanctions. In November, the Milan appeals court agreed to his request and released him from jail to house arrest, outfitted with an electronic monitoring bracelet.
An incredulous Nordio read aloud to lawmakers in Parliament’s lower chamber the Milan court’s rationale for the decision, which it reaffirmed even after the U.S. extradition request arrived. It noted that Uss had a home in Italy and a wife who vowed to look after him while under house arrest there.
“With this familial situation, having a wife and a home, this man went home from jail with a bracelet, despite the fact that judicial authorities had been inundated with indications he was a high flight risk,” Nordio said, citing numerous notes his office had relayed to Milan judicial authorities from the U.S. Justice Department identifying Uss as a flight risk.
Nordio denied he could have done anything to reverse the Milan sentence, saying he had no authority to interfere in the independence of the judiciary. | 2023-04-21T09:36:55+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/italian-justice-minister-blames-court-for-russians-escape/ |
NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: December 30, 2019 to April 22, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 12, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in AXSM:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/axsome-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29690&from=4
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Axsome's chemistry, manufacturing, and control ("CMC") practices were deficient with respect to AXS-07, the Company's medicine for the acute treatment of migraine, and its manufacturing process; (ii) as a result, Axsome was unlikely to submit the AXS-07 New Drug Application ("NDA") on its initially represented timeline; (iii) the foregoing CMC issues remained unresolved at the time that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") reviewed the AXS-07 NDA; (iv) accordingly, the FDA was unlikely to approve the AXS-07 NDA; (v) as a result of all the foregoing, Axsome had overstated AXS-07's regulatory and commercial prospects; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Axsome you have until July 12, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Axsome securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the AXSM lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/axsome-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29690&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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SOURCE The Klein Law Firm | 2022-07-12T11:34:21+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/prnewswire/2022/07/12/axsm-alert-klein-law-firm-announces-lead-plaintiff-deadline-july-12-2022-class-action-filed-behalf-axsome-therapeutics-inc-shareholders/ |
AdTheorent Also Earns Top Ranking Among Pure Play DSPs in Neutronian's Q2 2023 Data Privacy Scores Report
NEW YORK, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AdTheorent Holding Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTH) ("AdTheorent" or "the Company"), a programmatic digital advertising leader using advanced machine learning and privacy-forward solutions to drive advertiser outcomes, announced today that it has earned Neutronian's NQI Data Quality certification, awarded to companies that maintain the highest standards of data quality, privacy, and transparency. AdTheorent also earned the top ranking among pure play DSPs in Neutronian's Q2 Data Privacy Scores report, further strengthening the company's position as a machine-learning focused industry leader delivering the most privacy-forward methods to deliver high performing programmatic ad campaigns.
AdTheorent received Neutronian's NQI Data Quality certification for its groundbreaking new audience targeting solution built using AdTheorent's audience builder, ABi™. Put simply, ABi facilitates the development of algorithms which are designed to ensure that ads are served only to users who belong to a desired customer-specified audience. More specifically, AdTheorent Predictive Audiences leverage customizable and primary-sourced seed data sets to mimic the data profile of an advertiser's desired target audience. In a major departure from industry-standard audience segments, that seed data set is not relied-upon for direct ID-based targeting. Instead AdTheorent's machine-learning platform reads signals from those data sets to inform predictive models which score programmatic inventory based on its likelihood to reach individuals within the desired profile. This privacy-forward predictive scoring delivers superior audience quality and KPI performance without the use of personally identifiable information, cookies, or IDs of any kind.
To become Neutronian Certified, AdTheorent underwent a comprehensive audit of the processes, procedures and data used to build AdTheorent Predictive Audiences. The "Certified by Neutronian" badge, supported by proprietary and innovative data-evaluation procedures, helps brand and agency marketers identify high-quality, privacy compliant datasets to use for their marketing efforts. For buyers of marketing data, Neutronian certification provides transparency and clarity with an independent verification of data quality. This eases the data vetting burden on buyers and helps high-quality data providers stand out from the rest.
To become Neutronian certified AdTheorent went through a rigorous audit process covering five main categories of data quality, privacy and transparency including:
- CONSENT & COMPLIANCE
- SOURCING TRANSPARENCY
- DATASET CHARACTERISTICS
- METHODOLOGY &PROCESSING
- PERFORMANCE
AdTheorent exceeded all Neutronian Certification criteria providing marketers the confidence that AdTheorent Predictive Audiences have been qualified through a rigorous and in-depth audit of data sources, processes and privacy compliance.
"Since 2012, long before machine learning and AI emerged as en vogue marketer talking-points, AdTheorent has been developing advanced algorithm-based solutions to improve advertiser outcomes while respecting user privacy," said Jim Lawson, CEO of AdTheorent. "AdTheorent's new audience building capabilities are an exciting advancement for AdTheorent and our industry, and we are honored to receive the Neutronian NQI Certification and top-scoring DSP recognition, validating our ongoing commitment to responsible data use, transparency and an unwavering commitment to user privacy."
"We are pleased that AdTheorent has earned Neutronian Certification for its prioritization of data quality, privacy, and transparency," said Lisa Abousaleh, CEO and co-founder of Neutronian. "AdTheorent's use of machine learning to drive superior business outcomes in a transparent and privacy-forward way is a tangible differentiator in the programmatic adverting ecosystem."
About AdTheorent:
AdTheorent (Nasdaq: ADTH) uses advanced machine learning technology and privacy-forward solutions to deliver impactful advertising campaigns for marketers. AdTheorent's machine learning-powered Platform A\T powers its predictive targeting, geo-intelligence, audience extension solutions and in-house creative capability, Studio A\T. Leveraging only non-sensitive data and focused on the predictive value of machine learning models, AdTheorent's product suite and flexible transaction models allow advertisers to identify the most qualified potential consumers coupled with the optimal creative experience to deliver superior results, measured by each advertiser's real-world business goals.
AdTheorent is consistently recognized with numerous technology, product, growth and workplace awards. AdTheorent was named an AdExchanger 2022 Top 50 Programmatic Power Player and was honored with an AI Breakthrough Award and "Most Innovative Product" (B.I.G. Innovation Awards) for six consecutive years. Additionally, AdTheorent is the only six-time recipient of Frost & Sullivan's "Digital Advertising Leadership Award." In September, evidencing AdTheorent's continued prioritization of its team, AdTheorent was named a Crain's Top 100 Best Place to Work in NYC for the ninth consecutive year. AdTheorent ranked fifth in the Large Employer Category and 17th Overall in 2022.
AdTheorent is headquartered in New York, with fourteen offices across the United States and Canada. For more information, visit adtheorent.com.
About Neutronian:
Neutronian is a SaaS company providing the industry's most comprehensive approach to data privacy and quality verification. Using a standard evaluation framework, Neutronian produces independent data privacy "credit scores" and in-depth data quality certification. These solutions provide marketers with the transparency they need to confirm that their data and inventory partners are privacy compliant and ensure that their campaigns are running in privacy safe environments. High quality, privacy compliant data providers that work with Neutronian to improve their data privacy scores or achieve certification can be rewarded via faster sales cycles and increased customer trust. For more information, please visit neutronian.com.
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The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last year due to contamination, the company confirmed.
The factory’s closure in February 2022 was a key cause of a nationwide baby formula shortage that forced parents to seek formula from food banks, friends and doctor’s offices. Production restarted in June.
The Justice Department has informed Abbott of its investigation and the company is “cooperating fully,” Abbott spokesperson Scott Stoffel said via email. He declined to provide further details.
The investigation was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which said the Justice Department’s consumer protection branch is looking into conduct at the Sturgis, Michigan, plant that led to its shutdown.
Abbott closed the factory after the Food and Drug Administration began investigating four bacterial infections among infants who consumed powdered formula from the plant. Inspectors uncovered several violations at the plant, including bacterial contamination, a leaky roof and lax safety protocols. But Abbott has stated that its products have not been directly linked to the infections, which involved different bacterial strains.
Abbott is one of just four companies that produce 90% of U.S. formula, and its February recall of several leading brands, including Similac, squeezed supplies that had already been strained by supply chain disruptions and stockpiling during COVID-19 shutdowns.
The shortage was especially acute for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. The Abbott factory is the only source of many of those products.
The FDA has faced intense criticism for taking months to close the plant and then negotiate its reopening. | 2023-01-21T22:20:12+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-justice-department-investigates-abbott-plant-20230121-ireqyja46bhqzgarbdnl6pnfcq-story.html |
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to a Russian courtroom on Tuesday for her drawn-out trial on drug charges that could bring her 10 years in prison if convicted.
The trial of the two-time Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury standout began July 1 but only four sessions have been held, some them lasting only a few hours. In one of them she acknowledged that she was carrying vape canisters containing cannabis oil when she was arrested at a Moscow airport in mid-February, but said she had no criminal intent.
The slow-moving trial and her five months of detention have raised strong criticism among teammates and supporters in the United States, which has formally declared her to be “wrongfully detained,” a designation sharply rejected by Russian officials.
Griner was arrested amid high U.S.-Moscow tensions ahead of Russia sending troops into Ukraine later that month. Some supporters contend she is being held in Russia as a pawn, possibly for a prisoner swap. American soccer notable Megan Rapinoe last week said “she’s being held as a political prisoner, obviously.”
However, even after the conflict broke out, Washington and Moscow brokered a prisoner trade in April when American Trevor Reed, imprisoned on a conviction of assaulting a police officer, was released in exchange for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian convicted in the U.S. of drug smuggling.
The Russian Foreign Ministry last week lashed out at the U.S. contention that Griner is being wrongfully detained and said Russian laws should be respected.
“If a U.S. citizen was taken in connection with the fact that she was smuggling drugs, and she does not deny this, then this should be commensurate with our Russian local laws, and not with those adopted in San Francisco, New York and Washington,” spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“If drugs are legalized in the United States, in a number of states, and this is done for a long time and now the whole country will become drug-addicted, this does not mean that all other countries are following the same path,” she added.
Russian media have speculated that Griner could be exchanged for prominent Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, who is imprisoned in the United States, and that Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia for espionage, may also figure in an exchange.
U.S. officials have not commented on the prospects for such a trade. Russian officials have said no exchange could be discussed until the conclusion of the legal proceedings against Griner. It is unclear how long the trial will last, but a court has authorized Griner’s detention until Dec. 20.
Previous trial sessions have included character-witness testimony from the director and captain of the Russian team that Griner played for in the off-season, along with written testimony including a doctor's letter saying he had authorized her to use cannabis for pain treatment. | 2022-07-26T08:43:16+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Griner-s-drawn-out-drug-trial-in-Russia-resumes-17328874.php |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
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Incoming sixth grade student Fosta Walter is a bit nervous about starting at Monroe Demonstration Academy this fall.
Despite triple digit heat, Fosta, her older brother, Kenter, and their mother were among the more than 30 families from Monroe Demonstration Academy and McLain High School who turned out Tuesday afternoon at O’Brien Park for free hot dogs, chilled bottled water, school supplies, uniform shirts, enrollment help and a chance to sign up for extracurricular activities before classes start on Aug. 18.
The prospect of making new friends is daunting, Fosta said, although seeing a familiar face at O’Brien Park on Tuesday afternoon helped ease her nerves a little.
Similar events for the two schools are scheduled for 4-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Springdale Park and Thursday at B.C. Franklin Park.
Even with the heat, Monday’s come-and-go event at Chamberlain Park drew more than 50 students, Monroe Principal Rob Kaiser said, noting that more than 150 students are expected across the four events.
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“For the last four years, we’ve really tried to get into the neighborhood and bring the school to our community,” he said. “We know it’s valuable. We want to serve our community and bring school to our families, so our families don’t always have to come to us.”
At least for now, staff from Monroe and McLain are focusing their outreach efforts on events like Tuesday’s, although Kaiser said other routes are not off the table if necessary in order to reach more families across north Tulsa.
In previous years, Kaiser and other school leaders from the McLain feeder pattern went door to door in an effort to reach families, including holding office hours at Tulsa Housing Authority sites while the district was in distance learning due to COVID-19.
Those outreach efforts have been paying dividends, Monroe Assistant Principal Dana Macon said.
“When we have anything that goes on at school, when we call the parents, they often go, ‘Oh, I remember you. I met you over the summer,’” she said. “That makes it great. We’re building those relationships.” | 2022-07-20T00:47:32+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/education/despite-the-heat-mclain-and-monroe-are-bringing-enrollment-events-to-north-tulsa/article_f818d5fa-0471-11ed-98bd-c746363b67f1.html |
COLUMBUS, Ga., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The company announced today that Aflac Incorporated Chairman and CEO Daniel P. Amos was inducted as a 2023 Georgia Trustee – the highest honor the State of Georgia can bestow on an individual – by the Georgia Historical Society and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock. President and CEO of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Donna W. Hyland was also inducted alongside Amos at the Georgia Historical Society's Trustees Gala in downtown Savannah, where the Georgia Historical Society is located.
Each year, the Georgia Historical Society and the Office of the Governor appoint new trustees whose actions of service, philanthropy and leadership have helped shape the state.
"Tonight, we honor two outstanding Georgians, Donna Hyland and Dan Amos," said Dr. W. Todd Groce, president and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society at the Trustees Gala on Saturday. "Through their service, leadership, and accomplishments, they represent the founding principle of the original Trustees: Non Sibi, Sed Aliis, which means 'Not for self, but for others.'"
Amos and Hyland have shared a longstanding partnership and dedication to helping children live healthy lives. In 1995, Dan and his wife Kathelen Amos, president of the Aflac Foundation, were inspired to spearhead Aflac's decades-long commitment to supporting children diagnosed with cancer and their families. Since then, the company, its employees and its independent sales associates have contributed more than $167 million to the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, which has become nationally renowned as one of the leading childhood cancer, hematology, and blood and marrow transplant programs in the United States. U.S. News and World Report has recognized the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center as one of the top pediatric cancer programs in the United States, also treating other rare blood disorders, including sickle cell disease. In taking this commitment to the next level, Amos has been a driving force behind the introduction of My Special Aflac Duck®, the company's social robot that uses medical play, lifelike movement and emotions to engage and help comfort kids during their cancer care and most recently, sickle cell disease treatment. My Special Aflac Duck received TIME magazine's recognition as one of the "Best Inventions;" the Consumer Electronics Show's award as "Best in Show;" and SXSW's top award in the "Robotics and Hardware" category. The company has provided more than 22,000 of these robotic companions, free of charge, to children three and older in the U.S., Japan and Northern Ireland, at a cost to the company of approximately $200 per duck. In Japan, Amos has also spearheaded the establishment of the Aflac Parents House, with two locations in Tokyo and one in Osaka that have helped more than 149,000 children and their families who are facing cancer and other diseases.
Amos joined Aflac in his teens, working summers, and after graduating from college with a degree in insurance and risk management, he joined the sales area, working on commissions. Under his leadership, his sales territory, Alabama/West Florida, was the number-one-producing area in 1981 and 1982. He became president of Aflac in 1983 and chief operating officer of Aflac in 1987. He became chief executive officer in 1990 and was named chairman of the Board in 2001. In January 2000, Amos launched the popular Aflac Duck advertising campaign, transforming Aflac from a successful supplemental insurance company to a top international brand recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the World's Most Admired Companies for 22 years. His commitment to ethical business practices has led the Ethisphere Institute to recognize Aflac Incorporated as a World's Most Ethical Company for 17 consecutive years, making Aflac the only insurance company in the world to appear on this list every year since the inception of the award in 2007. Amos has also appeared five times on Institutional Investor magazine's lists of America's Best CEOs for the insurance category and has been recognized five times as one of the 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World by the Harvard Business Review. Amos is a past recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Award and the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award. He is also a former member of the board of trustees of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, chairman emeritus of the board of the Japan-America Society of Georgia, and chairman emeritus of the University of Georgia Foundation. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in insurance and risk management.
As a Georgia Trustee, Amos and Hyland join dozens of other dedicated state leaders such as Hank Aaron, Ted Turner, Paul Bowers, Dan Cathy, Arthur Blank, Shirley Franklin and Andrew Young.
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(WSYR-TV)– When Central New York Assemblyman Al Stirpe learned of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down New York’s Conceal Carry Law Thursday he wasn’t surprised but rather disappointed.
“It’s just a very unfortunate, nonsensical especially with all the statistics and data,” Assemblyman Stirpe said.
His Democratic counterpart, Senator Rachel May called the decision misguided and dangerous in a statement reading in part:
“… While Congress seems poised to pass a package of modest, common-sense gun safety reforms, six Supreme Court justices are taking it upon themselves to gut states’ rights to regulate guns. Make no mistake: New York’s gun permit law is a broadly popular, common-sense policy that has worked for more than a century. The Court’s majority wants to roll back a sound policy that makes our states healthier and safer. The State Senate, working with Governor Hochul and the Assembly, must come back into the session as soon as possible to reinforce the policies that help keep New York safe. I look forward to returning to Albany to update our laws now that we have seen this disgraceful decision.”
Senator Rachel May, (D) 53rd District
But for Republican legislatures this ruling came as a victory, Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay released this statement:
“Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is a victory for law-abiding gun owners in New York, upholding and protecting their constitutional rights. It’s unfortunate that Democrats in New York are using the false narrative that today’s ruling will lead to more guns on the streets and higher rates of violent crime in the state. The truth is, the state’s leaders should be looking for ways to bring people together, find common ground and stop enabling criminal behavior while punishing law-abiding citizens.”
Assemblyman William Barclay, (R) Minority Leader
His counterpart, Assemblyman John Lemondes agreed saying, “This Supreme Court ruling simply affirmed the Second Amendment rights and let New York State know that it went too far yet again.”
Democrats are now worried this decision will lead to more guns on the street and an increase in violent crime.
“Unfortunately, all we ever hear about is law abiding citizens how much we’re harming them but all these people almost all these people who committed these mass shootings were law abiding citizens till they shot someone,”
Assemblyman Al Stirpe, (D) District 127
“I think that people if they go through the process which is very stringent here and they’re a legal gun owner these are not the people that are causing these horrific crimes they are always going to be criminals with weapons no matter what,” Assemblyman Lemondes said.
As for the action the legislature plans to take, both assemblymen said they welcome a return to Albany in July for a special session. Assemblyman Stirpe said he’s advocating for laws that require a certain level of training be completed before a license is issued and an annual recertification process. As for Assemblyman Lemondes he believes there should be some restrictions on the right to conceal in certain public places such as churches. | 2022-06-24T03:27:34+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/cny-lawmakers-react-to-supreme-court-decision-on-ny-gun-laws/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WIAT) — When Nashville Parthenon staff found a newspaper inside one of the museum’s statues, they anticipated it to be a publication from the early 20th century.
“It turned out to be from 1971 in Birmingham, so we were kind of like ‘Well, that’s unexpected,'” said Bonnie Seymour, registrar and assistant curator at the Parthenon.
The discovery
The inside of the Music City’s Parthenon, constructed to celebrate Tennessee’s 100 years of statehood, houses an art gallery, exhibits highlighting the history of the landmark’s construction from 1925 to 1931 and, most notably, a replicated statue of Athena Parthenos created by artist Alan LeQuire in 1990.
The Nashville Parthenon’s collection also includes 14 casts of the original Athens Parthenon Marbles, purchased in the 1920s from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The casts were molded from the remaining fragments of the Parthenon Marbles housed in London.
Eva Sander-Conwell, an independent conservator, was employed by the Parthenon at the beginning of 2023 to properly clean the casts and “take 90 years of dirt off these sculptures.”
After removing the legs of one cast sculpture, depicting the god Dionysus reclining alongside a rock, she encountered some objects tucked away inside.
“When I looked into the holes in his leg stumps, I could see that in one legs, there was sort of brownish, like craft paper and the other leg, I could see crumpled newspaper,” Sander-Conwell said. “And so the curators asked me to get [it out] and I put on gloves and stuck my hand into that hole and had to crumple the newspaper up a little bit to get it out.”
The newspaper was revealed to be a copy of the Birmingham Post-Herald from September 25, 1971.
How did it get there?
The discovery of the Post-Herald newspaper has the museum’s staff baffled, as they say there’s no definite answer as to why or how it would be been left inside — or by whom.
“Someone couldn’t just come in and stuff it in there because all the openings were closed,” Sander-Conwell said. “If you put it in through the legs, you’d have to take those legs off, and they are heavy and large — or if you put it into the bottom [through the base] then you’d have to lift the body off the base and that’s really heavy.”
“It took four art handlers to lift the cast and so it is hard to imagine this was done without purpose,” Parthenon curator Jennifer Richardson said in an emailed statement. “The pages of the newspaper include comics and help wanted ads so I’m not inclined to think this was a time capsule.”
The possibly unintentional memento offers a glimpse into the past and is just a fraction of the history of the Parthenon itself.
“We want people to understand that these casts have been through quite a bit,” Seymour said. “They haven’t just been standing up there [forever]. They have a whole kind of life of their own and we just want people to share in that.”
“The casts were the very first pieces of the Parthenon’s collection but we have surprisingly few records about their history after they were used in the reconstruction in 1923-1924,” Richardson said. “The discovery of the newspaper is a glimpse into their history and something I want to document.”
Despite its nearly 100 hundred years of history, the Parthenon continues to intrigue thousands of visitors from across the world.
“Some people think this building is just an odd tourist trap but it is really a culmination of research and admiration for the ancient building and a symbol of Nashville’s artistic and educational ideals as the Athens of the South,” Richardson said. | 2023-05-23T01:52:04+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/digital-exclusive/museum-staff-baffled-by-decades-old-alabama-newspaper-found-inside-sculpture-at-nashville-parthenon/ |
(The Hill) – A new virus has infected dozens of people in China, with researchers suggesting shrews might be a “natural reservoir” for the virus. Still, experts say the virus is likely not a major concern.
Research published in The New England Journal of Medicine last week said that the Langya henipavirus was found in 35 people in the Chinese provinces of Henan and Shandong.
Scientists said that 26 of those people had no other pathogen detected in their body besides Langya and had a range of symptoms, including nausea, fever, vomiting and cough.
“Among 25 species of wild small animals surveyed, [Langya] RNA was predominantly detected in shrews (71 of 262 [27%]), a finding that suggests that the shrew may be a natural reservoir of [Langya],” researchers said.
Researchers think there may be only “sporadic” infection among humans.
“There was no close contact or common exposure history among the patients, which suggests that the infection in the human population may be sporadic. Contact tracing of 9 patients with 15 close-contact family members revealed no close-contact [Langya] transmission, but our sample size was too small to determine the status of human-to-human transmission for [Langya],” they said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are only two henipaviruses officials know of that cause disease in humans, the Hendra virus and the Nipah virus.
Humans can contract Hendra virus through direct contact with horses, or body fluids and tissues of infected horses, the CDC explains. Horses can only become infected through exposure to bat urine. Humans, however, cannot get the virus from bats and cannot transmit the virus to another human.
The CDC reports Nipah virus is transmitted through contact with pigs that are infected, or bats. The virus can be spread from person to person but only through close contact. Friends and family caring for an ill patient can facilitate transmission.
“Both Hendra and Nipah virus infections can cause a severe influenzalike illness with fever, myalgia, headache, and dizziness. This may progress to severe encephalitis with confusion, abnormal reflexes, seizures, and coma; respiratory symptoms may also be present,” according to the CDC. Neither virus has been reported in the U.S.
Francois Balloux, the director of the University College London (UCL) Genetics Institute said that because Langya henipavirus was first detected in humans in 2018, it was an indicator that virus is not rapidly contagious.
“Other Henipaviruses can infect humans. Nipah virus in particular is a cause of concern as it [is] known to transmit between humans, but it is so lethal that it doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’. LayV looks far less lethal but probably doesn’t transmit easily from human to human,” he tweeted.
“At this stage, LayV doesn’t look like a repeat of Covid-19 at all, but it is yet another reminder of the looming threat caused by the many pathogens circulating in populations of wild and domestic animals that have the potential to infect humans,” he added in a separate tweet. | 2022-08-11T05:59:20+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/national/what-is-the-new-langya-virus-that-has-infected-35-people-in-china/ |
There'll be an official Post Malone after-party, with a surprise guest, following the singer's Milwaukee show
Anyone looking to party after the Post Malone concert at Fiserv Forum Sept. 15 can just head to the Potawatomi Club at the top of the Milwaukee Bucks arena after the show.
On Friday, the pop and hip-hop superstar announced a series of official after-parties following shows on his "Twelve Carat Tour," which includes his debut Milwaukee appearance Sept. 15.
At 11 p.m. after the Milwaukee show ends, Fiserv Forum's Potawatomi Club (until this spring, known as the Panorama Club), the arena lounge with the outdoor patio overlooking the downtown skyline, will host an after-party with a surprise special guest — although it's noted that Malone himself is not guaranteed to make an appearance.
The after-parties are also doubling as marketing opportunities for Don Londres, a tequila brand established by Malone's manager Dre London.
Tickets for the after-party, priced at $30 (plus $20.04 in fees), are available at fiservforum.com and through Ticketmaster. All attendees must be at least 21 years old.
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The Bismarck Bobcats hosted the St. Cloud Norsemen on Saturday night for the fourth game of their first round series in the Robertson Cup Playoffs.
It came down to an extra period, but it was St. Cloud coming away with a 3-2 win.
Both teams found the net in the first period to take a 1-1 lead into the intermission.
The second period belonged to the Bobcats as Adam Pietila was able to find the net for a 2-1 lead. The Norsemen would respond in the third period to send the game into overtime.
The Bobcats will now have to travel to St. Cloud on Monday for the fifth and final game of the series. | 2022-05-01T05:22:52+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/local-sports/bobcats-fall-in-overtime-to-force-game-five/ |
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) filed paperwork Thursday to run for the state’s Senate seat with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) up for reelection in 2024.
The move puts the West Virginia Republican one step closer toward officially launching a Senate campaign for Manchin’s seat. Justice is expected to officially launch his campaign for Senate later Thursday following months of speculation.
Justice, 72, is looking to flip Manchin’s seat in the Senate, jeopardizing the Democrats’ already slim majority in the upper chamber.
Manchin has yet to announce whether he will seek reelection to his Senate seat. He’s also not completely ruled out a White House run.
Justice has served as the governor of West Virginia since 2017 and will join Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) in the GOP primary. Mooney launched his Senate campaign last year. A third candidate, Chris Rose — a Trump-aligned fourth generation coal miner — has also launched a bid in the GOP primary.
Mooney told the MetroNews “Talkline” show earlier this week that he is the “only conservative” in the race and that Justice is a “RINO,” meaning Republican in Name Only. Mooney might be alluding to the fact that Justice switched his party affiliation in 2017 from Democrat to Republican.
Manchin, 75, is one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for reelection in 2024 as one of three incumbents situated in states that former President Trump won in 2020. Sens. Jon Tester (R-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are also up for reelection in states Trump won in the last presidential election.
Manchin has held his seat since 2010, following six years in the governor’s office. At times he’s been a thorn in the side of his party — he’s bucked Democrats on issues like climate change, President Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation and opposing reforming the filibuster.
Polling commissioned by the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), suggested that Justice was best positioned among several hypothetical primary challengers, including Mooney and state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) to win against Manchin. Since the release of the polling, Morrisey announced a run for governor.
A recent Morning Consult survey found that more West Virginians — 66 percent — approve of Justice over Manchin, who received 38 percent support.
Justice is expected to make his campaign announcement at The Greenbrier, a resort in West Virginia owned by the governor.
The livestream link for his announcement is connected to a YouTube Channel for “Jim Justice for U.S. Senate.” The title of the livestream is called “Gov. Justice and Babydog make Special Announcement.” Babydog is the name of Justice’s pet bulldog.
Updated: 11:16 a.m. | 2023-04-27T16:50:25+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/jim-justice-files-to-run-for-manchins-senate-seat/ |
Harley-Davidson Women's Charity Ride: Empowering women, fighting cancer
MILWAUKEE - Come and be a part of the House of Harley-Davidson Women's Charity Ride on Saturday, July 15.
The ride celebrates women in motorcycling and the 120th Anniversary of Harley-Davidson. Registration for the event begins at 8:30 a.m., and the charity ride will take off from the Harley-Davidson Museum at 10 a.m., ending at The House. All registration funds will be donated to Susan G. Komen to support the fight against breast cancer.
For more information on the ride, go to the House of Harley Davidson website. | 2023-07-15T14:35:41+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/harley-davidson-womens-charity-ride-empowering-women-fighting-cancer |
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Freestyle skier Alex Hall’s happy place this winter has been sliding down hand rails outside of offices and schools all over Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and other midwestern spots. The steeper and twistier, the better.
Last winter, he found happiness at the Beijing Olympics on a run that nobody mistook for high-flying but that purists in his sport understood was worth what it earned — a gold medal.
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Hall is among those at the action park who refuses to go all-in on “spin to win” — the idea that maxing out flips and twists is the only way for a freeskier or snowboarder to make it big. He would rather do things his way and let the judges decide, whether it's at the Olympics or the Winter X Games this weekend.
“Adding some flavor has been a goal of mine for sure in the last couple of years,” said the 24-year-old, who was slated to compete in slopestyle, big air and knuckle huck in Aspen.
“It’s always a little bit of a risk as a rider to do it that way, especially in competitions, because you never really know how it’s going to score, or how you’re going to do," Hall said. "But ultimately, at least for myself, I know I’m doing all this stuff because I enjoy doing it. You've just got to go out on the limb and go for it.”
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Hall won at Beijing with a run that didn't look like anything that had preceded it over a week-plus on the super-sized slopestyle course. He edged teammate Nick Goepper, with tricks no one else tried.
Hall skimmed the top of one jump while spinning 720 degrees, then jumped again on the same “kicker” and threw a 540-degree spin while reaching backward with his right hand and grabbing his left ski.
Where others were flying and maxing out on jumps with 1440 degrees of spin or more, Hall never got more than 3 feet off the ground on that one. His final trick was just as difficult — a vertebrae-testing jump called a “pretzel” that involved 900 degrees of spin one way, then, as the G-forces were taking over, stopping the spin in midair and twisting 180 degrees the other way.
He wasn't sure how it would score, only that it was something he really liked.
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“You try to find a middle to be true to yourself and do a little more creativity, which is what I’ve been trying to push the last couple years,” Hall said. “You have to figure out how far you want to push that progression piece.”
Australia snowboarder Scotty James shares Hall's ethos. James' switch backside double cork 1260 is as tough as anything out there, even if it doesn't always gets the love it deserves.
The devil is in the details: James executes that trick while riding backward and flipping without being able to see the landing.
For about an hour at the Olympics last year, James was in the lead after landing that trick, even though Japan's Ayumu Hirano had put down the most progressive jump — a triple cork, in which he went head over heels three times while twisting above the pipe.
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The scoring brought outrage across the snowboarding world and social media: How could a triple cork be losing to anything that wasn't a triple cork? Hirano landed the triple cork again on his final run and earned enough points to overtake James.
The Aussie, who added a silver to go with his Olympic bronze from 2018, had been critical of judging in the past but said he was fine with that result.
“The wow factor is unreal, when you watch Ayumu’s run," James said. "I think that’s probably where people were just a bit torn between the two different runs. It’s completely different.”
James said he's not willing to put that trick above all else in the pursuit of victories — or at the expense of everything else that has made him stand out over the years. He didn’t even need a triple cork to win the gold medal at Winter X on Friday night.
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“The really relevant point is I’m doing it because I can live with it,” James said. “If I went the other way, I would feel like I might just be another sheep in the herd following the leader.”
The push and pull between height and style will again be a front-burner issue in action sports as the 2026 Olympics in Italy approach.
On Friday, New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott backed up her Olympic gold by defending her X Games title in snowboard slopestyle with a run included back-to-back double corks, the likes of which have made her stand out as one of the sport’s highest-flying jumpers for years.
“It’s pretty exciting, the more you level up,” Sadowski-Synnott said.
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Canadian freeskier Megan Oldham became the first woman in skiing or snowboarding to land a triple cork in competition later Friday, and earned a perfect score of 50 to capture the title in big air.
While she has the big tricks, she respects the downsizing happening elsewhere on the mountain.
“It’s cool to see that people are kind of pushing in a different direction,” Oldham said. “The audience is able to follow along, too, because it’s smaller tricks and they can kind of understand how you’re landing and what trick you’re doing.”
Hall said whether he goes big or small, wins or lose, the ultimate goal is to remember why he got into this sport in the first place: fun.
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“Just take time to realize, there’s no reason to do it unless I’m enjoying it," Hall said.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing bureaucratic delays and mounting losses, urged his government Tuesday to cut through bureaucracy to crank out enough weapons and supplies to feed the war in Ukraine, where a Western-armed Ukrainian counteroffensive has set back Russia’s forces.
In other developments, Ukrainian authorities asked citizens not to return home and further tax the country’s battered energy infrastructure, and Western countries mulled how to rebuild Ukraine when the war ends.
The Russian military’s shortfalls in the eight-month war have been so pronounced that Putin had to create a structure to try to address them. On Tuesday, he chaired a new committee designed to accelerate the production and delivery of weapons and supplies for Russian troops, stressing the need to “gain higher tempo in all areas.”
Russian news reports have acknowledged that many of those called up under a mobilization of 300,000 reservists Putin ordered haven’t been provided with basic equipment such as medical kits and flak jackets, and had to find their own. Other reports have suggested that Russian troops are increasingly forced to use old and sometimes unreliable equipment and that some of the newly mobilized troops are rushed to the war front with little training. Last week, Putin tried to show all is well by visiting a training site in Russia where he was shown well equipped soldiers.
To substitute for increasingly scarce Russian-made long-range precision weapons, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Russia was likely to use a large number of drones to try to penetrate Ukrainian air defenses. Russia’s “artillery ammunition is running low,” the British report said Tuesday.
The Institute for the Study of War, in Washington, added that “the slower tempo of Russian air, missile, and drone strikes possibly reflects decreasing missile and drone stockpiles and the strikes’ limited effectiveness of accomplishing Russian strategic military goals.”
The Russian military has still managed to inflict heavy damage and casualties, ruining homes, public buildings and Ukraine’s power grid. The World Bank estimates the damage to Ukraine so far at 350 billion euros ($345 billion).
Recent Russian attacks have focused largely on Ukraine’s energy facilities, especially electricity generation and transmission. Electricity shortfalls are so severe that Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk on Tuesday asked citizens living abroad not to return this winter to avoid placing further strain on the power supply.
“We need to survive the winter but, unfortunately, the (electricity) networks will not survive,” Vereshchuk said on Ukrainian television. “We understand that the situation will only get worse, and this winter we need to survive.”
In Berlin, European Union leaders brought together experts to work on a “new Marshall Plan” for rebuilding Ukraine — a reference to the U.S.-sponsored plan that helped revive Western European economies after World War II.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the meeting is addressing “how to ensure and how to sustain the financing of the recovery, reconstruction and modernization of Ukraine for years and decades to come.”
Scholz, who co-hosted the meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said he’s looking for “nothing less than creating a new Marshall Plan for the 21st century — a generational task that must begin now.”
On the diplomatic front, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after arriving in Kyiv that “it was important to me in this phase of air attacks with drones, cruise missiles and rockets to send a signal of solidarity to Ukrainians.” Later in the day he took cover in a bomb shelter after an air raid siren alerted a possible attack, according to local media.
The German president, whose position is largely ceremonial, made it to Ukraine on his third try.
In April, he was planning to visit with his Polish and Baltic counterparts, but said his presence “apparently … wasn’t wanted in Kyiv.” Steinmeier has been criticized in Ukraine for allegedly cozying up to Russia during his time as Germany’s foreign minister. Last week, a planned trip was put off because of security concerns.
On the battlefront, residents of the southern city of Mykolaiv lined up for water and essential supplies Tuesday as Ukrainian forces advanced on the nearby Russian-occupied city of Kherson.
One of Moscow’s allies on Tuesday urged Russia to step up the pace and scale of Ukraine’s destruction.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the regional leader of Chechnya who has sent troops to fight in Ukraine, urged Moscow to wipe off the map entire cities in retaliation for Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s territory. Authorities in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions that border Ukraine have repeatedly reported Ukrainian shelling that has damaged infrastructure and residential buildings.
“Our response has been too weak,” Kadyrov said on his messaging app channel. “If a shell flies into our region, entire cities must be wiped off the face of the Earth so that they don’t ever think that they can fire in our direction.”
Kyiv wants to step up the fight, but says it needs more war materiel.
“We need more weaponry, we need more ammunition to win this war,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told reporters in Berlin. He added: “We need tanks from our partners, from all of our partners; we need heavy armored vehicles, we need additional artillery units, howitzers.”
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-10-25T19:08:05+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-german-president-arrives-in-ukraine-as-tensions-rise/ |
LONDON (AP) — The Sheffield strippers of “The Full Monty” return 25 years on, in a new TV series that wears its politics on its sleeve.
In the much-loved original movie, a group of unemployed men from the north of England decide to form a striptease act in a desperate attempt to raise money after the local steelworks closed down.
A new comedy-drama TV series from the same writer, Simon Beaufoy, and producer, Uberto Pasolini, returns to those characters more than two decades later in a compelling portrait of contemporary Britain. After the dismantling of heavy industry, the area has been subjected to an erosion of public services and the welfare safety net.
“The politics are in there,” actor Steve Huison told The Associated Press recently. “You don’t have to be slammed in the face with them but hopefully people will see it and realize, ‘Oh, you know, that’s where I’m at at the moment.’”
The original movie was a surprise international hit, earning nearly $260 million and even spawning a musical in 2000 and a play in 2013. Robert Carlyle, who plays grifter Gary “Gaz” Schofield, attributes that success to its universal themes.
“One of the principal reasons why it did have such an appeal worldwide, particularly in Europe, was that places like Sheffield exist all over Europe, and all over the U.S., if you think of it, you know, probably Detroit or something like that. The death of the car industry there is similar to the death of the steel industry in Sheffield,” Carlyle said.
The 1997 movie was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture, and won one for Anne Dudley’s score.
The men of “The Full Monty” — older but not necessarily wiser — do not strip in the TV series, but are struggling to keep up with developments in modern society and, in some cases, to survive. It co-stars original castmembers Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape, Paul Clayton and Paul Barber.
Original star Hugo Speer, who once taught King Charles III a dance routine from the movie at the then-prince’s 50th birthday party, was sacked from the show after allegations of inappropriate conduct, but does make a brief appearance in the series.
Beaufoy co-wrote the series with frequent collaborator Alice Nutter, the Chumbawamba singer who’s also written for “Trust” and “The White Princess.” Unlike the movie, the new TV series doesn’t just focus on the plight of working class men; women are front and center in the story, no longer just sidelined as wives.
“You know, from the original to the series, I felt that Simon had been incredibly generous,” said Lesley Sharp, who returns as Jean. “He and Alice have invested really beautifully in other female characters.”
The series has a new character, Destiny, a tearaway teen played by Talitha Wing who has inherited her father Gaz’s tendency to get her friends into trouble, but has a steely determination to get on in life.
“There’s really, really strong women,” said Wing (“Alex Rider,” “Wolfe”). “It’s fantastic to see and to play as well.”
The eight-part original series from FX is now available on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in the U.K. | 2023-06-17T02:58:44+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/ap-top-headlines/the-full-monty-returns-25-years-on-with-its-politics-laid-bare/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist was found guilty Friday on charges of sexually abusing patients while treating them with pain medications.
A New York City jury reached the verdict after deliberating for about three days at the trial of Dr. Ricardo Cruciani.
Cruciani, 68, was convicted on 12 criminal counts — one count of predatory sexual assault, one of attempted rape, one of sex abuse, two of rape and seven of criminal sexual acts. He was acquitted on two other counts.
“We entrust doctors to respect our bodies and health when we go to them for help, yet Dr. Cruciani utterly violated that duty,” District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement. Cruciani, Bragg added, “left in his wake six survivors who continue to suffer from debilitating diseases, and now, years of trauma.”
Cruciani had worked for several leading pain-management providers during his career. He has denied the sexual abuse allegations. His attorney, Fred Sosinsky, said Friday there would be an appeal.
“My client and his beautiful family are crushed by today’s verdict,” the lawyer said. “In the end, it appears that the collective weight of six accusers, rather than a fair consideration of each of their problematic accounts, carried the day.”
Cruciani, who had been out on bail, was jailed after the verdict was announced.
Prosecutors alleged Cruciani groomed vulnerable patients by overprescribing pain killers, sometimes to treat serious injuries from car wrecks and other accidents.
Six women testified the sexual abuse often occurred behind closed doors during appointments in 2013 at a Manhattan medical center, where the doctor would expose himself and demand sex.
“He didn’t finish writing my prescriptions until I did something for him,” one told the jury.
In closing arguments, prosecutor Shannon Lucey called the behavior “just pure evil,” adding, “This defendant is nothing but a drug dealer who used his prescription pad as a weapon.”
Sosinsky countered by arguing the witnesses weren’t credible, telling the jury the women “were willing to lie” and “dispute the indisputable” to make the charges stick.
Among the witnesses at a trial that began seven weeks ago was Hillary Tullin, who helped fuel the case by calling a sexual abuse hotline in 2017 and reporting that Cruciani had abused her between 2005 and 2013.
“Mr. Cruciani and his lawyers were indefatigable in their attempts to portray me and the other witnesses as liars but the truth prevailed,” Tullin said Friday in response to the verdict. “What happened to us is real, it’s traumatic, and it can no longer be denied.”
The AP does not typically identify people who say they are survivors of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Tullin has done.
Cruciani is still facing federal charges accusing him of abusing multiple patients over 15 years at his offices in New York City, Philadelphia and Hopewell, New Jersey.
The federal charges and state trial follow years of public complaints by Cruciani’s accusers that authorities in some places were not taking his crimes seriously, particularly in Philadelphia, where he pleaded guilty to relatively minor misdemeanor groping counts involving seven patients.
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This story has been corrected to show that Cruciani was found guilty on 12 criminal counts, not five. | 2022-07-30T15:16:13+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national/neurologist-guilty-on-5-counts-for-sexually-abusing-patients/ |
President Emmanuel Macron joins growing list of leaders participating in Global Citizen NOW to drive decisive action on the most urgent issues facing our world
Sabrina Elba, Jordan Fisher, Michael Gandolfini, Tamron Hall, Katie Holmes, Bridget Moynahan, Amanda Seales, Gary Vaynerchuk and more to join Hugh Jackman and Chris Martin in New York City on April 27-28
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NEW YORK, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's leading international advocacy organization Global Citizen today announced details of the second annual Global Citizen NOW summit, setting a global agenda for action on the most urgent issues facing humanity and the planet. Taking place in New York City on April 27 and 28, Global Citizen NOW will convene government leaders, private sector executives, grassroots activists, cultural innovators, philanthropic experts, and leading journalists for a dynamic two-day event.
Every Global Citizen NOW session will feature definitive next steps for participants, attendees, and global citizens to take immediate action on urgent issues including climate change, the global food crisis, gender inequality, protecting activists, and more. The program will feature major announcements on policy initiatives, intimate conversations with renowned artists, as well as corporate and world leaders. Various sessions will be livestreamed on Instagram and LinkedIn.
For the first time this year, global citizens around the world can contribute perspectives and questions for potential inclusion in Global Citizen NOW programming by downloading the Global Citizen app, visiting globalcitizen.org/message, or texting via WhatsApp on +27 63 534 5148.
Taking place at The Glasshouse in New York City, Global Citizen NOW is supported by Global Partners Accenture, Cisco, Citi, Delta Air Lines, Harith General Partners, P&G and Verizon, and Associate Partners Authentic Brands Group and Impossible Foods.
"The last few years have had a disproportionately harsh impact on the world's poor. To redirect that trajectory we need to convene political, business, and cultural leaders and take action together," said Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO, Global Citizen. "Every session at Global Citizen NOW will drive impact with practical actions everyone can take. World leaders will hear from young climate activists, corporations will make new policy commitments, we'll announce new ways everyone can take action in their daily lives, and we'll launch our new campaign to mobilize billions to address the interconnected issues holding people in extreme poverty."
"Multilateral action needs a reboot and we need to make sure the global financial system is fit for purpose: the fight against extreme poverty and against climate change. Global Citizen NOW is an important opportunity to advance the debate and will help pave the way to a New Global Financing Pact to be agreed in Paris in June," said Emmanuel Macron, President of France.
"To fight climate change, end hunger and empower girls and women, the world needs our leadership; we all have the duty to act NOW," said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.
"The world is at a critical crossroads, and it is imperative that we act NOW to save our planet, address the climate crisis, ease the burdens crushing economies, and alleviate the suffering of the world's most vulnerable people," said Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados. "I am thrilled to be part of Global Citizen NOW, which is assembling global change-makers, listening to young people and grassroots activists, and driving an agenda of urgent action the world desperately needs."
"Global Citizen NOW is an important opportunity for the voices of young people and global citizens everywhere to be heard by those in power, and for all of us, together, to find solutions that will shape our world for future generations," said Hugh Jackman, Global Citizen Ambassador.
Showcasing the power of cross-sector participation to make progress on the systemic challenges our world is facing, Global Citizen NOW is convening the brightest minds, global decision makers, and the biggest names in pop culture with a diverse program of sessions and speakers, including:
- Power Our Planet
Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan Climate Justice Activist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Author of 'A Bigger Picture'; Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Dr. Rajiv Shah, President, Rockefeller Foundation - How Ideas Become Impact
Sabrina Elba, United Nations IFAD Goodwill Ambassador; Hugh Jackman, Global Citizen Ambassador; Hugh Evans, Co-Founder & CEO, Global Citizen - New York Attorney General Letitia James in conversation with two time Emmy Award-winning Journalist and Author Tamron Hall
- The "Good Life"
Portia Blunt, Vice President, Global Apparel, Reebok; Ebro Darden, Global Editorial Head of Hip-Hop and R&B, Apple Music, and Host, HOT 97; Nicole LaPointe Jameson, CEO, Evil Geniuses; Jordan Fisher, Producer, Actor, Gamer; Gary Vaynerchuk, Chairman, VaynerX, and CEO, VaynerMedia
Further programming details to be announced over the coming weeks.
Other participants include: Anjula Acharia, Founder & CEO, A-Series Management; Nat Kwabena Adisi (Bola Ray), CEO, EIB Network Ltd. and Chairman, Empire Group; Maggie Baird, Founder and President, Support + Feed; Nir Bar Dea, CEO, Bridgewater Associates; Helder Barbalho, Governor of the Amazonic State of Pará, Brazil; David Droga, CEO, Accenture Song; Pamela Fletcher, Chief Sustainability Officer, Delta Air Lines; Dorothy Fortenberry, Executive Producer, "Extrapolations"; Michael Gandolfini; Phoebe Gates, Women's Health & Reproductive Rights Activist; C.D. Glin, President, PepsiCo Foundation; Dr. Patrick Gruber, CEO, Gevo; Prabal Gurung, Creative Director and Fashion Designer; Katie Holmes; Daniel Humm, Chef and Owner, Eleven Madison Park and Eleven Madison Home; Fran Katsoudas, EVP and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer, Cisco; Alvaro Lario, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development; Stefan Löfven, Former Prime Minister of Sweden; Emmanuel Macron, President of France; Tshepo Mahloele, Founder & Chairman, Harith General Partners; Mark Malloch-Brown, President, Open Society Foundations; Chris Martin, International Global Citizen Festival Curator; Peter McGuinness, President & CEO, Impossible Foods; Catherine McKenna, Chair of the UN High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero; Bridget Moynahan, Global Citizen Ambassador; Antonio Nuño, CEO, Someone Somewhere; Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer, P&G; Diego Scotti, Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon; Amanda Seales, Comedian and Social Justice Advocate; Dr. Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation; Alok Sharma, COP26 President and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom; Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director, Education Cannot Wait; Edward Skyler, Executive Vice President, Citi; Erna Solberg, Former Prime Minister of Norway; Abena Soreno, Founder, GOALSFORFLOW; Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation; Caroline Wanga, President & CEO, Essence Ventures; and Elizabeth Wathuti, Kenyan Climate Activist and Founder, Green Generation Initiative.
The pinnacle of the summit will be the annual Global Citizen Prize 2023 award ceremony on Thursday evening, honoring four trailblazing activists profoundly impacting their local communities in the areas of climate change, civic space, sexual health and reproductive health, and food security, as well as the recipient of the Cisco Youth Leadership Award, a young person positively impacting the world using technology innovation. Winners will be announced in the coming weeks. Proud partners of the Global Citizen Prize 2023 include Cisco, Citi and P&G.
Global Citizen NOW is co-chaired by International Global Citizen Festival Curator Chris Martin and Global Citizen Ambassador Hugh Jackman; political leaders Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; Erna Solberg, former Prime Minister of Norway; and Stefan Löfven, former Prime Minister of Sweden; corporate sector leaders Hans Vestberg, Chairman & CEO, Verizon; Nir Bar Dea, CEO, Bridgewater Associates; Fran Katsoudas, EVP and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer, Cisco; Chris Stadler, Managing Partner, CVC Capital Partners; Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer, P&G; Diego Scotti, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon; Tshepo Mahloele, Founder & Chairman of Harith General Partners; and Edward Skyler, Executive Vice President, Citi; and philanthropic sector leaders Dr. Rajiv Shah, President, Rockefeller Foundation; Mark Malloch-Brown, President, Open Society Foundations; and Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation.
Global Citizen NOW is grateful for the support of leading media companies across the world including: ABC, AIM Group, Arena Holdings, Bella Naija, Bloomberg, EIB Network, Vanguard Media, Wall Street Journal and Zikoko.
To learn more about Global Citizen NOW visit www.globalcitizen.org/now23.
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NEW YORK — Let's get this upfront: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was the best comic-book film of the last decade.
With an animation blizzard blown straight in from the pages of comics, “Into the Spider-Verse” took a supercollider to all the conventions of the superhero movie. Solemnity was out. Gone, too, was the idea of a chosen one. Spider-Man could be anyone, including a graffiti-tagging kid from Brooklyn, including a pig named Spider-Ham. The possibilities of the comic book movie were suddenly limitless. With Post Malone and Swae Lee's “Sunflower” thumping, the vibes were, as they say, immaculate.
So a lot to live up to. Yet five years later, the Spider-verse is still expanding in thrilling ways. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is the rare sequel that dazzles as much as the original did. It's something to behold. Colors drip, invert and splatter in a shimmering pop-art swirl.
If “Into the Spider-Verse” reveled in the head-spinning collision of universes, “Across the Spider-Verse” turns the multiverse blender up a notch, or 10. Worlds bump into each other like shoppers in a crowded bodega. Spider-Men and Spider-Women tumble forth like unloaded clown cars. In this frenetic, freewheeling thing that dares you keep up with its web-slinging pace, the sheer muchness of what's in the frame can be almost overwhelming.
But despite all that’s going on, “Across the Spider-Verse” is remarkably grounded as a coming-of-age tale. The masterful flair of writers-producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who penned the script with David Callaham, lies in how they detonate convention and then assemble the leftover, splintered shards to build something deceptively sweet and simple.
The directing team has been entirely swapped out. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson take the reins in this second chapter, which finds Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) now a 15-year-old with a better handle on his crime-fighting powers. He's less adept, though, at communicating with his parents, Jefferson (Brian Tyree Henry) and Rio (Luna Lauren Vélez), who still don't know their son's secret identity and are growing increasingly concerned about his strange behavior.
Similar issues bedevil Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), who by revealing to her police captain father (Shea Whigham) that she's Spider-Woman has caused a huge rift in their relationship. (He blames her for Peter Parker's death.)
When Miles and Gwen, stuck in worlds apart, meet again and swing in tandem through New York, they're less a romantically linked Spidey pair than they are a couple of teenagers whose parents just don't understand. When they sit together, on the underside of a ledge on the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, gazing at an upside down Manhattan, hazy and blue in the distance, the lingering image perfectly encapsulates an electrifyingly downside-up movie franchise.
In its chaotic and jumbled way, “Across the Spider-Verse” keeps playing with these notions. Miles and Gwen, rightly, feel exceptional — that their problems are unique to being enormously gifted kids. But the movie again and again reinforced that, yes, they're supremely talented, but, no, they're far from alone. “I'm Spider-Woman," Gwen says when a pregnant superhero (Issa Rae) peels in on a motorbike. “Me, too,” she replies.
This being a “Spider-Verse” movie, though, there more than just a few Spider-Men lurking about. There are actually gobs of them, each from some parallel world. (Among those here are a Mumbai-like New York, a Lego land and a nightmarish alternate reality.) The portals start opening thanks to The Spot (Jason Schwartzman), a supervillain-in-training who looks like a splotchy blank page with ink drops on him.
But Spot's powers grow, bringing the attention of the Spider-Society, a gaggle of Spider-People who guard over order in the multiverse. Some of them are pretty cool — most notably Daniel Kaluuya's Spider-Punk, a British rocker who looks like he dropped out of The Clash. Others, like the leader Miguel O'Hara (Oscar Isaac), are more serious and haunted.
When worlds start colliding, prescribed storylines get upset. Seemingly anything goes in these multiverse realms, but, Miguel informs us, there is Canon that needs to be obeyed. Certain foundational narrative beats must occur, in some form, for every Spider-Man, including the sacrifice of a loved one.
When Miles tests these tenets, he brings about a cataclysmic battle across the Spider-Verse, and a movie series hellbent on deconstruction faces-off against formula. For Lord and Miller, the post-modern makers of “The Lego Movie” and “The Mitchells vs. The Machines,” it's a battle they've been girding for their whole lives.
The danger in all these crisscrossing dimensions is that no reality seems to mean all that much. By exponentially multiplying worlds and Spider-Men, “Across the Spider-Verse” risks making itself dizzy. Yet it surprisingly, even movingly, stays true to the teenage emotions at its core and the parent-kid relationships driving all these multiverse convulsions.
It's the first Marvel movie that I felt in the theater a palpable disappointment that it was over. ("Across the Spider-Verse" is a sequel in two parts, and ends here in full-on cliffhanger fashion.) That “Across the Spider-Verse” earned that response is surely partly due to its giddy design just as it is to its conviction that we all contain multitudes. As Rachel Dratch's principal says in the film: “Every person is a universe.”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse,” a Sony Pictures Animation release, is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for sequences of animated action violence, some language and thematic elements. Running time: 117 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. | 2023-06-02T15:43:50+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-review/507-51c4e589-cff6-49d2-bb88-5558623516dd |
NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Digital Turbine, Inc. ("Digital Turbine" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APPS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Digital Turbine and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 17, 2022, Digital Turbine issued a press release "announc[ing] . . . that it will restate its financial statements for the interim periods ended June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021, following a review of the presentation of revenue net of license fees and revenue share for the Company's recently acquired businesses." Digital Turbine specified that "[t]he revenue for certain product lines of the recently acquired businesses, which are separate reportable segments, will now be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis, as had been previously reported. The changes have the offsetting effect of decreasing both revenue and license fees and revenue share in a like amount, while simultaneously increasing reported gross profit margin and Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA margin, in the interim financial statements for each relevant period. There is no change to the previously reported GAAP income from operations, GAAP net income/loss, Non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and Non-GAAP free cash flow results. Restated interim consolidated financial statements for each of the affected quarters will be filed as amendments to the respective Company's Form 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before May 31, 2022."
On this news, Digital Turbine's stock price fell $1.93 per share, or 7.09%, to close at $25.28 per share on May 18, 2022.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "SuperCash" game were:
06-16-20-22-33-34, Doubler: N
(six, sixteen, twenty, twenty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four; Doubler: N)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kohl's swung to a surprise fourth-quarter loss and sales slumped as the department store was forced to slash prices to get customers to buy clothing as inflation squeezed family budgets.
The retailer, based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, also issued an annual profit outlook Wednesday that fell below Wall Street expectations, sending shares tumbling more than 7% in premarket trading.
A number of major retailers, Target, Walmart and Home Depot among them, have issued weaker financial outlooks for 2023 in a challenging economic environment for Americans. But Kohl's, which has been under pressure from activist shareholders to turn around its business, has been particularly hard hit because it focuses on clothing and it appeals to middle-income shoppers more vulnerable to rising prices.
Yet industry analysts also say Kohl's is to blame for its dismal performance.
Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, said that stores have grown messy and unappealing for shoppers.
“Over the holidays, shops should be inspiring and uplifting, enticing consumers into buying," said Saunders. ”Unfortunately, Kohl’s were the exact opposite with messy merchandise, bad lighting, and uncoordinated ranges all contributing to a dispiriting and confusing experience. Sadly, this problem has been getting worse over time and it is one of the first things the new executive team should address if it wants to stop the rot. ”
The disappointing performance underscores the big task that the company's new CEO Tom Kingsbury faces. Kingsbury, who was interim chief executive, was named its permanent CEO last month. The Kohl’s board member with more than 40 years experience in retail took over for Michelle Gass who was named president of Levi Strauss & Co. late last year.
On Tuesday, Kohl’s announced that 30-year retail veteran Dave Alves had been named Kohl’s president and chief operating officer, reporting to Kingsbury, effective April 1.
Kohl's reported a loss of $273 million, or $2.49 per share for the quarter ended Jan. 28. Industry analysts had projected per-share profits of 97 cents, according to a poll by FactSet.
Last year during the same period, the company earned $299 million, or $2.20 per share.
Sales fell a little more than 7% to $6.02 billion. Comparable-store sales — those from stores opened at least a year and online channels — slid 6.6%.
The company said that it expects net sales to be down anywhere from 2% to 4% for the year. It also expects profits to be $2.10 per share to $2.70 per share, excluding any non-recurring charges for the year. Analysts were expecting $3.17 per share.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
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(NEXSTAR) – With yet another large lottery jackpot brewing — this time, a $875 million Powerball jackpot — it’s tempting to want to try your luck.
But, in a game when you’ll be facing potentially millions of other players, are there any ways to sway your odds of landing the record-setting Powerball prize?
First, it’s important to understand what your odds at the jackpot really are.
Any ticket has a 1 in 292.2 million chance of matching the winning jackpot numbers, Powerball officials say. You’re more likely to be attacked by a shark (1 in 3.7 million, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History) or being struck by lightning (less than 1 in a million), or even both on the same day, than winning big.
Still, there are some methods lottery players swear by to improve their chances of winning the major payout.
Among those are selecting certain numbers. Data shows there are some numbers that are drawn more frequently than others. Over the last seven years (the Powerball number pool grew in 2015), there are some numbers that have been drawn more than others, according to Powerball statistics website Powerball.net: 32, 39, 36, 23, and 16, and for the red Powerball, 18, 24, 6, 11, and 20.
Four of those numbers — 23 and 32, and Powerball numbers 18 and 20 — were pulled in the last five Powerball drawings. Others may also suggest going for numbers that are “overdue,” meaning they haven’t been pulled recently.
Or, because you need to correctly match six numbers to win the Powerball jackpot, you may be more concerned about selecting the best combination. You could spend your time evaluating all the possibilities and deciding which numbers to select, but it will most likely not help you.
Every combination of numbers — regardless of whether you pick your lucky number, your birthday, “overdue” numbers, or a random draw — has the same slim chance of winning. The same numbers could even be pulled two drawings in a row, Rutgers University professor and department chair Rong Chen explains.
While picking the correct combination of numbers is nearly futile (not impossible, of course), Chen notes you could improve your odds of not having to share the jackpot, should you win. By picking numbers other players are less likely to select, like those on the edges of the ticket form or numbers associated with a birthday or anniversary, you may have a better chance of being the sole winner of the jackpot.
There are other methods lottery players use to try to increase their chances of winning, like lottery wheeling — selecting a group of numbers and playing every combination or permutation of those numbers — or selecting numbers that have or haven’t been picked recently. Some also try the Delta Lotto System, which uses a bit of math to reduce the number of digits you’ll pick from, though many note it doesn’t take probability into account.
But, remember, every draw has an equal chance of winning the Powerball jackpot.
If you have some extra funds to spare, there is a simple way to improve your odds: buying more tickets. Buying 100 tickets, for example, would cut your odds to about 1 in 2.92 million instead of 1 in 292.2 million, Andrew Perry, a professor at Springfield College explained to Nexstar’s WWLP.
“However you play, there’s a high probability of losing all your money. I would advise people not to risk money that they can’t afford to lose,” Perry said.
Though your odds of landing the top prize is slim, it isn’t impossible. There have been more than 230 jackpots in Powerball’s 31-year history, so about seven jackpots will be won every year.
Even if you don’t hit the jackpot, you still have a decent chance of winning a prize. With nine ways to win, the odds of winning any prize while playing Powerball is 1 in 29. The smallest prize available is $4 — enough to buy two more Powerball tickets.
Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. The lottery game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | 2023-07-15T18:54:00+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/is-it-possible-to-increase-your-powerball-jackpot-odds/ |
It’s the first full week of solar summer, and we’re going to see a whole lot of sunshine.
Solar summer is the quarter of the year between May 5 and August 5 with the most daylight. During these months, the amount of light only varies by about an hour. Astronomical twilight is starting before 4 a.m. now, and it’s why some of you are waking up to birds singing around 4:30.
We don’t gain much light from this point forward to the summer solstice — nor do we lose a lot of light in the first six weeks thereafter.
As you can see from the chart below, the rate at which daylight increases and decreases is not consistent. We go from gaining more than two minutes of daylight to start May to only gaining about a minute per day by the end of the month.
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With generally high pressure in control this week, I’m expecting plenty of sunshine and limited (if any) chances for rainfall. Most of the time, temperatures will be near or above average. Averages in New England are comprised of significant ups and downs, with fewer below average days.
There are a couple of interesting weather variables to chat about this week.
The first is on Tuesday, when a back door cold front — that’s a front that moves east to west rather than west to east — moves through New England. This will allow cooler marine air to infiltrate. Temperatures will be in the 50s to low 60s at the coastline and into the low to mid-60s inland.
The air will feel cooler, but the sun is so strong this time of year that these days don’t feel the same as it would with the same temperature pattern in, for example, October.
Temperatures warm back up again for Wednesday. By Thursday and Friday, many areas will be near 80 degrees. That is average for well into June.
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A frontal system may bring a brief shower or thunderstorm sometime Thursday night or Friday. Otherwise, the dry weather looks to continue into the Mother’s Day weekend. It will still be above average this weekend, but not quite as warm.
Pollen counts will remain high with a lack of rainfall for the next 10 days.
Although New England did have near average rain for a couple of weeks, the region is still precariously close to drought conditions in some areas. All this beautiful weather will mean a lot if you are doing some planting — and remember to continue to water as needed between mother nature helping us out. | 2023-05-08T15:02:55+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/08/metro/new-england-weather-forecast/ |
ATLANTA — Sen. Lindsey Graham can't put off his appearance before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, a federal judge said Friday.
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May ordered Graham to honor his subpoena for the special grand jury. Graham's attorneys appealed that order to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and asked May to stay her ruling and prohibit the special grand jury from questioning him while that appeal plays out. May declined that request in her order on Friday.
“Under the circumstances, further delay of Senator Graham’s testimony would greatly compound the overall delay in carrying out the grand jury’s investigation,” May wrote. “Further delay thus poses a significant risk of overall hindrance to the grand jury’s investigation, and the Court therefore finds that granting a stay would almost certainly result in material injury to the grand jury and its investigation.”
Graham is currently scheduled to testify on Tuesday. But he still has another motion to stay May's ruling pending before the 11th Circuit.
Representatives for Graham did not immediately respond to messages on Friday seeking comment.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year and in July filed petitions seeking to compel testimony from seven Trump advisers and associates, including Graham.
Former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who's been told he's a target of the investigation, testified before the special grand jury for nearly six hours on Wednesday. Two other lawyers who advised Trump, John Eastman and Jenna Ellis, were ordered this week to appear before the panel later this month. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp filed a motion Wednesday seeking to quash a subpoena for his testimony.
The investigation, originally prompted by a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is one of several pending legal threats Trump faces. Willis has said she's considering seeking to compel the former president himself to testify before the special grand jury.
RELATED: Lindsey Graham hires former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn in Georgia election investigation
Attorneys for Graham, a South Carolina Republican, have argued that a provision of the U.S. Constitution provides absolute protection against a senator being questioned about legislative acts. But the judge found there are “considerable areas of potential grand jury inquiry” that fall outside that provision’s scope. The judge also rejected Graham’s argument that the principle of “sovereign immunity” protects a U.S. senator from being summoned by a state prosecutor.
Graham also argued that Willis, a Democrat, had not demonstrated extraordinary circumstances necessary to compel testimony from a high-ranking official. But the judge disagreed, finding that Willis had shown “extraordinary circumstances and a special need” for Graham’s testimony on issues related to an alleged attempt to influence or disrupt the election in Georgia.
Willis and her team have said they want to ask Graham about two phone calls they say he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff shortly after the 2020 general election. During those calls, Graham asked about “reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump,” Willis wrote in a petition.
Graham also “made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign,” she wrote.
Republican and Democratic state election officials across the country, courts and even Trump’s attorney general found there was no evidence of voter fraud sufficient to affect the outcome of the election.
In asking May to stay her decision, Graham's lawyers argued that his rights to immunity would be violated the moment he was questioned.
Willis' team responded that delaying Graham's testimony would harms the investigation. In addition to facts he knows, he's also expected to shed light on other sources of information that the special grand jury may want to pursue, they wrote. So waiting to talk to him “could ultimately delay” the entire investigation.
In the separate motion for a stay filed with the 11th Circuit, Graham's attorneys argue that on Wednesday Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney Donald Wakeford agreed to postpone the scheduled testimony pending the outcome of the appeal. They included a voicemail Wakeford left for Graham attorney Brian Lea.
Lea says in a declaration filed with the motion that later that same afternoon Wakeford confirmed Graham's grand jury appearance wouldn't move forward until the appeal was resolved. But then Wakeford sent an email 20 minutes later “stating that he did not ‘want to characterize the contents of our response before it is written,’” Lea wrote.
Lea said he reached out to Wakeford several more times by phone and email but got no response until Wakeford sent an email at 4:40 a.m. Friday saying the district attorney's office intended to oppose the stay and would argue that Graham should appear before the special grand jury as planned.___
Associated Press writer Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed reporting. | 2022-08-20T03:08:19+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/judge-denies-lindsey-graham-appeal-to-delay-testimony-georgia-grand-jury/101-8fd7980d-f3b7-4f17-af29-9b08451d669c |
Derrick "D-Nice" Jones has invested in Silicon Valley-based startup Simplicity, which revolutionizes how cities and residents communicate and interact.
PALO ALTO, Calif,., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simplicity Tech Inc., the technology company behind the city super-app, announced that D-Nice had joined the company's Advisory Board as an investor and ambassador for the City of Los Angeles, and cities joining the platform across the U.S. Simplicity app is a "city in your phone" where people find all critical city updates, emergencies, outages, road closures, enforcements, city events, and more. The app is currently used in over 100 cities, including San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago suburbs.
During the pandemic's peak, Jones founded "Club Quarantine". This social gathering united millions of music lovers in a safe virtual space and earned D-Nice the Entertainer of the Year at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. The music genres played in his sets would be varied to accommodate any taste, making them an inclusive space in which anyone could join and dance their worries away. Bringing people closer and uniting communities is the foundation of the partnership between D-Nice and Simplicity.
"Club Quarantine demonstrated the power of technology as a tool to bring together a community of people around the power of music," said Derrick "D-Nice" Jones, "Simplicity is another example of leveraging technology to lift the spirits and deepen the relationships among people in cities around the world. The alignment was too obvious not to be part of the movement."
"We believe that any city in the world can utilize the Simplicity app and help its residents navigate the chaos of current social networks and misinformation," comments Juraj Gago, co-founder of Simplicity. "Having Derrick back up this critical mission is significant and can help the company achieve our main goal: to improve life in cities."
D-Nice is performing Club Quarantine Live at Carnegie Hall in New York City, August 4th. This exemplifies the partnership between D-Nice and Simplicity to bring communities together in great cities worldwide.
Earlier this month, former CTO of New York City and CIO of San Francisco Miguel Gamiño Jr joined the company as Chief Experience Officer and Founding partner. Gamino is working on expanding Simplicity to the major US and global cities, and impactful partnerships like the one we've announced here with D-Nice.
About Simplicity Tech Inc.
Simplicity Tech Inc. is a technology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Chicago and Bratislava, Slovakia. Its Simplicity application helps municipalities and residents fight misinformation and stay informed about the most critical updates affecting their communities. Following its successful launch in Silicon Valley, the company raised over $10M in seed funding for further expansion. For more information, visit www.onesimplicity.com
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott announced Tuesday that he is challenging Sen. Mitch McConnell to replace him as the Senate Republican leader.
A Scott spokesperson confirmed the announcement to NBC News.
"The status quo is broken and big change is needed," Scott tweeted. "It's time for new leadership in the Senate that unites Republicans to advance a bold conservative agenda."
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McConnell, of Kentucky, is the longest-serving GOP leader in Senate history, having served in the position since 2007.
Scott, as chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has faced backlash over the party's disappointing performance in the midterm elections.
"Despite what the armchair quarterbacks on TV will tell you, there is no one person responsible for our party’s performance across the country," Scott said in a letter to colleagues. "I know there is no shortage of people who are eager to point fingers and assign blame here in Washington, but I won’t be one of them. It’s unproductive and a massive waste of time." | 2022-11-15T21:33:26+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/decision-2022/florida-sen-rick-scott-to-challenge-mitch-mcconnell-as-senate-gop-leader/2909589/ |
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not participate in pregame warmups when the team wore Pride-themed jerseys and used sticks wrapped in rainbow Pride tape.
The 26-year-old Provorov boycotted the pregame skate with his teammates before Tuesday night’s game against Anaheim as the Flyers celebrated their annual Pride night in celebration and support of the LGBTQ+ community. He played nearly 23 minutes in Philadelphia’s 5-2 victory.
“I respect everybody’s choices,” Provorov said after the game. “My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. That’s all I’m going to say.”
Provorov declined to answer follow-up questions about his decision.
Flyers coach John Tortorella said Provorov “was true to himself and to his religion.”
“It’s one thing I respect about Provy, he’s always true to himself,” Tortorella said.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, leader of Russia’s dominant religious group, sent a strong signal last March justifying his country’s invasion of Ukraine — describing the conflict as part of a struggle against sin and pressure from liberal foreigners to hold “gay parades” as the price of admission to their ranks.
The jerseys and sticks were set to be auctioned off by the Flyers following the game, with proceeds going to the team’s charity and its efforts to grow the game of hockey in diverse communities.
The Flyers also hosted a pregame skate for local LGBTQ+ youth. Flyers players James van Riemsdyk and Scott Laughton have been staunch supporters of the community and launched a program in support of local LGBTQ+ youth in the greater Philadelphia area.
Laughton and van Riemsdyk met after the game with about 50 people in the LGBTQ+ community. Laughton said overall the Flyers had a “great, great night that brings a lot of awareness.”
Laughton said there would be more conversations ahead with Provorov, who moved from Russia to the United States as a teenager. He signed a six-year, $40.5 million contract before the 2019 season and won the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the Flyers’ outstanding defenseman in his rookie season, the youngest Philadelphia player to receive the honor.
“I don’t hold anything against anyone,” Laughton said. “It’s nothing like that. It was an awesome night and I’m very happy we got a win on a night like this.”
All-Star forward Kevin Hayes, who had a hat trick in the win over Anaheim, said “it’s not for me to answer” when asked how he felt about Provorov’s decision.
The Wells Fargo Center was decorated Tuesday night in rainbow hues representing the LGBTQ+ community through special pride-themed arena LEDs, décor and rainbow-themed team merchandise.
“The Philadelphia Flyers organization is committed to inclusivity and is proud to support the LGBTQ+ community,” the team said in a statement after the game. “Many of our players are active in their support of local LGBTQ+ organizations, and we were proud to host our annual Pride Night again this year. The Flyers will continue to be strong advocates for inclusivity and the LGBTQ+ community.”
The NHL also champions the You Can Play Project, which aims to ensure equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation. The NHL has never had an openly gay active player.
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The U.S. military said President Joe Biden authorized multiple precision strikes in Syria Thursday.
The strikes targeted facilities used by groups connected to Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Reuters reported.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement, "These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect U.S. forces from attacks like the ones on August 15 against U.S. personnel by Iran-backed groups. The U.S. strikes targeted infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."
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— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) August 24, 2022 | 2022-08-24T04:58:38+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/us-military-confirms-precision-strikes-in-syria-at-bidens-direction |
NFL camps open this week with most of the focus on players who aren’t showing up.
All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones skipped Sunday’s first workout with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs over a contract dispute.
Veterans with the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders are scheduled to report on Tuesday, but Saquon Barkley and Josh Jacobs are expected to hold out because they didn’t receive long-term deals after getting the franchise tag. Both star running backs would earn $10.1 million this season under the tag.
Neither Barkley nor Jacobs signed the franchise tender, which means they wouldn’t be fined for missing practices. They’d lose $560,611 per game if they sit out during the season.
Holdouts are nothing new in the NFL and they used to be more common decades ago. Jones is due to make $19.5 million in base salary this season and carries a salary cap hit of almost $28.3 million, so the Chiefs are motivated to get a new deal done. He faces a mandatory fine of $50,000 per day.
“Look, we love Chris Jones and when he decides to report, we’ll welcome him,” Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said. “I don’t want to get into speculating on when that’ll happen, or if it’ll happen.”
Barkley and Jacobs are a different story. They’re angry and frustrated. They feel undervalued and underappreciated. So do many of their peers around the league.
“There’s really nothing we can do,” Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb said Sunday after he took part in a Zoom call with several backs around the league on Saturday. “We’re kind of handcuffed with the situation.”
It’s expected Barkley and Jacobs will eventually report. Missing games only costs them money they’ll never regain. But there’s no incentive for them to show up before September.
The biggest story line beyond holdout players surrounds Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets and their appearance on HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” Rodgers and the Jets already were going to be under the microscope. Now, television cameras will be there to follow them every step of the way.
Jets coach Robert Saleh downplayed any added pressure to win because of Rodgers.
“What I’ve noticed in New York is that they really don’t care,” he said. “You’re either winning or you’re not, it doesn’t matter who you’ve got. The expectation to win is constant in this league. You’ve always got that monkey on your back, like you’ve got to get that result. I’ve said it before — as important as the result is, if that’s your only focus, you’re going to skip on the process that it takes to get that result that you want, so the pressure lies in how you handle the day, how you’re getting better.”
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs reported last week, eager to get working on becoming the first team to repeat since the New England Patriots in 2003 and ’04.
“It’s hard to win the Super Bowl,” Mahomes said. “I think I’ve noticed that from my first one to my second, you can do everything the right way and you don’t win.”
The Philadelphia Eagles, who report Tuesday, are aiming to become the first team since the 2018 Patriots and fourth ever to win a Super Bowl the year after losing one.
“This team has to find an identity for itself,” Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts said.
Plenty of eyes in camp will be on rookie QBs Bryce Young in Carolina, C.J. Stroud in Houston and Anthony Richardson in Indianapolis.
Young, the No. 1 overall pick, already took over first-team reps in the offseason and appears headed to start Week 1. Stroud, the No. 2 pick, should get a similar opportunity with the Texans and first-year coach DeMeco Ryans. Richardson, who was picked fourth and didn’t have much playing experience in college at Florida, probably won’t start right away for the Colts but he’s expected to supplant veteran Gardner Minshew at some point.
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Storm Prediction Ctr, Norman, OK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 20, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 155
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
623 PM CDT THU APR 20 2023
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 155 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ATASCOSA BANDERA BASTROP
BEXAR BLANCO BURNET
CALDWELL COMAL CONCHO
DEWITT DIMMIT EDWARDS
FAYETTE FRIO GILLESPIE
GONZALES GUADALUPE HAYS
KARNES KENDALL KERR
KIMBLE KINNEY LAVACA
LEE LLANO MCCULLOCH
MASON MAVERICK MEDINA
MENARD REAL SAN SABA
SCHLEICHER SUTTON TRAVIS
UVALDE WILLIAMSON WILSON
ZAVALA
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MEDINA...SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA...SOUTHWESTERN KENDALL
AND NORTHWESTERN BEXAR COUNTIES...
At 623 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lakehills, or
12 miles southwest of Boerne, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
San Antonio, Boerne, Helotes, Fair Oaks Ranch, Cross Mountain, Walnut
Grove, Lakehills, Cliff, Bandera Falls, Mico, Kreutzberg, Government
Canyon State Natural Area, Pipe Creek, Kronkosky State Natural Area,
Rio Medina, Sea World, Leon Springs, Grey Forest, San Geronimo and
Cascade Caverns.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Grimes,
northwestern Montgomery and southwestern Walker Counties through 700
PM CDT...
At 624 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Anderson, or 15 miles northeast of Navasota, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Penny size hail.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Anderson, Richards and Roans Prairie.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3046 9580 3048 9600 3076 9603 3074 9572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 184DEG 13KT 3055 9590
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Williamson County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Travis County in south central Texas...
Central Burnet County in south central Texas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 623 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Sun City to near Bertram to near Burnet, moving
southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Quarter size hail was reported
in Burnet at 620 PM CDT.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Burnet, Marble Falls, Bertram,
Serenada, Leander, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Hudson Bend, Bartlett,
Liberty Hill, Jarrell, Florence, Weir, Spicewood, Georgetown Dam,
Watson and Joppa.
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
Northern Franklin County in northeastern Texas...
Northern Titus County in northeastern Texas...
Southern Red River County in northeastern Texas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hagansport,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
Hagansport, Boxelder, Mount Vernon, Wilkerson, Talco, Harts Bluff
and Johntown.
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BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Edward Koren, a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, known for his hairy, huminoid creatures, has died. He was 87.
Koren died of lung cancer on Friday in Brookfield, Vermont, according to his wife, Curtis Koren.
He created more than 1,000 cartoons of the long-snouted creatures for The New Yorker, including covers, since the 1960s. He also wrote and illustrated books and served as Vermont’s second cartoonist laureate for three years. Koren said he never ran out of material, often writing down what he heard people say as fodder for his art.
“What captures my attention is all the human theater around me. I can never quite believe my luck in stumbling upon riveting mini-dramas taking place within earshot (and eyeshot), a comedy of manners that seems inexhaustible,” he wrote about his exhibition at Columbia University in 2010.
Koren, who was born in New York City, moved full time to Vermont more than 30 years ago to the tiny village of Brookfield, where he served as a volunteer firefighter.
His most recent book, “Koren In the Wild,” published in 2018, features cartoons spanning about 40 years, poking fun at country and city dwellers.
“I love how he skates right on the edge. He shows us how ridiculous and how precious we can all be without at all offending anybody,” Karen Mittelman, then executive director of the Vermont Arts Council, said at the time.
Koren told The Associated Press that he was fond of a quotation by Lily Tomlin that basically says no matter how cynical you get, it’s impossible to keep up.
“And I can’t keep up,” he said in 2018. “There’s always something where your jaw drops.” | 2023-04-17T21:55:31+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/longtime-new-yorker-cartoonist-edward-koren-dies/ |
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5243 Stoneridge Drive, Springfield
This updated, whitewashed brick Cape Cod-style home, located in Northridge, has three bedrooms and is located in the Northeastern Local School District. The home was originally built in 1971 and has 1,665 square feet, including a partially finished basement.
A double-wide concrete drive leads to a detached, two-car garage with opener. There is a walkway from the driveway to the covered front entry.
To the right of the entry is a living room with newer neutral carpeting and triple windows with window coverings. A surround-sound system stays with the home.
At the back of the home on the first level are the kitchen and dining area. The kitchen has been updated with soft-close cherry cabinets, granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances, including range, microwave, refrigerator and dishwasher. There is a glass-tile backsplash and an exterior door leading to the back of the home.
Newer lighting fixtures include a decorative chandelier over the island, recessed and track lighting and a tile floor.
The eat-in area features a built-in coffee/wine bar with doors and a drawer. There is also a decorative lighting fixture on the ceiling, and the tile floor extends to this area.
Down a short hall is the main bedroom with wood flooring, a ceiling fan and dual, walk-in closets. The ensuite bath has an updated vanity, tile flooring, a walk-in shower with rainfall head and spa fixture and glass doors. Tile surrounds a jacuzzi tub.
A second full bathroom rounds out the first floor. The bathroom has ceramic-tile flooring, a vanity and medicine cabinet with lights, and tub/shower combination. The first-floor doors have all been updated to six-panel oak.
The second floor includes two additional bedrooms, both with walk in closets. They both have carpeting and window coverings as well as slanted ceilings.
The basement is finished and includes a recreation room with tile flooring and a play area. There is a decorative, corner fireplace and ceiling light in this room. Another room in the basement is currently being used as an office but could be a fourth bedroom. The unfinished section includes laundry area and storage with an additional unfinished room.
A Florida room surrounded by glass windows is off the kitchen. This room has indoor/outdoor carpeting and a storm door that leads to the paver patio. A door leading to the detached garage is connected to the patio. The backyard also has a firepit.
The furnace and central air were new in 2021, roof in 2015, kitchen in 2013, carpet in 2015 and main suite’s bath in 2011.
5243 Stoneridge Drive, Springfield
Price: $239,900
Directions: Moorefield Road to Ridgewood Road E to Stoneridge Drive.
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LUX – Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France’s Burgundy region in what was the Tille River in the village of Lux.
From dry and cracked reservoirs in Spain to falling water levels on major arteries like the Danube, the Rhine and the Po, an unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent. It is damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions, causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species.
There has been no significant rainfall for almost two months in Western, Central and Southern Europe. And the dry period is expected to continue in what experts say could be the worst drought in 500 years.
Climate change is exacerbating conditions as hotter temperatures speed up evaporation, thirsty plants take in more moisture and reduced snowfall in the winter limits supplies of fresh water available for irrigation in the summer. Europe isn't alone in the crisis, with drought conditions also reported in East Africa, the western United States and northern Mexico.
As he walked in the 15-meter-wide (50-foot-wide) riverbed in Lux, Jean-Philippe Couasné, chief technician at the local Federation for Fishing and Protection of the Aquatic Environment, listed the species of fish that had died in the Tille.
“It’s heartbreaking,” he said. “On average, about 8,000 liters (about 2,100 gallons) per second are flowing. ... And now, zero liters.”
In some areas upstream, some of the trout and other freshwater species are able take shelter in pools via fish ladders. But such systems aren't available everywhere.
Without rain, the river “will continue to empty. And yes, all fish will die. ... They are trapped upstream and downstream, there’s no water coming in, so the oxygen level will keep decreasing as the (water) volume will go down,” Couasné said. “These are species that will gradually disappear."
Jean-Pierre Sonvico, the regional head of the federation, said diverting the fish to other rivers won't help because those waterways also are affected, which will lead to overcrowding and more deaths.
“Yes, it’s dramatic because what can we do? Nothing," he said. “We’re waiting, hoping for storms with rain, but storms are very local so we can't count on it.”
The European Commission’s Joint Research Center warned this week that drought conditions will get worse and potentially affect 47% of the continent.
Andrea Toreti, a senior researcher at the European Drought Observatory, said a drought in 2018 was so extreme that there were no similar events for the last 500 years, "but this year, I think, it is really worse.”
For the next three months, "we see still a very high risk of dry conditions over Western and Central Europe, as well as the U.K.,” Toreti said.
The current situation is the result of long periods of dry weather caused by changes in world weather systems, said meteorologist Peter Hoffmann of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research near Berlin.
“It’s just that in summer we feel it the most,” he said. “But actually the drought builds up across the year.”
Climate change has lessened the temperature differences between regions, sapping the forces that drive the jet stream, which normally brings wet Atlantic weather to Europe, he said.
A weaker or unstable jet stream can result in unusually hot air coming to Europe from North Africa, leading to prolonged periods of heat. The reverse is also true, when a polar vortex of cold air from the Arctic can cause freezing conditions far south of where it would normally reach.
Hoffmann said observations in recent years have all been at the upper end of what the existing climate models predicted.
The drought has caused some European countries to impose restrictions on water usage, and shipping is endangered on the Rhine and the Danube.
The Rhine could reach critical low levels in the coming days, making the transport of goods — including coal and gasoline — increasingly difficult. On the Danube, authorities in Serbia have started dredging sand to deepen the waterway and keep vessels moving smoothly.
In neighboring Hungary, wide parts of popular Lake Velence near Budapest, have turned into patches of dried mud, beaching small boats. Aeration and water circulation equipment have been installed to protect wildlife, but water quality has deteriorated to the point that a ban on swimming was imposed at one beach on weekends.
Stretches of the Po, Italy's longest river, are so low that barges and boats that sank decades ago are resurfacing.
The drought also has affected southern England, which received only 10% of its average rainfall in July. Firefighters are battling an unprecedented number of grass fires and people in several areas have been banned from watering their lawns.
The Rivers Trust charity said England’s chalk streams — which allow underground springs to bubble up through the spongy layer of rock — are drying up, endangering aquatic wildlife like kingfishers and trout.
Even in countries like Spain and Portugal, which are used to long periods without rain, there have been major consequences. In the Spanish region of Andalucia, some avocado farmers have had to sacrifice hundreds of trees to save others from wilting as the Vinuela reservoir in Malaga province dropped to only 13% of capacity, down 55% from a year ago.
Some European farmers are using water from the tap for their livestock in areas where ponds and streams have gone dry, using up to 100 litres (26 gallons) a day per cow.
In normally green Burgundy, home to the source of Paris' Seine River, the grass has turned yellow-brown and tractors churn up giant clouds of dust.
Baptiste Colson, who owns dairy cows and grows feed crops in the village of Moloy, said his animals are suffering in the drought, with the quality and quantity of the milk decreasing.
The 31-year-old head of the local Jeunes Agriculteurs (Young Farmers) union said he has been forced to dip into his winter supply of fodder in August.
“That is the biggest concern,” Colson said.
EU corn production is expected to be 12.5 million tons below last year and sunflower production is projected to be 1.6 million tons lower, according to a report from S&P Global Commodity Insights.
Colson expects at least a 30% drop in corn yield, a major problem for feeding his cows.
“We know we’ll have to buy food ... so the cows can continue producing milk,” he said. "From an economic point of view, the cost will be high.”
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Dana Beltaji and Jill Lawless in London, Frank Jordans in Berlin, Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Portugal, Ciarán Giles in Madrid, Dusan Stojanovic in Belgrade, Serbia, and Bela Szandelszky in Budapest, Hungary, contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s climate coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment | 2022-08-12T06:48:59+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/08/12/european-drought-dries-up-rivers-kills-fish-shrivels-crops/ |
There have been so many problems with the MBTA’s new Red and Orange Line cars — derailments, a battery explosion, loose brake bolts, malfunctioning doors, disconnected wiring, years-long delays — that weary riders have likely forgotten one of the long-awaited cars’ most criticized features: The incessant, loud beeping sound they make when the doors are open.
Now — four years after the first new train began carrying passengers — the T is retrofitting the fleet with a different, less frequent sound.
The change is the result of testing last year with riders who are blind or visually impaired. The sound is meant to guide riders to the doors and indicate that the doors are still open.
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The retrofitting began in January, said Laura Brelsford, the T’s assistant general manager for systemwide accessibility. So far, 64 of the 82 new Orange Line cars and all 12 of the new Red Line cars have the new sound, said T spokesman Joe Pesaturo.
The new sound aims to address concerns from the general riding public — that the beeps are disruptive and too loud — without sacrificing the benefits for riders who are blind or visually impaired, Brelsford said.
“We had reason to believe that this was a new feature that was going to take folks a while to get used to,” she said. “We really began looking into it as complaints persisted.”
The beeping feature is a much-welcomed assist for riders who are blind and visually impaired, said Reggie Ramos, director of Inclusive Public Transit at the Institute for Human Centered Design, the Boston firm contracted by the T to test the feature.
Eleven riders reviewed their experiences using the new Orange Line trains from October to December last year, Ramos said, and chose a new chime from five options provided by the T. The group reported that the feature was “extremely helpful,” Ramos said, especially when boarding.
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Lisa Chin, a Roslindale resident who uses the Orange Line, was one of the riders who reviewed the feature, which she said helps her locate the door and make sure she gets on or off the train in time. Chin, 53, said the old sound was unsettling, almost like “a ticking time bomb.”
“The speed of the tone, the cadence, and the loudness were really a factor,” she said. “There was something about the other one that was too anxiety-ridden or it was questionable to what it meant. The one I picked is the one that seemed the most tolerable.”
Still, there are other issues that need to be worked out, said Tom Gilbert, a rider who is visually impaired and said he was consulted as part of the study. Gilbert, 55, was part of a group of riders who sued the T in 2002 over the agency’s failure to provide access to people with disabilities.
In his experience using the new Orange Line trains, it’s hard to figure out where the beeping is coming from, which defeats its purpose.
“It sounds kind of all over the place,” he said.
Another issue: The T doesn’t have the ability to adjust the volume or disable the sound, features that are required in the technical specifications. Neither the T nor the manufacturer has a clear explanation why.
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Gilbert worries that the specifications — created with much input from the systemwide accessibility office — were somehow disregarded or deprioritized inside the T.
“[The systemwide accessibility office] is really the one that is making it happen, they are really in our corner as far as where the T is supposed to be going,” he said. “We want to make sure we get it right on the first test cars before it goes on the other cars.”
When the T was designing the new cars, it aspired to make them “the most accessible cars,” said Brelsford. The cars are meant to replace ones that are decades past the end of their useful life.
A working group tasked with making recommendations for accessibility decided on the door locator feature, Brelsford said. The 2013 specifications called for a “door open chime,” separate from the door closing warning chime, “to provide wayfinding for visually impaired passengers.” The idea, Brelsford said, was an audible cue similar to the accessible pedestrian signals at street intersections.
Also included in the specs was the T’s ability to adjust all aspects of the chime. But most of that adjustability does not appear to exist.
Pesaturo said a decision was made seven years ago between the MBTA and the cars’ manufacturer, Chinese company CRRC, that the door open chime on the new cars should sound similar to the door closing sound on the Blue Line and not be adjustable or have a disable feature “to ensure fleet consistency.”
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The change was signed off on by the systemwide accessibility office, Pesaturo said in an e-mail. Pesaturo did not respond to questions about how the T is able to adjust the frequency of the chime by switching the audio file when the trains are out of service, but not the volume or other aspects.
A spokesperson for CRRC did not respond to a request for comment.
Other feedback from riders who are blind or visually impaired showed that the chime should be louder on the outside of the train than on the inside, as boarding can be more difficult than getting off, said Ramos.
That’s something that Brelsford at the T is hoping to include in the specifications for the agency’s next new cars for the Green Line. There are not any national or state guidelines for what this feature should look like, said Ramos, so it’s going to take some time to get it right.
“This is a trailblazing project where we have locator tones on train cars, there are some ways to iron out the bumps,” she said. “But at least for us in the disability community, this is a really good place to start.”
Taylor Dolven can be reached at taylor.dolven@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @taydolven. | 2023-03-24T15:36:21+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/24/metro/why-do-new-red-orange-line-cars-beep-so-much/ |
Lions trade RB D'Andre Swift to Eagles for future fourth-round pick
Allen Park — Two days after drafting Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs, the Lions have traded veteran running back D'Andre Swift to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Lions are getting back a fourth-round pick in 2025 and moving up 30 spots in the seventh round this year, from No. 249 to 219.
Much like when the Lions traded cornerback Jeff Okudah earlier this month, the writing was on the wall with Swift's time in Detroit after the team selected Gibbs with the No. 12 pick in the first round. General manager Brad Holmes spoke tepidly about Swift's future Thursday night, noting he was still under contract and the addition of Gibbs didn't change the math with Swift, "yet."
A second-round pick in 2020, Swift was a dynamic playmaker during this three seasons with the Lions. He racked up nearly 3,000 yards from scrimmage, while averaging 4.6 yards per carry and scoring 25 total touchdowns. But durability was a consistent concern. He's missed 10 games during his brief career and was limited by ankle and shoulder issues in several others.
Gibbs' dual-threat skill set is a natural replacement for what Swift brought to Detroit's offense. The former Georgia Tech and Alabama standout tallied 1,370 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Crimson Tide last season, as well as sharing kickoff return duties for the team.
Joining the Eagles will be a homecoming for Swift, who was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia and played his high school ball at St. Joseph's Preparatory.
As a team, the Lions are coming off the franchise's best rushing season in more than two decades, averaging 4.5 yards per carry and scoring 23 times on the ground. They'll now be led by a different tandem next season after allowing Jamaal Williams to depart in free agency, trading Swift and signing David Montgomery to a three-year, $18 million contract.
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Twitter: @Justin_Rogers | 2023-04-29T18:29:11+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/04/29/detorit-lions-trade-rb-dandre-swift-to-philadelphia-eagles-for-future-fourth-round-pick/70166531007/ |
GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A portion of Route 2 in Greenfield is closed after a multi-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon.
According to the Greenfield Police Department, Route 2 Bypass near Adams Road is closed in both directions. It is expected to be closed for several hours.
MAP: Route 2 and Adams Road
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area. | 2023-06-15T19:51:53+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/franklin-county/route-2-in-greenfield-closed-due-to-multi-vehicle-crash/ |
(NewsNation) — White House Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci said he would testify before Congress if called to do so, something Republicans have said they would ask him to do if they win back the House and Senate in November.
Republicans are anxious to launch an investigation into Fauci, a man the party has gone to great lengths to denigrate during the pandemic, and the Biden administration for its response to the COVID-19 outbreak. If Republicans win back Congress in November, the expectation is high this investigation will begin.
Fauci said on NewsNation’s “Rush Hour” Tuesday that if Republicans want to investigate him they can “go ahead” and “of course” he would testify if asked to.
“I’ve testified before Congress a little more than 250 times over the last 38 years,” Fauci said on NewsNation’s “Rush Hour.” “I have no trouble testifying. When they say they’re going to investigate… everything about me, all the records, are out there. Every one of my emails practically have been FOIA’d, through the Freedom of Information Act.”
Republicans have made Fauci a target of their frustrations around COVID-19 mandates and shutdowns since the beginning of the pandemic. They have floated a theory that Fauci funded research that might be traced back to the origins of the virus.
“One way or another, if we are in the majority, we will subpoena his records and he will testify in the Senate under oath,” said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
Fauci does not seem overly worried about Republican inquiries.
“If they’re going to investigate me, I’d like to ask ‘investigate me for what’?” Fauci added. “For telling people to get vaccinated? For telling people to wear a mask? For telling people to abide by common sense, good public health practices?
On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump said he did “the opposite” of whatever Fauci would advise him to do early in the pandemic.
“I don’t have any comment to that, none, no comment at all,” Fauci said. “The record speaks for itself. Done.”
Monkeypox, meanwhile, was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization on Saturday after the outbreak spread across 70 countries globally. WHO said the circumstances surrounding the outbreak were “extraordinary.”
“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “I know this has not been an easy or straightforward process and that there are divergent views.”
The United States has not yet declared the outbreak an emergency, but Fauci has said it’s not out of the question, saying it was “under active consideration” by the secretary of HHS.
Fauci also said he was “not sure” if the White House would name a “monkeypox coordinator” as it did for COVID-19.
“With or without a coordinator we are taking monkeypox very seriously, it’s an evolving situation,” Fauci said. | 2022-07-27T15:27:29+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/fauci-tells-republicans-go-ahead-and-investigate-him/ |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Retired Judge Calvin Johnson can still smell the tear gas.
He was 16 years old, marching with other Black teenagers to integrate their high school in Iberville Parish, when a mob of White lawmen and civilians attacked with billy clubs, fire hoses, cattle prods and gas.
Johnson was left with a profound desire to correct injustice, which eventually helped make him a respected jurist in New Orleans. But it long gnawed on him that no one ever issued a formal apology for that night in the summer of 1963.
That changed recently.
At the front of a church full of graduating Loyola University Law School students in gowns and mortarboards, their faces beaming, Johnson received a letter from Gov. John Bel Edwards. It was a formal recognition, as Edwards put it, that “Louisiana’s authority and power were unjustly wielded as an outreached arm of hatred and a weapon of racial violence.”
Johnson, 75, had no idea the letter was coming. He embraced Law School Dean Madeleine Landrieu, daughter of the White mayor who desegregated city government. Afterward, he said he was overwhelmed.
“I have no words to describe it,” Johnson said.
The story of what happened to Johnson on and after the night in 1963 involves grave injustices and brave responses. After the White mob beat back the Black teens, Johnson was hauled into court and convicted of inciting a riot - for demanding his School Board implement the Supreme Court’s 9-year-old Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Some people might have avoided courtrooms the rest of their life. But Johnson was inspired by his lawyer, the legendary Lolis Edward Elie, and eventually found his way into the law after a circuitous path that involved a stint as a McDonald’s restaurant manager.
In 1990, Johnson was elected to a Criminal District Court judgeship, and served for 17 years. In the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, he was instrumental in restoring the judicial system.
Since his retirement, Johnson has taught classes in Loyola’s criminal law clinic and become something of a Mr. Fix-It for broken systems. He has served as executive director of the Metropolitan Human Service District, criminal justice commissioner under Mayor Mitch Landrieu and most recently interim director for National Alliance on Mental Illness’ New Orleans office.
Despite his many accomplishments, Johnson always looked back on his experience as a teenager in Plaquemine with lingering dismay. He said that when he sat as judge, he often remembered what it was like to sit at the defense table as a scared 17-year-old.
“It had a profound impact on me,” he said. “I was a child, and so that is a traumatic experience, and so the trauma of that lives with you.”
In December 2008, the month after Barack Obama was elected president, he wrote an opinion piece for the Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate newspaper reflecting on the experience.
“I want an apology,” he said. “I want someone who was present that day in Plaquemine and someone who was present at all of those violent incidents that proliferated in our state from the greater Ark-La-Tex area to the marshes of Plaquemines Parish to tell me and those similarly situated that they are sorry. It is the right thing to do.”
After that op-ed ran, Moon Landrieu, father of Madeleine and Mitch Landrieu, wrote a letter to the editor apologizing for being one of the White people who said nothing as the injustice occurred. Johnson said he also received a call from a woman who had grown up in Plaquemine at the same time as him and had no idea about what he had endured.
Madeleine Landrieu, who helped her father write his letter, kept a copy of Johnson’s op-ed on the wall of her office for years. When she became dean of Loyola, she realized she could do something about it. She received word May 11 that the apology had been granted, and she braved the traffic to and from Baton Rouge the next day to make sure its delivery wasn’t delayed by yet another day.
Johnson was present in January when Edwards made another attempt at redressing old injustices, by granting Homer Plessy a pardon.
There are some who might dismiss such gestures as empty symbolism, but not Johnson. He still has the scars from that night in Plaquemine, some of them literal.
“To make us whole, we have to talk about these things. We cannot just simply ignore what the past was, because it’s not healthy,” he said. | 2022-05-22T05:27:25+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Retired-judge-gets-formal-apology-for-1963-attack-17190066.php |
Washington (AP) — When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours.
But it’s still live on YouTube, where it’s been watched thousands of times, and on Twitter, which deliberately left it up after disabling retweets, likes and replies.
It’s a striking example of the different ways various social platforms can treat posts that violate their policies. The result: a post banned on Facebook might stay live on Twitter, depending on who has said what in which context.
That helps explain the varied ways platform responded to an ad calling for a gun hunt of politicians, just as Americans are reeling from a spike in mass shootings and elected officials around the country are grappling with an increase in violent threats.
WHY IS THE VIDEO CONTROVERSIAL?
The fundraising video released Monday across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by Republican Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens shows him cocking a shotgun after declaring that he’s hunting RINOs.
Greitens, who in 2018 resigned in disgrace after 17 months as Missouri governor, then appears in the video flanked by an armed tactical unit that smashes through the front door of a home.
“Get a RINO hunting permit,” Greitens says in the video. The “permit” Greitens refers to is sent to people who donate to his campaign.
Greitens uploaded the video across his social media accounts following a spate of mass shootings across the U.S. that left dozens dead. And it comes on the heels of increased threats against elected officials. On Sunday, Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who is serving on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, revealed a letter sent to his home threatened to “execute” him, his wife and his 5-month-old child.
Earlier in June, authorities arrested a man carrying a gun, knife and zip ties near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house. Just days before, a gunman killed a retired county judge in Wisconsin.
WHERE WAS THE VIDEO POSTED?
Greitens posted the video on his Twitter, YouTube and Facebook accounts on Monday. Facebook removed the video. YouTube has not, saying it doesn’t violate its policies. Twitter placed a warning over the video and disabled other users from sharing it.
WHY CAN I SEE THIS VIDEO ON SOME PLATFORMS, BUT NOT OTHERS?
The major social media companies are constantly refining their rules and policies. They’ve settled on different approaches to posts that share misinformation or violent threats over the years. A video, meme or statement that might be deleted on Facebook might not violate any rules on Twitter, depending on what it says, who says it and how the company interprets the post in question.
YouTube said in an email Tuesday that Greiten’s video did not violate its policies.
But Twitter covered the video with a warning label, saying it violated the platform’s rules on harassment and intimidation.
Twitter didn’t remove the tweet entirely. That’s because the company developed a policy in 2019 that leaves up rule-breaking posts sent from the accounts of government officials or candidates for office. Twitter’s reasoning behind that policy is that the public should be able to take a look at the view points, thoughts and statements that public leaders send out.
Instead, the company limits the spread of an offending tweet via retweets and comments. Twitter enacted this policy several times while President Donald Trump was in office, first applying a warning label to a 2020 tweet in which he threatened that “shooting” might start in Minneapolis amid ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.
HOW IS FACEBOOK DIFFERENT?
Facebook left that same post from Trump untouched. But it will sometimes delete posts that violate its rules from public leaders, as it did in Greiten’s case Monday.
Back in 2020, the company became more aggressive at deleting posts with misinformation around COVID-19. The platform deleted posts by Trump, for example, that claimed COVID-19 was similar to the flu. Twitter, however, covered a similar tweet with a warning. Facebook also deleted a post from Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro in which he shared a live broadcast on his account falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS. | 2022-06-21T21:34:30+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/explainer-how-platforms-dealt-with-rino-hunting-video/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- There have been plenty of good things said about Lathan Ransom since he worked his way back from a broken leg to be ready for the start of Ohio State football’s fall camp.
Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has constantly given him glowing reviews whenever he’s asked about the third-year safety. Perry Eliano has echoed those sentiments as his position coach.
Ransom used a 21-10 season-opening win over Notre Dame to validate all those positive remarks. But he also might have helped answer a question about this coaching staff regarding how they’ll approach a room filled with depth. He played so well that Eliano felt comfortable leaving him out on the field even if he wasn’t the starter.
He may have just stolen somebody’s job in the process
“Lathan’s had a great fall camp,” Eliano said. “He practices well. He loves what he does. He prepares well. What you saw on Saturday did not surprise me.”
Josh Proctor has been the projected starting bandit safety all preseason, and that came to be true when OSU’s defense took the field. One could argue he was the missing piece to a 2021 defense that was below average at best once he broke his leg against Oregon. His return was supposed to be an upgrade, while Ransom’s return was more of a bonus.
But Proctor’s first showing didn’t go well as Notre Dame began the game with a 54-yard completion made possible because he missed an open-field tackle.
The Buckeyes still held the Irish to a field goal, but Eliano also did his part in quickly fixing the problem by subbing Ransom into the game while also making sure to keep Proctor engaged on the bench.
“It wasn’t planned accordingly like that, but what I wanted to do was just calm Josh down,” Eliano said. “Lathan ended up playing quite a bit because he got in a rhythm. But we need both of them to do what we need to do this year.”
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Eliano’s done his part to make sure Proctor handled being benched against Notre Dame the right way. He kept him engaged during the game and made sure to meet with him one-on-one the day after. But he also understood that he needed to make a decision in the moment that was best for the situation.
OSU was facing a top-five opponent to open the season and couldn’t afford mental mistakes that might lead to a loss. There aren’t preseason games in college football, so when you start with a tough opponent, you go with the guys you trust and work on building depth later. You ride the hot hand, and that’s what he had in Ransom, whose seven tackles trailed only linebacker Tommy Eichenberg.
It’s the main benefit to why Knowles went up in the press box, leaving the other defensive assistants on the field. Knowles can best see the field from the sky as a play-caller. Eliano, defensive line coach Larry Johnson and cornerbacks coach Tim Walton can best get a feel for the game from the ground. Then the two sides work together to put forward the best product.
“I coach with my heart. I coach with feel,” Eliano said. “It’s one of the things I love about being on the sideline because I’m able to look guys in their eye, and I’m able to really truly get a good feel for what’s going on during the game. That’s just how I operate.
“I don’t go into any game with any preconceived notions ... because the ebbs and flows of the game are different.”
The flow of the game told Eliano that it was best to keep Ransom in the game instead of going back to Proctor. Against Wisconsin, it might be better to do the opposite of that.
Eliano made it clear with his words that Ohio State will need both to be successful. But his actions made it clear that in every game, he’s willing to make the necessary moves to succeed. That means playing the right person for the job and worrying about people’s feelings later. A philosophy that everyone in his room seems to be on board with so far.
“The thing I love about the room is they all want to be coached, and they want real feedback,” Eliano said. “They don’t want to hear how great they are. ... When you have something like that, it’s special.”
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Jury seated in Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Whitney Wild, CNN
A jury has been seated in the seditious conspiracy trial against five leaders of the Oath Keepers.
There are 12 jurors and four alternates, including nine men and seven women. The jurors will be sworn in Monday morning.
Opening statements also will begin Monday.
The five defendants — Stewart Rhodes, Jessica Watkins, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, and Thomas Caldwell — are charged with conspiring to oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force when they allegedly planned to stop Joe Biden from becoming president in January 2021.
They have all pleaded not guilty.
This story is breaking and will be updated.
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Latinos are a big part of the U.S. box office, and during the pandemic, they helped keep cinemas open. Last year, they were 24 % of the movie-going audience, according to The Motion Picture Association. Many of the new blockbusters are superhero movies with Latinx actors or characters.
For instance, this year's Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness features a 14-year-old Latinx superhero named America Chavez.
"She can punch star-shaped portals that allow her to travel throughout the multiverse and that is a power no one else really has," says Xochitl Gomez, who plays the live-action hero.
The first time we see Chavez on screen, menacing creatures chase her and Doctor Strange, and the superheroes talk to each other en español. "Spanish words. In a Marvel movie. That's huge," remarks Gomez.
Gomez is excited about the Latinx superhero, who uses Mexican slang, wears a red, white and blue jacket and an LGBTQ plus pride pin. "Seeing how much it means to fans, especially young Brown girls, just going on this superhero journey... I get stopped on the street (by fans) going 'I feel so seen because you're there.'"
"There is validity when we see ourselves represented," says Victoria Alonso, an executive producer of Marvel Studios' biggest global film releases. She's being honored by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation as a visionary.
Alonso says she worked for many years to bring America Chavez and other diverse characters to the big screen.
"Superheroes give you the chance to dream of becoming someone with a different power," she says. "But at the end of the day, all of our stories bring you back to the power of you."
Coming soon are other superheroes played by Latina actresses: Colombian-American Sasha Calle is the new Supergirl in the upcoming Flash movie. Another Colombian, Rachel Zegler, will portray a goddess with superpowers in Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
Unlike Chavez, these characters don't identify as Latina. In that sense, they're more like the TV superhero Wonder Woman.
But some Latina superheroes are struggling. The CW network recently dropped its planned TV series of Wonder Girl, the fictional daughter of an Amazonian warrior and a Brazilian river god. There's talk that Supergirl may not get her movie or TV series after Flash.
And then there's Batgirl.
Dominican Leslie Grace shot all her scenes as Batgirl before Warner Bros. Discovery spiked the movie, reportedly as a tax write-off.
Infuriated fans leak film footage and made their own online trailers with Warner Bros. as the villains.
The Batgirl news worried fans about other DC superheroes, such as Blue Beetle, whose feature film is set for release next summer.
"I'm not going to lie. There was concern, anger, fear at first," says Puerto Rican director Angel Manuel Soto. He says studio executives reassured him Blue Beetle won't suffer the same fate as Batgirl. "They told me not to worry, the film has their full support."
Actor Xolo Maridueña stars as Jaime Reyes, who becomes "Blue Beetle" when he's implanted with super-powered alien armor. "He's kind of like a fusion of Green Lantern and Iron Man. He has a scarab from outer space that is attached to his body called Khaji da."
The 21-year-old actor, who also stars in Cobra Kai, says Blue Beetle is one of the oldest characters in the DC Universe. But this Blue Beetle is new.
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"He's a first-generation Mexican-American kid from El Paso, Texas," Maridueña explains.
Gareth Dunnet Alcocer wrote the screenplay for Blue Beetle, which follows the journey of Reyes and his entire family. "What would my mom do if an alien technology burrowed into my spine? She would not think it's cool," says Alcocer. "And for the Reyes family, this is terrible. 'We're going to get attention from American institutions, from the government, from military, from the police.'"
Alcocer says growing up in Mexico, he never related to ultra-rich superheroes like Batman or Iron Man. But he did enjoy a naive, accident-prone TV superhero from the 1970s: Chapulín Colorado.
Mexican comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños, whose stage name is Chesperito, created the satirical character. He wore a red and yellow outfit with antennas, and his power was just being a nice guy. Alcocer says, unlike the confident, powerful American superheroes, Chapulín Colorado is "just this wily, fallible, super-skinny, scared, slightly depressive guy."
There were other Mexican superheroes on film and TV: Kaliman, the Incredible Man had telepathic powers. And El Santo was a masked Lucha Libre wrestler, a luchador who fought zombies, vampires, Frankenstein and rivals like Blue Demon.
"The oldest superheroes are the luchadores," says videogame industry promoter Hugo Abel Castro Duarte. At this year's Comic-Con in San Diego, he moderated a panel about Mexican superheroes.
"The luchadores were wearing Spandex in the late 1800s, way before Superman and Batman were wearing Spandex," he says. "So, we kind of joke around a little bit that they copied us in Spandex and their masks and their capes."
The Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has been cast to play a luchador named "El Muerto" in an upcoming spinoff of Spider-Man. Over the years, Spidey has appeared in many guises. In 2018, he was Miles Morales, an animated, bilingual Puerto Rican kid in New York.
Onscreen, many Zorros have left their mark, portrayed by actors from Douglas Fairbanks in 1920 to Antonio Banderas in 1998. Now, actor Wilmer Valderrama is developing a Zorro TV series for Disney. And filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and his sister Rebecca are working on a modern-day female Zorro.
Peruvian American filmmaker Alex Rivera is also working on Zorro 2.0 — a cyberpunk story about an undocumented kid named Oscar Vega.
Rivera says the original Zorro story, written in 1919, was based on the legendary bandit Joaquin Murrieta from the 1850s. Zorro was Don Diego De La Vega in colonial California.
"By day, he writes poetry and complains that his back hurts. But then at night, he takes on this other identity as an avenger with a mask and a cape standing up for the poor," says Rivera. "This image of the rich man by day, avenger by night gets taken up by the people who create Batman. So I always say Batman has a Mexican father."
As Hollywood looks for ways to boost the box office and remain culturally relevant, Zorro, Blue Beetle, America Chavez and other Latinx superheroes are poised to save the day.
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MILTON – A Northumberland County man charged in state court with 1,000 counts of child pornography is now facing four federal child pornography production counts.
A U.S. Middle District Court grand jury Thursday indicted Robert A. Kohl, 48, of Milton, one day before he was scheduled to plead guilty in Northumberland County court.
The federal charges accuse him of producing child pornography on Aug. 20 and Nov. 12, 2021, and last Sept. 28.
The state charges stem from a Jan. 5 search at his Arch Street home in which state police said they found thousands of files of infants, toddlers and prepubescent females in various stages of nudity.
Some of the minors were being subjected to sexual abuse by adults, they said.
The investigation that led to the state charges followed five cyber tip line reports between Oct. 20 and Nov. 16, the arrest affidavit states.
The first one, received from Google by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had flagged 15 images and seven videos, the document states.
Administrate subpoenas issued to Google and Verizon resulted in investigators obtaining customer information for the account associated with the images, police said.
The federal indictment seeks forfeiture of all materials containing visual depictions of child pornography, any items that could be used to produce it and any proceeds traced to the offenses.
Kohl currently is jailed in lieu of $250,000 on the state charges. He is facing a 15-year-mandatory minimum sentence on the federal counts.
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Building back: Tornado victims given new homes 6 months after devastating storm
MAYFIELD, Ky. (KFVS/Gray News) - A community in Kentucky continues to rebuild six months after a devastating tornado ripped through parts of Mayfield, and affected residents are gaining new homes.
KFVS reported the homes were funded by the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with help from nonprofits and volunteers.
On Friday, resident Barbara Patterson received keys to a new family home with her daughter and grandkids at her side.
Patterson said they have called Mayfield home for 37 years, but after the tornado, they didn’t know if they’d build back.
“This means joy and love,” Patterson said. “We love Mayfield. We love the people,”
Another resident, Francisco Rios, was also given keys to his family’s new home.
“I’m so excited; I’m so happy to return home after six months,” Rios said.
He said his family was also unsure if they would be able to build back after the tornado.
“I’m so happy and seeing the hard work. Everybody has helped,” Rios said.
And Patterson said all the help from around the country kept them fighting.
“The most important thing out of this long journey is people that we don’t even know prayed with us and helped us. And they love us, and that’s what has kept us going,” she said.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was on hand to celebrate the completion of the first homes in the neighborhood.
Several organizations have also submitted plans to help continue the rebuild.
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What are cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure?
Heart disease is a leading killer around the world and the top cause of death in the United States. It killed an estimated 17.9 million people in 2019, representing 32% of all deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization.
But not all heart disease is the same. It can affect the blood vessels to the heart or brain, heart muscles and valves, and other areas of the body. Cardiovascular diseases can require long-term treatment, or they can come on suddenly and seriously.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, 24, suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field during the first quarter of Monday night's game between the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, his team said. It's not clear what caused his cardiac arrest.
What is cardiac arrest?
Cardiac arrest results from electrical disturbances that cause the heart to suddenly stop beating properly.
In cardiac arrest, death can result quickly if steps aren't taken immediately. "Cardiac arrest may be reversed if CPR is performed and a defibrillator shocks the heart and restores a normal heart rhythm within a few minutes," according to the American Heart Association.
More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside a hospital in the United States each year, the AHA said.
A sudden, unexpected loss of heart function also results in a sudden loss of breathing and consciousness.
Cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack, although almost any known heart condition, including heart attack, can cause cardiac arrest.
Another emergency that can lead to cardiac arrest, commotio cordis, is a disruption of heart rhythm after a blow to the area directly over the heart at a key time during a heartbeat cycle.
It's rare, but it mostly occurs in boys and young men during sports. The American Heart Association says it's the leading cause of deaths in youth baseball in the United States, typically two to three per year. Automated external defibrillators have helped increase the survival rate.
What is a heart attack?
Unlike cardiac arrest, a heart attack is a circulation problem. When circulation is blocked or cut off in some way and blood is no longer supplied to the heart muscle, this can damage that muscle — it's commonly described as a heart attack; doctors may refer to it as "myocardial infarction."
Blockages causing heart attacks are mostly caused by a buildup of plaque in the arteries. Plaque forms when cholesterol combines with fat, calcium and other substances in the blood.
Combined, these elements harden into plaque, which can then rupture, causing a blood clot to form. Large clots can completely block the flow of blood through an artery.
"People who are at risk for heart attacks are people who have a family history of heart attack, having high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, lack of exercise, cigarette smoking — the major risk factors we always discuss," Dr. Nieca Goldberg, medical director of Atria New York City and clinical associate professor of medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, previously told CNN.
Another less frequent cause of a heart attack is a spasm caused by tobacco or possibly illicit drugs, such as cocaine, which disables the heart muscle, according to the American Heart Association. A tear in the artery, though rare, can also result in a heart attack.
Heart attacks can be fatal, but they do not automatically lead to death. Immediate emergency medical help can often prevent a serious outcome.
"If you think someone is having an heart attack, call 911. Don't wait," Goldberg said, explaining that the reason it's important to take an ambulance to the hospital instead of catching a ride with a family member or friend. An ambulance is equipped to offer treatment on the way to the hospital.
Common warning signs of a heart attack are discomfort or pain in the chest; discomfort in other areas of the upper body, including pain in in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach; and shortness of breath. Other possible signs include cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
Overall, heart attacks are more common than cardiac arrest in the United States.
What is heart failure?
Heart failure is condition that occurs when the heart, essentially a pump, cannot effectively push blood out through the arteries and circulatory system to the body's other organs and tissues.
Congestive heart failure, a worsening of this general condition, means blood flow from the heart through the arteries has slowed while blood returning to the heart through the veins has begun to back up and combined they cause congestion — a blood traffic jam — in the body's tissues.
The result is edema, or swelling, usually in the legs and ankles, though edema can happen anywhere in the body. Heart failure also impairs the kidneys' ability to dispose of water and sodium, causing even more swelling. When pulmonary edema happens, fluid collects in the lungs and interferes with breathing.
Conditions that can lead to heart failure include high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and coronary artery disease: when plaque builds up in the walls of arteries causing them to narrow and increasing the difficulty of pumping blood.
Heart failure is a medical condition that needs to be treated to prevent a life-threatening heart attack, but is not as immediately life threatening as heart attack or cardiac arrest. | 2023-01-03T16:06:44+00:00 | wtae.com | https://www.wtae.com/article/cardiac-arrest-heart-attack-heart-failure-defined/42384044 |
HONG KONG, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited ("iClick" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ICLK), a leading enterprise and marketing cloud platform in China that empowers worldwide brands with full-stack consumer lifecycle solutions, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 11, 2023.
The Company's annual report on Form 20-F, which contains its audited consolidated financial statements, can be accessed on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov as well as on the Company's investor relations website at https://ir.i-click.com/.
About iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited
Founded in 2009, iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited (NASDAQ: ICLK) is a leading enterprise and marketing cloud platform in China. iClick's mission is to empower worldwide brands to unlock the enormous market potential of smart retail. With its leading proprietary technologies, iClick's full suite of data-driven solutions helps brands drive significant business growth and profitability throughout the full consumer lifecycle. Headquartered in Hong Kong, iClick currently operates in eleven locations across Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit ir.i-click.com.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The top-rated guard in the transfer portal has committed to WVU men’s basketball.
A source confirmed the news to Gold and Blue Nation Wednesday.
Last season with Arizona, Kriisa led the Pac-12 in assists, and he won the conference’s tournament title.
Last week, WVU guard Jose Perez announced that he will return to the program for the 2023-24 season. Perez transferred to WVU last year, but was deemed ineligible for the 2022-23 season.
Together, Kriisa and Perez could make for a dynamic guard duo for head coach Bob Huggins. Fellow guard Joe Toussaint also has the option to return to WVU next season and use his Covid year of eligibility.
Kriisa, a native of Estonia, will be a senior next season. | 2023-04-05T18:55:14+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/goldandbluenation/wvuhoops/arizona-transfer-kerr-kriisa-commits-to-wvu/ |
PHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced the election of Kathy L. Fortmann to the company's Board of Directors, effective April 28, 2022. She will serve as a member of the Board's Compensation and Organization Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Fortmann brings extensive experience leading global business operations in industries directly related to agriculture. Her broad career in the European market, where she held leadership roles for several multinational companies, will provide valuable perspectives to the Board and to FMC, which has approximately a quarter of its business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Furthermore, Fortmann's background related to sustainability and mergers and acquisitions also makes her well qualified to serve on the FMC board. She is the CEO of Acomo Amsterdam Commodities N.V., a Euronext Amsterdam listed natural food ingredients company. Prior to her current role, she was an executive leader with International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., where she led the integration of the company and DuPont's ingredients businesses to form the largest business segment within International Flavors & Fragrances. Earlier in her career, Fortmann held technical, business leadership and executive positions at DuPont, Cargill, Inc., and Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. She previously served on the Board of Directors of James Finlay Limited.
"We are pleased to welcome Kathy to the FMC Board of Directors," said Mark Douglas, president and chief executive officer of FMC. "She brings extensive international business experience and broad knowledge of important industries adjacent to agriculture, including food and food ingredients. Her background in M&A, as well as in businesses with strong sustainability practices, will bring important perspectives to our Board. We look forward to her engagement and contributions."
Fortmann commented, "I am honored to join the FMC board. The company is known for its strong management team, disciplined business strategy, operational excellence and a commitment to sustainability and bringing new technologies to farmers throughout the world. I look forward to working with Mark Douglas and other directors to oversee the company's growth strategy in support of long-term shareholder value."
About FMC
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 6,400 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn® and Twitter®.
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 21, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA
247 PM PDT Thu Apr 21 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Fresno
County through 330 PM PDT...
At 246 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northeast of Cantua Creek, or 25 miles south of Madera, moving
northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Kerman and San Joaquin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel
clouds. Theis type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions
they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a
funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the
National Weather Service.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3655 12024 3666 12032 3681 12007 3661 11995
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 244DEG 9KT 3661 12023
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Madera and
west central Fresno Counties through 330 PM PDT...
At 244 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Mendota, or 29 miles southwest of Madera, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. Brief heavy
rain and lightning.
Mendota, San Joaquin and Panoche Road.
clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions
Brief Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and could
lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3655 12050 3669 12062 3689 12021 3663 12005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 241DEG 11KT 3667 12048
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...A strong northwest swell at 18 to 20 seconds associated
with swell heights over 12 feet has arrived. This strong swell
will likely impact area beaches with breaking waves of 14 to 18
feet possible through tomorrow.
* WHERE...Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National
Seashore, Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast, San
Francisco Peninsula Coast, San Francisco and Northern Monterey
Bay.
* WHEN...Through late Friday night.
* IMPACTS...High risk of sneaker waves and strong rip currents.
Larger breaking waves in the surf zone may be possible.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Stay well away from the shoreline, expect
dangerous, potentially deadly high risk of sneaker waves and
strong rip currents. Stay off coastal rocks and jetties. Keep
children close, keep pets on leashes, and never turn your back
to the ocean. This swell may also provide occasional larger
breaking waves in the surf zone from 14 to 18 feet.
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
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SASKATOON - Vaughn Watterodt scored three goals, Austin Elliott only faced 16 shots and the Saskatoon Blades won their 25th game of the Western Hockey League season by beating the visiting Prince Albert Raiders 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Carter Anderson's goal at 18:53 of the third period prevented Elliott from posting the shutout.
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The Blades led 2-0 after the first period and took a 3-0 lead into the third. Saskatoon outshot Prince Albert 35-16.
The Raiders' record slipped to 11-20-2.
REBELS 7 OIL KINGS 1
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RED DEER, Alta. — Kai Uchacz scored three times and Christoffer Sedoff had three assists as the Red Deer Rebels overpowered the Edmonton Oil Kings 7-1.
Ollie Josephson, Matteo Fabrizi, Craig Armstrong and Carson Birnie also scored for the Rebels, who improved to 23-6-1.
Luke Robson scored for the Oil Kings (4-29-1) who were outshot 38-35.
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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Logan Wormald scored two goals, including the winner at 15:09 of the second period, as the Lethbridge Hurricanes edged the Medicine Hat Tigers 3-2.
Joe Arntsen also scored for the Hurricanes (20-13-0-1), who outshot the Tigers 25-17.
Brendan Lee and Owen MacNeil scored for the Tigers (13-18-4-1).
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GIANTS 3 ROYALS 2
LANGLEY, B.C. — Ty Thorpe had a goal and assist as the Vancouver Giants won their 13th game of the season by edging the Victoria Royals 3-2.
Ty Halaburda and Jaden Lipinski also scored for the Giants (13-5-4-2). Riley Gannon and Alex Thacker scored third-period goals for the Royals (7-24-3-0), who outshot the hosts 36-19.
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Giants netminder Jesper Vikman saved 34 of 36 shots.
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KELOWNA, B.C. — Fraser Minten scored three goals and added an assist as the Kamloops Blazers defeated the Kelowna Rockets 6-4.
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Daylan Kuefler, Matthew Seminoff and Connor Levis all scored once for Kamloops (19-6-3-2).
Blazers goaltender Dylan Ernst saved 21 of 25 shots.
Turner McMillen scored twice while Carson Golder and Andrew Cristall scored once for Kelowna (12-15-3-0).
Rockets netminder Talyn Boyko kicked out 38 of 43 shots.
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AMERICANS 5 SILVERTIPS 2
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Parker Bell scored twice and Tyson Greenway had a goal and assist as the Tri-City Americans defeated the Everett Silvertips 5-2.
Jalen Luypen and Jordan Gavin also scored for the Americans (15-15-0-1).
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Ryan Hofer and Niko Tsakumis scored for the Silvertips (16-15-1-0), who outshot the hosts 32-23.
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THUNDERBIRDS 7 CHIEFS 5
SEATTLE, Wash. — Jared Davidson, Gracyn Sawchyn and Lucas Ciona each scored twice as the Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Spokane Chiefs 7-5.
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Nico Myatovic also scored for the Thunderbirds (24-4-1-1), who outshot the Chiefs 32-29.
Raegan Wiles, Kooper Gizowski, Ty Cheveldayoff, Michael Cicek and Berkly Catton scored for the Chiefs (6-23-0-2). Wiles also chipped in with three assists.
* This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 27, 2022. | 2022-12-28T07:13:59+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/WHL-roundup-Watterodt-nets-three-to-lift-Blades-17680607.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran senator’s objections over Egypt’s human rights record, including its holding of an estimated 60,000 political prisoners, have compelled the Biden administration to trim a symbolically significant $75 million off its planned annual military aid to that country.
Senate Appropriations Chairman Patrick Leahy, the senator responsible, said in a statement Monday it was important that U.S. administrations not allow other policy interests to override congressionally mandated attention to Egypt’s poor human rights record, “because the situation facing political prisoners in Egypt is deplorable.”
The U.S. gives more than $1 billion in military aid annually to Egypt, which it views as a regionally important ally to the U.S. and Israel. That’s despite President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s record on human rights, including what rights groups say is the killing, imprisonment and torture of critics of the Egyptian government.
Congress in recent years has made the U.S. payment of $300 million of that aid contingent on Egypt’s government showing progress on rights, although the State Department can and often does overrule that requirement. Congress’s conditioning of some of Egypt’s security aid makes for an annual public test of U.S. administrations’ balancing of strategic interests and human rights.
The Biden administration said last month it planned to give a portion, $170 million, of that $300 million. It cited Egypt’s release of 500 political prisoners. Rights advocates, and family members of imprisoned activists, called Egypt’s releases a token.
Leahy objected to the administration’s decision, urging State to either clarify its standards on the matter or give the money as scholarships to Egyptian students or as military aid to Ukraine, Leahy spokesman David Carle said. The funding remained at an impasse until it hit a Sept. 30 spending deadline, and expired.
Egyptian news organization Mada Masr first reported the partial block of funding by a senator it did not identify. Reuters first reported it was Leahy.
In a statement Monday, the State Department said “we will continue to consult closely with Congress as we engage on human rights with the Egyptian government and seek tangible steps to address the concerns shared by the administration and the Congress.” | 2022-10-18T21:44:46+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politics/ap-senators-human-rights-objections-block-some-us-aid-to-egypt/ |
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A pilot and and a 19-year-old student pilot were among four people killed when two small planes collided in midair over a central Florida lake, sheriff’s officials said.
A Piper J-3 Cub seaplane and a Cherokee Piper 161 fixed-wing plane collided around 2 p.m. Tuesday over Lake Hartridge near Winter Haven Regional Airport, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
“All of a sudden it was a giant boom,” Caridad Fernandez, who lives along the lake, told WESH-TV. “It literally sounded like when a rocket takes off and hits the atmosphere.”
Fernandez said she and many of her neighbors in the community about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Orlando ran outside.
“We pretty much saw everything hit the water,” Fernandez said.
Numerous rescue workers responded to the scene, where one of the planes was submerged under about 21 feet (6.4-meters) of water, while the other was partially submerged. They pulled four bodies from the planes, the sheriff said.
Faith Irene Bake, 24, a pilot/flight instructor with Sunrise Aviation, and Zachary Jean Mace, 19, a student at Polk State College, were aboard the fixed-wing plane, which was operated by Sunrise Aviation in Ormond Beach on behalf of Polk State College, Judd said. Both were from Winter Haven.
Randall Elbert Crawford, 67, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Louis C. Defazio, 78, of Fredericksburg, Texas, were aboard the seaplane, which was operated by Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base in Winter Haven.
Both planes were expected to be removed later Wednesday from the lake, the sheriff said.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration will investigate what caused the two planes to collide.
“Please keep the families in your prayers during this difficult and stressful time,” Judd said. | 2023-03-08T20:04:10+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/4-killed-when-2-small-planes-collide-over-florida-lake/ |
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A man wanted since March for failing to show at a hearing to revoke or raise his bonds for aggravated assault and animal cruelty is back in jail.
Christopher Fisher was arrested Tuesday, July 12, by an officer with the Wichita County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force who, along with other officers, has been looking for him.
Fisher was released on bonds in January, and the district attorney alleged the next month he had violated several restrictions, including not reporting to the probation office and violating house arrest.
A warrant for his arrest was issued when he failed to appear at his bond revocation hearing on March 10.
The charges he faces include shooting at his ex-girlfriend and then shooting her pitbull dog when it came to her aid.
Affidavits in that case allege he was at her house in April 2021 and got mad at her for texting someone and told her not to backtalk him because he was the “man of the house.”
She told him he wasn’t because it was her house, and she was paying the bills and then told him to leave. She said he then pulled out a pistol and said he was going to pistol whip her, pushed her against a wall, then fired a shot near her foot and held her down.
That’s when her pit bull rushed to her aid and bit Fisher on the arm.
Police said Fisher then shot the dog, who crawled back to his kennel and died.
When she broke a window to scream for help, she said Fisher let her go, and she ran out and waved down a passing police officer. Police were unable to locate Fisher at that time.
Two months later, Fisher was arrested after a foot chase when police found him with a truck believed to be stolen from a Patterson’s dealership and found numerous other vehicles on the lot had been opened with keys taken from a burglarized building. | 2022-07-14T00:23:25+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/crime/crime-crime/man-in-dog-shooting-case-arrested-on-latest-warrant/ |
FINNEY COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — State health officials say people who get their water from the Southwind Subdivision public water supply system in Finney County should take precautions before drinking it.
On Monday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a boil water advisory for the Southwind Subdivision system. KDHE says the system lost pressure which can affect chlorine residuals and lead to bacteria in the water.
To be safe, customers should take these steps until further notice:
- Boil water for one minute before drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water.
- Dispose of ice cubes, and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.
- If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
- Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
- Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
The boil water advisory will continue until KDHE Southwind Subdivision water samples are tested in a lab. The KDHE will notify the public when it is safe to stop boiling the water.
For consumer questions, please contact the water system at 620-275-9206 or KDHE at 785-296-5514. Click here for KDHE information on public water systems.
Restaurants and other food establishments with questions about the impact of the boil water advisory on their business can contact the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s food safety and lodging program at kda.fsl@ks.gov or call 785-564-6767. | 2023-06-19T17:34:18+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/boil-water-advisory-for-some-in-finney-county/ |
The holiday shopping season — for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least — is ramping up as officials say the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing has surpassed half a billion dollars.
As of late Monday, lottery officials estimate Tuesday’s prize at $565 million — or more than $293 million if delivered in cash — after there were no lucky winners holding a ticket that matched all six numbers in the last drawing held on Friday.
Tuesday’s drawing will be held at 11 p.m. EST.
Tickets sold in California and Florida for an Oct. 14 drawing shared the last Mega Millions jackpot of $502 million. The lottery’s top prize has been building anew over 20 drawings held since then.
Lottery officials say there have been 11 winning jackpots of $500 million or more since Mega Millions began in 2002. The record Mega Millions jackpot is more than $1.5 billion, won in 2018, and a jackpot surpassing $1.3 billion was won in Illinois in July.
The largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won was $2.04 billion in November. The winner bought the lucky Powerball ticket in Southern California. | 2022-12-27T08:36:04+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-mega-millions-tuesday-jackpot-surpasses-estimated-565m/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding fresh answers from the U.S. Capitol Police about security failures that led to a brutal attack on Pelosi’s husband last week, questioning the embattled agency about whether it can keep lawmakers and their families safe.
House Administration Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., sent a four-page letter to Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger on Wednesday, saying the attack on Paul Pelosi raises “significant questions about security protections for Members of Congress.” The man who beat Paul Pelosi with a hammer was looking for Nancy Pelosi and later told police that he wanted to hold her hostage and break her kneecaps to make a political point, authorities said.
The searing letter lays out a series of questions for Manger and orders the agency to lay out its plans for protecting lawmakers and their families, including how they are interacting with other law enforcement agencies, how officers are trained for such situations and whether there are special plans in place to protect lawmakers in the presidential line of succession, as Pelosi is.
The letter from Lofgren, whose panel oversees the Capitol Police, comes as the beleaguered agency is still trying to rebuild after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, when hundreds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmed officers and more than 100 were injured. Threats to lawmakers have skyrocketed in recent years — almost 10,000 threats were investigated last year — and the agency has struggled to protect lawmakers, their families and the Capitol campus with limited resources.
The Capitol Police issued a statement Wednesday saying they will “fast track” the work they had already been doing to protect members outside of Washington.
“Our brave men and women are working around the clock to meet this urgent mission during this divisive time,” the USCP statement said. “In the meantime, a significant change that will have an immediate impact will be for people across our country to lower the temperature on political rhetoric before it’s too late.”
The USCP said it has access to roughly 1,800 cameras, including one on Pelosi’s house that was not being monitored during the attack on Paul Pelosi because the speaker was not there. The Capitol Police video is expected to show an extended struggle by the intruder, David DePape, to break into the Pelosi house as he first worked to break a window in the rear of the home and moved around to break glass in doors on the side of the house, according to a person briefed on the situation who requested anonymity to discuss it.
The San Francisco Police Department often posted a patrol car at the Pelosi house, particularly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, but there was no police car present at the home during the time of the attack, the person said. Among many other questions in the letter, Lofgren asked if the agency had any special agreements with San Francisco police to have security stationed outside of Pelosi’s house.
In a speech Wednesday night near the Capitol, Biden bemoaned “the dangerous rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years.”
“There’s an alarming rise in the number of people in this country condoning political violence or simply remaining silent,” Biden added. “In our bones we know democracy is at risk, but we also know this: It’s in our power to preserve our democracy.”
DePape’s state case will continue Friday, though the defendant will not appear in the courtroom. His public defender entered a not guilty plea on his behalf Tuesday and vowed to pursue a “vigorous legal defense.” An arraignment on federal charges has not been scheduled.
Paul Pelosi remained in the Intensive Care Unit in a San Francisco hospital, and was receiving regular visits from Nancy Pelosi and other family members.
In a federal complaint released earlier this week, officials said DePape, 42, was carrying zip ties, tape and a rope in a backpack. He went upstairs where 82-year-old Paul Pelosi was sleeping, and demanded to talk to “Nancy.”
In the letter to the Capitol Police, Lofgren noted that the agency has previously reported that Pelosi receives the most threats of any member of Congress. She asked whether USCP has established protocols for the personal residences of lawmakers who are in the presidential line of succession — Pelosi as speaker and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont as president pro tempore of the Senate. She also asked if the department has coordinated with the Secret Service to protect those lawmakers, in particular, and whether there is a plan to protect their families.
Members of Congress from both parties have expressed concerns about the increased threats in recent years and in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, when Trump’s supporters broke into the Capitol and sent lawmakers running for their lives. People have showed up at their houses, threatened them online and even shot at them.
Five years ago, a left-wing activist opened fire on Republicans as they practiced for an annual charity baseball game, and Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was critically wounded.
In 2011, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who had a man show up at her house in Seattle over the summer carrying a pistol, is one member who has been aggressively pushing for more resources. This summer, she convened a call with other House Democrats to crowdsource how to stay safe while in their districts and out campaigning.
“It makes no sense for members of Congress to be doing that,” Jayapal said about the unofficial conversations with her colleagues.
“We fear for ourselves, we fear for our staff, and we really fear for our loved ones,” Jayapal said.
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Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri in Washington and Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles contributed to this report. | 2022-11-03T11:40:59+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-top-democrat-demands-answers-from-police-after-pelosi-attack/ |
Politics Chat: Biden to campaign in key cities on Labor Day Published September 4, 2022 at 8:01 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email ENTER TEASER Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-09-04T12:11:43+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/2022-09-04/politics-chat-biden-to-campaign-in-key-cities-on-labor-day |
Gas prices down due to low demand, AAA says
(CNN) - While the price of groceries and other goods skyrocket, gas is declining.
The fears of a global economic recession have led to a drop in the price of crude oil. It is down $7.
According to the Energy Information Administration, gas demand decreased nationally last month as well.
The national average for gas dropped by three cents over the last week. It is down to $3.88, according to AAA.
It is still 20 cents higher than a month ago and 56 cents more than a year ago.
You can see the biggest decreases in California, where it is down a whopping 28 cents, along with Wisconsin, Oregon and Nevada.
Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Arkansas have the least expensive gas in the country.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-18T14:06:55+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2022/10/18/gas-prices-down-due-low-demand-aaa-says/ |
LONDON (AP) — The U.N. atomic agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution Thursday calling on Moscow to immediately end its occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant, where shelling of the facility and nearby areas in recent weeks heightened fears of a possible radiation disaster.
Poland and Canada proposed the resolution on behalf of Ukraine, which is not a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s top decision-making body. It passed with 26 votes. Russia and China voted against it while seven Asian and African countries abstained.
The document adopted a markedly harsher tone than previous statements by officials from the Vienna-based IAEA, who largely limited themselves to calling for a “security zone” around Europe’s largest nuclear plant. The resolution says the board “deplores the Russian Federation’s persistent violent actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including forcefully seizing control of nuclear facilities.”
It urges Russia to “immediately cease all actions against, and at, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and any other nuclear facility in Ukraine.” Russia seized radioactive waste facilities in Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986, at the start of the war but later withdrew.
The resolution also appeals to Russia to return control of the power station to Ukrainian authorities, adding that the presence of Russian troops at the plant significantly increases the risk of a nuclear accident. The plant continues to be operated by its pre-occupation Ukrainian staff, in conditions that the IAEA previously described as endangering the site’s safety.
Russia’s permanent mission to international organizations in Vienna, including the IAEA, hit out at the resolution as “anti-Russian.”
“The Achilles’ heel of this resolution is that it does not say a word about the systematic shelling of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is the main problem in terms of ensuring nuclear safety and security in the world,” the Russian mission said in a statement Thursday, according to the Russian Interfax agency.
“The reason is simple – the shelling is carried out by Ukraine, which Western countries support and protect in every possible way,” the statement added. Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused each other of firing at and around the plant.
The Russian mission noted the abstentions of the seven Asian and African countries, including Burundi, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Senegal, and South Africa.
“Most of humanity refused to support this project,” it said.
Ukrainian officials, for their part, hailed the resolution as evidence of the IAEA’s “adequate response” to the situation around the crippled plant.
“The resolution of the IAEA Board of Governors, demanding that Russia de-occupy the Zaporizhzhia plant, is a good example of an adequate response from an international institution to the actions of a terrorist country,” Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko wrote on Facebook.
Halushchenko thanked the board for “calling everything by its proper name” and accused Moscow of unleashing “a shower of manipulative statements” around the situation at the plant.
He also expressed hope that the seven abstaining countries would revise their positions ahead of the IAEA’s general conference later this month.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the Ukraine war: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-09-16T17:59:26+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-un-board-calls-on-russia-to-leave-ukraine-nuclear-plant/ |
Hard-pressed to come up with significant savings to reduce the deficit, some Senate Republicans are taking a closer look at reforms to Medicare Advantage in light of reports that insurance companies are collecting billions of dollars in extra profits by over-diagnosing older patients.
But the idea of cracking down on Medicare Advantage overpayments to insurance companies divides Republicans, who have traditionally championed the program.
Proponents of Medicare Advantage reform anticipated it will face strong opposition from the insurance industry — one of the most powerful special interest groups in Washington.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is leading the push to reduce Medicare overpayments.
“Medicare is going insolvent. If we don’t do anything, it’s going to go insolvent. We have a whole package of things, all of them bipartisan, and we’re doing it essentially to have something out there so that if somebody decides to do something, there will be things that are examined, considered and bipartisan” to vote on, he said.
“I come up with lots of stuff. We thought it through policy and think it’s policy that can make it all the way through,” he said.
Cassidy’s office says his bill could extend the solvency of Medicare by saving as much as $80 billion in federal funds over the next decade without cutting benefits.
He emphasizes that it would not cut Medicare Advantage benefits, but critics of the legislation are sure to challenge that claim.
“We’re not undermining Medicare Advantage,” he said.
“In fact, I would say this is a better alternative than what CMS is doing by rule,” he added, referring to a new rule-making action by the Biden administration to recover overpayments in Medicare Advantage through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Panel estimates that Medicare Advantage plans collected $124 billion in overpayments from 2008 to 2023. They collected an estimated $44 billion in overpayments in 2022 and 2023 alone, according to MedPAC.
Unlike traditional fee-for-service Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans are offered by private companies. Both are funded by taxpayers through general revenues, payroll taxes and beneficiaries’ premiums.
Cassidy is also leading a bipartisan working group to reform Social Security to extend its solvency. Members include Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah).
“To have a significant impact on fiscal policy, you’d have to look at entitlements,” said Romney, who called Medicare Advantage “an area we’re going to be looking at very shortly — the committee will be looking at Medicare Advantage, the cost of Medicare Advantage … It’s become more expensive than the old fee-for-service Medicare.”
In a follow-up interview Thursday, Romney said senators are also looking at reforms to Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the companies that serve as intermediaries between drug manufacturers, insurance companies and pharmacies.
Romney said, “in the past, Medicare Advantage has been a lower-cost way of providing Medicare than fee-for-service Medicare.”
“If that’s changing, I’d like to understand why and make sure we don’t create impediments to the lower-cost Medicare Advantage,” he said.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said Medicare Advantage overpayment “definitely” is a “reform issue.”
“I’ve been the loudest voice on reforming health care and that’s a commonsense idea,” he said. “Whatever it takes to bring down health care costs.
“I’m one of the most free-market people here, but the health care industry is not a free market. It’s like an unregulated utility,” he said. “There’s so much opaqueness.”
But some Republicans are already trying to paint efforts to reduce overpayments as cuts to Medicare Advantage.
“The problem with Medicare Advantage is President Biden is cutting $540 per member per year. That’s the problem. Medicare Advantage has been very successful,” said Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), an OB/GYN who practiced medicine for more than 25 years.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Steve Daines (R-Mont.) accused Biden of “proposing Medicare Advantage cuts” when the president accused some Republicans of wanting to sunset Medicare at his Feb. 7 State of the Union address.
Medicare Advantage is getting more popular among Democrats as well as the number of blue state enrollees in the program soars. The number of Americans enrolled in Medicare Advantage has nearly doubled over the last 12 years, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Cassidy’s proposal, which he introduced with progressive Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Monday, could draw broader interest from Republicans.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate GOP leadership, called Medicare Advantage a “success.”
“That doesn’t mean that it should be immune from oversight, so I’ll be interested to see what they have to say,” he said.
Cassidy and Merkley say that Medicare Advantage plans have a financial incentive to make beneficiaries appear sicker than they are because they are paid a standard rate based on the health of individual patients. Their bill, the No Unreasonable Payment, Coding or Diagnoses for Elderly (No Upcode Act) would require risk models based on more extensive diagnostic data over a period of two years.
It would also limit the ability of insurance companies to use old or unrelated medical conditions to inflate the cost of care and ensure that Medicare is only charged for treatment related to relevant medical conditions, according to a summary provided by the senators’ offices.
The goal is to narrow the disparity in how patients are assessed by traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
Studies and audits conducted by CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general found that insurance companies collected billion of dollars in overpayments because of diagnoses that were not later supported by enrollees’ medical records.
The Kaiser Family Foundation reported in August that more than 28 million people — or about 48 percent of the eligible Medicare population — were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2022. They accounted for $427 billion or 55 percent of total federal Medicare spending. | 2023-04-01T20:44:03+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/republicans-divided-over-tackling-medicare-advantage-overpayments/ |
TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Friday, January 27, 2023
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cloudy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the afternoon. Much cooler with highs in the mid 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of rain showers in the evening. Cloudy
with a chance of freezing rain. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
rain showers in the afternoon. Cold with highs in the lower 30s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the evening, then freezing rain and rain showers likely
after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers and freezing rain likely in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows around 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ072-290100-
Tom Green-
Including the cities of Carlsbad, San Angelo, and Wall
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 30s. East winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A chance of
freezing rain after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. Rain showers
likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Cold with lows around
30. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ140-290100-
Brown-
Including the cities of Brownwood and Indian Creek
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Much colder with lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds
around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers and freezing
rain. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and freezing rain
likely. Highs in the mid 30s. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ054-290100-
Nolan-
Including the city of Sweetwater
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Much cooler
with highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the afternoon. Much cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of rain showers in the evening. Cloudy
with a chance of freezing rain. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
rain showers in the afternoon. Cold with highs in the lower 30s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain and rain
showers in the evening, then freezing rain likely after midnight.
Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Cloudy
with a chance of rain showers. Not as cool with highs in the mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows around 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ169-290100-
Kimble-
Including the cities of Cleo, Junction, London, Roosevelt,
Segovia, and Telegraph
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs
in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with rain showers
likely. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs around 50. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ154-290100-
McCulloch-
Including the cities of Brady, Fife, Lohn, Rochelle, and Voca
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs around 40. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Freezing
rain likely after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Freezing rain likely in the morning. Rain showers
likely. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Cold with lows in the
lower 30s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ098-290100-
Haskell-
Including the cities of Irby and Haskell
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows around 30. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Much cooler
with highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers, freezing rain
and sleet in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers, freezing
rain, snow showers and sleet in the evening, then a chance of
freezing rain and sleet after midnight. Cold with lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain with a slight chance
of sleet in the morning, then a slight chance of rain showers and
freezing rain in the afternoon. Cold with highs in the lower 30s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and
freezing rain in the evening, then a chance of freezing rain
after midnight. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Cloudy
with a chance of rain showers. Not as cool with highs in the
lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ099-290100-
Throckmorton-
Including the cities of Throckmorton and Woodson
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Much cooler
with highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers, freezing rain
and sleet in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of sleet. A chance of
rain showers and freezing rain in the evening, then a slight
chance of freezing rain after midnight. Cold with lows in the mid
20s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain with a slight chance
of sleet in the morning, then a slight chance of rain showers and
freezing rain in the afternoon. Cold with highs in the lower 30s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and
freezing rain in the evening, then a chance of freezing rain
after midnight. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers and freezing rain likely in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ049-290100-
Fisher-
Including the cities of Rotan and Roby
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Much cooler
with highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers, freezing rain
and sleet in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers, freezing
rain and sleet in the evening, then a chance of freezing rain and
sleet after midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain and sleet in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain showers and freezing rain
in the afternoon. Cold with highs in the lower 30s. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and
freezing rain in the evening, then a chance of freezing rain
after midnight. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Mostly
cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Not as cool with highs in
the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows around 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow
showers in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs
in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ113-290100-
Jones-
Including the cities of Stamford, Stith, Anson, Funston, Truby,
Tuxedo, and Hamlin
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Much cooler
with highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers, freezing rain
and sleet in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of sleet and rain showers in the
evening. Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. Cold with lows in
the lower 20s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain. A chance of
rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and
freezing rain in the evening, then a chance of freezing rain
after midnight. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Cloudy
with a chance of rain showers. Not as cool with highs in the mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows around 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ114-290100-
Shackelford-
Including the city of Albany
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Much cooler
with highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers, freezing rain
and sleet in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers, freezing rain
and sleet in the evening, then a slight chance of freezing rain
and sleet after midnight. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance
of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers
and freezing rain. Highs in the lower 30s. Lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers and freezing rain likely in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ128-290100-
Callahan-
Including the cities of Clyde, Eula, Dudley, Baird,
and Cross Plains
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Much
cooler with highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers with a slight chance
of freezing rain in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid
30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of rain showers in the evening. Cloudy
with a chance of freezing rain. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with freezing rain likely
with a chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 30s. Lows in
the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers and freezing rain likely in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows around 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ064-290100-
Sterling-
Including the cities of Broome and Sterling City
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the upper 20s. East winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of freezing rain. A slight
chance of rain showers in the morning, then a chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Much cooler with highs in the upper
30s. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and
freezing rain in the evening, then a chance of freezing rain and
rain showers after midnight. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of freezing rain and rain
showers. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the evening, then rain showers and freezing rain likely
after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Cloudy
with a chance of rain showers. Not as cool with highs in the mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ065-290100-
Coke-
Including the cities of Robert Lee, Sanco, Silver, Bronte,
and Tennyson
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Cooler with
highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the morning, then a chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the afternoon. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers
and freezing rain. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the mid 30s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the evening, then rain showers and freezing rain likely
after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Cloudy
with a chance of rain showers. Not as cool with highs in the mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ066-290100-
Runnels-
Including the cities of Ballinger, Benoit, Hatchel, Rowena,
Crews, Winters, and Pumphrey
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Cooler with
highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of freezing rain in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers and freezing rain in the
afternoon. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers and freezing
rain. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Freezing rain and rain showers likely in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers and freezing rain in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers and freezing rain likely after midnight. Cold
with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers and freezing rain likely in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Not as
cool with highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ139-290100-
Coleman-
Including the cities of Coleman, Echo, Fisk, Valera, Voss,
and Trickham
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Cooler
with highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers and freezing rain in
the afternoon. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers and freezing
rain. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers and freezing rain likely, mainly
in the morning. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers and freezing rain likely after midnight. Cold
with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ071-290100-
Irion-
Including the cities of Barnhart, Arden, Mertzon, and Sherwood
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower 30s. East winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers and freezing
rain in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Much cooler with highs around 40. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers
and freezing rain. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers and freezing rain likely after midnight. Cold
with lows around 30. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Not
as cool with highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ073-290100-
Concho-
Including the cities of Eden, Live Oak, and Lowake
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Breezy with highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Much colder with lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A chance of
freezing rain after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Freezing rain likely in the morning. Cloudy with rain
showers likely. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Cold with lows around
30. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ155-290100-
San Saba-
Including the cities of Chappel, Cherokee, Harkeyville,
and San Saba
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 50. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
north in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Cloudy with rain showers likely. Lows
in the lower 30s. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Lows in the
lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers in the
morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ076-290100-
Crockett-
Including the city of Ozona
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s.
North winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 40. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs in the upper 40s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers
and freezing rain. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid 40s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ077-290100-
Schleicher-
Including the city of Eldorado
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower 30s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much cooler with
highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers
and freezing rain. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Cold with lows around
30. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the morning,
then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ168-290100-
Menard-
Including the cities of Erna, Fort Mckavett, Hext, and Menard
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain showers and freezing rain
likely. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Cold with lows in the
upper 20s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ170-290100-
Mason-
Including the cities of Fredonia, Katemcy, Koockville,
Loyal Valley, Mason, Pontotoc, and Streeter
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much
cooler with highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain showers and freezing rain
likely. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Lows in the
lower 30s. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ078-290100-
Sutton-
Including the city of Sonora
350 AM CST Sat Jan 28 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs
in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Much cooler with
highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers
and freezing rain. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 50.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
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Andrei's bad blood with Elizabeth's family isn't going away anytime soon. In this exclusive clip from Sunday's new episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, Elizabeth's sisters, Jenn and Becky, get into a shouting match with Andrei, which turns physical when Becky puts her hands on him.
Andrei doesn't get along with anyone in Elizabeth's family except for her father, Chuck, and during last week's episode, Elizabeth decided to announce she's pregnant with her and Andrei's second child on social media instead of telling the rest of her family personally. Obviously, the announcement caused more bad feelings between Elizabeth and her siblings, and in the clip, they blame Andrei, telling cameras that Elizabeth wouldn't have done it that way on her own. The four sit down for a conversation, which quickly devolves when Andrei accuses Jenn and Becky of following their mom, Pam's, lead in "covering up" for their brother, Charlie, whom they've all accused of having a drinking problem. Elizabeth and Andrei are upset with Jenn and Becky because after they initially all agreed to pull back from family functions until Charlie's issues are resolved, Jenn and Becky didn't follow through and attended their mother's birthday party.
"You're just a bunch of followers," Andrei tells them.
Andrei accuses Jenn of being jealous of him. The two then start yelling at each other, which is when Becky stands up and shouts at Andrei.
"Shut the f**k up!" she yells. "Stop f**king yelling at her!"
The argument escalates when Becky physically pushes Andrei.
"Get some respect!" she yells. "You have no f**king respect!"
Andrei tells her to "get the f**k away from me," while Elizabeth attempts to diffuse the situation but it's obviously not helping. Of course, viewers will recall that this is not the first time Andrei has gotten into a physical altercation with Elizabeth's family. 90 Day Fiancé producers previously intervened when he got into a fist fight with Charlie, and Elizabeth also previously got into a shoving match with Becky while defending Andrei.
ET spoke with Elizabeth and Andrei last June, when Andrei said he was going to "expose" Elizabeth's siblings. Watch the video below for more.
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Nurse retiring after more than half a century on the job
A longtime nurse has decided to retire after 52 years of service in the New Orleans area.
Acquelyn Donsereaux began her career at Touro Infirmary before making the transition to teaching.
Over the course of more than half of a century, Donsereaux went on to train the next generation of nurses at Sidney Collier, the Dryades YMCA and most recently, Delgado Community College.
A celebration was held in her honor Tuesday at Delgado's campus in Kenner.
"I told so many friends I was retiring but never knowing who all could make it," Donsereaux said. "(I'm) just glad beaucoup people made it."
Donsereaux was also surprised with a special proclamation from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, thanking her for her commitment to the community.
"We are supposed to live our life with purpose, and I can't think of (anything) that would give me this kind of reward," Donsereaux said. “Fifty-two years of nursing and I swear I wouldn't take nothing for it."
It’s a bittersweet moment that Donsereaux said she is ready for.
When sister station WDSU asked her what she’ll do next, she joked about visiting family in Virginia, but only for a little while.
“She thinks I’m (going to) try to stay but I got news for her, I’m going somewhere else. Turks and Caicos. Anybody got anywhere they want me to be? Cause I can be there. I don’t have nowhere to go, no clocks,” she said.
WDSU asked Donsereaux what advice she would give to those future nurses, she said always treat people better than they deserve. | 2022-07-28T02:21:36+00:00 | wmur.com | https://www.wmur.com/article/nurse-retiring-after-more-than-half-a-century-on-the-job/40735555 |
West Houston bookseller sues state over new law requiring vendors to rate books for sexual content
By Pooja Lodhia
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A west Houston bookstore owner has filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas over a new law that requires booksellers to evaluate and rate books for sexually explicit conduct before selling them to schools.
Books deemed “sexually explicit” will be removed from library shelves, supporters say, creating a safer environment for students.
Valerie Koehler, a businesswoman, and her family opened Blue Willow Bookshop 27 years ago.
“Our family decided early on that we would be apolitical. We would be whatever you want, whether we don’t associate with that personally, it doesn’t follow our personal beliefs, we are going to sell it to you because that’s what a bookstore does,” she explained. “A bookstore sells everything.”
But, Koehler and other Texas booksellers have now been thrust into the middle of a political culture war.
Starting in September, she and other vendors that sell books to schools will be required to rate all their books based on sexual content. If they don’t comply, stores can be barred from doing business with schools.
“You come to the bookstore, you request a book, I’m not going to question it,” Koehler said. “I’m going to order it for you, go about your way, read your book, and it’s not our judgment.”
Blue Willow sells books to 21 school districts in the greater Houston area. In fact, 20% of the store’s business comes from those sales.
Koehler hasn’t read anywhere near all 10,000 books she currently sells, and guidelines on how to rate books aren’t set to be released for months.
The lawsuit, brought by Blue Willow and Austin’s BookPeople, together with the American Booksellers Association, the Association of American Publishers, the Authors Guild, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, was filed against state library and education officials.
It claims the new law targets protected speech and is overly vague.
Koehler said she’d rather leave ratings to teachers and librarians.
Stratford High School is quite literally in her store’s backyard.
Spring Branch ISD has faced so many challenges to its books in recent years that the school board recently voted to remove parents, teachers, and librarians from its discussions involving banned books.
“I think, honestly, educators need to be respected,” Emily Vanderbilt, a parent and the assistant principal of a local charter school, said. “There’s a reason that we have all these certifications, and we should be trusted to make decisions that are best for all of our students.”
“We would like to be here as a business. We want it to be a profitable business. I have a team of staff that are working here,” Koehler added. “I’d like to be able to keep that payroll going. I’d like all of that to happen. From a business standpoint, that’s my first and foremost thought.”
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SEATTLE (AP) — UConn’s record Final Four run is over, thanks to a monumental performance by Ohio State.
The Buckeyes ended UConn’s unprecedented streak of reaching 14 consecutive Final Fours, beating the Huskies 73-61 on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
“The problem with streaks is the longer they go, you’re closer to it ending than you are to the beginning of it,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “It’s just a matter of time. I mean, it’s not if it’s going to happen. It’s just a matter of time when it’s going to happen. And it was going to happen sooner rather than later.”
Cotie McMahon scored 23 points for the Buckeyes, who snapped their three-decade Elite Eight drought. The Buckeyes hadn’t made a regional final since 1993, when they eventually lost in the title game to Texas Tech.
“When I had the opportunity to come to Ohio State, this was certainly the goal and the vision to go farther than they have been going,” said coach Kevin McGuff, who had never beaten UConn. “It’s not easy to get here, obviously. But I’m really proud of our team and our program of how we’ve evolved to be able to get to this point.
“Like I said, I mean, I have so much respect for Geno and his staff and all that they have accomplished. So for us to be able to win this game in the Sweet 16 is obviously extremely significant. They’re just hard to beat. They’re so well-coached. So this is a great win for us.”
The third-seeded Buckeyes (28-7) forced No. 2 seed UConn (31-6) into 25 turnovers, ending the Huskies’ season before the national semifinals for the first time in 14 seasons. UConn hadn’t been eliminated this early since 2006.
“It’s an impossibility to do what we have done already,” Auriemma said. “What’s the next highest streak? … And you take that in stride and you say, yeah, it was great while it lasted and it’s a credit to all the players that we had and all the times that you have to perform really, really well at this level.”
Ohio State will play Virginia Tech on Monday night in the Seattle 3 Region final with a trip to Dallas at stake. The Hokies beat Tennessee 73-64.
Ohio State, which had to rally from a double-digit deficit in the first round against James Madison, used full-court pressure to disrupt the Huskies’ offense.
“Our press is what we rely on, and sticking together and talking through it,” said Ohio State’s Jacy Sheldon, who had 17 points and went 10-for-10 from the foul line. “We knew UConn was going to be ready for us, so we knew we were going to have to stay consistent throughout the game.”
This has been the most trying year of Auriemma’s Hall of Fame career. UConn was beset by injuries and illnesses to both players and coaches, including a torn ACL that sidelined star Paige Bueckers all season. It got so bad the Huskies had to postpone a game when they didn’t have enough scholarship players. They also saw their unbelievable run of 30 years without consecutive losses come to an end.
“We picked the worst day to actually be doing the things that we’ve been struggling with all year long,” Auriemma said in a sideline interview during the game.
Lou Lopez Senechal scored 25 points for the Huskies, Azzi Fudd had 14, and Ohio State transfer Dorka Juhasz finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The Huskies led 17-9 before Ohio State started scoring and turning UConn over with its full-court press. The Buckeyes scored the next 17 points, forcing 11 turnovers during that stretch, which spanned the first and second quarters. UConn had eight turnovers to start the second quarter, leaving Auriemma exasperated on the sideline.
McMahon was converting those turnovers into points for the Buckeyes as the freshman finished the half with 18 points — equaling the number of turnovers the Huskies had in the opening 20 minutes. Ohio State led 36-26 at the break.
This was only the sixth time UConn had trailed by double digits at the half in an NCAA Tournament game, according to ESPN. The Huskies lost all of those.
UConn did a better job of taking care of the ball in the second half and cut the deficit to 44-39 on Senechal’s layup with 3:53 left in the third quarter. Ohio State responded and still led by 10 after three quarters.
The Buckeyes didn’t let the Huskies make any sort of run in the fourth quarter. UConn got within nine with 4:30 left, but McMahon had a three-point play to restore the double-digit lead. The Huskies never threatened after that.
Now the Huskies will start their offseason sooner than anytime in the past 17 years.
TIP-INS
This was the first win for Ohio State over UConn in seven tries. The teams’ last meeting was in the 2019-20 regular season. … UConn was a paltry 7-for-15 from the foul line while Ohio State went 22-for-30. … UConn’s season high for turnovers was 27 against Princeton.
THE HOUSE THAT SUE BUILT
The Seattle Regionals are being playing in Climate Pledge Arena — home of the Seattle Storm. UConn and Storm great Sue Bird was in the stands, sitting a few rows behind the scorers’ table. She received a loud ovation from the crowd when she was shown midway through the first quarter on the videoboards.
FAMILIAR FOE
Juhasz graduated from Ohio State two years ago and flourished there, earning all-Big Ten honors twice. She came to UConn last year looking for a new challenge and wanting to play for a team that could compete for national championships. She’ll leave without one.
There is a mutual respect between Juhasz and the Buckeyes’ coaching staff.
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Actor Norman Reedus gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Published: Sep. 28, 2022 at 4:32 PM CDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
(CNN) – Actor Norman Reedus has now left his mark on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The veteran actor, best known for his role as crossbow-wielding Daryl on AMC’s “The Walking Dead” series, received the honor Tuesday.
It was awarded under the category of television.
“The Walking Dead” will be coming to an end this fall, but Reedus, who wears many hats, is set to reprise his role in a spin-off set to premiere in 2023.
For now, fans can catch a glimpse of his star on Hollywood Boulevard in front of Hollywood Toys and Costumes.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-28T22:07:21+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/09/28/actor-norman-reedus-gets-star-hollywood-walk-fame/ |
Hundreds of towns and cities are short of housing. It's the biggest reason rents and home prices are so high. A new study out today looks at how to fix the problem.
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Hundreds of towns and cities are short of housing. It's the biggest reason rents and home prices are so high. A new study out today looks at how to fix the problem.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-07-14T11:26:53+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-07-14/how-to-solve-the-nations-housing-shortage |
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — As music blared and victory celebrations commenced in the Bengals’ locker room, a small group of players gathered around a mounted TV on a pillar in the locker room.
Used towels and discarded tape were strewn all over the floor, as players of varying degrees of dressed watched what was happening in Jacksonville. Members of the equipment staff collected articles of clothing, towels and what equipment they could. Their jobs didn’t stop even if everyone else did.
The Bengals had just beaten the Titans 20-16 at Nissan Stadium to move to 7-4 on the season, but at that moment, all that mattered was what was transpiring in Florida between the Ravens and Jaguars.
“I promise you, if I wasn’t doing this interview, I’d be watching this game right now,” cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt said. “That’s how much it means. We want to handle our job, but we also want to see what everybody else has going on.”
The Ravens entered the day leading the AFC North by a game, with a tiebreaker in hand over the Bengals by virtue of a head-to-head walk-off win in October. The Bengals did their job to at least keep pace, and now waited to see if the Jaguars could complete their comeback.
Right around the time Josh Oliver scored a touchdown to put the Ravens in the lead over the Jaguars with two minutes to play, center Ted Karras admitted what a handful of professional athletes typically don’t: That there is indeed scoreboard watching that goes on.
“I watch every game that’s on TV if I have the opportunity,” Karras said. “Especially an in-division, a team we’re chasing. We dropped one earlier to them, which sucks, but we’ve got to keep winning.”
As players made their way to the locker room exit for the team bus, more and more of them stopped to see what was happening to the Ravens. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence was leading the Jaguars down the field with time ticking away, down by seven points.
“You can pay attention to it a little bit, but at the end of the day, we control what we control,” linebacker Logan Wilson said, as teammates chatted in the center of the locker room. “Everything we want is in front of us at this point.”
During Wilson’s media scrum, Marvin Jones caught a 14-yard touchdown pass to bring the Jaguars within one point of a tie. This brought more players front and center in the hopes the Bengals would be tied, record-wise, with the Ravens at the end of the day.
Then the Jaguars elected to go for the two-point conversion and the win as the Bengals locker room stopped and anxiously waited. A quick straw poll of the room indicated they’d go for two points, too.
The Bengals and Ravens play each other in the last week of the season, leaving the potential for a season-ending, winner-take-all AFC North showdown. If the tiebreakers shake out in the Bengals’ favor, ending with the same record (and a Week 18 win), they could win the division with the same record as the Ravens.
But despite all that, only moderate claps and applause broke out for the Jaguars’ successful two-point conversion. The Ravens had 14 seconds left, and more importantly, Justin Tucker.
After one offensive play, the Ravens got to range for Tucker to try a 67-yard kick or attempt a Hail Mary. A year ago, Tucker kicked an NFL record 66-yard field goal in Detroit for a win over the Lions.
The Ravens opted to kick it — another decision the Bengals in the room agreed with. But then Tucker’s kick was away, and the future Hall of Famer’s kick was on-target.
“No way,” someone from the crowd said in disbelief.
For a brief moment, it looked like Tucker had done it again.
The ball landed just a handful of yards short of the crossbar, but it took a second to register as no one could tell if the kick was good or not. Then the referee gave his signal, and cheering and clapping commenced in Nashville.
The players scurried out of the locker room quickly after that, finishing up their packing to get back home to Cincinnati. It wasn’t a long-lasting celebration because there wasn’t a need to make it one.
The Bengals aren’t tied with the Ravens at 7-4 due to their loss against them in October, but they gained ground on them in as good of a day as mathematically possible.
“Huge for us,” another Bengal said. “We went 2-0 in Tennessee.”
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Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase officially inactive against Titans | 2022-11-28T00:32:52+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/bengals/2022/11/bengals-celebrate-win-over-titans-and-ravens-loss-to-jaguars.html |
(NEXSTAR) – It may look all cute and cuddly, but the “smile” spotted in recent images of the sun triggered a geomagnetic storm watch over the weekend.
An image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory taken last Wednesday is drawing comparisons to a jack-o-lantern for the three noticeable black patches that some said looked like eyes and a toothless grin.
Astrophysicist Brian Keating quipped on Twitter, “Breaking! On Halloween Eve, NASA captures a Giant Space Pumpkin!”
“Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space,” NASA tweeted.
Less adorable than the smile, however, was a geomagnetic storm watch that went into effect Saturday as researchers monitored the coronal holes, which were “anticipated to enhance and disturb the solar wind environment and lead to unsettled conditions” and the possibility of a minor storm.
Geomagnetic storms can “can cause anomalies and disruptions to the modern conveniences we have come to rely on,” according to Weather.gov. Magnetic fields tied to the storms have been known to cause major power blackouts which can affect water and wastewater distribution systems, perishable food and medications, heating and air conditioning, computer systems, public transportation, fuel distribution and all other electrical systems.
It appears the worst-case scenario didn’t materialize, as NASA tweeted Sunday that there had been three solar flares, 23 coronal mass ejections but no geomagnetic storms in the past week.
The “smiling” sun prompted various reactions on social media, some clearly more smitten by the images than others.
“What a beauty,” one person wrote, while another added, “That smile is taking my heart.”
Others appeared disturbed by the star’s apparent expression, with one person tweeting only, “Thanks for the nightmares tonight NASA.” | 2022-11-01T01:05:11+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/giant-space-pumpkin-nasa-explains-what-made-sun-smile-days-before-halloween/ |
WISH-TV sports director Anthony Calhoun is kicking off his annual AC Charity Golf Classic Monday.
It raises money for teachers treasures and gathers much-needed school supplies for students in need.
A collection of the most prominent figures of the sports community of Central Indiana come together for this special summer tradition.
He joined us from the Woodland Country Club with a live look from the event.
Watch the video above to hear from him. | 2022-06-21T22:55:44+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/wish-tvs-anthony-calhoun-kicks-of-charity-golf-classic-to-benefit-teachers-treasures/ |
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) — The Midland County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people this week in connection with the death of a pregnant woman.
39-year-old Tammeka Jackson was shot and killed Monday, at a gas station off Highway 80.
Israel Yanez II, 24, and Mariah Gonzalez Bordayo, 24, stand accused and have both been charged with Murder.
The investigation began around 10:35 a.m. on February 13, 2023, when MCSO deputies responded to Quick Track convenience store at 13920 W Highway 80 in Midland after shots were fired.
At the scene, deputies found Jackson, a Quick Track employee, wounded from a gunshot wound to the leg. She was taken to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa where she later died.
According to an affidavit, another Quick Track employee working alongside Jackson when she was shot, told investigators that Jackson and her boyfriend had been arguing about her pregnancy. The employee said she was standing next to Jackson when a man dressed in a mask and camouflage hoodie walked in and specifically targeted her co-worker, shooting her multiple times.
Investigators then viewed surveillance video that showed the masked man enter the store and pull out a gun, firing an unknown number of times before leaving the store.
In an effort to identify the suspect, detectives gathered information from Jackson’s phone, which reportedly showed text messages between Jackson and Yanez in which Yanez allegedly stated, “You don’t want me…(Ima) just wipe you off the map.” Yanez then reportedly asked Jackson if she was going to be at the Highway 80 location saying, “You gonna be on 80 or what, so I can go and end all this mess”.
After the shooting, Jackson’s coworker said Yanez left the scene on foot. He was arrested later that day by the Odessa Police Department during a traffic stop in the 2400 block of Kermit Highway.
An affidavit released after his arrest made no mention of an additional suspect, nor was there any indication that Yanez had help planning the murder. However, Bordayo was taken into custody by the Midland County Sheriff’s Office following an interview with investigators on Tuesday evening.
An affidavit released after Bordayo’s arrest revealed that she and Yanez allegedly planned the murder together. The affidavit described Bordayo as Yanez’s live-in girlfriend. Jackson’s family has also stated she and Yanez had also been in a relationship prior to her death.
Bordayo reportedly told investigators that she knew Yanez was going to shoot Jackson and that she “assisted” in the planning by helping Yanez obtain a firearm and ammunition. According to Bordayo, when Yanez told her he was going to “go kill someone”, she replied, “I’m your ride or die” and said she would support him in any way he needed. Investigators said Bordayo allegedly admitted to providing Yanez with a change of clothes after the shooting, as well as an alibi.
Both Yanez and Bordayo remained in the Midland County Detention Center as of Wednesday afternoon; each on a $1M bond. MCSO said the investigation is ongoing.
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DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $883 million.
On a per-share basis, the Deerfield, Illinois-based company said it had profit of $4.21.
The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of $4.21 per share.
The fertilizer maker posted revenue of $2.87 billion in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.6 billion.
CF shares have increased 44% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P's 500 index has declined roughly 10%. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $102.03, more than doubling in the last 12 months.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Leigha Brown scored 16 points with eight assists, six rebounds and two steals and No. 19 Michigan recovered from its first loss to beat Appalachian State 77-49 on Saturday.
Emily Kiser led the Wolverines (10-1) with 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting and Laila Phelia added 11. Sophomore Greta Kampschroeder, a transfer from Oregon State, had her first double-figures game for her new team with 11, getting three of Michigan's five 3-pointers.
A'Lea Gilbert scored 15 points for the Mountaineers (3-7).
Kiser had 12 points and Phelia 11 as the Wolverines took a 40-25 lead at the half. Appalachian State had 17 turnovers that led to 19 points and Michigan went 11 of 12 at the foul line.
A 14-0 run to open the second quarter put the Wolverines in command. Phelia made four free throws and hit a 3-pointer and Brown hit a 3 and her layup at the 4:30 mark made it 33-15. The Mountaineers missed four shots and had seven turnovers.
Brown had nine points and five assists in the second half when Michigan shot 58% to finish the game at 53%.
Appalachian State was 4 of 19 from 3-point range and finished 18 of 55 (33%) from the field. The Mountaineers had 27 turnovers but Michigan had 24. The difference was cashing in on the miscues with the Wolverines posting a 30-10 advantage.
Michigan is headed for the Jumpman Invitational and will face No. 7 North Carolina in Charlotte on Tuesday.
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Russian cyberattacks may be coming. Last month, the White House issued its starkest warning yet that “evolving” intelligence indicates Moscow is planning major cyber operations against the United States in retaliation for the economic penalties that the country has imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. It may only be a matter of time before these warnings become a reality.
This comes as little surprise. Since before the start of the war, cybersecurity experts — including one of us — have predicted that the likelihood of Russian cyber operations against the West would increase as the United States and its allies placed more severe economic sanctions on Moscow. Now, with the Russian economy beginning to feel the effects of sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears poised to use his intelligence agencies’ significant cyber capabilities to hit back at the West.
As these threats loom, the U.S. government has a critical decision to make: How will it respond to Russia’s first wave of major cyberattacks? The most effective response would meet two potentially conflicting objectives: deterring further attacks but not pushing the United States and Russia into an escalatory spiral that could lead to a hot war between the world’s two largest nuclear powers. Crafting a response that stops Russia and forestalls further escalation would be a major challenge. But a measured cyber strike against Moscow — accompanied by a clear signal that the United States is willing to take even more dramatic actions if Russia does not back down — could thread this needle.
Russian cyberattacks could prove quite disruptive to the United States and its allies. The Kremlin could target major Western financial institutions as retaliation for the sanctions imposed on Russia’s financial sector, a tactic Iran has used against the United States in the past. Putin could also decide to carry out attacks against U.S. energy companies to disrupt the normal operations of oil and natural gas pipelines, refineries and storage facilities. Smaller energy companies are particularly vulnerable, since they often lack the personnel and resources to adequately defend themselves even against hacks by criminals, let alone a tier-one state actor like Russia. As we saw with the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in May, attacks of this sort could lead to significant disruptions to the U.S. domestic energy supply, raising gasoline prices and worsening inflation — both of which are already at historically high levels. Russia could deploy a similar playbook in Europe, targeting the continent’s liquefied natural gas terminal operators — which are crucial to Europe’s efforts to reduce reliance on Russian gas — to further push up already sky-high prices and cause significant economic pain for European citizens.
Urged by the U.S. government, American companies are already taking measures to shore up their security, but some of Russia’s offensive operations are likely to succeed nevertheless. Russia’s cyber corps is a technologically advanced and highly experienced group — as they have demonstrated on numerous occasions, including an attack on a Saudi Arabian oil refinery and in 2017 with NotPetya, the most disruptive cyberattack in history.
All that makes it important to develop a playbook to deploy immediately after a potential first wave of successful Russian attacks. There are no formal or even unwritten norms governing cyber conflict, which means there is a real danger that the wrong response could lead to a spiral of tit-for-tat escalations that could eventually spill out of the cyber arena — which, in a worst-case scenario, could result in nuclear war.
But the United States also cannot let a significant cyberattack against its critical infrastructure go unanswered. While U.S. military strategy dictates that it does not need to limit a response to a cyberattack to the cyber domain, this situation might be one of the instances when an initial response in cyberspace might be appropriate. Cyber is a tailor-made tool that can allow for a shock-and-awe demonstration without necessarily creating lasting destruction.
The United States and Europe have already implemented a large-scale campaign of diplomatic isolation and economic pressure against Russia and allocated unprecedented military aid to Ukraine in response to Moscow’s unprovoked invasion — yet so far, these steps have not fundamentally changed Putin’s calculus. A response to cyberattacks that relies on those same tools to incrementally increase the economic and military pain to the Russians is likewise unlikely to cause the Kremlin to stop.
Unlike sanctions or kinetic attacks, a carefully executed cyberattack on specific targets is relatively easy to implement and, more importantly, easy to end without causing lasting damage. Assuming the initial Russian actions do not lead to loss of life — if they did, then expect Washington to take the gloves off — it would be beneficial for the United States to tailor a response that can provide a powerful demonstration to the Kremlin of U.S. capabilities but avoid widespread destruction that could lead to escalation. Combined with a clear public and private message that the United States will go much further in the cyber arena if Russia attacks again, such a move would demonstrate America’s resolve while creating an off-ramp for Moscow to end its cyber aggression.
One such measured response could be a cyber operation that causes a widespread — but brief — disruption to Internet service across Russia. Such an attack, which is well within the capabilities of the U.S. Cyber Command, would provide a powerful example of what the United States can do. It would also show Kremlin leadership what life would be like for government officials, businesses and regular citizens alike without Internet connectivity. Like all advanced economies, Russia is dependent on the Internet, and even temporary connectivity disruptions — lasting an hour or two at most — would affect every sector of the Russian economy, from energy to media to national defense. And yet a short disruption that does not cause permanent damage would be less likely to generate further escalation.
This approach is no surefire bulwark against a second Russian attack, which would warrant a broader and more devastating course of action. But it does create an opportunity to avoid an escalation spiral. Because Russia is likely to view its initial cyberattacks as a vindicable counter to Western sanctions, a more destructive U.S. response could prompt Putin to double down.
Russia appears poised to make a first move against the United States and its allies in cyberspace. A savvy U.S. response that is deliberately measured and accompanied by the right message could end this fight after the first round. | 2022-04-14T09:36:35+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/04/15/us-russia-cyber-attacks/ |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — On the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday in an attempt to reform policing practices.
Biden said that he felt he had to take matters into his own hands after Congress has stalled on the issue of police reform.
Floyd’s family was among those who attended the signing.
“This executive order is going to be the most significant police reform in decades,” Biden said. “As divided as this nation can feel, today we’re showing the strength of our unity.”
The executive order creates a national database to track police misconduct and mandates body-worn cameras. It also restricts practices like choke-holds and no-knock warrants.
However, the order applies mainly to federal officers and agencies. The White House can’t force state and local police agencies to comply, although it is looking for ways to use federal funding as an incentive.
“It’s no substitute for legislation nor does it accomplish everything that must be done but it is a necessary and long overdue step forward,” said Vice President Kamala Harris.
Ohio Democrat Joyce Beatty, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, applauded the President’s efforts.
“We’ve lost too many lives and we know this is a step of great progress,” she said.
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley, on the other hand, said he thinks the President’s priorities are misplaced.
“I think we should be helping local law enforcement hire more cops. I’d like to see 100,000 new cops,” he said.
As of now, it appears unlikely that any police reform legislation can get the 60 votes it needs in the U.S. Senate. | 2022-05-26T22:14:50+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/washington/washington-dc/2-years-after-george-floyds-death-president-biden-signs-executive-order-on-policing/ |
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Eureka Clinical AI platform, from ConcertAI's TeraRecon, now provides clinicians with the state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and deep learning technology necessary to bring comprehensive neuroradiology solutions to clinicians, including the addition of cMRI from Combinostics.
MRI brain imaging is a critical tool in assessing patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Using visual assessment alone, it is difficult to identify subtle changes in brain atrophy and to identify patterns of atrophy that may be associated with different types of dementia. This can be overcome by the use of quantitative information. cMRI assists in accurate and consistent quantitative evaluation of MRI brain scans and presents the results in a report designed for referring physicians.
Combinostics offers AI-powered imaging solutions needed for unparalleled decision support to radiology professionals. cMRI is a fully automated solution that facilitates more accurate and consistent evaluations of patients with neurological disorders such as dementia and multiple sclerosis. These AI-based tools will be available in the Eureka Clinical AI platform and will empower radiologists with data-driven decision support and enhanced diagnosis.
"We're excited to make Combinostics innovations available within our Eureka Clinical AI platform and to all the valuable clinicians within those leveraging TeraRecon solutions," said Dan McSweeney, TeraRecon President. "We're enhancing seamless workflow integration with the addition of Combinostics and in such, adding efficient and quantitative assessment imaging analysis for brain MRI providing deep, fast, and reliable insights."
"We are delighted to be integrating Combinostics' cNeuro cMRI onto TeraRecon's Eureka Clinical AI platform," said Richard Hausmann, CEO, Combinostics. "This powerful collaboration will enable TeraRecon's global install base of ~1900 health sites to add our fully automated brain MRI quantification into their comprehensive patient care toolbox and support early detection, differential diagnosis, and patient monitoring for neurological disorders like dementia or multiple sclerosis.
Eureka Clinical AI is the leading AI SaaS imaging interpretation and clinical decision augmentation solution from ConcertAI's TeraRecon. As the industry's most broadly deployed platform, it is unique in that it is open to third-party AI algorithms, allowing consolidated management of all AI interpretation solutions with seamless PACS integrations. Multi-specialty care teams can see results and receive mobile alerts to confirm AI findings, ensuring optimal and timely patient interventions, management, and coordinated care delivery.
Learn more about the Eureka Clinical AI platform capabilities and algorithms that span across neurology, radiology, cardiology, oncology, and more: https://www.terarecon.com/artificial-intelligence
About ConcertAI: ConcertAI is the leader in Real-World Evidence (RWE) and AI technology solutions for life sciences and health care. Our mission is to accelerate insights and outcomes for patients through leading real-world data, AI technologies, and scientific expertise in partnership with the leading biomedical innovators, health care providers, and medical societies. For more information, visit us at www.concertai.com
About TeraRecon: Serving ~1,900 clinical sites globally, TeraRecon, a ConcertAI company, is a Best in KLAS solution provider for AI-empowered radiology, oncology, cardiology, neurology, and vascular surgery. Awarded the KLAS Category Leader for Advanced Visualization, TeraRecon solutions are independent of any one manufacturer's imaging equipment or PACS system, allowing a single, unified, and simplified clinical workflow that can improve efficiencies and deliver actionable physician-guided insights. For more information, visit us at www.terarecon.com
About Combinostics: Combinostics' AI-powered cNeuro suite of products helps clinicians make a difference in the lives of patients with neurological disorders. By quantifying brain images and integrating patient data from multiple sources with insights from previous patients, the company's unique software tools provide radiologists and clinicians the support they need for confident, evidence-based diagnostic and management decisions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland. For more information, please visit www.combinostics.com.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WGHP) — The NFL and Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson have reached a settlement for the length of his suspension during the 2022 NFL season, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
The settlement comes following the NFL’s appeal of Sue L. Robinson’s decision to suspend Watson for six games in what she described as “egegregious” and “predatory behavior.”
Watson has spent the past year embroiled in civil lawsuits regarding over two dozen women accusing him of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam released the following statement:
“As we have previously conveyed, Deshaun and his representatives have abided by the NFL and NFLPA structure awaiting a final decision and we have respected the process. Now that a decision on discipline has been reached, we understand this is a real opportunity to create meaningful change and we are committed to investing in programs in Northeast Ohio that will educate our youth regarding awareness, understanding, and most importantly, prevention of sexual misconduct and the many underlying causes of such behavior.”
They continued:
“Since Deshaun entered our building, he has been an outstanding member of our organization and shown a true dedication to working on himself both on and off the field. We will continue to support him as he focuses on earning the trust of our community.”
Watson himself also issued a statement:
“I’m grateful that the disciplinary process has ended and extremely appreciative of the tremendous support I have received throughout my short time with the Browns organization. I apologize once again for any pain this situation has caused. I take accountability for the decisions I made. My focus going forward is on working to become the best version of myself on and off the field and supporting my teammates however possible while I’m away from the team. I’m excited about what the future holds for me in Cleveland.”
Under the terms of the suspension, Watson is expected to return during Week 13, as the Browns face off against Watson’s former team the Houston Texans. | 2022-08-18T17:58:30+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/sports/browns-qb-deshaun-watson-suspended-for-11-games-fined-5-million/ |
Political ad spending for Valley congressional races hits all-time high
In the second week of early voting, there's a feeling that there's a lot on the line in the races for Valley Congressional Districts 15, 28, and 34.
“It's going to be very close, I believe it is going to be very close,” voter Thelma Castillo said.
Spending for all three districts has been high, and with many political attack ads airing, a Valley political science professor says the ad money has the power to influence voters — and turn them off.
"It could be that people are just turned off by both parties if they're just attacking each other then it just feels like, 'They're all corrupt, they're all doing something terrible,' and it just makes people disengage with the political process," said UTRGV political science professor Richard Longoria.
In District 15, Monica De La Cruz spent $3.7 million on her campaign. Her opponent — Michelle Vallejo — has spent $1.7 million, according to reports from the Federal Election Commission. The $5.4 million total is more than the $1.3 million total between both candidates in the previous election.
In the District 34 race, Mayra Flores has spent $3.5 million, while her challenger, Vicente Gonzalez, spent $3.8 million, totaling $7.3 million for both candidates combined.
In the 2020 District 34 election, $1 million was spent between both candidates.
The elections prediction website FiveThirtyEight says the two Valley races are the only ones in Texas too close to call.
"I would say that both races are tossups,” Longoria said. “Although it's been historically a Democratic area, Republicans have been gaining ground in recent years. I think we're at the point now where I think it really could go either way."
In the District 28 race covering Laredo and Starr County, a total of $8.2 million has been spent between the two candidates — even more than what has been spent in the congressional races in Cameron and Hidalgo counties. | 2022-11-03T09:12:54+00:00 | krgv.com | https://www.krgv.com/news/political-ad-spending-for-valley-congressional-races-hits-all-time-high |
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government approved a Defense Ministry plan on Wednesday to acquire 246 CV90 armoured combat vehicles as part of a massive modernisation of the military amid the Russian war against Ukraine.
Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said the deal to get the infantry fighting vehicles made by Sweden’s BAE Systems Hägglunds AB is worth 59.7 billion Czech crowns ($2.7 billion).
The ministry signed the deal with the Swedish side on Wednesday.
Cernochova said the first CV90s should be delivered in 2026 and all of them by 2030.
In a statement, Sweden’s Defense Minister Pål Jonson said he was ”convinced that combat vehicle 90 is the right choice for the Czech Republic.”
According to the website of BAE Systems Hägglunds, there are currently 15 variants of the CV90 in service in seven countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands.
Czech authorities also announced they would negotiate with the German government over a possible deal to acquire German-made Leopard 2A8 tanks.
The Czech military has been using modernized versions of the Soviet-era T-72 tanks and will receive 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from Germany as compensation after they gave Ukraine dozens of T-72 tanks.
The Czech have been also negotiating with the U.S. side to acquire 24 F-35 fighter jets but no deal has yet been approved. | 2023-05-24T18:59:40+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-czech-government-approves-2-7-billion-plan-to-acquire-246-armoured-vehicles-from-sweden/ |
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – MGM Resorts International has announced the sale of the site where the deadly 2017 Las Vegas shooting took place.
The property was purchased by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, MGM said.
“We know the importance this location holds to so many and have always put tremendous thought into every consideration involving the site,” MGM Resorts CEO & President Bill Hornbuckle wrote in a letter distributed to staff Friday.
The property, officially known as the Las Vegas Village, is a 15.26-acre open lot across from the Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip.
On Oct. 1, 2017, the site hosted the Route 91 Harvest Festival, during which a gunman opened fire on the crowd from a hotel room at the Mandalay Bay. Sixty people died, and roughly 860 were wounded or injured.
The new owners of the land have not publicly revealed any plans for the site. The sale did not include the two acres MGM gave to the Clark County to house its permanent 1 October Memorial.
“Three Affiliated Tribes have demonstrated that they care about our community, its
future and, of course, its past,” Hornbuckle said in the letter. “I’d like to thank them for their commitment to the community and wish them the best moving forward. They will announce their plans for the space on a future date.”
The purchase gives Three Affiliated Tribes a significant property presence on the Las Vegas Strip. According to Clark County property records, the tribe also owns 6.86 acres on the east side of the property, which was purchased in 2020 for $12 million.
The sale price for the MGM property has not been disclosed. | 2022-12-31T18:25:11+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/mgm-sells-land-where-2017-mass-shooting-took-place/ |
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Thanksgiving travel costs up are up an average of 8% over last year at some hotels.
AAA Northeast is reminding travelers to plan ahead if traveling during the week of Thanksgiving. A list was compiled by AAA with the top destinations that are being booked based on flights, hotels, and rental cars.
“Thanksgiving is all about spending time with family and friends, so it’s no surprise that theme park destinations top the list, with entertainment and meals accessible within a resort,” said Mary Maguire, AAA Northeast Vice President of Public and Government Affairs. “Chicago and Charlotte join Atlanta as hub cities for the three largest airlines – American, Delta, and United – and will see lots of activity this holiday season, as airline routes and direct flights are limited, and staff shortage still exists.”
“Since travel restrictions have lifted, we are seeing more of a shift from rural destinations back to urban cities, like New York,” Ms. Maguire added. “Consumer confidence has improved, and travelers want the excitement and accessibility of big cities, as well as more hotel options and greater inventory, which can sometimes mean better pricing.”
Top Destinations for Thanksgiving
- Orlando, FL
- Anaheim, CA
- Las Vegas, NV
- New York, NY
- Atlanta, GA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Dalla/Fort Worth, TX
- Denver, CO
- Chicago, IL
- Charlotte, NC
AAA Northeast is reminding travelers to plan ahead for a busy holiday week. Availability in flights, hotels, and, car rentals are filling up. | 2022-11-10T15:36:20+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/home-for-the-holidays/orlando-on-top-thanksgiving-travel-destinations-in-2022-according-to-aaa/ |
Joanna Glover is Honored for Her Dedicated Service to Disaster Response Across the U.S.
ATLANTA, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Joanna Glover was named Daily Point of Light Award Honoree 7,500 by Points of Light, a global nonprofit organization that inspires, equips and mobilizes millions of people to take action that changes the world. Glover, who currently serves as a FEMA Corps team leader stationed at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., received this recognition for her service in response to natural disasters.
The Daily Point of Light Award is given five days a week as Points of Light honors individuals and groups creating meaningful change to meet community needs, efforts that often lead to long-term solutions and impact social problems in their local communities. Glover received her award during a special presentation at Points of Light's board meeting in Washington, D.C.
"It is an honor to be able to present this milestone Daily Point of Light Award to Joanna Glover, a FEMA Corps team lead who supports disaster response and recovery," said Diane Quest, interim president & CEO, Points of Light. "As natural disasters occur increasingly frequently, service members and volunteers like Joanna show up to provide support and share their light during a moment of darkness for others. Joanna's work over the years has been incredibly impactful and she is a shining example of the power of volunteerism and service."
FEMA Corps, a partnership between AmeriCorps NCCC and FEMA, is a unique, team-based service program that gives 18-24-year-old participants the opportunity to help communities prepare for and respond to disasters across the U.S. In her role as Team Leader, Glover has assisted with the deployment of FEMA Corps teams to sites across the country, supervised FEMA Corps members on project sites and works with AmeriCorps and FEMA staff to support the organization's mission to help people before, during and after disasters.
Glover's expansive service has included planning and modeling for Hurricane Fiona in the fall of 2022, hazard mitigation for sites damaged by Hurricane Maria and database development to support environmental historic preservation projects in Oakland, California.
"Growing up, my mom has always instilled the importance of doing service work," said Glover. "At every holiday, it was often that my family and I would volunteer our time at events in our community. So, doing these events over the year, service work became a hobby of mine that centered me. Whenever I was in a new moment in my life, I always found myself searching for service work to keep me centered. Receiving the Daily Points of Light Award is very humbling but satisfying and gratifying."
Points of Light's founder President George H.W. Bush was the first president in American history to institute a daily presidential recognition program from the White House, conferring 1,020 Daily Point of Light Awards on citizens and organizations during his term.
To learn more about the Daily Point of Light Award and nominate an individual supporting causes they care about, visit pointsoflight.org/daily-point-of-light.
ABOUT POINTS OF LIGHT
Points of Light is a global nonprofit organization that inspires, equips and mobilizes millions of people to take action that changes the world. We envision a world in which every individual discovers the power to make a difference, creating healthy communities in vibrant, participatory societies. Through 145 affiliates across 39 countries, and in partnership with thousands of nonprofits and corporations, Points of Light engages 5 million volunteers in 16 million hours of service each year. We bring the power of people to bear where it's needed most. To learn more about Points of Light visit pointsoflight.org.
ABOUT THE DAILY POINT OF LIGHT AWARD
For more than 30 years, Points of Light has been honoring individuals five days a week with its Daily Point of Light Award. This award honors individuals and groups creating meaningful change to meet community needs; efforts which often lead to long-term solutions and impact social problems in their local communities.
President George H.W. Bush was the first president in American history to institute a daily presidential recognition program from the White House, conferring 1,020 Daily Point of Light Awards on citizens and organizations making a big difference in other people's lives and solving community problems. Points of Light continues the recognition each weekday and now have 7,500 honorees to date.
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BEIJING (AP) — China is sending a special envoy to Ukraine and Russia starting next week in an effort to help reach a political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, its Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Li Hui, who is China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs and a former ambassador to Moscow, will also visit Poland, France and Germany, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.
China says it remains neutral over Russia’s war in Ukraine but has declared it has a ”no limits” relationship with Moscow and blames the U.S. and NATO for provoking the conflict. Beijing has put forward a peace plan for Ukraine that has been largely dismissed by the country’s supporters, who say a resolution can only come when Russia ceases its attacks and withdraws its troops from Ukrainian territory.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last month, setting the stage for the diplomatic push.
“The visit of the Chinese representative to relevant countries expresses China’s commitment to promoting peace and negotiations,” Wang said at a daily briefing Friday.
China wishes to prevent an “escalation of the situation,” Wang said.
Li’s visits are to begin next week but his detailed schedule has not been released.
Beijing has previously avoided involvement in conflicts between other countries but appears to be trying to assert itself as a global diplomatic force after arranging talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran in March that led them to restore diplomatic relations after a seven-year break.
China has friendly relations with Moscow as well as economic leverage as the biggest buyer of Russian oil and gas after the United States and its allies cut off most purchases.
Beijing, which sees Moscow as a diplomatic partner in opposing U.S. domination of global affairs, has refused to criticize the invasion and used its status as one of five permanent U.N. Security Council members to deflect diplomatic attacks on Russia.
Wang also confirmed that the ruling Communist Party’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, and U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan held talks on Wednesday and Thursday in Vienna, Austria. Wang said the two sides had “candid, in-depth, substantive, and constructive discussions” on stabilizing and improving bilateral relations.
China-U.S. relations are at a historical low and nosedived in February after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that had flown across Canada and the United States. The incident led to the postponement of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Beijing which has yet to be rescheduled. | 2023-05-12T22:13:04+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/china-to-send-special-envoy-to-ukraine-russia-as-part-of-peace-efforts/ |
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State says football coach Herm Edwards has relinquished his duties following home loss to FCS Eastern Michigan.
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LAWRENCE COUNTY, Mo. (KSNF) — It’s been 30 years since the body of Tammy J. Zywicki, an Iowa college student, was discovered on the side of a rural section of Interstate 44 in southwest Missouri. To this date, the kidnapping and murder of Zywicki remains unsolved. But on Feb. 10, 2023, the Sheriff of Lawrence County spoke about the cold case, saying that authorities haven’t given up on finding a suspect or information that would lead to an arrest — anything that would would give Zywicki’s family some closure.
On August 23, 1992, the 21-year-old vanished while driving to Grinnell College in Iowa for the start of her fall semester. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Zywicki’s brother, Daren, joined her on the road trip, which began from their home in New Jersey on August 22, the day before her disappearance.
Their first stop was in Evanston, Illinois, where Tammy dropped her brother off at Northwestern University where he attended college. That night, she stayed with a friend, planning to head out the next day.
While driving to her destination, Zywicki’s vehicle, a white 1985 Pontiac T1000, broke down in central Illinois. The FBI said more than 60 people reported seeing Tammy looking under the hood of her car that day, which was stopped at the exit for Utica, Illinois. Tips to law enforcement suggested that 26 different cars pulled over to help her, but Tammy never made it to the college campus in Iowa.
Zywicki’s 1985 Pontiac, left on the side of the road, was ticketed for abandonment by an Illinois State Trooper. Illinois State Police towed the car the following day. That same day, Tammy’s mother reported her daughter missing.
But Zywicki’s disappearance was not seriously investigated until several days after the initial report. Originally, police suspected she had run off with a boyfriend, though there was no indication Zywicki had a boyfriend at the time.
On September 1, 1991, eight days after she went missing, Zywicki’s body was found on the side of a rural stretch of Interstate 44 in Lawrence County, Missouri (between Springfield and Joplin). The body was discovered by a pick-up truck driver, who gave authorities differing stories about why he pulled over. One story was that he pulled over to urinate, and the other was that he pulled over to cover his truck bed with a tarp in preparation for rain.
During the stop, the driver told authorities he began smelling an unusual odor, and then he spotted a large bundle on the side of the road. It was a blanket wrapped in duct tape. Inside the blanket was a female body, wrapped in a white sheet with silver duct tape covering both ends of the blanket. It was Tammy — wearing the same clothes she was last seen in. An autopsy revealed she was stabbed seven or eight times in the chest. She died from internal bleeding.
“Obviously most law enforcement officials deal with death, or homicides, or something along those lines, and they’re usually incidents that occur within their county, or a lot of times a neighboring jurisdiction. But for an agency, like the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, to have a murder investigation that is literally hundreds of miles away from where a person was last seen, I believe is what’s very unusual in that particular case,” said Lawrence County Sheriff Brad Daley.
Over the last 30 years, there have been no official suspects or any arrests made in the case. However, the FBI says two leads have persisted. First, multiple people have reported seeing a tractor-trailer on the side of the road with Tammy. The truck had two brownish-orange stripes on both the tractor and the trailer. Second, the man with the truck was approximately 6 feet tall with dark, bushy hair and estimated to be between 30-45 years old. It was also discovered that Tammy’s Canon 35mm camera and a musical wristwatch with an umbrella on its face were missing from her car.
“We do get an occasional tip or information regarding Tammy’s murder. Somebody believes that they may have seen something or remembered something along those lines. When most of those tips come in, it’s usually what we call ‘a repeat tip.’ Most of those are old leads or old tips, so it really doesn’t transform into anything new or earth-shattering,” said Sheriff Daley. “Regardless, when we do get them, we always follow up on them, just because you never know which one might break this case wide open.”
The FBI is the lead investigating agency in the murder case of Tammy Zywicki, although other law enforcement officials continue to provide assistance, including the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office.
“If we get any any inclination that there may be another piece of evidence, or a clue, or anything that we can use, we certainly follow that as far as we can. What helps to bring out information that could solve this case is keeping the story alive by talking about it, holding vigils for the victim during an important anniversary dates and keeping it in the news,” Sheriff Daley stated.
A series of recently published podcasts did just that. The newly released third season of “Paper Ghosts,” a true crime podcast on iHeart Radio, features three episodes titled, “In Plain Sight.” The episodes are hosted by investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling true crime author M. William Phelps, who digs deep into the murder of Tammy Jo Zywicki.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification of the individual or individuals responsible for Zywicki’s death. Anyone with information is asked to contact your local FBI office. | 2023-02-12T02:34:46+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/30-year-cold-case-investigators-still-seeking-info-on-iowa-college-students-murder/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — I was the man in the box at the Oscars for The Associated Press.
I would stand in an opera-style balcony near the stage at the Dolby Theatre that provides a great view of the show but an even better view of the audience. I’d peer down with binoculars to provide what journalists call “color,” sprinkled into our stories as we seek to give readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse.
Hours before the telecast, an academy official with a black-belt-level credential would take me on a labyrinthine walk down hallways, through black curtains and over velvet ropes, past the Foot Locker and Sephora that make parts of the complex indistinguishable from a suburban mall, and into the box that I shared with the show’s technical crew members.
This year, the ceremony’s logistical layout will force me to work outside the box: in the media room, with the rest of the Oscars press corps. The food will be better than the nothing I normally get, but I’ll miss the box — where else could I have seen the following moments?
A DISASTROUS DEBUT
The fiasco came in my first year.
It was 2017, my first time inside the Academy Awards. I was gazing down on the audience. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway had just announced “La La Land” as best picture.
The alleged winners’ celebration soon turned to murmurs of confusion. I’m not sure anyone had ever seen as many stunned famous faces as I was suddenly looking down on after the true victory of “ Moonlight ” was revealed. The mouths of Meryl Streep, Matt Damon and Michelle Williams were all varying degrees of agape. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had on a crooked expression that, in his wrestling days, he called “the people’s eyebrow.”
“I will never see anything this crazy again if I do this for 20 years,” I thought to myself. Turned out it only took five.
BIG LITTLE DETAILS
Big moments are not generally my job. I deal in details.
From the box, I got to see who the first famous folks seated are: generally, older actors with either no need or no desire to be part of the red carpet scrum. One year it was Jane Fonda, amid a sea of empty seats. I saw an 88-year-old Christopher Plummer, the oldest-ever nominee at that point in 2018, take his spot over an hour before the last-minute scramble that accompanies the telecast’s start.
I got to see how truly long the walk from the theater’s back is for the non-famous. One year, I could hear the shouts of glee from the proud mother of a victorious sound editor, though I could barely see her even through binoculars.
Trips to the bathroom, which require the accompaniment of a show staffer and a climb past a guy who runs a big crane camera, are their own adventure, with hopes — sometimes realized — that I might end up standing silently next to the likes of Denzel Washington.
In 2017, I saw Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel passing a flask to the people in their row, clearly having the best time in the room. When Timberlake gave his show-opening performance of “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Javier Bardem was the only one wholeheartedly dancing the entire time.
A SPIKE STORM
The crowd at the Oscars does an excellent job of playing the role of “audience.” They hit every unspoken applause cue. They rise in surprising synchrony for standing ovations. They know to stay quiet. They get back to their seats before the cameras roll.
The best audience member to watch, from my perspective, is Spike Lee. For one, he always dresses distinctively, making him easy to spot in a sea of black tuxedos that — from my perch — can make it hard to immediately tell a Brad from a Leo. And he is just as animated as when he sits courtside at New York Knicks games.
In 2019, Lee — clad in a purple suit — won his first competitive Oscar, for writing “Black KkKlansman.” His movie was also up for best picture, against the late-surging “Green Book,” a film that to Lee and many others had an archaic, simplistic take on race relations.
When “Green Book” was announced as the winner, Lee gave the kind of “the hell with this” gesture with his arms he often gives NBA referees, stormed out of his seat and headed for the back doors. With all eyes on the stage, and few others with my view, it went unnoticed by almost all others. It was the closest thing to a scoop the box has given me, and my tweet describing it was my most popular ever, by a mile.
THE SLAP AND THE SHOUTS
Five years in came the slap. Full disclosure: I did not see, with my naked eyes, Will Smith strike Chris Rock.
Tasked with pounding out a quick story, I was sitting down typing when I saw, on one of the crew monitors, Smith stride up on stage and take his swing.
In retrospect, this was a huge moment — but when it happened, few could tell it wasn’t a planned bit. The audience laughter was nervous, but laughter there was. Still, I leapt up and paid attention. The titters remained even after Smith shouted for Rock to keep Jada Pinkett Smith’s name out of his mouth.
It was only the second time Smith said it, louder and emphasizing each word — “MY. WIFE’S. NAME.” — that it became clear this was no joke. A stunned silence fell. It reminded me of being in a classroom when the students realize that the fun teacher really is mad this time.
The Academy recently apologized for not taking swifter action with Smith. They weren’t alone in not knowing how to respond. We journalists had to decide how to treat it. Was this a side story, or THE story? There was no template.
Two other AP reporters were in regular audience seats and I was glad. The vibes were too heavy for one person to weigh. A surreal pall hung over the rest of the night, with most assuming that Smith was likely to soon win best actor.
I kept my binoculars on the front row, where Smith sat. Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry came up to Smith during breaks, as if counseling him. Both hugged him. So did Denzel Washington, who kept him in a long embrace, whispering to him throughout.
During his tear-streaked acceptance speech minutes later, Smith said Washington had told him: “At your highest moment, be careful, that’s when the devil comes for you.”
I’m hoping I can return to my own high point in the theater next year. I’ll keep an eye out for the devil.
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For more coverage of this year’s Academy Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards | 2023-03-11T09:03:24+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/the-view-from-above-the-oscars-the-slap-the-snafu-spike/ |
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