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ARLINGTON, Texas – Adolis García hit three home runs for the Texas Rangers in the first five innings Saturday night against the Oakland Athletics.
The 30-year-old Cuban slugger launched two-run shots in the first, third and fifth — all at least 400 feet — as the Rangers built a 13-2 lead. He added a two-run double in the seventh to make it 15-2, giving him a career-high eight RBIs.
García's 432-foot drive into the second deck in left field came in the first inning of Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami's fourth career start for Oakland.
García cleared the center-field wall on a 419-foot drive off reliever Adrián Martinez in the third. Texas' cleanup hitter went deep off Martinez again in the fifth, 401 feet into the Oakland bullpen in left-center.
It's the first three-homer game for García and the first for the Rangers since Ronald Guzmán connected three times at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 10, 2018.
García had the second three-homer game in the majors this season. Trayce Thompson of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit three in a 10-1 win over Arizona on April 1.
The previous Texas player with eight RBIs in a game was Nelson Cruz on May 25, 2012, at Toronto. The club record of nine is held by Ivan Rodriguez.
After the first homer, García was hit on the left arm on the first pitch from Fujinami in the second inning, a 97 mph fastball. Plate umpire Jordan Baker quickly stepped in front of García, who appeared upset but walked to first base without any words exchanged with the pitcher.
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Friday is the deadline for former-President Donald Trump to turn over documents as part of a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The documents in question refers to assorted electronic messages, call logs, photos and videos — even hand-written notes — from as far back as September 2020.
It's unclear whether Trump will abide by the committee's subpoena, issued on Oct. 21 after its most recent hearing, but Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said they have been speaking with Trump's lawyers. During a televised forum at Cleveland State University Tuesday, Cheney told PBS journalist Judy Woodruff that the former president is obligated to comply.
"This is not a situation where the committee is going to put itself at the mercy of Donald Trump in terms of his efforts to create a circus," Cheney said.
When asked if she thought the former president would abide by the subpoena and testify before the committee, Cheney said it's a bit of a toss-up. "He has a legal obligation to testify, but that doesn't always carry weight with Donald Trump," she said.
That being said, there is a strong chance the former president will not produce the documents by the end of the day. The committee has been lenient when it comes to deadlines in the past, at least when there's ongoing communication with a subject's legal team.
According to the letter and subpoena, the committee is asking for an extensive array of records and documents: records of phone calls, text messages, encrypted messages (such as Signal), photos, videos, electronic and hand-written notes, summaries and memoranda of conversation.
The committee's subpoena lists the detailed documents it's seeking from specific timelines, many of which are on or around Jan. 6, 2021, as well as specific groups and individuals with whom the correspondence may have taken place.
One set of records the panel is after involves communications with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, both designated as far-right extremist groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The committee has ordered Trump turn over conversations that may have taken place between himself and either group from September 2020 to the present.
Other high-profile people found in the committee's order include Roger Stone, Stephen Bannon, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Rudolph Giuliani and more.
It's unclear, at least for now, whether the committee will make a criminal referral to the Justice Department should Trump choose not to cooperate. When asked about what action the panel would likely take, Cheney said she didn't want to put the cart before the horse.
"The committee has been working in a very collaborative way and I would anticipate we won't have disagreements about that," she said. "But we'll have to make those decisions as we come to it."
On the same day that the House committee ordered Trump to turn over the documents and testify, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols sentenced Steve Bannon, Trump's political advisor, to four months in prison for criminal contempt of Congress after failing to comply with a different committee subpoena.
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A Buffalo woman who admitted setting fire to a house that was going to become a community drop-in center was sentenced April 28 to 51 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr.
Jade Smart, 34, was convicted of destroying property by fire and causing personal injury to a firefighter, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The Stop the Violence Coalition and the Buffalo Peacemakers planned to use the house at 79 Kilhoffer St. for youth and the elderly.
A firefighter injured his back fighting the Jan. 28, 2020, fire.
Smart was struggling with sustained drug addiction, said Fonda Kubiak, an assistant federal public defender. She also suffered from mental health struggles since her traumatic and unstable childhood but has never received adequate treatment, Kubiak said in a court filing.
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"I know what I did to that house was wrong and I discovered that I was the damage[d] one," Smart said in an apology note to the court.
"I know how important that meant to my community," she said of the house, "but at that time my (mental health) wasn’t right at all."
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Northern California storm eases but more snow expected
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Northern California got a bit of respite Monday after a weekend of heavy mountain snow but forecasters said up to several more feet will pile up through midweek, followed by potential flood concerns.
A lengthy stretch of U.S. 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada remained closed. Other major Sierra highways were open, but with chain requirements.
A long stretch of the mountain range is under an avalanche warning.
Forecasters, meanwhile, said the next Pacific storm arriving late in the week will be associated with a moderately strong atmospheric river.
“An abundance of subtropical moisture will move inland over Central California along the southern periphery of this storm system Thursday night through Friday night,” the National Weather Service said.
Heavy rainfall and a mild airmass will cause rapid snowmelt in areas that have received several feet of snow recently, the service said.
In Southern California, authorities continued work to clear roads and distribute food, water and blankets to residents stuck in the blizzard-stricken San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles.
San Bernardino County said Sunday that 79% of county-maintained roadways in the area had been made passable, meaning at least one lane open. However, the county and state transportation department are not allowed to plow private property.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-06T16:24:53+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2023/03/06/northern-california-storm-eases-more-snow-expected/ |
Leading consumer financial services company has been awarded the 2023 Philadelphia Top Workplaces Award by The Philadelphia Inquirer
CHESTERBROOK, Pa., April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry leading consumer financial services company JG Wentworth is proud to announce that it has been named as one of the Top Workplaces in Philadelphia by The Philadelphia Inquirer. This recognition comes as JG Wentworth continues its successful multi-year brand expansion into new financial service products including Debt Resolution and Consumer Lending, giving more Americans the ability to positively impact their finances through the company's highly rated services.
This is the third year JG Wentworth has been awarded for its stellar workplace culture. In previous years, the company was recognized in Culture Excellence by Energage and was named in the Women-Led category in 2022 and the Remote Work category in 2021. The winners for these awards are chosen based solely on employee feedback gathered through surveys administered by Energage LLC, a leading provider of technology-based engagement tools.
Over the last several years JG Wentworth embarked on a multi-year product expansion to complement their core business of structured settlement payment purchasing. This monumental expansion saw record hiring across the company and with it came a set of new needs for the employees. As the brand adapted its services to be more accessible for the digital age it called for different skillsets in hiring, management, and product development and technology.
In 2022 JG Wentworth also acquired Stilt Inc., a San Francisco based fintech company with remote employees across the globe. Bringing on this remote global team, while growing across all business functions saw JG Wentworth evolve how it conducts employee training, engagement, and well-being while also integrating a best-in-class technology platform. Merging a state-of-the-art call center operation with a brand-new digital platform, along with the addition of new products marks the greatest evolution yet in the history of this iconic American brand and creates significant opportunity and upside for years to come.
"The past year witnessed JG Wentworth doubling down and investing in its people and culture. Throughout the year we have continued to expand the company both in terms of number of team members as well as skillsets and functions. We did this while continuing to maintain our supportive and inclusive culture," stated William Schwartz, Chief Human Resources Officer at JG Wentworth. "A shared mission, a commitment to our customers to execute with excellence, and a dedication to work-life balance, will continue to be the tenets by which we build our team."
"These recognitions and awards are a testament to the people-first culture we have built here at JG Wentworth and reflect the essential role our teammates play in making our company a great place to work. As we launch our consumer lending products and expand in our mission to help more Americans achieve their financial goals, we are delighted to be celebrated for our values and team building efforts," said Randi Sellari, Chief Executive Officer of the JG Wentworth Company.
About JG Wentworth
JG Wentworth is a consumer financial services company that focuses on helping everyday Americans achieve their financial goals. Its services include structured settlement payment purchasing, annuity payment purchasing, lottery and casino payment purchasing, and debt resolution services. The company plans to launch its consumer lending products later this year. JG Wentworth was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania.
Follow JG Wentworth on social media to stay updated on the latest news from the company: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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Mesquite Independent School District enters a three-year partnership with Paper to provide unlimited Educational Support and virtual tutoring for students
DALLAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Mesquite Independent School District (Mesquite ISD) today announced a partnership with Paper™ to provide students with an unlimited, on-demand Educational Support System featuring virtual tutoring, writing assignment review, career and college support, and other academic support tools.
Over the next three years, 22,000 Mesquite ISD students in grades six through twelve will have extra academic support to expand learning beyond classroom walls while also helping to support teachers—all at no cost to students or families!
"We wanted to find innovative ways to extend the classroom in an authentic way so that the learning that happened in the classroom could be supported outside the classroom," said Gerald Sarpy II, Executive Director of Leadership Development, Mesquite ISD. "The 24-hour access that Paper offers allows our students to connect with trained professionals to support and augment the learning taking place inside the classroom."
Founded and led by mission-driven educators, Paper already supports 28,000-plus K-12 students across Texas with 1:1 instructional support available from multilingual instructors in English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. Currently, more than 2.5 million students across North America have access to Paper.
"What excites me the most about our partnership with Paper is thinking about all of our students—whether they're sitting in the classroom or at home—who just need that one little next step to keep going with their work," said Dr. Leslie Feinglas, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership Development and Strategic Initiatives, Mesquite ISD. "Having support students can instantly access for any subject, at any time of day to help guide them through their work will enable our students to achieve better outcomes."
On Paper's secure chat-based platform, fully background-checked tutors work individually with students to help them master concepts, improve their writing, and facilitate the completion of their coursework. Teachers and administrators have complete access to the platform to view tutoring session transcripts, student insights, and analytics that help power data-informed instruction and decision-making to improve student outcomes.
"Paper is thrilled to partner with Mesquite ISD to support the entire community—students, teachers, parents, and administrators," said Philip Cutler, Paper co-founder and CEO. "Paper's educational support platform will help students and make life easier for teachers and parents, who no longer have to be on-call 24/7 to help kids study or complete their coursework."
"I think that Paper is a great resource for our parents who don't always know how to help their students," said Selena Knight, an instructional technology coach and parent at Mesquite ISD. "Many times, our students just need help figuring out how to get to an answer, and now they can engage with a Paper tutor anytime instead of waiting for help from a parent or teacher."
Staffing, cost, and logistical hurdles often stand in the way of Texas school districts meeting statutory requirements for accelerated instruction covered by the state's House Bill 4545. Paper helps districts overcome these challenges with its team of highly qualified tutors. The company partners with school districts throughout Texas to help students attain proficiency in meeting state academic standards to accelerate student achievement in all K-12 subject areas.
Paper is an approved service by the Central Texas Purchasing Alliance and EPIC 6. Additionally, the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) Vetted Texas Tutor Corps approved Paper's award-winning platform for meeting the research-based components of high-impact tutoring and supporting districts with implementation. The TEA's high-impact tutoring toolkit also recommends that districts find tutoring providers via Brown University's National Student Support Accelerator, which also lists Paper.
Mission-driven educators founded Paper to help every student reach their full potential through an unlimited, on-demand Educational Support System (ESS) that includes 1:1 virtual tutoring, a Review Center, College & Career Support, and Paper Live. Paper's highly qualified educators provide an instructional framework emphasizing inquiry-based learning to empower students to pursue lifelong learning and prepare for college and career success. Paper's multilingual support is available in English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. With a mission to help close the achievement and opportunity gaps, Paper aims to address the inequities facing all students, especially those from marginalized groups.
As of June 2022, Paper supports approximately 2.5 million students at hundreds of unique school districts across 30 U.S. states and Canada. Learn more or request a demo at paper.co.
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EDMONTON, AB, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Nicole Janssen, co-founder and co-CEO of AltaML, Canada's leading artificial intelligence studio, has been recognized as one of North America's Top 25 Women of Influence for 2023.
The award recognizes a diverse group of powerhouse changemakers, celebrating their impact and unique accomplishments, which have single-handedly contributed to the advancement of women globally. According to the Women of Influence+, this year's honourees hail from various sectors and career stages.
"Each recipient has left their mark over the past year: contributing to the greater good through their initiatives; by reaching inspiring heights on the global stage; or in using their influence to drive demonstrated change," the website read.
As a first-time recipient of this prestigious award, Janssen credits her entrepreneurial spirit and ambition for her continued success in tech. Her lifelong determination to make a global impact has led to the co-founding of multiple successful ventures, including AltaML in 2018.
With those career-defining moments in mind, Janssen has harnessed her leadership strengths to help build up other aspiring female entrepreneurs by offering knowledge, guidance, and mentorship.
"Helping women succeed is up to all of us," Janssen explained. "The path for women to rise to the top is often more difficult, but we can most certainly do it and do it well."
According to Janssen, receiving this award is validation that all the effort women put in to break down barriers and inspire action is working.
"It's vital that we have a seat at the table," she added. "We need to help inform big decisions and shape the future for the next generation. Every time a woman is recognized in a leadership role or for an award like the Top 25 Women of Influence, it inspires other women and girls to see that there's an opportunity for them in this world and that they can achieve their dreams."
"The work doesn't stop here. It's only just beginning."
About AltaML
AltaML is a leading applied AI studio and developer of machine learning (ML) software. Building powerful AI tools and pursuing product opportunities through industry-specific ventures, AltaML creates operational efficiency, reduces risk, and generates new sources of revenue for customers. With expertise across multiple industries and access to top AI/ML talent, AltaML accelerates the AI adoption journey with a focus on fostering long-term relationships with customers.
About the Top 25 Women of Influence
The Top 25 Women of Influence® awards recognizes and celebrates the extraordinary accomplishments of self-identified women and gender-diverse role models. The awards acknowledge the unique achievements of diverse women representing various sectors, career stages, and contributions to the advancement of women. Learn more at https://www.womenofinfluence.ca/top-25/.
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Twitter will no longer enforce its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, raising concerns among public health experts that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.
Eagle-eyed users spotted the change Monday night, noting that a one-sentence update had been made to Twitter’s online rules: “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.”
By Tuesday, some Twitter accounts were testing the new boundaries and celebrating the platform’s hands-off approach, which comes after Twitter was purchased by Elon Musk.
“This policy was used to silence people across the world who questioned the media narrative surrounding the virus and treatment options,” tweeted Dr. Simone Gold, a physician and leading purveyor of COVID-19 misinformation. “A win for free speech and medical freedom!”
Twitter’s decision to no longer remove false claims about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines disappointed many public health officials, however, who said it could lead to more false claims about the virus, or the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
“Bad news,” tweeted epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding, who urged people not to flee Twitter but to stay and stand up for accurate information about the virus. “Stay folks — do NOT cede the town square to them!”
The virus, meanwhile, continues to spread. Nationally, new COVID cases averaged nearly 38,800 a day as of Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University — far lower than last winter but a vast undercount because of reduced testing and reporting. About 28,100 people with COVID were hospitalized daily and about 313 died, according to the most recent federal daily averages.
Cases and deaths were up from two weeks earlier. Yet a fifth of the U.S. population hasn’t been vaccinated, most Americans haven’t gotten the latest boosters, and many have stopped wearing masks.
Musk, who has himself spread COVID misinformation on Twitter, has signaled an interest in rolling back many of the platform’s previous rules meant to combat misinformation.
Last week, Musk said he would grant “amnesty” to account holders who had been kicked off Twitter. He’s also reinstated the accounts for several people who spread COVID misinformation, including that of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose personal account was suspended this year for repeatedly violating Twitter’s COVID rules.
Greene’s most recent tweets include ones questioning the effectiveness of masks and making baseless claims about the safety of COVID vaccines.
Since the pandemic began, platforms like Twitter and Facebook have struggled to respond to a torrent of misinformation about the virus, its origins and the response to it.
Under the policy enacted in January 2020, Twitter prohibited false claims about COVID-19 that the platform determined could lead to real-world harms. More than 11,000 accounts were suspended for violating the rules, and nearly 100,000 pieces of content were removed from the platform, according to Twitter’s latest numbers.
Despite its rules prohibiting COVID misinformation, Twitter has struggled with enforcement. Posts making bogus claims about home remedies or vaccines could still be found, and it was difficult on Tuesday to identify exactly how the platform’s rules may have changed.
Messages left with San Francisco-based Twitter seeking more information about its policy on COVID-19 misinformation were not immediately returned Tuesday.
A search for common terms associated with COVID misinformation yielded lots of misleading content, but also automatic links to helpful resources about the virus as well as authoritative sources like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 coordinator, said Tuesday that the problem of COVID-19 misinformation is far larger than one platform, and that policies prohibiting COVID misinformation weren’t the best solution anyway.
Speaking at a Knight Foundation forum Tuesday, Jha said misinformation about the virus spread for a number of reasons, including legitimate uncertainty about a deadly illness. Simply prohibiting certain kinds of content isn’t going to help people find good information, or make them feel more confident about what they’re hearing from their medical providers, he said.
“I think we all have a collective responsibility,” Jha said of combating misinformation about COVID. “The consequences of not getting this right — of spreading that misinformation — is literally tens of thousands of people dying unnecessarily.” | 2022-11-29T21:45:46+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/health/ap-health/ap-twitter-ends-enforcement-of-covid-misinformation-policy/ |
While the Supreme Court is yet to decide on President Biden's student loan relief plan, the Department of Education is reviewing millions of borrower accounts and could cancel debts for some.
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While the Supreme Court is yet to decide on President Biden's student loan relief plan, the Department of Education is reviewing millions of borrower accounts and could cancel debts for some.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Agriculture and Markets (AGM) announced that the State’s ninth annual Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) begins on Monday. Free public events and invasive species challenges are offered across the state and online.
Invasive species are plants, animals, insects, and pathogens that are not native to an area and cause harm to the environment, agriculture, economy, or public health. New York is particularly vulnerable to these pests due to its role as a center for international trade and travel, according to the DEC.
A webinar at 1 p.m. on Monday will highlight the events scheduled for ISAW and discuss New York’s collaborative invasive species network. A complete listing of offerings is available for those interested in participating.
Scheduled events:
- Statewide webinars on a variety of topics including “Native Alternatives to Common Invasive Garden Plants”, “State of the Science: Harmful Algal Blooms & Invasive Species”, and “Aquatic Invasive Species Info for Lake Lovers.”
- Guided hikes and paddles to learn how to identify and remove invasive species.
- Screenings of Uninvited: The Spread of Invasive Species. | 2022-06-06T18:05:28+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-header/new-york-news/nys-annual-invasive-species-awareness-week-begins/ |
G2 and TrustRadius name Lucidchart and Lucidspark top products for 2023
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Software, a leading provider of visual collaboration software, received top accolades for its products Lucidchart and Lucidspark, with both products being named to 2023 top product lists by G2 and TrustRadius, awards that are based entirely on user reviews.
G2 presented Lucid Software with top awards, including:
- Lucid Software was named one of the top 100 Best Global Software Companies
- Lucidspark ranked #6 in Best Collaboration and Productivity Products and #38 in Fastest Growing Product in 2023
- Lucidchart earned the #12 spot as a Fastest Growing Product in 2023
TrustRadius also honored Lucid's products with leading awards, including:
- Lucidspark earned a 2023 Most Loved Award
- Lucidchart earned Winter 2023 Best Of Awards in Diagramming, earning Best Feature Set, Best Relationship, and Best Value for Price.
With millions of users across the globe, customer feedback and reviews continue to be crucial to informing product innovation and development, ensuring Lucid provides the best user experience possible to meet the needs of today's knowledge workers and distributed teams. These recognitions are yet another testament to the growing need for the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite to help teams work together more effectively and efficiently.
To learn more about the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite, visit lucid.co.
About Lucid Software
Lucid Software is a leader in visual collaboration, helping teams see and build the future from idea to reality. With its products—Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale—teams can align around a shared vision, clarify complexity, and collaborate visually, no matter where they're located. Top businesses use Lucid's products all around the world, including customers such as Google, GE and NBC Universal. Lucid's partners include industry leaders such as Google, Atlassian and Microsoft. Since the company's founding, it has received numerous awards for its products, business and workplace culture. For more information, visit lucid.co.
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Neall Pogue, University of Texas at Dallas
(THE CONVERSATION) White conservative evangelicals, who make up most of the religious right movement, largely oppose government regulation to protect the environmental initiatives, including efforts to curb human-caused climate change. Multiple social scientific studies, for example, consistently reveal that this group maintains a significant level of climate skepticism.
Contrary to popular perception, however, this hasn’t always been the case.
My research reveals how white conservative evangelicals supported an environmentally friendly position from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
Christian environmental stewardship
In 1967, the idea of environmental protection became an issue for the wider Christian community after historian Lynn White Jr. published “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis.” The article argued that growing environmental degradation was the result of Christian philosophies that encourage society to regard nature as a simple resource for the sole benefit of humanity.
One of the many Christian thinkers responding to White included popular conservative evangelical author Francis Schaeffer.
To answer White’s accusation, Schaeffer took to the lecture circuit to convince audiences of the importance of Christian environmental stewardship. According to this perspective, all of creation needed to be treated with respect and not abused for economic benefit. He argued that humans must value the nonhuman natural world because it was created by and owned by God. Consequently, humans were only caretakers, custodians or stewards of the natural environment.
Perspectives of evangelical leaders
In 1970, the same year as the first Earth Day observance, which signified the birth of the modern environmental movement, Schaeffer’s perspectives were published in his book “Pollution and the Death of Man: The Christian View of Ecology.” Subsequently, Schaeffer’s environmental views became the standard environmental position among many conservative evangelicals for roughly the next 20 years.
Schaeffer’s ideas were reflected and expanded in major publications such as Christianity Today, the National Association of Evangelical’s United Evangelical Action and the Moody Bible Institute’s Moody Monthly.
As I continued researching this topic, archival documents revealed that in 1971, the Southern Baptist Convention conducted a poll reflecting the environmental views of its 12 million members. It found that 81.7% of pastors and 76.3% of Sunday school teachers surveyed believed that churches should lead efforts to solve air and water pollution problems.
In another example reflecting Schaeffer’s views, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Christian school textbook publishers included environment-friendly philosophies in material sold to parents, pastors and teachers who were helping expand the growing home-school and Christian school movement. The two most popular publishers, ABeka Book and Bob Jones University Press, both supported Christian environmental stewardship views. ABeka Book, for instance, lauded the efforts of preservationist and Sierra Club founder John Muir in a reader intended for sixth graders.
Respect for creation
The religious right retained its eco-friendly philosophies after the formation of its first official organization, the Moral Majority, in 1979. ABeka Book reprinted Muir’s story in 1986 and, as late as 1989, the publisher released an economics textbook that praised capitalism while warning of the environmental dangers of the free market.
After bowing out of the presidential race in 1988, well-known televangelist Pat Robertsonaddressed the GOP National Convention in New Orleans. During his speech, he not only stated his support for classic religious right positions, such as traditional family values, but also restated the community’s eco-friendly views, saying that he hoped for a future “where the water is pure to drink, the air clean to breathe, and the citizens respect and care for the soil, the forests, and God’s other creatures who share with us the earth, the sky and the water.”
On a politically charged national stage, Robertson reprised Schaeffer’s views of Christian environmental stewardship, emphasizing how all creation should be respected.
While Christian environmental stewardship became an accepted environmental perspective within the religious right, it existed only as an idea or philosophy – not as part of organized activism. But the reality of this support, however, challenges past understandings that this community largely ignored or opposed environmental protection efforts.
The anti-environmental campaign
In the early 1990s, segments of the religious right tried turning eco-friendly philosophies into action. The Southern Baptist Convention held an environmental seminar in 1991 at which Schaeffer’s Christian environmental stewardship views were repeated. This effort, however, faced an insurmountable obstacle.
In an attempt to crush increasing international cooperation to address human-caused climate change, U.S. political conservatives launched an anti-environmental campaign. Conservative think tanks and special advocacy groups denied the reality of human-caused global warming, and some even supported conspiracy theories alleging that environmentalists wanted to create a one-world government.
Besides finding an audience in secular conservative Americans, these outreach attempts found a home among the traditionally politically conservative religious right supporters.
Anti-environmental messages increasingly relied on ridicule, which some leading pastors endorsed. Jerry Falwell, one of the founders of the religious right movement, for instance, began calling environmentalists “tree huggers” as early as 1992. At Pat Robertson’s Regent University’s newspaper, political cartoons mocked sympathy for the environment as left-wing extremism.
By 1993, the idea of Christian environmental stewardship had all but disappeared from the rhetoric of the religious right. In its place emerged firm opposition to environmental protection efforts, including the denial of anthropogenic climate change, which the majority of this community supports today.
Although religious right supporters largely reject Schaeffer’s Christian environmental stewardship today, a small but noticeable number of voices within the community are keeping it alive. Perhaps the largest eco-friendly organization is the Evangelical Environmental Network, which originated in 1993. Other notable developments include the signing of the Evangelical Climate Initiative in 2006 by well-known religious leaders.
These are remarkable developments that often employ theological arguments to support environmental activism. But they are largely overshadowed by the continuing nontheological anti-environmental argumentsfounded in misinformation.
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The Conversation is wholly responsible for the content. | 2023-01-30T14:57:53+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/how-evangelicals-moved-from-supporting-17750977.php |
PARIS (AP) — France captain Wendie Renard says she will skip the Women’s World Cup this year as she’s unhappy with the team’s set up and needs “to protect her mental health.”
Renard is arguably France’s greatest women’s footballer. She has played 142 internationals, adding 34 goals. Renard has won 15 league titles and eight Champions League trophies with Lyon.
Following Renard’s decision on Friday, striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto and forward Kadidiatou Diani also announced they were putting their international careers on hold.
Although Renard stopped short of retiring, she said she no longer felt able to play for the national team.
“I love France more than anything, I am not perfect, far from it, but I can no longer accept the current system which is far away from the demands required at the highest level,” Renard wrote on her Instagram page.
“It’s a sad day but a necessary one to protect my mental health. It’s with a heavy heart that, with this message, I inform you of my decision to take a step back from the France team. Unfortunately I won’t play in the World Cup under these conditions.”
Renard did not go further into detail, but there have been strong tensions in the France squad for years between the players and coach Corinne Diacre.
After taking charge in 2017, Diacre stripped Renard of the captain’s armband then gave it back to her in 2021.
Katoto posted on Twitter, “I’ve taken the decision to put my international career aside until the necessary changes have been made.”
Diani said on Twitter she will return to the national side only if significant changes are made.
The Women’s World Cup is from July 20-Aug. 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Senior U.N. and Russian officials planned to meet in Geneva on Friday for talks on extending the deal that returned Ukrainian grain to world markets and was supposed to eliminate obstacles for Russian exports of grain and fertilizer.
The agreement expires Nov. 19, and Ukraine and Western nations are pressing for it to be extended. However, Russia's government has said it is undecided, expressing dissatisfaction with how the deal has worked for its side.
U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths and U.N. trade chief Rebeca Grynspan, who has been in charge of the Russian side of the agreement, were to meet with a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin, the U.N. said Thursday.
Separate agreements brokered by the United Nations and Turkey and signed by Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul on July 22 were a rare example of tacit cooperation between the warring nations in the face of an escalating global food crisis following Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of its smaller neighbor.
Ukraine and Russia were two of the world’s top suppliers of grain before the war, and Russia was also the leading exporter of fertilizer. The disruptions of their exports caused food shortages and added to price rises around the globe, hitting poor nations especially hard.
Ukraine and Russia provided around 30% of the world’s exported wheat and barley, 20% of its corn and over 50% of its sunflower oil, Grynspan told the U.N. Security Council last week. Russia was the world’s biggest exporter of fertilizers, accounting for 15% of global exports.
Under the July 22 deal, Ukraine has shipped more than 10 million tons of grain from three Black Sea ports to destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe.
But Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Andrey Rudenko, said Tuesday that the Kremlin had not decided whether to extend its agreement. “We are very dissatisfied with how the Russian part is being implemented,” he said.
Even though there are no U.S. or European Union sanctions on food and fertilizer shipments from Russia as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has pointed to major obstacles such as getting financing and insurance for ships and finding ports where Russian vessels can dock.
In late October, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said: “Russia needs to see the export of its grain and fertilizers in the world market, which has never happened since the beginning of the deal.”
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, visited the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Tuesday and warned that global food security depends on renewing the deal.
She said that 828 million people in the world are going to bed hungry every night and that makes it imperative the agreement be extended. | 2022-11-10T23:53:03+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/UN-Russians-to-discuss-extension-of-Ukraine-17575690.php |
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A 47-year-old woman was stabbed by her husband in a Douglas County parking lot outside a Target store, authorities said.
The incident happened about 12:15 p.m. Saturday in a Target parking lot, 1950 E. County Line Road, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman called 911 for help, and the assailant fled the scene, the sheriff’s office said. The victim was alert when emergency responders arrived, and she was taken to a hospital.
Deputies are looking for the suspect, who drove from the scene.
Happening Now: #DCSO on the scene of possible stabbing incident in the parking lot of Target on CountyLine Rd in HR. Victim taken to hospital,alert and talking. Suspect no longer on scene. Suspect is known to victim. Active scene, please avoid area. pic.twitter.com/DPzfG84lNF
— DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) February 11, 2023 | 2023-02-11T23:44:26+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/02/11/husband-stabs-wife-highlands-ranch-parking-lot/ |
MYRTLE - The East Union Lady Urchins repeated as junior high champions at Monday's finals with a 40-23 win over Ingomar.
East Union utilized a 15-4 scoring advantage during the third quarter to break open the game and seal the win in brown and gold.
The teams went to the intermission with the Lady Urchins up 18-12, but East Union went on a 13-0 before the Lady Falcons could muster any points of their own as the score ballooned to 31-12.
The Lady Urchins distributed the points around as five players scored during the third period.
East Union took the lead from the start and never trailed. The Lady Urchins ran out to a 10-2 lead midway into the first period, but the Lady Falcons clawed their back to cut the lead to three at the end of the quarter at 11-8.
Carys Ball hit for four points and Abby Miller added two during the Ingomar comeback.
East Union was led by the duo of Lily Kate Johnson and Marley Clayton in the opening half as Johnson scored eight points while Clayton hit for six.
Johnson of East Union was the game's leading scorer as she finished with 14 for the night.
Adison Russell was next with eight points while Clayton finished the contest with seven.
Ball led Ingomar with 10 points while Miller totaled seven.
Amber Elder is coach of the Lady Urchins.
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Police: 5-month-old girl in car fatally shot in Chicago
Chicago – A 5-month-old girl was shot to death while in the rear of a car in a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
The infant, who was identified as Cecilia Thomas, was struck in the head Friday evening when shots were fired from another vehicle in the South Shore neighborhood, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Cecilia was taken to a hospital where she later died.
A 41-year-old man in another vehicle was in good condition at a hospital after suffering a gunshot wound near his eye, Chicago police said.
No arrests have been made.
The baby is among the youngest victims of gun violence in Chicago. She would have turned 6-months-old in four days, according to Natalia Derevyanny, a spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
As of June 19, the Chicago Police Department had recorded 282 homicides so far this year, down from the 316 recorded during the same period in 2021. Like many other cities in the U.S., Chicago reported a dramatic increase in homicides last year. The 797 homicides in the nation’s third-largest city in 2021 – Chicago’s highest toll for any year in a quarter century – eclipsed Los Angeles’ tally by 400 and the total in New York by nearly 300.
Crisis responder Andrew Holmes, who spoke with Cecilia’s mother, expressed anger at the shooter, saying, “you shouldn’t sleep at night” and urged the person to turn themselves in.
“You just took this baby’s life. This baby was an infant, this baby didn’t do nothing to you,” he said.
Activist Ja’Mal Green was offering a $5,000 reward for information about the shooting. | 2022-06-25T19:38:29+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/25/five-month-old-shot-killed-chicago-car/50417633/ |
LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Tar balls have shown up 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) downstream of a railroad bridge collapse last month that sent numerous tank cars carrying petroleum products plummeting into Montana’s Yellowstone River, officials said Friday, as dropping water levels and rising temperatures hinder cleanup work.
More than 66 tons (59.87 metric tonnes) of the black, gooey stuff have been removed from the river since the June 24 accident, officials said. Most of the spilled material — a binder for asphalt that sticks to river rocks and gets harder to handle as it warms — is expected to get left behind.
Cleanup crews working this week on an island near the town of Laurel pulled long, taffy-like pieces of the asphalt from among the river rocks. They used shovels to pull apart sandbanks where receding water levels revealed pockets of contamination. The globs — along with some rocks and sand — were bagged for disposal and carried away by power boat.
Navigating the river is getting harder by the day for the boats being used in the cleanup. And when temperatures peak in the afternoons, the asphalt becomes too soft to pick up, curtailing work. Smaller clumps and some asphalt enmeshed in river rocks will be left behind.
“Some of this oil will be left here,” said Andrew Graham, an environmental scientist and consultant for the cleanup. “There’s no way we’re going to get all of the asphalt off of the river … We’re really looking at the stuff that we can peel up and getting the bulk of the product off.”
Tar mats and tar balls from the spill have been found at more than three dozen locations, according to government records. That includes where the river passes through Montana’s largest city, Billings. The farthest site downstream is near Pompey’s Pillar National Monument.
Montana Rail Link of Missoula operated the train and is responsible for the cleanup.
The company predicted immediately after the spill that the petroleum products would “solidify rapidly.” Authorities now say the material could take much longer to harden.
Representatives of the railroad, which is being acquired by Texas-based BNSF in a deal that will be finalized next year, did not return email and telephone messages seeking comment.
State officials are preparing to notify Montana Rail Link that the spill violated Montana pollution laws, said Montana Department of Environmental Quality spokesperson Kevin Stone. The agency still is considering its enforcement options, and hasn’t yet determined at what point it will declare the cleanup sufficient, Stone said.
The Environmental Protection Agency previously estimated up to 250 tons (226.80 metric tonnes) of oil product entered the river from six asphalt binder tank cars. Agency spokesperson Beth Archer said Friday that officials still were determining a final figure.
Seven snakes and seven birds have been killed after coming into contact with tar mats or tar balls. One snake was cleaned and released.
Yet officials say the material is fairly benign if not touched and doesn’t pose a long-term health threat for the people who boat, swim and fish in the Yellowstone.
“It’s like a fouling issue,” said Graham. “Once it gets on you, your body temperature will warm it up and it gets sticky. You need to use baby oil to get it off. It’s very difficult to get off with soap and water.”
No drinking water contamination has been found.
A smaller amount of molten sulfur spilled from three tank cars. It hardened after being released and very little has been found on the river, according to Archer and others involved in the cleanup.
The cause of the bridge collapse remains under investigation, said Federal Railroad Administration spokesperson Daniel Green.
It happened at a time when the river was swollen with melting mountain snow and following a torrential rainfall. Yellowstone National Park is about 130 miles (209.21 kilometers) upstream and wasn’t impacted.
The derailment marked the Yellowstone’s third large petroleum spill in recent years, following crude oil pipeline breaks in 2011 and 2015. The Yellowstone has a shifting channel and its river bed can become severely scoured during flooding such as the region experienced last year.
Experts say those forces could have made the railroad bridge more unstable and contributed to its collapse.
No one was injured, but the accident added to growing scrutiny of the rail industry brought on by high-profile accidents including a February derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that sparked a fire and evacuations and led to the eventual burning of hazardous materials to prevent an uncontrolled explosion.
Union leaders say freight train inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as in the past due to staff cuts and time constraints. | 2023-07-21T22:56:26+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/tar-balls-are-being-found-100-miles-downstream-from-yellowstone-river-train-derailment/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Kohl's Corp. could announce a new CEO soon, per report
Tom Kingsbury has been Kohl's Corp. interim-CEO since December but it's possible he could take over the the full-time job and drop the "interim," according to a report from The New York Times on Thursday citing sources close to the situation.
Jen Johnson, Kohl's senior vice president, told the Times: "We do not comment on rumors or speculation."
Also on Thursday, Kohl's announced it appointed Jennie Kent as the company's chief legal officer and corporate secretary, effective Feb. 20. Kent has more than 20 years of corporate legal experience, including most recently as executive vice president, chief people and legal officer at Quad.
Kingsbury has headed the company since former CEO Michelle Gass left the company in December to work for Levi Straus Co.
In 2021, Kingsbury was nominated to Kohl's Corp. board of directors by activist investors. Kohl's spent the first half of 2022 fighting with activist investor Macellum Capital Management while listening to offers to buy the company. Kohl's ultimately decided not to sell.
On Wednesday, Kohl's eliminated 60 positions in the marketing and merchandise departments at its headquarters in Menomonee Falls. | 2023-01-27T02:49:33+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2023/01/27/kohls-corp-could-announce-a-new-ceo-soon-per-report/69846102007/ |
Because of a reporter's error, the wrong date was listed in an event brief on page A8 and in the "What's happening outside this weekend" on page A9 of the March 9 Record-Eagle. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore's snowshoe hike start at 1 p.m. March 11 at the Philip A. Hart Visitors Center. | 2023-03-10T22:22:49+00:00 | record-eagle.com | https://www.record-eagle.com/clearing-the-record-03-11-2023/article_0f25c16c-bf53-11ed-a4e3-17197aea0766.html |
Big-spending Forest making its mark on return to EPL
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Nottingham Forest sure is making its mark after returning to the Premier League following an absence of 23 years. The club has made 16 signings, has spent around $150 million and is No. 3 on the list of the heaviest spending clubs in Europe behind only Barcelona and Chelsea. Forest felt it needed to go on a spending spree because the squad lacked numbers and players of the requisite quality to cope in the Premier League having languished in England’s lower leagues since 1999. It’s a gamble by Forest’s Greek tycoon owner Evangelos Marinakis, who appears to be banking on staying in the Premier League as that will guarantee Forest at least 100 million pounds from this season and the same next season. | 2022-08-25T20:30:33+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/08/25/big-spending-forest-making-its-mark-on-return-to-epl/ |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — SportsZone Saturday returns this weekend with another full show, including an inside look at the new Wiffle ball/T-Ball field in Webster.
We also talk to Eman Miller, a prolific skater in Sioux Falls.
Plus, Sean Bower sits down with Washington head coach, Ryan Evans, as the Warriors prepare for the 2022 season.
Stories featured in SportsZone Saturday:
- Pierre Football eyes State History
- Running the race to help a cause
- KELOLAND.com Top 5 Plays of the Week – August 18-24
- Familiar faces, new positions: NSU football replaces QB and OC
- ‘Mini Target Field’: Webster nears completion on Wiffle Ball field
- Eman Miller: The Sioux Falls skating phenom
SportsZone Saturday airs this Saturday, August 27 at 9:30 a.m. on KELO-TV. | 2022-08-26T22:56:20+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/sports/sportszone-saturday-august-27/ |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-area elected public official was arrested Wednesday as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a veteran newspaper reporter whose investigations of the official’s work preceded his primary loss in June.
Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles, a Democrat, was taken into custody at his home by police SWAT officers hours after investigators served a search warrant and confiscated vehicles in the criminal probe of the killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, Sheriff Joe Lombardo told the newspaper.
Telles, 45, had been a focus of German’s reporting about turmoil including complaints of administrative bullying, favoritism and Telles’ relationship with a subordinate staffer in the county office that handles property of people who die without a will or family contacts.
The newspaper’s executive editor, Glenn Cook, said in a statement that “the arrest of Robert Telles is at once an enormous relief and an outrage for the Review-Journal newsroom.”
“We are relieved Robert Telles is in custody and outraged that a colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an elected official,” Cook said.
Telles did not immediately respond Wednesday to telephone messages at his county office, and it was not immediately clear following his arrest if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. The county administrator office was closed.
German joined the Review-Journal in 2010 after more than two decades at the Las Vegas Sun, where he was a columnist and reporter who covered courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime.
Telles, a lawyer who practiced probate and estate law, won his elected position in 2018, replacing a three-term public administrator. He lost his June party primary to Assistant Public Administrator Rita Reid. Telles’ term expires Dec. 31.
In the weeks before the election, German bylined reports about an office “mired in turmoil and internal dissension” between longtime employees and new hires under Telles’ leadership.
Telles blamed “old-timers” for exaggerating the extent of his relationship with a female staffer and falsely claiming that he mistreated them.
“All my new employees are super-happy and everyone’s productive and doing well,” he told the newspaper. “We’ve almost doubled the productivity in the office.”
Telles later posted Twitter complaints about German, the Review-Journal reported, including claims in June that German was a bully who was “obsessed” with him.
German, a reporter with a reputation for tenacity, was working on follow-up reports, the newspaper said Wednesday, and recently filed public records requests for emails and text messages between Telles and three other county officials including Reid and consultant Michael Murphy.
Murphy, the former Clark County coroner hired to address complaints about leadership in the public administrators’ office, did not immediately respond to a telephone message.
German’s body was found Saturday morning outside his home. Police said he apparently was killed Friday and characterized the attack as an isolated incident. The Clark County coroner ruled that German died of “multiple sharp force injuries” and ruled the case a homicide.
After police asked Monday for public help to identify a suspect, developments came quickly.
Police on Tuesday showed a brief video of a possible suspect walking on a sidewalk clad in bright orange “construction attire” and distributed a photo of a distinctive red or maroon GMC Yukon Denali SUV with chrome handles, a sunroof and a luggage rack, saying it may have been linked to the case.
Telles was seen in newspaper photos washing a similar vehicle parked in his driveway on Tuesday, and KTNV-TV reported the vehicle was towed away after police arrived on Wednesday. | 2022-09-08T13:09:27+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-police-raid-elected-officials-home-in-vegas-reporter-death/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Madonna says she is focused on her health and getting back on stage after a “serious bacterial infection” that led to her hospitalization in an an intensive care unit for several days last month.
“I’m on the road to recovery and incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life,” the pop superstar wrote on Instagram. “My first thought when I woke up in the hospital was my children. My second thought was that I did not want to disappoint anyone who bought tickets for my tour. I also didn’t want to let down the people who worked tirelessly with me over the last few months to create my show.”
“My focus now is on my health and getting stronger and I assure you, I’ll be back with you as soon as I can,” she continued.
The North American leg of her career-spanning Celebration Tour, originally scheduled to kick off July 15 in Vancouver and run through October 8 in Las Vegas, has been postponed. Her tour will now start on October 14, at London’s O2 Arena.
Live Nation confirmed the postponement. “Rescheduled dates will be announced as soon as possible. Fans are encouraged to hold onto their tickets as they will be valid for the new dates once announced,” a statement read.
According to her manager Guy Oseary, on June 24, Madonna “developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several-day stay in the ICU,” as he wrote on Instagram a few days later. “Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected.” | 2023-07-10T20:33:55+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-madonna-says-shes-on-the-road-to-recovery-following-icu-stay-postpones-north-american-tour-dates/ |
Ex-Kansas City Chiefs coach pleads guilty in DWI crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Britt Reid, a former Kansas City Chiefs coach and the son of head coach Andy Reid, has taken a plea deal in a driving while intoxicated case that left a young girl with traumatic injuries.
Britt Reid was charged with DWI causing serious physical injury in the Feb. 4, 2021, crash that left 5-year-old Ariel Young with traumatic brain injuries. A 4-year-old also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
He took a plea deal Monday with a maximum four-year sentence.
KCTV reports the sentence could be 120 days in prison with the remainder of the time being served as probation, if he qualifies for good behavior. It is possible and likely Britt Reid and his legal team will ask for less.
Ariel’s family said they did not believe the plea deal was right. Mother Felicia Miller, who briefly let the judge know she did not approve, and other family members wore shirts with “Justice for Ariel” written on them.
Attorney Tom Porto, who represents the victims of the crash, released the following statement:
“The five victims of this crime are outraged the prosecuting attorney is not seeking the maximum sentence allowable by law. The defendant is a prior offender whose actions caused a five-year-old girl to be in a coma and seriously injured three others.”
Britt Reid apologized during Monday morning’s court appearance.
“I regret what I did. I made a huge mistake. I apologize to the family. I didn’t mean to hurt anyone,” he said.
Britt Reid did not address where he drank alcohol the night of the crash. He said he was trying to merge between two semi-trucks. He also acknowledged that he was speeding and lighting was poor prior to the crash.
The former Chiefs coach said he called 911 after the crash. He did not address if he made other phone calls afterward.
The night of the crash, a Chevrolet Impala ran out of gas near I-435 and Stadium Drive. The driver called a relative, who pulled up to the scene to help. That’s when a Ram pickup truck struck both vehicles. Britt Reid was identified as the driver.
Following the crash, an officer reported that Britt Reid smelled of alcohol and his eyes were bloodshot. When asked if he had been drinking, the officer said Britt Reid told him he had two or three drinks and that he was on Adderall.
According to court records, the officer conducted several sobriety tests, and Britt Reid showed signs of impairment.
Ariel suffered a traumatic brain injury and was hospitalized for weeks. In November, the girl’s family and the Chiefs announced they had reached a care plan for the child.
Britt Reid underwent emergency surgery for a groin injury after the crash. The Chiefs placed him on administrative leave, and his job with the team ended after his contract was allowed to expire.
This is not the first legal issue for Britt Reid, who graduated from a drug treatment program in Pennsylvania in 2009 after a series of run-ins with law enforcement.
His sentencing hearing will take place on Oct. 28.
Copyright 2022 KCTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-14T11:08:48+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2022/09/14/ex-kansas-city-chiefs-coach-pleads-guilty-dwi-crash/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow early Monday that saw one of the aircraft fall near the Defense Ministry’s main headquarters, while the Russian military unleashed new strikes on port infrastructure in southern Ukraine.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties when the drones struck two nonresidential buildings in Moscow. Separately, a Ukrainian drone struck an ammunition depot in Russian-annexed Crimea, forcing a halt in traffic on a major highway, Russian authorities said.
In Moscow, Russian media reported that one of the drones fell on the Komsomolsky highway near the capital’s center, shattering shop windows and damaged the roof of a house just about 200 meters (just over 200 yards) away from the towering riverside Defense Ministry building. The ministry’s main headquarters has Pantsyr air defense systems placed on the roof.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the drone targeted the Defense Ministry’s headquarters, which is located 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) away from the Kremlin, or was heading to some other target in central Moscow.
Another drone hit an office building in southern Moscow, gutting several upper floors — more visible damage compared to earlier drone strikes on the Russian capital.
Emergency workers were inspecting the damage and traffic was halted on sections of highways where the drones fell.
Ukrainian authorities didn’t immediately claim responsibility for the strike, which was the second drone attack on the Russian capital this month.
In the previous attack on July 4, the Russian military said four of the five drones were downed by air defenses on the outskirts of Moscow and the fifth was jammed by electronic warfare means and forced down. The raid prompted authorities to temporarily restrict flights at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and divert flights to two other Moscow airports.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted Monday that “the intensity of attempts to attack our regions with drones has grown.”
“So measures are being taken, a very intense daily 24-hour work is underway,” Peskov said, without offering any details about whether Russia’s air defence systems have been enhanced because of the increased attacks.
Russian authorities said that another Ukrainian drone attack early Monday struck an ammunition depot in northern Crimea and forced a halt in traffic on a major highway and a railway crossing the Black Sea peninsula that was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014. Railway traffic was restored several hours later.
The Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that authorities also ordered the evacuation of several villages within a five-kilometer (three-mile) radius of the depot that was hit.
Aksyonov said the military shot down or jammed 11 attacking drones, while the Defense Ministry claimed later that 11 of the 17 attacking drones were jammed and crashed into the Black Sea and another three were shot down.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s digital transformation minister, noted on his messaging app channel that Monday’s drone attacks on Moscow and Crimea signaled that Russia’s electronic warfare means and air defenses are “less and less able to protect the skies of the invaders,” adding that “there will be more of it.”
Ukrainska Pravda reported that the drone attack on Moscow was a special operation by Ukrainian military intelligence.
On Saturday, a previous drone attack on Crimea hit another ammunition depot, sending huge plumes of black smoke skyward and also forcing the evacuation of residents,
Russian forces, meanwhile, struck port infrastructure on the Danube River in southern Ukraine with exploding drones early Monday, wounding seven people and destroying a grain hangar and storage for other cargo, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s military reported downing three of the attacking drones.
French international news agency Agence France-Presse said one of its video journalists was wounded by a drone attack Monday while reporting at a Ukrainian artillery position near Bakhmut.
Dylan Collins, a U.S. citizen based in Beirut, Lebanon and working on assignment in Ukraine, sustained multiple shrapnel injuries and was evacuated to a nearby hospital where he was being treated. The agency said Collins, 35, is conscious and speaking to colleagues. Doctors say his condition is not life-threatening, the agency said.
Collins’ colleague, AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, was killed by Russian rocket fire near Bakhmut in May.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday “strongly condemned” the attack on civilian port infrastructure on Ukraine’s side of the Danube river which he said was “very close to Romania.” Iohannis said on Twitter that the incident poses “serious risks” to security in the Black Sea region.
The strike was the latest in a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week. The Kremlin has described the strikes as retribution for last week’s Ukrainian strike on the crucial Kerch Bridge linking Russia with Crimea.
Since Moscow canceled a landmark grain deal a week ago, Russia has launched repeated attacks on Odesa, a key hub for exporting grain.
Wheat prices rose more than 8.5% on Monday after the attack on the Danube, which is a key thoroughfare for Ukraine’s grain exports amid the war. It shows the market’s anxiety about Moscow expanding its targeting of Ukrainian grain shipments.
The attack also raises questions about a crucial alternate route after Russia exited the accord that provided protections for grain ships in a bid to ease a global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine are two of the world’s major wheat, barley and vegetable oil suppliers.
Other routes by road and rail through Europe will heap on transportation costs and likely lead to lower production by Ukrainian farmers, analysts say.
On Sunday, at least one person was killed and 22 others wounded in an attack on Odesa that severely damaged 25 landmarks across the city, including the Transfiguration Cathedral.
UNESCO strongly condemned the attack on the cathedral and other heritage sites and said it will send a mission in coming days to assess damage. Odesa’s historic center was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site earlier this year, and the agency said the Russian attacks contradict Moscow’s pledge to take precautions to spare World Heritage sites in Ukraine.
The Russian military denied that it targeted the Transfiguration Cathedral, claiming without offering evidence that it was likely struck by a Ukrainian air defense missile. Peskov on Monday echoed that claim, insisting without any evidence that the accusations against Russia “are an absolute lie.”
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Litvinova reported from Tallinn, Estonia. Associated Press writer Yuras Karmanau contributed to this report from Tallinn, Estonia.
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OWENS, Aaron Robert
Age 43 passed away on Friday, May 20, 2022, at Springfield
Regional Medical Center, with his wife and daughter by his side.
Aaron was born on September 11th, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio. Aaron's hobbies were watching his favorite football team the Bengals, playing X-Box, and spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife Breana Owens, daughters Kayden Givens-Owens, Shaniye Johnson, and Malorie Turner, Mother Debbie Doyle, brother Mike Owens, sisters Michaela (Tony) Owens, Pepper (Carl) Doyle, and many nieces and nephews.
Aaron was preceded in death by his father Michael Owens, brother Kunta Kenta Owens, grandparents Betty and
Nathaniel Doyle, grandparents Doris and Robert Owens. A Memorial Gathering will be held on Friday, May 27th, 2022, from 4-6pm at Porter Qualls Freeman Funeral Home, 823 South Yellow Springs St. Springfield, Ohio. Social distancing protocol will be observed, and face mask will be required.
Arrangements entrusted to Porter-Qualls Freeman Funeral Home.
Funeral Home Information
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Updated COVID-19 booster shots expected by September’s end
Published: Jul. 13, 2023 at 10:51 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Updated COVID-19 shots should be ready by the end of September.
In a letter to manufacturers, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told the companies they should prepare an ample supply.
He also warned them to price the shots at a reasonable rate.
This would be the first time the federal government isn’t distributing the COVID-19 vaccines.
Starting next month, the U.S. is phasing out that program ahead of the new round of shots.
In June, the Food and Drug Administration recommended the updated vaccines be single-strain booster shots targeting the omicron subvariant currently circulating.
Those should be available in mid-to late September should the agency authorize them.
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Police: Shooting that killed 2 at youth program was targeted
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The killing of two students at an alternative education program designed to help at-risk teenagers in Des Moines was a targeted attack, police said, and an 18-year-old has been charged.
The teenagers killed in Monday’s shooting at the Starts Right Here program were both males, ages 18 and 16, police said. The program’s founder, 49-year-old William Holmes, was seriously injured and underwent surgery.
Holmes, an activist and rapper who goes by the stage name Will Keeps, had left a life of gangs and violence and has been dedicated to helping youth in Des Moines, according to information from a regional community development group.
Preston Walls, 18, of Des Moines, was charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, police said. He was also charged with criminal gang participation, and authorities said the shooting was the result of an ongoing gang dispute. Walls was on supervised release for a weapons charge and had removed his ankle monitor 16 minutes before the shooting, police said.
“The incident was definitely targeted. It was not random. There was nothing random about this,” Sgt. Paul Parizek said.
Walls and all three victims were at the program Monday when Walls entered a common area where Holmes and the two students were, police said. Walls had a 9mm handgun with an extended ammunition magazine in his possession, they said.
Holmes tried to escort Walls away from the area, but Walls pulled away, “pulled the handgun and began to shoot both teenage victims,” police said in a statement. Holmes was standing nearby and was also shot, and Walls ran away, police said.
Officers who responded saw a suspicious vehicle leaving the area and stopped it. But Walls ran away and was arrested a short time later. Police said a 9mm handgun was found nearby. The ammunition magazine, which has a capacity of 31 rounds, contained three.
Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie said the two other people in the vehicle with Walls are also teenagers. Police said they were still in custody Monday night.
“That brings a total of five families of teenagers affected by youth gun violence in a matter of minutes on a Monday afternoon, right here in our capital city,” Cownie said at Monday’s City Council meeting.
Cownie said he spoke to the victims’ family members. “But there is little one can say that will lessen their pain. Nothing that can be said to bring them back, those who were killed so senselessly,” he said.
Walls has not yet made a court appearance. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney to speak on his behalf.
Starts Right Here is an educational program that helps at-risk youth in grades 9-12 and is affiliated with the Des Moines school district.
“The school is designed to pick up the slack and help the kids who need help the most,” Parizek said.
The Greater Des Moines Partnership, the economic and community development organization for the region, says on its website that Keeps came to Des Moines about 20 years ago from Chicago, where he “lived in a world of gangs and violence” before finding healing through music. He founded Starts Right Here in 2021.
The partnership said the Starts Right Here movement “seeks to encourage and educate young people living in disadvantaged and oppressive circumstances using the arts, entertainment, music, hip hop and other programs.” The program teaches financial literacy, along with communication and job interview skills.
The school’s website says 70% of the students it serves are members of minority groups, and it has had 28 graduates since it began. The school district said the program serves 40 to 50 students at any given time.
Gov. Kim Reynolds, who serves on an advisory board for Starts Right Here, said she was “shocked and saddened to hear about the shooting.”
Des Moines Police Chief Dana Wingert is on the Starts Right Here board, according to the program’s website.
“I’ve seen first-hand how hard Will Keeps and his staff works to help at-risk kids through this alternative education program,” Reynolds said in a statement. “My heart breaks for them, these kids and their families.”
The shooting was the sixth at a school in the U.S. this year in which someone was injured or killed, but the first with fatalities, according to Education Week, which tracks school shootings. The website said there were 51 school shootings last year involving injuries or deaths, and there have been 150 since 2018. In the worst school shooting last year, 21 people were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
In a separate shooting outside a Des Moines high school last March, one student was killed and two other teens were badly injured. Ten people, who were all between the ages of 14 and 18 at the time of the shooting, were charged afterward. Five of them have pleaded guilty to various charges.
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Funk reported from Omaha, Nebraska. Associated Press writers Jim Salter in O’Fallon, Missouri, and Heather Hollingsworth in Mission, Kansas, contributed to this report.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her husband, Paul Pelosi, was released from the hospital Thursday after his treatment for injuries from a violent assault last week in which he was attacked with a hammer.
Pelosi said, “Paul remains under doctors’ care as he continues to progress on a long recovery process and convalescence. He is now home.”
Law enforcement officers who responded to the break-in early last Friday witnessed Paul Pelosi being struck in the head with the hammer at least once, according to court documents. Officials said the assault was captured on the officers’ body cameras.
Pelosi was taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Speaker Pelosi said her husband was grateful to the 911 operator who directed police to the family residence, emergency responders, ICU staff and the entire hospital staff for “their excellent and compassionate life-saving treatment.”
“The Pelosi family is thankful for the beautiful outpouring of love, support and prayers from around the world,” she said.
Paul Pelosi’s release from the hospital comes as a federal official says the Canadian man accused of breaking into their home and attacking him should have been flagged by immigration officials and blocked from getting back into the U.S. after overstaying his authorized entry more than two decades ago. CNN was first to report Pelosi’s release from the hospital.
David DePape, 42, legally entered the United States in 2000 and later left the country and returned a few times, including entering in March 2008 at San Diego’s San Ysidro border crossing, said a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
Most Canadians are not required to obtain a visa to enter the U.S. as tourists and can stay for up to six months. The official said it was unclear why U.S. authorities admitted DePape after he overstayed his entry in 2000.
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to questions about DePape’s entry to the United States after he violated immigration law. It acknowledged in a statement that DePape was allowed into San Diego from Tijuana on March 8, 2008, but didn’t address any other entries.
San Francisco police said DePape confronted Paul Pelosi in the family’s Pacific Heights home Oct. 28 and demanded to know where the House Speaker was. DePape pleaded not guilty to state charges on Tuesday and was ordered held without bail. His public defender, Adam Lipson, said he looks forward to providing him with a “vigorous legal defense.”
DePape faces state charges of attempted murder, burglary and elder abuse. He also faces federal charges including attempted kidnapping of a U.S. official. His state case will continue Friday, though the defendant will not appear in the courtroom. An arraignment on federal charges has not been scheduled.
In the state court filing, prosecutors detailed the attack in stark terms, saying Paul Pelosi, 82, was knocked unconscious by the hammer attack and woke up in a pool of his own blood.
DePape grew up in Powell River, British Columbia, but relocated to California to be with a girlfriend, stepfather Gene DePape told The Associated Press last week. He has three children with two women, he said. Gene DePape said the suspect had lived with him in Canada until he was 14 and had been a quiet boy.
DePape’s ex-girlfriend, Bay Area nudist activist Oxane “Gypsy” Taub, told the San Francisco Chronicle she met DePape in Hawaii in 2000. The pair lived in Berkeley and had two children during their 15-year relationship.
U.S. officials have long struggled to quantify — let alone track down — people who enter the country legally and overstay visas, believed to be about 40% of the population who are in the country illegally.
There were 684,499 visa overstays from October 2019 through September 2020 among visitors who arrived by plane or ship — more than the population of Vermont or Wyoming – according to the Department of Homeland Security’s latest annual report. The total number of overstays is much larger but has not been quantified because it doesn’t include how many people arrive by land, the primary way for Canadians and Mexicans to enter the United States.
The cost and technological hurdles to develop a checkout system at congested land crossings with Canada and Mexico are enormous. In the 12-month period through September 2020, more than 52,000 Canadians who came to the U.S. by air or sea had overstayed their legally authorized entry.
Despite the challenges, the U.S. official said DePape’s overstay should have been noted in immigration records, which, in theory, should have prevented authorities from admitting him.
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Associated Press writer Kevin Freking contributed to this report from Washington. | 2022-11-04T19:55:31+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/ap-official-man-in-pelosi-attack-shouldnt-have-reentered-us/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — When he ran for the White House, Joe Biden told voters his presidency would be a bridge to the next generation. His first two years on the job have revealed it to be a much more ambitious venture.
As he nears the halfway mark on his first term, Biden is pointing to legacy-defining achievements on climate change, domestic manufacturing and progress on the COVID-19 pandemic — all accomplished with razor-thin majorities on Capitol Hill and rather dim views from the public.
Biden’s legislative accomplishments extend to nearly every aspect of American life -– although their impact may take years to be felt in some cases — and his marshaling of a global coalition to back Ukraine’s defenses and of democracies against China’s growing influence will echo for decades. He defied history in the midterm elections, persuading voters to stick with his vision of long-term gains despite immediate concerns about inflation and the economy.
It turns out his conception of the job is about far more than restoring democratic norms and passing the baton, as the 80-year-old president looks toward an announcement in early spring that he’ll run again despite his record-setting age.
The road ahead will be far tougher: Republicans take control of the House on Jan. 3, the threat of recession looms during stubbornly high inflation, and sustaining support for Ukraine will be harder as the conflict approaches the one-year mark.
The next two years also will be complicated by a heavy overlay of 2024 presidential politics. And whatever Biden’s accomplishments, his job approval rating remains underwater and voters have expressed doubts about his capacity to lead. Biden swats away questions about his ability to hold up with a dismissive “watch me.”
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, echoing a refrain among presidential aides from chief of staff Ron Klain on down, says Biden has been “frequently underestimated.”
“I don’t think he ever thought of himself as a caretaker,” she said. “He came in with an unbelievably ambitious agenda, and a core belief that he had to preside over many investments in America and American workers, American infrastructure, American manufacturing, that presidents had not done or not been able to get done for decades before him.”
In the 2020 campaign, Biden offered himself as an experienced hand ready to step in to stabilize a pandemic-weary nation, but who was also mindful of a clamoring for fresh leadership.
“Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else,” Biden said in March 2020, as he campaigned in Michigan with younger Democrats, including now-Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. “There’s an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country.”
A week later, he swatted back at primary rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ agenda saying, “People are looking for results, not a revolution.”
Those statement have often been thrown back at Biden by Democratic critics of two minds: moderates who have wanted him to curb the ambition of his agenda as he’s navigated an often-rocky legislative path, and progressives urging him to step aside in 2024.
“Nobody elected him to be F.D.R.,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., told The New York Times pointedly last year as Biden’s agenda appeared at a stalemate, a line that was seized on by House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to critique Biden’s agenda.
Meanwhile, some prominent Democrats have publicly declined to endorse Biden’s reelection when confronted with the question, and the progressive group RootsAction is running ads in New Hampshire — recently unseated by Democrats as the first state on the primary calendar — calling on Biden to step aside for younger blood in 2024.
Biden aides and allies argue that such critics miss the point — that Biden never set out merely keep the seat warm for the whippersnappers to follow, nor does he believe he’s finished the job. His successes of late have quieted many doubters — though some in his party still harbor private doubts.
“He couldn’t have thought about it more differently,” said Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director and longtime Biden aide. “He’s leading with his experience, and the next generation is leading alongside him.”
Bedingfield pointed to Biden’s relatively youthful Cabinet and to Democratic candidates across the country who won election in the 2022 midterms by running on the president’s agenda.
Says Democratic political consultant Jesse Ferguson: “He’s not giving a hand-off; he’s really giving a leg up to the next generation and people are responding to that.”
For restive young voters who may have once gravitated toward the younger crop of Democrats, Biden pollster John Anzalone said the president is offering proof of “getting things done for the new generation.”
“You saw that in how they voted in the 2022 cycle and you’ll see that in 2024,” he added.
Yet while younger voters skewed toward Democrats in the 2022 midterms, their enthusiasm waned from 2020, when dislike for the chaotic presidency of Donald Trump drove them to the polls in greater numbers. It’s a potential warning sign for Biden, especially if the GOP nominates a fresh face.
Biden entered the White House almost two years ago with pent up expectations but long odds for delivering on them with the slimmest of margins in Congress. Right out of the gate, he secured passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. But then he quickly ran into hurdles with a series of even larger proposals first billed as the “American Families Plan” and later the “Build Back Better” package.
A tortuous period of on-again, off-again talks with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin pared back those proposals and weighed down Biden and his White House for months, even after passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law.
In the legislative morass and the fallout from the darkest moment yet of Biden’s presidency — the chaotic withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan last summer — Biden’s approval rating plummeted.
It wasn’t until mid-2022, as the midterm elections loomed, that Biden was able to break through the gridlock and secure legislation that would make for the most productive first-term Congress since President Lyndon Johnson, with bipartisan action on gun violence and rebooting domestic high-tech manufacturing, and Democrats-only investments in combating climate change and lowering drug costs.
“He had a big ambition for this presidency, in particular the need to make generationally important investments in the country, things that have been left undone, really for years, in many cases — the investment in the country itself,” said Biden senior adviser Steve Richetti. Biden, he said, set out to “restore the sense of what the presidency and what a president are capable of.”
Still, Biden fell short on some popular 2020 campaign promises, particularly on what his aides had billed as “human infrastructure” like free community college — a priority of first lady Jill Biden — expanding paid family leave and early childcare. And his fall pledge to forgive much of the nation’s publicly held student debt has been frozen pending Supreme Court arguments in February.
Biden’s next two years, aides say, will be necessarily constrained. Democrats lost unified control of Congress and his priorities will shift toward implementing new initiatives and reminding Americans of their impact as he heads into reelection. Biden, they said, will continue to look for areas of bipartisan cooperation, but little is expected on his biggest priorities like banning assault-style weapons and codifying a nationwide right to abortion.
Instead, he’ll look to highlight and build upon popular programs, like a $35 monthly cap on insulin costs for those on Medicare, that are set to take effect in January, while Cabinet agencies work to award and track hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending.
“The next two years are about those solutions impacting people’s daily lives and that starts with the insulin cap on Jan. 1,” Ferguson said. | 2022-12-27T15:49:23+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-first-congress-revealed-bidens-generational-ambition/ |
College basketball broadcaster Billy Packer dies at 82
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Thursday. He was 82.
Packer’s son, Mark, told The Associated Press that his father had been hospitalized in Charlotte for the past three weeks and had several medical issues, and ultimately succumbed to kidney failure.
Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008. He received a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Analyst in 1993.
“He really enjoyed doing the Final Fours,” Mark Packer said. “He timed it right. Everything in life is about timing. The ability to get involved in something that, frankly, he was going to watch anyway, was a joy to him. And then college basketball just sort of took off with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and that became, I think, the catalyst for college basketball fans to just go crazy with March Madness.”
Packer played three seasons at Wake Forest, and helped lead the Demon Deacons to the Final Four in 1962, but it was his work as an analyst that brought him the most acclaim.
He joined NBC in 1974 and called his first Final Four in 1975. UCLA defeated Kentucky in the title game that year in what was John Wooden’s final game as coach.
Packer was also part of the broadcast in 1979 with Dick Enberg and Al McGuire when Magic Johnson’s Michigan State team defeated Larry Bird’s Indiana State squad in the title game. That remains highest-rated game in basketball history with a 21.1 Nielsen rating, which is an estimated 35.1 million viewers.
Packer went to CBS in the fall of 1981, when the network acquired the rights to the NCAA Tournament. He remained the network’s main analyst until the 2008 Final Four.
Sean McManus, the chairman of CBS Sports, said Packer was “synonymous with college basketball for more than three decades and set the standard of excellence as the voice of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.”
“He had a tremendous impact on the growth and popularity of the sport.” McManus said. “In true Billy fashion, he analyzed the game with his own unique style, perspective and opinions, yet always kept the focus on the game. As passionate as he was about basketball, at his heart Billy was a family man. He leaves part of his legacy at CBS Sports, across college basketball and, most importantly, as a beloved husband, father and grandfather. He will be deeply missed by all.”
Packer was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale took to Twitter as word of Packer’s death spread. “So sad to learn of the passing of Billy Packer who had such a passion for college basketball,” Vitale tweeted. “My (prayers) go out to Billy’s son Mark & the entire Packer family. Always had great RESPECT for Billy & his partners Dick Enberg & Al McGuire-they were super. May Billy RIP.”
College basketball analyst Fran Fraschilla tweeted: “We fell in love (with) college basketball because of you. Your voice will remain in my head forever.”
Packer was viewed as a controversial figure during his broadcasting days, often drawing the ire of college basketball fans, particularly on North Carolina’s “Tobacco Road.”
“As a kid, I was a big NC State fan growing up, and I would watch a game and the next day I’d be like, ‘Boy you sure have it out for NC State, don’t you?’ And he would just laugh,” Mark Packer said.
The younger Packer, who is the host of ACC PM on the ACC Network, said it didn’t matter what school — most fans felt the same way about his father.
“He would cover North Carolina game and Tar Heels fans would be like, ‘you hate North Carolina,’” Mark Packer said. “Wake (Forest) fans would be like, ‘you hate us.’ And Billy just sort of got a kick out of that. I mean, people would be all over him. But he honestly did not give a crap.”
Mark Packer said that while most fans will remember his father as a broadcaster, he’ll remember him even more for his business acumen. He said his father was a big real estate investor, and also owned a vape company, among other ventures.
“Billy was always a bit of a hustler — he was always looking for that next business deal,” Packer said.
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AP Sports Writer Joe Reedy contributed to this report.
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-27T05:57:25+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2023/01/27/college-basketball-broadcaster-billy-packer-dies-82/ |
ATLANTA — When the Carter Center assumed leadership of the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, about 3.5 million people in Africa and Asia were afflicted with the debilitating illness caused by the parasite.
Now, the world might be only a few years away from completely eradicating Guinea worm disease. The Carter Center is reporting that, in 2022, only 13 human cases of the disease were reported worldwide. That’s down from 15 in 2021 and represents the lowest number ever recorded, according to the Carter Center.
“We continue to study ways to defeat and prevent this infection,” said Adam Weiss, director of the Carter Center program. “Community members, ministries of health, and our partners are working with us to implement interventions that are effective, including research to find innovative solutions. We won’t stop until the last Guinea worm is gone.”
Weiss said the latest number isn’t official, but likely will be confirmed in March. Last year, there were six human cases reported in Chad, five in South Sudan, one in Ethiopia and one in the Central African Republic.
If eradicated, the illness caused by Guinea worm would be only the second human disease in history completely wiped out, following smallpox, according to the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And, if Guinea worm disease is eradicated, it will be a milestone reached not because of a medicine or vaccine. Experts point to a dramatic change in behaviors and community-based outreach and mobilizations as keys to suppressing the disease.
“Rosalynn and I are pleased with this continued advance toward eradicating Guinea worm disease,” said former President Jimmy Carter, the founder of the Carter Center. “Our partners, especially those in the affected villages, work with us daily to rid the world of this scourge. We are heartened that eradication can be achieved soon.”
Guinea worm disease results from people swallowing parasite larvae in water or undercooked fish. Larvae mate inside the body. Thin female worms can grow up to 3 feet.
After about a year, the worms try to escape from the body, emerging through painful and disabling skin lesions.
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McDonald's unveils first automated location, social media worried it will cut 'millions' of jobs
McDonald’s opened its first automated restaurant, with machines handling everything from taking orders to delivering the food – and dividing opinions everywhere.
"When you step inside the test restaurant concept, you'll notice it's considerably smaller than a traditional McDonald's restaurant in the U.S.," McDonald’s said in a statement. "Why? The features—inside and outside—are geared toward customers who are planning to dine at home or on the go."
The Fort Worth, Texas, location uses technology to minimize human interaction when ordering and picking up food. The restaurant features an "Order Ahead Lane" where customers can receive orders by conveyor belt, Newsweek reported.
The initiative is part of McDonald’s "Accelerating the Arches" plan, which works to grow and innovate the customer experience, but not everyone is pleased with the direction the restaurant chain has chosen.
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TikTok user @foodiemunster shared a video of their experience, which showed the user going into a small but empty McDonald’s with one kiosk to order food and a conveyor belt that delivers it when ready.
"Inside the restaurant, there's a delivery pick-up room for couriers to retrieve orders quickly and conveniently," McDonald’s explained in its statement. "There are also kiosks, where customers can place their orders to go, and a pick-up shelf for orders."
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"Outside the restaurant, there are several parking spaces dedicated to curbside order pick-up, as well as designated parking spaces for delivery drivers."
McDonald's stressed that a restaurant crew will remain to help prepare the orders, and the removal of tasks such as handling the register and delivering food to the front or drive-thru lanes will help improve the team's ability to assemble orders.
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"The technology in this restaurant not only allows us to serve our customers in new, innovative ways, it gives our restaurant team the ability to concentrate more on order speed and accuracy, which makes the experience more enjoyable for everyone," explains Keith Vanecek, the franchisee operating the test restaurant.
"I am immensely proud to have this new restaurant concept serving our customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."
Social media response indicated people did not universally agree whether this was a positive or negative change: Some people celebrated the innovation as a move towards faster and more accurate orders, but others took a more cynical position and predicted that it would lead to a loss of "millions of jobs."
"Honestly, if they go through with this I'll just boycott McDonald's. Their food's mid at best anyway," one user said.
McDonald’s did not respond to a FOX Business request for comment by time of publication. | 2022-12-27T15:38:21+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/mcdonalds-unveils-first-automated-location-social-media-worried-it-will-cut-millions-of-jobs |
Maddie Branigan led St. Dominic with 15 points and four rebounds as it defeated Memorial 44-37 Jersey City.
St. Dominic (13-9) held a 19-15 lead after a 16-4 run in the second quarter and outscored Memorial 25-22 in the second half.
Alyssa Stridiron also had 13 points with Autumn Domingo adding eight points and nine rebounds.
Elaine Alcantara posted a 10-point, 11-rebound double-double for Memorial (16-7) with Yamileth Flores tallying 10 points, three rebounds and three assists. Vanessa Montiel also had seven points while dishing out six assists.
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Four shot at Kentucky homeless shelter
Four people were shot at a homeless shelter in Hendersonville, Kentucky Thursday night, police said. There was no initial word on their conditions. A suspect was in custody.
Hendersonville Police Chief Sean McKinney told reporters officers responded to a call of an active shooter at the Harbor House Christian Center and found four victims. It wasn’t clear if they were residents.
Officers were told Kenneth B. Gibbs was a person of interest. His vehicle was found at a boat ramp a short time later, then he was, and he was detained without incident, McKinney said.
No motive was known and police think there are no other suspects.
Gibbs was a resident or had spent time at the shelter, McKinney added.
Harbor House is a men’s shelter, mostly for short-term stays. | 2022-08-26T08:06:12+00:00 | wsgw.com | https://www.wsgw.com/four-shot-at-kentucky-homeless-shelter/ |
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday that his administration is expanding Advanced Placement African American Studies courses next year from one school to 26 in New Jersey after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked the course from being taught in public schools in Florida.
Murphy's move comes about a month after the administration of DeSantis, a potential presidential candidate, declared without citing any evidence that the course violates state law and isn't historically accurate.
Murphy cited Florida as he prepared to unveil the course expansion Tuesday during a visit to a Newark high school, saying DeSantis is prioritizing “political culture wars” over academics.
"New Jersey will proudly teach our kids that Black History is American History," Murphy said in a statement. “While the DeSantis Administration stated that AP African American Studies ‘significantly lacks educational value’, New Jersey will stand on the side of teaching our full history.”
The courses have begun in 60 schools nationwide as part of a two-year pilot phase and are set to expand to hundreds next year.
Florida's move stirred a debate over the courses.
DeSantis said the course seeks to push an agenda and violates the Stop WOKE Act he signed last year, which prohibits instruction that defines people as necessarily oppressed or privileged based on their race.
Critics say DeSantis is sending a message that Black history doesn't count in Florida.
The College Board, which administers the Advanced Placement program, released course curriculum details this month, which show that topics including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life are not part of the course's exam, but are still included as potential research topics, along with “Black conservatism.” The board said course revisions were mostly complete before DeSantis objected.
Newark Schools Superintendent Roger Leon embraced the expansion. Six schools in his district will teach the course in the 2023-2024 school year.
“The study of African American History, as a discrete field, is important to gaining a deeper, fuller understanding of United States History," Leon said.
New Jersey's statewide learning standards already required some diversity education in lessons, requirements that were expanded in 2021 under a state law requiring districts to incorporate instruction on diversity and inclusion.
Murphy also targeted DeSantis during his January state of the state address, criticizing his comments that Florida is where “woke goes to die.”
As for Murphy's own presidential ambitions, he has said he'll back President Joe Biden if he runs for reelection, leaving open the possibility he could consider running if not. | 2023-02-14T17:49:09+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/murphy-says-new-jersey-will-expand-ap-black-17783841.php |
Former President Donald Trump is now under arrest ahead of his arraignment Tuesday at a Manhattan courthouse.
Trump surrendered and was formally processed. The 76-year-old faces charges stemming from hush-money payments made during the 2016 campaign to bury allegations that he had extramarital sexual encounters.
Most New York defendants are booked at a police precinct, however, he was booked at the courthouse.
Court officers booked a record of his name, age, birthdate, height, and weight before taking his fingerprints. They may take his mugshot.
In New York City, mug shots aren’t generally made public. In certain circumstances, a court might release the mugshots in response to a public records dispute. Moreover, it might leak.
RELATED: Trump Indicted By Manhattan Grand Jury, First Former POTUS To Face Criminal Charges
They’ll also check to see if the former president has any outstanding warrants. After booking, he goes before a judge.
Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina has stated that they will “vigorously fight this political prosecution in court” and that the former president “did not commit any crime.”
“One thing I can assure you as I sit here today: There’ll be no guilty plea in this case. That’s one thing I can guarantee you,” said Tacopina
The former Republican president, who has constantly denied any wrongdoing, referred to the indictment as “political persecution” and predicted it would hurt Democrats in 2024.
Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges. His supporters plan to rally in his hometown and protest outside the courthouse.
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Strike on Ukrainian maternity hospital kills newborn
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - An overnight rocket attack struck a hospital maternity ward in southern Ukraine, killing a newborn baby, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday. The baby’s mother and a doctor were pulled alive from the rubble.
The region’s governor said the rockets were Russian.
The strike in Vilniansk, close to the city of Zaporizhzhia, adds to the gruesome toll suffered by hospitals and other medical facilities — and their patients and staff — in the Russian invasion entering its tenth month this week.
They have been in the firing line from the outset, including a March 9 airstrike that destroyed a maternity hospital in the now-occupied port city of Mariupol.
“At night, Russian monsters launched huge rockets at the small maternity ward of the hospital in Vilniansk. Grief overwhelms our hearts — a baby was killed who had just seen the light of day. Rescuers are working at the site,” said the regional governor, Oleksandr Starukh, writing on the Telegram messaging app.
Photos he posted show thick smoke rising above mounds of rubble, being combed by emergency workers against the backdrop of a dark night sky.
The State Emergency Service initially said a baby was killed and that a new mother and a doctor were pulled from the rubble, and that they were the only people in the ward at the time. The service specified in a follow-up post on Telegram that the rescued woman was the newborn’s mother.
It said the two-story building was destroyed.
Vilniansk is in the Ukrainian-held north of the Zaporizhzhia region, and is about 500 kilometers (300 miles) southeast of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Other parts of Zaporizhzhia are Russian-held and it is one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia illegally annexed in September after internationally condemned sham referendums.
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Manteo's Historic Waterfront Is A Harbor Of Hospitality And Gateway To The Outdoors
MANTEO, N.C., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau invites the public to begin their discovery of the OBX barrier islands on Roanoke Island, where America's story was set in motion more than four hundred years ago. Today, the tiny waterside town of Manteo provides travelers with a celebratory atmosphere, just right for those passionate about history, hospitality and the nearby national parks and refuges. "Whether you stayover the weekend or a full week and longer, Roanoke Island can be a destination on the OBX unto itself, or the perfect entry point to further explore the other Outer Banks islands," says Lee Nettles, Executive Director. "Many people have heard of Roanoke Island from history books as the first English colony in America dating back to 1587, and here we are four centuries later, waving folks onto the islands to pursue their dream vacation."
Roanoke Island is centrally located between the North Carolina mainland, the Northern Beaches and Hatteras Island, surrounded by the waters of Croatan and Roanoke Sounds, with the Atlantic Ocean just a few miles away. Manteo distinguishes itself as a community filled with bed and breakfasts and coastal inns for intimate accommodations and premium guest services. The gorgeous salt marsh landscape is punctuated by the perpetual evening glow of the Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse assisting sailboats of all sizes as they venture off the Intracoastal Waterway in search of seaside adventure. As a nod to the Outer Banks' colonial past, the 16th century replica sailing ship Elizabeth II watches over the harbor and invites fans of history to learn about the earliest Atlantic Ocean crossings from her berth at Roanoke Island Festival Park. On summer nights, enjoy live theater under the stars at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site as The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama continues an 85-year legacy of depicting our nation's first trials and triumphs.
Along with the island's history of early European settlers, we also have an incredible African American heritage, where Black pioneers of personal freedom came to Roanoke Island during the Civil War. You can be inspired by the Freedmen's Colony story and other contemporary narratives at cultural sites around Manteo. Pea Island Lifesaving Station, later a part of the US Coast Guard, was the first station manned exclusively by an African American crew beginning in the late 1800's. The restored Pea Island Cookhouse Museum preserves the history of the station and the heroic deeds of the brave men who served there. "Roanoke Island has so many interesting layers of history that are completely unexpected," explains Nettles. "For example, we have the oldest living cultivated grapevine in America, the Mother Vine, in our community. At 400-plus years old, it looks like it grew right out of a fairy tale."
"Visitors come for the outdoors, the coastal charm and quiet calm of the waterside wilderness that is within easy reach year-round. You head in one direction out of Manteo and you've got Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and its hundreds of bird species sightings, and in the other direction you have Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge with kayaking excursions, tram tours and a huge black bear population. That's not your average beach trip!" Taste seekers can drop a virtual pin in Manteo for a variety of original, chef-owned restaurants featuring locally sourced seafood and a range of other fare from fine dining to street food. Imbibe crisp cocktails featuring our local rum distillery spirits or down taphouse brewed small batch beers to toast the occasion of your discovery of the Outer Banks. OuterBanks.org
The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau is a public authority and the lead marketing and promotional agency for Dare County's Outer Banks, a 100 mile stretch of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast. OuterBanks.org
Aaron Tuell, Public Relations
Outer Banks Visitors Bureau
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Millions of cars around the country need urgent repairs — some so serious that the feds have classified them as “do not drive” or “park outside” alerts.
These types of recalls are issued because there’s a problem serious enough that it could cause an accident or severe physical harm if left uncorrected. “Park outside” recalls in particular are issued when there is a fire risk with the vehicle, which could spread to a home or other structures if parked in a garage.
CARFAX estimates 2.5 million cars nationwide have these serious unresolved recall repairs, despite federal authorities and car manufacturers trying to get the word out.
“There are many different factors involved,” Patrick Olsen, editor-in-chief at CARFAX, explained. “I do think consumer apathy. I also think recall fatigue is a real thing.”
For example, many Takata airbag recalls are listed as “do not drive,” but those recalls have been going on since 2014. A shortage when it comes to parts, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, made those recall repairs drag on and on.
Another factor is when older vehicles change hands a few times.
“Just last week, BMW issued a new one for 90,000 models going back to the 2004 model year,’’ said Olsen. “These are 19-year-old vehicles. So we may be in their second, third, fourth, fifth owner at this point.”
According to CARFAX’s analysis, ten states have more than 70,000 vehicles with “do not drive” or “park outside” notices still on the roads. The states with the most are:
- California: 245,000
- Texas: 242,000
- Florida: 237,000
- New York: 118,000
- Pennsylvania: 106,000
- Ohio: 101,000
- Georgia: 96,000
- Illinois: 92,000
- North Carolina: 85,000
- Arizona: 71,000
Federal law doesn’t prevent used cars from being resold with outstanding recalls on them, so it’s up to you to figure out if your recently purchased car has an open recall. Olsen said CARFAX has online tools available to alert you to recalls.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also has an online tool where you can type in your vehicle’s VIN, and it will tell you if any parts are affected by a recall.
Federal law says all recall repairs must be done free of charge and in a timely manner.
“If any consumer goes to a dealership who for whatever reason, says they can’t do it, they should immediately go to the next nearest dealership,” said Olsen. “If they get trouble with the turnaround, talk to the corporate office.”
If that doesn’t work — escalate it. File a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration including as many specifics about the dealership as possible. | 2023-05-21T19:09:50+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/do-not-drive-these-states-have-most-cars-under-urgent-recall-carfax-says/ |
2023 RBC Canadian Open Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 2
After the first round at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, Justin Lower is currently atop the leaderboard (+6000 to win).
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- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Par/Distance: Par 72/7,264 yards
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Senators seek disaster funding for drought-stricken Lake Mead
Senators from the two states that border Lake Mead are calling for the National Park Service to use some of the $1.5 billion in natural disaster recovery funding the agency received to address the drought-stricken reservoir.
The latest federal spending bill signed by President Joe Biden in December allocated $1.5 billion to pay for recovery efforts at national park lands that have been hit by natural disaster, including severe flooding at Yellowstone National Park last summer that washed out several sections of roads.
In a letter sent Tuesday to National Park Service Director Charles Sams and Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, Nevada Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, along with Democrat Mark Kelly and Independent Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, asked that Lake Mead’s shrinking shorelines also receive some of that financial attention to address the long-term toll that 23 years of drought have taken on the nation’s largest reservoir.
“We ask that you give the same consideration to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and provide funding for critical infrastructure needs to protect the lake and ensure the recreation area, including the boat launch ramps around the lake, are accessible to all visitors,” the senators wrote in the letter.
Lake Mead currently sits at just 28 percent capacity, and its levels have fallen by roughly 170 feet since the drought started more than two decades ago. That decline has accelerated over the last two years, which forced the federal government to declare a water shortage along the Colorado River and prompted calls for the seven states that rely on the river to find ways to cut water use by as much as 25 percent in the coming years.
The lake’s levels aren’t all that’s falling. After seeing about 7.6 million visitors in 2021, Lake Mead’s visitation dropped to just 5.6 million last year while overall park visitation across the country increased by 5 percent.
The quickly receding shorelines have taken a toll on boating access at the lake, which now has just one operational boating launch ramp, Hemenway Harbor, after the park service was forced to close four others because of the costs to continue extending the ramps.
“These disastrous conditions have reshaped Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s one and a half million acres of incredible landscapes and slowly depleted the largest reservoir in the United States,” the senators wrote. “Visitors to Lake Mead play a significant role in the local economy, supporting small businesses and workers who depend on robust outdoor recreation tourism for their livelihoods. The low water levels have seriously impacted recreation, particularly with the closure of all but one boat launch ramp at the lake, putting businesses and jobs at risk.”
The park service is currently reviewing options for the future of the boat ramps at Lake Mead, from moving marinas and extending access to effectively closing off motorized boating access altogether, with the outcome largely dependent on the level of funding that would be made available to address those projects.
The agency previously said it expects to have a draft of its plan by the end of spring.
Contact Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com. Follow @ColtonLochhead on Twitter. | 2023-03-21T15:37:58+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/senators-seek-disaster-funding-for-drought-stricken-lake-mead-2747964/ |
An educational discussion of Ohio's medical and legal landscape after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v Wade
CLEVELAND, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What liabilities do attorneys, health care providers, companies and firms face as Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization becomes part of our legal system? What are the nuances and pitfalls of this incredibly complex ruling? What do attorneys and other professionals need to know as they begin to advise their clients about working within the boundaries of this landmark case?
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v Wade opened a Pandora's box for attorneys, physicians, hospitals, clinics – and women all over Ohio. From genetic testing, IVF and ectopic pregnancies to rape and incest, medical personnel, health care administrators, parents – and their attorneys – now face unprecedented legal questions and perils.
On July 25, 2022, a free symposium will address issues raised by the Supreme Court's ruling and the immediate "trigger law" enacted by the Ohio state legislature. The first half of this symposium will address legal issues related to medicine, procedures and effective legal representation. The second half will offer medical and service providers information about the new legalities surrounding reproductive rights. The symposium will focus on Ohio law and also consider the impact of laws governing surrounding states.
This symposium is open to attorneys, medical professionals and members of the general public interested in factual information. It is not intended to be a forum for advocacy.
The program will be moderated by Ian Friedman, Esq., Friedman & Nemecek, LLC and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Adjunct Professor.
Speakers include Dr. Catherine Romanos, Women's Clinic of Columbus; Maggie Scotece, Esq., Interim Executive Director, Women Have Options Ohio; Jordyn Close, Executive Fellow, Ohio Women's Alliance and Board Chair, Women Have Options-Ohio; Madelyn J. Grant, Esq., Criminal Defense Attorney, Friedman & Nemecek, LLC; Jen Driscoll, Esq., Supervisor of Major Trial Unit, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office; Diane Menashe, Esq., Partner, Director of Litigation Training & Pro Bono Activities, Ice Miller Legal Counsel; Jessie Hill, JD, Professor of Law, CWRU School of Law; Sarah Inskeep, Chief of Staff & Operations Director, Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (URGE); Collette Ngana, Chair, Board of Directors of Preterm; Victoria Vance, Esq., Chair, Tucker Ellis, LLP, Health Care Practice Group; Susan Scheutzow, Esq., Healthcare Attorney, Kohrman Jackson & Krantz; and David Burkons, MD, Physician and Owner, Northeast Ohio Women's Center, LLC and Toledo Women's Center.
This free symposium will take place on Monday, July 25, 2022 from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM in-person at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Conference Center, 1375 E. 9th Street in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It will also simultaneously be webcast on Zoom and Facebook. Online log-in information will be provided after registration. Attorneys will receive four hours of CLE.
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Post-Dobbs-Ohio-Symposium. For more information about this symposium contact Kari Burns: 216-539-5970 kburns@clemetrobar.org
This symposium is sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union; Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights; the League of Women Voters of Ohio; Malarcik, Pierce, Munyer, & Will Attorneys at Law; Spitz, the Employee's Law Firm; The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio; OPEN; the Toledo Bar Association; the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Rittgers & Rittgers; ALJ; and Friedman & Nemecek.
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Election results for state and local races, along with ballot propositions and constitutional amendments, are listed below. Polls closed in Albany County at 7 p.m. Tuesday. A total of 12,786 people in Albany County voted in this election.
This information reflects unofficial election results. Official results will be determined after they are certified Friday, Albany County Clerk Jackie Gonzales said.
Senate District 9
Chris Rothfuss (D): 3,221 votes, winner
Diana Seabeck (R): 1,894 votes
House District 13
Ken Chestek (D): 1,395 votes, winner
Wayne Pinch (R): 932 votes
House District 14
Trey Sherwood (D): 1,950 votes, winner
Bryan Shuster (R): 1,619 votes
House District 45
Karlee Provenza (D): 2,150 votes, winner
House District 46
Ocean Andrew (R): 2,638 votes, winner
Merav Ben-David (D): 1,196 votes
Albany County Commissioner
Pete Gosar (D): 6,054 votes, winner
Terri Jones (R): 5,880 votes, winner
Heber Richardson (R): 5,176 votes
Klaus Halbsgut (D): 4,838 votes
Albany County Coroner
Sally King (D): 6,060 votes, winner
Tiffany Reed (R): 5,957 votes
Albany County Attorney
Edward Kurt Britzuis (D): 8,464 votes, winner
Albany County Sheriff
Aaron Appelhans (D): 6,549 votes, winner
Joel Senior (R): 6,023 votes
Albany County Clerk
Kayla White (D): 6,954 votes, winner
Susan Reding (R): 5,450 votes
Albany County Treasurer
Tracy Fletcher (D): 9,019 votes, winner
Albany County Assessor
Chelsie Mathews (R): 7,069 votes, winner
Shelley Leonard (D): 4,953 votes
Clerk of the District Court
Stacy Lam (R): 9,284 votes, winner
Judge of the Circuit Court, Second Judicial District
Robert Sanford: 8,481 votes, retained
Laramie City Council
Micah Richardson: 1,867 votes, winner
Allison Cunningham: 1,115 votes
Brandon Newman: 1,021 votes, winner
Erin O’Doherty: 2,035 votes, winner
Joe Shumway: 1,706 votes, winner
Bern Haggerty: 1,115 votes
Albany County School District 1 Board
Area A unexpired two year term:
Mary Alice Bruce: 5,274 votes, winner
Alex Moon Krassin: 3,276 votes, winner
Phoebe Newman: 3,160 votes
Elliott Arthur: 2,249 votes
Dexter Slade Candelaria: 1,767 votes
Area A four year term winners:
Steve Gosar: 5,251 votes, winner
Beth Bear: 4,399 votes, winner
Carrie Murthy: 3,864 votes, winner
Teri Jo Gillum: 2,649 votes
Thomas Martin: 1,090 votes
Area B four year term winner:
Janice Marshall: 4,166 votes, winner
Stella Rios Nowell: 2,713 votes
At large four year term winner:
Nate Martin: 5,285 votes, winner
Thomas Mullan: 3,834 votes
Albany County Fire District 1
Matthew Burkhart: 1,882 votes, winner
Hospital District Trustee
Terry Roark: 5,934 votes, winner
Stephen Maguire: 4,401 votes, winner
Guy Warpness: 3,869 votes
Laramie Rivers Conservation District
Zachary Iddings: 8,196 votes, winner
Mandy Marney: 8,170 votes, winner
Constitutional Amendment A: authorizing political subdivisions in equities
Constitutional Amendment B: Changing mandatory retirement age for justices and District Court judges to 75
Proposition 1: renewal of general purpose 1% sales tax for four years
Proposition 2: making the general purpose 1% sales tax term permanent
Proposition 3: Continuation of 2% lodging tax | 2022-11-09T17:47:35+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/2022-general-election-local-results/article_4e704190-5f99-11ed-987d-fb66612251c3.html |
BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE) announced that Chris Simon, President and CEO, will present at the Morgan Stanley 20th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, September 12, 2022, at 8:45 a.m. ET.
The public may access Mr. Simon's presentation live via webcast and subsequent replay at: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1566655&tp_key=6a9e8b9f64&tp_special=8
A replay of the webcast will be available for 180 days beginning on September 12, 2022 at 12:00 pm ET using the webcast link provided in this press release.
About Haemonetics
Haemonetics (NYSE: HAE) is a global healthcare company dedicated to providing a suite of innovative medical products and solutions for customers, to help them improve patient care and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our technology addresses important medical markets: blood and plasma component collection, the surgical suite and hospital transfusion services. To learn more about Haemonetics, visit www.haemonetics.com.
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TAMPA, Fla. — One man was killed and 6 were others injured in an overnight shooting outside a bar in downtown Tampa, according to police.
Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor said during a news conference that the shooting happened just before 3 a.m. near LIT Cigar & Martini Lounge at 908 N Franklin St.
The chief says the incident happened when the bar was closing and a fight broke out between two groups. She says it appears both groups were escorted outside and the fight escalated when the suspect left during the fight and armed themselves.
Investigators say the suspect came back and reportedly shot into the crowd.
Officers found one man dead outside the bar. Four adult men and two adult females were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to the chief the person shot and killed is from California and was in Tampa visiting for a wedding.
"This is senseless violence. There's no reason why anyone should lose their
life over a fight at a bar," said Chief Mary O'Connor. "We are working
diligently to follow up on leads and find those responsible."
No arrests have been made as of yet. Chief O'Connor says they know there is at least one suspect in this case and there may be more. | 2022-10-09T15:53:32+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/one-dead-tampa-lit-cigar-bar/67-bd06c493-bb24-4ea4-98fc-96f46f5621fd |
Central swimming squads sweep District 2-6A team titles in Midland
MIDLAND — The San Angelo Central boys and girls swimming teams each won team titles at the District 2-6A Swimming and Diving Championships at COM Aquatics in Midland on Thursday.
The boys squad won with 178 points, which was 56 points better than second place Midland Legacy. The Lady Cats scored 198 points and finished 64 points ahead of second place Midland High.
On the boys side, Central’s Aidan Morales won the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 23.49 seconds. Morales also teamed with Creed Thompson, Earl Childs and Tristan Thompson to win the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:33.07.
Childs also won the 100 breaststroke, edging Midland Legacy’s David Fuentes for the victory.
On the girls side, the Lady Cats swept the three relays on Thursday. The team of Elsa Reel, Camila Acevedo, Whitney Edinburgh and Mallorie Manning combined to win the 200-yard medley relay. Edinburgh, Reel, Manning and Salma Hernandez won the 200-yard freestyle relay. Hernandez also teamed with Paula Brame, Zoey Moore and Emma Watkins to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Reel also won the 200-yard individual medley and Edinburgh took gold in the 50-yard freestyle, timing in at 24.73. Edinburgh also won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.22 seconds, finishing more than a second ahead of Manning.
Central coach Matt McLaughlin was also named the Boys and Girls Swimming Coach of the Meet.
The Bobcats and Lady Cats will next compete at the Region I-6A Meet at the FMH Foundation Natatorium in Midland on Feb. 3-4. | 2023-01-20T12:38:40+00:00 | gosanangelo.com | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/sports/high-school/central/2023/01/19/central-swimming-squads-sweep-team-titles-district-2-6a-meet/69824066007/ |
WEST READING, Pa. (AP) _ Customers Bancorp Inc. (CUBI) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $63.9 million.
The bank, based in West Reading, Pennsylvania, said it had earnings of $1.85 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and severance costs, were $2.48 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.23 per share.
The bank holding company posted revenue of $226.9 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $150 million, which fell short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $176.5 million.
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GARDINER, Mont. (WXIN) — As more than 10,000 people were forced out of Yellowstone National Park due to historic flooding, an Indiana man was there to witness an incredible sight. He was recording as an entire house toppled into the churning waters of the Yellowstone River.
Parker Manning, from Terre Haute, Indiana, was staying in a cabin in Gardiner, Montana when he recorded the incident on Monday night, he told The Associated Press. The house was largely intact as it hit the water and floated downstream.
“We started seeing entire trees floating down the river, debris,” Manning told The Associated Press. “Saw one crazy single kayaker coming down through, which was kind of insane.”
Manning was one of a handful of people still stranded near Yellowstone Wednesday.
The Yellowstone River hit historic levels after days of rain and rapid snowmelt wrought havoc across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming, where it washed away cabins, swamped small towns and knocked out power. It hit Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors was ramping up.
Instead of marveling at massive elk and bison, burbling thermal pools and the reliable blasts of Old Faithful’s geyser, tourists found themselves witnessing nature at its most unpredictable as the Yellowstone River river crested in a chocolate brown torrent that washed away everything in its path.
“It is just the scariest river ever,” Kate Gomez of Santa Fe, New Mexico, said Tuesday. “Anything that falls into that river is gone.”
The park, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, could remain closed as long as a week, and northern entrances may not reopen this summer, Superintendent Cam Sholly said.
“The water is still raging,” said Sholly, who noted that some weather forecasts include the possibility of additional flooding this weekend.
The Associated Press contributed to this story. | 2022-06-15T21:31:27+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/incredible-video-captures-house-falling-into-yellowstone-river/ |
PHOENIX — Arizona's primary election is defined by open races for several statewide positions, and the election-denying candidates running to assume those roles in 2023.
There are no incumbents running for three key statewide offices – governor, attorney general and secretary of state – the top election gig in Arizona. Former President Donald Trump has exerted his influence over crowded fields of candidates, many of whom continue to baselessly assert the 2020 election, which Trump lost in Arizona and nationwide, was stolen.
That includes Trump-endorsed candidates like former local news anchor Kari Lake, who's running for governor; state Rep. Mark Finchem, who's running for secretary of state; and Abe Hamadeh, who's running for attorney general.
In fact, Lake has already taken a page out of the Trump playbook and claimed the current election is rigged against her. She's repeatedly refused to present evidence to back her claims when confronted by reporters.
Lake's closest competition is a wealthy developer, Karrin Taylor Robson, who's backed by the conservative establishment both in Arizona and nationally. Current Gov. Doug Ducey has endorsed her, as has former Vice President Mike Pence.
Taylor Robson has spent millions of dollars to brand herself as a more reasonable-sounding Republican, though her policies don't often differ from Lake. Both have similar talking points when it comes to border security and so-called critical race theory. And Taylor Robson has done little to dispel concerns about the 2020 election while she criticizes Lake for casting doubt on the current vote.
Elsewhere, a crowded field of Republicans, led by Trump endorsee and former venture capitalist Blake Masters, are vying for the right to run against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in November. Kelly's win in 2020 gave Democrats control of both Arizona's U.S. Senate seats, and national Republican leaders have viewed the state as a potential rebound ever since.
Races further down the ballot will also set the stage for competitive congressional seats up for grabs in November. Redistricting made two key districts currently occupied by Democrats more conservative, giving Republicans a chance to pick up key U.S. House seats in a state Democrats now control 5-4.
Copyright 2022 KJZZ | 2022-08-03T02:41:51+00:00 | wksu.org | https://www.wksu.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-08-02/many-eyes-are-on-arizonas-open-seats-in-tuesdays-primary |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A clash between two groups of migrants near the Serbia-Hungary border left one person dead and seven others injured Saturday, Serbia’s state television reported.
The migrants were stranded in northern Serbia while attempting to cross into the European Union when the violence erupted. The injured were taken to a local hospital, including a 16-year-old girl who was seriously injured, Serbian media reports said, quoting doctors.
They said the clash, which included firearms, occurred in a forest near the border with Hungary. Police blocked off the area while conducting the investigation.
The clash also involved migrant smugglers from Afghanistan and Pakistan who take money to get them across the border, according to the media reports, which couldn’t be independently verified.
Thousands of migrants fleeing wars and poverty in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are stranded in the Balkans, one of the major European routes for those trying to reach Western Europe.
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Follow AP’s coverage of migration issues at https://apnews.com/hub/migration | 2022-07-03T00:47:51+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/1-migrant-killed-7-injured-near-serbia-hungary-border/ |
(AP) — Military-aged men have joined an exodus from Russia on the second full day of a partial military mobilization. They filled planes and caused traffic jams at land borders in desperate bids to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine.
A traffic jam of 10 kilometers (6 miles) formed on a road in southern Russia leading to the land border with Georgia. That’s according to Yandex Maps, a Russian online map service.
The lines of cars at the border with Kazakhstan were so long that some people abandoned their vehicles and headed to the border on foot. Meanwhile, dozens flights out of Russia carried men to Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, among other destinations. | 2022-09-24T22:39:32+00:00 | kurv.com | https://www.kurv.com/russian-men-join-exodus-fearing-call-up-to-fight-in-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russian-men-join-exodus-fearing-call-up-to-fight-in-ukraine |
The end of iPods: What you should know as Apple discontinues the iconic line of music players
PHOENIX - Officials with Apple Inc. announced on May 10 that the company will discontinue the last product on its iPod line, thus bringing an entire product line to an end after decades on the market.
"Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did, impacted more than just the music industry — it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared," said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, in a statement released on May 10.
Here's what you should know about the once sought-after music player.
What's an iPod?
iPod, as released in 2001 (Photo Courtesy: Apple Inc.)
In a statement published by Apple in 2001, officials describe the product as a "breakthrough MP3 music player."
"With iPod, Apple has invented a whole new category of digital music player that lets you put your entire music collection in your pocket and listen to it wherever you go," said Apple's then-CEO, Steve Jobs, in the statement. "With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again."
The first iteration of the iPod was made available for purchase in November 2001, a month after the product was announced to the public. The first iPods were sold for $399, which, according to the CPI Inflation Calculator on The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website, is equivalent to about $646 in 2022.
Has Apple released other iPod products?
In the years since the release of the original iPod, Apple also offered other music players under the iPod name.
In 2004, the company released iPod mini, and in 2005, the company released the iPod shuffle, which officials touted as the first iPod product to be sold under $100, as well as the iPod nano, which they say was a full-featured iPod that is thinner than a standard #2 pencil.
In 2007, the company released iPod touch, which officials say features a multi-touch user interface that was first introduced on the iPhone, which was also introduced in 2007.
What can people do with an iPod?
For the first edition of iPods, company officials said a user can "pack up to 1,000 CD-quality songs into an ultra-portable 6.5-ounce design that fits in your pocket."
In the years since the first iPod was released, Apple steadily added new functionalities to the device, as well as increasing its capacity for songs.
In 2005, the company announced an updated iPod that features a screen that can display content in color, as well as giving users the ability to watch video stored on the device.
By 2007, the iPod product that descended from the original iPod, which officials named iPod classic, can carry 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video.
The iPod touch, as originally released, also includes Wi-fi capability that allows people to go online when they are connected to a Wi-fi signal. The final iteration of iPod touch, which was released in 2019, gave users the ability to do Group FaceTime calls on the device, in addition to allowing users to experience augmented reality with the device.
How popular were iPods?
By August 2007, almost six years after the original iPod was released, Apple officials announced that they have sold 100 million iPods. By then, the company has already released other music players under the iPod name.
The iPod line's popularity also helped, according to an article by Macworld, rejuvenate Apple's computer business.
Data from Apple's financial statement summary show the company sold over 11 million iPods in the 4th quarter of 2008.
Financial figures released by the company since 2008, however, have shown a decline in iPod sales, with data from 2009 showing the company sold just over 10 million iPods in that year's 4th quarter.
By 2014, the company only reported a sale of about 2.6 million units of iPods in that year's 4th quarter. Apple stopped reporting iPod sales in 2015, according to Reuters.
Why are they discontinuing iPods?
News that the iPod touch has been discontinued is the last of a number of iPod product discontinuations.
In 2014, website TechCrunch reported that Apple has discontinued the iPod classic with no announcement. In 2017, The Verge reported that both the iPod nano and iPod shuffle have been discontinued, leaving the iPod touch as the company's last remaining product that carries the 'iPod' moniker.
The iPod product line, as it stood prior to May 10, exists in a consumer landscape that is very different from the landscape that existed when the first iPod was released, with music and video functionalities that once made the iPod special now a feature in many other Apple products, portable or otherwise.
Indeed, in its statement on May 10, company officials say the spirit of its once-iconic music player line lives on.
"We’ve integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad, and Apple TV," said Joswiak, in the statement.
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In its statement on May 10, company officials say iPod touch can still be purchased through Apple's website, as well as at Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, while supplies last. | 2022-05-11T04:21:42+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/the-end-of-ipods-what-you-should-know-as-apple-discontinues-the-iconic-line-of-music-players |
A few months after South Dakota banned abortion last year, April Matson drove more than nine hours to take a friend to a Colorado clinic to get the procedure.
The trip brought back difficult memories of Matson’s own abortion at the same clinic in 2016. The former grocery store worker and parent of two couldn’t afford a hotel and slept in a tent near a horse pasture — bleeding and in pain.
Getting an abortion has long been extremely difficult for Native Americans like Matson. It has become even tougher since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
New, restrictive state laws add to existing hurdles: a decades-old ban on most abortions at clinics and hospitals run by the federal Indian Health Service, fewer nearby health centers offering abortions, vast rural expanses for many to travel, and poverty afflicting more than a quarter of the Native population.
“That’s a lot of barriers,” said Matson, who lives in Sioux Falls and is Sicangu Lakota. “We’re already an oppressed community, and then we have this oppression on top of that oppression.”
Among the six states with the highest proportion of Native American and Alaska Native residents, four – South Dakota, Oklahoma, Montana and North Dakota – have moved or are poised to further restrict abortion. South Dakota and Oklahoma ban it with few exceptions.
In some communities, the distance to the nearest abortion provider has increased by hundreds of miles, said Lauren van Schilfgaarde, a member of Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico who directs the tribal legal development clinic at the University of California-Los Angeles.
“Native people are having to cross massive, massive distances and absorb all of the travel costs and child care,” she said.
Experts say the issue should be seen within the larger context of the tortured history between Indigenous people and white society that began with the taking of Native lands and includes coerced sterilization of Native women lasting into the 1970s. Native Americans on both sides of the abortion debate invoke this history — some arguing the procedure reduces the number of potential citizens in a population that has been threatened for centuries, and others saying new restrictions are another attack on Native women’s rights.
Many advocates worry that reduced abortion access will make things even worse for women already facing maternal death rates twice as high as their white peers, teen birth rates more than twice as high as whites, and the worst rates of sexual violence.
“Indigenous women don’t have access to reproductive justice in any form, and that includes abortion,” said Natalie Stites Means, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe who serves on the board of the Justice Empowerment Network, an abortion fund. “Any limitation on our health care and any limitation on abortion is going to impact our health and well-being.”
DECADES OF RESTRICTIONS
For centuries, experts said, Indigenous people had their own systems of health care, which in some cases included natural abortive practices.
Today, the main source of care for many is the Indian Health Service, which serves 2.6 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to 574 federally recognized tribes in 37 states. Its clinics and hospitals operate under the Hyde Amendment, which bars them from using federal funds for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or threats to a mother’s life.
Even when an IHS patient falls under one of those exceptions, many facilities “don’t have the materials or staff or the expertise to provide that abortion care,” van Schilfgaarde said.
Matson uses the pronoun they and is two-spirit, a term used to describe those who combine traits of both men and women. Matson, who lived in Rapid City at the time, said IHS staff didn’t discuss abortion as an option for their unplanned pregnancy. After getting the procedure at 13 weeks in Colorado, they felt uncomfortable returning to IHS despite ongoing bleeding.
While IHS staff can refer people to places that provide abortions, federal funds can only be used for “Hyde-permitted” procedures and related patient travel, agency officials said in a statement. And a federal report shows nearly 1 in 5 American Indians and Alaska Natives are uninsured.
Also, there are often no abortion providers nearby. One reason? The proportion of Catholic health systems, which generally prohibit abortion, has grown significantly. A 2020 report by Community Catalyst, a nonprofit health advocacy organization, found that 1 in 6 acute care hospital beds in the U.S. is in a Catholic system. The share is 40% in South Dakota and 32% in Oklahoma.
SEEKING SOLUTIONS
After Roe fell, restrictive “trigger” laws took effect in more than a dozen states, including South Dakota and Oklahoma, which already had stopped providing most abortions. North Dakota’s abortion ban has been blocked in court.
Some Native women were inspired to organize.
Cherokee women in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, gathered over the summer to discuss a possible amendment to the tribe’s constitution protecting reproductive health access for its citizens. They were frustrated that leaders of this tribe with around 450,000 citizens hadn’t addressed the issue.
“Fear was just kind of palpable,” said group leader Alissa Baker, who teaches psychology at Northeastern State University. “We felt a need to protect our community … and really in some ways reclaim some of those traditional roles of a Cherokee woman, which is effectively being the voice of the community.”
But the effort stalled as the school year approached, with members spread across a rural area, busy with jobs and children.
Other activist efforts panned out. D’Arlyn Bell, a doctoral student at the University of Kansas and another member of the Cherokee Nation, joined with other Native activists to help defeat a proposed amendment to the Kansas state constitution that would have cleared the way for tougher abortion restrictions.
“We were doing it not only for the Native women in our own states but Native women from our own home territories, especially Oklahoma,” she said.
Experts stress that abortion views vary among tribal leaders and members – something echoed in a statement from the Cherokee Nation, the only one of the five largest tribes in South Dakota and Oklahoma to respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
Opening a clinic on tribal land would be legally challenging, experts said. The Cherokee Nation said it wouldn’t set one up, and there have been no announcements from other tribes since Roe was overturned. History shows the issue is fraught: The first woman president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota was impeached in 2006 after publicly proposing an abortion clinic on the reservation.
Post-Roe, Native Americans on both sides of the issue are taking personal and collective action.
Elizabeth Terrill, a board member for the anti-abortion Native American nonprofit Life is Sacred, said she’s a foster parent, does post-abortion counseling and supports moms. She said extended families on tribal lands historically have banded together when there is an unplanned pregnancy, and most women choose to continue them.
“I think there’s just a different cultural understanding of what life is and when life begins and why life is so sacred,” said Terrill, a mental health therapist near the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and member of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma.
Matson, executive director of the summer camp “Rock the Rez,” said they share their experience, donate money to those in need and tell others about resources like the Justice Empowerment Network, which covered most of their friend’s abortion and travel costs.
“Every time someone is going through this, I offer support,” said Matson, 32. “I’ve helped, I hope, in every way that I can.”
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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | 2023-02-14T19:32:59+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-post-roe-native-americans-face-even-more-abortion-hurdles/ |
More than 50% of company's footprint now covered by 5G
CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UScellular's 5G network is expanding in several states thanks to an innovative software update that enhances the 5G coordination between its cell sites and builds on the company's efforts to deploy smart networks. With this update, 1.4 million more people now have access to the company's 5G network.
Using features within 4G and 5G technology known as X2 coordination, UScellular can extend existing 5G service to neighboring sites, making 5G available to more customers.
In addition to extending 5G service availability and coverage area, UScellular has broadened its automation capabilities to accelerate the deployment of these services with greater autonomy, improved real time network updates, and greater accuracy with a feature called "Automatic Neighbor Relations" (ANR). This automation complements the work of UScellular engineers and allows them to focus on other high value efforts that contribute to the quality and reliability of the network.
"These updates allow us to get more out of our investment and enhance our customers' experience whether they are accessing our 5G network on their smartphone, tablet or for home internet," said Robert Jakubek, vice president of engineering and network operations at UScellular. "Our local network teams have been busy turning this technology on for customers from coast to coast, and we look forward to more customers taking advantage of our fast, high-quality network."
This expansion is part of UScellular's long-term network modernization plan. It represents a 5% increase in the company's 5G coverage, expanding these higher data speeds to more than 50% of its footprint. It is one element of the company's use of Artificial Intelligence technology to help ensure its network runs at peak performance. UScellular plans to implement ANR on future tower builds and upgrades as it continues to deploy 5G to more of its markets.
For more information about UScellular's 5G network, go to uscellular.com/5G.
UScellular is the fourth-largest full-service wireless carrier in the United States, providing national network coverage and industry-leading innovations designed to help customers stay connected to the things that matter most. The Chicago-based carrier provides a strong, reliable network supported by the latest technology and offers a wide range of communication services that enhance consumers' lives, increase the competitiveness of local businesses and improve the efficiency of government operations. Through its After School Access Project, the company has pledged to provide hotspots and service to help up to 50,000 youth connect to reliable internet. Additionally, UScellular has price protected all of its plans, promising not to increase prices through at least the end of 2023. To learn more about UScellular, visit one of its retail stores or www.uscellular.com. To get the latest news, visit newsroom.uscellular.com.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, January 23, 2023
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Burlington VT
332 PM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM EST MONDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4
inches.
* WHERE...In New York, Western Essex and Eastern Essex Counties.
In Vermont, Western Addison County.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow is expected to develop this evening,
becoming heavy at times during the early morning hours on
Monday. Snow tapers off into showers by late Monday morning,
except continuing in the favorable upslope areas of the
Adirondacks through the afternoon hours.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
Please allow extra time if travel is necessary.
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Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | 2023-01-22T21:25:59+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/NY-WFO-BURLINGTON-Warnings-Watches-and-17734501.php |
Childbirth healthcare costs $3K more than average, study says
Published: Jul. 13, 2022 at 8:57 AM CDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
(CNN) - Women who give birth end up having higher medical bills compared to women who are childless.
A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation reports that mothers will pay nearly $3,000 more in out-of-pocket health care expenses for their pregnancy, birth and postpartum treatment.
The findings are based on health insurance claims from the years 2018 through 2020 for females between 15 and 49 years old.
Women who had cesarean sections paid 77% more than those who gave birth naturally.
The researchers say these pregnancy-related expenses are higher than many families can afford.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-13T14:28:01+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2022/07/13/childbirth-healthcare-costs-3k-more-than-average-study-says/ |
- Revenue of RMB9,908 Million in the Second Quarter, Up 6.7% Year-over-Year;
Excluding COVID-19 Commercial Projects, Up 39.5% - Revenue of RMB18,871 Million in the First Half, Up 6.3% Year-over-Year;
Excluding COVID-19 Commercial Projects, Up 27.9% - Net Profit Attributable to Owners of the Company for the First Half Increased 14.6% to RMB 5,313 Million
- Diluted Earnings per Share (EPS) for the First Half Increased 20.9% to RMB1.79
- Adjusted Non-IFRS Net Profit Attributable to Owners of the Company for the First Half Increased 18.5% to RMB5,095 Million
- Adjusted Non-IFRS Diluted EPS for the First Half Increased 18.5% to RMB1.73[1]
- Free Cash Flow Achieved RMB2,926 Million for the First Half, Turned Positive and Grew Strongly
SHANGHAI, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi AppTec (stock code: 603259.SH / 2359.HK), a global company that provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries to advance discoveries and deliver groundbreaking treatments to patients, is pleased to announce its financial results for the first half ending June 30, 2023 ("Reporting Period").
This release provides a summary of the results and is not intended to be a comprehensive report. For additional information, please refer to the 2023 Interim Report and other relevant announcements published on the websites of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (www.sse.com.cn) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (www.hkexnews.hk), and the designated media for dissemination of the relevant information. Investors are advised to exercise caution and be aware of the investment risks in trading Company shares.
All financial information disclosed in this press release is prepared based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), in currency of RMB.
The 2023 Interim Report of the Company has not been audited.
Second Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
Revenue grew 6.7% year-over-year to RMB9,908 million, excluding COVID-19 commercial projects, revenue grew strongly by 39.5%. This is primarily attributable to the Company's continued excellent execution of our unique Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) business model to achieve strong synergy and continuous growth:
- WuXi Chemistry revenue grew 2.6% year-over-year to RMB7,034 million, excluding COVID-19 commercial projects, revenue grew strongly by 51.6%. Adjusted non-IFRS gross profit grew 12.9% year-over-year to RMB3,216 million, with a gross profit margin of 45.7%.
- WuXi Testing revenue grew 23.6% year-over-year to RMB1,638 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit grew 36.2% year-over-year to RMB640 million, with a gross profit margin of 39.1%.
- WuXi Biology revenue grew 17.5% year-over-year to RMB656 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit grew 21.3% year-over-year to RMB 271 million, with a gross profit margin of 41.4%.
- WuXi ATU revenue grew 22.9% year-over-year to RMB389 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit was RMB(16) million, with a gross profit margin of (4.2)%
- WuXi DDSU revenue declined 17.9% year-over-year to RMB176 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit grew year-over-year 5.2% to RMB63 million, with a gross profit margin of 35.8%. Meanwhile, we received the first royalty income from customers in the second quarter, which is a breakthrough for DDSU.
Unit: RMB million
- IFRS gross profit increased 18.1% year-over-year to RMB4,030 million. Gross profit margin was 40.7%[2]
- Adjusted non-IFRS gross profit increased 16.4% year-over-year to RM4,177 million. Adjusted non-IFRS gross margin was 42.2%.
- Net profit attributable to owners of the Company increased 5.1% year-over-year to RMB3,145 million.
- Adjusted non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company increased 22.4% year-over-year to RMB2,753 million.
First-Half 2023 Financial Highlights
Revenue grew 6.3% year-over-year to RMB18,871 million, excluding COVID-19 commercial projects, revenue grew strongly by 27.9%. This is primarily attributable to the Company's continued excellent execution of our unique Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) business model to achieve strong synergy and continuous growth:
- WuXi Chemistry revenue grew 3.8% year-over-year to RMB13,467 million, excluding COVID-19 commercial projects, revenue grew strongly by 36.1%. Adjusted non-IFRS gross profit grew 14.9% year-over-year to RMB6,103 million, with a gross profit margin of 45.3%.
- WuXi Testing revenue grew 18.7% year-over-year to RMB3,091 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit grew 26.1% year-over-year to RMB1,168 million, with a gross profit margin of 37.8%.
- WuXi Biology revenue grew 13.0% year-over-year to RMB1,233 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit grew 15.1% year-over-year to RMB511 million, with a gross profit margin of 41.5%.
- WuXi ATU revenue grew 16.0% year-over-year to RMB714 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit was RMB(40) million, with a gross profit margin of (5.7)%.
- WuXi DDSU revenue declined 24.9% year-over-year to RMB342 million and adjusted non-IFRS gross profit declined 26.2% year-over-year to RMB103 million, with a gross profit margin of 30.1%. Meanwhile, DDSU achieved a breakthrough in receiving the first royalty income from customers.
Unit: RMB million
- IFRS gross profit increased 17.6% year-over-year to RMB7,556 million. Gross profit margin was 40.0%[3].
- Adjusted non-IFRS gross profit increased 15.7% year-over-year to RMB7,855 million. Adjusted non-IFRS gross margin was 41.6%.
- Net profit attributable to owners of the Company increased 14.6% year-over-year to RMB 5,313 million.
- Adjusted non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company increased 18.5% year-over-year to RMB5,095 million.
- Diluted EPS increased 20.9% year-over-year to RMB1.79, while adjusted diluted non-IFRS EPS increased by 18.5% year-over-year to RMB1.73.
- Free cash flow achieved RMB2,926 million, turned positive and grew strongly year-over-year.
First-Half 2023 Business Operation Highlights
- As an industry innovation enabler, we grow together with our customers. In the first half of 2023, we added over 600 new customers, and in total we served more than 6,000 active customers over the past 12 months. Backlog grew 25% year-over-year excluding COVID-19 commercial projects. We continued to optimize our cross-platform synergies to better serve our customers worldwide, strengthen our unique competitive advantage as a fully integrated Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) and Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) platform, and provide one-stop services for our customers from discovery to development and manufacturing. The diversified revenue streams from customers across regions ensure the stability and resilience of the Company's financial performance.
- WuXi Chemistry: Integrated CRDMO Business Model Drives Steady Growth, with Continued Expansion in New Modalities (WuXi TIDES)
- In the past 12 months, we successfully synthesized and delivered more than 420,000 new compounds to customers, which grew 20% year-over-year. Through our chemistry drug discovery services, we enabled our customers to accelerate their research while generating opportunities for our downstream business units. In the past 12 months, 120 molecules have transitioned from R to D&M, representing a year-on-year growth of 21%. Through our "follow-the-customer" and "follow-the-molecule" strategies, we established trusted partnerships with our global customers, supporting the sustainable growth of our CRDMO business.
- We continued executing our "long-tail" strategy. Demand from "long-tail" customers in discovery services of small molecule and new modalities continued to grow, with the number of new customers growing 17% year-over-year.
- In the first half of 2023, D&M services revenue grew 2.1% year-over-year to RMB9.67 billion. Excluding COVID-19 commercial projects, D&M services revenue grew strongly by 54.5%.
- In the first half of 2023, we added 583 molecules to our D&M pipeline. To date, our D&M pipeline consists of 2,819 molecules, including 56 commercial projects, 59 in phase III, 301 in phase II and 2,403 in phase I and pre-clinical stages, among which, 8 commercial and phase III projects were added in the first half of 2023.
- In the first half of 2023, TIDES revenue grew 37.9% year-over-year to RMB1.33 billion. As of June 30, 2023, backlog of TIDES grew strongly by 188% year-over-year. We expect revenue growth from TIDES business to exceed 70% in 2023.
- The number of TIDES D&M customers increased 25% year-over-year to 121, and the number of TIDES molecules increased 46% year-over-year to 207.
- WuXi Testing: Lab Testing Services Drive Steady Growth, Clinical Business Fully Recovered
- The Company provides a full range of laboratory testing services for our customers, including drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), toxicology, and bioanalysis for drug development testing, as well as medical device testing. We provide customers with high-quality services, realize "one report for global submission," and enable customers to save time, reduce costs and increase efficiency.
- H1 2023 revenue from drug safety evaluation services grew 24% year-over-year. We maintained our industry leadership position in Asia Pacific for drug safety evaluation services that meet global regulatory requirements. In the first half of 2023, new lab testing facilities in Qidong and Suzhou began operations as scheduled, ensuring the business growth to accelerate in the second half of 2023.
- Moreover, we continued to enhance capabilities related to new modalities, with comprehensive coverage such as target protein degradation, nucleic acids, conjugates, and cell and gene therapies (CGT), etc.
- SMO revenue grew strongly by 53.9% in Q2 2023 and 34.3% in H1 2023, maintaining a leadership position in China. In the first half of 2023, SMO supported 25 new drug approvals for customers.
- In the first half of 2023, clinical CRO enabled our customers to obtain 8 IND approvals and submit 3 NDA filings.
- WuXi Biology: Strong Contribution from New Modalities; Early Discovery Screening Platform Continued to Generate Downstream Opportunities
- WuXi ATU: CTDMO Business Model Drives Growth
- WuXi DDSU: the First Year to Receive New Drug Application (NDA) Approval of New Drugs Developed for Customers; Breakthrough to Receive the First Royalty Income
Our Commitment to ESG
As an industry innovation enabler, a trusted partner and a contributor to the global healthcare industry, the Company is committed to environmental protection and sustainability, and to being a good global corporate citizenship.
Our outstanding ESG performance has been recognized by major global ESG rating agencies, including MSCI, S&P Global, Sustainalytics, CDP and EcoVadis. In June 2023, we received the fourth "Silver" medal recognition from EcoVadis for our Couvet site in Switzerland.
By the first half of 2023, our carbon emission intensity, energy consumption intensity and water use intensity reduced by 20.1%, 18.4%, and 31.6%, respectively, as compared to the baseline year 2020.
As we continue to advance our sustainability strategy, we embrace our shared responsibility to be good stewards of the environment.
Management Comment
Dr. Ge Li, Chairman and CEO of WuXi AppTec, said, "We continued to achieve steady growth of revenue, net profit, and free cash flow in the first half of 2023. Our revenue increased 6.3% year-over-year to RMB18.87 billion, or 27.9% if excluding COVID-19 commercial projects. Our adjusted non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company increased 18.5% year-over-year, outpacing the revenue growth rate, and our free cash flow achieved RMB2.93 billion, as a result of the Company's pursuit of operational excellence and productivity."
"The Company's performance in the first half of 2023 demonstrated that WuXi AppTec's unique CRDMO and CTDMO business models can effectively meet the growing demands from customers worldwide and continue to drive solid growth for the Company. In 2023, we aim to deliver a 5-7% revenue growth, increase adjusted non-IFRS gross profit by 13-14%, and expand free cash flow by 750-850%. We remain committed to prioritizing our customers' needs and enhancing our capacity and capabilities as we support our customers' efforts to bring groundbreaking therapies to patients around the world. Together, we can realize our vision that 'every drug can be made and every disease can be treated'."
About WuXi AppTec
As a global company with operations across Asia, Europe, and North America, WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to advance discoveries and deliver groundbreaking treatments to patients. Through its unique business models, WuXi AppTec's integrated, end-to-end services include chemistry drug CRDMO (Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization), biology discovery, preclinical testing and clinical research services, cell and gene therapies CTDMO (Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization), helping customers improve the productivity of advancing healthcare products through cost-effective and efficient solutions. WuXi AppTec received an AA ESG rating from MSCI in 2022 and its open-access platform is enabling more than 6,000 customers from over 30 countries to improve the health of those in need – and to realize the vision that "every drug can be made and every disease can be treated." Please visit: http://www.wuxiapptec.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" which are not historical facts, but instead are predictions about future events based on our beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to our management. Although we believe that our predictions are reasonable, future events are inherently uncertain and our forward-looking statements may turn out to be incorrect. Our forward-looking statements are subject to risks relating to, among other things, the ability of our service offerings to compete effectively, our ability to meet timelines for the expansion of our service offerings, our ability to protect our customers' intellectual property, unforeseeable international tension, competition, the impact of emergencies and other force majeure. Our forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law or listing rules. Accordingly, you are strongly cautioned that reliance on any forward-looking statements involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements contained herein are qualified by reference to the cautionary statements set forth in this section. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release and are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
Use of Non-IFRS and Adjusted Non-IFRS Financial Measures
We provide non-IFRS gross profit and non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company, which exclude share-based compensation expenses, issuance expenses of convertible bonds, fair value gain or loss from derivative component of convertible bonds, foreign exchange-related gains or losses, amortization of intangible assets acquired in business combinations, non-financial assets impairment, etc. We also provide adjusted non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company and earnings per share, which further exclude realized and unrealized gains or losses from our venture capital investments and joint ventures. Neither is required by, or presented in accordance with IFRS.
We believe that the adjusted financial measures used in this press release are useful for understanding and assessing our core business performance and operating trends, and we believe that management and investors may benefit from referring to these adjusted financial measures in assessing our financial performance by eliminating the impact of certain unusual, non-recurring, non-cash and non-operating items that we do not consider indicative of the performance of our core business. Such adjusted non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company, the management of the Company believes, is widely accepted and adopted in the industry the Company is operating in. However, the presentation of these adjusted non-IFRS financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS. You should not view adjusted results on a stand-alone basis or as a substitute for results under IFRS, or as being comparable to results reported or forecasted by other companies.
For more information, please contact:
Ms. Ruijia Tang (for investors)
IR Director
Email: tang_ruijia@wuxiapptec.com
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PR Director
Email: davy_wu@wuxiapptec.com
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By Michelle Rose
KINGSTON, ON, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The winning pod design for SnapCab's first annual "Space To Be You" contest will be revealed on the eve of Chicago's NeoCon® on Sunday, June 12 (3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT). SnapCab, the pod design and manufacturing company, will unveil a full-scale build of the winning design, the "Japandi" pod, by Georgia Southern University recent interior design graduate, Emma Franceschina.
Carla Bostock, SnapCab's art director and product aesthetics designer, led the contest in collaboration with commercial interior design media company, i+s. Bostock says designers and design students were invited to use their creativity, innovation, and vision to completely customize a SnapCab pod for a chance to win a trip to Chicago to attend NeoCon 2022 and have their design come to life.
"Submissions were sent in from all over North America, and the winner was determined by the highest number of votes on the i+s Instagram account," says Bostock. "We were amazed and inspired by what we received, and Emma's design was named the winner."
Franceschina focused on biophilic and wellness design during her time in school.
"I am still feeling so honored that I won this contest, and I can't wait to see the design come to life at NeoCon this year," she says. "This is my first architecture project outside of college. I can't wait for the grand reveal and celebration, and to meet the wonderful SnapCab team that has worked with me to turn this into a reality."
Both Franceschina and Bostock were interviewed about the contest and final design by the i+s I Hear Design Podcast.
An RSVP is recommended for the event, which will include champagne, a signature cocktail, and a nibble. After the pod reveal, guests will have a chance to hear from Franceschina herself.
Event location:
Center Pass-Through
Floor 1, theMART
222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago, Illinois
The second annual "Space To Be You" pod design contest will be announced in the summer of 2022.
For the past 50 years, NeoCon has been the standout event for the commercial design industry. Over 400 exhibitors will showcase new products and services relevant to the workplace, education, public spaces, healthcare and more.
About SnapCab
Since 1983, SnapCab has been a leader in developing workspace privacy solutions and elevator cab interiors that are flexible, high quality and safe to use in a variety of environments. SnapCab Workspace offers a flexible kit of parts that is designed with a customizable frame, panels, finishes, colors, furniture, accessories and more. These isolated pods for the open office are moveable, simple to clean and can be combined with the SnapCab Connects walls to transform any workplace.
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Can the hottest start in the 10-year history of the Norton boys’ hockey program translate into the strongest finish ever?
While the Lancers (6-1-1) are 1-1-1 after a 5-0 start, Norton has already doubled its win total from last year (3-14-2) and scored 46 goals to surpass its total from a season ago (38).
“These guys move the puck,” said third-year Norton coach Michael Donovan. “In years past, we were a bunch of individuals. We couldn’t put the puck in a soccer net, never mind a hockey net.”
The Lancers, who list six players on their roster from Sharon as part of their co-op, have been defined in the early going by an up-tempo style of play in which seemingly no deficit is ever too large.
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‘There’s no quit in the dog. They believe they can win every single time they touch the ice.’
Norton boys' hockey coach Michael Donovan, on his team's hot 6-1-1 start
Take opening night, when Norton trailed Tri-Valley League foe Holliston, 6-1, at Foxborough Sports Center. With 6:24 remaining in the second period, a Lancer attack spearheaded by forward Josh Cohen and defenseman Josh Giguere pulled within 7-6 before surging for a 10-7 victory. Cohen and Giguere, both juniors, recorded hat tricks during the mad dash back.
“We’re never out of it,” Donovan said. “They believe it. There’s no quit in the dog. They believe they can win every single time they touch the ice.”
Three games later, Norton trailed TVL rival Dedham, 5-2, with two minutes left in regulation before pulling out a 7-5 win on the strength of another three goals from Cohen.
“We told ourselves we had to believe and achieve, and that’s what we did,” said junior defenseman Connor Heagney.
The Lancers boast scoring threats from all over the ice, including two dynamic defensemen in Giguere (10 goals, 6 assists for 16 points) and Heagney (8-10—18).
Junior forward Anthony Santangelo (7-13—20) is the leading scorer and BC High transfer Dylan Cummings (Sharon) has been good for 9-9—18 totals.
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Connor Heagney has enjoyed the rise of the Lancers from a unique standpoint. His father, Kyle Heagney, was the head coach at Norton for its first two seasons — including the program’s lone postseason berth in 2014-15 — before joining the staff at Stonehill College.
The elder Heagney, who returned to the high school ranks last winter at North Attleborough, said it’s been rewarding to watch from afar the Lancers’ improvement this season.
“It’s special,” said the North Attleborough coach. “Mike Donovan has done a really good job bringing it along. It’s awesome watching these kids put several exciting wins together. They’re the ‘never-give-up’ kids.”
The Heagneys squared off last Monday, with the Red Rocketeers skating to a 5-2 win after scoring three times in the third period. The win moved the elder Heagney to 2-0 head-to-head in what he called the “Father-Son Cup.”
Asked if he’d ever considered returning to Norton when the position was open, Kyle Heagney said he thought it would be difficult to coach his son.
“I think my son needs to be coached by an expert, and the definition of an expert is anybody but your father,” he joked.
Since its lone trip to the postseason, which ended with a preliminary-round loss in the Division 3 South tournament vs. Southeastern, the Lancers had gone 36-84-11 and recorded just one winning season (5-4-1) in a COVD-shortened 2020-21 campaign.
With just four seniors, Donovan, who played at Weymouth South in the 1970s, remains bullish on Norton both this year and beyond. Winning has proven contagious for a group without much experience doing so.
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“I didn’t have a great year [in 2021-22],” Giguere admitted. “I’m off to a good start and I want to keep that going.”
“We looked at last year and told ourselves we don’t want to have a season like we had,” Connor Heagney added. “We want to make the playoffs, we told ourselves that’s our goal.”
Ice chips
▪ The NHL’s Winter Classic might have served as the main event for hockey played at Fenway Park. But a number of high school teams will lace up the skates at the old ballpark.
Ten scrimmages (6 boys’ games, 4 girls’ games) will be played in a nine-day stretch. No. 11 Tewksbury kicked off the action, welcoming Northern Highlands (N.J.) on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Governor’s Academy locks horns with Kimball Union Academy before Archbishop Williams takes on Bishop Fenwick. Fifth-ranked Hingham and No. 12 Marshfield renew acquaintances on Jan. 11, Minnechaug faces No. 8 BC High on Jan. 12, and Latin Academy closes out the action against Boston Latin on Jan. 13.
“When we found out we had an opportunity to have any time in there, we were incredibly excited,” said Boston Latin coach Frank Woods. “I think it’s going to be the highlight of the season — Friday night under the lights. Hopefully the weather cooperates. Regardless of the outcome of the game, it should be a great experience for our players.”
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“Our main goal is to keep Boston City hockey alive,” said Latin Academy coach Patrick Mudie. “There’s no better way to showcase the talent in the city than by playing in this game.”
▪ Thomas Kramer, a former Globe Super Teamer and two-time Super 8 champion at BC High, continues to flourish at the next level at Babson College.
The junior from Bridgewater leads the 12th-ranked Beavers in scoring (6 goals, 10 assists) in 14 games and was named the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) Player of the Week for Jan. 2 after posting a career-high four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in a win over St. Michael’s.
Kramer has 19-23—43 points over 47 career games for Babson, which won the NEHC tournament last season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament.
Games to watch
Saturday, No. 4 St. John’s Prep vs No. 1 Catholic Memorial (at Babson, 12:30 p.m.) — Two of the most talented and deepest lineups in the state meet in Catholic Conference action at Babson Skating Rink. Each team has only surrendered five goals in six games played.
Saturday, No. 17 Lincoln-Sudbury vs. No. 11 Tewksbury (at Breakaway Ice Center, 1 p.m.) — With the top spot in the MVC/DCL Tier II on the line, Frankie DeTraglia and the Warriors (5-2-0) face Nick Dicioccio and the Redmen (5-0-0) at Breakaway Ice Center.
Saturday, No. 15 Wellesley vs. No. 16 Braintree (at Zapustas Arena, 4 p.m.) — Both unbeaten in Bay State Conference action, the Raiders (6-0-0) put their sterling start to the test against the Wamps (3-2-0) in the only meeting between the teams.
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Saturday, No. 13 Canton vs. No. 14 Franklin (at Pirelli Veterans Arena, 6:30 p.m.) — Hockomock League division leaders collide, having only allowed eight goals against apiece.
Sunday, No. 5 Hingham vs. No. 3 Arlington (at Ed Burns Arena, TBD) — Traditional powerhouses tangle for the time this season in nonleague action.
Wednesday, No. 2 Reading vs No. 7 Belmont (at Skip Viglirolo Rink, 5 p.m.) — Two of the best players in the Middlesex League square off, as Evan Pennucci and the Rockets (5-0-0) take on Cam Fici and the Marauders (5-1-1).
Correspondent Cam Kerry contributed to this story. | 2023-01-05T23:13:15+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/05/sports/boys-hockey-notebook-theres-no-quit-dog-norton-rabidly-pursues-success-ice-after-hot-start/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general says her three-year investigation of former President Donald Trump uncovered potential crimes in the way he ran his real estate empire, including allegations of bank and insurance fraud.
So why isn’t Trump being prosecuted?
Attorney General Letitia James didn’t seek to slap handcuffs on the Republican this week, as some of his critics hoped. Instead, she announced a civil lawsuit seeking $250 million and his permanent banishment from doing business in the state.
Like many things involving the law and Trump, the reasons James, a Democrat, opted for a lawsuit rather than a prosecution are complicated.
For one, even if she did want to prosecute Trump, she doesn’t have jurisdiction under state law to bring a criminal case against him or any of the lawsuit’s other defendants, including the Trump Organization and his three eldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump.
In New York, the state attorney general’s office is only allowed to prosecute a limited range of offenses on its own, like bid rigging and payroll violations.
Otherwise, the office must partner with a county district attorney on a prosecution — as James’ office did with the Manhattan district attorney’s office in a case against Trump’s longtime finance chief — or obtain what’s known as a criminal referral from the governor or a state agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged wrongdoing.
Even then, mounting a criminal fraud case is far more challenging than a civil lawsuit.
In a criminal case, prosecutors would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump intended to commit a crime. In the lawsuit — if it goes to trial — jurors would only need to be persuaded it was more likely than not that wrongdoing occurred.
Filing a civil lawsuit while letting others sort out potential criminal violations is a sound strategy, legal experts said, allowing James to seek remedies other than prison time.
It allows the attorney general to avoid the kind of internal debate about criminal charges that fractured the Manhattan district attorney’s parallel investigation into Trump earlier this year.
No former U.S. president has ever been charged with a crime.
The prospect of Trump, 76, behind bars as a result of a criminal prosecution could give juries pause, make judges more careful and make winning more difficult, said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.
“Even for Trump, people don’t like him, but do they want to put him away?” Tobias said. “What would it take? What kind of punishment would be appropriate? So it’s just all around more difficult.”
A civil case, given its lower burden of proof standard, is “a lot easier to assemble … and probably win,” Tobias said.
Trump, a Republican who’s laying the groundwork for another presidential run in 2024, has derided James as “a fraud who campaigned on a ‘get Trump’ platform.’”
In an interview Wednesday night with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, Trump suggested that his company had protected itself against possible fraud allegations by warning banks and potential business partners not to trust the information in its financial disclosures.
“We have a disclaimer right on the front,” Trump said. “‘You’re at your own risk.’ … ‘Be careful because it may not be accurate. It may be way off.’ … ‘Get your own people. Use your own appraisers. Use your own lawyers. Don’t rely on us.’”
James said at a news conference Wednesday that her office was referring its findings to the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan and the Internal Revenue Service, and would share evidence of possible state law violations with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, if requested.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said it was aware of James’ referral of potential criminal violations, but otherwise declined comment. The Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation division said it “doesn’t confirm the existence of investigations until court documents are publicly available.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his probe of Trump was “active and ongoing.”
The former prosecutor who had been leading Bragg’s investigation, Mark Pomerantz, resigned in February because he felt the office should be moving more quickly to bring criminal charges against Trump.
In a resignation letter, Pomerantz wrote that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations.”
He said he had told Bragg there was “evidence sufficient to establish Mr. Trump’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” of many of the same allegations that now appear in James’ lawsuit — including that Trump falsified financial statements to secure loans and burnish his image as a wealthy businessman.
If there’s no settlement agreement, James’ lawsuit against Trump could take years to play out and might not be resolved before the 2024 presidential election.
A fraud lawsuit James filed against the National Rifle Association recently entered its third year, slowed by legal wrangling and the powerful gun advocacy group’s attempts to get the case thrown out. No trial date has been set.
Drawn out legal proceedings could hurt Trump’s business by making lenders and potential partners reluctant to cut deals. But, if history is any guide, it’s not likely to be a crushing blow. Against the odds, and despite no shortage of legal battles in recent years, the company has been able to get new loans and raise money.
In February, the Trump Organization got a $100 million from a California bank to refinance commercial and retail space in its Trump Tower headquarters. That deal was struck just three days after Trump’s long-time accountants, Mazurs, disavowed a decade of financial statements it had helped prepare — a serious blow to his business reputation.
That big loan also came after the Trump Organization had already been indicted on fraud charges by the Manhattan district attorney’s office for allegedly helping executives evade taxes. That case is scheduled to go to trial next month.
Another recent victory for Trump as his legal troubles mount: Selling his Washington D.C. hotel for $375 million, far more than expected.
Several lending experts said the new loan show why much of Trump’s business is insulated from his political and legal storms: What matters most in real estate is the cash thrown off by rent and the collateral of the buildings — not the reputation of the owner.
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Associated Press reporters Larry Neumeister, Bobby Caina Calvan and Jill Colvin in New York and Fatima Hussein in Washington contributed to this report.
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WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) _ Trex Co. (TREX) on Monday reported second-quarter net income of $88.9 million.
The Winchester, Virginia-based company said it had profit of 79 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 68 cents per share.
The maker of fencing and decking products posted revenue of $386.2 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $381.6 million.
For the current quarter ending in October, Trex said it expects revenue in the range of $185 million to $195 million.
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A New York man who stole a badge and radio from a police officer brutally beaten by other rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison.
Thomas Sibick, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty in March for his role in the attack on Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who has described fighting for his life to defend the Capitol as lawmakers inside fled from the angry mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
In a letter to the judge, Sibick, 37, called the trauma Fanone experienced “undeniably sickening” and said he takes full responsibility for his “uncivilized display of reckless behavior.”
“It was an attack on the institutions of our democracy and not as some would make you believe legitimate political discourse. The attack was far from peaceful, my actions played a role that will follow me for the rest of my life,” Sibick wrote.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him to 50 months in prison during a hearing in Washington’s federal court.
Sibick’s attorney Stephen Brennwald did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Following his arrest, Sibick spent eight months behind bars but was released on home confinement in October 2021 after his lawyer pressed the judge to free him while his case played out.
Sibick’s attorney had asked for a sentence of home confinement, writing in court papers that a mental health misdiagnosis resulted in his client taking medication on Jan. 6 that “severely and negatively impacted him.” Sibick’s attorney said, unlike other rioters, his client did not physically assault Fanone, and their interaction was limited to Sibick grabbing Fanone’s radio and badge.
“Mr. Sibick has made a remarkable change in his life since he received his correct mental health diagnosis and has begun cognitive behavioral therapy,” Brennwald wrote. “Because he sees January 6 for what it was, he is not a threat to re-offend in the future.”
Rioters kicked, punched, grabbed and shocked Fanone with a stun gun after pulling him away from other officers who were guarding a tunnel entrance on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace. Another rioter threatened to take Fanone’s gun and kill him. Fanone said the attack gave him a heart attack and a traumatic brain injury and ultimately cost him his career.
Fanone’s body camera captured Sibick removing the officer’s badge and radio from his tactical vest, according to a court filing accompanying his guilty plea.
Others in the crowd escorted Fanone back to the police line. Before FBI agents showed Sibick the body camera video, he initially claimed that he tried in vain to pull the officer away from his attackers.
Sibick said he buried Fanone’s badge in his backyard after returning home to Buffalo. He returned the badge, but Fanone’s $5,500 radio hasn’t been recovered.
Other rioters have been charged with attacking Fanone, who lost consciousness and was taken to an emergency room.
Albuquerque Cosper Head, a Tennessee man who dragged Fanone into the crowd, was sentenced in October 2022 to seven years and six months in prison. Another man, Daniel Rodriguez of California, was sentenced last month to more than 12 years in prison for driving a stun gun into Fanone’s neck as the officer screamed out in pain. | 2023-07-29T15:19:00+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/ap-rioter-who-stole-badge-radio-from-beaten-officer-on-jan-6-gets-more-than-4-years-in-prison/ |
‘The Rock’ buys every Snickers at a 7-Eleven to ‘right his wrongs’
HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said he is trying to right some wrongs from his youth.
The actor and former professional wrestler confessed in a recent post on Instagram that when he was 14 years old, he stole a Snickers bar from a 7-Eleven store in Hawaii every day on the way to the gym for nearly a year.
“The same store clerk was there every day and always just turned her head and never busted me,” he said in the post.
In the feel-good viral video, Johnson returns to his childhood convenience store to do what he called “righting his wrongs” ― and buys every Snickers bar on the shelf.
He explained on Instagram that it was the “least he could do.”
“When I was 14 years old, every day I used to stop here at this 7-Eleven and steal a king-sized Snickers bar because I couldn’t afford to buy one. I had to come back and buy every Snickers bar on these shelves,” he said.
Johnson also took care of every purchase for the people who walked into the store, picking up the tab for shoppers.
He left the candy bars at the counter and asked the cashiers to give them to anyone else trying to swipe a Snickers bar.
“After decades of me wanting to come back home to 7-Eleven and try to make good, that felt really, really good,” he said, at the end of the video.
Copyright 2022 Hawaii News Now via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-30T17:14:19+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2022/11/30/rock-buys-every-snickers-7-eleven-right-his-wrongs/ |
Tally of homeless veterans fell 11%, biggest drop in 5 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans in the United States experiencing homelessness dropped by 11% since 2020, the biggest decline in more than five years, the Biden administration reported Thursday.
There were 33,136 homeless veterans in January of this year, compared with 37,252 in 2020, according to the Point-in-Time count conducted by the departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development as well as the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
“One veteran experiencing homelessness will always be one too many, but the … count shows that we are making real progress in the fight to end veteran homelessness,” VA Secretary Denis McDonough said.
The government count is conducted annually to capture U.S. homeless population on a single night in January each year, but was not fully completed last year due to limits on in-person surveying during the coronavirus pandemic.
The data released Thursday shows significant drops each year in homelessness from 2010 to 2016, when the Obama administration made it a top priority to end veteran homelessness, before mostly leveling off from 2016 to 2020.
Since 2010, when it stood at 76,329, the number of homeless vets fell by more than 55%.
The Biden administration credited its efforts to reduce veteran homelessness with help from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, which boosted the VA’s homeless programs and expanded rental aid and other support for veterans’ families. | 2022-11-03T18:48:59+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/11/03/tally-of-homeless-veterans-fell-11-biggest-drop-in-5-years/ |
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 26-year-old Buffalo man has been charged in connection to the takedown of Genesis Market, a website used to buy and sell stolen account information.
The online marketplace was seized by federal officials this week as part of "Operation Cookie Monster" which involved 45 FBI field offices around the country including Buffalo, and some 20 countries.
According to a criminal complaint, Wul Isaac Chol is accused of "knowingly and with intent to defraud" possessing 788 stolen account credentials belonging to 21 people that were purchased on Genesis Market.
Federal prosecutors say from June 13, 2019, to May 10, 2022, Chol, under the username 'connectgcross' accessed Genesis 104 times and made his first purchase in Bitcoin via an account on the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
FBI Cybercrimes Investigators were able to track several additional purchases linked to that same account. Those purchases included credentials from eBay, Amazon.co.uk, RyanAir, Airbnb, Facebook, Amazon, Instagram, Riot Games, Netflix, Comcast, AT&T, and numerous other websites.
That same Coinbase account according to the criminal complaint was also linked to transactions made on computers at the Erie County Public Library in June 2019.
In December 2022, Magistrate Judge for the Western District of New York Jeremiah McCarthy approved a search warrant for Chol's Facebook account.
As alleged in the complaint, investigators found conversations between Chol and another Facebook user, about using "gen" to obtain "joints," slang for bank accounts, "fullz," slang for stolen identities or credit card information, and "gitfys," slang for gift cards.
Chol has been released from custody but his travel and online activity have been restricted. He is scheduled to be back in federal court on July 12th.
On Wednesday, the Buffalo News was the first to report about a raid at a West Ferry Street home Tuesday by members of the Cyber Crimes Task Force in Buffalo. The raid was later confirmed via press release to be a part of the takedown of Genesis Market by the U.S. Justice Department.
It's unclear if Chol's arrest and the raid are directly related. | 2023-04-07T23:51:16+00:00 | wgrz.com | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/crime/buffalo-man-charged-genesis-market-takedown-accused-possessing-stolen-data/71-e230ee65-6fbb-4d0d-a4f5-da7ddba29ee0 |
A new drug to treat postpartum depression is likely to reach the U.S. market in June, with a $34,000 price tag. The approval of the drug by the Food and Drug Administration comes on the heels of another approval, just two weeks ago, of a different antidepressant, whose retail price will be as much as $6,700 a month.
Those giant list prices send shivers through the insurance industry and across the federal government and state governments, which pay for about 40 percent of prescription drugs sold in the United States.
The Trump administration is working to bring those prices down. The Department of Health and Human Services in recent months has proposed a series of regulations aimed at reshaping the prescription drug market. The goal, administration officials say, is to create more competition and lower costs.
But economists and analysts, who applaud the efforts to bring clarity to what is now a murky pricing system, doubt the effort will actually cut total spending on prescription drugs.
"They're trying to ... improve the function of the market," says Sara Fisher Ellison, a health economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "But, to be honest, they probably missed the mark."
The biggest change proposed by HHS Secretary Alex Azar would upend the entire system that sets the prices for medications that people buy at their local pharmacies.
Today those prices are negotiated in secret, as rebates between drug companies and middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers. The PBMs often keep a share of the rebates for themselves, and when consumers have to pay for their medications, to meet a deductible for example, they have to pay that full pre-rebate price.
Azar says his plan would "replace today's opaque system of rebates, which drives prices higher and higher, with a system of transparent and upfront discounts delivered directly to patients that will finally drive prices down."
Those discounts would no longer be secret, and consumers who have to pay for some drugs would pay that discounted price.
The plan would not only help consumers at the pharmacy counter, Azar says, but also motivate drugmakers to lower their inflated list prices. HHS is accepting public comments on this proposed rule until April 8.
The change is revolutionary, says Dr. Walid Gellad, director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing at the University of Pittsburgh.
"The competition between companies has been on how big a rebate they can give," Gellad says, "and the way that you give a big rebate is by increasing the list price. So the idea is to get rid of that so that companies can compete based on getting the list price lower."
But Len Nichols, an economist and the director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics at George Mason University, doubts that the changes will end with overall prices being lower than the deals that pharmacy benefit managers get today.
"The truth is [the PBMs] still, on balance, lower prices from what they would be if they didn't exist," Nichols says. "Which is exactly why we need them."
The drug market is not like a normal retail market, Nichols says, because it's dominated by a few powerful companies — the PBMs — that are practically required to buy almost all the products offered by the drug companies.
In that type of system, price transparency can lead to higher prices, Nichols and other economists say.
"One way to think about it is ... imagine if what you wanted was for a cartel to work perfectly," he says. "One way a cartel works perfectly is if all members of the cartel know everybody else's price."
In October, Azar also proposed requiring drug companies to include the list prices of their medications in television and magazine ads — that proposal is still pending. Drugmakers oppose that requirement because, they say, those list prices are irrelevant precisely because of the rebate system. Nobody pays the actual list price, they argue.
But there is some evidence that drug companies don't want the huge price tags they put on their products to be widely publicized. That "naming and shaming" of companies can have an impact on their behavior, says MIT's Fisher Ellison.
Still, she says, while the focus on publicizing prices for consumers seems like it should work, it may not have much effect on overall spending.
That's because consumers not only don't pay list prices but also don't really choose which medication they're buying. That decision is in the hands of their doctor. And, unlike with toothpaste or soda, it's not easy for a consumer to switch brands of medicine.
"You can imagine a patient walking into a pharmacy, and he has a prescription for Lipitor and then finds out that Zocor, which is a similar drug, is a lot cheaper. Well, there's nothing he can do at that point," Ellison says.
When it comes to driving down prices, analysts say HHS's third proposal is likely to work. That plan would tie the price that Medicare pays for drugs that are administered in a hospital or clinic — such as IV drugs for cancer or arthritis — to the prices paid in other countries.
That proposed rule — which has received more than 2,700 public comments — is facing steep opposition from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has been running an aggressive campaign against the proposal. It's unclear when the proposal might be finalized.
And doctors who administer the drugs are also opposed, saying it may hurt patients' access to medications.
"I've basically traveled the world ... looking at cancer care," says Ted Okon, the executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance, "and other countries do not have the access to the drugs that we have here."
But Azar dismisses that argument. He says the U.S. price for a drug will still be higher than prices paid elsewhere and says he doubts any companies will stop selling their products in the huge U.S. market just because prices are lower than they are today.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-11T19:28:13+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2019-03-22/it-will-take-more-than-transparency-to-reduce-drug-prices-economists-say |
HOUSTON, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth Corner (www.fifthcorner.com), founded by industry veterans Tenel Tayar, Chad Braun and Kerr Taylor, announces that it, through an affiliate, has acquired Ella West in a strategic assemblage to its Ella Oaks Shopping Center.
Fifth Corner continues to execute its time-tested investment strategy with the strategic assemblage of Ella West. Ella West is a 3.77-acre site that contains a two-story 40,000 square foot building occupied by National Dentex and two future development pad sites. Ella West is located on 34th street adjacent to Ella Oaks and in the heart of the GOOF (Garden Oaks/Oak Forest) and Greater Heights submarket of Houston Texas. Because of the assemblage of these two properties, Ella West will increase access, both to W. 34th Street and to Ella Boulevard through Fifth Corner's Ella Oaks Shopping Center. The location enjoys an average household income within a 1-mile radius of $131,000 with 126,000 people in a 3-mile radius.
"The Garden Oaks/Oak Forest and the Greater Heights area is one of the most dynamic and increasingly desirable areas of Houston," says Tenel Tayar, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Corner. "The strategic assemblage of Ella West with Ella Oaks will provide improved access and development opportunities that should enhance the value of both properties and better serve this wonderful community."
Fifth Corner focuses on creating value on community focused Irreplaceable Corner™ properties' within the major markets of Texas.
"The opportunities we see with Ella West touch on virtually all of our value creation objectives: assemblage, re-development, merchandizing mix and even potentially a covered land play," said Chad Braun, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Corner. "The ability to curate multiple free standing pad sites with exciting retail concepts along 34th Street and the potential for an enclave of boutique multi-family integrated into this mixed-use project epitomizes our mission of creating value on community focused Irreplaceable Corner properties."
Fifth Corner is a Houston-based real estate company investing in and creating value on community-focused Irreplaceable Corners™ located in the fastest growing metros. The real estate strategy and culture are time-tested and refined over 30 years to create value for the properties, investors, and communities.
For more information, please visit their website at www.fifthcorner.com or contact Chad Braun at chad@fifthcorner.com.
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Depp-Heard jury still sorting through weeks of dirty laundry
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberations after a sensational six-week trial to resolve defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage.
The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving for the long Memorial Day weekend. Jurors resumed deliberations in Fairfax County Circuit Court just after 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, accusing her of libeling him with a 2018 op-ed she wrote describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax. Each accuses the other of destroying their career.
Testimony featured a litany of lurid details of their short marriage. Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times. During his testimony, Depp testified that he never struck Heard, that she concocted the abuse allegations, and that she was the one who physically attacked him, multiple times.
During closing arguments, both sides told the jury that a verdict in their favor would give their clients their lives back.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-31T16:25:14+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2022/05/31/depp-heard-jury-still-sorting-through-weeks-dirty-laundry/ |
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb has died after falling and striking his head on rock slides at a popular swimming lake near Eugene, Oregon, authorities said.
Authorities said his death appeared to be accidental.
Webb was also a social media star. His TikTok account, where he often posted about his life and athletic achievements, had more than 550,000 followers.
Triangle Lake and the nearby Lake Creek Falls are a popular destination for swimmers who navigate naturally formed rock slides by inner tube and swim in several swimming holes.
Webb was expected to compete for starting tight end this fall with Terrance Ferguson and Moliki Matavao, The Register-Guard reported.
During his four seasons at Oregon, Webb recorded 31 receptions, 296 yards, and four touchdowns. His first career touchdown was arguably his most famous play, a 20-yard catch over a defender on a ball thrown by Justin Herbert in the 2019 season opener against Auburn.
The player nicknamed “Spider” was a consensus four-star out of Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento; a top 10 tight end and top 300 prospects by ESPN, Rivals, and 247Sports; and the No. 1 tight end in California by ESPN and 247Sports in 2018, the newspaper reported.
Multiple Oregon coaches and players acknowledged Webb’s death on social media Wednesday night.
“So full of life in every moment of the day,” Oregon football coach Dan Lanning tweeted. “Your smile and energy will be missed Spencer. I love you!”
Like his late grandfather, Donald “Spido” Webb, Spencer was a multi-sport athlete. He was invited by Oregon men’s basketball coach Dana Altman as a practice player when the Ducks were depleted by injury during the 2018-19 season, but didn’t end up joining the team, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
Webb is survived by his older brother, Cody, who became Spencer’s legal guardian 10 years ago, sister-in-law, Alicia, aunt and uncle, who all helped raise him. | 2022-07-14T18:27:51+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/oregon-ducks-tight-end-spencer-webb-dies-of-head-injury/2022/07/14/1741cdd2-0397-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html |
BOSTON, March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE: PDT) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC and subadvised by Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC, announced today sources of its monthly distribution of $0.0975 per share paid to all shareholders of record as of March 13, 2023, pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan. This press release is issued as required by an exemptive order granted to the Fund by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Notification of Sources of Distribution
This notice provides shareholders of the John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE: PDT) with important information concerning the distribution declared on March 1, 2023, and payable on March 31, 2023. No action is required on your part.
Distribution Period: March 2023
Distribution Amount Per Common Share: $0.0975
The following table sets forth the estimated sources of the current distribution, payable March 31, 2023, and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment income; net realized short term capital gains; net realized long term capital gains; and return of capital or other capital source. All amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution plan.
The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income."
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
The Fund has declared the March 2023 distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "Plan"). Under the Plan, the Fund makes fixed monthly distributions in the amount of $0.0975 per share, which will continue to be paid monthly until further notice.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact your financial professional or call the John Hancock Investment Management Closed-End Fund Information Line at 1-800-843-0090, Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
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TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Monday, May 9, 2022
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321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy with lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and windy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
$$
TXZ443-102145-
Nueces Islands-
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ243-102145-
Inland Nueces-
Including the cities of Robstown, Tuloso, and Bishop
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Windy with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
increasing to 20 to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, windy with highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy with lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, windy with highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and windy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, windy, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ234-102145-
Victoria-
Including the city of Victoria
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ239-102145-
Webb-
Including the cities of Aguilares, Columbia Bridge, Laredo,
and Orvil
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Heat index values up to
110 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, becoming 15 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Windy with lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 25 mph, becoming 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing
to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ242-102145-
Inland Kleberg-
Including the cities of Kingsville, Loyola Beach, Ricardo,
and Riviera
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Windy with
highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing
to 20 to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ342-102145-
Coastal Kleberg-
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to around 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, windy with highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy with lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, windy with highs around 90.
$$
TXZ442-102145-
Kleberg Islands-
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph, diminishing to 15 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ344-102145-
Coastal San Patricio-
Including the cities of Portland and Ingleside
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ244-102145-
Inland San Patricio-
Including the cities of Sinton, Mathis, Taft, and Odem
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny and windy. Highs in the lower 90s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ245-102145-
Coastal Aransas-
Including the cities of Rockport and Fulton
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ345-102145-
Aransas Islands-
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy with lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ346-102145-
Coastal Refugio-
Including the cities of Bayside and Austwell
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ246-102145-
Inland Refugio-
Including the cities of Refugio, McFaddin, and Woodsboro
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ247-102145-
Inland Calhoun-
Including the city of Kamay
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ347-102145-
Coastal Calhoun-
Including the cities of Magnolia Beach and Port Lavaca
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ447-102145-
Calhoun Islands-
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ233-102145-
Goliad-
Including the city of Goliad
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ232-102145-
Bee-
Including the city of Beeville
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ241-102145-
Jim Wells-
Including the cities of Alice and Orange Grove
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Windy, hot
with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
increasing to 20 to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 20 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
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TXZ231-102145-
Live Oak-
Including the cities of George West and Three Rivers
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and windy, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 25 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Windy with lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 20 to
25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
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TXZ240-102145-
Duval-
Including the cities of Freer, Benavides, and San Diego
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Windy, hot
with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
increasing to 20 to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing
to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Windy with lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
20 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to
15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy with lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
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TXZ229-102145-
La Salle-
Including the city of Cotulla
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Hot with highs
around 101. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy and windy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ230-102145-
McMullen-
Including the cities of Calliham, Cross, Loma Alta, and Tilden
321 AM CDT Tue May 10 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Windy, hot
with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
increasing to 20 to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Windy with lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
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MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (AP) — Three small-town Pennsylvania police officers collectively “kicked, punched, choked and otherwise used excessive force” in 22 arrests over a three-year period, according to a federal indictment unveiled Friday.
The U.S. attorney's office accused Mount Carmel Borough Police Patrol Officer Kyle Schauer, 34, and two other former officers, former Lt. David Donkochik, 51, and and Jonathan McHugh, 35, of violating civil rights in attacks between 2018 and 2021 that caused injuries. They were indicted Thursday.
McHugh's lawyer said Friday that he was new to the case and unable to comment. Phone and email messages seeking comment were left for lawyers listed on the docket as representing Schauer and Donkochik. A phone message seeking comment was also left for Mount Carmel's current chief, Chris Buhay.
The indictment accuses the three men of trying to hide their alleged crimes by avoiding cameras and lying about the victims.
Grand jurors wrote that the three “falsely reported that arrestees acted in a manner requiring violence and then falsely charged arrestees with criminal offenses," including aggravated assault and resisting arrest.
Schauer is accused of pushing a man down a flight of stairs five years ago, injuring him. Donkochik was accused of using pepper spray against a man as well as punching, kicking and dragging him. McHugh, according to the indictment, punched a man in the face and “threw him against walls," and slammed a woman's head against a wall.
Mount Carmel is a town of about 6,000 people 110 miles (177 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia, in what was once a thriving coal mining region. | 2023-06-16T20:14:51+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/small-town-pennsylvania-officers-kicked-punched-18156843.php |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The new 988 hotline that went live about a month ago is aimed at making it easier for people to get help for mental health issues, but advocates and lawmakers say it needs more resources.
On July 16, 988 became the new number for the already-existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Within days, the amount of calls and texts to the number jumped.
Angela Kimball, a mental health advocate with Inseparable, says that’s significant.
“More people get help, more people get on a path to recovery. That’s exactly what we want to see out of this,” Kimball said.
The federal government put hundreds of millions of dollars into the transition. Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., now says there’s more to do.
“To make sure that we build that system like the system that has been going on for over 50 years which is now 911,” Cardenas.
He’s introduced legislation to boost funding for 988 crisis response and build out mental health services on three different levels.
“Where you have somewhere to call – someone will come and somewhere to go,” Cardenas said.
Advocates say that means making sure 988 call centers have the staff they need, communities have mobile crisis teams to respond and people have facilities where they can get longer term mental health support.
“We really need to speak up and asl our elected officials to create the kind of crisis response that gets everybody the help that they need,” Kimball said.
Getting lawmakers to approve more spending can be an uphill battle. But Rep. Cardenas says mental health is a topic where they can find common ground.
“Mental health is something that affects way too many families and every community equally and I’m seeing more and more of a bipartisan effort,” Cardenas said.
Kimball argues spending more on mental health could reduce spending on places like prisons and hospitals which often become a default catch-all for people in crisis.
“We need to use our resources better and that means reinvesting them into services that actually work,” Kimball said.
Both Cardenas and Kimball are also advocating for state and local resources to invest more funding into 988 services. | 2022-08-23T23:16:00+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/washington-dc/advocates-push-for-more-resources-for-new-988-mental-health-hotline/ |
STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — Two men in Northeast Ohio survived a crash that sent a guardrail slicing through the middle of their car — a fortunate turn of events that one of them is calling a “Christmas miracle.”
Jimmy Burchett, 23, was driving to a family celebration on Christmas Eve with his best friend, Anthony Fisher, when Burchett’s Dodge Charger suddenly slid off the ice- and snow-covered road in Stark County. The Charger struck a guardrail, which went through the car and exited out the back window.
“We saw it last-second. We thought it just was going to hit,” Burchett told Nexstar’s WJW. “It was probably one of the loudest sounds I’ve ever heard.”
Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol and firefighters with the Sandy Creek Joint Fire District were not optimistic when they heard the first reports from the scene.
“Not something we see every day, and everybody knows that’s normally not such a good situation,” said Sandy Creek Fire Chief Aaron Stoller. “It went all the way through the car and probably out the back by 12 to 14 feet.”
Burchett told WJW that after the crash, he was immediately pinned under the guardrail, which was laying on top of his chest.
“It was hugging me and I couldn’t really breathe,” he said.
Burchett struggled to move it slightly, finally catching his breath.
“I immediately closed my eyes and started praying,” Burchett said.
As volunteer firefighters were arriving at the scene, so too were a group of good Samaritans who worked together to try and lift up the guardrail to free Burchett. A witness was able to call Burchett’s mother, a nurse, and his father, a retired police officer. They rushed to the scene, where Burchett’s father helped lift the guardrail off and pull his son from the wreckage.
“I’m just eternally grateful to God and then everyone that helped down there to get him out of there,” said Jeff Burchett.
After being treated for their injuries, Burchett and Fisher are now able to go home and spend the holidays with their families, filled with a sense of gratitude.
“It’s incredible, really a Christmas miracle. So, I’m just blessed that we were able to get out of it,” said Jimmy Burchett. | 2022-12-27T17:33:13+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/driver-passenger-survive-after-car-is-impaled-by-guardrail-on-icy-road-a-christmas-miracle/ |
NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Falcon Rappaport & Berkman PLLC (FRB) is pleased to announce that Penny B. Kassel, Esq. has joined the firm to form FRB's Elder Law Practice Group. The Elder Law Practice Group allows the firm to better serve the needs of an aging population and advocate for their rights.
FRB considers the sensitive nature of each elder law matter, issue, and concern and uses asset protection planning and long-term care planning strategies to help clients plan effectively for the future. The Elder Law Practice Group takes a holistic approach to maximize the quality of life for seniors and those with disabilities and create peace of mind for their families and caregivers.
FRB's elder law practice provides representation for senior clients on matters related to:
- Medicaid Planning and Applications
- Guardianships
- Long-Term Care Planning
- Estate Administration and Probate
- Asset Protection Planning
- Powers of Attorney
- Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning
- Health Care Proxies and Living Wills
For more than 35 years Ms. Kassel has devoted the majority of her time to elder law matters, estate planning, and estate administration matters. Her elder law practice provides clients with comprehensive representation for their legal needs during some of life's biggest challenges.
"I'm extraordinarily proud to bring Penny into the firm to lead our new Elder Law practice group," FRB Managing Partner Kenneth Falcon said. "Penny's reputation, knowledge, and ability are second to none, and we are thrilled to have her as a part of our team."
Ms. Kassel served as chair of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation and was chosen as an honoree of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She is also a past director of the Nassau County Bar Association and former chair of its Elder Law Committee.
FRB is a full-service business law firm that combines the deep knowledge and understanding of attorneys who proudly advise clients seeking solutions to their most complex matters.
FRB differentiates itself by approaching matters with a level of depth and variety of skills unmatched by typical advisors, following through on a firm-wide commitment to excellent service, offering access to thought leaders in numerous areas of professional practice, and engaging in a partnership with clients to develop and achieve their goals.
For more information, please email FRB's Marketing Director, Abby Winckler at awinckler@frblaw.com.
FRB website: https://frblaw.com/
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SOURCE Falcon Rappaport & Berkman PLLC | 2022-07-19T20:31:11+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/07/19/frb-forms-elder-law-practice-group-led-by-penny-b-kassel-esq/ |
La. childcare worker accused of hitting several kids
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - A Louisiana childcare worker was arrested after police say video allegedly showed her hitting two children amid reports of other incidents.
Police responded to an incident reportedly regarding cruelty to children around 3 p.m. Tuesday at a childcare center in Monroe. When officers arrived, police say staff showed videos of worker Gabrielle Jones allegedly hitting two children.
Jones was supervising a class for 2 year olds, KNOE reports.
The witness who recorded the videos told police she allegedly saw Jones hitting four other children during the day and that she saw one child in the video being hit on two other occasions.
Police say two of the children Jones allegedly struck had visible bruising on their faces.
Jones was arrested on charges of eight counts of cruelty to juveniles.
Copyright 2023 KNOE via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-23T05:08:31+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/02/23/la-childcare-worker-accused-hitting-several-kids/ |
One person in stable condition after Tuesday morning house fire
Published: Jul. 19, 2022 at 9:42 AM CDT|Updated: 44 minutes ago
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - One person is in stable condition after a Tuesday morning house fire in Birmingham.
The fire started at a home in the 1000 block of Parrish Lane. When firefighters arrived, they saw heavy fire and smoke.
Firefighters are checking for hot spots right now.
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Copyright 2022 WBRC. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-19T15:27:11+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2022/07/19/one-person-stable-condition-after-tuesday-morning-house-fire/ |
The United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County is accepting requests from Chautauqua County artists and organizations for its projects pool grants program.
Grants of up to $500 are available to arts programs and organizations as well as individual artists. Artistic disciplines can include but are not limited to crafts, dance, film, fiction, poetry, printmaking, sculpture, painting, video, play writing, performance, music composition and photography.
Awards to individual artists, who must have been a Chautauqua County resident for at least one year, are based on creative excellence and are to be used for artistic development.
Eligible organizations must have nonprofit status and may include libraries, municipalities, churches, and other community groups.
Recipients must be able to complete their projects during the grant year.
The deadline for submission is Saturday, April 15.
For more information and to apply, visit UnitedArtsAppeal.org. | 2023-04-03T14:32:06+00:00 | wrfalp.com | https://www.wrfalp.com/united-arts-appeal-accepting-grant-applications-until-april-15/ |
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The state has fined the owner of a boat moored at the
Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor $30,000 for allowing a family to live aboard the boat without the required permitting.
The State Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the unprecedented fine for William G. Friel III, who will have all his DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation permits revoked and will not be allowed to obtain permits for the next two years.
The state is alleging that Friel allowed the boat’s co-owner, her husband, and their child to live on the Sun II without required permitting. DLNR said officers from DOBOR and the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement found indications during six evening
inspections from September to March that someone was aboard the vessel without the required notification and a valid stay-aboard permit.
The unprecedented fine comes as DLNR is facing a legal challenge in 1st Circuit Court to the substantially higher mooring fees that it imposed in 2019. According to legal documents obtained by the Honolulu Star-
Advertiser, the suit was filed in January 2020 by local attorney Erik Rask, who has been a live-aboard at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor since 2013. A hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. June 30. Both parties declined to discuss the pending litigation, which is now on its third complaint.
Act 42, which Gov. David Ige signed into law in 2021, raised live-aboard fees sharply, on top of other already significant boating fee increases over the past few years. It required that recreational vessels used for principal habitation would not pay mooring fees, but would pay a live-aboard fee that was equivalent to double the mooring fees assessed for a vessel of the same size. The higher boating fees mean that DLNR has even more of an obligation to ensure that all boaters and live-aboards are paying their fair share.
The aggressive fine follows efforts by the state over the past several years to transition away from allowing live-aboards at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and the Ke‘ehi Small Boat Harbor.
It also precedes the expected issuance this year
of a request for proposals to find a developer to enter into a public-private partnership with the state to redevelop Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor. In the meantime
DOBOR has been beefing up harbor enforcement.
DLNR said Friel will soon be required to remove his boat from the harbor. Ed Underwood, DOBOR administrator, says other illegal live-aboard cases are under investigation and will be brought to the BLNR. State law allows fines of up to $5,000 for each instance of
illegally using a vessel as a place of principal habitation.
Friel, a North Shore resident, told the Star-Advertiser that he intends to appeal
the fine and that he is encountering hardships in trying to move the boat. Friel said the boat’s name was changed from II Shea to Sun II a few months ago when the co-ownership papers were drawn up.
“I don’t have a place for it. I’ve called every harbor on the island, and there’s no spot. I’ve called every yacht club. It’s putting us in a difficult situation,” he said.
DOBOR said in a May 27 submittal to BLNR that
“DOBOR staff believes unless there are consequences for violating restrictions under Hawaii Revised Statues
and Hawaii Administrative Rules, people do not have an incentive to abide by the rules or directions.”
Underwood said in a statement, “We appreciate the important step the BLNR took in addressing this issue, as well as the support we received from DOCARE to document this case and for future ones.”
“Over the course of many years, DOBOR staff have observed people illegally using their vessels as places of principal habitation,” he said. “We’ve also received numerous complaints regarding individuals illegally living on their vessels in the Ala Wai and Ke‘ehi Small Boat Harbors.”
BLNR’s recent enforcement against illegal live-aboards coincides with the dwindling of live-aboard permitees at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and the Ke‘ehi Small Boat Harbor.
Under HAR, the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor is allowed 129 live-aboards, and the Ke‘ehi Small Boat Harbor is allowed 35. But
DOBOR previously told the Star-Advertiser that it had not issued a new live-aboard permit to anyone at either harbor for approximately three years “due to the fact the majority of the liveaboards were not in compliance with the Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules.”
DOBOR said Monday
that those with current legal live-aboard permits that are expiring would be allowed to renew their live-aboard status.
However, in less than a year, the number of live-aboards with permits at the Ala Wai harbor has dropped by nearly 32%, and it has dropped by about 18% at the Ke‘ehi harbor. In July the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor had 66 live-aboard permittees, and on Monday DOBOR said that there were 45. In July there were 17 permittees at Ke‘ehi harbor, and on Monday DOBOR said there were 14.
Pat Kesling-Wood said she and her husband, Gordon Wood, gave up their live-aboard status Nov. 1, a month after their fees doubled to more than $1,400 monthly. The couple are now living in a Waikiki condominium, where their $1,800 monthly rent is less than their live-aboard fees and maintenance costs.
Kesling-Wood said they are selling their Celestial 48 cruising boat, the Orion, which has been moored at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor since 2009.
“We were live-aboards for about 20 years, first at Ko Olina and then at the Ala Wai. But we were priced out,” Kesling-Wood said.
Kesling-Wood said the pair are wary of the state legislation that approved the live-aboard fee hike, as it also allows DOBOR to easily implement future fee
increases.
“I think there are numerous boats for sale. If you walk through the harbor, you can see all the empty slips and brokerage signs,” she said.
Kesling-Wood said the difficulty in getting a slip at Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and DOBOR’s decision to stop issuing live-aboard permits are creating hardships.
“People made an offer on our boat and withdrew it because they could not get a timeline on when they could get a slip,” she said.
Kesling-Wood said the
difficulty in obtaining live-aboard permits and the price hikes potentially contribute to violations. She said people who want live-aboard permits but can’t get them might overstay their welcome. Those who are on fixed incomes might not be able to pay the higher fees, she added.
“They obviously have this idea that they are going to run around with a big stick and beat everybody over the head. Before they give someone a $30,000 fine, they need to make sure that all the live-aboard permits have been given out,” she said.
Friel said he had inquired about getting a live-aboard permit when he got the slip for his boat, then known as the II Shea, about a year and a half ago, but was told that DOBOR wasn’t issuing any more live-aboard permits.
DOBOR told the Star-
Advertiser that the family who had been illegally living on Friel’s boat had not applied for a live-aboard permit.
In the past, some boaters have openly criticized
DOBOR for the fee increases, which some have viewed as a way to hurry the attrition process, potentially to more easily attract a developer willing to enter into a public-
private partnership at the Ala Wai harbor.
Kesling-Wood said it would make more sense if DOBOR filled all of the Ala Wai harbor’s slips and live-aboard permits.
“What you want to do if you want to get a private person interested in running the harbor is to show that there are many people that want to keep boats there,” she said.
DOBOR begin trying to redevelop Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor sites, including the current harbormaster’s office, the adjacent parking lot and the old fuel dock, more than a decade ago.
The state’s first attempt at a public-private partnership failed after Honey Bee USA went bankrupt in 2016, leaving fewer harbor amenities for boaters and a wake of creditors, including the state.
In 2019 DOBOR came up empty-handed after a committee reviewed proposals for redevelopment of the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor. DOBOR said Monday that it expects to issue a new request for proposal “sometime this year.” | 2022-06-07T11:49:20+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/07/hawaii-news/crackdown-at-ala-wai-small-boat-harbor-nets-illegal-live-aboards/ |
Usefulness of ‘No Mow May’ to pollinators up for debate
SUPERIOR, Wis. (KBJR/Gray News) - The snow is gone, and your yard might be calling your name, or maybe not if you’re like Superior city councilor Ruth Ludwig.
“We passed a resolution last March to begin the “No Mow May” initiative,” said Ludwig. “A year later, here we are continuing it.”
Ludwig, like many others across the nation, is attempting to create a more suitable habitat for pollinators by letting her grass grow for the month.
“When we plant plants, we are more conscious about the native plants and how that effects the native pollinators,” said Ludwig.
The popularity of “No Mow May” took off in 2020 when a university of Wisconsin study backed up the trend with data.
But the journal that published the paper has since retracted that study.
“I think on a scale of one to 10, on how much ‘No Mow May’ is actually helping pollinators, I am going to punt and just say we don’t know,” said Jon Trappe, an extension turf educator with the University of Minnesota.
In the month of May, cool season grasses, which is the average grass many Wisconsin yards have, grow excessively.
Come June, cutting your grass can actually stress your yard more.
“From a turf health standpoint, you’re effectively removing a large portion of that plant’s growth,” said Trappe.
However, researchers say reducing how often you mow and increasing the height of your grass brings positive environmental impacts, as well as adding bee lawn plants to your yard.
“White clover, selfheal and thyme are all great plants that can tolerate that mowing,” said Trappe.
It’s those small actions that can make all the difference.
“We think about what we are doing before we cut the lawn, or cut down a tree, and how it’s effecting the environment as a whole,” said Ludwig.
Copyright 2023 Northern News Now via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-09T17:28:15+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2023/05/09/usefulness-no-mow-may-pollinators-up-debate/ |
Mother of slain pregnant woman says she died ‘because of someone’s selfishness’ amid suspect arrest
By Daniela Hurtado
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An arrest has been made in the case of a pregnant woman who was found shot to death in her car in southwest Houston more than six months ago, police confirm.
On Thursday, HPD said Devin Marsalis Allen was arrested Wednesday night and has been charged with capital murder in the death of 27-year-old Amber Butler.
Butler was just days away from giving birth to her second son when she was found unresponsive on April 8.
Houston police said the car was parked in a moving lane of traffic with the engine still running in the 3600 block of Willowbend near Highway 90.
“A 5-year-old is left behind grieving. A mother is left behind grieving. An entire family is left behind to grieve, and we’ll get through it with the grace of God. But we’re going to continue to watch justice prevail,” Butler’s relative, Phyllis Brown, said.
As details in the case continue to unfold, Butler’s family confirmed to ABC13 that she was in a relationship with Allen, who is also the father of the unborn child.
“My daughter lost her life because of someone’s selfishness,” Butler’s mother, Anika Benjamin, said. “My family and I may have a little peace from it all, but it won’t bring her back.”
A motive was not immediately disclosed.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Gaotu Techedu Inc. f/k/a GSX Techedu Inc. (NYSE: GOTU, GSX) between March 5, 2021 and July 23, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than February 28, 2023.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Gaotu securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Gaotu class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2595 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than February 28, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose, among other things, that: (1) China was barring tutoring for profit in core school subjects and the policy change would restrict foreign investment in a sector that had become essential to success in Chinese school exams; and (2) the impact such regulations would have on Gaotu's operations and profitability and the value of Company securities. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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July 12, 1961 – April 26, 2022
After a more than 40-year career in the U.S. Army and serving stints during that time as a pilot with the State Police and National Guard, James Sauer turned his attention to another way to serve and protect others.
In “retirement,” the Churchville resident began in 2020 to work as a pilot for Mercy Flight, a nonprofit air ambulance company headquartered in Western New York.
According to family and friends, that decision did not surprise them in the least. After all, Mr. Sauer had always dedicated his life to serving his country and people in need.
Those who knew him say he saved many lives and became one of the most seasoned aviators they’d ever known.
“There really wasn’t anything he didn’t do and didn’t do extremely well, said Bill Accuosti, who served with Mr. Sauer on the National Guard and State Police aviation units and during two combat deployments, as well as flying with him on his final flight as an Army aviator.
Mr. Sauer was killed Tuesday, along with Bell Helicopter instructor and pilot Stewart Dietrick, of Prosper, Texas, during an annual Mercy Flight training session in Elba. Both men were 60.
“Here’s the thing – he didn’t need to be at Mercy Flight,” said Thomas Labelle, a flight medic from Mercy Flight, who just a week prior had partnered with Mr. Sauer on a flight call. “He was with the State Police, Rochester police, U.S. Army; he was done, but he was young enough and he had this sense that he had this skill and just had to use it to give back to the community.”
The son of the late Eugene and Joyce (Lindsay) Sauer, the Rochester-area native graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational management.
Mr. Sauer began his career in 1979 serving in the Army and was part of multiple deployments to the Middle East for operations such as Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Restore Hope and Desert Storm.
He formerly served with the Rochester and Holley police departments and as a volunteer firefighter. He flew for the State Police for nearly 20 years until his retirement in 2020.
Mr. Sauer was an experienced pilot, having also flown with the U.S. National Guard, Bill Law Aviation and American Eagle. He was a master aviator in helicopters, an instructor pilot in airplanes and had experience flying jets.
“I was very impressed with his knowledge. I was very impressed with his passion for flying,” said Allegany County Undersheriff Scott Cicirello at an event Saturday in Elba held as a tribute to Mr. Sauer and Mr. Dietrick by grieving first responders.
Labelle said the community of first responders are struggling with what happened, especially those who like him were one of the first people on the scene of the accident. It hits even closer to home at Mercy Flight, which he said is a family-like atmosphere where everyone knows each other and one another’s families.
“Jim was a go-getter,” Labelle said. “He was the type of guy who if he was awake, he was going to be doing something for somebody. No question. They don’t make them like that anymore.”
Mr. Sauer was married to the former Marie Ogden for 39 years and had two children, a son, Joshua; and a daughter Laura Ames.
The couple enjoyed farming and they were always eager to try new adventures.
Mr. Sauer was a member of Open Door Baptist Church in Churchville.
He is also survived by three sisters, Karen Schultz, Susan Flagg and Shirley Vetere; a brother, Gerry, and six grandchildren.
“The family is very grateful for the outpouring of support from the community in this very difficult time for them,” said Accuosti, who knew Mr. Sauer for 25 years and spoke on behalf of his family. “They love Jimmy very much and knew he really loved his community and his state and country.”
A funeral service for Mr. Sauer will be held 1 p.m. Monday at the Open Door Baptist Church, 350 Scottsville-Chili Road. At around 11:45 a.m., the procession will leave Thomas E. Burger Funeral Home, 735 East Ave., Hilton, to head to the church. Those who wish to may line up along the route to pay their respects.
The service will include Rochester and New York State police, Mercy Flight members, a series of fire trucks with flags draped over their vehicles and additional agencies from across the state. The First Drum Honor Guard will perform a 21-gun salute and there will be a State Police flyover. | 2022-05-02T01:12:40+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/obituaries/features/james-e-sauer-40-year-u-s-army-vet-and-experienced-aviator-committed-to-community/article_df418f8e-c9a9-11ec-98ef-a78e508ca9fd.html |
DENVER (AP) _ Antero Resources Corp. (AR) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $559.8 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The Denver-based company said it had profit of $1.72 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1.63 per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.91 per share.
The oil and natural gas producer posted revenue of $2.06 billion in the period, surpassing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.98 billion.
Antero Resources shares have more than doubled since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $35.47, a climb of 71% in the last 12 months.
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Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are building bolder futures
MIAMI, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Richard Weissman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of The Learning Experience was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Florida Award finalist. Now in its 37th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for transformative entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who are building a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for all.
Weissman was selected by an independent panel of judges. Entrepreneurs were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.
"I am honored to be named an Entrepreneur Of The Year finalist alongside other inspiring and visionary business leaders across Florida," said Weissman. "This recognition is a glowing testament to the passion and dedication of our people, the power of our brand and franchise business model I created with my family, and our unique approach to childcare and early childhood education that is making a positive impact in the lives of children and communities across the country."
The Learning Experience is one of the most trusted brands in the childcare industry with more than 350 centers across the U.S. and U.K. providing the highest quality of care and early education to over 44,000 children from 6 weeks to 6 years old. Founded by Weissman and his family, The Learning Experience's mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of children, their families, and the communities it serves. The Learning Experience's continuous dedication to providing best-in-class childcare and early education has garnered many accolades over the years, including its recent recognition as the No. 1 childcare franchise by Entrepreneur magazine and the No. 1 education franchise by Franchise Business Review.
Regional award winners will be announced on June 8, during a special celebration. The winners will then be considered by the National judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation's most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2024.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized more than 11,000 entrepreneurs throughout the US since its inception in 1986, and it has grown to recognize business leaders across 145 cities in over 60 countries around the world.
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Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, N.A.; SAP America; and the Kauffman Foundation. In Florida, regional platinum sponsors include Cresa and DLA Piper.
About Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world's most prestigious business awards program for unstoppable entrepreneurs. These visionary leaders deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world. The program engages entrepreneurs with insights and experiences that foster growth. It connects them with their peers to strengthen entrepreneurship around the world. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the first and only truly global awards program of its kind. It celebrates entrepreneurs through regional and national awards programs in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries. National Overall Award winners go on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ title. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.
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As Advisors to the ambitious™, EY Private professionals possess the experience and passion to support private businesses and their owners in unlocking the full potential of their ambitions. EY Private teams offer distinct insights born from the long EY history of working with business owners and entrepreneurs. These teams support the full spectrum of private enterprises including private capital managers and investors and the portfolio businesses they fund, business owners, family businesses, family offices and entrepreneurs. Visit ey.com/us/private.
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EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available via ey.com/privacy. EY member firms do not practice law where prohibited by local laws. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In the heart of Jakarta, the grand Istiqlal Mosque was built with a vision for it to stand for a thousand years.
The mosque was conceived by Soekarno, Indonesia’s founding father, and was designed as an impressive symbol for the country’s independence. Its seven gates — representing the seven heavens in Islam — welcome visitors from across the archipelago and the world into the mosque’s lofty interior.
But they don’t just see the light here. It fuels them.
A major renovation in 2019 installed upwards of 500 solar panels on the mosque’s expansive roof, now a major and clean source of Istiqlal’s electricity. And this Ramadan, the mosque has encouraged an energy waqf — a type of donation in Islam that continues to bear fruit over time — to grow its capacity to make renewable power.
Her Pramtama, deputy head of the Ri’ayah — or building management — division of Istiqlal Mosque, hopes that Islam’s holiest month, when the faithful flock to mosques in greater numbers, can provide momentum to Istiqlal’s solar project through donations.
The mosque’s climate push is just one example of different “Green Ramadan” initiatives in Indonesia and around the world that promote an array of changes during the Muslim holy month, which has fasting and, in many cases, feasting elements as people gather to break their fasts.
In a month where restraint and charity are emphasized, recommendations can include using less water while performing the ritual washing before prayers, replacing plastic bottles and cutlery during community iftars with reusable ones and reducing food waste. Other suggestions include carpooling to mosques, using local produce, emphasizing recycling and using donations to fund clean energy projects.
For the world to limit the effects of climate change — which is already causing worsening droughts, floods and heat waves — the use of dirty fuels for electricity and transport, petrochemicals to make products like plastics and the emissions from food waste in landfills all need to be drastically slashed, scientists say. Though individual initiatives are just a small part of that transition, experts say growing momentum behind climate goals can have an effect.
Groups taking an Islamic-based approach often highlight environmental understandings of certain Quranic verses and sayings and practices of Prophet Muhammad about the earth, water and against wastefulness.
Last year, at a meeting of the Muslim Congress for Sustainable Indonesia, the country’s vice president Ma’ruf Amin called on clerics and community leaders “to play an active role in conveying issues related to environmental damage” and asked for concrete action on climate change including through donations to solar projects like those at Istiqlal Mosque.
Muhammad Ali Yusuf, a board member at the faith-based Nahdlatul Ulama’s Institution for Disaster Management and Climate Change in Indonesia, said spreading awareness about clean energy is a “shared responsibility” for Muslims, where mosques’ own solar panel installations can be catalysts toward a greater transition.
In the United States and Canada, environmental groups that began springing up in Muslim communities in the mid-2000s independently from one another formed “green Muslim understandings” from within their religious traditions, according to Imam Saffet Catovic, a U.S. Muslim community environmental activist.
“In some cases, the mosques were receptive to it,” he said. In others, mosque leaders, “didn’t fully understand” the drive, he added.
Ramadan offers a “possibility for ecological training that’s unique to the Muslim community,” Catovic said. “Thirty days allow someone to change their habits.”
The Islamic Society of North America website calls on Muslims to be “an eco-friendly community”, saying looking after the environment is “based upon the premise that Islam has ordained us to be the stewards and protectors of this planet.”
Some mosques and Muslims around the world are heeding such calls, one small step at a time.
Ahead of Ramadan this year, the mosque at Al Ma’hadul Islamic Boarding School in Indonesia received solar panels through Islamic donations, supplying enough energy for the mosque’s entire needs. The electricity from the solar panels also lights up schools and roads in the vicinity.
The Nizamiye Mosque in Johannesburg, South Africa, with its towering minarets and spacious interior, has a roof dotted with domes and solar panels that help keep the power on at the mosque and its surrounding schools, clinic and bazaar.
The 143 panels cover over a third of the complex’s energy use in a country that has struggled in recent years to provide enough electricity through its strained grid.
In Edison, New Jersey, Masjid Al-Wali¸ a mosque and community center, has been adopting changes such as selling reusable water bottles to members at cost and installing more water coolers to discourage the use of disposable plastic bottles, said board member Akil Mansuri.
“Preserving the environment is the Islamically right thing to do,” Mansuri said. “People accept the message, but adoption is always slower.”
Several years ago, Masjid Al-Wali, whose activities include an Islamic school and monthly community dinners, installed solar panels.
Meals this Ramadan for the mosque’s community iftars come in plastic pre-packaged boxes for now, Mansuri said. But mosque leaders encourage members to take leftovers and reuse the boxes, instead of throwing them away, he said, adding he hopes alternatives can be found next Ramadan.
In the United Kingdom, Projects Against Plastic, a Bristol-based charity, is leading a plastic-free Ramadan campaign.
“I feel like, as a Muslim, that mosques are the hub of the communities and they should take a little bit more leading role for sustainability and toward recycling,” PAP founder Naseem Talukdar said. “During the month of Ramadan is where I’ve really seen a ridiculous amount of plastic being used and thrown away.”
Mosques are urged to raise awareness on plastic pollution and reduce reliance on single-use plastic. Seven Bristol mosques participated in a pilot project last year, with varying results, and a national campaign, with more than 20 participating mosques, was rolled out this year.
Besides education, another challenge is when mosques don’t have enough funds to buy reusable cutlery, dishwashers and water fountains.
“We knew we were going to hit some hard walls and some pushbacks, but, to be honest, the engagement that we’ve seen so far, it was a little overwhelming,” Talukdar said. “Even though the progress is slow, but there’s a real appetite for this kind of initiative within the mosque.”
Ummah for Earth, an alliance-led initiative that aims to empower Muslim communities facing climate change, is urging people to pledge to adopt one eco-friendly practice during Ramadan. Options include asking an imam to address environmental issues, donating to environmental charities and shopping sustainably.
“Many Muslims are not aware that there are environmental teachings in the Quran and the sayings of the prophet and that they have a role that they can play to protect the planet,” said Nouhad Awwad, Beirut-based campaigner and global outreach coordinator for the Ummah for Earth project at Greenpeace MENA.
As they work to raise awareness, campaigners often encounter the argument that climate change is “destined” and that “you cannot change God’s destiny,” Awwad said.
“We’re trying to change the narrative,” she said. “We have things that we can do on an individual level, on a community level and on a political level.”
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Fam reported from Winter Park, Florida.
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Leading FinTech firm to host College Football Bowl Season's only Big Ten vs. Big 12 matchup through 2025
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and CHICAGO, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After an amazing start to its title partnership, Guaranteed Rate has extended its role in a multi-year agreement with the Fiesta Bowl Organization to continue the Guaranteed Rate Bowl for the next four years. In the inaugural matchup in Phoenix on Dec. 28, 2021, the Big Ten's Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Big 12's West Virginia Mountaineers, 18-6.
Guaranteed Rate, a leader in mortgage lending and digital financial services, will continue as the game's exclusive financial partner, including mortgages, home loans and home buying categories.
"Guaranteed Rate is a fintech company focused on teamwork, grit and a winning attitude, and we're thrilled to partner with college football who embodies the exact same thing," said Guaranteed Rate President and CEO Victor Ciardelli. "College football has become such an amazing part of the holiday season, gathering together with family and friends and watching amazing Bowl games. We're all proud to be part of that."
In addition to naming rights, Guaranteed Rate's fully integrated partnership includes digital and social media content, in-stadium exposure and on-site activation at the game in the exclusive live broadcast window on ESPN and ESPN Radio.
"Guaranteed Rate has been an excellent teammate and its commitment to our fans, participating schools, student-athletes and our local community showcases what a true partnership looks like," said Guaranteed Rate Bowl and Fiesta Bowl Organization Chief Marketing Officer Jose Moreno. "Bowl season is the best time of the year, and our collective brand association will continue to grow in the years to come."
Follow the Guaranteed Rate Bowl through social media on Twitter (@RateBowl), Instagram (@GuaranteedRateBowl) and Facebook (@GuaranteedRateBowl), and connect with Guaranteed Rate at Rate.com.
Fast Facts about the Guaranteed Rate Bowl:
- 2022 will be the 33rd annual game in Bowl history.
- The Guaranteed Rate Bowl is the only bowl game between the Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences.
- Minnesota's 6'9" offensive lineman scored a rushing touchdown in 2021.
- These conferences faced each other for eight years in game history from 2006-13 and again in 2021.
- The Big 12 won six of the nine matchups between the conferences.
- The Big 12 Conference has 18 appearances in the game's 32-year history (14-4 record), more than any other conference.
- 9 of the 10 schools in the Big 12 have played in the game, and seven schools have made multiple appearances.
- The Big Ten is third with 11 appearances, going 5-6 in all editions of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.
- 7 of the 14 teams in the Big Ten have played in the game, led by Minnesota's four appearances.
- An MLB ballpark turns into a football field for the game. (WATCH FIELD TRANSITION)
- The 70,000+ square feet of game turf is donated to a community in need for a playing field.
- Notable players to take the field in the game's 32-year history include: Larry Fitzgerald, Aaron Rodgers, Le'Veon Bell, Drew Bledsoe and Ron Dayne.
ABOUT GUARANTEED RATE COMPANIES
Guaranteed Rate Companies is a leader in mortgage lending and digital financial services. Headquartered in Chicago, the Guaranteed Rate Companies has more than 10,000 employees in over 850 branches across the U.S., serving all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Since its launch in 2000, Guaranteed Rate Companies has helped more than 1 million homeowners with home purchase loans and refinances, with a total loan volume of more than $116 billion in 2021 alone. The company has cemented itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates and delivering unparalleled customer service. Honors and awards include: Top Lender for Online Service for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report; Best Mortgage Lender for Online Loans and Best Mortgage Lender for Refinancing by NerdWallet for 2021; HousingWire's 2020 Tech100 award for the company's industry-leading FlashClose℠ technology; No. 3 ranking in Scotsman Guide's 2021 list of Top Retail Mortgage Lenders; Chicago Agent Magazine's Lender of the Year for six consecutive years; and Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years. Visit rate.com for more information.
ABOUT THE FIESTA BOWL ORGANIZATION
Since 1971, the Fiesta Bowl is a world-class community organization that executes innovative experiences, drives economic growth and champions charitable causes, inspiring pride in all Arizonans during and outside of college football bowl season. As a nonprofit organization, it is driven by its vision for the importance of community outreach and service. Through the Fiesta Bowl, Guaranteed Rate Bowl and its year-round events, such as the Fiesta Bowl Parade presented by Lerner & Rowe, corporate partnerships and numerous community events throughout the year, the organization provides charitable giving to enhance Arizona nonprofit organizations that serve communities through youth, sports and education.
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LINKÖPING, Sweden, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract for digital pathology with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. The solution will enable pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible with microscopes. This will reduce variation and increase efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving cancer care.
The two NHS trusts in the East of England will transform pathology services for a population of more than a million people, following a new agreement signed during the fourth quarter of Sectra's 2021/2022 fiscal year. The contract comprises the digital pathology module of the enterprise imaging subscription service Sectra One Cloud. The solution will be delivered as a fully managed service where Sectra takes responsibility for all hardware, software, and other IT components.
Pathologists working at both East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust will be able to better collaborate as they move away from microscopes and glass slides to analyzing high-resolution digital images that can be accessed from almost anywhere.
The move to Sectra's digital pathology solution will support healthcare professionals in delivering timely diagnoses for patients. Rather than having to wait for glass slides to be transported from one site to another, pathology specialists will be able to easily and quickly access digital images of patient tissues to carry out their reports.
Multidisciplinary teams will also be able to view images without delay, and the trusts will be able to pool their pathology resources more effectively to make best use of capacity, while improving working flexibility for professionals through home working.
Sarah Rollo, pathology project manager at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, says: "The recent pandemic has highlighted the importance of being able to access slides remotely and the ability to provide flexibility and resilience in our service. Our consultants will have the ability to report routine and urgent work from home, shortly after it has been issued out of the laboratory. Consultants will be able to work collaboratively on cases from remote locations with simultaneous access to view and annotate patient slides. As a district general hospital, a proportion of our patients are referred to specialist hospitals. Improved data sharing with these specialist centers will improve the turnaround time in the patient's pathway. Digital pathology has also facilitated the introduction of digital processes within the laboratory, reducing the need for manual transcription and improving patient safety."
Dr Yinka Fashedemi, clinical lead for cellular pathology with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, says: "This new technology will allow our staff to analyze and share samples remotely, in turn enabling us to further improve the service we provide by making sure our patients receive their test results as quickly as possible. It will also make it easier to work in collaboration with colleagues based at specialist hospitals to obtain second opinions so that patients can begin any treatment they may need promptly. We are pleased to be one of the first trusts in the country to introduce this digital pathology system which will further support our staff to deliver the best possible service."
The digital program is expected to support specialist pathways, such as cancer pathways. It will support around 1.5 million examinations per year, and will also pave the way for introducing emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, into the diagnostic process.
The trusts will be the first in the UK to deploy the digital pathology solution on the Microsoft Azure Cloud, with a fully managed service provided by Sectra minimizing IT and infrastructure burdens for the trust. Significantly, this will allow the trusts to make use of archive storage facilities now available in the cloud that will help to manage high volumes of data associated with digital pathology at a sustainable cost.
Jane Rendall, managing director for Sectra in the UK and Ireland, says: "NHS diagnostic services are undergoing the biggest transformation seen in decades, if not centuries, as disciplines like pathology digitize. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust are at the forefront of that journey, and are particularly innovative in their use of cloud computing to ensure their program remains scalable and sustainable. We are extremely proud to have the opportunity to support this transformation that will deliver significant benefits to healthcare professionals and patients."
About Sectra
Sectra contributes to a healthier and safer society by assisting health systems throughout the world to enhance the efficiency of care, and authorities and defense forces in Europe to protect society's most sensitive information. The company, founded in 1978, is headquartered in Linköping, Sweden, with direct sales in 19 countries, and distribution partners worldwide. Sales in the 2021/2022 fiscal year totaled SEK 1,949 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. For more information, visit Sectra's website.
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A woman who mouthed "help me" to an officer during a traffic stop led to the arrest of a shooting suspect.
The North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Police Department said Officer Kayla Wallace pulled over a car in late May for disregarding a red light. The department said as Wallace talked to the driver and the male passenger, the female driver mouthed "help me" to the officer repeatedly while the passenger wasn’t looking.
The department said Wallace removed the passenger and placed him in her patrol car. The driver then "frantically" told Wallace that the passenger had just shot someone.
Immediately after that, an alert went out on the radio indicating that officers should be on the lookout for the suspect involved in that shooting, officials said.
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"Due to Officer Wallace proactively patrolling the streets of North Myrtle Beach, even to the last 30 minutes of her shift, a suspect in a shooting was arrested and an unlawfully carried pistol was recovered underneath the suspect's seat," the department wrote on its Facebook page. "Our department and our community is lucky to have Officer Wallace."
WMBF-TV reported that Collins Bates was arrested in connection with the shooting and kidnapping of the passenger. According to Horry County court records, Bates is facing multiple criminal charges, including kidnapping, attempted murder, and illegal possession of a weapon.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-06-09T18:16:22+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/woman-mouthing-help-me-to-officer-leads-to-shooting-suspect |
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- Vitesco Technologies honored to receive the Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement's (CADIA) Creating Inclusive Culture Award
- Award recognizes company's commitment to creating a safe and supportive environment for all employees
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vitesco Technologies was recognized from among its automotive peers today with an award from the Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement's (CADIA) for its ongoing efforts toward creating a culture of inclusion while pursuing its role as a leading international provider of modern powertrain technologies and electric mobility solutions.
Vitesco Technologies was specifically recognized during CADIA's 2nd Annual Impact Awards celebration for making strides in creating an inclusive culture where individuals are encouraged and supported in their ability to show up in the workplace as their authentic selves.
"As a newer company, we have embraced the opportunity to create a culture that reflects our company values in daily practice," said Vitesco Technologies Chief Diversity Officer Florencia Stanfield. "One aspect of how we express our culture is to ensure all of our employees can confidently come to work with the psychological safety for personal expression. We believe our people make the difference, and we want everyone to feel that support in offering their contributions to the company."
This past year, Vitesco Technologies instituted several actions as part of its DE&I goals in support of diversity and its culture of inclusion. These took on many forms including unconscious bias awareness training for company managers; the establishment of nearly a dozen employee resource groups reflecting diverse employee perspectives across gender, race, nationality and age; a requirement for an individual employee diversity goal as part of annual performance reviews in North America; establishing HR guidelines for driving diverse candidate pools for hires; and increased communication channels between employees and leadership.
"We choose to define success across multiple dimensions of our business," explained Vitesco Technologies North America CEO Sandy Stojkovski. "We want to continue our successful transformation into a leading and sustainable cutting edge powertrain supplier with our global customers, and we want to do it as an employer of choice. Our employees are the foundation of our success, and Vitesco Technologies will continue to achieve its goals by enabling all our talent to fulfill their fullest potential."
Since being spin-off from Continental in September 2021 and the resulting stock market listing, Vitesco Technologies has been an independent group with some 37,000 employees at around 50 locations worldwide.
The CADIA Impact Awards recognize excellence and a commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the automotive industry. This year, both a team and individual awards were presented in four categories: Leadership Commitment, Systemic Change, Champion for Diverse Talent, and Creating Inclusive Cultures. Winners for these awards were chosen by a panel of judges.
Vitesco Technologies is a leading international developer and manufacturer of cutting-edge powertrain systems for sustainable transport solutions. With the help of intelligent system solutions and components for electric, hybrid, and internal combustion systems, Vitesco Technologies makes clean, efficient, and affordable transport a reality. The product portfolio includes electric drives, electronic control units, sensors and actuators, and exhaust aftertreatment solutions. In 2021, Vitesco Technologies generated sales of €8.3 billion. It employs nearly 37,000 people at around 50 sites. Vitesco Technologies is headquartered in Regensburg, Germany.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne will be honored at the Recording Academy’s second annual Black Music Collective event during Grammy week next month.
The academy announced Wednesday that the three Grammy winners and executive Sylvia Rhone will receive the Global Impact Award for their personal achievements in the music industry. The event will be held at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, ahead of the Grammy Awards on Feb. 5.
“I am so thrilled to honor and celebrate these four giants in the music industry,” said Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. “Last year’s inaugural event was such a highlight during Grammy week and now with Dre, Missy, Wayne and Sylvia there to pay tribute to this year, it’s definitely going to be another night to remember. I continue to be proud of the work of our Black Music Collective as it’s (a) vital part of what we do here at the academy.”
Black Music Collective is a group created in 2020 of prominent music industry leaders — including honorary chairs John Legend, Jimmy Jam and Quincy Jones — who are looking to find ways to drive Black representation and inclusion.
Last year, Legend, MC Lyte and D-Nice were honored. The event also highlights LVRN, a Black-founded record label that has built a roster that includes 6lack, D.R.A.M., Westside Boogie and Summer Walker.
Dr. Dre, a seven-time Grammy winner, has produced big hits for Jay-Z, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Nas and 50 Cent. He won his first Emmy for his Super Halftime performance with Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Lamar and 50 Cent.
Elliott is a four-time Grammy winner who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019. She broke through with her debut album “Supa Dupa Fly” and has collaborated with several top music acts including Aaliyah, Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Ciara, Lil’ Kim, J. Cole, Busta Rhymes and Chris Brown.
Lil Wayne, who has won five Grammys, has a variety of massive hits including “Lollipop” feat. Static Major and “A Milli.” He also helped ignite the careers of Drake, Nicki Minaj and Tyga.
Rhone has been regarded as one of the most influential music executives in the industry. She made history in 1994 when she was named chairman and CEO of Elektra Entertainment Group. At the time, the promotion made her the only African American and first-ever woman to hold the titles. | 2023-01-11T21:37:27+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/entertainment-news/ap-dr-dre-missy-lil-wayne-to-be-honored-at-pre-grammy-event/ |
PHOENIX — Phoenix Mercury Guard Sophie Cunningham is inspiring the next generation.
She's sponsoring the Arizona Pride 16U AAU girl's basketball team.
"One of our coaches has the team," Cunningham says, "I was like hey let me help out!"
On their way home from a tournament this summer, the team happened to run into their namesake at the airport.
"We were like that really looks like Sophie," guard Sophia Dormal says.
"It's such an amazing coincidence we saw her," guard Erica McGadney told ABC15.
The chance encounter though is about much more than a name on a jersey.
Team Cunningham is one of the few AAU teams with a sponsor.
Even fewer are sponsored by WNBA players.
"When there are girls younger who look up to you, it's so important for us to help them be better," Cunningham says.
Having a unique sponsorship isn't lost on the team.
Both Dormal and McGadney are grateful for the extra exposure and spotlight Cunningham's name gives.
"It just gives me a lot of confidence in myself," Dormal says.
McGadney agreed, telling ABC15, "It's a great opportunity to represent somebody like Sophie Cunningham. And it motivates me to play that I can play at a higher level."
The team just wrapped up two tournaments in Texas with more travel planned later this summer.
To learn more about Arizona Pride or get involved with the team, check out their website. | 2023-06-02T05:08:28+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/sports/local-sports/phoenix-mercury-helping-to-grow-the-game-of-basketball |
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A man was shot and killed by his father after the father told police the 24-year-old man was assaulting his wife, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Monday at a home on Rhodes Road in north Harris County.
Deputies said they received a call from a man in his 70s who said he just shot and killed his 24-year-old son after his son hit his mother, who is also in her 70s. When they arrived they found the 24-year-old's body.
After interviewing the father, investigators said the son was out drinking before he came home and hit his mother in the head with a liquor bottle. He also charged at his father once he woke up, which led to the fatal shooting.
The mother was taken to a hospital with a wound to her head, but investigators said they expect her to be OK.
Deputies said an investigation is still ongoing and the district attorney's office will determine if the father will face a grand jury. | 2022-08-29T17:32:10+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/man-killed-by-father-assaulting-mother/285-bc6852b1-8dfc-4d75-82f2-3f76d4cf3833 |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stephen J. Brogan, Jones Day's Managing Partner since 2002, today announced that, effective January 1, 2023, Gregory M. Shumaker will become Jones Day's next Managing Partner, only the eighth Managing Partner in the Firm's 130-year history.
Jones Day is a global legal institution with more than 2,400 lawyers in 40 offices around the world. It is a single integrated global partnership with a unique governance system that, among other features, provides that its Managing Partner is selected by the predecessor, who is in the best position to both see the current opportunities for the Firm and identify the person best able to capitalize on those opportunities. In addition to Mr. Brogan, previous Jones Day Managing Partners were Frank Ginn (1913–1937, who pioneered the Managing Partner concept 20 years after the Firm's founding), Tom Jones (1938–1947), Jack Reavis (1948–1974), Allen Holmes (1975–1983), Dick Pogue (1984–1992), and Pat McCartan (1992–2002).
Mr. Shumaker graduated from Brown University and the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he was Notes Editor of the Law Review. He has spent his entire career with the Firm in its Washington Office. Mr. Shumaker became a Jones Day partner in 1997 and has served in many leadership capacities in the Firm since that time, including Partner-in-Charge of the Washington Office, Firmwide Hiring Partner, and, since 2015, the leader of the Firm's Global Disputes Practice, which consists of more than 200 lawyers around the world who handle international arbitrations, investigations, and cross-border disputes in tribunals outside the United States. In his 35 years with Jones Day, he has been involved in a number of high-profile litigation matters, including the Detroit bankruptcy litigation, the largest municipal bankruptcy in history.
"Greg Shumaker is a talented lawyer and a proven leader," said Mr. Brogan. "He is a Jones Day lifer, beginning with his summer clerkship in 1986, and he loves the Firm. He has the ability, dedication, and instincts necessary to enable the Firm to continue its incredible success, accepting both the opportunities and responsibilities that face the Firm and the legal profession in the future.
"Greg is a natural born leader who has a disarming charm while at the same time possessing an iron will to protect our clients and the Firm. He will be a wonderful steward and take great care of our institution and the more than 20,000 people whose lives depend upon its good fortune. Jones Day is blessed to have him assume the role of its eighth Managing Partner.
"I helped recruit Greg to the Firm in 1986. I could see then that he had special gifts as well as the high character that someday might permit him to lead our Firm. That day is here."
"Steve Brogan has been one of the most consequential Jones Day partners in its long history," said Mr. Shumaker. "I have admired his incredible and magnetic leadership skills since he interviewed me in law school more than 35 years ago. Throughout a near half-century of service to the Firm, he has been the person most responsible for transforming Jones Day from a high-quality national law firm with a Midwestern base into a uniquely integrated global law partnership, in which attorneys throughout all offices work collaboratively to provide the highest level of client service."
Under Mr. Brogan's leadership, Jones Day has added more than 600 lawyers and 18 offices, expanded its presence in Australia, entered Latin America, and returned to the Middle East. At the same time, the Firm continued to strengthen the quality of its legal services, becoming a mainstay in the BTI Consulting Client Service A-Team report that measures client service, and securing the #1 spot in that survey each of the past six years.
Mr. Brogan also greatly expanded Jones Day's pro bono commitments. He was the driving force behind the Firm's efforts to represent the interests of asylum-seekers at the southern border of the United States. Since 2014, Jones Day has operated facilities that act as remote trial sites along the southern border and now has a fully operational office in Laredo, Texas, staffed on a rotating basis by lawyers and professional staff from across the Firm. In addition, Jones Day has assisted asylum-seekers in refugee camps in Lesvos, Greece. To date, more than 1,000 lawyers from virtually every office in the Firm have participated in this work, providing legal assistance to more than 15,000 individuals.
"Steve likes to say that 'people don't change great institutions, great institutions change people,'" Mr. Shumaker noted. "That is certainly true as a general matter, but there is no doubt that, over the last 20 years as Jones Day's Managing Partner, Steve Brogan has transformed the scope of the Firm's services while establishing values and operating principles that make this such a unique and successful institution. It is a tremendous honor and responsibility to carry on his legacy, continuing the Firm's contribution to the profession and to the advancement of the rule of law around the world."
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